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CLP-280/270

OWNER'S MANUAL

Before using the Clavinova, be sure to read “PRECAUTIONS„ on pages 3-4.

IMPORTANT

—Check your power supply—

Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas

a voltage selector may be provided on the rear of the main keyboard unit near the power cord. Make sure that the voltage

selector is set for the voltage in your area. The voltage selector is set at 240V when the unit is initially shipped. To change the

setting use a "minus" screwdriver to rotate the selector dial so that the correct voltage appears next to the pointer on the panel.

For information on assembling the keyboard stand, refer to the instructions at the end of this manual.

SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Yamaha electronic

products may have either labels similar to the graphics

shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these

graphics on the enclosure. The explanation of these

graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions

indicated on this page and those indicated in the safety

instruction section.

See bottom of Keyboard enclosure for graphic symbol markings

The exclamation point within the

equilateral triangle is intended to alert

the user to the presence of important

operating and maintenance (servic-

ing) instructions in the literature

accompanying the product.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead

symbol, within the equilateral trian-

gle, is intended to alert the user to the

presence of uninsulated “dangerous

voltage” within the product’s enclo-

sure that may be of sufﬁcient magni-

tude to constitute a risk of electrical

shock.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Yamaha electronic products

are tested and approved by an independent safety testing

laboratory in order that you may be sure that when it is

properly installed and used in its normal and customary

manner, all foreseeable risks have been eliminated. DO

NOT modify this unit or commission others to do so

unless speciﬁcally authorized by Yamaha. Product perfor-

mance and/or safety standards may be diminished.

Claims ﬁled under the expressed warranty may be denied

if the unit is/has been modiﬁed. Implied warranties may

also be affected.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The

information contained in this manual is believed to be

correct at the time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves

the right to change or modify any of the speciﬁcations

without notice or obligation to update existing units.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Yamaha strives to pro-

duce products that are both user safe and environmentally

friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the

production methods used to produce them, meet these

goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the

law, we want you to be aware of the following:

Battery Notice: This product MAY contain a small non-

rechargable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in

place. The average life span of this type of battery is

approximately ﬁve years. When replacement becomes

necessary, contact a qualiﬁed service representative to

perform the replacement.

Warning: Do not attempt to recharge, disassemble, or

incinerate this type of battery. Keep all batteries away

from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as

regulated by applicable laws. Note: In some areas, the

servicer is required by law to return the defective parts.

However, you do have the option of having the servicer

dispose of these parts for you.

Disposal Notice: Should this product become damaged

beyond repair, or for some reason its useful life is consid-

ered to be at an end, please observe all local, state, and

federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products

that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc.

NOTICE: Service charges incurred due to lack of knowl-

edge relating to how a function or effect works (when the

unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the man-

ufacturer’s warranty, and are therefore the owners respon-

sibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult

your dealer before requesting service.

NAME PLATE LOCATION: The graphic below indi-

cates the location of the name plate. The model number,

serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on

this plate. You should record the model number, serial

number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided

below and retain this manual as a permanent record of

your purchase.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

CLP-280/270

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

92-469 1

Introduction

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 3

PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical

shock, short-circuiting, damages, ﬁre or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Only use the voltage speciﬁed as correct for the instrument. The required

voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may

have accumulated on it.

• Use only the supplied power cord/plug.

• Do not place the power cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators,

and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects

on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll

anything over it.

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or

modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. If it

should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it

inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet

conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into

any openings.

• Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

• Do not put burning items, such as candles, on the unit.

A burning item may fall over and cause a ﬁre.

• If the power cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a sudden

loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or smoke

should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch,

disconnect the electric plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected

by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage

to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold

the plug itself and not the cord. Pulling by the cord can damage it.

• Remove the electric plug from the outlet when the instrument is not to be used

for extended periods of time, or during electrical storms.

• Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple-

connector. Doing so can result in lower sound quality, or possibly cause

overheating in the outlet.

• Read carefully the attached documentation explaining the assembly process.

Failure to assemble the instrument in the proper sequence might result in

damage to the instrument or even injury.

• Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme cold

or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to

prevent the possibility of panel disﬁguration or damage to the internal

components.

• Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment,

mobile phone, or other electric devices. Otherwise, the instrument, TV, or radio

may generate noise.

• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally

fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected cables.

• When setting up the instrument, make sure that the AC outlet you are using is

easily accessible. If some trouble or malfunction occurs, immediately turn off

the power switch and disconnect the plug from the outlet.

• Do not place the instrument against a wall (allow at least 3 cm/one-inch from

the wall), since this can cause inadequate air circulation, and possibly result in

the instrument overheating.

Power supply/Power cord

Do not open

Water warning

Fire warning

If you notice any abnormality

Power supply/Power cord

Assembly

Location

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4 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

• Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the

power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all

components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the

volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the

volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

• (For polish-ﬁnished model) Gently remove dust and dirt with a soft cloth. Do

not wipe too hard since small particles of dirt can scratch the instrument's

ﬁnish.

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth. Do not

use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning ﬂuids, or chemical-impregnated wiping

cloths.

•Take care that the key cover does not pinch your ﬁngers, and do not insert a

ﬁnger or hand in any gaps on the key cover or instrument.

• Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the key

cover, panel or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and

unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. Then have the instrument inspected

by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might

discolor the panel or keyboard.

• (For polish-ﬁnished model) Bumping the surface of the instrument with metal,

porcelain, or other hard objects can cause the ﬁnish to crack or peel. Use

caution.

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do

not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or

uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If

you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

• Do not place the bench in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall

over.

• Do not play carelessly with or stand on the bench. Using it as a tool or step-

ladder or for any other purpose might result in accident or injury.

• Only one person should sit on the bench at a time, in order to prevent the

possibility of accident or injury.

• In the case of a model which the height adjustable bench included, do not

attempt to adjust the bench height while sitting on the bench, since this can

cause excessive force to be imposed on the adjustment mechanism, possibly

resulting in damage to the mechanism or even injury.

• If the bench screws become loose due to extensive long-term use, tighten them

periodically using the included tool.

Saving and backing up your data

• Current data (page 43) is lost when you turn off the power to the instrument

before saving. Save the data to a USB storage device/external device such as a

computer.

Saved data may be lost due to malfunction or incorrect operation. Save

important data to a USB storage device/external device such as a computer.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁcations to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.

Connections

Maintenance

Handling caution

Using the bench (If included)

Saving data

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CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 5

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Yamaha Clavinova CLP-280/270.

In order to make the most of your Clavinova’s performance potential and features, please read this Owner’s Manual

thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.

About this Owner’s Manual and Data List

This manual consists of four main sections: “Introduction,” “Basic Operation,” “Detailed Settings,” and “Appendix.”

Also, a separate “Data List” is provided.

Introduction:

Please read this section ﬁrst. In the “Application Index” section on page 8 and “Features” on page 10,

you can learn how to use the Clavinova and its functions in particular situations.

Basic Operation: This main section explains how to use the basic functions. Refer to this section while you play the

Clavinova. If you have questions or come across the words you do not know, refer to the section enti-

tled “Questions about Operations and Functions” on page 99, or the “Index” on page 117.

Detailed Settings: This section explains how to make detailed settings for the Clavinova’s various functions. Refer to

this section as necessary.

Appendix: This section introduces troubleshooting, a description of preset voices, and other reference material.

Data List: XG Voice List, MIDI Data Format, etc.

•The models CLP-280/270 will be referred to as the CLP/Clavinova in this Owner’s Manual.

•The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this Owner’s Manual are for instructional purposes only, and may appear somewhat

different from those on your instrument.

•Copying of commercially available software or music data for purposes other than your personal use is strictly prohibited.

Trademarks

• Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft

Corporation.

• SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation.

• All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Tuning

Unlike an acoustic piano, the Clavinova does not need to be tuned. It always stays perfectly in tune.

Transporting

If you move to another location, you can transport the Clavinova along with your other belongings. You can move the

unit as it is (assembled) or you can disassemble the unit.

Tr ansport the keyboard horizontally. Do not lean it up against a wall or stand it up on its side. Do not subject the instru-

ment to excessive vibration or shock.

After transporting the instrument, do the following to ensure optimum performance of the iAFC function (page 81):

• Place the Clavinova so that its rear panel is at least 10 cm away from the wall.

• Perform the automatic adjustment of the iAFC function (page 82).

Included Accessories

• “50 greats for the Piano” Score Collection • Accessory CD-ROM for Windows

• Owner’s Manual • Accessory CD-ROM for Windows Installation Guide

• Data List

• Bench (included or optional depending on locale)

This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has

license to use others’ copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software and MIDI ﬁles, etc. Any

unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright

has legal consequences. DON’T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. This device is capable of using various types/formats of

music data by optimizing them to the proper format music data for use with the device in advance. As a result, this device may not play

them back precisely as their producers or composers originally intended.

6 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Table of contents

Introduction

About this Owner’s Manual and Data List .................................................................................................................... 5

Included Accessories....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Application Index ................................................................................................................................... 8

Panel Controls and Terminals.............................................................................................................. 10

Introduction to the Controls................................................................................................................ 12

Before Using the Clavinova.................................................................................................................. 14

About the key cover ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

About the music rest..................................................................................................................................................... 14

About the music braces................................................................................................................................................. 14

Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................... 15

Adjusting the display contrast ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Setting the volume ........................................................................................................................................................ 16

Using headphones......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Performing the iAFC automatic adjustment............................................................................................................... 16

Basic Operation .................................................. 17

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes................................................................................................ 18

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs ..................................................................................................... 20

Playing the 50 piano preset songs ................................................................................................................................ 20

Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs ....................................................................................................... 22

Practicing with the Repeat Playback function and the preset songs .......................................................................... 23

Selecting and Playing Voices ............................................................................................................... 25

Selecting Voices............................................................................................................................................................. 25

Using the pedals ............................................................................................................................................................ 26

Adding variation to the sound [BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS].................................................................. 27

Combining two voices (Dual mode)............................................................................................................................ 29

Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode) ............................................................ 31

Using the metronome................................................................................................................................................... 33

Recording Your Performance............................................................................................................... 34

Recording a New Song.................................................................................................................................................. 34

Recording a performance without specifying the recording part .............................................................................. 35

Recording a performance of several different parts ................................................................................................... 39

Other recording techniques.......................................................................................................................................... 40

Handling files such as deleting song files ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]................................................... 43

Saving recorded songs to a USB storage device ... [Save] ........................................................................................... 46

Deleting a song from the Clavinova’s Storage memory or from a USB storage device ... [Delete].......................... 47

Renaming files ... [Rename] ......................................................................................................................................... 48

Copying files ... [Copy]................................................................................................................................................. 49

Moving files ... [Move].................................................................................................................................................. 51

Making folders in the USB storage device ... [MakeDir] ............................................................................................ 52

Formatting a USB storage device ... [Format]............................................................................................................. 52

Introduction

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 7

Automatically selecting a song in storage media ... [SongAutoOpen]....................................................................... 53

Changing the type of characters on screen ... [CharacterCode]................................................................................. 53

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data............................................. 54

Playing back a song ....................................................................................................................................................... 54

Turning part playback on and off ................................................................................................................................ 57

Supported song data type ............................................................................................................................................. 57

Connections ......................................................................................................................................... 58

Connectors .................................................................................................................................................................... 58

Connecting to a USB storage device ............................................................................................................................ 60

Connecting a personal computer................................................................................................................................. 63

Detailed Settings ................................................ 65

Detailed Settings.................................................................................................................................. 66

Parameter List ............................................................................................................................................................... 66

Making detailed settings ............................................................................................................................................... 69

Detailed settings for recording and playback [FILE/SONG SETTING] ................................................ 71

Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING] ........................................................ 74

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING] .............................................................................. 75

Detailed settings for iAFC [iAFC SETTING].......................................................................................... 81

Other settings [FUNCTION] ................................................................................................................. 83

Message List ......................................................................................................................................... 93

Questions about Operations and Functions ........................................................................................99

Appendix .......................................................... 101

Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................. 102

Data Compatibility ............................................................................................................................. 104

Preset Voice List ................................................................................................................................. 106

Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split) ................................................................................. 108

CLP-280/270: Keyboard Stand Assembly .......................................................................................... 109

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks (Optional) ............................................... 114

Installing the Floppy Disk Drive (Optional)....................................................................................... 115

Specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 116

Index................................................................................................................................................... 117

Introduction

8 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Application Index

Use this index to ﬁnd reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation.

Listening

Listening to demo songs...............................................“Listening to the Demonstration Tunes” on page 18

“Playing the 50 Piano Preset Songs” on page 20

Listening to demo songs with different voices ............“Listening to the Demonstration Tunes” on page 18

Listening to songs from “50 greats for the Piano” ............. “Playing the 50 Piano Preset Songs” on page 20

Listening to my recorded performance

..................................“Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data” on page 54

Listening to songs in the USB storage device..................“Connecting to a USB storage device” on page 60

“Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data” on page 54

Playing

Using three pedals.............................................................................................“Using the pedals” on page 26

Playing an accompaniment that matches pitch ....................... “Changing the key [Transpose]” on page 83

Changing tonal color

Viewing the list of voices................................................................................ “Preset Voice List” on page 106

Simulating a concert hall...........................................................................................“[REVERB]” on page 28

Combining two voices ..................................................... “Combining two voices (Dual mode)” on page 29

Playing different sounds with left and right hands

...........................“Splitting the keyboard range and playing two different voices (Split mode)” on page 31

Making a voice brighter and sharper, or softer and smoother ........................“[BRILLIANCE]” on page 27

Adding spread to the sound .................................................................................... “[CHORUS]” on page 28

Making the sound three-dimensional .............. “Detailed settings for iAFC [iAFC SETTING]” on page 81

Practicing

Muting the right- or left-hand part ........... “Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs” on page 22

Practicing with an accurate and steady tempo.......................................“Using the metronome” on page 33

Practicing using your recorded song .......................................... “Recording Your Performance” on page 34

“Turning part playback on and off” on page 57

Recording

Recording your performance ...................................................... “Recording Your Performance” on page 34

Deleting or copying the recorded songs

.....................................“Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]” on page 43

Application Index

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Introduction

Settings

Making detailed settings for recording and playback

.................................. “Detailed settings for recording and playback [FILE/SONG SETTING]” on page 71

Making detailed settings for the metronome

......................................... “Detailed settings for the metronome METRONOME [SETTING]” on page 74

Making detailed settings for the voices

................................................................. “Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]” on page 75

Making detailed settings for the Clavinova............................... “Other settings [FUNCTION]” on page 83

Connecting the Clavinova to other devices

What is MIDI?......................................................................................................... “About MIDI” on page 58

Making detailed settings for MIDI

“Setting the MIDI transmit channel” – “Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI” on pages 89 – 90

Recording your performance ....................................................... “AUX OUT [L] [R] Pin jacks” on page 59

Raising the volume ........................................................................ “AUX OUT [L] [R] Pin jacks” on page 59

Outputting other instruments’ sound from the Clavinova.......... “AUX IN [L/L+R], [R] jacks” on page 59

Connecting to a USB storage device................................“Connecting to a USB storage device” on page 60

Connecting a computer........................................................ “Connecting a personal computer” on page 63

Assembling

Assemble/disassemble the Clavinova.....................“CLP-280/270: Keyboard Stand Assembly” on page 109

Quick solution

What the Clavinova offers............................................................................... “Application Index” on page 8

“Panel Controls and Terminals” on page 10

Returning to the main screen.................................................................................“EXIT button” on page 13

Resetting the Clavinova to the default setting

................................................................“Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet]” on page 91

Meaning of the messages........................................................................................ “Message List” on page 93

If you have questions about operations and functions

.............................................................................. “Questions about Operations and Functions” on page 99

Troubleshooting............................................................................................. “Troubleshooting” on page 102

Use this index to ﬁnd reference pages that may be helpful for your application and situation.

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Introduction

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

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GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

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CHORD

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SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

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GRAND

PIANO 1

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JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

USB

TO DEVICE

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MIDI

AUX PEDAL

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AUX OUT

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VOICE

Panel Controls and Terminals

The Yamaha CLP-280/270 Clavinova offers unmatched sonic realism and exceptionally natural grand-piano type

playability, and features Yamaha’s original AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling technology for rich, authentic, musical

voices.

The CLP-270 utilizes a GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) Keyboard that varies the key weight according to the key range,

while the CLP-280 boasts a Natural Wood Keyboard that enhances the GH3 features (including real-wood white

keys), to reproduce as closely as possible the experience of playing an actual acoustic grand piano.

Thanks to these two keyboard types, you can use performance techniques previously possible only on grand

pianos—such as playing the same note successively and having sounds blend smoothly even without use of the

damper pedal, or playing the same key quickly and having perfect articulation without the sound cutting off unnatu-

rally. The remarkably authentic Grand Piano 1 voice on both instruments also features:

•Dynamic Sampling, using velocity-switched samples for extra realism;

•String Resonance (page 88), which recreates the rich resonance of piano strings;

•Sustain Sampling (page 88), which uses samples of the resonance of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and

strings made when the damper pedal is pressed; and

•Keyoff Samples, which add the subtle, characteristic sounds produced when keys are released.

Top panel

Jacks & Terminals

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 11

Introduction

Panel Controls and Terminals

1 [POWER] switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15

2 [MASTER VOLUME] dial . . . . . . . . . page 16

Adjust the volume level using this dial.

3 [SONG BALANCE] slider . . . . . . . . . page 42

This lets you adjust the volume balance between the song

playback and the sound you are playing on the keyboard.

4 [DEMO] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Demonstration playback is available for each voice.

5 [REPEAT] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23

For repeatedly playing back a single song or specifying a

range (in beats) within a song for repeated playback.

6 [RIGHT], [LEFT], [EXTRA PARTS] buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 22, 34, 39

For turning the left- and right-hand parts on or off as

required so you can practice the corresponding part (the

part that is turned off) on the keyboard.

7 [REC] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34

For recording your keyboard performance.

8 [PLAY/PAUSE], [STOP] buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 20, 54

For playing back the preset songs, your recorded material

or commercially available music data, etc.

9 [SONG SELECT] button. . . . . . .pages 20, 54

For selecting a song to play back or edit.

)

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button . . . pages 43, 71

For saving recorded songs and managing song ﬁles. Also

lets you make detailed settings for song recording and

playback.

! METRONOME [ON/OFF], METRONOME

[SETTING] buttons . . . . . . .pages 33, 66, 74

For using the metronome functions.

@ TEMPO [UP][DOWN] buttons. . . . . page 33

For changing the tempo (speed) of the song and metro-

nome.

# A – D [–][+] buttons, Display. . . . . . page 12

$ [CONTRAST] knob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16

For adjusting the display contrast.

% [EXIT] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13

Pressing this button returns to the main operation dis-

play (the one shown when the power is turned on).

^ Voice group buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25

For choosing voice groups. Sixteen groups of voices,

including grand piano, are available. You can also com-

bine two voices and use them together.

& [VOICE SETTING] button . . . . .pages 67, 75

For making detailed changes to the voice sound and

effects.

* [SPLIT] button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31

For playing different voices on the left- and right-hand

sections of the keyboard.

( [REVERB], [CHORUS] buttons . . . . . page 28

For adding reverb and chorus effects to the sound.

º BRILLIANCE [MELLOW][BRIGHT] buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27

For adjusting the brightness of the sound.

¡ [iAFC SETTING] button . . . . . . pages 67, 81

When iAFC is engaged, the Clavinova will sound deeper,

more resonant, and more similar to the sound of an

actual acoustic instrument. You can turn the iAFC func-

tion on or off or make detailed settings for the iAFC.

™ [FUNCTION] button. . . . . . . . . pages 68, 83

This lets you make detailed settings, such as adjusting the

keyboard touch, making ﬁne adjustments to the pitch or

MIDI settings.

£ USB [TO DEVICE] terminals . . . . . . page 58

For connecting the instrument to a USB storage device,

allowing saving/loading of data to and from the con-

nected device. The instrument has two [TO DEVICE]

terminals, A and B, which can be speciﬁed using the

[SELECT] switch.

¢ Soft pedal (left), Sostenuto pedal (center),

Damper pedal (right) . . . . . . . . . . . page 26

For producing a range of expressive effects similar to

those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.

These pedals can also be assigned to various functions.

∞ [PHONES] jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16

For connecting a set of standard stereo headphones,

allowing private practice.

§ USB [TO HOST] terminal . . . . . . . . . page 58

For connecting the instrument to your computer, allow-

ing you to transfer MIDI data between the Clavinova and

the computer.

¶ MIDI [IN][OUT][THRU] terminals . . page 58

For connecting external MIDI devices, allowing the use

of various MIDI functions.

• [AUX PEDAL] jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58

For connecting an optional pedal, allowing convenient

foot control over one of a variety of assignable functions.

ª AUX IN [L/L+R] [R] jacks . . . . . . . . . page 59

For connecting an external tone generator, allowing you

to play the sound of that device via the Clavinova’s inter-

nal sound system and speakers.

‚ AUX OUT [L][R] jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . page 59

For outputting the sound of the Clavinova to an external

audio system, or connecting it to another device (cassette

tape recorder, etc.) to record your performance.

In order to obtain the optimal results from iAFC, we rec-

ommend that you do the following.

•Position the Clavinova so that its rear panel is at least

10 cm away from the wall.

•Perform the automatic adjustment after you turn on

the power of the Clavinova for the ﬁrst time, and after

each time you move the Clavinova (page 82).

12 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Introduction to the Controls

This instrument has many buttons and controls—so many that you may feel overwhelmed at ﬁrst. However,

once you understand the basic operations, you’ll ﬁnd the instrument is very easy to use.

Press the button corresponding to the function you want to use.

The buttons are the means of entrance to the functions.

For example, when you want to change a voice, you simply press one of the voice group buttons on the right

of the panel, or when you want to listen to a preset song, press the [SONG SELECT] button on the left of the

panel.

For the functions that are assigned to each button, see “Panel Controls and Terminals” on page 10.

When you press a button, related content or parameter is shown in the display. For example, when you press

a voice button, the voice name is shown, or when you press the [SONG SELECT] button, a song name is

shown on the display. After pressing a button, check the display for the indication.

Selecting items/parameters with the buttons on the side of the display.

Each function may have many items or parameters from which you can choose. To select an item or parame-

ter, press one of the A [–][+] – D [–][+] buttons. Each parameter in the display corresponds to the A [–][+]

– D [–][+] button next to it.

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

VOICE

NO YES

Grand Piano 1

NO YES

GrandPiano1 Harpsi.8'

Vibraphone WoodBass

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 13

Introduction

Introduction to the Controls

■ To reset the values or parameters, press the [–][+] buttons simultaneously.

If you’ve changed the parameter values or settings, you may wan to reset them to their normal condition. To do this,

simply press the [–][+] buttons simultaneously.

The TEMPO and BRILLIANCE buttons are the same shape as the A [–][+] – D [–][+] buttons. You can reset the

related values or parameters by simultaneously pressing buttons of this shape.

■ To execute or cancel the operation, press the B [– (NO)] [+ (YES)] button.

When a prompt is shown on the upper right of the display, press the B [– (NO)][+ (YES)] button to execute or can-

cel the operation.

Press the [EXIT] button to exit from a function.

The [EXIT] button is the means to “leave” a function.

After you’ve used a function and want to exit from it, press the [EXIT] button.

NO YES

MetronomeVolume

100

NO YES

Save Overwrite?-->

M-001:NewSong001.MID

NO: cancel

YES: execute

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

CONTRAST

NO YES

EXIT

[EXIT] button

14 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Before Using the Clavinova

About the key cover

To open the key cover:

Lift the cover slightly, then push and slide it open.

To close the key cover:

Slide the cover toward you and gently lower the

cover over the keys.

About the music rest

To raise the music rest:

1. Pull the music rest up and toward yourself as far as it will go.

2. Flip down the two metal supports at the left and right on

the rear of the music rest.

3. Lower the music rest so that it rests on the metal supports.

To lower the music rest:

1. Pull the music rest toward yourself as far as it will go.

2. Raise the two metal supports (at the rear of the music rest).

3. Gently lower the music rest backward until it is all the way

down.

CAUTION

Do not try to use the music rest in a half-raised position.

When lowering the music rest, do not release your hands from the music rest until it is all the way down.

About the music braces

These braces are for holding the pages of music books in place.

CAUTION

Hold the cover with both hands when opening or closing it. Do not release it until it is fully opened or closed. Be

careful to avoid catching ﬁngers (yours or others, especially children’s) between the cover and the unit.

