Yamaha P-255 manual

Manual de instr ucciones Mode d'emploi O wner ’ s Manual Befor e using the instrument, be sure to r ead “PREC A UTIONS” on pages 4–5. A vant d’utiliser l’instrument, lisez att entivement la section « PRÉC A UTIONS D'USA GE » aux pages 4 et 5. Antes de utilizar el instrumento , lea las “PRECA UCIONES” , en las páginas 4[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 2 SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate , or specifically recom- mended by Y amaha. WA R N I N G : Do not place this product in a position where anyone[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 3 C ont ents PRECAUTIO N S ............... ................ ................ ......4 P-255 Man u als .............. ................ ................ .........6 Incl u ded Accessories .......... ................ ................. ..6 Main Features 7 Panel Controls & Functions 8 Getting Ready Setting Up 10 T u rning on t[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 4 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this ma n u al in a safe an d handy place for f u t u re re fe ren c e. WA R N I N G Always follow the basic precauti ons listed below to avoid the possibil ity of serious injury or even deat h from electrical shock , short- circuiting, damages, fire or othe[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 5 Notice To a v oid the possi b il it y of malf u nction/ damage to t he prod u ct, damage to data, or damage t o other property , follow the not ices b elow .  Handling an d Maintenance • Do not use the ins trument in the vicinity of a TV , radio, stereo e quipment, mobile phone, or other electric d evices. Other wise[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 6 Thank you for purchasing the Y ama ha P-255 Digital Piano. W e recomm end that you read this Owner’ s Manual carefully in order to get the most out of th e instrument’ s advanced functionality . In addition, please keep this manual in a safe place so that you can refer back to it whene ver needed. P-255 Manuals The fo[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 7 Main F eat u re s Exquisite sound of a concert gr and piano faithfully reproduced by the Pur e CF Sound Engine In order to gi ve the P-255 the best possible piano sound, we started by selecting the one Y amaha concert grand piano with the highest quality tone and acoustic propert ies. Expert tuners then pains- takingly en[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 8 P anel Contr ols & F u nctions q [ ] Standby/On switch ................... ................ P age 1 0 Use this s witch to t u rn the instr u ment on or set it t o Stand b y mode. w [MA STER V OLUME] slider ............. .................. P age 1 1 Use this slider to adj u st the instr u ment ’ s o v erall v ol u me[...]

Panel Controls & F u nctions P-255 Owner’s Man u al 9 !6 [SPLIT] b utt on ..................... .................... .......... P age 1 4 Use this bu tt on to assign diff erent V oices to the lef t-hand and right-hand sides of the ke y b oard. !7 [REVERB] and [EFFECT] b utt ons ........ .. Pa ges 15, 1 6 Use these bu tt ons to apply re v er b[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 10 Set ting Up 1 Plug the appliance end of the A C power cor d into the bundled pow er adaptor as shown in the figure. 2 Plug the pow er adaptor ’ s DC cable into the [DC IN] jack on the r ear panel. 3 Plug the pow er adaptor ’ s A C power cor d into a domestic-use, AC w all socket. 4 Pr ess the [ ] Standby/On switch . [...]

Setting Up P-255 Owner’s Man u al 11 T o adjust the v olume, use the [MASTER V OLUME] slider at the left of the co ntrol panel while playing the ke yboard to check the setting. T o set up the music rest, insert it into the groo ve at the back of the control pane l. Y our digital piano features two [PHONES] jacks, allo wing two sets of headphones [...]

Setting Up P-255 Owner’s Man u al 12 An LP-255 Pedal Unit (sol d separately) can be con- nected if you wish to play the digit al piano using a full set of three pedals. In such a case, please set up the instrument and pedal unit on an L-255 Keyboard Stand (sold separately). Damper pedal Located at the right of the pedal unit, the damper pedal all[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 13 Selecting & Pla y ing V oices Using the following procedure, you can select the instrument sound (such as pian o or organ) to use when playing the keyboard. 1 Pr ess a V oice but ton t o select a V oice from the cor responding cat egor y . Y ou can cycle through the category’ s V oices by pressing the bu tton multi[...]

Selecting & Playing Voices P-255 Owner’s Man u al 14 Using Dual mode as described belo w , you can layer two V oices on the ke yboard and play them together . By combining V oices of diff erent types in this w ay , you can create a composite V oice of grea ter richness and texture. 1 Select the two V oices you wish t o layer using the corr es[...]

