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Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

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    Manual de instrucciones mode d'emploi owner’s manual before using the instrument, be sure to read “precautions” on pages 4–5. Avant d’utiliser l’instrument, lisez attentivement la section « prÉcautions d'usage » aux pages 4 et 5. Antes de utilizar el instrumento, lea las “precauciones”, en las págin...

  • Page 2: Special Message Section

    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 yamaha. Warning: do not place...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 3 contents precautio n s .....................................................4 p-255 man u als .......................................................6 incl u ded accessories .............................................6 main features 7 panel controls & functions 8 getting r...

  • Page 4: Precautions

    P-255 owner’s man u al 4 precautions please read carefully before proceeding please keep this man u al in a safe and handy place for f u t u re reference. Warning always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short- c...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 5 notice to a v oid the possi b ility of malf u nction/ damage to the prod u ct, damage to data, or damage to other property, follow the notices b elow. Handling and maintenance • do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a tv, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or othe...

  • Page 6: P-255 Manuals

    P-255 owner’s man u al 6 thank you for purchasing the yamaha p-255 digital piano. We recommend that you read this owner’s manual carefully in order to get the most out of the instrument’s advanced functionality. In addition, please keep this manual in a safe place so that you can refer back to it wh...

  • Page 7: Operate The Instrument Using

    P-255 owner’s man u al 7 main feat u res exquisite sound of a concert grand piano faithfully reproduced by the pure cf sound engine in order to give the p-255 the best possible piano sound, we started by selecting the one yamaha concert grand piano with the highest quality tone and acoustic properti...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 8 panel controls & f u nctions q [ ] standby/on switch ...................................Page 10 use this switch to t u rn the instr u ment on or set it to stand b y mode. W [master volume] slider ............................... Page 11 use this slider to adj u st the instr u...

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    Panel controls & f u nctions p-255 owner’s man u al 9 !6 [split] button ...................................................Page 14 use this bu tton to assign different voices to the left-hand and right-hand sides of the key b oard. !7 [reverb] and [effect] buttons .......... Pages 15, 16 use these b...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 10 setting up 1 plug the appliance end of the ac power cord into the bundled power adaptor as shown in the figure. 2 plug the power adaptor’s dc cable into the [dc in] jack on the rear panel. 3 plug the power adaptor’s ac power cord into a domestic-use, ac wall socket. 4 press...

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    Setting up p-255 owner’s man u al 11 to adjust the volume, use the [master volume] slider at the left of the control panel while playing the keyboard to check the setting. To set up the music rest, insert it into the groove at the back of the control panel. Your digital piano features two [phones] j...

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    Setting up p-255 owner’s man u al 12 an lp-255 pedal unit (sold separately) can be con- nected if you wish to play the digital 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...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 13 selecting & playing voices using the following procedure, you can select the instrument sound (such as piano or organ) to use when playing the keyboard. 1 press a voice button to select a voice from the corresponding category. You can cycle through the category’s voices by ...

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    Selecting & playing voices p-255 owner’s man u al 14 using dual mode as described below, you can layer two voices on the keyboard and play them together. By combining voices of different types in this way, you can create a composite voice of greater richness and texture. 1 select the two voices you ...

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    Selecting & playing voices p-255 owner’s man u al 15 3 select a voice for the right side. Use the corresponding voice button to make your selection. 4 select a voice for the left side. Use the corresponding voice button with the [split] button held down to make your selection. (whenever the [split] ...

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    Selecting & playing voices p-255 owner’s man u al 16 using the digital piano’s effect function, you can add a range of different audio effects to individual voices. Whenever you select a voice, the most suitable effect will be automatically set; however, you can freely set the effect type and depth....

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    Selecting & playing voices p-255 owner’s man u al 17 using the tuning setting, you 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. Tuning is set using function parameter f1 . Refer to page ...

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    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 and enhance the presence of your perfor- mance without making it any less expressive. This function is particularly useful when you wa...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 19 using the metronome playing your digital piano along with the built-in metronome is a great way to perfect your timing. The following describes how to use this function. 1 turn on the metronome. Press the [metronome] button and verify that the metronome starts to play. Adju...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 20 playing rhythm tracks your digital piano’s rhythm function provides ten different rhythm tracks for you to play along with. The follow- ing describes how to use this function. 1 turn on a rhythm track. Press the [rhythm] button and verify that a rhythm track starts to play....