Do not place objects such as a piece of metal or paper on top of the key cover. Small objects placed on the key

cover may fall inside the unit when the cover is opened and may be nearly impossible to remove. This could

cause electric shock, short circuit, ﬁre or other serious damage to the instrument.

Be careful to avoid catching your fingers

when opening or closing the cover.

To open To close

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 15

Introduction

Before Using the Clavinova

Turning the power on

1. Connect the power cable.

First insert the plug of the power cable into the AC connector on the Clavinova, then plug the other end of the cable

into the proper AC outlet on the wall.

In some areas a plug adaptor may be provided to match the pin conﬁguration of the AC wall outlets in your area.

WARNING!

Make sure your CLP-280/270 is rated for the AC voltage supplied in the area in which it is to be used (voltage rating appears on

the name plate on the bottom panel). In some areas, a voltage selector may be provided on the bottom panel of the main key-

board unit near the power cord. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area. Connecting the unit to the

wrong AC supply can cause serious damage to the internal circuitry and may even pose a shock hazard!

Use only the AC power cord supplied with the CLP-280/270. If the supplied cord is lost or damaged and needs to be replaced,

contact your Yamaha dealer. The use of an inappropriate replacement can pose a ﬁre and shock hazard!

The type of AC power cord provided with the CLP-280/270 may be different depending on the country in which it is purchased.

(In some areas a plug adaptor may be provided to match the pin conﬁguration of the AC wall outlets in your area.) Do NOT mod-

ify the plug provided with the CLP-280/270. If the plug will not ﬁt the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualiﬁed electri-

cian.

2. Turn on the power to the Clavinova.

Press the [POWER] switch located on the right of the keyboard to turn the power on.

•The screen located in the center of the front panel and the power indicator located below the left end of the key-

board lights up.

Press the [POWER] switch again to turn off the power to the Clavinova.

•The screen and the power indicator turn off.

1-1

(The shape of plug differs

depending on locale.)

(rear panel)

1-2

NO YES

Grand Piano 1

When you turn on the power to the Clavinova,

a voice name appears on the screen.

Power indicator

If you close the key cover

without turning the power

off, the power indicator

remains lit, indicating that

the power is still on.

TIP

[POWER] switch

Power indicator

16 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Before Using the Clavinova

Adjusting the display contrast

You can adjust the contrast of the display by turning the [CONTRAST] knob located to the right of the LCD.

Setting the volume

To adjust the volume, use the [MASTER VOLUME] dial located at the left of the panel. Play the keyboard to

actually produce sound while you adjust the volume.

Using headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to one of the [PHONES] jacks.

When the headphones are plugged into either of the [PHONES]

jacks, the internal speaker system is automatically shut off.

Two [PHONES] jacks are provided. Two sets of standard stereo

headphones can be plugged in. (If you are using only one pair of

headphones, you can plug them into either of these jacks.)

CAUTION

Do not use headphones at a high volume for an extended period of time.

Doing so may cause hearing loss.

Using the Headphone Hanger

A headphone hanger is included in the CLP-280/270

package so that you can hang the headphones on the

Clavinova. Install the headphone hanger using included

two screws (4 × 10mm) as shown in the ﬁgure.

CAUTION

Do not hang anything other than the headphones on the hanger. Otherwise, the Clavinova

or the hanger may be damaged.

Performing the iAFC automatic adjustment

The CLP-280/270 features an iAFC (Instrumental Active Field Control) effect. This produces sound from the

speaker located on the rear of the Clavinova, enhancing the reverberation and spaciousness of the sound.

In order to take full advantage of iAFC, perform the automatic adjustment. (page 82)

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

CONTRAST:

difference between

brightness and darkness

TERMINOLOGY

Use this knob.

MASTER VOLUME

MAXMIN

CAUTION

Do not use the Clavinova at

a high volume level for a

long period of time, or your

hearing may be damaged.

The level

increases.

The level

decreases.

MASTER VOLUME:

The volume level of the entire keyboard sound

You can also adjust the [PHONES] output level, AUX [IN]

input level and the AUX [OUT] output level (when “Vari-

able” is selected in “AuxOutLevel” on page 89) using the

[MASTER VOLUME] dial.

TERMINOLOGY

TIP

buttom surface

standard stereo phone plug

Optional headphones

HPE-160 Yamaha headphones.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 17

Basic Operation

18 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Listening to the Demonstration

Tunes

For each voice group, the Clavinova contains one demo song that shows off the character of the voices.

This section explains how to listen to the demo songs for the voice groups listed below.

Demonstration tunes

The demonstration pieces listed above are short rearranged excerpts the original

compositions.

Procedure

Mode:

A mode is a status under which

you can execute a certain func-

tion. In demo mode, you can

play back demonstration tunes.

1. Engage the demo mode.

Press the [DEMO] button to engage the demo mode.

The indicators of the voice group buttons will blink in succession.

Voice group Tunes Composer

GRAND PIANO1 “Eintritt” Waldszenen Op. 82 R.Schumann

HARPSICHORD Gavotte J.S.Bach

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

1 3

Voice group buttons

TERMINOLOGY

NO YES

VoiceDemo

SelectVoiceButton

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 19

Basic Operation

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes

To adjust the volume level of the

demo songs, use the [MASTER

VOLUME] dial.

To adjust the volume balance

between the song playback

and the sound you are playing

on the keyboard, use the

[SONG BALANCE] slider

(page 42).

You can also exit from demo

mode by pressing the [EXIT] or

[STOP] button.

2. Select a tune and start playback.

Press the voice group button for the demo song that you want

to hear.

The indicator of the voice group button you pressed will light, and the

demo song will begin playing. Subsequently, the demo songs will play

back consecutively from the upper left voice group button until you

stop the playback.

3. Stop the playback and exit from demo mode.

Press the [DEMO] button.

TIP

By holding down the [DEMO] button and pressing the A [+] but-

ton to get the “Piano Demo” display, you can hear the piano demo/

iAFC demo. The piano demo lets you compare the result of

enabling/disabling each sampling technology.

The iAFC demo lets you compare the result of turning iAFC on/off.

The demo songs are assigned to the voice group buttons as follows.

GRAND PIANO1..... Stereo Piano (stereo sampling)

GRAND PIANO2..... Mono Piano (mono sampling)

E.PIANO1 ............... mezzo piano (dynamic sampling, mezzo piano)

E.PIANO2 ............... mezzo forte (dynamic sampling, mezzo forte)

HARPSICHORD...... forte (dynamic sampling, forte)

E.CLAVICHORD ..... with Sustain (with sustain sampling)

VIBRAPHONE.........no Sustain (without sustain sampling)

GUITAR ..................with KeyOff (with key-off sampling)

CHURCH ORGAN.. no KeyOff (without key-off sampling)

JAZZ ORGAN......... with StringRes (with string resonance)

STRINGS ................ no StringRes (without string resonance)

CHOIR....................with iAFC

SYNTH.PAD............ no iAFC

20 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

The Clavinova provides performance data of 50 piano songs. You can just listen to these songs (page 20) or

use them for practice (page 22). You can also refer to the included “50 greats for the Piano” booklet that con-

tains the scores for 50 piano preset songs.

Playing the 50 piano preset songs

Procedure

Song:

On the Clavinova, performance

data is called a “Song.” This

includes demonstration tunes

and piano preset tunes.

1. Select a song.

If “PRESET” does not appear, press the [SONG SELECT] button

to call up “PRESET.” Press the C [–][+] buttons to select the

desired piano song from P-001 to P-050.

2. Play a preset song.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP] button

TERMINOLOGY

Song select screen

NO YES

PRESET

BAR 001

P-001:Invention 1

The song number appears on the display.

• [-----: NewSong] is a blank

song provided for you to

record your performance

(page 34).

•You can repeatedly play back

a single song or specify a

range (in beats) within a song

for repeated playback by

using the [REPEAT] button

(page 23). Use the “SongRe-

peat” parameter in the [FILE/

SONG SETTING] menu to

repeat playback of all songs

(page 71).

You can play the keyboard along

with the preset song playback.

You can change the voice play-

ing on the keyboard.

Use the D [–][+] buttons to

scroll through the song name,

if the name does not ﬁt in the

display.

TIP

NO YES

PRESET

BAR 015

P-001:Invention 1

the number of measures

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 21

Basic Operation

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

Adjusting the tempo

You can also use the D [–][+]

buttons to change the tempo.

Resetting the tempo

Whenever you select a new

preset song, the tempo is auto-

matically reset to the song’s

original value.

You can use the TEMPO [DOWN][UP] buttons to adjust the playback tempo

as required. The default tempo (the song’s original tempo) is set when you

press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons simultaneously.

Press either of the [SONG SELECT] button to return to the song select screen.

3. Stop the song playback.

When playback is complete, it automatically stops and the Clavinova

locates the top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song,

press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the

[PLAY/PAUSE] button. Playback stops when you press the button.

Fast forward and rewind

You can perform the following operations in the song select screen:

•Use the B [–][+] buttons to move back and forth (rewind and fast forward)

through the song while the song is played or stopped.

•Press the C [–] button during playback to start playback from the previous

song.

•Press the C [+] button during playback to start playback from the next

song.

•Press the [STOP] button or simultaneously press the B [–][+] buttons dur-

ing playback or while playback is stopped in the middle of the song to

locate the top of the song.

Default screen:

The default screen is a voice

select screen (page 25) that

appears when you turn on the

power to the Clavinova.

4. Return to the default screen.

Press the [EXIT] button.

TIP

NO YES

Tempo

TERMINOLOGY

22 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

Practicing a one-hand part using 50 preset songs

The 50 preset songs have separate left- and right-hand parts on individual parts. You can turn the left- and

right-hand parts on or off as required so you can practice the corresponding part (the part that is turned off)

on the keyboard. The right-hand part is played by [RIGHT] and the left-hand part is played by [LEFT].

procedure

You can turn parts on or off,

even during playback.

1. Turn off the playback part you wish to practice.

After you select a song to practice, press the [RIGHT] or [LEFT]

button to turn off the corresponding part.

When you ﬁrst select a song, both [RIGHT] and [LEFT] indicators

light up, indicating that you can play back both parts. When you press

one of the buttons to turn off playback, the corresponding button

indicator turns off and the corresponding part playback is muted.

Pressing the buttons repeatedly toggles between playback on and off.

2. Start playback and playing.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback. Play the part

you just turned off.

Sync:

Synchronous; occurring at the

same time

Starting playback automatically as you start playing the key-

board (Sync Start)

You can cause playback to begin when you play the keyboard (Sync

Start).

Hold down the [STOP] button and press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

The [PLAY/PAUSE] indicator will blink, and the Clavinova will wait

for Sync Start.

Now when you play the keyboard, playback will begin at the same

moment.

If you press the [STOP] button while waiting, Sync Start will be can-

celled.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME VOICE

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 23

Basic Operation

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

3. Stop playback.

Resetting the part playback

Both parts are automatically

turned ON whenever you select

a new song.

When playback is complete, it automatically stops and the Clavinova

locates the top of the song. If you wish to stop playback in the middle

of a song, press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by

pressing the [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Playback stops when you press

the button.

Practicing with the Repeat Playback function and

the preset songs

The Song Repeat functions can be used to repeatedly play back a song or a speciﬁc range of measures in a

song. This is useful for repeated practicing of difﬁcult-to-play phrases.

Playing back a song repeatedly

procedure

You can repeatedly play back

all songs from the 50 preset

songs or from the USB storage

devices (page 71).

1. Enter the Repeat mode.

Select a song to practice, then press the [REPEAT] button.

2. Start Repeat playback.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.

3. Exit the Repeat mode and return to the normal play

mode.

Press the [STOP] button to stop playback, then press the

[REPEAT] button.

TIP

24 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs

Specifying a range of measures and playing them back repeatedly (A-B repeat)

Procedure

1. Select the desired song for practicing and play it.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.

Specifying the repeat range

between point A and the end of

the song. Specifying only point

A results in repeat playback

between point A and the end of

the song.

When you select another song,

the speciﬁed range is automati-

cally cancelled and the repeat

function is turned off.

2. Specify the repeat range.

Press the [REPEAT] button at the starting point (A) of the range

to be repeated. Press the [REPEAT] button again at the ending

point (B).

After an automatic lead-in (to help guide you into the phrase), the

range from point A to point B is played back repeatedly,

3. Cancel the speciﬁed range and return to the normal

play mode.

Press the [REPEAT] button.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 25

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Procedure

Voice

On the Clavinova, a voice

means “tone” or “tonal color.”

You can also switch between

voices in the same group by

pressing a voice group button

repeatedly.

To learn characteristics of the

voices, listen to demo songs for

each voice group (page 18).

Refer to “Preset Voice List” on

page 106 for more information on

characteristics of each preset

voice.

You can control the loudness of a

voice by how hard you play the

keyboard, although different play-

ing styles (touch sensitivities) have

little or no effect with the sound of

certain musical instruments. Refer

to “Preset Voice List” on

page 106.

XG is a major enhancement of

the GM System level 1 format,

and was developed by Yamaha

specially to provide more

voices and variations, as well

as greater expressive control

over voices and effects, and to

ensure compatibility of data

well into the future.

1. Select a voice group.

Press a voice group button.

2. Select a voice.

Use A [–][+] buttons to select a voice.

•For details on XG voices, refer to “XG voice list” (the separate data list booklet).

If you select XG

XG voices are categorized and included in separate folders. You can select the

XG voice group ﬁrst, then select the desired voice.

2-1. Simultaneously press the [–][+] screen buttons located

beside the XG voice name display, to access a screen where

you can select XG voices.

2-2. Use A [–][+] buttons to select the voice group.

2-3. Use C [–][+] buttons to select the desired voice.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

Voice group buttons

TERMINOLOGY

TIP

Voice group Voice name Voice group Voice name

GRANDPIANO1

GrandPiano1

CHURCHORGAN

PipeOrganPrincipal

MellowPiano PipeOrganTutti

RockPiano PipeOrganFlute 1

HonkyTonkPiano PipeOrganFlute 2

GRANDPIANO2

GrandPiano2

JAZZORGAN

JazzOrgan

BrightPiano RotaryOrgan

E.PIANO1

E.Piano1 MellowOrgan

SynthPiano

STRINGS

Strings

E.PIANO2

E.Piano2 SynthStrings

Vintage E.Piano SlowStrings

HARPSICHORD

Harpsichord8'

CHOIR

Choir

Harpsichord8'+4' SlowChoir

E.CLAVICHORD

E.Clavichord

Scat

Wah Clavi.

SYNTH.PAD

SynthPad 1

VIBRAPHONE

Vibraphone SynthPad 2

Marimba

WOOD BASS

WoodBass

Celesta Bass&Cymbal

GUITAR

NylonGuitar

E.BASS

ElectricBass

SteelGuitar FretlessBass

XG XGVoice

26 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Using the pedals

The Clavinova has three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto

pedal (center), and soft pedal (left) that produce a range of expressive

effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.

If the damper pedal doesn’t

work, or notes are sustained

even when the pedal is not

pressed, make sure that the

pedal cord is properly plugged

into the [PEDAL] jack on the

unit (see step 6 on page 112).

Also, make sure that the RPed-

alFunc parameter in the

“FUNCTION” menu is set to ON

(see page 85).

The threshold at which the Half

Pedal effect starts can be set

from the Half Pedal Point

parameter inthe Function menu

(page 87).

You can adjust the depth of the

resonance produced by the

“Sustain Samples” using the

Sustain Sampling Depth

parameter in the “FUNCTION”

menu. (See page 88.)

Damper (right) pedal

When you press the damper pedal, the notes

you play have a longer sustain.

When you select Grand Piano 1, pressing the

damper pedal activates the instrument’s special

“Sustain Samples” to accurately recreate the

unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano’s

soundboard and strings. A “half-pedal” effect

lets you use the damper pedal to create partial

sustain effects, depending on how far down

you press the pedal.

Sostenuto (center) pedal

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard

and press the sostenuto pedal while holding

the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as the

pedal is held. All subsequent notes will not

sustain.

You can assign a function to

each pedal via the “RPedal-

Func”, “CPedalFunc”, and

“LPedalFunc” parameters in the

“FUNCTION” menu. (See

page 85.)

The center and left pedals can

also be assigned to song start/

stop operation (PLAY/PAUSE

function) via the “PedalPlay/

Pause” parameter in the

“FUNCTION” menu (on

page 87).

Soft pedal (left)

The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes

played while the pedal is pressed. (The soft pedal will not affect notes that are

already playing when it is pressed. Press the pedal immediately before you

play the target notes.)

With the Vibraphone, Jazz Organ and Mellow Organ voices, this pedal turns

vibrato on and off or toggles the speed of vibrato. (See page 87.)

TIP

When you press the damper

pedal here, the notes you

play before you release the

pedal have a longer sustain.

When you press the sostenuto

pedal here while holding the

note(s), the notes will sustain

as long as you hold the pedal.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 27

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Adding variation to the sound

[BRILLIANCE]/[REVERB]/[CHORUS]

The Effect function enables you to add expression to the sound. The Clavinova effects include Brilliance,

Reverb, and Chorus.

[BRILLIANCE]

You can use this control to adjust the brilliance of the tone and change the tonality to suit your preference.

Procedure

You can press BRILLIANCE

[MELLOW] [BRIGHT] buttons,

and then use D [–][+] buttons

to select the desired tonality.

Normal setting = Normal

Normal setting:

The “Normal setting” refers to

the default setting (factory set-

ting) obtained when you ﬁrst

turn on the power to the

Clavinova.

If you select [Bright1], [Bright2]

or [Bright3] as the type of bril-

liance, the volume level will

increase slightly. Under this

condition, if you raise the [MAS-

TER VOLUME] dial setting, the

sound may become distorted.

In this case, lower the volume

accordingly.

Press one of the BRILLIANCE [MELLOW]/ [BRIGHT] buttons to

select the desired tonality.

Normal........... Standard tone

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main screen.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

[REVERB] button

[CHORUS] button

BRILLIANCE [MELLOW] [BRIGHT] button

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

TIP

Mellow3

Soft and mellow tone.

The sound becomes more mellow and rounder as the

number increases.

Mellow2

Mellow1

Bright1

Bright tone.

The sound becomes brighter as the number increases.

Bright2

Bright3

NO YES

Brilliance

Normal

28 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

[REVERB]

This control adds reverberation to the sound by simulating the natural reverberation of a concert hall.

Procedure

You can select a reverb type via

the Reverb Type parameter in

the “VOICE SETTING” menu,

and adjust the reverb depth for

the selected voice via the

Reverb Send parameter. (See

page 77.)

Normal setting = ON

Pressing the [REVERB] button repeatedly toggles the reverb on

and off.

Even if the reverb effect is turned off, a “soundboard reverb” effect

will be applied when the GrandPiano1 or GrandPiano2 voice is

selected.

[CHORUS]

This control adds spread and spaciousness to the sound.

Procedure

You can select a chorus type

via the Chorus Type parameter

in the “VOICE SETTING” menu,

and adjust the chorus depth for

the selected voice via the Cho-

rus Send parameter. You can

also turn chorus on or off via the

Chorus On Off parameter. (See

page 77.)

Normal Setting:

The normal chorus on/off set-

ting is different for each voice.

Pressing the [CHORUS] button repeatedly toggles the chorus on

and off.

You can turn the chorus effect on and off by pressing the [CHORUS]

ON/OFF buttons on the panel and by setting the Chorus On Off

parameter in the VOICE SETTING menu (see page 78). The [CHO-

RUS] ON/OFF button setting on the panel is temporary. That is, if

you select another voice, the chorus setting for the previous voice is

cancelled. The Chorus On Off parameter setting is saved for each

voice. That is, if you select a given voice, the chorus setting is auto-

matically turned on or off according to the saved chorus setting.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 29

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Combining two voices (Dual mode)

You can play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. In this way, you can simulate

a melody duet or combine two similar voices to create a thicker sound. Refer to “Voice Combination Exam-

ples (Dual and Split)” on page 108 for examples of effective voice combinations.

Dual mode using voices in different voice groups

Procedure

1. Enter Dual mode.

If you want to select Dual mode

for the left-hand area when the

entire keyboard is divided into

left and right areas (page 31),

hold down [SPLIT] button and

simultaneously press two voice

group buttons.

Refer to page 25 for details on

how to select XG voices.

Press two voice group buttons simultaneously.

2. Select a voice.

Use the A [–][+] buttons and B [–][+] buttons to select a voice.

The voices listed in the upper row in “Preset Voice List” on page 106

are called voice 1, and those listed in the bottom row are called

voice 2.

3. Exit Dual mode and return to normal play mode.

Press any voice group button.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME VOICE

1 3

31 4

2 2

The numbers on the upper row indicate the steps

in Dual mode using voices from different group.

The numbers on the bottom row indicate the steps

in Dual mode using voices from the same group.

Voice group buttons

TIP

NO YES

GrandPiano1 Vibraphone

Voice 1 Voice 2

30 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Dual mode using voices in the same voice group

Procedure

1. Select a voice group.

In normal play mode, press the desired voice group button.

2. Select a voice.

Use the A [–][+] buttons to select a voice.

If you want to select Dual mode

for the left-hand area when the

entire keyboard is divided into

left and right areas (page 31),

press D [–] [+] buttons.

3. Select another voice.

Use the B [–][+] buttons to select another voice in the same

voice group.

To use the identical voices, press the B [–][+] buttons once. To use dif-

ferent voices within the same voice group, press the B [–][+] buttons

repeatedly.

4. Exit Dual mode and return to normal play mode.

Press any voice group button.

TIP

NO YES

E.Piano1 SynthPiano

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 31

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Splitting the keyboard range and playing two differ-

ent voices (Split mode)

Split mode enables you to play two different voices on the keyboard — one with the left hand and another

with the right hand. For example, you can play a bass part using the [WOOD BASS] or [E. BASS] voice with

the left hand, and a melody with the right hand. Refer to “Voice Combination Examples (Dual and Split)” on

page 108 for examples of effective voice combinations.

Procedure

1. Enter Split mode.

Press the [SPLIT] button.

2. Select a voice for the right hand.

Use the voice group buttons and the A [–] [+] buttons to select

the voice for the right-hand area.

Refer to page 25 for details on

how to select XG voice.

3. Select a voice for the left hand.

Hold down the [SPLIT] button, and press a voice group button

to select the voice group for the left-hand area.

Use the C [–][+] buttons to select a voice.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

2 3

1 3 4 53 4

Voice group buttons

TIP

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Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

A speciﬁed “split point” key is

included in the left-hand range.

The split point can also be set

by the [FUNCTION] parameter

[SplitPoint]. (page 85)

4. Specify the split point (the border between the right-

and left-hand range).

The normal setting of the split point is “F



2.”

To change the split point setting:

Hold down the [SPLIT] button, then use the D [–] [+] buttons to specify

the split point.

(Optional) Press and hold down the [SPLIT] button and play the key

you wish to assign as the split point.

Release the [SPLIT] button to return to the main screen.

5. Exit Split mode and return to normal play mode.

Press the [SPLIT] button.

TIP

You can use Dual (see page 29) in each area (right-hand and left-hand) of Split

mode.

Center “C”

NO YES

SplitPoint

F#2

NO YES

GrandPiano1 Harpsi.8'

Vibraphone WoodBass

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 33

Basic Operation

Selecting and Playing Voices

Using the metronome

The Clavinova is built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) is a convenient feature for

practice.

Procedure

1. Start the metronome.

Press the METRONOME [ON/OFF] button.

Adjusting the tempo

The default tempo is 120. (If a

song has been selected, the

song tempo is used.)

Press the TEMPO [DOWN] or [UP] button.

You can set the time signature,

metronome volume, and metro-

nome tone using the METRO-

NOME [SETTING] button. (See

page 74.)

To adjust the tempo (number of beats per minute: 5–500), use the TEMPO

[DOWN][UP] or the D [–][+] buttons. To reset the tempo to the normal

(default) setting, press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons or the D [–] and [+]

buttons simultaneously.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the normal screen.

2. Stop the metronome.

Press the METRONOME [ON/OFF] button.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

1 2

TEMPO [DOWN] [UP] buttons

TIP

NO YES

Tempo

120

TIP

34 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

You can record your perfor-

mance (audio data) to a cas-

sette tape recorder or other

recording devices via the AUX

OUT connector. (see page 59.)

This chapter explains how to record your performance using the Clavinova

recording function.

You can, for example, play back what you have played on the Clavinova key-

board for an effective practice aid. You can also record just the left-hand part,

then practice the right-hand part while playing back the recorded left-hand

part.

