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
Various Settings (Function Mode)
Indication Value Explanation
AudTrans
HP506 only
Transposing an Audio File (Audio Transpose)
You can shift the playback key of an audio le. You can also play along on the keyboard.
* For some songs, an audio transpose setting other than 0 may aect the tone quality of the sound.
* 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.
MEMO
You can also change this setting by holding down the [Transpose] button and using the [–] [+] buttons.
-6–0–+5
(semitone units)
Positive (+) values raise the pitch in semitone steps, and negative (-) values lower the pitch in semitone steps.
Trnspose
Specifying What the Transpose Will Aect (Transpose Mode)
This setting species what the transpose will aect. You can use the transpose to change the
pitch of both the song and the keyboard, only the pitch of the song, or only the pitch of the
keyboard.
KBD The sound of the keyboard
SONG The song being played back (on the HP506, the sound being input via the Input jack)
BOTH The sound of the keyboard and the song being played back (on the HP506, the sound being input via the Input jack)
Oct Shft
Changing the Pitch of the Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
You can change the pitch of the Tone 2 in Dual Play (p. 17) and Lower tone in Split Play (p. 18) an octave at a time.
Altering the pitch in one-octave units in this way is called “Octave Shift.”
For example, you can raise the pitch of the Lower Tone to the same pitch of the Upper Tone in Split Play.
-2–0–+2 (octave)
Rec Mode
Selecting the Format for Recording (Recording Mode)
You can choose whether to record as SMF or as audio.
MEMO
You can also switch the recording mode by holding down the [ ] (Rec) button and using the [–] [+] buttons.
SMF SMF parts will be recorded separately. This allows you to re-record just a single part, or to overdub dierent parts.
Audio The recording will be made as audio data. The recorded song can be used in your computer.
DPdl Prt
Changing How the Pedal Eects Are Applied (Damper Pedal Part)
When you press the damper pedal 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.
R+L All enabled
R Applied only to the Tone 1 (in dual mode)/Right-hand Tone (in split mode)
L Applied only to the Tone 2 (in dual mode)/Left-hand Tone (in split mode)
CPdl Fnc
Changing How the Pedals Work (Center Pedal)
When you turn on the power, the center pedal functions as the sostenuto pedal (p. 10).
You can change the function of the pedal to a variety of other operations.
SOST Sets function to sostenuto pedal.
PLAY
The pedal will have the same function as the [
] (Play/Stop) button.
LAYR
Pressing the pedal will layer on Tone 2, used for Dual play.
* The Layer function can be applied only when using Dual play.
OCT
Pressing the pedal will layer on a sound one octave higher.
* The Octave function cannot be applied while using Twin Piano, Dual play, or Split play.
How to save your settings?
Save your settings as described in “Memory
Backup” (p. 41).
How to save your settings?
Save your settings as described in “Memory
Backup” (p. 41).
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing
Convenient Functions
Appendix
Function Mode