Midi Reference
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... Mode Default 3 3 Messages x x Altered x Note 0 - 127 Number : True voice 0 - 127 0 - 127 Velocity Note ON Note OFF o 9nH,v=1-127 x 9nH,v=0 o 9nH,v=1-127 x After Key's x x Touch Ch's x x Pitch Bend o 0-24 semi o 0-24 semi Control Change 0,32 o 1,11,84 x 6,38 o 7,10 o 64 o 71-74 o 91,93 o 96-97 x 100-101 o o *1 o o o o o o *1 o o Bank Select Data Entry Sustain Sound Controller Effect Depth RPN Inc,Dec RPN LSB,MSB Prog Change : True # o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. Mode...
... Mode Default 3 3 Messages x x Altered x Note 0 - 127 Number : True voice 0 - 127 0 - 127 Velocity Note ON Note OFF o 9nH,v=1-127 x 9nH,v=0 o 9nH,v=1-127 x After Key's x x Touch Ch's x x Pitch Bend o 0-24 semi o 0-24 semi Control Change 0,32 o 1,11,84 x 6,38 o 7,10 o 64 o 71-74 o 91,93 o 96-97 x 100-101 o o *1 o o o o o o *1 o o Bank Select Data Entry Sustain Sound Controller Effect Depth RPN Inc,Dec RPN LSB,MSB Prog Change : True # o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. Mode...
Owner's Manual
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... average life span of purchase in place. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of this plate. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to any kind. Make sure that the battery being charged. IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before requesting service. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 YPT-420 Owner's Manual
... average life span of purchase in place. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of this plate. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to any kind. Make sure that the battery being charged. IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before requesting service. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 YPT-420 Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual
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.../or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should note this serial number in the space provided below . ■ Handling and Maintenance • Do not use the instrument/device or headphones for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. • Be sure to set the volumes of all components. Make sure to discard used batteries according to the Registration Memory (page 80). Saved data may...
.../or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should note this serial number in the space provided below . ■ Handling and Maintenance • Do not use the instrument/device or headphones for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. • Be sure to set the volumes of all components. Make sure to discard used batteries according to the Registration Memory (page 80). Saved data may...
Owner's Manual
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..." (connecting peripheral devices while the power to the computer is on a wide range of chord types. 6 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 4 Stereo Sampled Piano The instrument has a special Portable Grand Piano Voice-created by any XG song data using Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave memory) tone generation system. STYLE FILE The Style File Format is Yamaha's original style file format which it has license to the reduced set of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. Any unauthorized use of such programs and...
..." (connecting peripheral devices while the power to the computer is on a wide range of chord types. 6 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 4 Stereo Sampled Piano The instrument has a special Portable Grand Piano Voice-created by any XG song data using Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave memory) tone generation system. STYLE FILE The Style File Format is Yamaha's original style file format which it has license to the reduced set of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. Any unauthorized use of such programs and...
Owner's Manual
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... One Touch Setting 68 Adjusting the Harmony Volume 69 Select an EQ Setting for the Best Sound 69 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 70 Pattern Variation (Sections 70 Adjusting the Style Volume 72 Setting the Split Point 72 Play a Style with Chords but No Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment 73 Loading Style Files 74 Chord Basics 75 Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary 77 Song Settings 78 Song Volume 78 A-B Repeat 78 Muting Independent Song Parts 79 Change the Melody Voice 79 Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 80 Saving to the Registration Memory 80 Recalling...
... One Touch Setting 68 Adjusting the Harmony Volume 69 Select an EQ Setting for the Best Sound 69 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 70 Pattern Variation (Sections 70 Adjusting the Style Volume 72 Setting the Split Point 72 Play a Style with Chords but No Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment 73 Loading Style Files 74 Chord Basics 75 Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary 77 Song Settings 78 Song Volume 78 A-B Repeat 78 Muting Independent Song Parts 79 Change the Melody Voice 79 Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 80 Saving to the Registration Memory 80 Recalling...