Since you can record up to sixteen parts separately, you could record the left-

and right-hand parts separately, or record each part of a four-handed perfor-

mance or ensemble song one by one to build a song.

Recording vs. Saving:

The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the Clavinova. A cas-

sette tape records audio signals. On the other hand, the Clavinova “saves” information regarding note timing, voices, and

a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the Clavinova produces sound based on the

saved information. Therefore, recording on the Clavinova may be more accurately called “saving information.” However,

this book often uses the word “recording” because it seems to make more sense.

A message (information or conﬁrmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation.

Refer to the “Message List” on page 93 for an explanation of each message, appropriate actions to take, and

troubleshooting information.

Recording a New Song

There are two ways to record your performance: recording it quickly without specifying a recording part, or

recording several different parts to multiple parts. You can select whichever way best suits your purpose.

■ Recording a performance without specifying the recording part (page 35)

This convenient and simple recording method lets you quickly record your performance without specifying

the recording parts—useful, for example, in recording solo piano pieces.

In this way, the performance is automatically recorded to part 1 (right part).

■ Recording a performance of several different parts (page 39)

This lets you record the right, left and extra parts separately. Since you can record the left part while playing

back the right, this is useful for recording both parts of a duet. Since you can record up to sixteen parts sepa-

rately, record the performance of each instrument part one by one and create fully orchestrated composi-

tions.

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

Part 1

Part 3

Part 4

Part 16

Part 2

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

[RIGHT] corresponds to part 1.

Record the right-hand part to [RIGHT].

[LEFT] corresponds to part 2.

Record the left-hand part to [LEFT].

[EXTRA PARTS] corresponds to part 3-16.

Record parts 3-16 in addition to part 1 and 2

when you are recording a song which has

many parts, such as a symphony orchestra.

Appropriate channels (parts) in

the song will automatically be

assigned to [RIGHT] and

[LEFT]. Therefore, [RIGHT] may

be assigned to a part other

than Part 1, or [LEFT] to a part

other than Part 2.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 35

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Recording a performance without specifying the

recording part

Procedure

If you select a song other than

“-----:NewSong” and record on a

part that already has data, the

existing data on the part will be

lost.

1. Select “NewSong” for recording.

Press the [REC] and [STOP] buttons simultaneously.

Set the tempo in Step 3.

See page 42 for more informa-

tion on recording in Dual/Split

mode.

2. Select a voice.

Select a voice (or voices) for recording (see page 25).

Set the other parameters, such as reverb, chorus and Song Balance.

Adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] dial to set the volume level to suit

your preference. You can also use the dial to adjust the level during

playback.

After you set the tempo or if the record standby screen does not

appear, press the [SONG SELECT] button once to return to the

“NewSong” screen.

3. Engage the record mode.

Press the [REC] button.

The [REC] and [RIGHT] indicators ﬂash in red.

(To stop recording, press the [REC] button again or press the [STOP]

button.)

Set the tempo, if necessary.

If this record standby screen does not appear, press the [SONG

SELECT] button once.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

1 3

4 5

TIP

NO YES

------------- BAR 001

-----:NewSong

“NewSong” screen

TIP

NO YES

SongRecording BAR 001

-----:NewSong

Record standby screen

36 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Using the metronome

You can record data while

using the metronome. To do

this, turn the metronome on

before step 4. The metronome

is not recorded.

To stop recording in the middle

of a song, press the [PLAY/

PAUSE] button. To resume

recording, press the [PLAY/

PAUSE] button again or play a

note on the keyboard.

4. Start and stop recording.

Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on

the keyboard.

(Optional) Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start recording.

The recording screen displays the current measure number.

When you press the [REC] but-

ton, recording pauses. To return

the location to the start of the

song, press the [REC] button,

again.

Rename songs

The recorded songs are named

automatically, but you can

rename songs as you like

(page 48).

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova

locates the top of the song.

As soon as recording is stopped, the song is automatically saved to

Storage memory (page 43). When saving is completed, the Storage

memory screen appears.

5. Play back the recorded performance.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded per-

formance.

When playback is complete, it automatically stops and the Clavinova

locates the top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song,

press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the

[PLAY/PAUSE] button.

TIP

NO YES

SongRecording BAR 012

-----:NewSong

Record screen

Measure number in recording

TIP

NO YES

SAVE Executing

-----:NewSong001.MID

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 37

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Re-recording a song partially

This section explains how to record part of a song again.

Procedure

1. Select a recording method.

1-1 Press the [FILE/SONG SETTING] button.

1-2 Press the A [–][+] buttons to display “RecStart” or “RecEnd.”

1-3 Press the D [–][+] buttons to specify how the recording should

start and end.

Starting methods:

Normal: The existing data will be erased after re-recording starts.

FirstKeyOn: Data that exists prior to the point where you start playing a note

will not be erased.

Ending methods:

Replace: The data after the point you stop recording will also be erased.

PunchOut: The data after the point you stop recording will remain.

2. Pause the song at the beginning of the part you wish

to re-record.

Use the B [–][+] buttons while the playback screen is displayed

to move through the measures or play back the recording and

press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to locate a point slightly prior to

the beginning of the part you wish to re-record.

If the playback screen is not displayed, press the [SONG SELECT]

button once.

3. Select a voice or voices for recording, if necessary.

Repeat Step 2 on page 35 if you wish to change the previous

settings.

NO YES

MEMORY BAR 009

M-001:NewSong001.MID

38 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

4. Engage record mode.

Press the [REC] button.

To stop recording, press the [REC] button again or press the [STOP]

button. After pressing the [REC] button again or the [STOP] button

when “RecStart” is set to “Normal” (page 37), “Overwrite?” is shown

in the display. To cancel this and not overwrite, press the B [– (NO)]

button.

5. Start and stop recording.

Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on

the keyboard.

(Optional) Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start recording.

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova locates the

top of the song.

6. Save the recorded songs.

When you stop recording, the display prompts you whether you

want to overwrite the song or not. Press the B [+ (YES)] button

to overwrite the song.

To cancel overwriting, press the B [– (NO)] button.

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 39

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Recording a performance of several different parts

Procedure

Set the tempo in Step 2.

See page 42 for more informa-

tion on recording in Dual/Split

mode.

1. Select “New Song” and a voice for recording.

Follow the same operation steps as in “Recording a performance with-

out specifying the recording part” above. Refer to steps 1-2 on

page 35.

2. Specify the recording parts and engage the record

mode.

Record to the right (part 1) or left (part 2) part:

Press and hold down the [REC] button and press the [RIGHT]/[LEFT] but-

ton.

Record to the extra parts (part 3-16):

Press the [FILE/SONG SETTING] button and press the A [–][+] button to

display “RecExtraPartsCh.” Press the D [–][+] buttons to specify a recording

part. The speciﬁed part is assigned to the [EXTRA PARTS] button.

After specifying the recorded part to the [EXTRA PARTS] button, press and

hold down the [REC] button and press the [EXTRA PARTS] button.

The [REC] and speciﬁed part indicators ﬂash in red.

(To stop recording, press the [REC] button again or press the [STOP] but-

ton.)

Set the tempo, if necessary.

If this record standby screen does not appear, press the [SONG SELECT]

button once.

If you don’t want to hear the right/left part while you record, press the

[RIGHT]/[LEFT] button so that its indicator is turned off.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

1 2

2 3 2

TIP

NO YES

SongRecording BAR 001

-----:NewSong

Record standby screen

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Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

3. Start and stop recording.

Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on

the keyboard.

(Optional) Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start recording.

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova locates the

top of the song.

To stop recording, press the [STOP] button. The Clavinova

locates the top of the song.

As soon as recording is stopped, the song is automatically saved to

Storage memory (page 43). When saving is completed, the Storage

memory screen appears.

Other recording techniques

Adding data to or recording over an existing song

The previous section explains how to record your performance from the beginning by selecting a blank

“-----: NewSong.” You can also add your performance to or overwrite existing songs (such as 50 preset songs

[P-001—P-050], commercially-available music data <see page 57>, or your old recorded performances <see

page 43>).

Procedure

If you record on a part that

already has data, the existing

data on the part will be lost.

1. Select a song to be recorded over.

To select a preset song, press the [SONG SELECT] button, then press

the A [–][+] buttons to display “PRESET.” To select a song, press the C

[–][+] buttons.

To select a song from commercially available music data or from

already-recorded data, press the A [–][+] buttons to display “MEM-

ORY” or “USB1” in the Song Select screen and press the C [–][+] but-

tons.

To continue recording, follow the procedure described in “Recording

a performance without specifying the recording part” from pages 35

to 36.

When you record over a preset song, the song is automatically saved

to Storage memory (page 43) when the recording stopped.

When you record over a song of commercially available music data or

of already-recorded data, the display prompts you whether you want

to overwrite the song or not (when recording is stopped). Press the B

[+ (YES)] button to overwrite the song.

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 41

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Changing a voice or tempo after recording

You can change the voice and tempo after recording to change a song’s feel or to set a more suitable tempo.

You can also change these elements in the middle of a song.

Procedure

Before changing a voice or

tempo, set the starting method

to “Normal.” (page 37)

When the starting method is set

to “FirstKeyOn,” you cannot

change a voice or tempo.

Refer to “Questions about

Operations and Functions” on

page 99 for information on the

settings that can be changed

here.

Change the tempo in Step 4.

The panel settings on Step 3

will be saved in memory and

you will not be able to restore

the previous settings. Proceed

with caution.

1. Select a song you wish to change (page 40).

2. To change the voice or tempo in the middle of the

song, specify the measure to change by using the

B [–][+] buttons while the playback screen is displayed

or by pressing the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to locate a

point slightly prior to the beginning of the part you

wish to re-record.

3. Change the settings (voice, reverb, etc.).

For example, if you wish to change the recorded E.Piano1 voice to

E. Piano2, use the voice group buttons and the A [–][+] buttons to

select E.Piano2.

When the setting is complete, press the [SONG SELECT] button once

to return to the song select screen.

4. Press and hold down the [REC] button and select the

part to change.

The indicator for the selected part lights up in red.

Change the tempo setting now, if necessary.

At this point, do not play the keyboard or press the [PLAY/PAUSE]

button. Otherwise, recording will start, erasing the recorded data.

5. Press the [STOP] or [REC] button to exit record mode.

When you exit record mode, the display prompts you whether you

want to overwrite the song or not. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to

overwrite the song.

TIP

CAUTION

42 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Recording Your Performance

Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance

[SONG BALANCE]

While recording multiple parts one by one, you can adjust the volume balance between the playback of the

recorded parts and your current performance.

Procedure

Some commercially-available

music data contains extremely

high volumes. When using such

data, please adjust the song

balance.

1. Move the [SONG BALANCE] slider to the left or right

to make adjustments.

Recording in Dual or Split mode

When you record in Dual or Split mode, the Clavinova records each voice onto a separate part. The following

table shows how parts are assigned to each voice.

CAUTION

When you record multiple parts one by one, or when you record new data over an existing song (see page 40), the

existing data will be erased. Proceed with caution.

In the following example, RIGHT, LEFT, and EXTRA PARTS n have been selected for recording.

Note: Part n = Part 3 – Part 16

If “n+1,” “n+2,” and “n+3” exceed 16, Parts 1, 2, and 3 are used.

Switching between Dual and Split mode in a song is not recorded.

TIP

SONG BALANCE

SONG KEYBOARD

The song playback

volume will be lower.

Your playing volume

will be lower.

Parts assigned for

recording

Dual Split Split+Dual

RIGHT LEFT EXTRA

PART n

RIGHT LEFT EXTRA

PART n

RIGHT LEFT EXTRA

PART n

↓ ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

Parts

used for

record-

ing

MAIN

(voice 1)

Part 1 Part 2 Part n Part 1 Part n Part 1 Part n

LEFT

(voice 1)

–Part 2 Part n+1 Part 2 Part n+1

MAIN

(voice 2)

Part 3 Part 4 Part n+2 – Part 3 Part n+2

LEFT

(voice 2)

––Part 4Part n+3

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 43

Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song

ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

File

A ﬁle contains a group of data.

On the Clavinova, a song ﬁle

includes song data and a song

number.

Memory

Memory is a location inside the

Clavinova in which you can

save and edit data.

Character code

Type of characters

Please note that the copy fea-

tures are intended for your per-

sonal use only.

File screens (accessed via the [FILE/SONG SETTING] button) enables you to

handle ﬁles (e.g., save, delete and rename recorded songs), copy and format

medias and change characters on the screen.

The following parameters are provided for these operations:

Clavinova memory

The Clavinova has the following three types of memory:

• Current memory:

This is a temporary memory area where you can temporarily place and edit

the currently-selected song before playback or recording.

• Preset song memory:

This read-only memory area saves 50 piano preset songs.

• Storage memory:

This memory area enables you to save recorded songs or song data loaded

from USB storage device.

When you select a song in the song select screen, it is loaded from Preset song

memory, Storage memory, or USB storage device, into Current memory.

You will use Current memory to play back and record songs. When you turn

off the power to the Clavinova, songs saved in Preset song memory and Stor-

age memory are not erased. On the other hand, songs in Current memory are

lost. However, recorded songs are automatically saved to Storage memory

from Current memory.

In this manual, a song located in a song recorded in Current memory, is

referred to as a “Current song,” a song in Storage memory is a “Memory

song,” and a song on a USB storage device is an “External song.”

TERMINOLOGY

TIP

Settings

Parameter

name

Reference

page

Saving recorded songs to a USB storage device Save 46

Deleting a song from the Clavinova’s Storage

memory or from a USB storage device

Delete 47

Renaming ﬁles Rename 48

Copying ﬁles

Copy 49

Moving ﬁles

Move 51

Making folders (directories) in the USB storage

device

MakeDir 52

Formatting a USB storage device Format 52

Automatically selecting a song in storage media SongAutoOpen 53

Changing the type of characters on screen CharacterCode 53

Clavinova

Preset song

memory

Storage memory

Current memory

USB storage device

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Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Song types

This instrument handles various types of songs. Letters and song numbers are

displayed to the left of the song name. The letters indicate the different song

types as follows:

P ..................Preset songs

M.................Memory songs

MP...............Protected songs such as preset songs saved to Storage memory, or

Disk Orchestra Collection (DOC) songs, and Disklavier Piano Soft

songs in the Storage memory.

MS, Ms ........Yamaha-protection-formatted songs in the Storage memory.

U1................External song

U1P .............External songs such as Disk Orchestra Collection (DOC) songs or

Disklavier Piano Soft songs in a USB storage device.

U1S, U1s .....Yamaha-protection-formatted songs in a USB storage device.

U1 song with the “.SME” exten-

sion can only be deleted —

cannot execute other ﬁle opera-

tions at left.

Limitation of ﬁle operations

Ø: Yes ˛: No

*1 Only to Storage memory

*2 Only MP songs

*3 Only between Storage memory and USB storage memory

TIP

Song types

PM, U1MP, U1P

MS, Ms, U1S,

U1s

Save Ø

ØØ

Delete ˛ØØ

Rename ˛ØØ

Copy Ø

ØØ

Move ˛Ø˛Ø

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 45

Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Basic ﬁle operation

A message (information or conﬁrmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation.

Refer to the “Message List” on page 93 for an explanation of each message, appropriate actions to take.

Procedure

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indica-

tor is displayed in the lower

right of the screen. In this case,

you can use the D [+] button to

open the folder. Press the D [–]

button to return to the previous

(upper) level.

Avoid frequently turning the

power on/off to the USB storage

device, or connecting/discon-

necting the cable too often.

Doing so may result in the oper-

ation of the instrument “freez-

ing” or hanging up. While the

instrument is accessing data

(such as in the Save, Copy and

Delete operations), do NOT

unplug the USB cable, do NOT

remove the media from the

device, and do NOT turn the

power off to either device.

Doing so may corrupt the data

on either or both devices.

1. Prepare for handling ﬁle(s).

Prepare for handling ﬁles as follows.

To use “Save,” “Rename,” “Copy” or “Move”:

Select a song via the [SONG SELECT] button.

To use “MakeDir”:

Select the USB storage device via the [SONG SELECT] button.

To use “Delete,” “Format,” “SongAutoOpen” or “CharacterCode”:

No need to perform any operations in this step.

2. Access the File/Song Setting menu.

Press the [FILE/SONG SETTING] button.

To close the File/Song Setting menu, press the [EXIT] button once or

twice.

3. Select the desired parameter.

Press the [FILE/SONG SETTING] or A [–][+] buttons repeatedly to

display the desired item.

4. Set the parameter or execute the command.

Use the B [– (NO)][+ (YES)], C [–][+], D [–][+] buttons.

For more information regarding this procedure, refer to the corre-

sponding section below.

5. Close the File/Song Setting menu.

Press the [EXIT] button.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

2 3 5

13 4

TIP

→

CAUTION

NO YES

Save Selected?-->

M-002:NewSong002.MID /-

“Overwrite?→”: Do you wish to

overwrite the song?

“Execute?

→”: Do you wish to

execute the operation?

“Sure?→”: Are you sure?

“Executing”: The Clavinova is

executing the operation.

“Completed”: The operation is

complete.

TERMINOLOGY

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Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Saving recorded songs to a USB storage device ... [Save]

Recorded songs are automatically saved to Storage memory from Current memory, so normally you won’t

need to save songs using this function. However, if a “MemoryFull” message or “SystemLimit” message

appear, save the song to another device using this function.

Do not turn off the power before the save operation is completed. If you turn off the power to the Clavinova before the save operation

is completed, the recorded song will be lost.

Procedure

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indica-

tor is displayed in the lower

right of the screen. In this case,

you can use the D [+] button to

open the folder. Press the D [–]

button to return to the previous

(upper) level.

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure of Step 4.

4-1 Select a save destination.

Press the D [–] button to display “DriveSelected?→” and press the C

[–][+] buttons to select a save destination (Storage memory or USB

storage device). After selecting a save destination, press the B [+

(YES)] button to ﬁx it. Then press the B [+ (YES)] button to display

“Execute?

→.”

4-2 Name the song.

To move the cursor (small underline), use the C [–][+] buttons.

To insert a space, press the C [–][+] buttons simultaneously.

To select a character at the cursor, use the D [–][+] buttons.

To delete a character, press the D [–][+] buttons simultaneously.

You can use up to 46 one-byte or 23 two-byte characters for a song

name. If the name is longer than the screen, use the C [–][+] buttons

to move the cursor and scroll the name.

4-3 Execute the operation.

Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Execute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

The song is automatically numbered.

If Storage memory contains one or more songs, and you save a new song, the

Clavinova automatically sorts the songs alphabetically and renumbers them.

NO YES

Save Selected?-->

M-001:NewSong001.MID /-

CAUTION

TIP

→

You can change the type of

characters on the screen using

the “CharacterCode” parame-

ter.

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

TIP

CAUTION

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 47

Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Deleting a song from the Clavinova’s Storage memory

or from a USB storage device ... [Delete]

This deletes a song from Storage memory or from a USB storage device. It is

not possible to delete a preset song or current song.

Procedure

After you delete a song, the

Clavinova automatically

updates the song numbers.

When you delete a folder, all ﬁles

within that folder will be deleted.

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indica-

tor is displayed in the lower

right of the screen. In this case,

you can use the D [+] button to

open the folder. Press the D [–]

button to return to the previous

(upper) level.

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure of Step 4.

4-1 Press the C [–][+] buttons to select a song to delete.

To select Storage memory or USB storage device:

Press the D [–] button to display “DriveSelected?

→” and press the C

[–][+] buttons to select Storage memory or USB storage device. Then,

press the B [+ (YES)] button or D [+] button to display the content of

the Storage memory or USB storage device and select a song by press-

ing the C [–][+] buttons.

4-2 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?

→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

NO YES

Delete Execute?-->

U1-001:NewSong001 /-

TIP

→

CAUTION

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Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Renaming ﬁles ... [Rename]

You can change a song’s title except for the preset songs and [-----: NewSong].

Procedure

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

To rename folders

To rename a folder, select

“Rename” then select the folder

by pressing the [SONG

SELECT] button and the C [–]

[+] buttons. (The folder name is

shown after “DIR:.”) To select

another level in this display,

press the D [–][+] buttons.

(Other levels can be selected

when “ / ” is shown in the dis-

play.) After that, select

“Rename” again and rename

the folder.

After you rename a song, the

Clavinova sorts songs alpha-

betically and renumbers them.

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure for Step 4.

4. Name the song as described in the “Save” section

(page 46).

CAUTION

TIP

→

TIP

NO YES

Rename Execute?-->

M-001:NewSong001

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Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Copying ﬁles ... [Copy]

Please note that the copy fea-

tures are intended for your per-

sonal use only.

Root:

The highest level of a hierarchi-

cal structure. This indicates an

area which does not belong to

a folder.

You can copy songs. However, you cannot copy ﬁles to the same root direc-

tory or same folder.

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

Copy operation

NO YES

Copy Execute?-->

U1-001:NewaSong001 /-

You can copy ﬁles to other memory location.

File A

File B

Storage memory

Can be copied.

USB storage device

You can copy ﬁles to a folder but not on the same root directory.

File A

File B

File A

Folder

Cannot be copied.

Can be copied.

USB storage device

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Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Procedure

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure for Step 4.

4-1 When you copy a song to/from a USB storage device,

make sure that a USB storage device is connected to

the instrument.

4-2 Press the D [–] button to display “DriveSelected?→”

and press the C [–][+] buttons to select a copy destina-

tion (Storage memory or USB storage device). After

selecting a copy destination, press the B [+ (YES)] but-

ton to ﬁx it.

4-3 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

Protected songs cannot be

copied.

Please note that the copy fea-

tures are intended for your per-

sonal use only.

You cannot copy a folder.

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indi-

cator is displayed in the lower

right of the screen. In this

case, you can use the D [+]

button to open the folder.

Press the D [–] button to return

to the previous (upper) level.

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

TIP

→

CAUTION

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 51

Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Moving ﬁles ... [Move]

You can move (cut and paste) songs.

Procedure

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure for step 4.

4-1 When you move a song to/from a USB storage device,

make sure that a USB storage device is connected to

the instrument.

4-2 Press the D [–] button to display “DriveSelected?→”

and press the C [–][+] buttons to select a move desti-

nation (Storage memory or USB storage device). After

selecting a move destination, press the B [+ (YES)]

button to ﬁx it.

4-3 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

NO YES

Move Execute?-->

U1-001:NewSong001 /-

Preset songs and some pro-

tected songs cannot be

moved.

You cannot move a folder.

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indi-

cator is displayed in the lower

right of the screen. In this

case, you can use the D [+]

button to open the folder.

Press the D [–] button to return

to the previous (upper) level.

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

TIP

→

CAUTION

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Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Making folders in the USB storage device ... [MakeDir]

You can create folders (directories) on the USB storage device to organize songs. This instrument enables you

to create folders only in the USB storage device—not in the Preset song memory and Storage memory.

Procedure

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure for step 4.

4-1 Follow the steps “Saving recorded songs to a USB stor-

age device” on page 46 to name the folder.

4-2 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

The folder is created in the root directory in the USB1 (indicated by

“U1” in this display) device.

Formatting a USB storage device ... [Format]

You can format media so that it can be used with the Clavinova.

Procedure

See page 45 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed

procedure for step 4.

4-1 If some USB storage devices are recognized by the

instrument, press the C [–][+] buttons to select a

device.

4-2 Press the B [+ (YES)] button located next to “Exe-

cute?→.”

Follow the instructions on screen.

NO YES

MakeDir Execute?-->

U1 :NewDir_

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

To make a folder for the

selected drive or level

To make a folder for the selected

drive or level, select “MakeDir”

then select “USB” by pressing

the [SONG SELECT] button. In

this display, press the A [–][+]

button to select another drive.

Press the D [–][+] button to

select another level. After that,

select “MakeDir” again and

make a folder, following step 4 at

left.

Root:

The highest level of a hierarchi-

cal structure. This indicates an

area which does not belong to a

folder.

CAUTION

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

NO YES

Format Execute?-->

USB1

Do not turn off the power or

eject the media while “Execut-

ing” is shown in the display.

For a list of devices whose

compatibility has been con-

ﬁrmed by Yamaha, visit the fol-

lowing web page:

http://music.yamaha.com/CLP-

280/

http://music.yamaha.com/CLP-

270/

CAUTION

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 53

Basic Operation

Handling ﬁles such as deleting song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Automatically selecting a song in storage media ...

[SongAutoOpen]

Specify whether a song (not contain in a folder) which does not contain to a

folder will automatically be opened when you insert the media.

Procedure

See page 45 for information on basic operations.

The following is a detailed procedure for step 4.

