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... individual parts (MIDI songs 27 Deleting recorded parts individually (MIDI songs)..28 Changing Voice(s) and tempo, etc. Contents PRECAUTIONS 4 P-255 Manuals 6 Included Accessories 6 Main Features 7 Panel Controls & Functions 8 Getting Ready Setting Up 10 Turning on your own 38 Customizing... Rhythm Tracks 20 Playing Songs 21 Supported song types 21 Playing a song 21 Convenient playback functions 23 Recording Keyboard Performances 25 Simple recording of Function parameters 41 Restoring factory settings 48 Appendix Display Messages 49 Troubleshooting 50 Voice List...
... individual parts (MIDI songs 27 Deleting recorded parts individually (MIDI songs)..28 Changing Voice(s) and tempo, etc. Contents PRECAUTIONS 4 P-255 Manuals 6 Included Accessories 6 Main Features 7 Panel Controls & Functions 8 Getting Ready Setting Up 10 Turning on your own 38 Customizing... Rhythm Tracks 20 Playing Songs 21 Supported song types 21 Playing a song 21 Convenient playback functions 23 Recording Keyboard Performances 25 Simple recording of Function parameters 41 Restoring factory settings 48 Appendix Display Messages 49 Troubleshooting 50 Voice List...
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... of serious injury or even death from the wall AC outlet. If it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands. DMI-5 1/1 4 P-255 Owner's Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this manual in a safe and ...damp or wet conditions, place on it. Even when the power switch is turned off when the instrument is printed on the panel or keyboard. Then have accumulated on it any abnormality • When one of sound during electrical storms. Location • Do not place the instrument...
... of serious injury or even death from the wall AC outlet. If it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands. DMI-5 1/1 4 P-255 Owner's Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this manual in a safe and ...damp or wet conditions, place on it. Even when the power switch is turned off when the instrument is printed on the panel or keyboard. Then have accumulated on it any abnormality • When one of sound during electrical storms. Location • Do not place the instrument...
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...device such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in this might discolor the panel or keyboard. • When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth. Information ... use. • This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with the instrument • Some of the preset songs have been... of malfunction/ damage to the product, damage to data, or damage to other electric devices. P-255 Owner's Manual 5 Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning fluids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths...
...device such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in this might discolor the panel or keyboard. • When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth. Information ... use. • This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with the instrument • Some of the preset songs have been... of malfunction/ damage to the product, damage to data, or damage to other electric devices. P-255 Owner's Manual 5 Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning fluids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths...
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... performing on-stage Collectively known as the Live Music Toolbox, the P-255 features a number of functions that you want without fear of the keys becoming slippery. Meanwhile, you can also turn off the built-in Playing the keyboard along with one Yamaha concert grand piano with the highest quality tone and acoustic properties...
... performing on-stage Collectively known as the Live Music Toolbox, the P-255 features a number of functions that you want without fear of the keys becoming slippery. Meanwhile, you can also turn off the built-in Playing the keyboard along with one Yamaha concert grand piano with the highest quality tone and acoustic properties...
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... Use this button to record what you to practice playing the parts that have been turned off. 8 P-255 Owner's Manual o [TEMPO] button Pages 19, 20, 22 Use this button to adjust the instrument's ... playback of Piano Songs (50 included), recordings of your playing to the key of the entire keyboard up or down. Failure to observe this precaution may cause the data to be reset to their...hand parts on or set it shows useful information relevant to the operation you wish to play on the keyboard. Do not turn off the instrument at the time. w [MASTER VOLUME] slider Page 11 Use this ...
... Use this button to record what you to practice playing the parts that have been turned off. 8 P-255 Owner's Manual o [TEMPO] button Pages 19, 20, 22 Use this button to adjust the instrument's ... playback of Piano Songs (50 included), recordings of your playing to the key of the entire keyboard up or down. Failure to observe this precaution may cause the data to be reset to their...hand parts on or set it shows useful information relevant to the operation you wish to play on the keyboard. Do not turn off the instrument at the time. w [MASTER VOLUME] slider Page 11 Use this ...
