Yamaha Cp4 Instruction Manual

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4When you are happy with your selection, 
press the [PERFORMANCE PLAY/SELECT] 
button or the [EXIT] button to return to the 
Performance screen.
The name of the Performance and the Voice assigned 
to its active Part(s) will be displayed.
NOTEIf you make a change to a Performance with a Voice 
Category button, the [LAYER] button, or the [SPLIT] 
button while on the Performance Select screen, the 
Performance screen will be restored.
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5Move the cursor (3) to Preset using the [ S] 
button, and select a preset* for the effect type 
from Step 4 using the Data Dial. (*: Each 
preset configures all parameters to suit a 
specific need.)
NOTEWhile each preset configures all parameters to suit a 
specific need, you can adjust these parameters if 
necessary. To do so, press the [ E] button to move to the 
screen’s other panes.
6When you have finished setting the chorus 
effect, press the...

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3Press the [EDIT] button.
The Edit menu will be displayed.
4Use the [V] and [ E] buttons to select 
02: Part, and then press the [ENTER] button.
The Part Edit menu will be displayed. In addition, the 
name of the selected Part will be displayed at the top-
left of the screen.
5Use the [ V] button to select 01: Play Mode , 
and then press the [ENTER] button.
6Use the [ V] and [ E] buttons to move to the 
screen’s second pane, and then set the...

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Turning on and off effects
Using the corresponding buttons on the control panel, 
you can easily toggle on and off the effects configured as 
described above in  Setting chorus and reverb effects  
and  Setting insertion effects . 
[CHORUS] and [REVERB] SYSTEM 
EFFECT buttons
Using the [CHORUS] and [REVERB] SYSTEM EFFECT 
buttons, you can toggle on an d off the chorus and reverb 
effects configured for the current Performance. When one 
of these...

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Recording Your Playing as 
Audio
Using the stage piano’s recording function as described 
below, you can record what you play on the keyboard as 
an audio (Wave) file on the connected USB flash-memory 
device. Audio files saved in this way will have a .WAV file 
extension.
1Plug a USB flash-memory device into the 
[TO DEVICE] USB terminal on the rear panel.
2Press the [* ] (Record) button.
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6Press the [3] (Play) button.
The stage piano will start to record. During recording, 
the light above the [ 3] (Play) button will turn on and 
the light above the [ *] (Record) button will stop 
flashing and stay lit.
The following screen will be displayed while 
recording.
NOTERegardless of the screen currently displayed, the 
[ * ] (Record) button can be pressed at any time to 
begin recording when the stage piano is in Recording 
Standby mode....

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5Press the [3] (Play) button.
The selected audio file will start to play. During 
playback, the light above the [ 3] (Play) button will 
turn on.
6To stop or pause playback, press the 
[ +] (Stop) button.
Playback of the audio file will stop.
Renaming an audio file
As described below, you can rename audio files (.WAV) 
created by the stage piano or from another source on the 
Audio Playback screen.
1Carry out Steps 1 to 3 from  Playing Audio 
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3Move the cursor (3) to Delete  using the 
[ S] button, and then press the [ENTER] 
button.
The following confirmation message will be displayed 
before a file is deleted.
Press the [-1/NO] button  if you do not wish to 
proceed.
4Press the [+1/YES] button.
The audio file will be deleted.
After deletion of an audio file, the Audio Playback 
screen’s third pane will again be displayed. If the USB 
flash-memory device contains other audio files, one...

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File Operations Using a 
USB Flash-Memory Device
With a USB flash-memory device plugged into your stage 
piano, you will be able to save data that you have created 
on the instrument and to load data from the USB flash-
memory device.
Formatting a USB flash-memory 
device
Certain types of USB flash-memory device must be 
formatted before they can be used with your stage piano. 
You can use the following procedure to format such a 
device.
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4Set the name of the file as required, and then 
press the [ENTER] button.
For details on how to set a name, refer to Entering text 
(page 20) from the  Basic Operations & Display 
Content  section.
The following confirmation message will be displayed 
before data is saved.
Press the [-1/NO] button  if you do not wish to 
proceed. In addition, you can also return to the 
Performance screen by pressing the [EXIT] button 
several times.
5Press the...