4 Use D [–][+] button to select ON or OFF.

Changing the type of characters on screen

... [CharacterCode]

You can change the type of characters that appear on screen.

The default setting is “International.” To input katakana, change this setting to “Japanese.”

Options: International, Japanese

Character list

International

Japanese

NO YES

SongAutoOpen

When a USB storage device is

connected to the instrument, a

song in the device will not

automatically open. A song is

automatically opened only

when media is inserted to a

drive. Therefore, this function

cannot be used for devices

which do not use removable

media — such as USB ﬂash

memory or hard disk drive.

TIP

NO YES

CharacterCode

Japanese

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Playing Back Recorded Songs and

Commercially-available Music Data

See page 57 for information on

the types of song data that can

be played on the Clavinova.

Change the Clavinova’s char-

acter type ([CharacterCode])

as appropriate for the selected

song (page 53).

You can play back songs recorded using the Record function (page 34) as well

as commercially-available music data. You can also play the keyboard along

with the playback.

Songs containing a large amount of data may not be able to be read properly by the instrument,

and as such you may not be able to select them. The maximum capacity is about 200–300KB,

however this may differ depending on the data contents of each song.

Playing back a song

If you want to play back an External song on this instrument, connect the USB storage device and insert the

appropriate media into the device.

Procedure

1. Display the song select screen.

Press the [SONG SELECT] button.

2. Select the desired song.

TIP

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

34 5

NO YES

PRESET Bar 001

P-001:Invention 1

Song select screen

You can enjoy ensemble perfor-

mance by yourself. Record the

parts for a four-handed song or a

piano duet, then play the

recorded part while playing the

other part on the keyboard.

You can repeat playback a single

song via the [Repeat] button

(page 23) or repeat playback all

songs by using the “SongRe-

peat” function (page 71).

If a folder is displayed for an

External song, the [ / ] indicator

is displayed in the lower right of

the screen. In this case, you can

use the D [+] button to open the

folder. Press the D [–] button to

return to the previous (upper)

level.

If the song name extends

beyond what can be displayed in

the screen, you can press the D

[+] button to move toward the

right in steps of one character.

Press the D [–] button to move

back to the left in steps of one

character.

TIP

→

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 55

Basic Operation

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

2-1 Use the A [–][+] buttons to select the song type:

“PRESET,” “MEMORY,” or “USB1.”

PRESET ......Stands for Preset song memory. This memory contains 50

piano preset songs.

MEMORY...Stands for Storage memory. This memory contains recorded

songs or copied songs. “MEMORY” is not displayed when this

memory does not contain any songs.

USB1...........Stands for USB storage device. This device contains commer-

cially available song data, etc. “USB1” is not displayed when

the USB storage device is not connected to the instrument.

When several USB storage devices are recognized to the instru-

ment, numbers are added after “USB,” like “USB1,” “USB2”...

The numbers are not ﬁxed and may change according to the

order in which the devices are connected and disconnected.

2-2 Use the C [–][+] or [SONG SELECT] button to select a

song.

Letters (page 44) and song numbers are displayed on the left of the

song names.

3. Start playback.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Starting playback automatically as you start playing the

keyboard (Sync Start)

You can start playback as soon as you start playing the keyboard. This is

called the “Sync Start” function.

To enter Sync Start standby mode, press and hold down the [STOP] button

and press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button. The [PLAY/PAUSE] indicator ﬂashes.

Now play the keyboard. Playback starts simultaneously.

To cancel the Sync Start function, press the [STOP] button while the

Clavinova is in Sync Start standby mode.

You can move back and forth (rewind and fast forward) through the bars by

using the B [–][+] buttons in the song select screen while the Clavinova is

playing or stopped.

You can play the keyboard while the Clavinova is playing back a song. You

can also play the notes in a voice different from the playback voice by select-

ing the voice from the panel, and adjusting the volume balance between the

playback parts and your current performance using the [SONG BALANCE]

slider. (See page 42.)

Press the [SONG SELECT] button to return to the song select screen.

NO YES

USB1 Bar 005

U1-001:Song001.MID

The bar number in playback

Bar: measure

You can play the metronome

along with the song playback.

When you stop playback, the

metronome is also stopped.

Press the C [+] button during

playback to start playback

from the next song. Press the

C [–] button during playback to

start playback from the previ-

ous song.

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Basic Operation

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

Adjusting the tempo

You can use the TEMPO [DOWN][UP] buttons to adjust the playback

tempo as required before or during playback. The default tempo (the song’s

original tempo) is set when you press the [DOWN] and [UP] buttons simul-

taneously.

Press the [SONG SELECT] button to return to the song select screen.

4. Stop playback.

When playback is complete, the Clavinova automatically stops and

locates the top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song,

press the [STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the

[PLAY/PAUSE] button. Playback pauses when you press the button.

5. Return to the main screen.

Press the [EXIT] button.

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Basic Operation

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

Turning part playback on and off

You can practice a part or

phrase using the “SongRepeat

(page 71)” and “PhraseMark

(page 71)” parameters in the

“FILE/SONG SETTING” menu.

Appropriate channels (parts) in

the song will automatically be

assigned to [RIGHT] and

[LEFT]. Therefore, [RIGHT] may

be assigned to a part other

than Part 1, or [LEFT] to a part

other than Part 2.

While the Clavinova is playing or stopped, pressing these part buttons turn

off the indicators, and the data on those parts will not be played. Pressing the

part buttons toggles part playback on and off. You can play the part that is

turned off.

Supported song data type

Data formats that can be played on the CLP-280/270

The Clavinova CLP-280/270 plays song data in the following formats:

Sequence format:

A structured method for record-

ing performance data.

Sequence format

SMF (Standard MIDI File) formats 0 and 1

ESEQ

Performance data recorded on the CLP-280/270 is saved as SMF for-

mat 0.

Voice arrangement format:

A structured method for num-

bering the voices for assign-

ment.

This instrument can play GS

format songs. However, the

voices may not be completely

the same as used in the origi-

nal.

Vo ice arrangement format

XG voice arrangement

GM system level 1 voice arrangement

GM system level 2 voice arrangement

DOC voice arrangement

Performance data recorded with preset XG voices on the CLP-280/270

can be played on other XG-compatible instruments.

See the separate “Data List” for the XG voice list.

Disk format:

A structured method for writing

data to disk.

Floppy disk format

3.5-inch 2DD disks in the MS-DOS 720KB format

3.5-inch 2HD disks in the MS-DOS 1.44MB format

Refer to “Data compatibility” on page 104 for more information on formats.

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Connections

Connectors

CAUTION

Before connecting the Clavinova to other electronic components, turn off the power to all the components. Before

turning the power on or off to all components, set all volume levels to minimum (0). Otherwise, electrical shock or

damage to the components may occur.

There are two different types of

USB terminals on the instru-

ment: USB [TO DEVICE] and

USB [TO HOST]. Take care not

to confuse the two terminals

and the corresponding cable

connectors. Be careful to con-

nect the proper plug in the

proper direction.

MIDI performance data and

commands are transferred in

the form of numeric values.

Since MIDI data that can be

transmitted or received varies

depending on the type of MIDI

device, check the “MIDI Imple-

mentation Chart” to ﬁnd out

what MIDI data and commands

your devices can transmit or

receive. The Clavinova’s MIDI

Implementation Chart appears

on the separate Data List.

Connect or disconnect the

pedal when the power is off.

1 USB [TO DEVICE] terminal (A/B)

This terminal allows connection to USB storage devices.

Refer to “Connecting to a USB storage device” on page 60.

2 USB [TO HOST] terminal

This terminal allows direct connection to a personal computer. Refer to “Con-

necting a personal computer” on page 63 for more information.

3 MIDI [IN], [OUT], [THRU] terminals

Use MIDI cables to connect external MIDI devices to these connectors.

MIDI [IN]: Receives MIDI data.

MIDI [OUT]: Transmits MIDI data.

MIDI [THRU]: Transmits data received at the MIDI [IN] terminal as it is.

4 [AUX PEDAL] jack

A separately sold FC7 foot controller or FC4/FC5 foot switch can be con-

nected to this jack. By using an FC7 you can control the volume while playing

to add expression to your performance, or control various other functions. By

using an FC4/FC5, you can switch various selected functions on/off. To select

the function that will be controlled, use the [FUNCTION] parameter [Aux-

Pedal] (page 86). The [PLAY/PAUSE] function can also be assigned to a foot

switch (page 87).

USB

TO DEVICE

TO HOST

MIDI

AUX PEDAL

AUX IN

AUX OUT

OUT

THRU

L/L+R

USB TO DEVICE

SELECT

1 2 4 5 63

on the left of the panel

at front

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CAUTION

About MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard format for data trans-

mission/reception. It enables the transfer of performance data and commands

between MIDI devices and personal computers. Using MIDI, you can control a

connected MIDI device from the Clavinova, or control the Clavinova from a con-

nected MIDI device or computer.

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Basic Operation

Connections

The Clavinova’s [MASTER VOL-

UME] dial setting affects the

input signal from the AUX IN

jacks, but the [REVERB], [CHO-

RUS], and BRILLIANCE [MEL-

LOW] [BRIGHT] (page 27)

settings do not.

If you connect the Clavinova to

a monaural device, use only the

AUX IN [L/L+R] jack.

Use audio cables and adaptor

plugs with no resistance.

5 AUX IN [L/L+R], [R] jacks

The stereo outputs from another instrument can be connected to these jacks,

allowing the sound of an external instrument to be reproduced via the

Clavinova’s speakers. Refer to the diagram below and use audio cables for

connection.

CAUTION

When the Clavinova’s AUX IN jacks are connected to an external device, ﬁrst

turn on the power to the external device, then to the Clavinova. Reverse this

order when you turn the power off.

When the sound from the AUX

OUT jacks is routed to the AUX

IN jacks, the input sound will be

output from the speaker of the

CLP. The output sound may be

excessively loud and may

cause noise.

6 AUX OUT [L] [R] Pin jacks

These jacks let you connect the Clavinova to your stereo system etc. to play at

higher volumes, or connect a cassette recorder etc. to record your playing. Use

audio cables to make connections as shown in the diagram.

CAUTION

When the Clavinova’s AUX OUT jacks are connected to an external audio sys-

tem, ﬁrst turn on the power to the Clavinova, then to the external audio system.

Reverse this order when you turn the power off.

When “AuxOutLevel (page 89)” is set to “Fixed,” the sound is output to the

external device at a ﬁxed level and the Clavinova’s [MASTER VOLUME] set-

ting will not affect the sound.

When “AuxOutLevel (page 89)” is set to “Variable,” the Clavinova’s [MASTER

VOLUME] setting will affect the sound that is output from AUX OUT.

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AUX IN

audio cable

Tone Generator

AUX OUT

Clavinova

phone plug

(standard)

Plug shape depends on the device.

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Stereo

RCA pin plug RCA pin plug

audio cable

Clavinova

AUX IN AUX OUT

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Connections

Connecting to a USB storage device

By connecting the instrument to a USB storage device with a standard USB cable, you can save data you’ve

created to the connected device, as well as read data from the connected device.

Compatible USB storage devices

CD-ROM drive

Although CD-R/RW drives can

be used to read data to the

instrument, they cannot be

used for saving data.

Do not use a non-ID

SmartMedia card.

Number of USB storage

devices

Two USB storage devices can

be connected to one USB [TO

DEVICE] terminal using a hub

device. This instrument can

recognize up to four drives in

one USB storage device.

About USB hub

If you are connecting two

devices at the same time, use a

USB hub device. The USB hub

must be self-powered (with its

own power source) and the

power must be on. Only one

USB hub can be used. If an

error message appears while

using the USB hub, disconnect

the hub from the instrument,

then turn on the power of the

instrument and re-connect the

USB hub.

Optional Floppy Disk Drive

Yamaha UD-FD01

Up to two USB storage devices, such as a ﬂoppy disk drive, hard disk drive,

CD-ROM drive, ﬂash memory reader/writer, etc., can be connected to the

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal. (If necessary, use a USB hub.) Other USB

devices such as a computer keyboard or mouse cannot be used.

CAUTION

Avoid frequently turning the power on/off to the USB storage device, or connect-

ing/disconnecting the cable too often. Doing so may result in the operation of the

instrument “freezing” or hanging up. While the instrument is accessing data

(such as in the Save, Copy and Delete operations), do NOT unplug the USB

cable, do NOT remove the media from the device, and do NOT turn the power

off to either device. Doing so may corrupt the data on either or both devices.

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The instrument does not necessarily support all commercially available

USB storage devices. Yamaha cannot guarantee operation of USB storage

devices that you purchase. Before purchasing USB storage devices, please

consult your Yamaha dealer, or an authorized Yamaha distributor (see list

at end of the Owner’s Manual) for advice, or visit the following web page:

http://music.yamaha.com/CLP-280/

http://music.yamaha.com/CLP-270/

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Basic Operation

Connections

Connection to a USB storage device

If you connect USB storage

devices to both USB [TO

DEVICE] terminals, the devices

may not operate properly.

This instrument has two USB [TO DEVICE] terminals; one on the left of the

panel and one on the terminal at the front.

Both are the same terminal; however, both cannot be used at the same time.

Use the [SELECT] switch to select the desired terminal. Switching to “A”

selects the terminal on the left of the panel, while switching to “B” selects the

terminal panel at the front.

CAUTION

While the instrument is accessing data (such as in the Save, Copy and Delete operations),

do NOT use the [SELECT] switch. Doing so may corrupt the media or data.

Formatting USB storage media

When you execute a ﬁle-related operation with a connected USB storage

device, a message may appear indicating the device/media is unformatted.

If so, execute the Format operation (page 52).

CAUTION

The format operation overwrites any previously existing data. Proceed with caution.

To display the data in the USB storage device

Though the instrument supports

the USB 1.1 standard, you can

connect and use a USB 2.0

storage device with the instru-

ment. However, note that the

transfer speed is that of USB

1.1.

To view the data of the USB storage device on the CLP display, press the

[SONG SELECT] button to engage song selection mode or press the [FILE/

SONG SETTING] button to engage ﬁle/song setting mode. If you try to

engage these modes before connecting the USB storage device, press the

[EXIT] button to exit the mode and re-engage the mode.

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To protect your data (write-protect):

To prevent important data from being inadvertently erased, apply the write-pro-

tect provided with each storage device or media. If you are saving data to the USB

storage device, make sure to disable write-protect.

USB TO DEVICE

SELECT

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal A

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal B

Select the desired terminal

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Backing up your data to a computer

■ Backing up the instrument data to a computer

Once you’ve saved data to a USB storage device, you can copy the data to the hard

disk of your computer, then archive and organize the ﬁles as desired. Simply

reconnect the device as shown below.

■ Copying ﬁles from a computer hard disk to a USB storage

device

Files contained on the hard disk of a computer can be transferred to the instru-

ment by ﬁrst copying them to the storage media, then connecting/inserting the

media to the instrument.

Not only ﬁles created on the instrument itself but also Standard MIDI ﬁles created

on other devices can be copied to a USB storage device from the hard disk of the

computer. Once you’ve copied the data, connect the device to the USB [TO

DEVICE] terminal of the instrument, and play back the data on the instrument.

Instrument

Computer

USB storage

device

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal

Saves internal data to a USB storage device.

USB storage device

Disconnect the USB storage device from the instrument and connect it

to the computer.

Backing up data to a computer and organizing ﬁles/folders.

Instrument

USB storage

device

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal

Reading ﬁles on the USB storage device from the instrument.

Computer

USB storage device

Copying the ﬁles of the hard disk of the computer to the

USB storage device.

Disconnect the USB storage device from the computer and connect it

to the instrument.

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Basic Operation

Connections

Connecting a personal computer

By connecting a computer to the USB [TO HOST] or MIDI terminals, you can transfer data between the

instrument and the computer via MIDI, and take advantage of sophisticated computer music software. Keep

in mind that you also need to install an appropriate USB MIDI driver.

Driver:

A driver is software that pro-

vides a data-transfer interface

between the computer’s operat-

ing system and a connected

hardware device. You need to

install a USB MIDI driver to con-

nect the computer and the

instrument.

There are the two methods by which to connect the Clavinova to a personal

computer:

1. Connecting the USB port on the computer to the Clavinova’s USB [TO

HOST] terminal (see below)

2. Using a MIDI interface and the Clavinova’s MIDI terminals (page 64)

If you are using a computer that has a USB interface, we recommend that you

connect the computer and the instrument by USB, rather than by MIDI.

For more information, refer to the following pages.

When connecting the Clavinova to a personal computer, ﬁrst turn off the power of the

Clavinova and quit any application software that is open on the computer before con-

necting any cables. After making connections, turn on the power to the Clavinova.

If you are not using the connection between the Clavinova and your computer, you

must disconnect the cable from the USB [TO HOST] terminal. The Clavinova may not

operate correctly if a cable is left connected.

Connecting the USB port on the computer to the

Clavinova’s USB [TO HOST] terminal

Use a USB cable to connect the USB port on your computer to the USB [TO

HOST] terminal on the Clavinova.

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CAUTION

USB cable

Instrument

Computer

USB [TO HOST] terminal

USB

TO DEVICE

TO HOST

• The instrument will begin

transmission a short time after

the USB connection is made.

• When using a USB cable to

connect the instrument to your

computer, make the connec-

tion directly without passing

through a USB hub.

• For information on setting up

your sequence software, refer

to the owner’s manual of the

relevant software.

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Connections

Using a MIDI interface and the Clavinova’s MIDI terminals

Use a MIDI interface device to connect a computer to the Clavinova using

special MIDI cables.

CAUTION

Precautions when using the USB [TO HOST] terminal

When connecting the computer to the USB [TO HOST] terminal, make sure to

observe the following points. Failing to do so risks freezing the computer and cor-

rupting or losing data. If the computer or the instrument freezes, turn the power to

the instrument off and restart the computer.

•Before connecting the computer to the USB [TO HOST] terminal, exit from any

power-saving mode of the computer (such as suspended, sleep, standby), and

quit any open application software, also turns off the power to the instrument.

•Execute the following before turning the power to the instrument off or

unplugging the USB cable to/from the instrument/computer.

- Quit any open application software on the computer.

-Make sure that data is not being transmitted from the instrument. (Data is

transmitted only by playing notes on the keyboard or playing back a song.)

• While a USB device is connected to the instrument, you should wait for six

seconds or more between these operations: When turning the power of

the instrument off then on again, or when alternately connecting/discon-

necting the USB cable.

Computer

MIDI [IN] terminal

USB port or serial port

(modem or printer terminal)

MIDI [OUT] terminal

Instrument

MIDI cable

MIDI interface

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Detailed Settings

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Detailed Settings

You can set various parameters to make the best use of Clavinova functions, such as ﬁne tuning the pitch,

selecting a voice for the metronome, repeating playback, etc. For the basic procedure to make these settings,

refer to page 91.

Parameter List

Recording and playback [FILE/SONG SETTING]

Metronome [METRONOME SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Saving recorded songs to a USB storage device Save 46

Deleting a song from the Clavinova’s Storage memory or from

a USB storage device

Delete 47

Renaming ﬁles Rename 48

Copying ﬁles Copy 49

Moving ﬁles Move 51

Making folders in the USB storage device MakeDir 52

Formatting a USB storage device Format 52

Automatically selecting a song in storage media SongAutoOpen 53

Changing the type of characters on screen CharacterCode 53

Playing back a song/all songs repeatedly SongRepeat 71

Playing back the phrase speciﬁed by the phrase number PhraseMark 71

Correcting note timing Quantize 72

Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with

the ﬁrst voicing

QuickPlay 72

Auditioning the channels ChannelListen 73

Deleting data from each channel ChannelClear 73

Selecting a record starting method RecStart 37

Selecting a record ending method RecEnd 37

Recording parts 3-16 (Extra Parts) RecExtraPartsCh 39

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Setting the metronome time signature TimeSignature 74

Setting the metronome volume level MetronomeVolume 74

Setting the metronome voice MetronomeSound 74

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Detailed Settings

Voices [VOICE SETTING]

In Dual mode, parameters with the “ ” mark are set for Voice 1 and Voice 2 individually.

iAFC [iAFC SETTING]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Setting the octave* Octave 76

Setting the volume level* Volume 76

Setting the position of right and left channels* Pan 76

Make ﬁne adjustments to the pitch (only in Dual mode) Detune 76

Selecting the reverb type ReverbType 77

Setting the reverb depth* ReverbSend 77

Selecting the chorus type ChorusType 77

Setting the chorus depth* ChorusSend 77

Setting the chorus on/off ChorusOnOff 78

Selecting the DSP type* DSP Type (DSP) 78

Setting the speed of the vibraphone vibrato effect* VibeRotorSpeed 78

Tur ning the vibraphone vibrato effect on/off*

VibeRotorOnOff

(RotorOnOff)

Setting the rotation speed of the rotary speaker* RotarySpeed (Rot.Speed) 79

Adjusting the depth of the DSP effect* DSPDepth 79

Adjusting the brightness of the sound* Brightness 79

Adjusting the resonance effect*

HarmonicContent

(Harmonic)

Adjusting the low-range frequency of the equalizer* EQ LowFreq. (EQ L.Freq) 79

Adjusting the low-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the

equalizer*

EQ LowGain 80

Adjusting the high-range frequency of the equalizer* EQ HighFreq. (EQ H.Freq) 80

Adjusting the high-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the

equalizer*

EQ HighGain 80

Setting the touch sensitivity* TouchSense 80

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Tur ning iAFC on/off iAFC 81

Adjusting the Dynamic Damper Effect depth DynDmpFX Depth 81

Adjusting the Spatial Effect depth SpatialFX Depth 82

Calibration (automatic adjustment) Calibration 82

Restoring the default calibration setting iAFC Default 82

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

Settings Parameter name Reference page

Changing the key Transpose 83

Selecting a touch response TouchResponse 83

Fine tuning the pitch Tune 84

Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice PianoTuningCurve 84

Selecting a scale Scale 84

Specifying the Split Point SplitPoint 85

Setting the right pedal function RPedalFunc 85

Setting the center pedal function CPedalFunc 85

Setting the left pedal function LPedalFunc 85

Setting the auxiliary pedal function AuxPedalFunc 86

Tur ning the right pedal function on/off RPedalOnOff 86

Tur ning the center pedal function on/off CPedalOnOff 86

Tur ning the left pedal function on/off LPedalOnOff 86

Tur ning the auxiliary pedal function on/off AuxPedalOnOff 87

Assigning the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] function to the pedal PedalPlay/Pause 87

Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal AuxPedalType 87

Setting the point at which the damper pedal starts to affect

the sound

HalfPedalPoint 87

Adjusting the depth of the Soft pedal SoftPedalDepth 87

Setting the depth of string resonance StringResonanceDepth 88

Setting the depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal SustainSamplingDepth 88

Specifying the volume of the key-off sound KeyOffSamplingDepth 88

Setting the range of pitch bend PitchBendRange 88

Switching the speaker on/off Speaker 88

Selecting the AUX OUT level (Fixed/Variable) AuxOutLevel 89

Setting the MIDI transmit channel MidiOutChannel 89

Setting the MIDI receive channel MidiInChannel 89

Tur ning local control on/off LocalControl 90

Selecting performance from the keyboard or song data for

MIDI transmission

MidiOutSelect 90

Selecting a type of data received via MIDI ReceiveParameter 90

Selecting a type of data transmitted via MIDI TransmitParameter 90

Transmitting the initial settings on the panel InitialSetup 91

Selecting items saved at shutdown MemoryBackup 91

Restoring the normal (default) settings FactorySet 91

Backing up the Clavinova’s internal data FullBackup 92

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Detailed Settings

Making detailed settings

Procedure

1. Access a setting menu.

Press the desired setting button ([FILE/SONG SETTING], MET-

RONOME [SETTING], [VOICE SETTING], [iAFC SETTING], or

[FUNCTION]) to access the corresponding setting menu.

Press the [EXIT] button any time to close the setting menu.

2. Select the desired parameter or part.

Press the setting button, A [–][+], and/or C [–][+] buttons

repeatedly as required.

3. Set the parameter or part.

Some parameters or parts lead you to more options. Use the B

[– (NO)][+ (YES)], C [–][+], and D [–][+] buttons to select or set

the option.

To restore the normal parameter value, press the [–] and [+] buttons

simultaneously.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

12 3

3 4

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4. Write, execute, or save the data.

There are two ways to respond to the messages.

If “Execute?→” or “Start?→” appears:

Press the B [+(YES)] button to display conﬁrmation (“Sure?→”). To

proceed, press the B [+(YES)] button again. The Clavinova displays

“Executing” and writes the data. When the operation is complete, it

displays “Completed” for three seconds, then returns to the previous

screen.

