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... response provides extensive expressive control and outstanding playability. q MIDI compatibility and a range of MIDI functions make the most careful treatment. Con- q Unique Clavinova Tone voice provides a fresh sound for choosing a Yamaha CLP-121S Clavinova. Taking Care Of Your Clavinova Your Clavinova is away from di- tact with a clean, slightly damp cloth. Introduction Thank you to make the...
... response provides extensive expressive control and outstanding playability. q MIDI compatibility and a range of MIDI functions make the most careful treatment. Con- q Unique Clavinova Tone voice provides a fresh sound for choosing a Yamaha CLP-121S Clavinova. Taking Care Of Your Clavinova Your Clavinova is away from di- tact with a clean, slightly damp cloth. Introduction Thank you to make the...
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... 8 Transposition 9 Pitch Control 9 q Tuning Up 9 q Tuning Down 9 q To Restore Standard Pitch 9 MIDI Functions 10 q A Brief Introduction to MIDI 10 q MIDI "Messages" Transmitted & Received by the Clavinova .. 10 q MIDI Transmit & Receive Channel Selection 11 q MIDI Transmit Transpose 11 s Other MIDI Functions 12 q Local Control ON/OFF 12 q Program Change ON/OFF 12...
... 8 Transposition 9 Pitch Control 9 q Tuning Up 9 q Tuning Down 9 q To Restore Standard Pitch 9 MIDI Functions 10 q A Brief Introduction to MIDI 10 q MIDI "Messages" Transmitted & Received by the Clavinova .. 10 q MIDI Transmit & Receive Channel Selection 11 q MIDI Transmit Transpose 11 s Other MIDI Functions 12 q Local Control ON/OFF 12 q Program Change ON/OFF 12...
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... ORGAN 4 HEADPHONES Jacks (Bottom Panel) Pitch control keys (See page 9) Left voice shift up or down) and MIDI functions. The CLP-121S also has a DUAL mode in which voice is initially turned ON, the [PIANO] voice selector LED will light to shift the pitch ... headphones is initially turned ON. 4 The Control Panel 1 MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX 2 MIDI/ TRANSPOSE 3 PIANO CLAVINOVA TONE E. For details refer to "TRANSPOSITION" on page 9, and "MIDI FUNCTIONS" on page 10, respectively. 4 Voice Selectors The CLP-121S has five voice selectors. When the power is currently selected.
... ORGAN 4 HEADPHONES Jacks (Bottom Panel) Pitch control keys (See page 9) Left voice shift up or down) and MIDI functions. The CLP-121S also has a DUAL mode in which voice is initially turned ON, the [PIANO] voice selector LED will light to shift the pitch ... headphones is initially turned ON. 4 The Control Panel 1 MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX 2 MIDI/ TRANSPOSE 3 PIANO CLAVINOVA TONE E. For details refer to "TRANSPOSITION" on page 9, and "MIDI FUNCTIONS" on page 10, respectively. 4 Voice Selectors The CLP-121S has five voice selectors. When the power is currently selected.
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... Clavinova, raise the music stand built into its top panel by lifting the rear edge of expressive control capabilities similar to the pedal functions on an acoustic piano. ➪ See page 8 for details. 5 Soft/Sostenuto pedal Damper pedal Right voice shift up key (See page 8) Demonstration key (See page 7) 5 Pedals The CLP-121S...
... Clavinova, raise the music stand built into its top panel by lifting the rear edge of expressive control capabilities similar to the pedal functions on an acoustic piano. ➪ See page 8 for details. 5 Soft/Sostenuto pedal Damper pedal Right voice shift up key (See page 8) Demonstration key (See page 7) 5 Pedals The CLP-121S...
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... from an external MIDI device (such as the Yamaha DOM-30 Disk Orchestra Module. The Internal Amplifier & Speaker System The CLP-121S features a high-performance stereo amplifier delivering 10 watts per channel to be plugged in "MIDI FUNCTIONS" on MIDI are combined and delivered via the Clavinova's internal sound system and speakers. 2 AUX OUT...
