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2 CP4 STAGE/CP40 STAGE Reference Manual
Using the Manuals
Four different manuals have been prepared for your CP4 STAGE or CP40 STAGE — the Owner’s Manual, this
Reference Manual, the Synthesizer Parameter Manual, and the Data List. A hard-copy version of the Owner’s
Manual comes together with the instrument, and the other three manuals are provided as pdf files on the
Yamaha Downloads web page.
Owner’s Manual (hardcopy booklet)
The Owner’s Manual describes how to set up your CP4 STAGE or CP40 STAGE and perform basic
operations. In specific terms, it covers the following:
Reference Manual (this pdf document)
This Reference Manual describes the design of the CP4 STAGE and CP40 STAGE and all of the parameters
that may be set.
Synthesizer Parameter Manual (pdf document)
The Synthesizer Parameter Manual provides a description of Voice parameters, effect types, effect
parameters, and MIDI messages often used on Yamaha electronic instruments. We recommend that you first
read the Owner’s Manual and this Reference Manual, and then refer to the Synthesizer Parameter Manual if
you wish to know more about a specific Voice parameter, effect, or the like.
Data List (pdf document)
The Data List provides tables of the Voices, Performances, and effects found on the CP4 STAGE and CP40
STAGE in addition to MIDI-related content.
Using this Reference Manual
• A hierarchical list of functions is provided on the right-hand side of each page from the Reference section of this
manual. To jump to a description of any function, click the corresponding entry in the list. In addition, the functions
described on the current page are shown by red dots () in front of the corresponding entries in the list.
• By clicking a page number from the Table of Contents or links provided within descriptions, you can jump to the
corresponding page.
• You can also jump directly to individual pages by clicking the bookmarks displayed on the left in your pdf viewer. (If no
bookmarks are shown, click the Bookmarks tab in the left margin.)
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• Setting up
• Basic operations and display content
• Performances
• Playing Voices
• Layering Voices
• Splitting the keyboard for left and right hands
• Practicing with the metronome
• Changing the sound using controllers
• Raising or lowering the pitch of keyboard notes
• Storing settings
• Selecting a Performance
• Creating your own Performances
• Recording your playing as audio
• Playing audio files
• File operations using a USB flash-memory device
• Configuring utility settings for the overall system
• Using with a computer
• Using with a portable music player
• Using with other MIDI devices
• Shift functions
• On-screen messages
• Troubleshooting
• Specifications
• Index
• Introduction to Yamaha services