Features - Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual

Features

The Yamaha PF-500 electronic piano features rich sounds produced by Yamaha's proprietary "AWM dynamic stereo
sampling" tone generator system and a "Graded Hammer" keyboard that varies the key weight according to the key
range, giving these electronic pianos a "playing-feel" that is very close to the keyboard of a genuine grand piano. The
PF-500 GrandPiano1 voice features 3 velocity-switched samples (Dynamic Sampling), "String Resonance"
(page 83) that recreates resonance of piano strings, special "Sustain Sampling" (page 83)that samples the unique res-
onance of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard and strings when the damper pedal is pressed, and "Key-off Sam-
ples" that add the subtle sound produced when the keys are released. The PF-500 comes much closer to the sound of
a true acoustic piano.
These jacks allow you to
connect an external tone
generator to reproduce the
sound via the PF-500's
internal sound system and
speakers. (page 51)
Connect an optional pedal
here and assign one of
the various functions to
the pedal. (page 52)
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PF-500
TRACK TRACK EXTRA METRONOME
1 2 TRACKS FILE START/STOP SETTING A
SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG
SONG KEYBOARD SETTING DOWN UP
MIN MAX NEW SONG SYNCHRO START C
MASTER VOLUME SONG BALANCE DEMO SONG TEMPO
You can output the sound of
the PF-500 from an external
audio system, or connect it to
a cassette tape recorder etc.
and record your playing.
(page 52)
AUX IN AUX OUT
L/L+R R L/L+R R L
LEVEL FIXED
AC INLET PEDAL AUX PEDAL
IN
Connect a MIDI device
here to use various MIDI
functions. (page 52, 56)
(About MIDI—page 77)
This jack and selector switch allow di-
rect connection to a personal computer
for sequencing and other music appli-
cations. (page 53–58)
CONTRAST GRAND GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- E.CLAVI- VIBRA- VOICE
B PIANO 1 PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD CHORD PHONE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT REVERB CHORUS
CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH. WOOD BRILLIANCE
ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION MELLOW BRIGHT
EXIT
D
VOICE EFFECT
PHONES POWER
R ON OFF
MIDI HOST SELECT TO HOST USB
MIDI PC-2 Mac USB
OUT THRU
This connector can be
connected to your com-
puter, allowing you to
transfer MIDI data be-
tween the PF-500 and
the computer. (page 52)
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
A set of standard
stereo headphones
can be plugged in
here for private prac-
tice. (page 16)