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The Utility Functions
■ Damper Mode (CVP-79A only) ............................................................
Sets the damper pedal for on/off or continuous operation (refer to
page 26). Press the DAMPER MODE LCD button to alternately select
the continuous and switch modes.
CONT. Continuous damper pedal operation. (Default.)
SWITCH On/off damper pedal operation.
• The Damper Mode setting is retained
in memory even when the power is
turned off if the BACKUP page PEDAL
parameter is turned on (page 107).
MIDI 1
MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world-standard communication interface that al-
lows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one
another. This makes it possible to create “systems” of MIDI instruments and equipment that offer far
greater versatility and control than is available with isolated instruments. The MIDI parameters included in
the CVP-79A/69/69A/59S’s three MIDI function pages provide extensive flexibility in adapting the
Clavinova to just about any MIDI system.
The parameters contained in the MIDI 1 function page include the SEND CH, which determines the
BASIC and LEFT/2 voice MIDI send channels, LOCAL control setting — on or off, and the CLOCK set-
ting — internal or external.
■ Send Channel .......................................................................................................
In any MIDI control setup, the MIDI channels of the transmitting and
receiving equipment must be matched for proper data transfer (there are
16 MIDI channels). This function sets the basic and left-hand/2nd MIDI
send (transmit) channels of the CVP-79A/69/69A/59S. The LEFT/2
parameter applies to the left-hand voice in split keyboard setups and to
the 2nd voice in the dual mode. All other keyboard data is transmitted via
the BASIC channel. Both parameters can be turned OFF or set to any
channel from 1 through 16.
Press the BASIC or LEFT/2 LCD button according to the channel
you want to set, then use the data dial or [+]/[–] buttons to set the chan-
nel as required.
• The Send Channel settings are re-
tained in memory even when the
power is turned off if the BACKUP
page MIDI parameter is turned on
(page 107), otherwise the default
BASIC send channel is 1 and the
default LEFT/2 send channel is OFF.
● MIDI Reception
The CVP-79A/69/69A/59S always receives MIDI data in the “Multi-
Timbre” mode. This is a mode in which the Clavinova voices can be
independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1
through 16) by an external MIDI device.