﻿CVP-709/CVP-705 Owner's Manual

Piano Room 
– Enjoying the Piano Performance –

The Piano Room function is for those who want to simply, conveniently, and fully enjoy playing the instrument as a piano. No matter what settings you've made from the panel, you can instantly call up the optimum settings for piano performance with a single button press. You can also change the piano settings as you like, or you can enjoy playing the piano as if you are in a small ensemble.


Playing a Piano Performance in the Piano Room

1	Press the [PIANO ROOM] button to call up the Piano Room display.
This calls up the relevant panel settings for piano performance. All other functions except for the display (touch screen), [PIANO ROOM] button, [HOME] button, data dial, and master volume setting are disabled.

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Accompaniment (page 45)
Recording/playback (page 47)
Detailed settings (page 46)

2	Play the keyboard.
Change the piano settings, such as Piano Type, Environment (Reverb Type), etc., according to the type of music you want to play.

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Piano Type	Touch the picture of the piano to call up the piano list, and then select the desired one. Whena grand piano Voice is selected, you can open or close the lid by sliding up or down on the lid or by rotating the data dial.
Environment (Reverb Type)	Touch the background picture of the piano to call up the environment list, and then select the desired one. This sets the Reverb Type for the selected Environment.
Metronome	Touch Metronome icon to call up the pop-up screen. You can turn the metronome on or off, or change its tempo. You can also change the tempo by tapping [Tap]  in the pop-up display twice at the desired tempo.
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To close a list or a setting display, touch anywhere outside of the list or setting display.

3	Press the [PIANO ROOM] button or [HOME] button to exit the Piano Room display.


Playing the Piano in Session with Other Instruments

1	Press the [PIANO ROOM] button to call up the Piano Room display.

2	Touch Session icon at the upper right of the display.
Session players appear in the display. Session players can be shown or hidden by touching Session icon or Piano icon. 

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Session players

3	Select the type of accompaniment.
Touch the picture of the session players to call up the list for selecting the desired accompaniment. To close the list, touch anywhere outside of the list.

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Accompaniment Type
To scroll through pages of the list, flick it horizontally.
Audio Style (CVP-709 only; page 57)
Accompaniment tempo

NOTE
(CVP-709 only) If you select an Audio Style (an accompaniment with a wave mark on its icon; see illustration above), the upper limit of the tempo is shown on the display. If the tempo exceeds the upper limit, a part of the accompaniment is muted.

4	Touch Start button.
The Intro starts playing back.

5	Play the keyboard following a few measures of the Intro.
The Session players provide accompaniment for your performance. Jazz or Pop is recommended.

6	Touch Stop button to stop the accompaniment.
Accompaniment stops after an ending part is played. 

NOTE
The function of accompaniment is available outside the Piano Room. For details, refer to page 55.

Changing the Accompaniment Settings
Touch Setting icon, from the display of step 3 on page 45, to call up the display for adjusting the volume of the accompaniment or for turning each part of the accompaniment on or off. For details, refer to the Reference Manual on the website (page 9).


Changing/Resetting the Piano Room Settings
You can change various Piano Room settings as you like. You can also restore all Piano Room settings to the default.

1	Press the [Piano Room] button to call up the Piano Room display.
To change the settings of the accompaniment, touch Session icon to call up the session players.

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2	Touch Settings icon to change the settings.
Shaded items (Dynamics Control, Section Control, Fingering Type and Spit Point) are available only when session players are displayed.

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Environment*	For selecting the environment (Reverb Type).
Lid Position*	Determines how much the Lid is opened. Available only when a grand piano Voice is selected.
Tune	Determines the pitch of this instrument in 1 Hz steps. 
Dynamics Control	Determines how the volume of the accompaniment responds to the strength with which you play the keys.
Off	The accompaniment volume does not respond to your playing strength.
Narrow	The accompaniment volume changes over a narrow range in response to your playing strength. In other words, you must play very strongly or softly to have the volume change.
Medium	The accompaniment volume changes normally in response to your playing strength.
Wide	The accompaniment volume changes over a wide range in response to your playing strength. In other words, playing strongly or softly produces greater changes in the volume.
Section Control*	Turning this on calls up buttons for changing variations (Sections) of accompaniment (A, B, C, D) in the display. By using these sections effectively, you can easily make your performance sound more dynamic and professional.
Fingering Type*	Set the Fingering type (page 64) to "AI Full Keyboard" or "AI Fingered."
Split Point*	Set the Split Point (Style) (page 50) when the "AI Fingered" is selected for Fingering Type.
Reset 	Restores all settings of Piano Room to the default.
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The settings marked with * (asterisk) will be maintained even if you exit from this display or turn off the power. Pressing the [PIANO ROOM] button next time will call up the Piano settings which were made the previous time.


Recording your Performance in the Piano Room
You can record your performance in Piano Room to the instrument or a USB flash drive.

NOTE
When you record to the instrument, the method of recording is MIDI. When you record to a USB flash drive, the method of recording is Audio. Refer to page 75 for details on the difference between MIDI and Audio recordings.
In Audio recording, the data is saved in WAV format by default. However, you can also set it to MP3 format on the display called up via [Menu] | [SongSetting] | [Rec] | [Audio Rec Format].
(CVP-709 only) When you record your performance using an Audio Style to a USB flash drive, record it by using Audio recording in WAV format (default). You cannot record it by using Audio recording in MP3 format.

1	If you want to record to a USB flash drive, be sure to read "Connecting USB Devices" on page 97, then connect the USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal before recording.

2	Press the [Piano Room] button to call up the Piano Room display.
Make any necessary settings, such as the type of piano, calling up the session players, and so on. 

3	Touch Eighth note icon to call up the file list, and select the location for saving the file.
USER: The instrument itself 
USB: Connected USB flash drive

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4	To close the display called up in step 3, touch anywhere outside the display.

5	Touch Start recording symbol to start recording, and then play the keyboard.

6	Touch Stop recording symbol to stop the recording.

7	After a message appears prompting you to save, touch "Yes" to save the file.

NOTICE
The recorded data will be lost if you turn the power off without executing the save operation.

8	To hear the recorded performance, touch Eighth note icon, then touch Playback symbol on the display that is called up.
Touch Stop symbol to stop the playback.

NOTE
Data that was recorded in the Piano Room can be played outside of the Piano Room. Refer to page 66 for details.
(CVP-709 only) Songs you've recorded with Audio Styles to the instrument must be converted to Audio Songs, if you want to play them outside of the Piano Room. (Follow the on-screen messages.)

Playing Back Recorded Files, Changing File Names, Deleting Files

1	Select the location where the desired file is saved according to the step 1 – 3 above.

2	Touch the desired file.

3	Touch the desired icon.
Touch Playback symbol to start playback. Touch Stop symbol to stop playback.
Touch Rename icon to change the name of file. For details about entering characters, refer to page 37.
Touch Delete icon to delete the file.

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