Yamaha Disklavier Mark III series Advanced Operation Manual
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- Page 2 Mark III Series DGC1B Advanced Operation Manual...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Advanced Playback Chapter 1 Storing and Managing Chapter 2 Chain Play — Playing Back Songs on Disks Memory Disks in a Group Using Memory Disks ......... 1 Registering a Group .......... 9 Specifying a Memory Disk ........ 2 Chain-Playing Disks in a Group ...... - Page 4 Advanced Operations Chapter 9 Song and Disk Formats Chapter 11 The Disklavier & Personal and Compatibility Computers Song Format ............ 50 Connecting to a Personal Computer ..... 70 Disk Types ............51 Setting the HOST SELECT Switch ....72 Converting Song Format ........ 52 Playing Back Songs Created in a Computer ..
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Page 5: Chapter 1 Storing And Managing Songs On Disks
Chapter 1 Storing and Managing Songs on Disks You can use the Disklavier’s internal Memory Disks to store songs. Memory Disks are ideal for storing many songs, especially when you want to program your Disklavier to automatically play back many songs with the Chain Play or Timer Play features. ☛... -
Page 6: Specifying A Memory Disk
Specifying a Memory Copying Songs Disk You can copy songs stored on a disk to another one song at a time or all songs at once. The procedure for specifying a Memory Disk is Songs stored on a floppy disk can be copied to the essentially the same as specifying the floppy disk same floppy disk, to another floppy disk or to a or CD, as described in “Specifying a Disk”... - Page 7 A display similar to the following appears. process is complete. If the destination disk is Other Disk, the following display appears. When the source disk is a floppy disk, the parameter next to the arrow shows Insert a formatted floppy disk in the disk “Memory [X]”;...
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Page 8: Copying The Entire Contents Of A Disk (Disk Copy)
Copying the Entire Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] Contents of a Disk buttons to select the destination disk. (Disk Copy) You can copy the entire contents of a disk to Press [ENTER]. another disk. Disk copy of the source disk begins. Note: The contents of the destination disk will be If the destination disk is a floppy disk, the erased. -
Page 9: Deleting Songs
Deleting Songs The copy process may take several seconds depending on the size of the disk content. If the disk content is too large or if the You can delete songs stored on a disk one song at destination disk becomes full, the following a time or all songs at once. -
Page 10: Rearranging The Song Order (Song Sort)
Rearranging the Song The following display appears. Order (Song Sort) You can rearrange the order of songs on a disk. TO DELETE ONE SONG Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select the song that Specify a disk. you want to delete. Press [FUNC.]. -
Page 11: Changing The Counter Display
Changing the Counter Press [ENTER]. Display The following display appears. The counter display of a song can be changed from “measures and beats” (metronome) to “minutes and seconds” or vice versa. Note: At this point of the procedure, the Note: If the format is changed from minutes and Disklavier has not saved the sorted seconds to measures and betas, the metronome beat will not match the timing of the song. - Page 12 When you have selected a song, press [>], then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select the time display. TIME: minutes and seconds display METRONOME: measures and beats display Press [ENTER]. Note: You cannot change the time display of copy-protected songs.
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Page 13: Chain Play - Playing Back Memory Disks In A Group Registering A Group
Chapter 2 Chain Play — Playing Back Memory Disks in a Group The 16 Memory Disks of the Disklavier are numbered from 0 to 9 and A to F. You can specify and play back one disk, or specify several disks to be played back sequentially. To play several disks, what you actually do is form a group of Memory Disks. -
Page 14: Chain-Playing Disks In A Group
Chain-Playing Disks in Use [<] and [>] to move the a Group cursor to a disk number, then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select or unselect it. One of the advantages of the group feature is its ability to automatically play back disks in a group consecutively without the need to make settings after each Memory Disk has finished playing. -
Page 15: Canceling Group Functions
Canceling Group In the above display, “A” is selected. Therefore, playback begins from disk A and Functions continues to the end of disk F, then stops. You can choose to manage your disks in disk units Disks are played back from left to right in instead of group units by setting Memory Disk the display. - Page 16 With the cursor at the End option, press [ENTER] to restart the Control Unit. This is the same as turning off the Control Unit and then turning it back on. The standard disk title display appears. The disk title display shows [- - - -] to indicate that no group is selected.
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Page 17: Creating A Program
Chapter 3 Timer Play You can program your Disklavier to play back groups of disks at various specified times. All you need to do is register up to a maximum of 99 timer settings, and your Disklavier will perform them unattended. This function is called Timer Play. - Page 18 Use [<] and [>] to move the Repeat steps 4 to 8 to set as many cursor sideways to each programs as necessary. parameter and the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to set a value. Pressing [ ] and [ ] scrolls the display vertically through the programs.
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Page 19: Timer Play Examples
Timer Play Examples Example 2 Location: Cocktail bar With a little creativity, you can use Timer Play in Repeat = RND a variety of ways. You can also set Timer Play in 16:50 Turn on Control Unit (manually) conjunction with Repeat playback. 17:00 01:[17:00 >... - Page 20 Example 3 Location: store 07:55 Turn on Control Unit (manually) 08:00 Opening (1 song) 01:[08:00 > PLAY > Grp1] 10:00 Time (1 song) 02:[10:00 > PLAY > Grp2] 12:00 Lunch (continuous) 03:[12:00 > PLAY > Grp3] 13:00 Lunch end 04:[13:00 > STOP] 15:00 Time (1 song) 05:[15:00 >...
