Adjusting The Pitch In Semitones (Pitch Shift); Adjusting The Playback Speed (Time Stretch); Canceling The Vocal Part (Vocal Cancel) - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the Pitch in Semitones (Pitch Shift)

Audio
MIDI
Like the Transpose function (page 38) of the MIDI Song, the pitch of an Audio Song in
the USB flash memory can be adjusted in semitone steps (from -12 to 12) on the Home
display.
1
Connect the USB flash memory containing Audio Songs to the [USB
TO DEVICE] terminal.
2
Select an Audio Song (steps 1 – 2 on page 57).
3
In the Song area (when expanded) of the Home display, touch
(Pitch Shift) to call up the Setup window.
4
Set the value by touching []/[].

Adjusting the Playback Speed (Time Stretch)

Audio
MIDI
Like Tempo adjustment of a MIDI Song (page 36), you can
adjust the playback speed of an Audio Song in USB flash
memory by stretching or compressing it.
To do this, select an Audio Song then touch
Stretch) in the Song area of the Home display to call up the
Setup window. Touch []/[] in this window to set the value
(from 70% to 140%). Higher values result in a faster tempo.

Canceling the Vocal Part (Vocal Cancel)

MIDI Audio
You can cancel or attenuate the center position of the stereo
sound. This lets you sing "karaoke" style with just instrumental
backing, or play the melody part on the keyboard, since the
vocal sound is usually at the center of the stereo image in most
recordings.
To turn the Vocal Cancel function on/off, first select an Audio
Song, then turn on/off
of the Home display.
(Time
(Vocal Cancel) in the Song area
NOTE
Before using a USB flash
memory, be sure to read
"Connecting USB Devices" on
page 88.
NOTE
Pitch Shift cannot be applied
to MP3 files of 48.0 kHz
sample rate.
NOTE
Playback speed cannot be
changed for MP3 files of 48
kHz sampling rate.
NOTE
Though the Vocal Cancel
function is highly effective on
most audio recordings, the
vocal sound on some songs
may not be completely
cancelled.
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