Musical Instrument Owner's Manual

CVP-409/407 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Enhanced Realism and Natural Expressiveness

Authentic Acoustic Piano-like Touch

NW (Natural Wood) with Synthetic ivory keytops (CVP-409)

This is the first Clavinova featuring a keyboard that has the feel of real ivory. The special

Natural Wood keyboard of the CVP-409 uses real-wood white keys. The key surface is

soft and slightly porous, giving the keys added grip and a natural friction that lets you play

easily. The authentic touch and feel of the keys goes far beyond existing electronic key-

boards, it makes you feel as if you’re playing a real grand piano. This specially crafted key-

board lets you use techniques only possible on grand pianos, such as playing the same

note successively and having the sounds blend smoothly even without use of the damper

pedal, or playing the same key quickly and having perfect articulation without the sound

cutting off unnaturally.

NW (Natural Wood) Keyboard (CVP-407)

The special Natural Wood keyboard of the CVP-407 uses real-wood white keys, to repro-

duce as closely as possible the experience of playing an actual acoustic grand piano. The

authentic touch and feel of the keys goes far beyond existing electronic keyboards, realis-

tically recreating the hardness of the keys, the balance between the weight of the key and

hammer, and the characteristic weight gradations of the keys – heavy in the low end, light

in the high register – to make you feel as if you’re playing a real grand piano. Moreover,

this specially crafted keyboard lets you use techniques only possible on grand pianos,

such as playing the same note successively and having the sounds blend smoothly even

without use of the damper pedal, or playing the same key quickly and having perfect

articulation without the sound cutting off unnaturally.

Turn on the iAFC (Instrumental Active Field Control) effect, and hear the sound expand

around you—as if you’re playing on stage in a concert hall. Use the Spatial Effect to rec-

reate and emphasize the natural sounds of true acoustic instruments. The overall sound

is deeper and more resonant, especially when using the damper pedal (Dynamic

Damper Effect).

The Acoustic Ambience of a Grand Piano

—with the iAFC Feature

SPATIAL Effect (greater depth) DYNAMIC DAMPER EffectSPATIAL Effect (less depth)

The Spatial Effect, which recreates the natural sounds of true acoustic instruments, is not

applied to the default setting. For more details about iAFC, see page 82.

Audio Recording

Recording Your Performance as Audio......................................page 60

You can record your performance as audio data to a USB storage device.

Connect a microphone or guitar to the instrument and enjoy recording a gui-

tar and keyboard performance together, or record your singing along with

Song playback (in karaoke fashion).