Yamaha A1000 Quick Start Manual
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Quick Start Guide

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  • Page 1: Quick Start Guide

    Electronic Keyboard Quick Start Guide aw_A1000_QuickStartGuide_G11_141201_PA 2014 16:09:24...
  • Page 2 INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY! THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) PRECAUTIONS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Appendices Panel & Display Description Troubleshooting ..........19 Front Panel............6 Rear Panel............7 Specification ..........20 Main Display............8 Appendices Setup Voice List............21 Power Supply............7 Style List............27 Setting a Music Stand.........7 Song List............29 Demo List............29 Connections Chord List............30 Connecting a pair of Headphones.......8 MIDI Implementation List........31 Connecting an Audio Equipment......8 Connecting an MP3/CD Player......8...
  • Page 4: Panel & Display Description

    Panel & Display Description Front Panel 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 1. POWER ON/OFF BUTTON 8. SCORE BUTTON 19. METRO. BUTTON Turn the power on or off. Show the staff of the current song Turn the Metronome on or off.
  • Page 5: Rear Panel

    Panel & Display Description 36 37 38 27. MULTI PAD BUTTONS 37. FREEZE BUTTON Add spice to your performance Turn the FREEZE function on or Rear Panel with special dynamic phrases off. by pressing them. 38. STORE BUTTON 28. VOICE BUTTONS Save the panel setups to one of the Enter the VOICE SELECT performance memories.
  • Page 6: Main Display

    Panel & Display Description Main Display Voice Chord Display voice name and octave data of each part. Display the chord name and related information. (Right1, Right2, Right3, Left) A. Chord Name How to select the voice for each part? B. Chord Mode For example: C.
  • Page 7: Setup

    Setup This section contains information about setting up your instrument and preparing to play. Please go through this section carefully before turning the power on. Power Supply Move the MASTER VOLUME slider downwards to set the minimum volume level. Connect the AC/DC adaptor to the power supply jack. Plug the AC/DC adaptor into an AC outlet.
  • Page 8: Connections

    Connections Connecting a pair of Headphones When an optional pair of stereo headphones is connected with the headphones jack, the sound from speakers will switch off automatically resulting in only the sound from headphone to be heard for private practice or late-night playing. Note: Do not listen with the headphones at high volume for long periods of time.
  • Page 9: Connecting A Footswitch

    Connections After the driver is installed and initialization is finished, you can choose USB MIDI Keyboard in the device menu of the software to transfer MIDI data. Note: Do not select USB MIDI Keyboard in both of input and output settings together, otherwise the sound overlaps.
  • Page 10: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations Selection Operation There are some selection interfaces: voice selection, style selection, song selection, performance selection, etc. How to select the file in these selection interfaces? For example: Location of data Preset: Location where pre-programmed (preset) data is stored. User: Location where recorded or edited data is saved.
  • Page 11: Setting Operation

    Basic Operations Setting Operation In order to have a quick reference for basic parameter settings, please remember these panel button operations during all edit procedure. Select a voice, a style or a song Use the DATA DIAL or [+] / [-] button to select a desired item. Quickly press [+] / [-] button for once to increase/decrease value gradually.
  • Page 12: Playing The Demos

    Playing the Demos The instrument features 2 wonderful demos. Please refer to DEMO LIST. Press the [SONG SELECT] and [STYLE SELECT] buttons simultaneously to start playing the demo. Select your desired demo Press the Demo name on LCD or use the DATA DIAL, the [+] or the [-] button to select your desired demo.
  • Page 13: Playing Voices

    Playing Voices The keyboard has 672 remarkably realistic built-in voices, including Piano, Woodwind, Saxophone, Drum Kits and many more. Please refer to Voice List. Turn the R1 PART on Normally, the default setting is R1, or you can press PART ON/OFF [R1] to turn the right 1 part on.
  • Page 14: Playing With A Style

    Playing with a Style The instrument features 240 styles in a variety of different musical genres. Try selecting some of the different styles (Refer to Style List) and play with the auto accompaniment. Select a style Select a style category, call up style selection display. There are 2 methods to select a style category: Panel button: press the panel [STYLE SELECT] button.
  • Page 15: Playing Songs

    Playing Songs The instrument features 90 songs, these songs are gathered by different types and already been sorted in categories. It is pretty easy to pick up your favorite style. Let's begin now! Select a Song Select a song category, call up song selection display. There are 2 methods to select a song category: Panel button: press the panel [SONG SELECT] button.
  • Page 16: Recording Your Performance To Midi

    Record Your Performance to MIDI It is convenient to record your performance, play back your performance, and share your performance. Press the [EFFECT ON/OFF] and [RECORD SONG] panel buttons simultaneously to call up the Recording Display. A blank song (“New Song”) is called up and the system is in recording standby mode.
  • Page 17: Recording Your Performance As Audio

    Recording Your Performance as Audio You can also record your own performance as CD quality audio file. The procedure is very simple. Insert your USB disk to the USB slot. Press the [RECORD AUDIO] button to start recording. The [RECORD AUDIO] lights up. Play your performance immediately on the keyboard.
  • Page 18: Using A Usb Storage Device