Owner's Manual
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... "Standby" posi- NOTE • Make sure to the SUS- NOTE • Make sure that device. YPT-420 Owner's Manual 11 9 Backup data in ear fatigue, it to the initial factory defaults when the power is described on . TAIN jack before connecting them. Doing so can transfer performance data and song files between the two (page 86). ods of the USB MIDI driver is turned on page 94. tion, electricity is still...
... "Standby" posi- NOTE • Make sure to the SUS- NOTE • Make sure that device. YPT-420 Owner's Manual 11 9 Backup data in ear fatigue, it to the initial factory defaults when the power is described on . TAIN jack before connecting them. Doing so can transfer performance data and song files between the two (page 86). ods of the USB MIDI driver is turned on page 94. tion, electricity is still...
Owner's Manual
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... keyboard voice the knobs will be reset and the ideal settings for the selected voice will be a good idea to save it already has reverb and chorus effects applied, and turn Knob A and Knob B all the way down to the knobs. This should be reset if a different style is quite long so play the keys and hold them to adjust the tempo. 20 22 YPT-420 Owner's Manual...
... keyboard voice the knobs will be reset and the ideal settings for the selected voice will be a good idea to save it already has reverb and chorus effects applied, and turn Knob A and Knob B all the way down to the knobs. This should be reset if a different style is quite long so play the keys and hold them to adjust the tempo. 20 22 YPT-420 Owner's Manual...
Owner's Manual
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... section "Loading Style Files" on page 34, press the [START/STOP] button, and the accompaniment bass and chord parts will play with your left of all the available styles is provided in the separate Data List. NOTE • Style numbers 131, 143-155 have no rhythm part and therefore no rhythm will begin by listening to the instrument from a computer. The rhythm part is displayed. A list of the keyboard split point. Press the [START/STOP] button a second time when...
... section "Loading Style Files" on page 34, press the [START/STOP] button, and the accompaniment bass and chord parts will play with your left of all the available styles is provided in the separate Data List. NOTE • Style numbers 131, 143-155 have no rhythm part and therefore no rhythm will begin by listening to the instrument from a computer. The rhythm part is displayed. A list of the keyboard split point. Press the [START/STOP] button a second time when...
Owner's Manual
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... [SONG] button. 2 The current song number/name will be displayed-use the dial to select the user song (031-035) you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an appropriate ending pattern will appear in the display). Changes made during the song will light. ● To Record Other Tracks Repeat steps 2 through 4 to record any of the track. reverb type, chorus type, time signature, style number, style volume, tempo 54 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 52 When recording stops the current measure number...
... [SONG] button. 2 The current song number/name will be displayed-use the dial to select the user song (031-035) you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an appropriate ending pattern will appear in the display). Changes made during the song will light. ● To Record Other Tracks Repeat steps 2 through 4 to record any of the track. reverb type, chorus type, time signature, style number, style volume, tempo 54 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 52 When recording stops the current measure number...
Owner's Manual
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... Metronome volume 64 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 62 NOTE • The metronome time signature will be changed while a style or song is from 0 through 60. A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure while the other beats will simply click with no chime at the beginning of each beat: 2, 4, 8, or 16 (half note, quarter note, eighth note, or 16th note). The available range is playing. Adjusting the Metronome Volume 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 3 Use...
... Metronome volume 64 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 62 NOTE • The metronome time signature will be changed while a style or song is from 0 through 60. A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure while the other beats will simply click with no chime at the beginning of each beat: 2, 4, 8, or 16 (half note, quarter note, eighth note, or 16th note). The available range is playing. Adjusting the Metronome Volume 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 3 Use...
Owner's Manual
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... keyboard. If you use this feature with a voice such as required. NOTE • The pitch of Drum Kits voices cannot be changed . 66 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 64 Pitch Controls ◆ Large Pitch Changes (Transpose) The overall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or down by a maximum of 100 cents in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. ◆ Small Pitch Changes (Tuning) The overall tuning of the instrument can produce remarkably realistic string-bending...
... keyboard. If you use this feature with a voice such as required. NOTE • The pitch of Drum Kits voices cannot be changed . 66 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 64 Pitch Controls ◆ Large Pitch Changes (Transpose) The overall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or down by a maximum of 100 cents in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. ◆ Small Pitch Changes (Tuning) The overall tuning of the instrument can produce remarkably realistic string-bending...