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 21 playing songs your digital piano can play built-in preset songs, user songs that you have recorded, and commercially available songs. These songs can be in one of two different formats—midi or audio. Song category list *: shown only when a usb flash dri v e has b een pl u g...

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    Playing songs p-255 owner’s man u al 22 (import songs are shown only when the usb flash drive contains data of the selected category.) • song number ...... Used to select one specific song to play. For details, see the table on page 21. • rnd (random) ... Used when you want to play all songs of the ...

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    Playing songs p-255 owner’s man u al 23 part cancel (midi songs) your digital piano’s preset songs and certain other midi songs are divided into left-hand and right-hand parts. When playing this type of song, you can turn off either of these parts as described below to practice playing it yourself. ...

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    Playing songs p-255 owner’s man u al 24 automatic start when you play any key using your digital piano’s auto start function, you can have it start playback as soon as you play a key. To activate this function, press and hold the [play/ stop] button for at least one second. The [play/ stop] button w...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 25 recording key b oard performances your digital piano features the following two different methods for recording your keyboard performances. These methods can be used as described below depending on your requirements. Midi recording when you record a performance using midi, ...

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    Recording key b oard performances p-255 owner’s man u al 26 typical part-button lighting pattern: when recording midi data: if the selected song contains data, the [right] and/or [left] button will light up. When recording audio data: there is no distinction between the different parts. 4 set the vo...

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    Recording key b oard performances p-255 owner’s man u al 27 when recording in midi, you can record the left-hand and right-hand parts separately as described below. 1 set up the digital piano for recording. For details, refer to steps 1 and 3 of the section “simple recording of all parts (midi or au...

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    Recording key b oard performances p-255 owner’s man u al 28 using the following procedure, you can individually delete the left and right parts of a recorded midi-for- mat user song. To delete both parts, carry out this procedure once for each. In the case of user songs recorded on a usb flash drive...

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    Recording key b oard performances p-255 owner’s man u al 29 3 activate record mode and select the part whose settings you have changed. Press the [rec] button followed by the [right] or [left] button. (if you have changed settings common to both parts, select either the left or right part.) verify t...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 30 using usb flash dri v es with a usb flash drive plugged in, you can use your digital piano to perform the following tasks. • listen to songs stored on the usb flash drive........................................................ Page 21 • record your performances on the usb f...

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    Using usb flash dri v es p-255 owner’s man u al 31 the term user song is used to refer to songs recorded using the instrument itself; import songs are those created on another device. User songs are kept in a folder named user files on a usb flash drive; import songs are stored outside this folder. ...

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    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 digital piano to a usb flash drive. User songs copied in this way are stored in smf format in the usb flash drive’s user files folder. In addition, these s...

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    Using usb flash dri v es p-255 owner’s man u al 33 using the following procedure, you can delete a midi-format user song ( s. **) or audio-format user song ( a. **) from a usb flash drive or a user song ( u. **) stored on the digital piano itself. 1 plug in the usb flash drive. 2 select the song you...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 34 connecting other eq u ipment refer to the section panel controls & functions (page 8) for details of connector locations. [aux in] jack—listen to a portable music player using the digital piano’s speakers by connecting the headphones jack of an audio device such as a portab...

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    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 midi device (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-versa. • [in] midi t...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 36 performing li v e your digital piano features a number of convenient functions for use when setting it up on stage in order to per- form live. In order to provide a practical description of the connections and settings required in this type of situa- tion, we will focus on ...

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    Performing li v e p-255 owner’s man u al 37 input jacks on the pa mixer (or an on-stage sub-mixer) using standard mono audio cables (sold separately). Sound setup once all of the instruments and microphones have been con- nected, the pa operator will ask each musician in turn to play his or her inst...

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    Performing li v e p-255 owner’s man u al 38 the following description covers performances where the sound of the digital piano q is output via a key- board amplifier w and performances where your voice is amplified using a microphone r and a pa set t (i.E., an amplifier and speakers). Required equip...