To cancel the operation, press the B [–(NO)] button instead of the B

[+(YES)] button.

When “Overwrite?

→” appears after the “Completed” message, press

the B [+(YES)] button.

If “Set?→” appears:

Press the B [+ (YES)] button to execute the setting. The Clavinova

displays “Executing” and saves the data. When the operation is com-

plete, it displays “Completed” for three seconds, then returns to the

previous screen.

5. Close the setting menu.

Press the [EXIT] button.

NO YES

Quantize Execute?-->

Strength=100% 1/4

NO YES

Main Set?-->

Octave 0

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for recording and

playback [FILE/SONG SETTING]

You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song from preset songs (“PRE-

SET”), memory songs (“MEMORY”), or External songs (“USB1”) (see page 54).

Procedure

Select the desired song and press the [FILE/SONG SETTING] button to access the “File/Song

Setting” menu.

You can repeatedly play back all songs or a single

song selected from the 50 preset songs or from the

USB storage devices.

•When you start playback, the Clavinova plays the

song you selected using the front panel, then

starts repeat playback of the speciﬁed songs until

you press the [STOP] button.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

[USBSongs] All songs in the media inserted in

the USB storage device

[MemorySongs] All songs in the Clavinova’s memory

[USB+Memory] All songs from “USBSongs” and

“MemorySongs”

[PresetSongs] All 50 preset songs

[ALL] All songs from “USBSongs,” “Mem-

orySongs,” and “PresetSongs”

[OneSong] One song selected from the front

panel

When several USB storage devices are connected, the device

which contains the previously selected song is the destination

device.

If you select a song from an ensemble collection

disk, such as the “Disk Orchestra Collection” or

one of the “XG for Piano” disks, you can specify

phrase numbers in the score to play back from the

score from the mark point, or to play back the

phrase repeatedly.

•If you start playing back a song with “Repeat On”

selected, the count down starts, followed by the

repeated playback of the speciﬁed phrase until

you press the [STOP] button.

•If you select “Repeat Off,” normal playback starts

without repeat.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range of the phrase number:

--- (not speciﬁed)

0 - the last phrase number of the song

If you select any song other than those from the “Disk

Orchestra Collection” or one of the “XG for Piano”

disks, you can select only “Off.”

For information on the settings “Save” – “CharacterCode,” see “Handling ﬁles such as deleting

song ﬁles ... [FILE/SONG SETTING]” on page 43.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button

Playing back a song/all songs repeat-

edly [SongRepeat]

NO YES

SongRepeat Off

USBSongs

Select on or off.

Specify the repeated songs.

TIP

Playing back the phrase speciﬁed by

the phrase number [PhraseMark]

NO YES

PhraseMark RepeatOff

001

Select repeat on or off.

Specify the phrase number.

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for recording and playback [FILE/SONG SETTING]

You can correct the timing of notes. For example,

you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth or

sixteenth notes.

•Changes are made by song.

See the procedure on page 69.

Notes for which you can adjust the timing:

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are

exceptionally convenient, since they allow you to quantize two

different note values at the same time. For example, when the

straight eighth notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in

the same part, if you quantize by the straight eighth notes, all

notes in the part are quantized to straight eighth notes—com-

pletely eliminating any triplet feel. However, if you use the

eighth note + eighth note triplet setting, both the straight and

triplet notes will be quantized correctly.

From this display, you can determine how strongly

the notes will be quantized. A setting of 100% pro-

duces exact timing. If a value less than 100% is

selected, notes will be moved toward the speciﬁed

quantization beats according to the speciﬁed per-

centage. Applying less than 100% quantization lets

you preserve some of the “human” feel in the

recording.

Setting range:

0% – 100%

This parameter enables you to specify whether a

song that starts from the middle of a bar, or a song

with a silence prior to the ﬁrst note, should be

played from the ﬁrst note or from the top of the bar

(rest or blank).

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

[On] Playing from the ﬁrst note

[Off] Playing from the top of the bar (including a rest

or blank)

Correcting note timing [Quantize]

NO YES

Quantize Execute?-->

Strength= 50% 1/8

Stores the changed value.

Speciﬁes the type of note.

1/4.................

1/8.................

1/16...............

1/6.................

1/12...............

1/24...............

1/8+1/12...........

1/16+1/24.........

1/32...............

1/16+1/12.........

quarter note

quarter note triplet

eighth note

eighth note triplet

sixteenth note

sixteenth note triplet

thirty-second note

eighth note + eighth note triplet*

sixteenth note + eighth note triplet*

sixteenth note + sixteenth triplet*

Specifying whether playback starts

immediately along with the ﬁrst voic-

ing [QuickPlay]

Quarter-note length

Original data

Quantizing

strength=100

Quantizing

strength=50

NO YES

QuickPlay

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 73

Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for recording and playback [FILE/SONG SETTING]

You can select a single channel to listen to its con-

tents. Playback starts from the ﬁrst note.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Ch1 - Ch16

The song data consists of 16 channels. A channel is assigned

to a part, so in this instrument, channel means the same as

part.

Even channels that contain no data are displayed.

You can delete data from each of 16 channels.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Ch1 - Ch16, ALL (all channels)

The song data consists of 16 channels. A channel is assigned

to a part, so in this instrument, channel means the same as

part.

Even channels that contain no data are displayed.

When you clear all channels using the “ALL” parameter, you

can overwrite the song. In this case, the ﬁle which contains

song settings with no channel data is saved.

Auditioning the channels

[ChannelListen]

NO YES

ChannelListen Start?-->

Ch1

Playback continues as long as you press

and hold down this button.

Select the desired channel for playback.

TIP

Deleting data from each channel

[ChannelClear]

NO YES

ChannelClear Execute?-->

Ch1

Delete data.

Select the desired channel for deletion.

TIP

For information on the settings “RecStart” and “RecEnd,” see “Re-recording a song partially” on

page 37.

For information on the setting “RecExtraPartsCh,” see “Recording a performance of several differ-

ent parts” on page 39.

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the metronome

METRONOME [SETTING]

You can set the time signature, volume level, and voice of the Clavinova metronome.

Procedure

Press the METRONOME [SETTING] button to access the Metronome Setting menu.

See the procedure on page 69.

For example, to specify “3/4,” use the C [–][+] but-

tons to select “3” and the D [–][+] buttons to select

“4.”

Setting range for the numerator:

1 - 16

Setting options for the denominator:

2, 4, and 8

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

0 - 127

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

[BellOff] Click (standard metronome

sound)

[EnglishVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in English

[GermanVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in German

[JapaneseVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in Japanese

[FrenchVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in French

[SpanishVoice] Click and “1, 2, 3, 4” in Spanish

[BellOn] Click and bell

To mute the beat count, select “BellOff.”

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

METRONOME [SETTING] button

Setting the metronome time signa-

ture [TimeSignature]

Setting the metronome volume level

[MetronomeVolume]

NO YES

TimeSignature

4/ 4

Set the numerator of

the time signature.

Set the denominator

of the time signature.

NO YES

MetronomeVolume

100

Selecting the metronome voice

[MetronomeSound]

NO YES

MetronomeSound

BellOff

TIP

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 75

Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices

[VOICE SETTING]

This menu enables you to make various detailed settings for the voices in Dual or Split mode and the effects.

You can make these settings for each voice (or each combination of voices) individually. You can listen to the

notes you play on the keyboard while changing the settings.

Procedure

1. Select a voice and press the [VOICE SETTING] button to access the “Voice Set-

ting” menu.

2. Press the A [–][+] buttons to select the part for which you wish to change the

voice.

The range of the displayed part varies depending on the selected voice.

[Main] MAIN voices (displayed with a single voice or in Split mode)

[Main

× Layer] MAIN Voice 1 and Voice 2 (displayed when the MAIN side is in Dual mode)

[Left] LEFT voice (displayed in Split mode)

[Left

× Layer] LEFT Voice 1 and Voice 2 (displayed when the LEFT side is in Dual mode)

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

[VOICE SETTING] button

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

In Dual mode, parameters with the “*” mark are set for Voice 1

and Voice 2 individually.

Parameter names enclosed in parentheses ( ) are displayed in

Dual mode.

The pitch of a note can be shifted upward or down-

ward in steps of an octave.

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

–2 (two octaves lower) - 0 (no pitch shift) - +2 (two

octaves higher)

You can set the volume level for each voice part.

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

0 - 127

You can specify the position in the stereo image

from which you hear the sound.

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

L64 (hard left) - C (center) - R63 (hard right)

The pitch of the two sounds selected in Dual mode

can be “skewed” slightly away from each other.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

–20 - +20 (Positive (+) settings will raise the pitch of the

ﬁrst sound and lower the pitch of the second sound.

Negative (–) settings will do the opposite.)

Setting the octave [Octave]*

Setting the volume level [Volume]*

TIP

NO YES

Main Set?-->

Octave 0

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

Octave(GrndPno1) 0

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

NO YES

Main Set?-->

Volume 100

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

Volume(GrndPno1) 100

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Setting the position of right and left

channels [Pan]*

Make ﬁne adjustments to the pitch

(only in Dual mode) [Detune]

NO YES

Main Set?-->

Pan C

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

Pan(GrndPno1) C

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

Detune + 3

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 77

Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

You cannot set this parameter for the voice parts “Left” and

“LeftXLayer.”

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Room Simulates reverberation in a room.

Hall1 Simulates reverberation in a concert hall.

Hall2 Reverberation is slightly longer than that of

“Hall1.”

Stage Reverberation suitable for a solo instrument

sound.

Plate Reverberation from the vibration of a metal

plate.

The reverb effect is not applied if the ReverbSend parameter is

set to “0.”

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

0 - 127

You cannot set this parameter for the voice parts “Left” and

“Left × Layer.”

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Chorus Adds a rich, spacious sound.

Celeste Adds swell and a spacious sound.

Flanger Adds swell effects of an ascending or

descending jet plane.

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

0 - 127

Setting the reverb type

[ReverbType]

Setting the reverb depth

[ReverbSend]*

TIP

NO YES

Main Set?-->

ReverbType Hall1

TIP

NO YES

Main Set?-->

ReverbSend 14

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

ReverbSend(E.Piano1) 26

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

Selecting the chorus type

[Chorus Type]

Setting the chorus depth

[ChorusSend]*

TIP

NO YES

Main Set?-->

ChorusType Chorus

NO YES

Main Set?-->

ChorusSend 48

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

ChorusSend(E.Piano1) 72

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

You can set the [CHORUS] button on or off for

each voice. When you select a voice, the chorus on/

off setting for the voice automatically changes

according to this parameter.

Even if this parameter is turned on, the chorus effect is dis-

abled if the ChorusSend parameter is set to 0.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

On/Off

You can select other effects (than reverb and cho-

rus).

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

DelayLCR Delay applied at left, center, and

right positions.

DelayLR Delay applied at left and right posi-

tions.

Echo Echo-like delay

CrossDelay Left and right delays are crossed.

Symphonic Adds a rich and deep acoustic effect.

Rotary Adds the vibrato effect of a rotary

speaker.

Tremolo The volume level changes in rapid

cycles.

VibeRotor The vibrato effect of a vibraphone.

AutoPanThe sound pans left to right and

back and forth.

Phaser The phase changes periodically,

swelling the sound.

AutoWahThe center frequency of the wah ﬁl-

ter changes periodically.

SoundBoard Simulates the reverberation of a

piano soundboard.

Off No effect.

Rotor= The rotating portion of an electrical device etc.

This will be displayed only if VibeRotor is selected

for the DSP Type parameter explained above.

This sets the speed of the vibrato effect that is

applied when you have selected Vibraphone and

are using the VibeRotor pedal.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

1 - 10

This will be displayed only if VibeRotor is selected

for the DSP Type parameter explained above.

It turns on/off the vibrato effect that is applied

when you use the VibeRotor pedal.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

On/Off

Setting the chorus on/off

[ChorusOnOff]

Selecting the DSP type*

[DSP Type (DSP)]

TIP

NO YES

Main Set?-->

ChorusOnOff Off

NO YES

Main Set?-->

DSP Type DelayLCR

Setting the speed of the vibraphone

vibrato effect* [VibeRotorSpeed]

Turning the vibraphone vibrato effect

on/off*

[VibeRotorOnOff (RotorOnOff)]

TERMINOLOGY

NO YES

Main Set?-->

VibeRotorSpeed 6

NO YES

Main Set?-->

VibeRotorOnOff On

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 79

Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

This will be displayed only if Rotary is selected for the

DSP Type parameter explained above.

It sets the rotation speed of the rotary speaker effect.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Slow/Fast

This sets the depth of the DSP effect (page 78).

Some DSP Type settings do not allow you to set the

DSPDepth.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

1 (output only the original sound with almost no effect

applied) - 127 (output only the sound processed by the

effect)

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

–64 - +63

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

–64 - +63

Resonance can produce a distinctive “peaky” tone, making the

sound brighter and harder.

Equalizer:

An audio equalizer divides the frequency spectrum into multi-

ple regions and enables the user to adjust the relative ampli-

tude of each region.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

32 Hz - 2.0 kHz

Setting the rotation speed of the

rotary speaker*

[RotarySpeed (Rot.Speed)]

Adjusting the depth of the DSP

effect* [DSPDepth]

Adjusting the brightness of the

sound* [Brightness]

NO YES

Main Set?-->

RotarySpeed Slow

NO YES

Main Set?-->

DSPDepth 127

NO YES

Main Set?-->

Brightness 0

Adjusting the resonance effect*

[HarmonicContent (Harmonic)]

Adjusting the low-range frequency of

the equalizer*

[EQ LowFreq. (EQ L.Freq)]

NO YES

Main Set?-->

HarmonicContent 0

TIP

TERMINOLOGY

Low Gain

High Gain

Low Freq. High Freq.

NO YES

Main Set?-->

EQ LowFreq. 32

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for the voices [VOICE SETTING]

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

–12 - +12 dB

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

500 Hz - 16.0 kHz

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

–12 - +12 dB

This parameter enables determines the manner

and degree to which the volume level changes in

response to your touch on the keyboard (how hard

you play). Since the volume level of the harpsi-

chords and pipe organs do not change regardless of

how you play the keyboard, the normal setting for

these voices is 127. (See the setting range below.)

See the procedure on page 69.

In Dual mode:

Setting range:

0 (softest) - 64 (largest changes in the level) - 127 (loud-

est and ﬁxed)

Adjusting the low-range gain

(amount of boost/cut) of the equal-

izer* [EQ LowGain]

Adjusting the high-range frequency

of the equalizer*

[EQ HighFreq. (EQ H.Freq)]

Adjusting the high-range gain

(amount of boost/cut) of the equal-

izer* [EQ HighGain]

NO YES

Main Set?-->

EQ LowGain 0

NO YES

Main Set?-->

EQ HighFreq. 500

NO YES

Main Set?-->

EQ HighGain 0

Setting the touch sensitivity

[TouchSense]*

NO YES

Main Set?-->

TouchSense 64

NO YES

MainxLayer Set?-->

TouchSense(GrndPno1) 64

Voice for editing (Voice 1 or Voice 2)

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 81

Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for iAFC

[iAFC SETTING]

When iAFC is engaged, the Clavinova will sound deeper and more resonant, similar to an acoustic musical

instruments. This lets you experience the ambience and reverberation that are characteristic of performing

on stage or simulates the sustain sound that occur when you press the damper pedal of a grand piano.

This section describes how to make various settings for the iAFC function. You can also perform an auto-

matic adjustment in order to obtain the optimal iAFC effect.

Procedure

Press [iAFC SETTING] button to enter iAFC Setting mode.

iAFC cannot be used in the following cases.

• When the Speaker setting is Normal, and headphones are connected.

• When the Speaker setting is off.

When using iAFC, do not block the speaker located on the rear panel of the Clavinova. The optimal iAFC effect cannot be obtained if

this speaker is blocked.

iAFC uses Yamaha’s EMR (Electronic Microphone Rotator) technology to ensure stability against acoustic feedback.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

On/Off

Dynamic Damper Effect is one type of the iAFC

effect. Dynamic Damper Effect simulates the sus-

tain sound that occurs when you press the damper

pedal of a grand piano. The internal microphones

are not used, but the sound produced within the

Clavinova is processed to create a spacious sensa-

tion, as you press the damper pedal and play the

keyboard.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

0 - 127

Perform the automatic adjustment after you turn on the power of the Clavinova for the ﬁrst time,

and after each time you move the Clavinova (page 82).

When the [iAFC SETTING] button is pressed before performing the automatic adjustment, the “Calibration” screen

will be displayed.

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

[iAFC SETTING] button

TIP

Turning iAFC on/off [iAFC]

NO YES

iAFC

Adjusting the Dynamic Damper Effect

depth [DynDmpFX Depth]

NO YES

DynDmpFX Depth

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Detailed Settings

Detailed settings for iAFC [iAFC SETTING]

Spatial Effect is one type of the iAFC effect. Spatial

Effect creates a sense of reverberation and spa-

ciousness by picking up the output sound using

internal microphones and output the sound from

the speaker on the rear of the instrument. The

spread and spaciousness of the sound is different

depending on the depth. For lower depth settings,

this creates the resonance and enhances the acous-

tic realism of the sound that is characteristic of

acoustic instruments by creating a virtual sound-

board. For deeper depth settings, the sound of the

instrument itself and the sound of singing and

other instruments played nearby is picked up by

internal microphones, and processed to simulate

the spatial characteristics of performing together

on stage.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

0 - 127

This automatically adjusts the sensitivity and

response of iAFC so that the optimal iAFC effect

will be obtained.

When automatic adjust begins, a test sound (noise)

will sound for about ﬁve seconds.

While automatic adjustment is being performed,

do not make audible noises in the vicinity of the

Clavinova.

See the procedure on page 69.

The keyboard will not produce sound while automatic adjust-

ment is being performed. Nor is it possible to adjust the vol-

ume of the Clavinova.

This sets the calibration function to the default set-

ting.

See the procedure on page 69.

Adjusting the Spatial Effect depth

[SpatialFX Depth]

Calibration (automatic adjustment)

[Calibration]

NO YES

SpatialFX Depth

NO YES

Calibration Sure?-->

Test sound is output.

TIP

Restoring the default calibration set-

ting [iAFC Default]

NO YES

iAFC Default Set?-->

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Detailed Settings

Other settings [FUNCTION]

You can make detailed settings for touch, tuning, scale, etc.

Procedure

Press the [FUNCTION] button to enter Function mode.

TRANSPOSE= To change the key

(Changing the key: To raise or lower the overall pitch of the

entire song.)

The Clavinova’s Transpose function makes it possible to shift

the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitone inter-

vals to facilitate playing in difﬁcult key signatures, and to let

you easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a

singer or other instruments. For example, if you set the trans-

position amount to “5,” playing key C produces pitch F. In this

way, you can play the song as if it were in C major, and the

Clavinova will transpose it to the key of F.

Setting for:

Master The sound of the entire instrument (the

manually-played sound and the song

playback)

Keyboard The manually-played sound

Song The song playback

Setting range:

–12 (–1 octave) - 0 (normal pitch) - +12 (+1 octave)

You can specify a touch response (how the sound

responds to the way you play the keys).

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Light With a soft touch, the Clavinova produces a

loud sound. The volume level of tones tends

to be consistent.

Medium Standard touch response.

HeavyYou must hit the key very hard to generate a

loud volume. This allows for versatile expres-

sion, from pianissimo to fortissimo tones.

Fixed No touch response. The volume level will be

the same regardless of how hard you play the

keys. Use the B [–][+] buttons to set the vol-

ume level.

Setting range of the “Fixed” volume level:

1 - 127

FUNCTION

iAFC

SETTING

CHORUSREVERB

BRILLIANCE

MELLOW BRIGHT

VOICE

SETTING

SPLIT

GUITAR

VIBRA-

PHONE

E.CLAVI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

SYNTH.

PAD

WOOD

BASS

E.BASS

E.PIANO

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH

ORGAN

JAZZ

ORGAN

GRAND

PIANO 2

STRINGS

CHOIR

CONTRAST

EXIT

NO YES

METRONOME

ON/OFF

SETTING

DOWN

TEMPO

EXTRA

PARTS

LEFT

RIGHT

SONG

SELECT

FILE/SONG

SETTING

PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC

SONG

NEW SONG

SYNC START

REPEAT

DEMOSONG BALANCE

KEYBOARD

SONG

MIN MAX

MASTER VOLUME

VOICE

[FUNCTION] button

Changing the key [Transpose]

TIP

NO YES

Transpose

Master 0

Selecting a touch response

[TouchResponse]

NO YES

TouchResponse Vel= 64

Fixed

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Detailed Settings

Other settings [FUNCTION]

You can ﬁne tune the pitch of the entire instru-

ment. This function is useful when you play the

Clavinova along with other instruments or CD

music.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

A3 = 414.8 Hz - 466.8 Hz (0.2 Hz steps)

You can select a tuning curve from “GrandPiano1”

and “GrandPiano2.” Select “Flat” if you feel the

tuning curve of the piano voice does not quite

match that of other instruments voices.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Stretch Tuning curve particularly for pianos

Flat Tuning curve in which the frequency is octave

doubled over the entire keyboard range

You can select various scales.

Equal Temperament is the most common contem-

porary piano tuning scale. However, history has

known numerous other scales, many of which

serve as the basis for certain genres of music. You

can experience the tunings of these genres.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Equal One octave is divided into twelve equal inter-

vals. Currently most popular piano tuning

scale.

PureMajor/PureMinor

Based on natural overtones, three major chords

using these scales produce a beautiful, pure

sound.

Pythagorean

This scale, designed by Pythagoras, a Greek phi-

losopher, is based on the interval of a perfect

5th. The 3rd produces swells, but the 4th and

5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads.

MeanTone

This scale is an improvement of the

Pythagorean in that the swell of the 3rd has

been eliminated. It spread during the late 16th

century through the late 18th century. Handel

used this scale.

Werc kmeister/Kirnberger

These scales combine Mean Tone and

Pythagorean in different ways. With these

scales, modulation changes the impression and

feel of the songs. They were often used in the

era of Bach and Beethoven. They are also often

used now to reproduce the music of that era on

harpsichords.

Normal setting:

Equal

If you select a scale other than Equal, you need to specify

the root note using the B [–][+] buttons.

Setting range:

C, C



, D, E



, E, F, F



, G, A



, A, B



, B

Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]

Selecting a tuning curve for a

piano

voice [PianoTuningCurve]

NO YES

Tune

A3=440.0Hz

NO YES

PianoTuningCurve

Stretch

Selecting a scale [Scale]

NO YES

Scale BaseNote=C

PureMajor

NO YES

Scale BaseNote=C

PureMajor

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

You can specify the split point (the boundary between

the right-hand and left-hand keyboard areas).

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

A-1 - C7

You can also use [SPLIT] to set the split point. (page 32)

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Sustain ON/OFF switch type damper

SustainCont Damper that sustains the sound pro-

portionately to how deeply you press

the pedal

Sostenuto Sostenuto (page 26)

Soft Soft (page 26)

Expression A function that lets you create

changes in dynamics (volume) as

you play

PitchBend Up A function that smoothly raises the

pitch

PitchBend Down

A function that smoothly lowers the

pitch

RotarySpeed Change the rotational speed of the

JazzOrgan rotary speaker (switch

between fast/slow each time you

press the pedal)

VibeRotor Switch the vibraphone vibrato on/off

(switch on/off each time you press

the pedal)

Normal setting:

SustainCont

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Same as “Setting the right pedal function” above, except

for the following parameters.

• SustainCont

• Expression

• PitchBend Up

• PitchBend Down

Normal Setting:

Sostenuto

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Same as “Setting the right pedal function” above, except

for the following parameters.

• SustainCont

• Expression

• PitchBend Up

• PitchBend Down

Normal Setting:

Soft (for all voices other than JazzOrgan, MellowOrgan

and VibraPhone), Rotary Speed (JazzOrgan and Mel-

lowOrgan), Vibraphone (VibeRotor)

Specifying the Split Point [Split Point]

Setting the right pedal function

[RPedalFunc]

NO YES

SplitPoint

F#2

TIP

NO YES

RPedalFunc Set?-->

SustainCont

Setting the center pedal function

[CPedalFunc]

Setting the left pedal function

[LPedalFunc]

NO YES

CPedalFunc Set?-->

Sostenuto

NO YES

LPedalFunc Set?-->

Soft

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

You can assign a function to the pedal connected to

the Clavinova’s AUX PEDAL jack.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Same as “Right pedal function assignment” (page 85).