    Using a USB Storage Device By connecting a USB storage device to your instrument, you can save data you’ve created to the connected device, as well as read data from the connected device. Note Compatible USB device Recommended Brand: KINGSTON, SANDISK, SONY, LEXAR, TRANSCEND Format: FAT 16/32 Capacity: 1G,2G,4G,8G,16G,32G...
  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution The speakers produce a “pop” sound whenever the This is normal and is no cause for alarm. power is turned ON or OFF. No sound when the keyboard is played. The R1/R2/R3/L voice volume (Mixer) settings could be set too low.
  • Page 20: Specification

    Specification Keyboard Tempo 61 Keys with touch response 30-280, Tap Tempo Display Performance Memory 10(BANK)*6(M1-M6), FREEZE, STORE 7" TFT,800 x 480 color touch screen Multi Pad Polyphony Other Control Voice MASTER VOLUME SLIDER, SELECT, 2 KNOBS, EFFECT 672(Including 256 GM2 instrument voices and 15 drum kits) ON/OFF, GLOBAL SETTING, MIXER, VOICE DIRECT BUTTONS, DATA DIAL, +, -, PART ON/OFF BUTTONS, Effect...
  • Page 21: Voice List

    Voice List Full Name LCD Name Warm EP 1 Warm EP 1 Choir EP 1 Choir EP 1 Piano Acoustic Grand Piano Grand Piano Wah EP 1 Wah EP 1 Acoustic Grand Piano (wide) Grand Piano/Wide EP & Strings 1 EP&Strings 1 Acoustic Grand Piano (dark) Grand Piano/Dark...
  • Page 22 Voice List Tango Accordion 2 Tango Accordion 2 Slap Bass 2 Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass 1 Guitar & Bass Acoustic Guitar (nylon) Nylon Guitar Synth Bass 2 Synth Bass 2 Ukulele Ukulele Acoustic Bass 2 Acoustic Bass 2 Acoustic Guitar (nylon + key off) NylonGtr/KeyOff Acoustic Bass 3...
  • Page 23 Voice List Choir Aahs Choir Aahs Octave Orchestra Hit Octave OrchHit Choir Aahs 2 Choir Aahs 2 Brass & Saxophone Voice Oohs Voice Oohs Trumpet Trumpet Humming Humming Dark Trumpet Soft DarkTrump Soft Anlong Voice Anlong Voice Trombone Trombone Synth Voice Trombone 2 Synth Voice Trombone 2...
  • Page 24 Voice List Sweet Soprano Sax Sweet Soprano Sax Pad 2a (sine pad) Sine pad Alto Sax 2 Alto Sax 2 Pad 3 (polysynth) Poly Synth Soft Alto Sax Soft Alto Sax Pad 4 (choir) Choir Pad Super Alto Sax Super Alto Sax Pad 4a (itopia) Itopia Pad Sax Band...
  • Page 25 Voice List Rising Rising Train Train Congregate Congregate Jetplane Jetplane Starship Starship FX & Effects FX 1 (rain) FX 1 Rain Burst Noise Burst Noise FX 2 (soundtrack) FX 2 SoundTrack Applause Applause Prelude Laughing Prelude Laughing FX 3 (crystal) FX 3 Crystal Screaming Screaming...
  • Page 26 Voice List Church Organ & Choir ChurchOrg&Choir Marimba & Vibraphone Marimba&Vibra Church Organ & Strings ChurchOrg&Str Wood Drum Wood Drum Harmonica & Acoustic Guitar Harmonica&AcGtr Xylophone Xylophone Harmonica & Strings Harmonica&Str Xylophone 2 Xylophone 2 Acoustic Guitar & Flute AcGtr&Flute Tubular Bells Tubular Bells Acoustic Guitar &...
  • Page 27: Style List

    Style List Full Name LCD Name R&B Ballad 1 R&B Ballad 1 Techno 2 Techno 2 Guitar Ballad Guitar Ballad Progressive Progressive 8Beat & 16Beat 8Beat Ballad 8Beat Ballad Ballad Rock Ballad Rock Rap 1 Rap 1 8Beat Piano 8Beat Piano Piano Pop 1 Piano Pop 1 Rap 2...
  • Page 28 Style List Country Pop 2 Country Pop 2 Scottish Scottish Bluegrass 2 Bluegrass 2 Norteno Norteno 2/4 Country 2/4 Country Pianist Country Quick Steps Country QuickStp Pianist 1 Pianist 1 Country Folk Country Folk Pianist 2 Pianist 2 Country Shuffle Country Shuffle Pianist 3 Pianist 3...
  • Page 29: Song List

    Song List Full Name LCD Name Piano Fur Elise Fur Elise Folk & Country Red River Valley Red River Valley Prelude In C-Sharp Major Prelude Troika Troika Innocence Innocence Oh! Susanna! Oh! Susanna! The Happy Farmer The Happy Farmer Wave Of The Danube L' Arabesque Wave of Danube L' Arabesque...
  • Page 30: Chord List

    Chord List Chord Name Abbreviation Normal Voicing Display for Root "C" Major 1+3+5 Sixth 1+(3)+5+6 Major seventh 1+3+(5)+7 Major seventh add sharp eleventh M7(#11) 1+(2)+3+#4+5+7 CM7(#11) Add ninth 1+2+3+5 C(9) Major seventh ninth M7(9) 1+2+3+(5)+7 CM7(9) Sixth ninth 6(9) 1+2+3+(5)+6 C6(9) Augmented 1+3+#5...
  • Page 31: Midi Implementation List

    MIDI Implementation List aw_A1000_QuickStartGuide_G11_141201_PC 2014 16:10:27...
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