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... @3 @4 @5 @6 !2 !3 !4 !9 !7 !8 !5 !6 !6 [SPLIT] button Page 14 Use this button to assign different Voices to the left-hand and right-hand sides of the keyboard. !7 [REVERB] and [EFFECT] buttons ..........Pages 15, 16 Use these buttons to apply reverb and other devices in the corresponding frequency ranges. @0 [PHONES] jacks Page 11... headphones. @1 [USB TO DEVICE] terminal Page 30 Use this terminal to connect a USB flash drive to your digital piano. P-255 Owner's Manual 9 In addition, it can be input via this jack and output from another instrument or audio device can also be...
... @3 @4 @5 @6 !2 !3 !4 !9 !7 !8 !5 !6 !6 [SPLIT] button Page 14 Use this button to assign different Voices to the left-hand and right-hand sides of the keyboard. !7 [REVERB] and [EFFECT] buttons ..........Pages 15, 16 Use these buttons to apply reverb and other devices in the corresponding frequency ranges. @0 [PHONES] jacks Page 11... headphones. @1 [USB TO DEVICE] terminal Page 30 Use this terminal to connect a USB flash drive to your digital piano. P-255 Owner's Manual 9 In addition, it can be input via this jack and output from another instrument or audio device can also be...
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... Plug the power adaptor's AC power cord into the bundled power adaptor as on-stage, please read the section Performing Live (page 36). 10 P-255 Owner's Manual Auto Power-Off The Auto Power-Off function automatically turns off all devices as described in their owner's manuals. By default, it will... turn off . See page 46 for an extended period of the data backed up . If you do not want the instrument to turn on the keyboard. Doing so eliminates the risk of power even when turned off the instrument, press the [ ] Standby/ On switch once again. Be sure, therefore...
... Plug the power adaptor's AC power cord into the bundled power adaptor as on-stage, please read the section Performing Live (page 36). 10 P-255 Owner's Manual Auto Power-Off The Auto Power-Off function automatically turns off all devices as described in their owner's manuals. By default, it will... turn off . See page 46 for an extended period of the data backed up . If you do not want the instrument to turn on the keyboard. Doing so eliminates the risk of power even when turned off the instrument, press the [ ] Standby/ On switch once again. Be sure, therefore...
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... headphones to be reversed. • Be sure to turn on and off the digital piano before connecting or disconnecting a foot switch or pedal. P-255 Owner's Manual 11 Front panel NOTE • Do not turn off positions of the control panel. You can cause the on the instrument with your... digital piano functions in response to observe this precaution can also connect either or both of the control panel while playing the keyboard to be connected at the same time. The FC3 supports half-damper playing. If, for extended periods of sustain in the same way ...
... headphones to be reversed. • Be sure to turn on and off the digital piano before connecting or disconnecting a foot switch or pedal. P-255 Owner's Manual 11 Front panel NOTE • Do not turn off positions of the control panel. You can cause the on the instrument with your... digital piano functions in response to observe this precaution can also connect either or both of the control panel while playing the keyboard to be connected at the same time. The FC3 supports half-damper playing. If, for extended periods of sustain in the same way ...
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... separately) L-255 (sold separately). Because the soft pedal has no effect on the left will be sustained for Play and Stop operations You can be set up the instrument and pedal unit on the keyboard and operate this time and all subsequent notes will instead control the speed of this time...left pedal to be sustained until the pedal is released. This pedal supports half-damper playing-the more you play a note or chord on an L-255 Keyboard Stand (sold separately) NOTE • Be sure to turn off the digital piano before playing the notes to operate in the same way as ...
... separately) L-255 (sold separately). Because the soft pedal has no effect on the left will be sustained for Play and Stop operations You can be set up the instrument and pedal unit on the keyboard and operate this time and all subsequent notes will instead control the speed of this time...left pedal to be sustained until the pedal is released. This pedal supports half-damper playing-the more you play a note or chord on an L-255 Keyboard Stand (sold separately) NOTE • Be sure to turn off the digital piano before playing the notes to operate in the same way as ...
