Operation Manual

16 CLP-970
The music stand can be removed to allow
placement of a laptop-type personal computer or
other equipment on top of the instrument. (page 18)
A set of standard
stereo headphones
can be plugged in
here for private
practice. (page 20)
Connect an optional
pedal here and assign
one of the various
functions to the pedal.
(page 62)
Connect the pedal
cord here to use the
Clavinova’s pedals.
(page 63)
These jacks allow you to connect
an external tone generator to
reproduce the sound via the
Clavinova’s internal sound system
and speakers. (page 62)
Connect a MIDI device
here to use various
MIDI functions.
(page 63, 66)
(About MIDI—page 83)
Connect recording equipment
(such as a cassette tape
recorder) here to record your
performance. (page 61)
This jack and selector switch allow direct
connection to a personal computer for
sequencing and other music applications.
(page 62-67)
PHONES
MIDI
HOST SELECT
PC-1 PC-2
Mac MIDI
TO HOST
AUX PEDAL
PEDAL
OUT INTHRU
L/L
+
RR
AUX IN
L/L
+
RR
AUX OUT
POWER
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
EFFECT
BRILLIANCE
VOICE
SETTING
CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/
CHOIR
ORGAN
BASS
MALLET
ORGAN/
STRINGS
VOICE
E. PIANO/
BASS
PIANO
MAIN
LEFT
PIANO/
E. PIANO
SPLIT
POINT
HARPSI-
CHORD
HARPSI/
MALLET
TEMPO
METRONOME
UPDOWN
FILE
SONG
SETTING
SETTINGSTART/STOP
TRACK
1
SONG SELECTDEMO
TRANSPOSEMAX
MASTER VOLUME
MIN
CLP-970
SONG BALANCE
NEW SONG
TRACK
2
EXTRA
TRACKS
STOP
SONG
SYNCHRO START
START/
PAUSE
REC
CONTRASTB
D
YES
EXIT
NO
A
C
Features
The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-970 digital piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playabil-
ity as well as Yamaha’s original “AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling” tone generation technology for rich, musical
voices, and a special “Graded Hammer” keyboard that provides graded key weight and response throughout the key-
board range. The CLP-970 GrandPiano1 voice features totally new samples painstakingly recorded from a full con-
cert grand piano. The CLP-970 GrandPiano1 voice features five velocity-switched samples (Dynamic Sampling), a
“Soundboard Reverb” (page 33) effect that accurately simulates the resonance of a piano soundboard, “String Reso-
nance” (page 88) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special “Sustain Sampling” (page 88)that samples the
unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings when the damper pedal is pressed, and “Key-
off Samples” that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are released. The CLP-970 comes much closer to the
sound of a true acoustic piano.