Selecting & Playing Voices P-255 Owner’s Man u al 15 3 Select a V oice f or the right side . Use the corresponding V oice button to mak e your selection. 4 Select a V oice for the lef t side. Use the corresponding V oice button with th e [SPLIT] but ton held do wn to make your selection. (Whene ver the [SPLIT] bu tton is being held do wn, the[...]

Selecting & Playing Voices P-255 Owner’s Man u al 16 Using the digital piano’ s Effect function, you can add a range of dif ferent audio effects to indi vidual V oices. Whenev er you select a V oice, the most suitable effect will be automatically set; ho wev e r , you can freely set the ef fect type and depth. Set ting the ef fect type When[...]

Selecting & Playing Voices P-255 Owner’s Man u al 17 Using the T uning setting, yo u can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This can be extremely useful when playing your digital piano along with other instruments or recorded music. T uning is set using Function parameter F1 . Refer to page 41 for details. The degree to which the i[...]

Selecting & Playing Voices P-255 Owner’s Man u al 18 Using your instrument’ s Sound Boost function when playing along with other instruments, you can raise its volume a nd enhance the presence of your perfor- mance without making it an y less e xpre ssi ve. This function is particularly useful when you w ant not only notes played very loud,[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 19 Using the Metr onome Playing your digital piano along with the b uilt-in metron ome is a great way to perfect your tim ing. The follo wing describes how to use this function. 1 T urn on the metronome. Press the [METR ONOME] button and v erify that the metronome starts to play . Adjusting the t empo Y ou can adjust the me[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 20 Pla y i ng Rh ythm T rac ks Y o ur digital piano’ s Rhythm function p rovides ten dif ferent rhythm tracks for you to play along with. The follo w- ing describes ho w to use this function. 1 T urn on a rh ythm trac k. Press the [RHYTHM] button and v erify that a rhythm track starts to play . If intro playback has been [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 21 Pla y i ng Songs Y our digital piano can play built-in Preset Songs, User Songs that you ha ve recorded , and commercially av ailable songs. These songs can be in one of two dif ferent formats—MIDI or audio. Song Category list *: Shown only when a USB flash dri v e ha s b een pl u gged into the instr u ment. **: Shown [...]

Playing Song s P-255 Owner’s Man u al 22 (Import Songs are sho wn only when the USB flash dri ve contains data of the selected category .) • Song number ...... Used to select one specif ic song to play . F or details, see the table on page 21. • rnd (random) ... Used when you want to play all songs of the selected cate- gory continuously and [...]

Playing Son gs P-255 Owner’s Man u al 23 P ar t Cancel (MIDI songs) Y our digital piano’ s Preset Songs and certain other MIDI songs are di vided into left-hand and right-hand parts. When playing this type of song, yo u can turn of f either of these parts as described belo w to practice playing it yourself. Practic ing parts individually in thi[...]

Playing Song s P-255 Owner’s Man u al 24 A utomatic start when you play an y key Using your digital piano’ s Auto Start function, you can hav e it start play back as soon as you play a ke y . T o acti vate this function, press and hold the [PLA Y/ STOP] b utton for at least one second. The [PLA Y / STOP] b utton will begin to flash at the curre[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 25 R ecor ding K e y b oar d P erf or mances Y o ur digital piano feature s the follo win g two dif ferent methods for recordin g your keyboard performances. These methods can be us ed as described be lo w depending on your requirements. MIDI recording When you record a performan ce using MIDI, it will be sa ved on the inst[...]

Recording Key b oard Perfo rmances P-255 Owner’s Man u al 26 T ypical part-but ton lighting pat tern:  When recording MIDI da ta: If the selected song cont ains data, the [RIGHT] and/or [LEFT] b utton will light up.  When recording audio data: There is no distinction between the dif ferent pa rts. 4 Set the V oice y ou wish to use f or reco[...]

Recording Key b o ard Performances P-255 Owner’s Man u al 27 When recording in MIDI, yo u can record the le ft-hand and right-hand parts separately as described belo w . 1 Set up the digital piano f or recor ding. For details, refer to Steps 1 and 3 of the section “Simple recording of all parts (MIDI or Audio songs)” (page 25). If you hav e a[...]

Recording Key b oard Perfo rmances P-255 Owner’s Man u al 28 Using the following procedure, you can individually delete the left and right pa rts of a recorded MIDI-for - mat User Song. T o delete both parts, carry out this procedure once for each. In the case of User Songs recorded on a USB flash driv e, you can delete both parts together using [...]

