Table Of Contents - Yamaha PDP-400 Owner's Manual

Thank you for choosing a Yamaha PDP-400. Your PDP-400 is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced
Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your PDP-400 will give you many years of musical pleasure.
AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator sys-
tem offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices.
A maximum of 32-note polyphony permits use of so-
phisticated playing techniques.
Piano-like touch response provides extensive expres-
sive control and outstanding playability.
Dual and split play modes allow 2 voices to be played
simultaneously or individually with the left and right
hands.
24 exciting accompaniment styles can be used to
provide rhythm-only accompaniment or fully-orches-
trated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment. 50
additional accompaniment styles are provided on
floppy disk (Style Disk).
In order to make the most of your PDP-400's performance potential and features, we urge you to read this Own-
er's Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.
Taking Care of Your PDP-400
The Panel Controls
............................... 2
Preparation
.............................................. 4
The Volume Controls
........................... 5
Demonstration Playback
..................... 6
Voice Selection
...................................... 7
Selecting the 60 Voices ....................... 7
Keyboard Percussion .......................... 8
Dual Mode
................................................ 9
Engaging the Dual Mode ..................... 9
Dual-mode Voice Balance ................... 9
Split Mode
.............................................. 10
Engaging the Split Mode ................... 10
Changing the Split Voices ................. 10
Changing the Split Point .................... 10
Split Balance ..................................... 11
Damper Pedal Operation in the Split
Mode ................................................. 11
Digital Reverb Effects
........................ 12
Selecting a Reverb Effect .................. 12
Reverb Depth Control ........................ 12
The Keyboard & Polyphony
Pitch Wheel
........................................... 13
Modulation Wheel
............................... 13
The Pedals
............................................. 14
Damper Pedal ................................... 14
Foot Switch (Multi-function) ............... 14
Pan
........................................................... 15
Transposition
....................................... 15
Pitch Control
......................................... 16
The Pitch Display .............................. 16
Accompaniment
................................... 17
Style Selection ................................... 17
Tempo Control ................................... 17
Starting the Accompaniment ............. 18
Fill-ins ................................................ 19
Stopping the Accompaniment ........... 19
Metronome ........................................ 19
Introduction
Contents
Auto Bass Chord (ABC)
............ 1
Single-finger Accompaniment ........... 20
Fingered Accompaniment ................. 21
Full-keyboard ABC ............................ 22
Volume Control .................................. 22
Changing the ABC Split Point ........... 22
Special Modes ................................... 22
Disk Styles
Selecting & Loading Disk Styles ........ 23
Using a Loaded Disk Style ................ 24
Solo Styleplay
Using Solo Styleplay ......................... 25
Harmonization Variations .................. 25
The Foot Switch & Solo Styleplay ..... 25
Disk Orchestra
Automatic Performance ..................... 26
Playing Back only Specific Parts ....... 27
Volume Control .................................. 28
Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice .. 28
Repeat Functions .............................. 29
Other Playback Controls ................... 30
............. 13
DISK ORCHESTRA COLLECTION
Disk Copy .......................................... 30
Playing Other Types of Music Data ... 30
Performance Memory
Easy One-pass Recording & Playback . 31
Multi-track Recording & Playback ..... 32
Adding New Tracks ........................... 34
Punch-in Recording ........................... 35
Playback ............................................ 36
The Chord Sequence Function .......... 37
Disk Control
Formatting a New Disk ...................... 38
Copying Songs .................................. 39
Deleting a Song ................................. 40
Error Messages ................................. 40
Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides ac-
companiment as you play across the entire
keyboard.
24 Solo Styleplay variations make it simple to pro-
duce rich, complex harmonies.
10-track performance memory records and plays
back your keyboard performances.
Internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides extended Per-
formance Memory capacity and Disk Orchestra play-
back capability - one blank floppy disk for recording
and one Disk Orchestra Collection disk with corre-
sponding score are provided.
MIDI compatibility, GM voices, and a range of MIDI
functions make the PDP-400 useful in a range of ad-
vanced MIDI music systems.
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Utility Mode 1
........................................ 41
U1: Touch Sensitivity ............................ 41
U2: Accompaniment Volume Mode ....... 42
U3: Individual Key Tuning ..................... 42
U4: Style Tempo Switching ................... 42
U5: Auto Synchro Start Switching ......... 43
U6: Random All Song Repeat ............... 43
U7: Octave Shift .................................... 43
U8: Mute ................................................ 43
U9: Minor Harmonization ...................... 43
Ub: Standard MIDI File Playback Mode 43
Utility Mode 2
........................................ 44
u1: DOC Common Voice Conversion ........ 44
u2: Save Panel Settings ........................ 45
u3: Load Panel Settings ........................ 45
u4: Save Individual Key Tuning ............. 45
u5: Load Individual Key Tuning ............. 46
u6: Quantize Song Data ........................ 46
MIDI Functions
..................................... 47
Send and Receive Channel Select .... 47
Local Control ON/OFF ....................... 48
Program Change ON/OFF ................ 48
Control Change ON/OFF ................... 48
The Multi-Timbre Mode ..................... 49
The Split Send Mode ......................... 49
MIDI Clock Select .............................. 50
Panel Data Send ............................... 50
MIDI Transpose Transmit .................. 50
The DOC Common Voice Mode ........ 50
The Connectors
................................... 51
Troubleshooting
.................................. 52
Options
................................................... 52
Index
....................................................... 53
MIDI Data Format
.................................... i
Specifications
......................................... v
Fingering Chart
..................................... vi
MIDI Implementation Chart
................ xi