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Table Of Contents

Introduction
- About the Manual
  - Conventions in this Manual
- Main Features
Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY
Important Notes
Names of Things and What They Do
- Front Panel
- Rear Panel
- Bottom Panel
Before You Play
- Getting Ready to Play
- Turning the Power On/Off
- Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance
- About the Pedals
- Listening through Headphones
  - Using the Headphone Hook
- Using External Memory
  - Connecting USB Memory (sold separately)
  - Installing the Floppy Disk Drive (sold separately)
- Using CD
  - Connecting a CD Drive (sold separately)
  - Installing the CD Drive Holder (sold separately)
Listening to Demo Songs
- Listening to the Tone Demo Songs
  - Listening to the Piano Sound Demo Songs
Performing
- Performing with a Variety of Sounds
- Adjusting the Keyboard Sensitivity (Key Touch)
- Adding Spatial Depth to the Sound (3D Sound Control)
- Adding Liveliness to the Sound (Dynamics Sound Control)
- Adding Reverberation to Sounds (Reverb Effect)
  - Changing the Depth of Reverb Effect
- Changing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)
- Dividing the Keyboard for Two-person Performance (Twin Piano)
  - Changing the Way in Which the Sound is Heard (Twin Piano Mode)
- Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)
  - Changing the Tone Variations
  - Changing the Volume Balance for Dual Play
- Performing with Different Tones in the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard (Split Play)
  - Switching Tone Groups and Tone Variations
  - Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point
- Performing with the Metronome
- Sounding a Count to Keep your Timing Accurate
Playing Back Songs
- Listening to Songs
- Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)
- Listening to Each Part Separately
  - Determining the Volume of a Muted Part
- Changing the Song Playback Volume
  - Adjusting the Volume of the Audio Files and Music CDs
- Changing the Tempo of a Song
  - Playing Back at a Fixed Tempo (Tempo Mute)
- Changing the Key of the Song Playback (Playback Transpose)
- Minimizing the Center Sounds in the Playback (Center Cancel)
Recording
- Recording Your Keyboard Performance
- Recording Your Performance Separately for Each Hand
- Recording Your Playing Along with a Song
- Erasing Recorded Performances
Saving Your Performance
- Initializing the Memory
- Saving the Songs
- Deleting a Song
Various Settings
- Basic Operation in Function Mode
  - Changing How Grand Space is Applied (3D Mode)
- Keyboard Settings
- Pedal Settings
  - Changing How the Damper Pedal Effects Is Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
  - Changing How the Pedals Work (Center/Left Pedal Function)
- Tuning Settings
- Sound-related Settings
- Metronome Settings
  - Changing the Sound of the Metronome (Metronome Sound)
- Count-down Setting
- Song Playback Settings
  - Switching the Part that Will be Muted When You Press the [Accomp] Button (Accomp Track)
- MIDI Settings
- Other Settings
- Remembering the Settings (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Settings to the Factory Condition (Factory Reset)
- Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
Connecting to Other Devices
- Connecting to Audio Equipment
  - Connecting Speakers to the DP-990 and Outputting Sounds
  - Playing Sounds of an Audio Device through the DP-990
- Connecting to MIDI Devices
  - Connecting a MIDI Sequencer to the DP-990
  - Producing Sounds from a MIDI Sound Module by Playing the DP-990
- Connecting a Computer
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Tone List
Internal Song List
Parameters Stored in Memory Backup
Music Files That the DP-990 Can Use
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
Index

Playing Back Songs

To select a song that’s inside a folder

Press the [Int Song/Ext Song] button so the “Ext Song” indicator is lit.

fig.d-01.eps

2. Press the [-] button.

If a folder exists, a display like the following will appear.

3. Press the [ ] button.

The first song in the folder will be selected.

fig.d-01.eps

If the folder contains no songs, or if the first song is selected when you press the [-]

button, the following display will appear. Here you can press the [ ] button to

exit the folder.

fig.d-L[].eps

About audio files

Audio files of the following format can be played

• File extension is “.wav”

• 16-bit linear

• 44.1 kHz sampling rate

The following functions cannot be used for audio file playback.

• 3D Sound Control (p. 29) • Reverb (p. 31)

• Tempo change (p. 48) • Save to internal memory (p. 63)

• Recording (p. 51) • Play back (mute) individual parts (p. 46)

* If you execute an operation such as Save while an audio file is playing, the song

may stop before the end.

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