Yamaha P-250, Owner'S Manual

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P-250
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P-250 Quick Guide
Basic Operation
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Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Performance
A performance is a group of stored settings regarding the tone generator, MIDI, and so on. The P-250 fea-
tures 32 preset performances. You can select and play any of these performances. You can also change
the parameters, and store the edits as a new performance.
1
Load a preset performance.
Press the [PERFORM. FILE] button, then press the
A [–]/[+] button to select “LoadFromMem.” Press
the C [–]/[+] button to select “000:PresetPerfor-
mance,” then press the B [+(YES)] button. When
the unit displays “Sure?-->,” press the B[+(YES)]
button again.
2
Make sure the Performance mode is turned
on.
If it’s off, press the [PERFORMANCE] button. The
button indicator blinks.
3
Select the desired performance.
Press the [EXIT] button, then press the VARIA-
TION [
†
]/[
π
] buttons to switch between Banks
A and B (page 30), then press any of the VOICE/
PERFORMANCE [1] — [16] buttons to select the
desired performance.
4
Play the keyboard.
5
Change the performance.
You can change a performance by pressing another
VOICE/PERFORMANCE button. To select a perfor-
mance in another bank, press the VARIATION [
†
]/
[
π
] buttons to flash the [PERFORMANCE] indicator,
then press the desired VOICE/PERFORMANCE button.
6
Use the Edit function.
Press the [VOICE EDIT] button, then press the A [–]/
[+] buttons to select an item to edit, then press the C
[–]/[+] and D [–]/[+] buttons to customize the voice.
7
Store a performance.
You can store an edited voice as a performance
(page 30).
Press the [PERFORM. FILE] button, then press the
A [–]/[+] buttons to select “Performance,” and
press the C [–]/[+] or VARIATION [
†
]/[
π
] but-
tons to select a location to store the performance.
Finally, press the B [+(YES)] button.
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Editing a Voice and Storing It as a Performance
When you are editing the parameters of a selected voice, you may occasionally want to store the current
settings of the P-250 as a performance. In this case, follow the steps below:
Edit the desired voice following the Steps 1-10 described in the “Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Voice”
section. Then, proceed to Step
7 in the “Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Performance” section to store
the settings the entire keyboard as a performance.
MIDI ASSIGNABLE FOOT PEDAL
AC INLET U OUT IN AUX
4
SOSUTENUTO
2
SUSTAIN
1
SOFT
3
9
P-250
ELECTRONIC PIANO
HIGH HI-MID
MASTER EQUALIZER VOICE/PERFORMANCE
LOW
MIDI SETTING CHORUS REVERB SPLIT CONTRAST
XG
8
16
B
YES NO
D
BASS
15
7
PERFORM. FILE
MASTER EQ EDIT
VARIATION
PERFORMANCE VOICE EDIT VIBES
GUITAR
14
6
SYNTH. PAD
13
5
E.PIANO3 HARPSI. CLAVI.
ORGAN 1
EXIT
9 B A
1
G.PIANO 1
ORGAN 2
10
2
G.PIANO 2
STRINGS
11
3
E.PIANO1
CHOIR
12
4
E.PIANO2
OTHER SETTING
LO-MID MID
7 6 5