Recording Key b o ard Performances P-255 Owner’s Man u al 29 3 Acti vat e Recor d mode and select the part whose settings y ou hav e change d. Press the [REC] button follo wed by the [RIGHT] or [LEFT] button. (If you ha ve changed settings common to both parts, select either the left or right part.) V erify that the selected part’ s bu tton is [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 30 Using USB Flash Dr i v es W ith a USB flash dri ve plugged in, you can use your digital piano to perform the following tasks. • Listen to songs stored on the USB flash dri ve ....... .................................... ............. Pa ge 21 • Record your performances on the USB flash dri ve .... ...................[...]

Using USB Flash Dri v es P-255 Owner’s Man u al 31 The term User Song is used to refer t o songs recorded using the instrument itself; Import Songs are those created on another de vice. User Songs are kept in a folder named USER FILES on a USB flash dri ve; Import Songs are stored outside this folder . For this reason, User Songs will be ha ndled[...]

Using USB Flash Dri v es P-255 Owner’s Man u al 32 Using the following procedure, you can copy MIDI- format User Songs (page 25 ) recorded on the di gital piano to a USB flash dri ve. User Songs copied in this way are s tored in SMF format in the USB flas h driv e’ s USER FILES folder . In addition, these songs will be automatically named USER [...]

Using USB Flash Dri v es P-255 Owner’s Man u al 33 Using the follo wing procedure, you can delete a MIDI-format User Song ( S. **) or audio-format User Song ( A. **) from a USB flash dri ve or a User Song ( U. **) stored on the di gital piano itself. 1 Plug in the USB f lash dri ve. 2 Select the song y ou wish to delete. Refer to page 21 for deta[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 34 C onnecting Other Eq u ipment Refer to the section Pa nel Cont rols & Functions (page 8) for details of connector locations. [A UX IN] jack—List en t o a portable music play er using the digital piano’ s speake rs By connecting the headphones jack of an audio device such as a portable music pl ayer to the digital[...]

Connecting Other Eq u ipment P-255 Owner’s Man u al 35 If you connect the MIDI terminals of your digital piano and another MID I de vice (such as a keyboard, synthesizer , or sequencer) using a MIDI cable, you will be able to control the other device from the digital piano and vice-v ersa. • [IN] MIDI terminal ...... For input of MIDI data from[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 36 P erf or ming Li v e Y our digital piano features a number of con venient functions for use when setting it up on stage in order to per- form li ve. In order to provide a practical description of th e connections and settings requ ired in this type of situa- tion, we will focus on the follo wi ng two typical modes of use[...]

Performing Li v e P-255 Owner’s Man u al 37 input jacks on the P A mix er (or an on-stage sub-mix er) using standard mono audio cables (sold separately). Sound set up Once all of the instruments an d microphones hav e been co n- nected, the P A operator will as k each musician in turn to play his or her instrument. Y o u should get ready as follo[...]

Performing Li v e P-255 Owner’s Man u al 38 The follo wing description covers performances where the sound o f the digital pian o q is output via a key- board amplif ier w and performances where your voice is amplif ied using a microphone r and a PA set t (i.e., an amplifier and speak ers). Re quired equipment and connections q Ke y b o a r d (i.[...]