Owner's Manual
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.... back. 80 YPT-420 Owner's Manual R 78 e eferenc Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that already contains data, the previous data is deleted and overwritten by the new data. CAUTION • Do not turn off the power while saving settings to the Registration Memory 1 Set the panel controls as required- tion memory, otherwise the data may be memorized. Writing! A bank number will appear in the display when you save your favorite settings for easy recall...
.... back. 80 YPT-420 Owner's Manual R 78 e eferenc Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that already contains data, the previous data is deleted and overwritten by the new data. CAUTION • Do not turn off the power while saving settings to the Registration Memory 1 Set the panel controls as required- tion memory, otherwise the data may be memorized. Writing! A bank number will appear in the display when you save your favorite settings for easy recall...
Owner's Manual
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... Split Voice settings (Split ON/OFF, Voice number, Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level, Chorus Send Level) • Effect settings Reverb Type, Chorus Type • Arpeggio settings Arpeggio Type, Arpeggio ON/OFF • Harmony settings Harmony ON/OFF, Harmony Type, Harmony Volume • Other settings Transpose, Pitch Bend Range, Knob Assign * Style settings are not available for a few seconds. The recalled REGIST MEMORY number appears in the display when you want to recall. The panel controls will appear in the display for Registration Memory when using the Song features...
... Split Voice settings (Split ON/OFF, Voice number, Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level, Chorus Send Level) • Effect settings Reverb Type, Chorus Type • Arpeggio settings Arpeggio Type, Arpeggio ON/OFF • Harmony settings Harmony ON/OFF, Harmony Type, Harmony Volume • Other settings Transpose, Pitch Bend Range, Knob Assign * Style settings are not available for a few seconds. The recalled REGIST MEMORY number appears in the display when you want to recall. The panel controls will appear in the display for Registration Memory when using the Song features...
Owner's Manual
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... digital data. YPT-420 Owner's Manual 85 Let's consider a grand piano and a classical guitar as "with what voice", "with which key", "about how strong", "when was it pressed", and "when was it released) numerically (quarter note) Velocity (about playing a note? ● Acoustic guitar note production Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. ● Digital instrument note production L Tone Generator Sampling (Electronic circuit) Sampling R Note Note Playing the keyboard Based on the instrument. The songs, auto accompaniment (styles...
... digital data. YPT-420 Owner's Manual 85 Let's consider a grand piano and a classical guitar as "with what voice", "with which key", "about how strong", "when was it pressed", and "when was it released) numerically (quarter note) Velocity (about playing a note? ● Acoustic guitar note production Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. ● Digital instrument note production L Tone Generator Sampling (Electronic circuit) Sampling R Note Note Playing the keyboard Based on the instrument. The songs, auto accompaniment (styles...
Owner's Manual
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...; Use an AB type USB cable of the computer (such as follows: 1 Install the USB-MIDI driver on again. Message Name Instrument Operation/Panel Setting Note ON/OFF Performance data of the keyboard (contains note number and velocity data) Program Change Instrument selection (including bank select MSB/LSB, if necessary) Control Change Instrument settings (volume, pan, etc.) ● System Messages This is data that data is used in the following points. The USB-MIDI driver is included on the computer. • Make sure...
...; Use an AB type USB cable of the computer (such as follows: 1 Install the USB-MIDI driver on again. Message Name Instrument Operation/Panel Setting Note ON/OFF Performance data of the keyboard (contains note number and velocity data) Program Change Instrument selection (including bank select MSB/LSB, if necessary) Control Change Instrument settings (volume, pan, etc.) ● System Messages This is data that data is used in the following points. The USB-MIDI driver is included on the computer. • Make sure...
Owner's Manual
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... this in flash memory for the left-hand part. 89 f r YPT-420 Owner's Manual 91 Use the dial to the Flash Memory can be overwritten every time you use songs (only SMF format 0) transferred from your computer. • We recommend that you keep a copy of the Musicsoft Downloader display. Style files transferred to select the song you click "Electronic Musical Instruments" in the Musicsoft Downloader display, and then "System Drive", a file named...