Normal setting:

Expression

YAMAHA FC7 foot controller

This foot controller is suitable for controlling Expression, Sus-

tainCont, or PitchBend Up/Down.

YAMAHA FC4 foot switch

YAMAHA FC5 foot switch

These foot switches are suitable for controlling Sustain, Soste-

nuto, Soft, RotarySpeed, or VibeRotor.

This turns the right pedal function on or off for the

relevant voice part. In other words, you can select

the desired voice part (Main, MainLayer, Left, Left-

Layer) and determine whether the right pedal

function (set on page 85) will affect that part or

not.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Main, MLayer (MainLayer), Left, LLayer (LeftLayer)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal Setting:

Different for each voice.

This turns the center pedal function on or off for

the relevant voice part. In other words, you can

select the desired voice part (Main, MainLayer,

Left, LeftLayer) and determine whether the center

pedal function (set on page 85) will affect that part

or not.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Main, MLayer (MainLayer), Left, LLayer (LeftLayer)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal Setting:

Different for each voice.

This turns the left pedal function on or off for the

relevant voice part. In other words, you can select

the desired voice part (Main, MainLayer, Left, Left-

Layer) and determine whether the left pedal func-

tion (set on page 85) will affect that part or not.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Main, MLayer (MainLayer), Left, LLayer (LeftLayer)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal Setting:

Different for each voice.

Setting the auxiliary pedal function

[AuxPedalFunc]

Turning the right pedal function on/

off [RPedalOnOff]

NO YES

AuxPedalFunc Set?-->

Expression

TIP

NO YES

RPedalOnOff Set?-->

Main On

Select on or off.

Select the voice part for which

the right pedal on/off setting is

to be changed.

Turning the center pedal function

on/off [CPedalOnOff]

Turning the left pedal function on/off

[LPedalOnOff]

NO YES

CPedalOnOff Set?-->

Main On

Select on or off.

Select the voice part for which

the center pedal on/off setting

is to be changed.

NO YES

LPedalOnOff Set?-->

Main On

Select on or off.

Select the voice part for which

the left pedal on/off setting is

to be changed.

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

This turns the auxiliary pedal function on or off

for the relevant voice part. In other words, you can

select the desired voice part (Main, MainLayer,

Left, LeftLayer) and determine whether the auxil-

iary pedal function (set on page 86) will affect that

part or not.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Main, MLayer (MainLayer), Left, LLayer (LeftLayer)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal Setting:

Different for each voice.

If you assign the SONG PLAY/PAUSE function to a pedal and

turn the function On, the pedal function assigned to the pedal

in the Function menu (pages 85 and 86) is disabled.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Left, Center, AUX

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

Off for all pedals

A pedal connected to the [AUX PEDAL] jack may

switch on and off differently. For example, some

pedals turn on the effects and others turn them off

when you press them.

Use this parameter to reverse this mechanism.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Make, Break

Here you can specify the point to which you must

depress the pedal (right and AUX) before the

assigned effect begins to be applied.This setting

applies only to the “SustainCont” effect (page 85)

that is assigned to the right or AUX pedal.

Setting range:

–2 (effective with the shallowest press) - 0 - +2 (effective

with the deepest press)

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

1 - 10

Turning the auxiliary pedal function

on/off [AuxPedalOnOff]

Assigning the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE]

function to the pedal

[PedalPlay/Pause]

NO YES

AuxPedalOnOff Set?-->

Main On

Select on or off.

Select the voice part for which

the AUX pedal on/off setting is

to be changed.

TIP

NO YES

PedalPlay/Pause

Center Off

Select a pedal to assign

the function

Select on or off.

Selecting a type of auxiliary pedal

[AuxPedalType]

Setting the point at which the

damper pedal starts to affect the

sound [HalfPedalPoint]

Adjusting the depth of the Soft pedal

[SoftPedalDepth]

NO YES

AuxPedalType

Make

NO YES

HalfPedalPoint

NO YES

SoftPedalDepth

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

This parameter is effective on the voices, such as

“Grand Piano 1.”

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Off, 1 - 10

This parameter is effective only on the voice group

“GRANDPIANO1.”

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Off, 1 - 10

You can adjust the volume of the key-off sound (the

subtle sound that occurs when you release a key)

This is effective on the voice groups “Grand

Piano1,” “Harpsichord,” and “E.Clavichord” and

on the voice “E.Piano2.”

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Off, 1 - 10

This speciﬁes the amount of change that can be

produced by the pitch bend function which

smoothly varies the pitch.

•This setting applies only to the manually-played

sound.

•This setting can be made in semitone steps.

•You can set the pedal function (page 85) to spec-

ify whether the pitch will be raised or lowered.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

0 - +12 (Pressing the pedal will raise/lower the pitch by

12 semitones [1 octave])

Normal setting:

–2

This setting lets you switch the speaker on/off.

See the procedure on page 69.

Normal (HeadphoneSW)

The speaker will sound only if headphones

are not connected.

On The speaker will always sound.

Off The speaker will not sound.

Setting the depth of string resonance

[StringResonanceDepth]

Setting the depth of sustain sampling

for the damper pedal

[SustainSamplingDepth]

Specifying the volume of the key-off

sound [KeyOffSamplingDepth]

NO YES

StringResonanceDepth

NO YES

SustainSamplingDepth

NO YES

KeyOffSamplingDepth

Setting the range of pitch bend

[PitchBendRange]

Switching the speaker on/off

[Speaker]

NO YES

PitchBendRange

NO YES

Speaker

Normal(HeadphoneSW)

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

Select the volume level of the signal output from

the AUX OUT jacks. When “Fixed” is selected, the

level cannot be controlled by using the [MASTER

VOLUME] control. When “Variable” is selected,

the level can be controlled by using the [MASTER

VOLUME] control.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Fixed/Variable

Normal Setting:

Fixed

This parameter enables you to specify the channel

on which the Clavinova transmits MIDI data.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Main, Left, Layer, Left Layer

Setting range:

Midi/Usb1 Ch1 - Ch16, Off (Not transmitted.)

Normal setting:

Main — Midi/Usb1 Ch1

Left — Midi/Usb1 Ch2

Layer — Midi/Usb1 Ch3

Left Layer — Midi/Usb1 Ch4

You can specify whether each channel of data from

MIDI [IN] and USB [TO HOST] will be received.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Midi/Usb1 Ch1 - Ch16

Usb2 Ch1 - 16

Setting range:

Song, Main, Left, Layer, LeftLayer, Keyboard, Off

Normal setting:

Midi/Usb1 Ch1- Ch16 — Song

Usb2 Ch1 — Keyboard

Usb2 Ch2 — Main

Usb2 Ch3 — Left

Usb2 Ch4 — Layer

Usb2 Ch5 — LeftLayer

Others — Off

Selecting the AUX OUT level

[AuxOutLevel]

Setting the MIDI transmit channel

[MidiOutChannel]

NO YES

AuxOutLevel

Fixed

NO YES

MidiOutChannel

Main Midi/Usb1Ch1

Select a voice part. Specify the channel.

Setting the MIDI receive channel

[MidiInChannel]

NO YES

MidiInChannel

Midi/Usb1Ch1 Song

Select a channel Select a MIDI receive part

USB TO HOST

MIDI IN

Midi/Usb1

Ch1 - Ch16

Usb2

Ch1 - Ch16

Keyboard

– LeftLayer

Song

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

“Local Control On” is a state in which the

Clavinova produces the sound from its tone gener-

ator when you play the keyboard. In “Local Con-

trol Off” state, the keyboard and the tone

generator are cut off from each other. This means

that even if you play the keyboard, the Clavinova

will not produce the sound. Instead, the keyboard

data can be transmitted via MIDI to a connected

MIDI device, which can produce the sound. The

“Local Control Off” setting is useful when you

wish to play an external sound source while playing

the keys on the Clavinova.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

You can select whether your performance data or

song playback data is sent via MIDI.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting range:

Keyboard performance data played on the keyboard

Song song playback data

Normal setting:

Keyboard

This parameter enables you to specify which MIDI

data the Clavinova can receive.

See the procedure on page 69.

Type of data:

Note, Control, Program, Pitch Bend, SysEx (System

Exclusive)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all types of data

This parameter enables you to specify which MIDI

data the Clavinova can transmit.

See the procedure on page 69.

Type of data:

Note, Control, Program, Pitch Bend, SystemRealTime,

SysEx (System Exclusive)

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

On for all types of data

Turning Local control on/off

[LocalControl]

Selecting performance from the

keyboard or song data for MIDI

transmission [MidiOutSelect]

NO YES

LocalControl

NO YES

MidiOutSelect

Keyboard

Selecting a type of data received via

MIDI [ReceiveParameter]

Selecting a type of data transmitted

via MIDI [TransmitParameter]

NO YES

ReceiveParameter

Note On

Select a type of data. Select on or off.

NO YES

TransmitParameter

Note On

Select a type of data. Select on or off.

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

You can transmit the panel data, such as voice

selection, to a connected sequencer. Before you

record performance data to a sequencer, it is useful

if you ﬁrst send and record (at the beginning of the

performance data) the panel setup data for your

performance during playback.

See the procedure on page 69.

You can back up some settings, such as voice selec-

tion and metronome setting, so that they will not

be lost after you turn off the power to the

Clavinova.

•Memory songs (saved in the Clavinova’s mem-

ory), the backup on/off setting (this parameter

setting), and the “CharacterCode” parameter set-

ting (page 53) are always backed up.

See the procedure on page 69.

Setting for:

Tr anspose

Brilliance

ReverbOnOff

iAfc

SplitPoint

Main/LeftVoice

MetronomeSetting

File/SongSetting

MidiSetting (“MidiOutChannel” – “TransmitParame-

ter” in the Function settings)

Function (except for Transpose, SplitPoint and Midi set-

tings).

Setting range:

On/Off

Normal setting:

The Transpose, Main/LeftVoice, MetronomeSetting, and

Function (except for Transpose and SplitPoint setting)

parameters are set to Off. Other parameters are set to

On.

You can reset the Clavinova to its normal (factory

default) settings.

•The CharacterCode parameter setting (page 53)

does not change.

•The MemoryBackup parameter setting (On/Off)

(left column) is reset to the normal setting.

•You can specify whether the memory songs are

erased or kept.

See the procedure on page 69.

Do not turn off the power during factory set. Doing so could

result in damage to the data.

Selecting for “MemorySong”:

MemorySongExcluded Memory songs are kept.

MemorySongIncluded Memory songs are erased.

Transmitting the initial settings on

the panel [InitialSetup]

Selecting items saved at shutdown

[MemoryBackup]

NO YES

InitialSetup Start?-->

NO YES

MemoryBackup

Transpose Off

Select the desired item. Select on or off.

Restoring the normal (default) set-

tings [FactorySet]

CAUTION

NO YES

FactorySet Execute?-->

MemorySongExcluded

Reset the Clavinova.

Select whether the memory songs

are erased or kept.

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Other settings [FUNCTION]

Other method for restoring the normal

settings

Press and hold down the white key on the right end

(C7) and press the [POWER] switch to turn on the

power to the Clavinova. In this case, the Memory

songs saved in the storage memory are not erased.

For maximum data security Yamaha recommends

that you copy or save your important data to a USB

storage device. This provides a convenient backup

if the internal memory is damaged. Perform the

operation after connecting the USB storage device.

See the procedure on page 69.

It's best not to connect several USB storage devices when back-

ing up your data. When several devices are connected, a speciﬁc

device cannot be identiﬁed for saving data.

Do not execute “FullBackup” during ﬁle operations such as

loading songs. Doing so could result in damage to the data.

It may take 1 – 2 minutes to complete the backup.

Do not turn off the power during full backup. Doing so could

result in damage to the data.

Protected songs (indicated by MS/Ms in the display) cannot be

saved. Move the songs to the USB storage device before exe-

cuting Full Backup. If you do not move the protected songs

and keep the data only in the internal memory, the data will be

deleted when you load the backup settings to the instrument.

[POWER] switch

Backing up the Clavinova's internal

data [FullBackup]

NO YES

FullBackup Execute?-->

Save

Select “Save” or “Load.”

Perform backup.

TIP

CAUTION

TIP

CAUTION

TIP

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Message List

The messages are listed in alphabetical order.

Message Meaning

•This message appears when data has failed to be written or loaded

to the Storage memory or USB storage device. When you write or

load data via USB storage device, check the USB cable connection

and try again. If you still see this message, the Storage memory/

media/device may have malfunctioned or may be damaged.

•This message appears when a Read-Only ﬁle is selected to be over-

written. The ﬁle cannot to be overwritten.

When you delete a folder, this message asks you whether you want to

delete all of the ﬁles in that folder. To delete all ﬁles in the folder,

press the D [+ (YES)] button. To cancel, press the D [– (NO)] but-

ton.

This message will appear when there is insufﬁcient empty space in

backup memory. Turn the power switch off and turn it on again to

delete unnecessary backup data.

This message means that automatic adjustment of iAFC is not possi-

ble and the settings reset to their default values. In this case, perform

the automatic adjustment once again.

This message means that automatic adjustment of iAFC is not possi-

ble because no sound is output from the rear speaker. In this case if

the “Speaker” setting is Off, turn “Speaker” On. If “Speaker” is set to

Normal and headphones are connected, unplug the headphones.

This message will appear to conﬁrm start of the iAFC calibration.

When calibrating, a test tone will sound from the instrument.

This message conﬁrms that the operation has been cancelled.

This message appears when you do the following operation to a pro-

tected song:

• Overwrite (protected songs cannot be overwritten)

• Save with a new name (protected songs cannot be used with

“Save as” function)

• Delete (this message conﬁrms that the protected song will be

deleted)

• Rename (renamed protected songs may not be played back)

This message is displayed following the message “Executing.” The

Clavinova’s internal processing is complete. You may proceed to the

next step.

AccessError

AllFiles?-->

BackupMemoryFull

CalibrationError

DefaultReset

Calibration

Speaker sound is off

Calibration Sure?-->

Test sound is output.

Canceled

Caution ProtectedSong

Completed

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Message Meaning

This message appears when a communication error occurred

between the instrument and drive. Check the USB cable connection

and try again. If you still see this message, use a drive whose compat-

ibility has been conﬁrmed by Yamaha (page 60).

The number of drives exceeds the limitation. Two USB storage

devices can be connected to one USB [TO DEVICE] terminal using a

hub device. This instrument can recognize up to four drives in one

USB storage device.

The connection has been cut off because of an abnormal power

surge to the drive. To recover from this, turn the power switch of the

hub off and on again, or disconnect the USB storage device from the

instrument and turn the power switch of the instrument off and on

again.

This message appears when the USB storage device is removed from

the instrument.

When you attempted to rename a song and save it in “Rename”

(page 48), this message will appear if an identically-named song

already exists. Three seconds after this message is displayed, you will

return to the previous screen. Please specify a different name.

This message prompts you to execute a ﬁle-related operation. Press

the B [+ (YES)] button to proceed, or press the [EXIT] button to

cancel.

The Clavinova is processing the data internally. Wait until the mes-

sage disappears, then proceed to the next step.

This message appears when factory set is completed. The instrument

is then restarted.

The normal (factory default) settings (including the memory song

setting) (“FactorySet” on page 91) have been restored. This message

also appears if you press and hold down the C7 and turn on the

power to the Clavinova (page 92).

The normal (factory default) settings (except for the memory song

setting) (“FactorySet” on page 91) have been restored.

This message will appear when loading of the backup ﬁle is com-

pleted. The instrument is then restarted.

DriveError

DriveNumLimitOver

DrivePowerError

DriveRemoved

DuplicateName

Execute?-->

Executing

FactorySet Completed

Restart

FactorySet Executing

MemorySongExcluded

FactorySet Executing

MemorySongIncluded

FullBackup Completed

Restart

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Message Meaning

There is a problem with the USB [TO HOST] terminal

•When using the CLP-280/270 connected to your personal com-

puter:

The driver or MIDI application on your computer is not function-

ing correctly, perhaps because the computer is turned off, the cable

is not connected correctly. In this case, turn off the power of the

CLP-280/270 and your computer, and check the cable connec-

tions. Then turn on the power in the order of your computer

→

CLP-280/270, and check that the driver and MIDI application on

your computer are functioning correctly.

•When using the CLP-280/270 by itself:

This message may appear if a cable is left connected to the USB

[TO HOST] terminal of the CLP-280/270. In this case, turn off the

power of the CLP-280/270, disconnect the cable, and then turn on

the power again. If the cable is left connected, the CLP-280/270

may not function correctly.

This message will appear when the power is turned on after turning

off the power while saving a song or internal settings. The internal

memory is being checked while this message appears. If the internal

settings are damaged, they will be reset to the initial settings. If

Memory songs are damaged, they will be deleted.

This message appears when you attempt to create a folder to a USB

storage device that cannot be accessed. Check that the USB storage

device is connected to the instrument and that the [SELECT] switch

speciﬁes the appropriate device, then try again.

There is not enough memory space left and you cannot save any

more songs. Save songs to an external device (page 46) or delete

some songs in the storage memory, then save new data to memory.

A USB storage device was not connected to the instrument when

you attempted to perform a drive-related function. Connect the

device and continue.

•This message will appear when there is no ﬁle to load from the

media, even if the ﬁle name is displayed. Securely insert the media.

•This message will appear when two-byte letters are included in the

ﬁle name.

You tried to copy a song that does not exist in the Storage memory

or on USB storage device. Select a Memory song or External song via

the [SONG SELECT] button.

You tried to move a song that does not exist in the Storage memory

or on USB storage device. Select a Memory song or External song via

the [SONG SELECT] button.

HostError

LastPowerOffIllegal

MemoryChecking

MakeDir

---:Select USB Drive

MemoryFull

NoDrive

NoFile

NoSongToCopy

NoSongToMove

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Message Meaning

You tried to rename a song that does not exist in the Storage mem-

ory or on USB storage device. Select a Memory song or External

song via the [SONG SELECT] button.

This message prompts you to select whether you wish to overwrite

the existing data with new data. Press the B [+ (YES)] button to

allow overwriting. Press the B [– (NO)] button to cancel.

This message appears when Musicsoft Downloader is started on a

computer connected to the instrument. When this message appears,

you cannot operate the instrument.

You tried to start playing a song or perform another operation right

after you select the song. Wait until the message disappears.

This message appears when you try to write (save), copy, or delete

data on a protected drive/media. Set protect to off and try again. If

you still see this message, the disk is internally protected (such as

commercially available music data). You cannot write or copy to

such a disk.

This message appears when a protected song and the drive are not

compatible. Use a drive whose compatibility has been conﬁrmed by

Yamaha (page 60).

You tried to copy or delete data in internally-protected ﬁles (such as

commercially available music data). You cannot write to, copy, or

delete such ﬁles.

This message appears when you play back a protected song which

has a ﬁle format error.

After you load an internally-protected song into the Clavinova’s

Current memory or storage memory, you tried to save the song to a

USB storage device. You cannot save such a song to another disk. You

cannot write or copy to such a disk.

This message appears when you copy a protected song. Protected

songs cannot be copied. However, you can move the song (page 51).

This message appears when you attempt to save a protected song

(security song). Protected songs cannot be saved.

This message prompts you to select whether you wish to save the

edited settings. Press the B [+(YES)] button to save the settings.

Press the [EXIT] button to cancel.

NoSongToRename

Overwrite?-->

PC<->CLP

InCommunication

PleaseWait

ProtectedDrive

ProtectedDriveError

ProtectedFile

ProtectedFileFormatError

ProtectedSong

ProtectedSong:UseMove

SecuritySongIsProtected

CannotSave

Set?-->

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Message Meaning

This message appears when you record or edit the protected song

and select another song. The recorded/edited protected song cannot

be saved. The song will be deleted when you select another song.

You tried to perform another operation before saving the recorded

song to storage memory or an external device. If you continue the

operation, the recorded song will be lost. To delete the new record-

ing, press the B [– (NO)] button. To keep the recording, press the B

[+ (YES)] button. The Clavinova displays the “Save” parameter

screen. Save the recorded song and proceed to another operation.

This message will appear if a problem is found with the song data

when you select a song or while the song is playing. In this case, rese-

lect the song, and try once again to play it back. If the message still

appears, the song data may have been damaged.

1. This message will be displayed if current memory ﬁlls up during

recording. Recording will stop automatically at this point. The

data that had been recorded up to that point will remain. This

message will also be displayed when you attempt to enter Record

mode for additional recording if that song already occupies all of

current memory. In this case, additional recording will not be pos-

sible. If there is an already-recorded part that you do not need to

keep, you can use “ChannelClear” (page 73) to delete the

unneeded part, so that you will then be able to record the equiva-

lent amount of additional material.

2. This message will be displayed when you select a song if that song

is larger than the capacity of the current memory (page 100). This

song cannot be loaded into the CLP-280/270, and cannot be

played back. Please select a different song.

This message prompts you to start the operation. To start, press the

B [+ (YES)] button. Press the [EXIT] button to cancel the operation.

This message prompts you to conﬁrm the execution. Press the B [+

(YES)] button to continue. Press the B [– (NO)] button to cancel.

This message appears when the number of ﬁles and folders exceeds

the system limit. The maximum number of ﬁles/folders which can

be stored in a folder is 250. Try again after deleting/moving the

unnecessary ﬁle(s).

You tried to perform a ﬁle- or drive-related operation using an

unformatted media. Eject the media, format it using the “Format”

parameter (page 52), then try again.

SongChanged Clear?

SongChanged Save?

SongError

SongTooBig

Start?-->

Sure?-->

SystemLimit

UnformattedDrive

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Message List

Message Meaning

You tried to perform a ﬁle- or drive-related operation using an

unformatted media. To cancel the operation, press the B [– (NO)]

button. To format the disk and try again, press the B [+ (YES)] but-

ton to display the format parameter (page 52).

This message appears when you connect an unsupported drive. Use

a drive whose compatibility has been conﬁrmed by Yamaha

(page 60).

•The connected drive does not support use of protected songs. Use

only drives whose compatibility has been conﬁrmed by Yamaha

(page 60).

•This message appears when the connected USB storage device is

damaged and cannot be accessed.

You used a period or space at the beginning of a song name or you

tried to change a song name that includes a character (or characters)

not supported by the CLP-280/270, and the CLP-280/270 could not

process the name. The Clavinova displays the previous screen in

three seconds. Rename the song correctly.

This message appears when, in copying a song, the same folder has

been selected for both the source and destination. You cannot select

the same folder for both the source and destination. Select the differ-

ent folder as the destination folder.

UnformattedDrive Format?

UnsupportedDrive

WrongDrive

WrongName

WrongSelection

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Detailed Settings

Questions about Operations and

Functions

■ The buttons do not respond.

While you are using a function, some buttons not

used for the function are disabled. If the song is play-

ing, stop the playback. Otherwise, press the [EXIT]

button to return to the main screen. Then, perform

the desired operation.

■ The sound sustains indeﬁnitely and does not

decay when I press the sostenuto pedal.

With the voices in the CHURCH ORGAN, JAZZ

ORGAN, STRINGS, CHOIR group, or some voices

in the XG group, the sound continues sustaining

while you are holding down the sostenuto pedal.

■ Higher or lower notes does not sound cor-

rectly when the transpose or octave setting

is made.

The setting range for the transposition and octave

setting is C-2 - G8. (With the normal setting, the

Clavinova’s 88 keys covers the range of A-1 - C7.) If

the lowest key is set to a note lower than C-2, it will

produce a sound one octave higher. If the highest key

is set to a note higher than G8, it will produce a

sound one octave lower.

■ How can I return to the recording or song

select screen during song recording or play-

back?

Press the [SONG SELECT] button once.

■ The tempo does not change even though I

recorded with tempo changes.

Depending on the timing of tempo changes, the

changed tempo may not be recorded. In this case,

the recording will be played back at the original

tempo.

Make tempo changes when the recording part is

selected and a red part indicator is ﬂashing. The

same trick applies to editing the tempo after record-

ing.

■ Performance in Dual or Split mode is not

recorded.

■ Part data is lost unexpectedly.

For Dual or Split mode recording, the recording part

for the second voice (that is, the voice for the left-

hand part) is automatically assigned (page 29).

Therefore, if the part already has data, the data will

be overwritten during recording. Also, switching to

Dual mode or Split mode in the middle of the song

is not recorded. Therefore, the notes you played with

the second voice (or the notes lower than the Split

point) are not recorded.

■ What type of data is recorded?