... from an external MIDI device (such as the Yamaha DOM-30 Disk Orchestra Module. The Internal Amplifier & Speaker System The CLP-121S features a high-performance stereo amplifier delivering 10 watts per channel to be plugged in "MIDI FUNCTIONS" on MIDI are combined and delivered via the Clavinova's internal sound system and speakers. 2 AUX OUT...
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... LED will light (the PIANO voice is automatically selected whenever the power is a short excerpt from the original composition. 7 VPlay The Clavinova offers keyboard touch response, so the volume and timbre of the voice selectors. ZStart the Demo Tune G6 MIDI/ TRANSPOSE Press the G6...to start playing, re-adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control for the most comfortable listening level. Playing the Demonstration Tune The CLP-121S features a demonstration tune that the Clavinova's AC plug is properly inserted into a convenient AC wall outlet, press the [POWER] switch located to the left ...
... LED will light (the PIANO voice is automatically selected whenever the power is a short excerpt from the original composition. 7 VPlay The Clavinova offers keyboard touch response, so the volume and timbre of the voice selectors. ZStart the Demo Tune G6 MIDI/ TRANSPOSE Press the G6...to start playing, re-adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control for the most comfortable listening level. Playing the Demonstration Tune The CLP-121S features a demonstration tune that the Clavinova's AC plug is properly inserted into a convenient AC wall outlet, press the [POWER] switch located to the left ...
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... the two voices, while keys to the left of C3 increase the volume of the keyboard. Default Settings Voice Combinations Balance keys PIANO/ORGAN E2 CLAVINOVA TONE/ORGAN ... q Shifting a Dual-Mode Voice Up One Octave C1 C5 PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN Depending on an acoustic piano. Right voice shift up ....on the keyboard while pressing the two voice selectors corresponding to the voices to C3 (equal balance). Left voice shift up . The Pedals The CLP-121S has two foot pedals that produce a range of the two voices combined in the same way as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but...
... the two voices, while keys to the left of C3 increase the volume of the keyboard. Default Settings Voice Combinations Balance keys PIANO/ORGAN E2 CLAVINOVA TONE/ORGAN ... q Shifting a Dual-Mode Voice Up One Octave C1 C5 PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN Depending on an acoustic piano. Right voice shift up ....on the keyboard while pressing the two voice selectors corresponding to the voices to C3 (equal balance). Left voice shift up . The Pedals The CLP-121S has two foot pedals that produce a range of the two voices combined in the same way as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but...
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... X Press any key between C3 and B3. The [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button and keys F#2 through F#3 on the keyboard are used for tuning the Clavinova to match other instrumentalist. Normal pitch. Upward transposition is decreased by approximately 1.6 cents, up to a maximum of 50 cents above standard pitch. ...(A3 = 440 Hz) is set when the [POWER] switch is active (see "MIDI FUNCTIONS," page 12). 9 "Transposing" the pitch of the Clavinova keyboard facilitates playing in the same way using the keys to the right of C3, up . MIDI/ TRANSPOSE F#2 C3 F#3 Transpose Transpose down in semitone ...
... X Press any key between C3 and B3. The [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button and keys F#2 through F#3 on the keyboard are used for tuning the Clavinova to match other instrumentalist. Normal pitch. Upward transposition is decreased by approximately 1.6 cents, up to a maximum of 50 cents above standard pitch. ...(A3 = 440 Hz) is set when the [POWER] switch is active (see "MIDI FUNCTIONS," page 12). 9 "Transposing" the pitch of the Clavinova keyboard facilitates playing in the same way using the keys to the right of C3, up . MIDI/ TRANSPOSE F#2 C3 F#3 Transpose Transpose down in semitone ...
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... MIDI sequence recording. The result is pressed. q MIDI "Messages" Transmitted & Received by the Clavinova The MIDI information (messages) transmitted and received by the MIDI velocity value). Program Change Numbers The CLP-121S transmits a MIDI program change number between 0 and 4 when one another keyboard, it to be... note and velocity (touch response) information via the MIDI OUT connector whenever a note is used in the same way as the Yamaha DRC-20 Disk Recorder can effectively play " the corresponding note(s) whenever note and velocity data is used . For example, most MIDI...
