User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Placing the FP-90 on a Stand
- Main Specifications
- Panel Descriptions
- Operation Guide
- Advanced Operation
- Recording Your Performance
- SMF Recording
- Recording Audio
- Renaming a Song (Rename Song)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)
- Using the Microphone
- Connecting a Microphone
- Applying an Effect to the Mic (Mic Effects)
- Saving Performance Settings (Registrations)
- What Is a Registration?
- Recalling a Registration
- Saving Current Settings into a Registration
- Saving a Registration Set (Registration Set Export)
- Loading a Saved Registration Set (Registration Set Import)
- Convenient Functions
- Reformatting Memory (Format Media)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Retaining Settings After Power-Off (Memory Backup)
- Various Settings (Function Mode)
- How to Use Function Mode
- Adjusting the Keyboard Response (Key Touch)
- Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
- Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)
- Specifying a Song’s Tonic (Temperament Key)
- Editing the Equalizer Settings
- Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Playback Device or Bluetooth Audio (Input/Bluetooth Volume)
- Specifying the Song (SMF) Playback Mode (SMF Play Mode)
- Selecting the Format for Recording (Recording Mode)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
- Changing the Function of the Center Pedal (Center Pedal)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Center Pedal Part)
- Changing the Function of the Left Pedal (Left Pedal)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Left Pedal Part)
- Using a Pedal to Switch Registrations (Reg. Pedal Shift)
- Sending Tone-Change Information (Transmit MIDI Information)
- Preventing Doubled Notes When Connected to a Sequencer (Local Control)
- MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Ch.)
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (Display Contrast)
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Buttons (Panel Brightness)
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Using the Bluetooth® Functionality
- Here’s What You Can Do
- Using Bluetooth Audio
- Transferring MIDI Data
- Using the Pedal to Turn Pages on a Music Score App
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Tone List
- Saved Settings
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
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Advanced Operation
How to Use Function Mode
1. Press the [Function] button.
The [Function] button lights, and the unit is in Function mode.
2. Press the [K] [J] buttons to select the setting you want to change.
MEMO
Depending on the item you select, an additional screen may be displayed.
3. Press the [–] [+] buttons to adjust the value.
4. Press the [Exit] button to nish.
* The FP-90 settings return to their factory defaults when you turn o the power. But if you backup the current settings into internal memory, they
will be restored the next time the power comes on. Refer to “Retaining Settings After Power-O (Memory Backup)” (p. 17).
Indication
[K] [J] buttons
Parameter
[-] [+] buttons
Explanation
Key Touch
Adjusting the Keyboard Response (Key Touch)
The way in which the keyboard responds to your playing strength can be adjusted to your personal taste.
Fix, 1–100
Higher values will make the keyboard feel heavier.
If you’ve specied “Fix,” notes will sound at the same volume regardless of how strongly you play the keyboard.
Master Tuning
Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
When playing ensemble with other instruments and in other such instances, you can match the standard pitch to another instrument.
The reference pitch generally refers to the pitch of the note that’s played when you nger the middle A key. For a cleaner ensemble sound while
performing with one or more other instruments, ensure that each instrument’s standard pitch is in tune with that of the other instruments.
415.3Hz–440.0Hz–466.2Hz
Temperament
Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)
You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods).
Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today) will be used,
but when classical music was composed, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a composition with its original
tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended.
Equal
This temperament divides the octave into twelve equal steps. It is the temperament that is most commonly used on
today’s pianos. Every interval has the same slight amount of dissonance.
Just Major
In these temperaments, the primary triads are perfectly consonant. It is unsuited to playing melodies and cannot be
transposed, but is capable of beautiful sonorities.
The Just tunings dier from major and minor keys.
Just Minor
Pythagorean
This tuning, devised by the philosopher Pythagoras, eliminates dissonance in fourths and fths.
Although third chord is slightly dissonant, this tuning is suitable for songs that have a simple melody.
Kirnberger I
As in the Just temperaments, the primary triads are consonant in this tuning. Beautiful sonorities are obtained when
playing songs that are written in keys appropriate for this tuning.
Kirnberger II This is a revision of Kirnberger I that reduces the limitations on the usable keys.
Kirnberger III
This is an improvement of the Meantone and Just tunings that provides a high degree of freedom of modulation.
Performances are possible in all keys. Since the resonance diers depending on the key, chords played in this
temperament resonate in diverse ways when compared to equal temperament.
Meantone
This temperament slightly narrows the fth relative to Just temperaments. While the Just temperaments contains two
types of whole tone (major whole tone and minor whole tone), meantone temperament uses only one type of whole
tone (mean whole tone). Transposition within a limited range of keys is possible.
Werckmeister
This temperament consists of eight perfect fths and four narrowed fths. Performance in all keys is possible. Since
dierent keys produce dierent sonorities, chords will resonate in diverse ways when compared to equal temperament
(Werckmeister I (III)).
Arabic This tuning is suitable for the music of Arabia.
Temperament Key
Specifying a Song’s Tonic (Temperament Key)
When playing with tuning other than equal temperament, you need to specify the temperament key for tuning the song to be performed (that is,
the note that corresponds to C for a major key or to A for a minor key).
If you choose an equal temperament, there’s no need to select a temperament key.
C–B
Piano Designer
Lets you personalize your piano sound by adjusting various elements that aect the sound: the piano’s physical strings, the resonances produced by
the pedals, the sound of hammers striking the strings, and more.
Refer to “Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)” (p. 13).
Hammer Response O, 1–10 Adjusts the time from when you play the key until the piano sound is heard. Higher values produce a greater delay.
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Various Settings (Function Mode)