User manual YAMAHA ARIUS YDP-141

[. . . ] YDP-161 YDP-141 Owner's Manual For information on assembling the keyboard stand, refer to the instructions at the end of this manual. IMPORTANT -- Check your power supply -- (YDP-161) Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main keyboard unit near the power cord. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area. The voltage selector is set at 240V when the unit is initially shipped. [. . . ] (This setting does not change the weight of the keyboard. ) Key A6 A6 B6 Touch Sensitivity Setting Fixed Soft Medium Description The volume level does not change at all regardless of whether you play the keyboard soft or hard. The volume level does not change much when you play the keyboard soft or hard. This is the standard piano touch response. (This is the default setting. ) The volume level changes very widely from pianissimo to fortissimo to facilitate dynamic and dramatic expression. You have to hit the keys hard to produce a loud sound. This setting is disabled with some voices, such as an organ sound. Default setting: B6 (Medium) C7 Hard While holding down the [PIANO/VOICE] button, press one of the A6­C7 keys to select the desired touch sensitivity. A6 C7 22 YDP-161/141 Owner's Manual Recording Your Performance Your digital piano's recording function enables you to record your performance of one song. The recorded performance is called the "user song. " You can record up to two parts separately. For example, you can record the left-hand and right-hand parts separately. Or, you can create a duet piece by recording each part one at a time and then playing them together. Follow the steps below to record and play back your performance. Recording Your Performance 1 Make all initial settings. Before you begin to record, select the voice that you want to use for recording. (See page16. ) Make any other desired settings (reverb, etc. ) as well. Use the [MASTER VOLUME] control to adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level. You can also use the [MASTER VOLUME] control to adjust the volume level during playback. NOTICE Be careful not to erase the recorded data! When you finish recording your performance, the indicator for the part button ([+ R] and/or [­ L]) lights up. Recording another performance while this indicator remains on will overwrite the existing recorded data. You cannot engage Record mode while a demo song is playing. The User song will not be transmitted via MIDI. 2 Select a part and engage Record Ready mode. Hold down the [REC] button and press the [+ R] or [­ L] button for the part you want to record to engage Record Ready mode. If you press the [REC] button and play both parts without specifying the recording part, the performance will automatically be recorded to the right part ([+ R]). Recording does not actually start yet. Recording the right part ([+ R]) Recording capacity "Recording capacity" is the maximum amount of performance data that you can record. This instrument's recording capacity is 100 KB (approximately 11, 000 notes). or Recording the left part ([­ L]) The [REC] button indicator and the selected part button indicator will flash at the currently-selected tempo. (It may take a moment before the indicator starts to flash. ) Press the [REC] button again if you wish to cancel Record mode. Turning the playback part on and off If data has already been recorded in the [+ R] and/or [­ L] part, the indicator for the part(s) will light up, and the data in the part(s) will start playing back as soon as you start recording your performance. If you do not want to hear the part playback, hold down the [PLAY] button and press the button ([+ R] or [­ L]) for the part you want to mute. Pressing the part buttons toggles part playback on and off. YDP-161/141 Owner's Manual 23 ENGLISH Recording Your Performance 3 ENGLISH Start recording. Recording starts as soon as you play the keyboard. Alternatively, press the [PLAY] button to start recording. [. . . ] 11/F. , Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 2737-7688 Yamaha Music India Pvt. 5F Ambience Corporate Tower Ambience Mall Complex Ambience Island, NH-8, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana, India Tel: 0124-466-5551 PT. Yamaha Music Indonesia (Distributor) PT. Nusantik Gedung Yamaha Music Center, Jalan Jend. [. . . ]