Features - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-970A Owner's Manual

Features

The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-970A digital piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type play-
ability as well as Yamaha's original "AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling" tone generation technology for rich, musical
voices, and a special "Graded Hammer" keyboard that provides graded key weight and response throughout the key-
board range. The CLP-970A GrandPiano1 voice features totally new samples painstakingly recorded from a full con-
cert grand piano. The CLP-970A GrandPiano1 voice features five velocity-switched samples (Dynamic Sampling), a
"Soundboard Reverb" (page 31) effect that accurately simulates the resonance of a piano soundboard, "String Reso-
nance" (page 82) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special "Sustain Sampling" (page 82)that samples the
unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard and strings when the damper pedal is pressed, and "Key-
off Samples" that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are released. The CLP-970A comes much closer to
the sound of a true acoustic piano.
The music stand can be removed to allow
placement of a laptop-type personal computer or
other equipment on top of the instrument. (page 16)
A set of standard
stereo headphones
can be plugged in
here for private
practice. (page 18)
Connect recording equipment
(such as a cassette tape
recorder) here to record your
performance. (page 56)
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CLP-970A
A
CLP-970 DEMO SONG SELECT TRACK TRACK EXTRA FILE METRONOME
1 2 TRACKS START/STOP SETTING
NEW SONG
MIN MAX TRANSPOSE SONG BALANCE STOP START/ REC SONG DOWN UP
PAUSE SETTING
SYNCHRO START
C
MASTER VOLUME SONG TEMPO
Connect an optional
pedal here and assign
one of the various
functions to the pedal.
(page 57)
AUX PEDAL
R L/ L + R R L /L + R
AUX OUT AUX IN
These jacks allow you to connect
an external tone generator to
reproduce the sound via the
Clavinova's internal sound system
and speakers. (page 57)
This jack and selector switch allow direct
connection to a personal computer for
sequencing and other music applications.
(page 57-62)
B CONTRAST
PIANO E. PIANO/ HARPSI- MALLET ORGAN STRINGS/ REVERB CHORUS MIDI
BASS CHORD CHOIR SETTING
MAIN
NO YES
SPLIT PIANO/ HARPSI/ ORGAN/ BASS VOICE BRILLIANCE OTHER
POINT E. PIANO MALLET STRINGS SETTING SETTING
EXIT LEFT
D
VOICE EFFECT
Connect the pedal
cord here to use the
Clavinova's pedals.
(page 58)
MIDI
THRU OUT
Mac MIDI
PC-1 PC-2
TO HOST HOST SELECT
Connect a MIDI device
here to use various
MIDI functions.
(page 58, 61)
(About MIDI—page 77)
POWER
IN
PEDAL