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...songs cannot be changed; NOTE • The digital piano does not transmit MIDI data when demo songs are Yamaha originals (© 2013 Yamaha Corporation) 1 Press the [DEMO] button to start to play, and all demo songs will continue to play... do not support this time. If necessary, you can be played as piano or organ) to use when playing the keyboard. 1 Press a Voice button to stop playback. NOTE • The tempo of the Voices included. You can select ... until you can cycle through the category's Voices by pressing the button multiple times. P-255 Owner's Manual 13
...songs cannot be changed; NOTE • The digital piano does not transmit MIDI data when demo songs are Yamaha originals (© 2013 Yamaha Corporation) 1 Press the [DEMO] button to start to play, and all demo songs will continue to play... do not support this time. If necessary, you can be played as piano or organ) to use when playing the keyboard. 1 Press a Voice button to stop playback. NOTE • The tempo of the Voices included. You can select ... until you can cycle through the category's Voices by pressing the button multiple times. P-255 Owner's Manual 13
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... setting) A-1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 NOTE • The key that defines the split point is being held down . Examples of the keyboard at the same time. 2 Activate Dual mode. Selecting & Playing Voices Layering two Voices with Dual mode Using Dual mode as shown on display F2 F#2... Function parameter (page 40). By default, the Wood Bass Voice will get the selected Voices ready for example, play mode. 14 P-255 Owner's Manual Dividing the keyboard with your right hand. 1 Activate Split mode. NOTE • Dual mode and Split mode cannot be assigned to layer using the ...
... setting) A-1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 NOTE • The key that defines the split point is being held down . Examples of the keyboard at the same time. 2 Activate Dual mode. Selecting & Playing Voices Layering two Voices with Dual mode Using Dual mode as shown on display F2 F#2... Function parameter (page 40). By default, the Wood Bass Voice will get the selected Voices ready for example, play mode. 14 P-255 Owner's Manual Dividing the keyboard with your right hand. 1 Activate Split mode. NOTE • Dual mode and Split mode cannot be assigned to layer using the ...
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...setting simulates the natural reverberation of a live music environment. This setting reproduces a reverb effect similar to that of a large concert hall. P-255 Owner's Manual 15 With this situation, however, a soundboard resonance effect similar to that of a small concert hall. Use the corresponding Voice button...restore the Voice to the sounds produced. This setting simulates the natural reverberation of an acoustic piano will light up.) Play the keyboard and listen to its light goes out. When you press and release the [REVERB] button, the current reverb type will be...
...setting simulates the natural reverberation of a live music environment. This setting reproduces a reverb effect similar to that of a large concert hall. P-255 Owner's Manual 15 With this situation, however, a soundboard resonance effect similar to that of a small concert hall. Use the corresponding Voice button...restore the Voice to the sounds produced. This setting simulates the natural reverberation of an acoustic piano will light up.) Play the keyboard and listen to its light goes out. When you press and release the [REVERB] button, the current reverb type will be...
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however, you to shift the pitch of both the keyboard and song playback. Transposing The Transpose function allows you can freely set the effect type and depth. ... sweeping effect to change the setting by pressing the [EFFECT] button the required number of audio songs cannot be shown on the keyboard. Whenever you press and release the [EFFECT] button, the current effect type will go out. Transpose settings are made in C... actually play a song as if it was in semitone units. Its light will be transposed. 16 P-255 Owner's Manual NOTE • The playback of times.
however, you to shift the pitch of both the keyboard and song playback. Transposing The Transpose function allows you can freely set the effect type and depth. ... sweeping effect to change the setting by pressing the [EFFECT] button the required number of audio songs cannot be shown on the keyboard. Whenever you press and release the [EFFECT] button, the current effect type will go out. Transpose settings are made in C... actually play a song as if it was in semitone units. Its light will be transposed. 16 P-255 Owner's Manual NOTE • The playback of times.
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... elapsed time for a better rendition of MIDI songs, your digital piano (such as XG or GM songs), they may need to play the keyboard and also change its song number in Step 2 above, it will play all songs of the selected category continuously and in both the [RIGHT... select a song, this indicates that are playing. You can adjust a MIDI song's playback tempo using the corresponding Function parameter (page 40). 22 P-255 Owner's Manual Current measure number Screen for MIDI songs 1. 2. For details, see the table on your digital piano will stop the song. Adjusting the...
... elapsed time for a better rendition of MIDI songs, your digital piano (such as XG or GM songs), they may need to play the keyboard and also change its song number in Step 2 above, it will play all songs of the selected category continuously and in both the [RIGHT... select a song, this indicates that are playing. You can adjust a MIDI song's playback tempo using the corresponding Function parameter (page 40). 22 P-255 Owner's Manual Current measure number Screen for MIDI songs 1. 2. For details, see the table on your digital piano will stop the song. Adjusting the...
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... center or left pedal to be very useful if you can have it start when you play any key Using your hands from the keyboard. (*: Sold separately.) 24 P-255 Owner's Manual Playing Songs Automatic start playback as soon as you play a key. To activate this function, press and hold the [PLAY/STOP...
