Other Settings; Selecting A Touch Response [Touchresponse]; Fine Tuning The Pitch [Tune]; Selecting A Tuning Curve For A Piano Voice [Pianotuningcurve] - Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual

Other settings

You can make detailed settings for touch, tuning, scale, etc.
Procedure
Press the [OTHER SETTING] button to enter Other Setting mode.
SONG KEYBOARD
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME SONG BALANCE DEMO
Selecting a touch response
[TouchResponse]
You can specify a touch response (how the sound
responds to the way you play the keys).
See the procedure on page 63.
A
C
Setting range:
Light With a soft touch, the PF-500 produces a
loud sound. The volume level of tones
tends to be consistent.
Medium Standard touch response.
Heavy You must hit the key very hard to gener-
ate a loud volume. This allows for versa-
tile expression, from pianissimo to
fortissimo tones.
Fixed No touch response. The volume level will
be the same regardless of how hard you
play the keys. Use the B [–]/[+] buttons
to set the volume level.
Setting range of the "Fixed" volume level:
1 - 127
TRACK TRACK EXTRA METRONOME
A
1 2 TRACKS FILE START/STOP SETTING
SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG
SETTING DOWN UP
NEW SONG SYNCHRO START
C
SONG TEMPO
B
NO YES
D
CONTRAST GRAND GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI-
B
PIANO 1 PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD
NO YES
CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH.
ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD
EXIT EXIT
D

Fine tuning the pitch [Tune]

You can fine tune the pitch of the entire instru-
ment. This function is useful when you play the
PF-500 along with other instruments or CD music.
See the procedure on page 63.
A
C
Setting range:
A3=427.0Hz - 453.0Hz (0.1Hz steps)
Selecting a tuning curve for a
piano voice [PianoTuningCurve]
You can select a tuning curve from "GrandPiano1"
and "GrandPiano2." Select "Flat" if you feel the
tuning curve of the piano voice does not quite
match that of other instruments voices.
See the procedure on page 63.
A
C
Setting range:
Stretch Tuning curve particularly for pianos
Flat Tuning curve in which the frequency is
octave doubled over the entire keyboard
range
E.CLAVI- VIBRA- VOICE MIDI
CHORD PHONE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT REVERB CHORUS SETTING
WOOD BRILLIANCE OTHER
BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION MELLOW BRIGHT SETTING
VOICE EFFECT
[OTHER SETTING]
B
NO YES
D
B
NO YES
D
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