Data recorded in the parts:

•Note data (notes you play)

•Voice selection

•Clavinova pedals and external pedal on/off

•Reverb depth [ReverbSend]

•Chorus depth [ChorusSend]

• DSP effect depth [DSPDepth]

•Sound brightness [Brightness]

•Resonance effect setting [HarmonicContent]

•Equalizer’s low-range frequency setting [EQLow-

Freq.]

•Equalizer’s low-range gain setting [EQLowGain]

•Equalizer’s high-range frequency setting

[EQHighFreq.]

•Equalizer’s high-range gain setting [EQHighGain]

•Octave setting of the voice [Octave]

•Volume setting of each voice [Volume]

•Left/right position of each sound [Pan]

• Fine pitch adjustment between two voices (Dual

only) [Detune]

•Volume change in response to playing strength for

each voice [TouchSense]

Data recorded globally in all parts:

•Tempo

•Time signature

•Reverb type

•Chorus type

• DSP effect type

Yo u can change all data except for note data, Octave

setting or Time Signature after recording.

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Questions about Operations and Functions

■ How much data can I record?

•Current memory (page 46): About 300KB

•Storage memory (page 46): About 1,750KB

■ The on/off setting of the pedal connected to

the AUX PEDAL jack is reversed.

Some types of pedals may turn on and off in oppo-

site fashion. Use the “AuxPedalType” parameter

(page 86) in the “FUNCTION” menu to change the

external pedal setting.

■ The song title is not correct.

The “CharacterCode” setting may be different than

that used when you named the song. Also, if the song

was recorded on another instrument, the title might

be displayed incorrectly. Use the “CharacterCode”

parameter (page 53) in the FILE/SONG SETTING

menu to change the setting. However, if the song was

recorded on another instrument, changing the

“CharacterCode” parameter setting may not resolve

the problem.

■ What is the difference between “Touch-

Sense” and “TouchResponse” MIDI data?

“TouchSense” determines the manner and degree to

which the volume level changes in response to your

touch on the keyboard. The MIDI note-on velocity

data is not changed. It changes the volume level at

the same velocity data.

“TouchResponse” determines the touch sensitivity of

an instrument. The MIDI note-on velocity data is

changed when you play the keyboard with a consis-

tent touch.

■ Only “PhraseMark” can be selected via the

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button during song

playback.

The “PhraseMark” parameter can only be set via the

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button during song play-

back. If you desired to select other parameters, stop

the song and try once again.

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Appendix

Troubleshooting

Problem Cause Solution

The power of the Clavinova does not

turn on.

The power cable is not plugged in

(check at the Clavinova and at the

electrical outlet).

Insert the power cable plug ﬁrmly

into the Clavinova and into the elec-

trical outlet of the correct voltage.

(page 15)

There is a clicking noise when you

press the [POWER] button to turn

the power on or off.

This is caused by the electrical

power within the instrument.

This is not a malfunction.

Noise is heard from the Clavinova. A portable telephone is being used

near the Clavinova (or the ring tone

is sounding).

Turn off the power of the portable

telephone located near the Clavi-

nova. Noise may be heard if a porta-

ble telephone is used near the

Clavinova or if the ring tone occurs.

The overall volume is too low.

Or, there is no sound at all.

The [MASTER VOLUME] dial is low-

ered.

Raise the [MASTER VOLUME] dial.

(page 16)

The volume level for the keyboard

performance is set too low.

Move the [SONG BALANCE] slider

toward the keyboard to increase the

keyboard volume.

Headphones are connected (only if

the Speaker setting is “Normal

HeadphoneSW”). (page 88)

Disconnect the headphone plug.

Speaker setting is off. Set [Speaker] to “Normal” or “ON”.

(page 88)

Local Control is turned off. Set Local control ON. (page 90)

“Expression” is assigned to the right

pedal or the AUX pedal.

Assign any function other than

“Expression” to the pedal.

The keyboard volume is lower than

the song playback volume.

The volume level for the keyboard

performance is set too low.

Move the [SONG BALANCE] slider

toward the keyboard to increase the

keyboard volume.

Sound is still heard from the speak-

ers even though headphones are

plugged in.

Speaker setting is On. Set the speaker setting to “Normal

(HeadphoneSW)”. (page 88)

Feedback occurs when you turn

iAFC on.

iAFC was not automatically adjusted

correctly.

Turn iAFC OFF, and perform the

automatic adjustment (page 82)

Damper pedal does not function, or

notes are sustained even though the

damper pedal is not pressed.

The plug of the pedal cable is not

inserted into the [PEDAL] jack.

Plug the pedal cable ﬁrmly into the

[PEDAL] jack. (Refer to “CLP-280/

270: Keyboard Stand Assembly”

beginning on page 109.)

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Appendix

Troubleshooting

Problem Cause Solution

The USB storage device is not rec-

ognized by the instrument.

The USB storage device may not be

recognized by the instrument

depending on the timing of the

device connection or the setting of

the [SELECT] switch.

Disconnect the USB storage device

and connect it again and select a

device using the [SELECT] switch.

To view the data of the USB storage

device on the CLP display, press the

[SONG SELECT] button to engage

song selection mode or press the

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button to

engage ﬁle/song setting mode. If

you try to engage these modes

before connecting the USB storage

device, press the [EXIT] button to

exit the mode and re-engage the

mode. If the device is still not recog-

nized, it may not be supported by

Yamaha. Only use devices sup-

ported by Yamaha (page 60).

The USB storage device has hung

up (stopped).

The USB storage device is not com-

patible with the instrument.

Only use devices whose compatibil-

ity has been conﬁrmed by Yamaha

(page 60).

The USB storage device does not

operate properly.

Disconnect the device and connect

it to the instrument again.

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Appendix

Data Compatibility

This section covers basic information on data compatibility: whether or not other MIDI devices can playback the

data recorded by CLP-280/270, and whether or not the CLP-280/270 can playback commercially available song data

or song data created for other instruments or on a computer.

Depending on the MIDI device or data characteristics, you may be able to play back the data without any problem,

or you may have to perform some special operations before the data can be played back. If you run into problems

playing back data, please refer to the information below.

Basic Check Points

The data and the MIDI device must match in regards

to the items below.

• Sequence format

•Voice allocation format

•Disk Format (ﬂoppy disk drive is optional)

Sequence Format

The system which records song data is called “sequence

format.”

Playback is only possible when the sequence format of

the disk matches that of the MIDI device.

The CLP-280/270 is compatible with the following for-

mats.

■

SMF (Standard MIDI File)

This is the most common sequence format.

• Standard MIDI Files are generally available as one

of two types: Format 0 or Format 1.

•Many MIDI devices are compatible with Format

0, and most commercially available software is

recorded as Format 0.

•The CLP-280/270 is compatible with both Format

0 and Format 1.

•Performance data recorded on the CLP-280/270 is

saved in the SMF format 0.

■

ESEQ

This sequence format is compatible with many of

Yamaha’s MIDI devices, including the Clavinova series

instruments. This is a common format used with various

Yamaha software.

Voice Allocation Format

With MIDI, voices are assigned to speciﬁc numbers,

called “program numbers.” The numbering standard

(order of voice allocation) is referred to as the “voice

allocation format.”

Vo ices may not play back as expected unless the voice

allocation format of the song data matches that of the

compatible MIDI device used for playback.

The CLP-280/270 is compatible with the following for-

mats.

■

GM System Level 1

This is one of the most common voice allocation for-

mats.

Many MIDI devices are compatible with GM System

Level 1, as is most commercially available software.

■ GM System Level 2

“GM System Level 2” is a standard speciﬁcation hat

enhances the original “GM System Level 1” and improves

song data compatibility. It provides for increased

polyphony, greater voice selection, expanded voice

parameters, and integrated effect processing.

■ XG

XG is a major enhancement of the GM System Level 1

format, and was developed by Yamaha speciﬁcally to pro-

vide more voices and variations, as well as greater expres-

sive control over voices and effects, and to ensure

compatibility of data well into the future.

Song data recorded on the CLP-280/270 using voices in

the XG category is XG-compatible.

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Data Compatibility

■ DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection)

This voice allocation format is compatible with many of

Yamaha’s MIDI devices, including the Clavinova series

instruments.

This is also common format used with various Yamaha

software.

■ GS

GS was developed by the Roland Corporation.

In the same way as Yamaha XG, GS is a major enhance-

ment of the GM speciﬁcally to provide more voices and

drum kits and their variations, as well as greater expres-

sive control over voices and effects.

Even if the devices and data used satisfy all the condi-

tions above, the data may still not be completely com-

patible, depending on the speciﬁcations of the devices

and particular data recording methods.

Disk format

It is necessary to ﬁrst conﬁgure the ﬂoppy disk to the

system of the device being used. This operation is

called “formatting.”

•There are two types of ﬂoppy disks: MF2DD (dou-

ble sided, double density) and MF2HD (double

sided, high density), and each type has different for-

matting systems.

• Playback is only possible when the MIDI device to

be used is compatible with the format of the disk.

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Appendix

Preset Voice List

: Yes ×: No

Voice

group

Voice name

Stereo

sampling

Touch

Sense

Dynamic

sampling

Key-off

samples

String

resonance

Voice description

GRAND

PIANO1

GrandPiano1

This sound was sampled from a full concert grand

piano. Three stages of dynamics were sampled,

and no effort has been spared in making the sound

virtually identical to that of an acoustic piano. Even

the tonal changes produced by the damper pedal

and the subtle sounds of releasing a key are repro-

duced. The sympathetic vibration (string reso-

nance) that occurs between the strings of an

acoustic piano has also been simulated. Suitable

not only for classical compositions but also for piano

pieces of any style.

MellowPiano

A warm and mellow piano sound. Ideal for classical

music.

RockPiano

A bright-sounding piano. Ideal for rock styles.

HonkyTonk

Piano

A honky-tonk style piano. Enjoy a tonal character

that is quite different than a grand piano.

GRAND

PIANO2

GrandPiano2

×××

A spacious and clear piano sound with a bright res-

onance. Ideal for popular music.

BrightPiano

×××

A spacious and bright piano sound. Ideal for popu-

lar and rock music.

E.PIANO1

E.Piano1

×××

An electronic piano sound produced by an FM syn-

thesizer. The tone will change as you vary your

playing touch. Ideal for popular music.

SynthPiano

× ×××

This voice simulates the electric piano sound pro-

duced by synthesizers in popular music. It also

goes well with the acoustic piano sound.

E.PIANO2

E.Piano2

××

The sound of an electric piano using hammer-

struck metallic “tines.” Soft tone when played lightly,

and an aggressive tone when played hard.

Vintage

E.Piano

×××

A different type of electric piano sound. Widely used

in rock and popular music.

HARPSI

CHORD

Harpsichord

×× ×

The sound of the instrument frequently used in

baroque music. Variations in playing touch will not

affect the volume, and a characteristic sound will be

heard when you release the key.

Harpsichord

8'+4'

×× ×

A harpsichord with an added upper octave. Pro-

duces a more brilliant sound.

E.CLAVI

CHORD

E.Clavichord

×××

This is the voice of a keyboard that produces sound

by striking the strings with magnetic pickups. This

funky sound is popular in black contemporary music.

Because of its unique structure, the instrument pro-

duces a peculiar sound when you release the keys.

Wah Clavi.

×××

A distinctive effect is preset.

VIBRA-

PHONE

Vibraphone

××

Vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets. The

tone becomes more metallic the harder you play.

Marimba

×××

A marimba sound, sampled in stereo for spacious-

ness and realism.

Celesta

××

The sound of a celesta (a percussion instrument in

which hammers strike metallic bars to produce

sound). This instrument is well-known for its

appearance in “Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairies”

from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.”

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Appendix

Preset Voice List

Voice group Voice name

Stereo

sampling

Touch

Sense

Dynamic

sampling

Key-off

samples

String

resonance

Voice description

GUITAR

NylonGuitar

××

A warm and natural nylon-string guitar sound.

Enjoy the atmosphere it adds to a quiet song.

SteelGuitar

× ×××

A bright steel guitar sound. Ideal for popular

music.

CHURCH

ORGAN

PipeOrgan

Principal

××××

This voice features the combination of pipes

(8'+4'+2') of a principal (brass instrument)

organ. It is suitable for Baroque church music.

PipeOrgan

Tutti

××××

This voice features a full coupler of a pipe

organ, famous for the sound used in Toccatta

and Fugue by Bach.

PipeOrgan

Flute1

××××

A pipe organ sound that combines ﬂute-type

(woodwind type) stops of different pitches

(8' + 4'). This is a gentle sound that is ideal for

accompanying hymns.

PipeOrgan

Flute2

××××

A pipe organ sound that combines ﬂute-type

(woodwind type) stops of different pitches

(8' + 4' + 1-1/3'). This is brighter than

PipeOrganFlute1, and is suitable for solos.

JAZZORGAN

JazzOrgan

×××××

The sound of a “tonewheel” type electric

organ. Often heard in jazz and rock idioms.

RotaryOrgan

×××××

A bright electric organ sound.

MellowOrgan

×××××

A mellow electric organ sound. Ideal for

calmer songs.

STRINGS

Strings

×××

Stereo-sampled, large-scale strings ensemble

with realistic reverb. Try combining this voice

with piano in the Dual mode.

SynthStrings

× ×××

A bright and spacious strings sound. Suitable

for sustained parts in the background of an

ensemble.

SlowStrings

×××

The sound of a string ensemble, with a slow

attack. Suitable for use in Dual mode with

GRAND PIANO or E.PIANO.

CHOIR

Choir

× ×××

A big, spacious choir voice. Perfect for creat-

ing rich harmonies in slow pieces.

SlowChoir

× ×××

The sound of a choir with a slow attack. Suit-

able for use in Dual mode with GRAND

PIANO or E.PIANO.

Scat

×××

You can enjoy jazz “scatting” with this voice.

Depending on how hard and what note range

you play, different sounds will be produced.

SYNTH.PAD

SynthPad1

× ×××

A warm, mellow, and spacious synth sound.

Ideal for sustained parts in the background of

an ensemble.

SynthPad2

× ×××

A clear and spacious synth sound. Ideal for

sustained parts in the background of an

ensemble.

WOOD BASS

WoodBass

×××

The sound of a ﬁnger-plucked upright bass.

Frequently used in jazz and Latin music.

Bass&Cymbal

×××

The sound of a cymbal has been layered onto

the bass. Effective when used for jazz walk-

ing-bass lines.

E.BASS

ElectricBass

× ×××

The sound of an electric bass. Frequently

used in jazz, rock, and popular music.

FretlessBass

× ×××

The sound of a fretless bass. Suitable for

styles such as jazz and fusion.

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Appendix

Voice Combination Examples

(Dual and Split)

Dual

Split

Dual + Split

MAIN + MAIN GrandPiano1 + E.Piano1

GrandPiano1 + E.Piano2

This combination is often used in popular music.

MAIN + MAIN GrandPiano1 + SynthPiano This produces a fantasy, spacious piano sound.

MAIN + MAIN GrandPiano2 + GrandPiano2 This combination sounds as if you are playing

two notes that are one octave apart. It is suitable

for the accompaniment of Salsa music.

MAIN + MAIN E.Piano1 + SlowChoir This is suitable for romantic ballads.

MAIN + MAIN E.Piano2 + E.Clavichord This is suitable for funk, rhythm & blues, and soul

music.

MAIN + MAIN Harpsichord8' + Strings This combination is very suitable for Baroque

music.

MAIN + MAIN Celesta + SynthStirngs This combination adds strings and bell sound. A

delay effect is automatically applied.

MAIN / LEFT GrandPiano1 / WoodBass

or Bass&Cymbal

This is recommended for light Jazz music. The

damper pedal is effective on the voice assigned

to the right-hand range.

MAIN / LEFT Celesta / Choir This is suitable for a peaceful, somewhat cute

song.

MAIN / LEFT Choir / GrandPiano1 Play these voices elegantly along with piano

arpeggio. Playing the Choir voice in chords

would be more effective.

MAIN / LEFT Scat / WoodBass This combination features a cool (stylish) jazz

chorus. The Scat voice is touch sensitive, adding

a variety of expressions.

MAIN / LEFT E.Piano2 / Scat Playing the Scat voice for a bass part may create

an interesting sound.

MAIN + MAIN / LEFT GrandPiano1 + SynthString /

GrandPiano1

This combination creates the thick sound of a

layered piano and strings.

MAIN + MAIN / LEFT GrandPiano2 + E.Piano1 /

ElectricBass

This sound is suitable for fusion. Deeper reverb

and chorus (page 77) will improve the groove.

The damper pedal is effective on the voice

assigned to the right-hand range.

MAIN + MAIN / LEFT + LEFT Harpsichord8' + 4' + Strings /

Harpsichord8' + Strings

This combination makes a very brilliant sound.

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Appendix

CLP-280/270: Keyboard Stand Assembly

CAUTION

•Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all parts in the correct direction. Please assemble in accor-

dance with the sequence given below.

•Assembly should be carried out by at least two persons.

•Be sure to use the correct screw size, as indicated below. Use of incorrect screws can cause damage.

•Be sure to tighten up all screws upon completing assembly of each unit.

•To disassemble, reverse the assembly sequence given below.

Attach E and F to D.

1-1 Secure D using the four 6 x 25mm long screws.

1-2 Remove the twist tie from the folded pedal

cord. Do not remove the twist tie located next

to the hole.

Don’t discard the twist tie, you’ll need it later in

step 6.

Remove all parts from the box. Conﬁrm that all parts shown in the illustration are provided.

Have a Phillips-head (+) screwdriver ready.

Connector panel AC INLET

Styrofoam pads

Take out the styrofoam pads, and place A on top of the pads.

Position the styrofoam pads to protect the connector panel at

the bottom of A and the AC INLET.

6 x 25mm long screws x 4

Pedal cord

6 x 16mm short screws x 6

4 x 14mm thin screws x 8

4 x 20mm tapping screws x 5

4 x 10mm thin screws x 2

Cord holders x 2

Headphone hanger

Side panel protection

(cardboard) pads x 2

AC power cord

(The shape of plug

differs depending

on locale.)

1-2

1-1

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2. Attach B.

2-1 Insert B between E and F as shown in the illus-

tration.

2-2 Align and attach B to the front side of D, E and

2-3 Secure B using the 4 x 14mm thin screws.

* Insert two screws into the smaller holes on the

brackets.

2-4 Te mporarily secure with 4 x 14mm thin screws.

* Insert four screws into the smaller holes on the

brackets.

2-5 If you assembled the stand on an unlevel sur-

face, place the assemble stand on a level sur-

face.

3. Mount A.

3-1 Assemble the side panel protection (card-

board) pad, as shown in the illustration. Then,

remove the two backing papers from the adhe-

sive tape on the protection pad.

3-2 Cover the top of E and F with the side panel

protection pad. Then, ﬁx the protection pad

with the adhesive tape.

2-3

2-4

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3-3 Align the dimple on side A with the inner side

of E and F. Simultaneously lower the left and

right side of A, and secure with E and F.

3-4 Support the backside of E and F with your

hand, and slightly push A in from the keyboard

side until it stops.

3-5 Remove the side panel protection pad.

4. Attach A.

4-1 Secure A using two 6 x 16mm short screws

from the rear.

4-2 Secure A using four 6 x 16mm short screws

from the front.

4-3 Firmly tighten the screws you temporarily

secured in step 2-4 above (assembly B).

Tighten these in order starting with the top side

ﬁrst, then the bottom. Make sure as you do this that

the spaces on the left and right sides (indicated by

1 and 2 below) are even.

CAUTION

Fingers can become pinched between the main unit and

the rear or side panels, be extra careful so as not to drop

the main unit.

CAUTION

Do not hold the keyboard in any position other than the

position shown in the illustration.

Place your hands

at least 10 cm from either

end of A when positioning it.

4-2

4-3

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5. Connect the speaker cord.

5-1 Remove the twist tie attaching the speaker

cord.

5-2 Insert the speaker cord plug into the connector

so that the tab extends toward the front when

viewed from the rear.

6. Connect the pedal cord.

6-1 Insert the pedal cord plug into the [PEDAL]

connector.

6-2 Attach the cord holders to the instrument, then

clip the cord into the holders. At this time, be

careful that the pedal cord isn’t loose between

the plug and cord holder.

6-3 Use a twist tie to bundle the pedal cord.

7. Attach C.

7-1 Place on D, the stopper-wood at the bottom

edges of C, then secure the top.

7-2 Secure upper right and left of C using two 4 x

14mm thin screws.

7-3 Secure upper center and lower of C using ﬁve

4 x 20mm tapping screws.

8. Connect the power cord.

Insert the AC power cord plug into the [AC

INLET].

6-1

6-2

6-3

7-1

7-2

7-3

240

127

110

220

For models that feature

a voltage selector:

Set the voltage selector to an

appropriate voltage.

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 113

Appendix

CLP-280/270: Keyboard Stand Assembly

9. Set the adjuster.

Rotate the adjuster until it comes in ﬁrm con-

tact with the ﬂoor surface.

10.Attach the headphone hanger.

You can attach a headphone hanger on the

Clavinova to hang the headphones.

Install the headphone hanger using included

two screws (4 x 10mm) as shown in the ﬁgure.

Voltage Selector

Before connecting the AC power cord, check the setting

of the voltage selector which is provided in some areas. To

set the selector for 110V, 127V, 220V or 240V main volt-

ages, use a “minus” screwdriver to rotate the selector dial

so that the correct voltage for your region appears next to

the pointer on the panel. The voltage selector is set at

240V when the unit is initially shipped.

After the proper voltage has been selected, connect the

AC power cord to the [AC INLET] and an AC wall outlet.

A plug adaptor may be also provided in some areas to

match the pin conﬁguration of the AC wall outlets in

your area.

WARNING

An improper voltage setting can cause serious damage to

the Clavinova or result in improper operation.

After completing the assembly, please check the

following.

• Are there any parts left over?

Review the assembly procedure and correct any errors.

•Is the Clavinova clear of doors and other movable ﬁx-

tures?

Move the Clavinova to an appropriate location.

•Does the Clavinova make a rattling noise when you

shake it?

Tighten all screws.

•Does the pedal box rattle or give way when you step

on the pedals?

Turn the adjuster so that it is set ﬁrmly against the

ﬂoor.

•Is the power cord inserted securely into the socket?

Check the connection.

•If the main unit creaks or is otherwise unsteady when

you play on the keyboard, refer to the assembly dia-

grams and retighten all screws.

After transporting the instrument, do the following to

ensure optimum performance of the iAFC function

(page 81):

• Place the Clavinova so that its rear panel is at least 10 cm

away from the wall.

•Perform the automatic adjustment of the iAFC function

(page 82).

CAUTION

When moving the instrument after assembly, always

hold instrument by the lower surface in the front of the

main unit and by the handles in the rear panel.

Do not hold the key cover. Improper handling can

result in damage to the instrument or personal injury.

Do not hold here.

Hold here.

114 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Appendix

Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and

Floppy Disks (Optional)

An optional ﬂoppy disk drive can be installed to this

instrument. For instructions on installing the ﬂoppy disk

drive, see page 115.

The ﬂoppy disk drive lets you save original data you’ve cre-

ated on the instrument to ﬂoppy disk, and allows you to load

data from ﬂoppy disk to the instrument.

Be sure to handle ﬂoppy disks and treat the disk drive with

care. Follow the important precautions below.

Floppy Disk Compatibility

• 3.5" 2DD and 2HD type ﬂoppy disks can be used.

Formatting a Floppy Disk

•If you ﬁnd that you are unable to use new, blank disks or

old disks that have been used with other devices, you may

need to format them. For details on how to format a disk,

see page 52. Keep in mind that all data on the disk will be

lost after formatting. Make sure to check beforehand

whether or not the disk contains important data.

Floppy disks formatted on this device may or may not be use-

able as is on other devices.

Inserting/Removing Floppy Disks

Inserting a Floppy Disk into the Disk Drive:

Hold the disk so that the label of the disk is facing upward and

the sliding shutter is facing forward, towards the disk slot.

Carefully insert the disk into the slot, slowly pushing it all the

way in until it clicks into place and the eject button pops out.

Never insert anything but ﬂoppy disks into the disk drive.

Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or ﬂoppy

disks.

Removing a Floppy Disk

•After checking that the instrument is not accessing* the

ﬂoppy disk (checking that the use lamp on the ﬂoppy disk

drive is off), ﬁrmly press the eject button at the upper

right of the disk slot all the way in.

When the ﬂoppy disk is ejected, pull it out of the drive. If

the ﬂoppy disk cannot be removed because it is stuck, do

not try to force it, but instead try pressing the eject button

again, or try re-inserting the disk and attempt to eject it

again.

