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
Practicing
Transposing a Song for Easier Performance (Audio Transpose)
You can change the key when playing back an audio le. You can play the keyboard while listening to the transposed sound.
HP506 only
• Transposition will be applied to both to the selected audio le and to the sound from the digital audio player connected to the Input jack.
• You can also use the Function mode’s “Audio Transpose” setting to change the amount of transposition (p. 51).
1. Press the [Transpose] button.
The [Transpose] button will light.
2. While holding down the [Transpose] button, press the [–] [+] buttons.
The display will indicate the amount of transposition.
Screen Value Explanation
-6–0–+5
(semitone units)
(default: +1)
Positive (+) values raise the pitch in semitone steps, and negative (-) values lower the pitch in semitone steps.
MEMO
With the factory settings, both the audio le (on the HP506, this includes the sound from the Input jack) and the keyboard will be transposed.
If you want transposition to aect only the keyboard or only the audio le, make the appropriate setting as described in “Specifying What the
Transpose Will Aect (Transpose Mode)” (p. 51).
* If you select a dierent song, the audio transposition setting will be canceled.
3. To cancel the transposition, press the [Transpose] button once again.
The [Transpose] button will go out.
Enjoying Karaoke with an Audio File (Center Cancel)
When playing back an audio le, you can minimize the sounds that are heard from the center. For example, this allows you to minimize the melody or
vocal on a music CD, so that you can play or sing that part instead.
* For some songs, it might not be possible to completely eliminate the melody sound.
HP506 only
• The Center Cancel eect is applied to both to the sound of the selected audio le and to the sound of the digital audio player connected to
the Input jack.
• You can also use the Function mode’s “Center Cancel” setting to turn this o (p. 50).
1. Press the [Right] button.
The [Right] button will go out, and the melody sound will be minimized.
* The Center Cancel setting will turn o if you select a dierent song.
2. When you want the sound to be heard, press the [Right] button once again.
The [Right] button will light.
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing
Convenient Functions
Appendix
Function Mode