... this in flash memory for the left-hand part. 89 f r YPT-420 Owner's Manual 91 Use the dial to the Flash Memory can be overwritten every time you use songs (only SMF format 0) transferred from your computer. • We recommend that you keep a copy of the Musicsoft Downloader display. Style files transferred to select the song you click "Electronic Musical Instruments" in the Musicsoft Downloader display, and then "System Drive", a file named...
Owner's Manual
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... 94 YPT-420 Owner's Manual Intel Core/Pentium/Celeron processor or Intel 64 compatible processor Memory Hard Disk Display 64 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended) 128 MB or more (at the same time, connect all the instruments to install (or update) the USB-MIDI driver. 1 Disconnect all applications and windows that are using several MIDI instruments with a standard USB cable. NOTE • Do not use MIDI instruments connected to...
... 94 YPT-420 Owner's Manual Intel Core/Pentium/Celeron processor or Intel 64 compatible processor Memory Hard Disk Display 64 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended) 128 MB or more (at the same time, connect all the instruments to install (or update) the USB-MIDI driver. 1 Disconnect all applications and windows that are using several MIDI instruments with a standard USB cable. NOTE • Do not use MIDI instruments connected to...
Owner's Manual
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... 87.) Playing keys in the accompaniment range of the song, etc. Is External Clock set to their type. The style does not sound properly. Not all panel settings are being played at the same time. 97 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 99 The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of headphones is plugged into this , turn it sustains the sounds. Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button to use any style-related function. There...
... 87.) Playing keys in the accompaniment range of the song, etc. Is External Clock set to their type. The style does not sound properly. Not all panel settings are being played at the same time. 97 YPT-420 Owner's Manual 99 The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of headphones is plugged into this , turn it sustains the sounds. Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button to use any style-related function. There...
Owner's Manual
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... L-Part 91 M Main Voice 28 Main Voice Chorus Level 83 Main Voice Octave 83 Main Voice Pan 83 Main Voice Reverb Level 83 Main Voice Volume 83 Master EQ Type 69 Measure 59 Melody Voice 51, 79 Metronome 63 MIDI 85 Music Database 49 Music Rest 7 Mute 79 N Notation 59 O One Touch Setting 68 P PC Mode 88 Performance assistant technology ........ 23 Pitch Bend Range 83 Power Adaptor 10 Preset Song 39, 41-42 98 100 YPT-420 Owner's Manual
... L-Part 91 M Main Voice 28 Main Voice Chorus Level 83 Main Voice Octave 83 Main Voice Pan 83 Main Voice Reverb Level 83 Main Voice Volume 83 Master EQ Type 69 Measure 59 Melody Voice 51, 79 Metronome 63 MIDI 85 Music Database 49 Music Rest 7 Mute 79 N Notation 59 O One Touch Setting 68 P PC Mode 88 Performance assistant technology ........ 23 Pitch Bend Range 83 Power Adaptor 10 Preset Song 39, 41-42 98 100 YPT-420 Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual
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... panel voices + 12 drum/SFX kits + 361 XGlite voices + 15 arpeggio voices • Polyphony: 32 • DUAL • SPLIT Style • 155 Preset Styles + 1 User Style File • Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC STOP, SYNC START, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL • Fingering: Multi Finger • Style Volume Music Database • 256 Education Feature • Dictionary • Lesson 1-3, Repeat & Learn Registration Memory • 8 banks x 2 types Function • VOLUME: • OVERALL: Style Volume, Song Volume Tuning, Transpose, Split Point, Touch Sensi...
... panel voices + 12 drum/SFX kits + 361 XGlite voices + 15 arpeggio voices • Polyphony: 32 • DUAL • SPLIT Style • 155 Preset Styles + 1 User Style File • Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC STOP, SYNC START, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL • Fingering: Multi Finger • Style Volume Music Database • 256 Education Feature • Dictionary • Lesson 1-3, Repeat & Learn Registration Memory • 8 banks x 2 types Function • VOLUME: • OVERALL: Style Volume, Song Volume Tuning, Transpose, Split Point, Touch Sensi...