Yamaha YPP-50 manual

IMPORTANT Check your power supply Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas a voltage selec- tor may be provided on the rear panel of the main keyboard unit. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area.[...]

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. See bottom of keyboard enclosure for graphic symbol markings The exclamation point within an equilateral tri- angle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and m[...]

lntroduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha YPP-50 Personal Electronic Piano. Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, it will give you many years of musical pleasure. l Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator system offers rich, real[...]

2 KEYBOARD STAND ASSEMBLY NOTE: Although the YPP-50 keyboard stand can be assembled by a single person, the job is much easier with two people. Open the box and remove all the parts. On opening the box you should find the parts shown in the illustration. Check to make sure that all the required parts, are provided. Invert the main unit (A). When ma[...]

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4 Attach the stand assembly to the main unit (A). Turn the assembled stand upside down and place it on top of the main unit (which should also be upside-down) with the feet extending toward the keyboard side of the main unit. The tops of the side panels fit into the recessed areas at the ends of the main unit. Align the holes in the front and rear [...]

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TAKING CARE OF YOUR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PIANO Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument, and deserves the most careful treatment. Observe the following points and your Personal Electronic Piano will sound and look great for many years. 1 . Never open the case and touch or tamper with the internal circuitry. 2 . Always turn the POW[...]

Voice Selectors The YPP-50 has eight voice selectors. Simply press any of the voice selectors to select the corresponding voice. The LED indicator above the voice selector will light to indicate which voice is currently selected. l The Bass Split Mode: The YPP-50 Bass Split Mode allows the BASS voice to be played on all keys to the left of and incl[...]

ENJOY THE DEMONSTRATION To give you an idea of the YPP-50’s sophisticated capabilities, it is programmed with a demonstration sequence which plays automatically while demonstrating some of the instrument’s voices. Short segments of the following pieces are included: l 24 Preludes No. 15 in D flat major. “Raindrop” Op.28-15 by Chopin (PIANO [...]

PITCH CONTROL Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Personal Electronic Piano over a ±50-cent range in approximately 3-cent intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of approximately a semitone. Pitch control is useful for tuning the Personal Electronic[...]

MIDI FUNCTIONS A Brief Introduction to MIDI MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world- standard communication interface that allows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another. This makes it possible to create “sys- tems” of MIDI instruments and equipment that offer far[...]

Setting the Personal Electronic Piano MIDI Channels 1. Press and hold the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the desired MIDI transmit or receive channel.* 3. Release the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. * Keys C 1 through D# 2 on the keyboard are used to set the MIDI transmit channel, and keys C 3 through D # 4 are used[...]

The Multi-Timbre Mode The Multi-Timbre mode is a special mode in which the Personal Electronic Piano voices can be independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1 through 10) by an external MIDI device such as the Yamaha EMQ-1 Memory Box. CHAN. VOICE CHAN. VOICE 1 PIANO 6 STRINGS 2 7 3 E.PIANO 8 P.ORGAN HARPSI BASS 4 VIBES 9 PIANO 5 B[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING MIDI DATA FORMAT If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check the following points before assuming that your Personal Elec- tronic Piano is faulty. 1. No Sound When the Power is Turned ON Is the AC plug properly connected to an AC wall outlet? Check the AC connection carefully. Is the MASTER VOLUME control turned [...]

SPECIFICATIONS * Specifications subject to change without notice. YPP-50 KEYBOARD 76 KEYS (E 0 ~ G 6 ) VOICE SELECTORS PIANO, E.PIANO, HARPSICHORD, VIBES, STRINGS, BRASS, P.ORGAN, BASS OTHER CONTROLS MASTER VOLUME, MIDI/TRANSPOSE, METRONOME, TEMPO PERFORMANCE MEMORY REC/PLAY, DEMO JACKS/CONNECTORS HEADPHONES, OPTIONAL IN L/R, OPTIONAL OUT L/R, MIDI[...]

YAMAHA [ Personal Electronic Piano ] Date : 7/28, 1989 Model YPP50 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function Basic Default 1 1 Channel Changed 1–16 1-16 Default 3 1 Mode Messages X OMNIon, OMNIoff ************** X Note 28-103 28-103 Number True Voice ************** 28-103 Velocity Note on O 9nH, v=1-127 O v=1[...]

FCC INFORMATION (USA) While the following statements are provided to comply with FCC Regulations in the United States, the corrective measures listed are applicable worldwide. This series of Yamaha Personal Electronic Piano uses frequencies that appear in the radio frequency range, and if installed in the immediate proximity of some types of audio [...]

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