Manual Yamaha PDP-400 (page 3 of 70) (English)

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing a Yamaha PDP-400. Your PDP-400 is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced

Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your PDP-400 will give you many years of musical pleasure.

● Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides ac-

companiment as you play across the entire

keyboard.

● 24 Solo Styleplay variations make it simple to pro-

duce rich, complex harmonies.

● 10-track performance memory records and plays

back your keyboard performances.

● Internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides extended Per-

formance Memory capacity and Disk Orchestra play-

back capability – one blank floppy disk for recording

and one Disk Orchestra Collection disk with corre-

sponding score are provided.

● MIDI compatibility, GM voices, and a range of MIDI

functions make the PDP-400 useful in a range of ad-

vanced MIDI music systems.

Contents

Auto Bass Chord (ABC) .................... 20

■ Single-finger Accompaniment ........... 20

■ Fingered Accompaniment ................. 21

■ Full-keyboard ABC ............................ 22

■ Volume Control.................................. 22

■ Changing the ABC Split Point ........... 22

■ Special Modes ................................... 22

Disk Styles ............................................ 23

■ Selecting & Loading Disk Styles........ 23

■ Using a Loaded Disk Style ................ 24

Solo Styleplay ...................................... 25

■ Using Solo Styleplay ......................... 25

■ Harmonization Variations .................. 25

■ The Foot Switch & Solo Styleplay ..... 25

Disk Orchestra ..................................... 26

■ Automatic Performance ..................... 26

■ Playing Back only Specific Parts ....... 27

■ Volume Control.................................. 28

■

Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice

.. 28

■ Repeat Functions .............................. 29

■ Other Playback Controls ................... 30

■ DISK ORCHESTRA COLLECTION

Disk Copy .......................................... 30

■ Playing Other Types of Music Data ... 30

Performance Memory......................... 31

Easy One-pass Recording & Playback

.31

Multi-track Recording & Playback ..... 32

■ Adding New Tracks ........................... 34

■ Punch-in Recording ........................... 35

■ Playback ............................................ 36

The Chord Sequence Function .......... 37

Disk Control .......................................... 38

■ Formatting a New Disk ...................... 38

■ Copying Songs .................................. 39

■ Deleting a Song ................................. 40

■ Error Messages ................................. 40

Utility Mode 1........................................ 41

U1: Touch Sensitivity ............................ 41

U2: Accompaniment Volume Mode....... 42

U3: Individual Key Tuning ..................... 42

U4: Style Tempo Switching ................... 42

U5: Auto Synchro Start Switching ......... 43

U6: Random All Song Repeat ............... 43

U7: Octave Shift .................................... 43

U8: Mute................................................ 43

U9: Minor Harmonization ...................... 43

Ub: Standard MIDI File Playback Mode 43

Utility Mode 2........................................ 44

u1:

DOC Common Voice Conversion

........ 44

u2: Save Panel Settings ........................ 45

u3: Load Panel Settings ........................ 45

u4: Save Individual Key Tuning............. 45

u5: Load Individual Key Tuning ............. 46

u6: Quantize Song Data ........................ 46

MIDI Functions ..................................... 47

■ Send and Receive Channel Select.... 47

■ Local Control ON/OFF....................... 48

■ Program Change ON/OFF ................ 48

■ Control Change ON/OFF................... 48

■ The Multi-Timbre Mode ..................... 49

■ The Split Send Mode ......................... 49

■ MIDI Clock Select .............................. 50

■ Panel Data Send ............................... 50

■ MIDI Transpose Transmit .................. 50

■ The DOC Common Voice Mode........ 50

The Connectors ................................... 51

Troubleshooting .................................. 52

Options ................................................... 52

Index ....................................................... 53

MIDI Data Format.................................... i

Specifications......................................... v

Fingering Chart ..................................... vi

MIDI Implementation Chart ................ xi

Taking Care of Your PDP-400 ............ 1

The Panel Controls ............................... 2

Preparation.............................................. 4

The Volume Controls ........................... 5

Demonstration Playback ..................... 6

Voice Selection ...................................... 7

■ Selecting the 60 Voices ....................... 7

■ Keyboard Percussion .......................... 8

Dual Mode................................................ 9

■ Engaging the Dual Mode ..................... 9

■ Dual-mode Voice Balance ................... 9

Split Mode.............................................. 10

■ Engaging the Split Mode ................... 10

■ Changing the Split Voices ................. 10

■ Changing the Split Point .................... 10

■ Split Balance ..................................... 11

■ Damper Pedal Operation in the Split

Mode ................................................. 11

Digital Reverb Effects ........................ 12

■ Selecting a Reverb Effect .................. 12

■ Reverb Depth Control........................ 12

The Keyboard & Polyphony ............. 13

Pitch Wheel ........................................... 13

Modulation Wheel ............................... 13

The Pedals............................................. 14

■ Damper Pedal ................................... 14

■ Foot Switch (Multi-function) ............... 14

Pan........................................................... 15

Transposition ....................................... 15

Pitch Control......................................... 16

■ The Pitch Display .............................. 16

Accompaniment................................... 17

■ Style Selection................................... 17

■ Tempo Control................................... 17

■ Starting the Accompaniment ............. 18

■ Fill-ins ................................................ 19

■ Stopping the Accompaniment ........... 19

■ Metronome ........................................ 19

● AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator sys-

tem offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices.

● A maximum of 32-note polyphony permits use of so-

phisticated playing techniques.

● Piano-like touch response provides extensive expres-

sive control and outstanding playability.

● Dual and split play modes allow 2 voices to be played

simultaneously or individually with the left and right

hands.

● 24 exciting accompaniment styles can be used to

provide rhythm-only accompaniment or fully-orches-

trated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment. 50

additional accompaniment styles are provided on

floppy disk (Style Disk).

In order to make the most of your PDP-400’s performance potential and features, we urge you to read this Own-

er’s Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.

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