*Access of the disk indicates an active operation, such as

recording, playback, or deletion of data.

If a ﬂoppy disk is inserted while the power is on, the disk

is automatically accessed, since the instrument checks

whether the disk has data.

CAUTION

Do not remove the ﬂoppy disk or turn off the instrument itself

while the disk is being accessed.

Doing so may result not only in loss of data on the disk but also

damage to the ﬂoppy disk drive.

•Be sure to remove the ﬂoppy disk from the disk drive

before turning off the power. A ﬂoppy disk left in the

drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt

that can cause data-read and -write errors.

Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head

•Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument

employs a precision magnetic read/write head which,

after an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of

magnetic particles from the disks used that will eventually

cause read and write errors.

•To maintain the disk drive in optimum working order

Yamaha recommends that you use a commercially-avail-

able dry-type head cleaning disk to clean the head about

once a month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about the avail-

ability of proper head cleaning disks.

About Floppy Disks

Handle ﬂoppy disks with care, and follow

these precautions:

•Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply

pressure to the disk in any way. Always keep ﬂoppy disks

in their protective cases when they are not in use.

•Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight, extremely high

or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust or liq-

uids.

•Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed

surface of the ﬂoppy disk inside.

•Do not expose the disk to magnetic ﬁelds, such as those

produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., since

magnetic ﬁelds can partially or completely erase data on

the disk, rendering it unreadable.

•Never use a ﬂoppy disk with a deformed shutter or housing.

•Do not attach anything other than the provided labels to

a ﬂoppy disk. Also make sure that labels are attached in

the proper location.

To Protect Your Data (Write-protect Tab):

•To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide the

disk's write-protect tab to the “protect” position (tab open).

When saving data, make sure that the disk’s write-protect

tab is set to the “overwrite” position (tab closed).

write-protect tab open

(protect position)

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 115

Appendix

Installing the Floppy Disk Drive (Optional)

The optional UD-FD01 ﬂoppy disk drive can be installed to the bottom of the instrument by using the included

ﬂoppy disk drive case and screws.

1. Remove the three backing papers

from the adhesive tape in the case,

and ﬁt the ﬂoppy disk drive into the

case.

2. Fold the USB cable inside the case as

shown.

3. Attach the drive and case assembly

to the left underside of the instru-

ment, using the included four screws

(4mm x 10mm).

4. Connect the USB cable to the USB

[TO DEVICE] terminal.

Have a Phillips-head (+) screwdriver ready.

Insert the drive to the case, with the side

having the rubber stoppers facing the case.

Dual-sided adhesive tape

116 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

Appendix

Speciﬁcations

* Speciﬁcations and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change

or modify products or speciﬁcations at any time without prior notice. Since speciﬁcations, equipment or options may not be the same

in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.

Item CLP-280 CLP-270

Keyboard

Natural Wood keyboard

(with real-wood white keys)

GH3 keyboard

Sound Source

AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling

Polyphony (max)

128

Voice Selection

Panel preset for manual performance: 38 voices,

XG voices: 480 voices + 12 drum kits,

GM2 and GS voices for GM2/GS song playback

Effect

Reverb, Chorus, Brilliance, Variation effect, Insertion effect x 3, iAFC

Controls

Dual, Split

Display

LCD

Recording/Playback

16-track recording/playback, tempo adjustment

Memory Device

Optional USB storage device (via USB TO DEVICE terminal)

Flash memory (internal): 1.7 MB

Pedal

Damper (with half-pedal effect), Sostenuto, Soft

Demo Songs

16 voice demo songs, 50 preset songs

Jacks/Terminals

MIDI (IN/OUT/THRU), PHONES x 2, AUX IN (L/L+R, R), AUX OUT (L, R),

USB TO HOST, USB TO DEVICE, AUX PEDAL

Jacks/Connectors

60W x 2 + 20W x 2

Speakers

16cm x 2, 2.5cm (DOME) x 2, 8cm x 4

Dimensions (W x D x H)

(For models with

polished ﬁnish)

1418 mm x 520 mm x 915 mm [55 13/16" x 20 1/2" x 36"]

(1421 mm x 520 mm x 920 mm [55 15/16" x 20 1/2" x 36 3/16"] )

With music rest:

1418 mm x 520 mm x 1010 mm [55 13/16" x 20 1/2" x 39 3/4"]

(1421 mm x 520 mm x 1015 mm [55 15/16" x 20 1/2" x 39 15/16"] )

Weight

(For models with

polished ﬁnish)

91kg [200 lb. 5/8 oz.]

(94kg [207 lb. 3/16 oz.])

Accessories

“50 greats for the Piano” Score Collection, Owner’s Manual, Data List,

Bench (included or optional depending on locale), Accessory CD-ROM

for Windows, Accessory CD-ROM for Windows Installation Guide

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 117

Appendix

Index

You can search the desired section using not only the terminology in this manual but also commonly-used words.

The * mark indicates that the corresponding page includes the terminology explanation in the right column.

Numerics

50 greats for the Piano ............................... 5

50 Piano Preset Songs .............................. 20

Practicing a one-hand part................ 22

A – D [–][+] buttons ............................... 12

A-B repeat................................................. 24

Accessories.................................................. 5

Adding variation to the sound

➔ Effect

function..................................................... 27

Application Index....................................... 8

Assembly................................................. 109

Assigning the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE]

function to a pedal ................................... 87

AUX IN [L/L+R] [R] jacks ...................... 59

AUX OUT [L] [R] jacks........................... 59

[AUX PEDAL] jack .................................. 58

Auxiliary pedal function .......................... 86

Backup ................................................ 91, 92

Bench .......................................................... 5

BRILLIANCE [MELLOW]/[BRIGHT]

buttons...................................................... 27

Calibration................................................ 82

Center pedal.............................................. 26

Center pedal function .............................. 85

CharacterCode.......................................... 53

Characters................................................. 53

[CHORUS] button................................... 28

combining two voices

➔ Dual mode...... 29

Connection

Audio.................................................. 59

computer............................................ 63

Other Components............................ 58

Speaker ............................................... 59

USB..................................................... 63

[CONTRAST] knob................................. 16

CONTRAST*............................................ 16

Copy.......................................................... 49

Current memory ...................................... 43

Current song............................................. 43

Damper (right) pedal............................... 26

Data Compatibility................................. 104

Data type................................................... 57

Default (Normal) setting* ....................... 27

Delete ........................................................ 47

[DEMO] button ....................................... 18

Demonstration tunes ............................... 18

Detailed Settings....................................... 66

Function ............................................. 83

iAFC.................................................... 81

Metronome ........................................ 74

recording and playback ..................... 71

voices .................................................. 75

display ....................................................... 12

Display contrast........................................ 16

DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection)......... 105

DOWN (TEMPO)

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 21

metronome......................................... 33

Driver ........................................................ 63

Dual

Detailed settings................................. 75

Recording ........................................... 42

Dual mode

➔ combining two voices...... 29

Effect function .......................................... 27

equalizer.................................................... 79

ESEQ ....................................................... 104

[EXIT] button........................................... 13

External song ............................................ 43

[EXTRA PARTS] button.................... 34, 39

FactorySet ................................................. 91

Fast forward ........................................ 21, 55

FILE* ......................................................... 43

[FILE/SONG SETTING] button ....... 43, 71

Floppy Disk..................................... 114, 115

Floppy Disk Drive .................................. 115

Format....................................................... 52

[FUNCTION] button ........................ 68, 83

GM System Level 1 ................................. 104

GM System Level 2 ................................. 104

GS ............................................................ 105

Headphones.............................................. 16

hub ............................................................ 60

iAFC

iAFC Detailed settings ....................... 81

[iAFC SETTING] button ................... 67, 81

Jacks

AUX IN............................................... 59

AUX OUT........................................... 59

AUX PEDAL....................................... 58

PHONES.............................................16

key cover....................................................14

KeyOffSampling........................................ 88

LCD ➔ Screen

Contrast .............................................. 16

[LEFT] button............................... 22, 34, 39

Left pedal................................................... 26

Left pedal function ................................... 85

List

Demonstration tunes ......................... 18

Detailed Settings.................................66

Message............................................... 93

Preset Voice ...................................... 106

M ............................................................... 44

MakeDir .................................................... 52

[MASTER VOLUME] dial ....................... 16

MASTER VOLUME* ...............................16

MEMORY ................................................. 55

Memory..................................................... 43

Memory song............................................43

MemoryBackup ........................................ 91

Message List .............................................. 93

METRONOME [ON/OFF] button .........33

METRONOME [SETTING] button.. 66, 74

MIDI [IN][OUT][THRU] terminals ...... 58

MIDI cables............................................... 64

Midi settings.............................................. 68

MIDI terminals.........................................64

Move..........................................................51

MP .............................................................44

MS..............................................................44

Ms .............................................................. 44

Music braces ............................................. 14

Music Data................................................54

Music rest.................................................. 14

New Song .................................................. 34

Normal setting* ........................................27

Index

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Appendix

Other settings ........................................... 83

P ................................................................ 44

Parameter List........................................... 66

Pedal Function

Auxiliary............................................. 86

Center................................................. 85

Left...................................................... 85

Right ................................................... 85

Pedals ........................................................ 26

Personal computer ................................... 63

[PHONES] jacks....................................... 16

PhraseMark............................................... 71

PLAY/PAUSE

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 20

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 55

[PLAY/PAUSE] button ...................... 20, 55

Playback

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 20

Demo Songs ....................................... 19

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 55

Playing back repeatedly (song)................ 71

playing two voices

➔ Split mode ............ 31

[POWER] switch...................................... 15

Practicing a one-hand part (50 preset songs)

................................................................... 22

PRESET..................................................... 55

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 20

Preset song memory................................. 43

Preset Voice List ..................................... 106

[REC] button............................................ 35

Recording

Tape Recorder.................................... 59

Recording in Dual .................................... 42

Recording in Split..................................... 42

Recording Your Performance.................. 34

Rename ..................................................... 48

[REPEAT] button..................................... 23

Repeat Playback........................................ 23

Re-recording a song partially................... 37

[REVERB] button .................................... 28

Rewind ................................................ 21, 55

[RIGHT] button........................... 22, 34, 39

Right pedal................................................ 26

Right pedal function ................................ 85

RIGHT/LEFT

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 22

Save............................................................ 46

Scale........................................................... 84

Select

50 piano preset songs......................... 20

Demo Songs ....................................... 19

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 54

[SELECT] switch ...................................... 61

Selecting a touch response ....................... 83

SMF (Standard MIDI File) .................... 104

Soft (left) pedal ......................................... 26

Song

Data Type ........................................... 57

Detailed settings................................. 71

Playing back repeatedly ..................... 71

[SONG BALANCE] slider........................ 42

SONG SELECT

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 54

[SONG SELECT] button ................... 20, 54

SongAutoOpen......................................... 53

Sostenuto (center) pedal .......................... 26

Sound

brilliance............................................. 27

expression........................................... 27

reverberation...................................... 28

spread and spaciousness .................... 28

Soundboard reverb................................... 28

Split

Detailed settings................................. 75

Recording ........................................... 42

[SPLIT] button ......................................... 31

Split mode

➔ playing two voices ............ 31

Split point ................................................. 32

Splitting the keyboard range and playing

two different voices .................................. 31

STOP

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 21

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 56

[STOP] button.................................... 21, 56

Storage memory ....................................... 43

StringResonance ....................................... 88

SustainSampling ....................................... 88

Sync Start

50 preset songs ................................... 22

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 55

TEMPO

50 Piano Preset Songs........................ 21

metronome......................................... 33

Recorded Songs and Music Data ...... 56

TEMPO [UP][DOWN] buttons.............. 33

Terminals

MIDI [IN] [OUT] [THRU] ........ 58, 64

USB [TO DEVICE]............................58

USB [TO HOST]................................ 58

TouchResponse.........................................83

Transpose..................................................83

Troubleshooting ..................................... 102

Tune ..........................................................84

Type of characters.....................................53

Type of data (recorded)............................ 99

U1 ..............................................................44

U1P............................................................ 44

U1S ............................................................44

U1s.............................................................44

UP (TEMPO)

50 Piano Preset Songs ........................21

metronome......................................... 33

USB [TO DEVICE] terminal ...................58

USB [TO HOST] terminal .......................58

USB storage device ...................................60

USB1.......................................................... 55

Voice group buttons........................... 25, 31

[VOICE SETTING] button................ 67, 75

Voices* ......................................................25

Detailed settings .................................75

Volume

Balance (SONG BLANCE) ................42

Setting ................................................. 16

XG............................................................ 104

CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual 119

MEMO

120 CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual

MEMO

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

INFORMATION RELATING TO PERSONAL INJURY, ELECTRICAL SHOCK,

AND FIRE HAZARD POSSIBILITIES HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS LIST.

WARNING- When using any electrical or electronic product,

basic precautions should always be followed. These precautions

include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Read all Safety Instructions, Installation Instructions, Spe-

cial Message Section items, and any Assembly Instructions

found in this manual BEFORE making any connections, includ-

ing connection to the main supply.

2. Main Power Supply Veriﬁcation: Yamaha products are

manufactured speciﬁcally for the supply voltage in the area

where they are to be sold. If you should move, or if any doubt

exists about the supply voltage in your area, please contact your

dealer for supply voltage veriﬁcation and (if applicable) instruc-

tions. The required supply voltage is printed on the name plate.

For name plate location, please refer to the graphic found in the

Special Message Section of this manual.

3. This product may be equipped with a polarized plug (one

blade wider than the other). If you are unable to insert the plug

into the outlet, turn the plug over and try again. If the problem

persists, contact an electrician to have the obsolete outlet

replaced. Do NOT defeat the safety purpose of the plug.

4. Some electronic products utilize external power supplies

or adapters. Do NOT connect this type of product to any power

supply or adapter other than one described in the owners manual,

on the name plate, or speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha.

5. WARNING: Do not place this product or any other

objects on the power cord or place it in a position where anyone

could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over power or connect-

ing cords of any kind. The use of an extension cord is not recom-

mended! If you must use an extension cord, the minimum wire

size for a 25’ cord (or less) is 18 AWG. NOTE: The smaller the

AWG number, the larger the current handling capacity. For

longer extension cords, consult a local electrician.

6. Ventilation: Electronic products, unless speciﬁcally

designed for enclosed installations, should be placed in locations

that do not interfere with proper ventilation. If instructions for

enclosed installations are not provided, it must be assumed that

unobstructed ventilation is required.

7. Temperature considerations: Electronic products should

be installed in locations that do not signiﬁcantly contribute to

their operating temperature. Placement of this product close to

heat sources such as; radiators, heat registers and other devices

that produce heat should be avoided.

8. This product was NOT designed for use in wet/damp loca-

tions and should not be used near water or exposed to rain.

Examples of wet/damp locations are; near a swimming pool,

spa, tub, sink, or wet basement.

9. This product should be used only with the components

supplied or; a cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by the

manufacturer. If a cart, rack, or stand is used, please observe all

safety markings and instructions that accompany the accessory

product.

10. The power supply cord (plug) should be disconnected

from the outlet when electronic products are to be left unused for

extended periods of time. Cords should also be disconnected

when there is a high probability of lightning and/or electrical

storm activity.

11. Care should be taken that objects do not fall and liquids are

not spilled into the enclosure through any openings that may exist.

12. Electrical/electronic products should be serviced by a

qualiﬁed service person when:

a. The power supply cord has been damaged; or

b. Objects have fallen, been inserted, or liquids have been

spilled into the enclosure through openings; or

c. The product has been exposed to rain: or

d. The product dose not operate, exhibits a marked change

in performance; or

e. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure of the

product has been damaged.

13. Do not attempt to service this product beyond that

described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servic-

ing should be referred to qualiﬁed service personnel.

14. This product, either alone or in combination with an

ampliﬁer and headphones or speaker/s, may be capable of pro-

ducing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss.

DO NOT operate for a long period of time at a high volume level

or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing

loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period

before damage occurs.

15. Some Yamaha products may have benches and/or accessory

mounting ﬁxtures that are either supplied as a part of the product

or as optional accessories. Some of these items are designed to be

dealer assembled or installed. Please make sure that benches are

stable and any optional ﬁxtures (where applicable) are well

secured BEFORE using. Benches supplied by Yamaha are

designed for seating only. No other uses are recommended.

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL

92-469-2

* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (class B)

(2 wires)

• This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha-Kemble Music

(U.K.) Ltd.

(polarity)

• This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Canada Music

Ltd.

• Ceci ne s’applique qu’aux produits distribués par Yamaha Canada

Musique Ltée.

FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instruc-

tions contained in this manual, meets FCC require-

ments. Modiﬁcations not expressly approved by

Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to

use the product.

2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to acces-

sories and/or another product use only high quality

shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product

MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Fail-

ure to follow instructions could void your FCC authori-

zation to use this product in the USA.

3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to com-

ply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations,

Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with

these requirements provides a reasonable level of

assurance that your use of this product in a residential

environment will not result in harmful interference with

other electronic devices. This equipment generates/

uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used

according to the instructions found in the users manual,

may cause interference harmful to the operation of

other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regula-

tions does not guarantee that interference will not occur

in all installations. If this product is found to be the

source of interference, which can be determined by

turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate

the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being

affected by the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit

breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line ﬁlter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient

the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon

lead, change the lead-in to co-axial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfac-

tory results, please contact the local retailer authorized

to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate

the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corpo-

ration of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600

Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA90620

The above statements apply ONLY to those products

distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its

subsidiaries.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

Connecting the Plug and Cord

IMPORTANT. The wires in this mains lead are coloured in

accordance with the following code:

BLUE : NEUTRAL

BROWN : LIVE

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appa-

ratus may not correspond with the coloured makings iden-

tifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to

the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured

BLACK.

The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to

the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured

RED.

Making sure that neither core is connected to the earth ter-

minal of the three pin plug.

CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH

WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

ATTENTION: POUR ÉVITER LES CHOCS ÉLEC-

TRIQUES, INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE

LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA

PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU’AU FOND.

* This applies only to products distributed by

YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT

(DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE)

Responsible Party : Yamaha Corporation of America

Address : 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park,

Calif. 90620

Telephone : 714-522-9011

Type of Equipment : Electronic Piano

Model Name : CLP-280/270

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1)this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2)this device must accept any interference received including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception

is suspected.

(FCC DoC)

For details of products, please contact your nearest Yamaha

representative or the authorized distributor listed below.

Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à Yamaha ou

au distributeur le plus proche de vous ﬁgurant dans la liste suivante.

Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgeführten

Niederlassung und bei Yamaha Vertragshändlern in den jeweiligen

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CANADA

Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.

135 Milner Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario,

M1S 3R1, Canada

Tel: 416-298-1311

U.S.A.

Yamaha Corporation of America

6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, Calif. 90620,

U.S.A.

Tel: 714-522-9011

MEXICO

Yamaha de México S.A. de C.V.

Calz. Javier Rojo Gómez #1149,

Col. Guadalupe del Moral

C.P. 09300, México, D.F., México

Tel: 55-5804-0600

BRAZIL

Yamaha Musical do Brasil Ltda.

Av. Reboucas 2636-Pinheiros CEP: 05402-400

Sao Paulo-SP. Brasil

Tel: 011-3085-1377

ARGENTINA

Yamaha Music Latin America, S.A.

Sucursal de Argentina

Viamonte 1145 Piso2-B 1053,

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tel: 1-4371-7021

PANAMA AND OTHER LATIN

AMERICAN COUNTRIES/

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Latin America, S.A.

Torre Banco General, Piso 7, Urbanización Marbella,

Calle 47 y Aquilino de la Guardia,

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

Tel: +507-269-5311

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd.

Sherbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes,

MK7 8BL, England

Tel: 01908-366700

IRELAND

Danfay Ltd.

61D, Sallynoggin Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Tel: 01-2859177

GERMANY

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: 04101-3030

SWITZERLAND/LIECHTENSTEIN

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Switzerland

Seefeldstrasse 94, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Tel: 01-383 3990

AUSTRIA

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Austria

Schleiergasse 20, A-1100 Wien, Austria

Tel: 01-60203900

CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA/

HUNGARY/SLOVENIA

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Austria, CEE Department

Schleiergasse 20, A-1100 Wien, Austria

Tel: 01-602039025

POLAND

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Sp.z. o.o. Oddzial w Polsce

ul. 17 Stycznia 56, PL-02-146 Warszawa, Poland

Tel: 022-868-07-57

THE NETHERLANDS/

BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Benelux

Clarissenhof 5-b, 4133 AB Vianen, The Netherlands

Tel: 0347-358 040

FRANCE

Yamaha Musique France

BP 70-77312 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France

Tel: 01-64-61-4000

ITALY

Yamaha Musica Italia S.P.A.

Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy

Tel: 02-935-771

SPAIN/PORTUGAL

Yamaha-Hazen Música, S.A.

Ctra. de la Coruna km. 17, 200, 28230

Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain

Tel: 91-639-8888

GREECE

Philippos Nakas S.A. The Music House

147 Skiathou Street, 112-55 Athens, Greece

Tel: 01-228 2160

SWEDEN

Yamaha Scandinavia AB

J. A. Wettergrens Gata 1

Box 30053

S-400 43 Göteborg, Sweden

Tel: 031 89 34 00

DENMARK

YS Copenhagen Liaison Ofﬁce

Generatorvej 6A

DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark

Tel: 44 92 49 00

FINLAND

F-Musiikki Oy

Kluuvikatu 6, P.O. Box 260,

SF-00101 Helsinki, Finland

Tel: 09 618511

NORWAY

Norsk ﬁlial av Yamaha Scandinavia AB

Grini Næringspark 1

N-1345 Østerås, Norway

Tel: 67 16 77 70

ICELAND

Skifan HF

Skeifan 17 P.O. Box 8120

IS-128 Reykjavik, Iceland

Tel: 525 5000

OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: +49-4101-3030

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2312

TURKEY/CYPRUS

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: 04101-3030

OTHER COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Gulf FZE

LB21-128 Jebel Ali Freezone

P.O.Box 17328, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel: +971-4-881-5868

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Yamaha Music & Electronics (China) Co.,Ltd.

25/F., United Plaza, 1468 Nanjing Road (West),

Jingan, Shanghai, China

Tel: 021-6247-2211

HONG KONG

Tom Lee Music Co., Ltd.

11/F., Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road,

Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel: 2737-7688

INDONESIA

PT. Yamaha Music Indonesia (Distributor)

PT. Nusantik

Gedung Yamaha Music Center, Jalan Jend. Gatot

Subroto Kav. 4, Jakarta 12930, Indonesia

Tel: 21-520-2577

KOREA

Yamaha Music Korea Ltd.

Tong-Yang Securities Bldg. 16F 23-8 Yoido-dong,

Youngdungpo-ku, Seoul, Korea

Tel: 02-3770-0660

MALAYSIA

Yamaha Music Malaysia, Sdn., Bhd.

Lot 8, Jalan Perbandaran, 47301 Kelana Jaya,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Tel: 3-78030900

PHILIPPINES

Yupangco Music Corporation

339 Gil J. Puyat Avenue, P.O. Box 885 MCPO,

Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel: 819-7551

SINGAPORE

Yamaha Music Asia Pte., Ltd.

#03-11 A-Z Building

140 Paya Lebor Road, Singapore 409015

Tel: 747-4374

TAIWAN

Yamaha KHS Music Co., Ltd.

3F, #6, Sec.2, Nan Jing E. Rd. Taipei.

Taiwan 104, R.O.C.

Tel: 02-2511-8688

THAILAND

Siam Music Yamaha Co., Ltd.

891/1 Siam Motors Building, 15-16 ﬂoor

Rama 1 road, Wangmai, Pathumwan

Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Tel: 02-215-2626

OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2317

AUSTRALIA

Yamaha Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Level 1, 99 Queensbridge Street, Southbank,

Victoria 3006, Australia

Tel: 3-9693-5111

NEW ZEALAND

Music Houses of N.Z. Ltd.

146/148 Captain Springs Road, Te Papapa,

Auckland, New Zealand

Tel: 9-634-0099

COUNTRIES AND TRUST

TERRITORIES IN PACIFIC OCEAN

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2312

NORTH AMERICA

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

EUROPE

AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST

ASIA

OCEANIA

HEAD OFFICE Yamaha Corporation, Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-3273

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U.R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation

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Yamaha Manual Library

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/

Yamaha CLP-280 El manual del propietario

Marca: Yamaha

Modelo: CLP-280

Categoría: Sintetizador

Tipo: El manual del propietario

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