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    Performing li v e p-255 owner’s man u al 39 • we recommend setting the [eq] sliders to their central posi- tions and adj u sting the o v erall tone u sing the key b oard ampli- fier. This approach pro 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 per...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 40 c u stomizing with f u nction parameters using your digital piano’s function parameters, you can tune the instrument, adjust the metronome volume, and make a wide range of other convenient settings. Function parameters function function number default setting backup paramet...

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    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 41 1 press the [function] button as many times as necessary to select the param- eter you wish to set. Each time you press the [function] button, the parameter number shown will increase by one. You can also decrease the number being sh...

  • Page 42: Dual Mode Settings

    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 42 werckmeister kirnberger the werckmeister and kirn b erger t u ning systems impro v e the meantone and pythagorean t u ning systems b y com b ining them in different ways. Both are u niq u ely characterized b y the way in which mod u ...

  • Page 43: Split Mode Settings

    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 you intend to play. Settings can be made for each combination of voices as described below....

  • Page 44: Volume Settings

    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 44 f5.4 string resonance depth this parameter can be used to adjust the depth of the string resonance effect applied to certain voices—specifically, grand piano, ballad grand, and bright grand. • a v aila b le settings: 0 to 10 • defa u...

  • Page 45: Midi Function Settings

    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 45 f6.8 touch sensitivity this parameter can be used to adjust the degree to which the digital piano reflects differences in the strength of your playing in the sound produced. • a v aila b le settings: 1 ....... Soft: makes it possi b ...

  • Page 46: Backup and Other Settings

    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 46 f7.5 program change on/off status midi program change messages can be sent from one midi device to another in order to change its voice. In other words, your digital piano could use a program change message to change the voice being ...

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    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 47 f8.2 midi configuration backup • a v aila b le settings: o n and off • defa u lt setting: o n data retained • midi f u nction settings f7.1 , f7.2 , and f7.4 to f7.6 f8.3 tuning configuration backup • a v aila b le settings: o n and ...

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    C u stomizing with f u nction parameters p-255 owner’s man u al 48 to restore your digital piano to its factory settings, turn it on while holding down the rightmost key on the keyboard (c7). It should be noted that this operation will cause all backup data stored in the instrument’s internal memory...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 49 display messages press the [-/ n o] bu tton to clear messages. Message description clr the digital piano is b eing restored to its defa u lt settings—that is, the settings from when it was first t u rned on. • you should never turn off the digital piano while the message “ ...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 50 tro ub leshooting problem possible cause and solution the digital piano t u rns off u nexpectedly. This does not indicate a pro b lem—the a u to power-off f u nction t u rns off the instr u ment after the set period of inacti v ity. If necessary, yo u can deacti v ate this ...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 51 voice list key-off sampling: this feat u re reprod u ces the delicate noises prod u ced when keys are released. Sustain sampling: this feat u re reprod u ces an a u thentic s u stain so u nd when the damper pedal is pressed. String resonance: this feat u re sim u lates the ...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 52 50 piano songs (preset songs) song no. Title composer p.01 in v ention n o. 1 j.S.Bach p.02 in v ention n o. 8 j.S.Bach p.03 ga v otte j.S.Bach p.04 prel u de (wohltemperierte kla v ier i n o.1) j.S.Bach p.05 men u ett g d u r bwv.Anh.114 j.S.Bach p.06 le co u co u l-c.Daq ...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 53 specifications * specifications and descriptions in this owner’s man u al are for information p u rposes only. Yamaha corp. Reser v es the right to change or modify prod u cts or specifica- tions at any time witho u t prior notice. Since specifications, eq u ipment or optio...

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 54 index numerics 50 piano songs (preset songs) ..... 52 a a-b repeat ................................... 23 adjusting the tone eq .............. 17 apps .............................................. 35 audio equipment .......................... 34 audio recording ..............

  • Page 55: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    P-255 owner’s man u al 55 1. Important 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 yamaha may void your authority, granted by the fcc, to use the product. 2....

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    P-255 owner’s man u al 56 information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment this symbol on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and re...

  • Page 57: Limited 3-Year Warranty On

    P-255 owner’s man u al 57 limited 3-year warranty on digital pianos (p, cp, ydp, dgx640, dgx650) thank yo u for selecting a yamaha prod u ct. Yamaha prod u cts are designed and man u fact u red to pro v ide a high le v el of defect-free performance. Yamaha corporation of america (“yamaha”) is pro u ...

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