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PF-500
DEMO TEMPO
SONG BALANCEMASTER VOLUME
SONG KEYBOARD
VARIATION BRIGHTMELLOW
BRILLIANCE
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN
E.PIANO
1
STRINGS
E.PIANO
2
CHOIR
SPLIT CHORUSREVERB
GRAND
PIANO 2
JAZZ
ORGAN
HARPSI-
CHORD
SYNTH.
PAD
VIBRA-
PHONE
VOICE
SETTING
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
SONG
SETTING
FILE
C
A
D
B
UPDOWN
E.BASS XG
GUITAR
E.CLAVI-
CHORD
WOOD
BASS
VOICE
TRACK
2
START
/
STOP
SONG SELECT
NEW SONG
TRACK
1
TOP
SYNCHRO START
EXTRA
TRACKS
REC
SONG
MAXMIN
SETTINGSTART/STOP
METRONOME
EXIT
CONTRAST
EFFECT
AUX PEDALAC INLET
AUX IN
R
L/L+R
MIDI
IN THRUOUT
PEDAL TO HOST USB
HOST SELECT
MIDIPC-2 USBMac
PHONES
ON OFF
POWER
RL R
L/L+R
AUX OUT
LEVEL FIXED
A set of standard
stereo headphones
can be plugged in
here for private prac-
tice. (page 16)
Connect a MIDI device
here to use various MIDI
functions. (page 52, 56)
(About MIDI—page 77)
Connect an optional pedal
here and assign one of
the various functions to
the pedal. (page 52)
This jack and selector switch allow di-
rect connection to a personal computer
for sequencing and other music appli-
cations. (page 53–58)
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)
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)
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)
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.