Document Outline

• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Contents
• Before You Begin Playing
  • Making the Connections
    • Connecting the pedal cable
    • Attach the music stand
    • Connect the power cable
    • Connect headphones
  • Opening and Closing the Lid
  • Turning the Power On/Off
  • Adjusting the Volume or Brightness of the Sound
  • Switching the Display On/ Off
    • Adjusting the brightness of the screen
  • About the Pedals
  • Disabling Functions Other Than Piano Performance (Panel Lock)
• Panel Descriptions
  • Front Panel
  • Rear Panel
  • Bottom Panel
  • Music Stand
• Basic Operation and the Main Screen
  • Basic operation
  • 1. Score screen (basic screen)
  • 2. List screen
  • 3. Detailed settings screen
  • Navigating among selections
  • Messages
• Playing Along With A Song
  • Score Screen
  • Button Operations
  • Playing a Song
    • Playing songs consecutively (Demo/All Song Play)
    • Playing back at a fixed tempo
  • Using the Metronome
  • Adding a Count to Assist Your Timing
  • Assigning Markers to a Song for Repeated Practice
  • Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard or Song Playback (Transpose)
  • Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
• Adding Variety to Your Performances
  • Selecting the Sound to Play
    • Playing percussion instruments or sound effects
  • Applying Effects to the Sound
    • Adding reverberation to the sound (Reverb)
    • Adding richness to the sound (Chorus)
  • Playing Two Sounds Layered Together (Dual)
  • Playing Different Sounds in the Right and Left Hand (Split)
    • Changing from dual performance to split performance
    • To switch from split to dual performance
• Adding an Accompaniment to Your Performance (Pianist Function)
• Playing in a Wonderland of Sound
  • Explanation of each selection
• Recording Your Performance
  • Recording Along with a Song
  • Recording a New Song
  • Re-recording
  • Erasing a Recorded Song
  • Other Recording Methods
    • Recording with an accompaniment (the Pianist function)
    • Multitrack recording on five tracks
• Saving Your Performance
  • Saving a Song on a Floppy Disk
    • Inserting/removing a floppy disk
    • Formatting a floppy disk
    • Saving to a floppy disk
  • Erasing a Song from Floppy Disk
• Playing Back Music Files or a Song that was Saved on Floppy Disk
• Convenient Functions
  • Changing the Score Screen Settings
  • Changing the Count Settings
  • Functions that Can be Selected Using the [Function] Button
    • Adjusting the volume balance between accompaniment and keyboard (Balance)
    • Adjusting the depth of the effects (Effects)
    • Assigning a marker in the middle of a measure (Marker Option/Resolution)
    • Setting the reference pitch and temperament (Tuning)
    • Playing back the performance of a specific instrument (16 Track)
    • Changing the function of the pedals (Pedal)
    • Changing the language displayed in the screen (Language)
    • Remembering the settings even when the power is turned off (Memory Backup)
    • Changing the parts assigned to the track buttons during SMF playback (Track Assign)
    • Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)
• Connecting External Devices
  • Connecting Audio Devices
  • Connections with MIDI Devices
    • What is MIDI?
  • Connections to a Computer
  • Making MIDI-Related Settings
    • MIDI settings
    • Program Change setting
• Trouble Shooting
• If this Message Appears on Screen
• Tone/Drum Set List
  • SFX Set
  • Drum Set List
• Pianist Style List
• Chord List
• Internal Song List
• Music Files That the HPi-5 Can Use
  • The HPi-5 allows you to use the following music files
  • About the HPi-5 Sound Generator
• MIDI Implementation Chart
• Main Specifications
• Index