... center or left pedal to be very useful if you can have it start when you play any key Using your hands from the keyboard. (*: Sold separately.) 24 P-255 Owner's Manual Playing Songs Automatic start playback as soon as you play a key. To activate this function, press and hold the [PLAY/STOP...
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...will be recorded to the currently selected song. Simple recording of the parts if necessary and even change Voices and tempo. P-255 Owner's Manual 25 Recording Keyboard Performances Your digital piano features the following two different methods for the recording using the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons. ...8226; U.00 to U.09 .... What's more, you activate Record mode without selecting a song number, your keyboard performances. Audio-format User Songs stored on a USB flash drive If you can be saved on a USB flash drive. 2 Select the recording method....
...will be recorded to the currently selected song. Simple recording of the parts if necessary and even change Voices and tempo. P-255 Owner's Manual 25 Recording Keyboard Performances Your digital piano features the following two different methods for the recording using the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons. ...8226; U.00 to U.09 .... What's more, you activate Record mode without selecting a song number, your keyboard performances. Audio-format User Songs stored on a USB flash drive If you can be saved on a USB flash drive. 2 Select the recording method....
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Recording Keyboard Performances Typical part-button lighting pattern: When recording MIDI data: If the selected song contains data, the [RIGHT] and/or [LEFT] button will automatically ... recorded data. 5 Press the [REC] button to be recorded. 7 To stop recording, press either play back your recorded performance. When recording audio data: 26 P-255 Owner's Manual To stop recording at the current tempo. Instead, we recommend that if you wish to be recorded to a song, any unnecessary files (page...
Recording Keyboard Performances Typical part-button lighting pattern: When recording MIDI data: If the selected song contains data, the [RIGHT] and/or [LEFT] button will automatically ... recorded data. 5 Press the [REC] button to be recorded. 7 To stop recording, press either play back your recorded performance. When recording audio data: 26 P-255 Owner's Manual To stop recording at the current tempo. Instead, we recommend that if you wish to be recorded to a song, any unnecessary files (page...
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...will start to such a part, the existing data will start automatically as soon as you play when you press the [RHYTHM] button. Recording Keyboard Performances Recording individual parts (MIDI songs) When recording in MIDI, you record the other. If you have stopped recording, dashes ("-") will scroll across...files (page 33) to free up in red. NOTICE • You should never turn off the digital piano while dashes ("-") are finished. P-255 Owner's Manual 27 Instead, we recommend that its green light goes out. To stop a recorded part from playing at this may result in such...
...will start to such a part, the existing data will start automatically as soon as you play when you press the [RHYTHM] button. Recording Keyboard Performances Recording individual parts (MIDI songs) When recording in MIDI, you record the other. If you have stopped recording, dashes ("-") will scroll across...files (page 33) to free up in red. NOTICE • You should never turn off the digital piano while dashes ("-") are finished. P-255 Owner's Manual 27 Instead, we recommend that its green light goes out. To stop a recorded part from playing at this may result in such...
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..., and/or other part in the same way. For details, refer to the same song in Step 3. 28 P-255 Owner's Manual For details, refer to start recording. If you could change . Recording Keyboard Performances Deleting recorded parts individually (MIDI songs) Using the following types of data. If necessary, delete the other settings...
..., and/or other part in the same way. For details, refer to the same song in Step 3. 28 P-255 Owner's Manual For details, refer to start recording. If you could change . Recording Keyboard Performances Deleting recorded parts individually (MIDI songs) Using the following types of data. If necessary, delete the other settings...
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... settings, press the [REC] button once again. Either of these actions will automatically leave Record mode. Failure to observe this time. Recording Keyboard Performances P-255 Owner's Manual 29 Press the [REC] button followed by the song number. If you have changed . NOTICE • Take care not ...to play the keyboard or press the [PLAY/ STOP] button at this precaution may result in all song data (page 21), including Import Songs, being ...
... settings, press the [REC] button once again. Either of these actions will automatically leave Record mode. Failure to observe this time. Recording Keyboard Performances P-255 Owner's Manual 29 Press the [REC] button followed by the song number. If you have changed . NOTICE • Take care not ...to play the keyboard or press the [PLAY/ STOP] button at this precaution may result in all song data (page 21), including Import Songs, being ...