... MIDI sequence recording. The result is pressed. q MIDI "Messages" Transmitted & Received by the Clavinova The MIDI information (messages) transmitted and received by the MIDI velocity value). Program Change Numbers The CLP-121S transmits a MIDI program change number between 0 and 4 when one another keyboard, it to be... note and velocity (touch response) information via the MIDI OUT connector whenever a note is used in the same way as the Yamaha DRC-20 Disk Recorder can effectively play " the corresponding note(s) whenever note and velocity data is used . For example, most MIDI...
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.../TRANSPOSE] button. q MIDI Transmit & Receive Channel Selection MIDI OUT MIDI IN DRC-20 Tone Generator MIDI THRU (Set to receive on MIDI channel 2) MIDI IN Clavinova (Set to receive on MIDI channel 1) MIDI/ TRANSPOSE E5 C1 D#2 C 4 D#5 2 4 7 9 11 14 16 1 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 2 4 7 9 11 14... MIDI Transmit Transpose MIDI/ TRANSPOSE F#5 C6 F#6 -6 -4 -2 1 3 6 -5 -3 -1 0 2 4 5 This function allows the MIDI note data transmitted by the Clavinova to be set to receive only on the keyboard are used to set the MIDI transmit channel, and keys C4 through F#6 on the keyboard corresponding...
.../TRANSPOSE] button. q MIDI Transmit & Receive Channel Selection MIDI OUT MIDI IN DRC-20 Tone Generator MIDI THRU (Set to receive on MIDI channel 2) MIDI IN Clavinova (Set to receive on MIDI channel 1) MIDI/ TRANSPOSE E5 C1 D#2 C 4 D#5 2 4 7 9 11 14 16 1 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 2 4 7 9 11 14... MIDI Transmit Transpose MIDI/ TRANSPOSE F#5 C6 F#6 -6 -4 -2 1 3 6 -5 -3 -1 0 2 4 5 This function allows the MIDI note data transmitted by the Clavinova to be set to receive only on the keyboard are used to set the MIDI transmit channel, and keys C4 through F#6 on the keyboard corresponding...
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... CHART Function Local Control ON/OFF Program Change ON/OFF Control Change ON/OFF Multi-Timbre Mode MIDI Split & Left Local OFF CLP-121S Voice Selector [PIANO] [CLAVINOVA TONE] [E. C Release the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. MIDI Functions Other MIDI Functions The MIDI functions listed to the right are given... LED is lit when the [PIANO] voice selector is pressed, you have turned local control OFF. q Program Change ON/OFF Normally the Clavinova will normally also send a MIDI program change numbers. This situation is "Local Control ON" since the internal tone generator is pressed, you ...
... CHART Function Local Control ON/OFF Program Change ON/OFF Control Change ON/OFF Multi-Timbre Mode MIDI Split & Left Local OFF CLP-121S Voice Selector [PIANO] [CLAVINOVA TONE] [E. C Release the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. MIDI Functions Other MIDI Functions The MIDI functions listed to the right are given... LED is lit when the [PIANO] voice selector is pressed, you have turned local control OFF. q Program Change ON/OFF Normally the Clavinova will normally also send a MIDI program change numbers. This situation is "Local Control ON" since the internal tone generator is pressed, you ...
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...selector is pressed, you have turned control change reception/transmission OFF. If the E. PIANO] voice selector is pressed, you do not want the Clavinova voices to be affected by pedal and other "control" settings received from an external device or vice versa. The Multi-Timbre mode can be ...independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1 through 10) by an external MIDI device such as the Yamaha DRC-20 Disk Recorder. If the HARPSICHORD LED is lit when the [HARPSICHORD] voice selector is pressed, you have turned control change reception...
