User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Look What You Can Do!
- Contents
- Operation Guide
- Panel Descriptions
- Before You Play
- Performing
- Practicing
- Practicing with the Metronome
- Practicing with a Song
- Recording the Song You’re Practicing
- SMF Recording
- Overdubbing a Recorded Song
- Converting a Song Recorded as an SMF to Audio
- Audio Recording
- Transposing a Song for Easier Performance (Audio Transpose)
- Enjoying Karaoke with an Audio File (Center Cancel)
- Burning an Audio Recording of a Song (WAV file) to a CD
- Saving a Song with the Name You Specify
- Renaming a Song
- Convenient Functions
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Retaining the Settings Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Initializing the Memory (Format Media)
- Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock)
- About the Wireless LAN Function
- Basic Connection Method (Connect by WPS)
- Wireless LAN Function Settings
- Various Settings (Function Mode)
- Applying a Headphones 3D Ambience Effect to the Piano Sound (Headphones 3D Ambience)
- Adjusting the Dual Play Volume Balance (Dual Balance)
- Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning)
- Changing the Tuning Method (Temperament)
- Specifying a Song’s Tonic (Temperament Key)
- Producing Sympathetic Resonance When You Press the Damper Pedal (Damper Resonance)
- Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (String Resonance)
- Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)
- Adjusting the Metallic Sound That Occurs When You Play a Note (Dynamic Harmonic)
- Adjusting the Sympathetic Resonance of the Grand Piano Body (Cabinet Resonance)
- Adjusting the Clarity of Individual Notes in a Chord (Soundboard Behavior)
- Using a Piano’s Unique Tuning (Stretch Tuning)
- Adjusting the volume of each individual key (Note Volume)
- Adjusting the tonal character of each individual key (Note Character)
- Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Playback Device (Input Volume)
- Playing Back an Audio File with Its Central Sound Minimized (Center Cancel)
- Transposing an Audio File (Audio Transpose)
- Specifying What the Transpose Will Affect (Transpose Mode)
- Changing the Pitch of the Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
- Selecting the Format for Recording (Recording Mode)
- Changing How the Pedal Effects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
- Changing How the Pedals Work (Center Pedal)
- Preventing Doubled Notes When Connected to a Sequencer (Local Control)
- MIDI Transmit Channel Settings (MIDI Transmit Channel)
- Saving an Internal Song (Save Song)
- Copying a Saved Song (Copy Song)
- Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song)
- Initializing the Memory (Format Media)
- Changing the USB Driver Settings (USB Driver)
- Changing the USB Flash Drive Setting (USB Memory Mode)
- Controlling Video Equipment (Visual Control Mode)
- Specifying the Visual Control Channel (Visual Control Channel)
- Wireless LAN Function Settings
- Specifying the Maximum Volume (Volume Limit)
- Changing the Language Displayed in the Screen (Language)
- Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off)
- Storing Your Settings (Memory Backup)
- Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
- Applying a Headphones 3D Ambience Effect to the Piano Sound (Headphones 3D Ambience)
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Tone List
- Internal Song List
- Main Specifications
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- About the Ivory Feel Keyboard
- Assembling
- Index
Performing
Dividing the Keyboard for Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano)
You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones so that two people can play the same range of pitches, just as though there were two pianos.
This function is called “Twin Piano.”
For example, you could use Twin Piano to allow a student to play along with their teacher.
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1. Press the [Twin Piano] button.
The [Twin Piano] button will light, and the “Concert” (Concert Piano)
tone will be selected.
When you turn Twin Piano on, the keyboard and pedal settings will be as
shown in the illustration.
NOTE
If Twin Piano is on, damper resonance will not be applied; this may cause the piano to sound dierent.
2. Select the tone to be played (p. 16).
The left and right sections will have the same tone.
3. To cancel Twin Piano, press the [Twin Piano] button once again.
The [Twin Piano] button will go out.
Changing the way in which the sound is heard (Twin Piano mode)
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1. While holding down the [Twin Piano] button, press the [–] [+] buttons.
The display will indicate Twin Piano mode.
HP506 only
Screen Value Explanation
1
The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the right speaker than from the
left speaker.
The sound of the left-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the left speaker than from the right
speaker.
When using headphones, you’ll be able to hear the other person’s playing.
2
(default)
The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard only from the right speaker.
The sound of the left-hand keyboard zone will be heard only from the left speaker.
When using headphones, you won’t be able to hear the other person’s playing.
* Ambience will turn o.
* For some tones, the sound might not be divided to left and right.
* If using headphones, connect them to the left Phones jack if playing the left keyboard zone; connect them
to the right Phones jack if playing the right keyboard zone.
* If you record while this is set to “2,” the playback might not be the same as what you heard during recording.
The damper pedal
for the left area
The damper pedal
for the right area
Conventional
keyboard
Twin Piano
divide point
Saving your settings
The unit’s settings will revert to the
default values when you turn o the
power, but you can save them as
described in “Retaining the Settings
Even After Power-o (Memory Backup)”
(p. 41).
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