Performing Li v e P-255 Owner’s Man u al 39 • We r ecommend set ting the [EQ] sliders t o their central posi- tions and adj u sti ng the o v er all tone u sing the k ey b oard ampli- f ier . This approach pr o v ides the maxim u m adj u sta b le range sho u ld yo u need to change the tone d u ring yo u r performance. • We recommend that yo u [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 40 C u st omizing w ith F u nction P ar a met er s Using your digital piano ’ s Function parameters, you can tune the instrument, adjust the metronome v olume, and make a wide range of other con venient settings. F unction paramet ers F unction F unction number Default set ting Backup paramet er (page 46) Pag e T u ning F[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 41 1 Pr ess the [FUNCTION] but ton as man y times as necessa ry to select the param- eter y ou wish to se t. Each time you press the [FUNCTION] button, the parameter number sho wn will increase by one. Y ou ca n also decrease the number be ing sho wn by pressing the [-/NO] b utton wi[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 42 W erckmei ster Ki rnbe rg er The W erckmeist er and Kirn b erger t u ning sy stems impr o v e the Meanton e and Pythagorean t u nin g sys te ms b y com b ining them in diff erent ways . B oth are u niq u ely c haracterized b y the w ay in which mod u lation can change the n u ance[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 43 The following parameters can be used to adjust the split point and make various other settings for Split mode in order to best suit the piece yo u intend to play . Settings can be made for each combination of V oices as described below . 1 Acti vate Split mode, sel ect the V oices[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 44 F5.4 String r esonance depth This parameter can be used to adjust the depth of the string resonance effect applied to certain V oices—specifically , Grand Piano, Ballad Grand, and Bright Grand. •A v aila b le settings: 0 t o 1 0 •D e f a u lt s et ting : 5 F5.5 Damper -pedal[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 45 F6.8 T ouch sensitivity This parameter can b e used to adjust the degree to which the digital piano reflect s dif ferences in th e strength of your playing in the sound prod uced. •A v aila b le settings: 1 ....... Soft: Mak es it possi b le t o prod u ce lo u d so u nds when pl[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 46 F7.5 Pr ogram c hang e on/of f stat us MIDI Program Change messages can be sent from one MIDI device to another in order to change its V oice. In other words, your digital piano coul d use a Program Change message to change the voice being used on a con- nected de vice. (When a ne[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 47 F8.2 MIDI conf iguration bac kup •A v aila b le settings: O N and OFF •D e f a u lt s et ting : O N Data retained • MIDI f u nction set tings F7 .1 , F7 .2 , and F7 .4 to F7 .6 F8.3 T uning conf igura tion back up •A v aila b le settings: O N and OFF •D e f a u lt s et t[...]

C u stomizing with F u nction Parameters P-255 Owner’s Man u al 48 T o restore your digital piano to it s factory settings, turn it on while holding do wn the rightmost ke y on the ke yboard (C7). It should be noted that this operation will cause all backup data stored in the instrument’ s internal memory (including indi vidual backup on/of f s[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 49 Displa y Messages P ress the [-/ N O] bu tt on to clear messages . Message Descrip tion CLr The digita l piano is b eing rest ored to it s defa u lt set tin gs—that is, the s et tings from when it was fir st t u rned on. • Y ou should never t urn of f the digital piano while the message “ Clr ” is show n on the d[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 50 Tr o ub leshooting Prob l em P ossible cause and solution The digit al piano t u rns of f u ne xpec tedly . This does not indicat e a pro b lem—the A u to P ow er -O ff f u nction t u rns off the instr u ment af ter the set p eriod of ina cti v it y . If necessar y , yo u can deacti v ate this f u nction to pre v ent i[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 51 V oice List Key-of f sampling: This feat u re re pro d u ces the delicat e noises prod u ced when k eys ar e released. Sustain sampling: This feat u re re pro d u ces an a u thentic s u stain so u nd when the damper pedal is pressed. String r esonance: This feat u re sim u lates the str ing resonance of a real piano . V [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 52 50 Piano Songs (P r eset Songs) Song No. Title Composer P. 01 In v en tion N o. 1 J . S. Ba c h P. 02 In v en tion N o. 8 J . S. Ba c h P. 03 Ga v ott e J. S.Bach P. 04 Pre l u de (Wohlt emperierte Kla v ier I N o. 1 ) J . S. Ba c h P. 05 Men u et t G d u r BWV .An h.1 14 J.S.Bach P. 06 Le Co u co u L- C. D a q u in P. 0[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 53 Specif ications * Specifications and descriptions in this o wner ’ s man u al are f or information p u rposes only . Y amaha Corp. reser v es the right t o change or modify prod u cts or specif ica- tions at any time witho u t pr ior notice. Since specifications , eq u ipment or options ma y not b e the same in e v er [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 54 Inde x Numerics 50 Piano Songs (Preset Songs) ..... 52 A A-B Repeat ............ ....................... 23 Adjusting the tone  EQ .............. 17 Apps ............... ...................... ......... 35 Audio equipment .......................... 34 Audio recording ......................... ... 25 Audio song .......[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 55 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Y amaha may void your authority , granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting th is product t[...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 56 Information for U sers on Collectio n and Disposal of Old Equi pment This symbol on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used elec trical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household w aste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling of old products, pl ease take them [...]

P-255 Owner’s Man u al 57 LIMITED 3-YEAR W ARR ANTY ON DIGIT AL PIANOS (P , CP , YDP , DGX640, DGX650) Thank y o u for selecting a Y AMAHA prod u ct. Y AMAHA pr od u cts are designed and man u fac t u red t o pro v i de a high le v el of def ect-free perf or mance. Y amaha Corporation of Amer ica (“Y AMAHA ”) is pro u d of the e xperience and[...]

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