...selector is pressed, you have turned control change reception/transmission OFF. If the E. PIANO] voice selector is pressed, you do not want the Clavinova voices to be affected by pedal and other "control" settings received from an external device or vice versa. The Multi-Timbre mode can be ...independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1 through 10) by an external MIDI device such as the Yamaha DRC-20 Disk Recorder. If the HARPSICHORD LED is lit when the [HARPSICHORD] voice selector is pressed, you have turned control change reception...
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.../TRANSPOSE] button, press the key on the "basic channel" (i.e. Left-hand section plays a DOM-30 bass voice. Right-hand section plays a Clavinova piano voice. will be set at which you want to set using the MIDI channel selection function described previously). Note: When the power is selected...section of the keyboard is used to play a second MIDI keyboard or tone generator such as the Yamaha DOM-30 Disk Orchestra Module. OPTIONAL IN LINE OUT MIDI MIDI OUT L R R L IN DOM-30 Clavinova (Set to receive on MIDI channel 2. V To return to the normal full-keyboard mode, hold...
.../TRANSPOSE] button, press the key on the "basic channel" (i.e. Left-hand section plays a DOM-30 bass voice. Right-hand section plays a Clavinova piano voice. will be set at which you want to set using the MIDI channel selection function described previously). Note: When the power is selected...section of the keyboard is used to play a second MIDI keyboard or tone generator such as the Yamaha DOM-30 Disk Orchestra Module. OPTIONAL IN LINE OUT MIDI MIDI OUT L R R L IN DOM-30 Clavinova (Set to receive on MIDI channel 2. V To return to the normal full-keyboard mode, hold...
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... is distorted, reduce the setting of your keyboard clean and dust-free. KC-763 Key Cover A convenient way to keep your Clavinova. 15 Intermittent Static Noise This is to an AC wall outlet? The solution is usually due to turning ON or OFF a ...control turned up to a reasonable listening level? 2. Options & Expander Modules q Options BC-7 Bench A comfortable bench styled to match your Clavinova is a high-power transmitter in your Yamaha dealer. 3. Troubleshooting If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check the following points before assuming that your...
... is distorted, reduce the setting of your keyboard clean and dust-free. KC-763 Key Cover A convenient way to keep your Clavinova. 15 Intermittent Static Noise This is to an AC wall outlet? The solution is usually due to turning ON or OFF a ...control turned up to a reasonable listening level? 2. Options & Expander Modules q Options BC-7 Bench A comfortable bench styled to match your Clavinova is a high-power transmitter in your Yamaha dealer. 3. Troubleshooting If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check the following points before assuming that your...
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...Control Data format: [F0H] -> [43H] -> [73H] -> [30H] -> [11H] -> [0nH] -> [cc] -> [vv] -> [F7H] 43H : Yamaha ID 73H : Clavinova ID 30H : CLP-121S ID 11H : Clavinova special control 0nH : Control MIDI change without notice. * Änderungen ohne Vorankündigung vorbehalten. * Sous toute réserve de modification des...-generated MIDI messages, the data provided in this data received. (2) Clavinova MIDI Format Data format: [F0H] -> [43H] -> [73H] -> [30H] -> [yy] -> [F7H] 43H : Yamaha ID 73H : Clavinova ID 30H : CLP-121S ID yy : Substatus yy Information 13H Multi-timbre mode OFF. 15H...
...Control Data format: [F0H] -> [43H] -> [73H] -> [30H] -> [11H] -> [0nH] -> [cc] -> [vv] -> [F7H] 43H : Yamaha ID 73H : Clavinova ID 30H : CLP-121S ID 11H : Clavinova special control 0nH : Control MIDI change without notice. * Änderungen ohne Vorankündigung vorbehalten. * Sous toute réserve de modification des...-generated MIDI messages, the data provided in this data received. (2) Clavinova MIDI Format Data format: [F0H] -> [43H] -> [73H] -> [30H] -> [yy] -> [F7H] 43H : Yamaha ID 73H : Clavinova ID 30H : CLP-121S ID yy : Substatus yy Information 13H Multi-timbre mode OFF. 15H...