User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Placing the FP-90 on a Stand
- Main Specifications
- Panel Descriptions
- Operation Guide
- Advanced Operation
- Recording Your Performance
- SMF Recording
- Recording Audio
- Renaming a Song (Rename Song)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Personalizing Your Piano Sound (Piano Designer)
- Using the Microphone
- Connecting a Microphone
- Applying an Effect to the Mic (Mic Effects)
- Saving Performance Settings (Registrations)
- What Is a Registration?
- Recalling a Registration
- Saving Current Settings into a Registration
- Saving a Registration Set (Registration Set Export)
- Loading a Saved Registration Set (Registration Set Import)
- Convenient Functions
- Reformatting Memory (Format Media)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Retaining Settings After Power-Off (Memory Backup)
- Various Settings (Function Mode)
- How to Use Function Mode
- Adjusting the Keyboard Response (Key Touch)
- Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
- Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)
- Specifying a Song’s Tonic (Temperament Key)
- Editing the Equalizer Settings
- Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Playback Device or Bluetooth Audio (Input/Bluetooth Volume)
- Specifying the Song (SMF) Playback Mode (SMF Play Mode)
- Selecting the Format for Recording (Recording Mode)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
- Changing the Function of the Center Pedal (Center Pedal)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Center Pedal Part)
- Changing the Function of the Left Pedal (Left Pedal)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Left Pedal Part)
- Using a Pedal to Switch Registrations (Reg. Pedal Shift)
- Sending Tone-Change Information (Transmit MIDI Information)
- Preventing Doubled Notes When Connected to a Sequencer (Local Control)
- MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Ch.)
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (Display Contrast)
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Buttons (Panel Brightness)
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Using the Bluetooth® Functionality
- Here’s What You Can Do
- Using Bluetooth Audio
- Transferring MIDI Data
- Using the Pedal to Turn Pages on a Music Score App
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Tone List
- Saved Settings
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
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Advanced Operation
Indication
[K] [J] buttons
Parameter
[-] [+] buttons
Explanation
Left Pedal
Changing the Function of the Left Pedal (Left Pedal)
Use this feature to change the function of the pedal connected to the Pedal Soft jack.
Refer to “Changing the Function of the Center Pedal (Center Pedal)” (p. 19).
Left Pedal Part
Changing How the Pedal Eects Are Applied (Left Pedal Part)
When you press the pedal connected to the Pedal Soft jack during Dual Play or Split Play, the pedal eect is normally applied to both tones, but you
can also select the tone to which the eect is to be applied.
Refer to “Changing How the Pedal Eects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)” (p. 19).
Reg. Pedal Shift
Using a Pedal to Switch Registrations (Reg. Pedal Shift)
You can assign a pedal to successively switch registrations. Each time you press the pedal, you will switch to the next registration.
O The functions assigned to the Pedal Soft jack and Pedal Sostenuto jack will be available for use.
Left Pedal The pedal connected to the Pedal Soft jack can be used only for switching registrations.
Center Pedal The pedal connected to the Pedal Sostenuto jack can be used only for switching registrations.
Reg. Set Export Refer to “Saving a Registration Set (Registration Set Export)” (p. 16).
Reg. Set Import Refer to “Loading a Saved Registration Set (Registration Set Import)” (p. 16).
Sending Tone-Change Information (Transmit MIDI Information)
When you switch registrations, the FP-90 simultaneously transmits the following: Program Change, Bank Select MSB, and Bank Select LSB.
You can also set the transmit channel.
Reg. Transmit Ch. O, 1–16 Sets the Program Change transmit channel.
Reg. Bank MSB 0 (00)–127 (7F) Sets the Bank Select MSB.
Reg. Bank LSB 0 (00)–127 (7F) Sets the Bank Select LSB.
Reg. PC 1 (00)–128 (7F) Sets the Program Change number.
Local Control
Preventing Doubled Notes When Connected to a Sequencer (Local Control)
When you have a MIDI sequencer connected, set this parameter to Local O.
Since most sequencers have their Thru function turned on, notes you play on the keyboard may be sounded in duplicate, or get dropped. To prevent
this, you can enable the “Local O” setting so that the keyboard and internal sound generator will be disconnected.
O
Local Control is o.
The keyboard is disconnected from the internal sound generator. Playing the keyboard will not produce sound.
On
Local Control is on.
The keyboard is connected to the internal sound generator.
MIDI Transmit Ch.
MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Ch.)
This setting species the MIDI channel on which the unit will transmit.
This unit will receive all sixteen channels (1–16).
O, 1–16
Display Contrast
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (Display Contrast)
Adjusts the brightness of the FP-90 display.
1–10
Panel Brightness
Adjusting the Brightness of the Buttons (Panel Brightness)
You can adjust the brightness of the FP-90’s buttons.
Dim, Bright
Auto O
Making the Power Automatically Turn O After a Time (Auto O)
With the factory settings, the unit’s power will automatically be switched o 240 minutes after you stop playing or operating the unit.
If you don’t want the power to turn o automatically, change the “Auto O” setting to “O.”
O, 10, 30, 240 (min)
Memory Backup
The FP-90 settings return to their factory defaults when you turn o the power. But if you backup the current settings into internal memory, they will
be restored the next time the power comes on.
Refer to “Retaining Settings After Power-O (Memory Backup)” (p. 17).
Factory Reset Refer to “Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)” (p. 17).
Version Displays the version of the unit’s system program.










