Features - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-990 Owner's Manual

Features

The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-990 digital piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playabil-
ity as well as Yamaha's original "AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling" tone generation technology for rich, musical
voices, and a special "NL Keyboard (Natural Keyboard)" that uses wooden keys with a new action mechanism for
improved continuous key response. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features totally new samples painstakingly
recorded from each key of a full concert grand piano. The CLP-990 GrandPiano1 voice features five velocity-
switched samples (Dynamic Sampling), a "Soundboard Reverb" (page 33) effect that accurately simulates the reso-
nance of a piano soundboard, "String Resonance" (page 88) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special "Sus-
tain Sampling" (page 88)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-990 comes much closer to the sound of a true acoustic piano.
A set of standard
stereo headphones
can be plugged in
here for private
practice. (page 20)
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CLP-990
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
MASTER VOLUME SONG TEMPO
IN OUT THRU
PC-2
MIDI
MIDI
HOST SELECT
This jack and selector switch
allow direct connection to a
personal computer for
sequencing and other music
applications. (page 62-67)
Connect a MIDI device here to
use various MIDI functions.
(page 63, 66)
(About MIDI—page 83)
A 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
C D
VOICE EFFECT
Connect an optional
pedal here and assign
one of the various
functions to the pedal.
(page 62)
L / L + R
PC-1
Mac
TO HOST AUX PEDAL
AUX IN
Connect recording equipment
(such as a cassette tape
recorder) here to record your
performance. (page 61)
These jacks allow you to connect an
external tone generator to reproduce
the sound via the Clavinova's
internal sound system and speakers.
(page 62)
POWER
L / L + R
R R
AUX OUT