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Page 21: Formatting & Titling Disks
Chapter 4 Formatting & Titling Disks This chapter describes how to format and title disks. New floppy disks must be formatted before you can use them to record songs with the Disklavier. Memory Disks are pre-formatted, but you may want to re- format them when you want to erase all data on them at once. -
Page 22: Titling Disks
Titling Disks Press [+/YES] to start the disk formatting process. You can give your own disks titles that will scroll across the display when the disk is inserted into If you do not want to continue with the the disk drive. formatting process, press [–/NO]. - Page 23 Keyboard Characters The following table shows which characters are available. Space “ & ’ – < > Keyboard Character Map The Disklavier keyboard can also be used to enter characters when titling songs and disks. Note: Not all characters that the Disklavier provides are available from the keyboard. Certain punctuation must be input from the Control Unit.
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Page 24: Chapter 5 Basic Recording
Chapter 5 Basic Recording This chapter describes the basic procedure for recording a song, as well as other general recording functions such as song titling, metronome recording, and changing song tempo. The procedure below only explains the very basics of song recording. ☛... -
Page 25: Recording A Song
Recording a Song Start playing your song and recording will begin. You can record your song onto Memory Disks or a floppy disk. Recording will start as soon as you touch a key or press a pedal. A very basic description of the song recording procedure is described below. -
Page 26: Setting The Type Of Time Display
Setting the Type of Song Titling and Title Time Display Editing Song time is indicated in one of two formats: Songs can be titled before or after recording, and minutes and seconds or measures and beats. the title can be edited at any time. The format used depends on whether or not you use the metronome for recording. - Page 27 Pressing [ENTER] or the sustain (right) Only 16 characters can be displayed at a pedal moves the cursor to the next time. To see the rest of the title, use [<] character. and [>]. Disk titles can be up to 64 characters long. Keyboard Characters The following table shows which characters are available.
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Page 28: Recording With The Metronome
Recording with the If you are titling a new song, Metronome press [PLAY/PAUSE]. Recording begins. You can use the metronome to record songs. When you finish playing your song, press Songs recorded with the metronome will be in the [STOP]. measures and beats format. - Page 29 Use [<] and [>] to select a Press [PLAY/PAUSE]. parameter: click, tempo, time signature, volume, or pedal count. The metronome starts and recording begins immediately. The LED volume indicators flash to show Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] the beat and the beat indicator starts buttons to set the selected counting (001 –...
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Page 30: Changing The Default Song Tempo
Changing the Default For minutes and seconds, the current song tempo is shown as “000%.” Song Tempo This function allows you to change the default tempo of a song and save the change to disk. It If the song’s tempo has already been should not be confused with the playback tempo changed, the new value is shown on the function described in Chapter 6 “Basic Playback”... -
Page 31: Mdr (Midi Data Recording) Mode
MDR (MIDI Data Use [<] and [>] to select an Recording) Mode option, then press [ENTER]. To change the tempo again or to reset the A song sent to the Disklavier by an external original tempo, repeat steps 1 to 6. device through the MIDI IN or TO HOST connector can be recorded onto a Memory Disk or a floppy disk. - Page 32 Press [+/YES] until the following display appears. Press [>]. A display similar to the following appears. Press [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to set the piano parts. For E-SEQ songs, L=01 (fixed), and R= can be set to ## or 02. For SMF songs, L= can be set to tracks 01 to 16, and R= can be set to tracks 01 to 16 not already selected for L= and ##.
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Page 33: Recording L/R Songs
Chapter 6 Recording L/R Songs This chapter describes how to record an L/R song. With L/R songs, you can operate the left-hand part and right-hand part independent of each other. L/R Songs Recording the Left and Right Parts Separately In an L/R song, the left-hand piano part is stored on track 1 and the right-hand piano part is stored When recording an L/R song, the left- and right- on track 2. - Page 34 ☛ You can title your new recording either now When you finish playing the first or after recording. See “Song Titling and part, press [STOP]. Title Editing” on page 22. ☛ If you want to record your L/R song using The first L/R part is saved to disk.
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Page 35: Recording The Left And Right Parts Together
Recording the Left and When you finish playing the Right Parts Together second part, press [STOP]. (Setting a Split Point) The following display appears. You can also record an L/R song by playing the left- and right-hand parts simultaneously. In this case, a keyboard split point is set, and the notes The following table gives a description of played on the left-hand side of the split point are... -
Page 36: Re-Recording Both Parts Simultaneously
Re-Recording Both The following display appears. Parts Simultaneously The above display shows that the default To re-record both parts of an L/R song, follow the keyboard split point is note C3, or middle procedure below. C. In this case, note C3 and notes below are saved as the left-hand part and note C 3 and above are saved as the right-hand part, as Specify a disk. -
Page 37: Re-Recording One Part
Re-Recording One Part Start playing your song with the left- and right-hand parts and the pedal part simultaneously. Specify a disk. As soon as you play the keyboard or press a pedal, recording will start. Press [REC]. The REC indicator lights and the PLAY/PAUSE indicator flashes. -
Page 38: Recording A Pedal Count-In
Recording a Pedal Use [<] and [>] to select an Count-In option. When recording a song, you can also record a Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] “count-in” preceding the song to indicate the buttons to set the option. tempo and the initial downbeat of the song, as a band leader would do. -
Page 39: Playback With A Pedal Count-In
Playback with a Pedal Once you begin recording your song, subsequent sustain pedal presses will not be Count-In recorded as count-in beats. When a song recorded with a pedal count-in is played back, you can set the count-in to precede the song.