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Yamaha Disklavier Mark III series Operation Manual

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  • Page 2 Mark III Series Full-Function Models Advanced Operation Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Advanced Playback Chapter 1 Storing & 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 5 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 ..

  • Page 6: Using Memory 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. See Chapter 2 “Chain Play —...

  • Page 7: 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 8 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]”;...

  • Page 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 seconds to measures and betas, the metronome Disklavier has not saved the sorted beat will not match the timing of the song.
  • Page 13 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.

  • Page 14: 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 15: 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 16: 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 17 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.

  • Page 18: 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 19 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.

  • Page 20: 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 21 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 >...

  • Page 22: 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 23: 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 24 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.

  • Page 25: 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. For more details on recording songs, see Chapter 6 “Recording L/R Songs”...

  • Page 26: 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 27: 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 28 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.

  • Page 29: 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 30 Press [PLAY/PAUSE]. Use [<] and [>] to select a 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 –...

  • Page 31: 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 32: 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 33 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 ##.

  • Page 34: Chapter 6 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 35 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. the metronome, see “Recording with the Metronome”...

  • Page 36: 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 37: 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 38: 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 39: 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 40: 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.

  • Page 41: Ensemble Songs

    Chapter 7 Recording Ensemble Songs This chapter describes how to record an Ensemble song. Ensemble Songs An SMF (Standard MIDI File) format Ensemble song can have two piano parts (left and right), and up to 14 accompanying instrument tracks. You can select any track for the piano parts and accompanying parts. Continuous piano pedal data is stored with piano parts.

  • Page 42: Recording Ensemble Tracks

    Recording Ensemble The bottom line of the display shows the status of each of the 16 available tracks, using the Tracks following characters. Ensemble songs can be composed of up to 16 Symbol Description individually recorded tracks. Tracks that the piano plays (the piano A track can be built up in stages by overdubbing, can play no more than two tracks at a method often used when creating a rhythm...
  • Page 43 You can title your new song either now or Press [>] once, then use the after recording. In either case, see “Song [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to Titling and Title Editing” on page 22. select a basic voice (bank 0), drum kit, or SFX voice.

  • Page 44: Overdubbing A Track

    Overdubbing a Track For new songs or when re-recording a song recorded in measures and beats, the following display appears. Once a track has been recorded, extra parts can be overdubbed. This is especially useful for creating a rhythm track. For example, you can record a bass drum first, and then overdub a snare drum, When re-recording a song recorded in hi-hat, etc.

  • Page 45: Quantizing Notes

    Quantizing Notes Press [PLAY/PAUSE]. Quantize is a function for auto-correcting the Recording starts immediately. timing of notes you play on the piano. It is When you finish playing the especially useful for recording rhythm tracks. overdub, press [STOP]. In the following example, a measure of 8th notes is shown recorded first with quantize set to off, The following display appears.
  • Page 46 When you finish playing, press [STOP]. The following display appears. The following table gives a description of each of the options. Option Description SAVE The new track is saved with the existing tracks under the current song number. The new track and the existing tracks are saved under a new song number.

  • Page 47: Editing Tracks

    Chapter 8 Editing Tracks You can edit a track’s voice selection and volume setting after recording with a simple procedure described below. You can also use the Track Editing functions to mix, move, copy, delete, and transpose tracks of an Ensemble song after recording.

  • Page 48: Mixing Two Tracks

    Mixing Two Tracks This volume setting only adjusts the volume of the currently selected track, not the overall volume of the tone generator. Specify a disk. The volume can be set from 0 to 127. Press [STOP]. Press [FUNC.] The following display appears. The FUNC.

  • Page 49: Moving A Track

    Moving a Track Press [ENTER]. You can move data from one track to a different A display similar to the following appears. track. Specify a disk. Press [+/YES] to mix the tracks. The first track is merged into the second Press [FUNC.].

  • Page 50: Copying A Track

    Copying a Track Press [>] to position the c cursor next to the arrow, then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to You can copy tracks to another track. select the destination track. Specify a disk. The above example shows that track 05 is Press [FUNC.].

  • Page 51: Deleting A Track

    Deleting a Track Press [>] to position the c cursor next to the arrow, then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to Specify a disk. select the destination track. Press [FUNC.]. The above example shows that track 05 is The FUNC. indicator lights and the to be copied to track 06.

  • Page 52: Transposing A Track

    Transposing a Track Press [ENTER]. A display similar to the following appears. Specify a disk. Press [FUNC.]. Press [+/YES] to delete the track. The FUNC. indicator lights and the Function menu appears. The selected track is deleted. If you do not want to delete the track, press Press [>] until the c cursor is next [–/NO] to cancel the function.

  • Page 53: Editing The Piano Track Assignments

    Editing the Piano Track Press [>] to move the c cursor to Assignments its next position, then press the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to set the desired transposition value. You can change the piano track assignments for songs played by the Disklavier and save the changes with the song.
  • Page 54 If, after you play back the “corrected” song on the Press [>] until the c cursor is next Disklavier, you want to adjust the volume of the to the L= parameter, then use the piano part, see “Editing a Track’s Voice & Volume” [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to on page 42.

  • Page 55: Song Format

    Compatibility This chapter describes the song formats and disk types that the Disklavier uses to control song data on disks. This information is relevant to using the Disklavier song data with other Yamaha instruments or MIDI equipment. E-SEQ Format Songs...

  • Page 56: Disk Types

    Note: The terms “SMF type disk” and “E-SEQ type Disks formatted by instruments other than the disk” are unique to the Yamaha Disklavier, and Disklavier may be displayed as a Cl Type Disk or should not be confused with SMF and E-SEQ Other Type Disk.

  • Page 57: Converting Song Format

    Converting Song When you have selected the song, press [>] until the c cursor is next Format to the arrow. Then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select a SMF songs can be converted to E-SEQ songs and song format: E-SEQ, SMF0 or vice versa.

  • Page 58: Converting Disk Type

    Converting Disk Type Note: Piano1 is a format that can be played back by all Disklaviers. In the display, disk type for a Piano1 type disk will be SMF type disks can be converted to E-SEQ type shown as E-SEQ. disks and vice versa.

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