Yamaha P250E3, P250 User Manual

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Table of contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis / Table des mat­ières / Índice de contenido

Table of contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis / Table des matières /

Índice de contenido ............................................................................2

Normal (Default) Setting List / Liste der Grundeinstellungen

(Default) / Liste des réglages normaux (par défaut) / Lista

de ajustes normales (predeterminados) ..............................................3

XG Voice List / XG Voice-Liste / Liste des voix XG /

Lista de sonidos XG ............................................................................6

XG Drum Kit List / Liste der Drum Kits (Schlagzeug-Sets) /

Liste des kits de percussion XG / Lista del kit de batería XG .............10

XG Effect Type List / Liste der XG-Effekttypen /

Liste des types d’effets XG / Lista de tipos de efectos XG ..................12

Effect Parameter List / Liste der Effektparameter / Liste

des paramètres d’effets / Lista de parámetros de efectos ..................13

Effect Data Assign Table / Effektdaten-Zuordnungstabelle /

Tableau d’assignation des données d’effets / Tabla de

asignación de datos para efectos .....................................................20

MIDI Data Format / MIDI-Datenformat / Format des

données MIDI / Formato de datos MIDI ...........................................22

MIDI Implementation Chart / MIDI Implementierung

stabelle / Tableau d’implémentation MIDI / Gráfico de

implementación MIDI .......................................................................32

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Specifications / Technische Daten / Spécifications /

Especificaciones ................................................................................33

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Normal (Default) Setting List / Liste der Grundeinstellun­gen (Default) / Liste des réglages normaux (par défaut)
/ Lista de ajustes normales (predeterminados)

Function Value

Voice selection Grand Piano 1 34
Split mode Off 36
Reverb On/Off ON 37
Tempo 120 25, 51
Song select Preset song [NewSong] 25, 47, 51
Song balance 127:127 49

Extra track channel: 3 47

Recording mode

Character code International 55

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Settings for Song Recording and Playback [SONG SETTING]

Function Value

Correcting note timing [Quantize]
Swing rate [SwingRate]

Specifying whether playback starts immediately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay] On 62
Auditioning channel [ChannelListen] – 63
Deleting data from a channel [ChannelClear] – 63
Specifying the range and playing back repeatedly [FromToRepeat] RepeatOff 63
Specifying a phrase for playback by phrase number [PhraseMark] RepeatOff 63
Playing back a song repeatedly [SongRepeat] Off 64
Setting the click time signature [TimeSignature] 4/4 64
Setting the click volume [ClickVolume] 100 64
Turning the click on/off [ClickOnOff] Off 64

Start: Normal 47
End: Replace 47

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Normal (Default) Setting List / Liste der Grundeinstellungen (Default) / Liste des réglages normaux (par défaut) / Lista de ajustes nor­males (predeterminados)

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Editing a Voice in Detail [VOICE EDIT]

Function Value

Setting the octave [Octave] *1 65
Setting the volume level [Volume] *1 65
Setting the position of the right and left channels [Pan] *1 66
Adjusting fine pitch offset between two voices in Dual mode [Detune] *1 66
Selecting the reverb type [ReverbType] *1 66
Setting the reverb depth [ReverbSend] *1 66
Setting the chorus type [ChorusType] *1 66
Setting the chorus depth [ChorusSend] *1 67
Turning the chorus on/off [ChorusOnOff] *1 67
Selecting the insertion effect type [Ins.Type(Ins)] *1 67
Setting the speed of the vibraphone vibrato effect [VibeRotorSpeed(RotorSpeed)]
Turning the Vibraphone vibrato on/off [VibeRotorOnOff (RotorOnOff)] *1 67
Adjusting the speed of the rotary speaker [RotarySpeed (Rot.Speed)] *1 67
Adjusting the insertion effect depth [Dry/WetBalance(Dry/Wet)] *1 68
Adjusting the brightness of the sound [Brightness] *1 68
Adjusting the resonance effect [HarmonicContent (Harmonic)] *1 68
Adjusting the low-range frequency of the part EQ [EQ LowFreq.(EQ L.Freq)] *1 68
Adjusting the high-range frequency of the part EQ [EQ HighFreq.(EQ H.Freq)]
Adjusting the low-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the part EQ [EQLowGain]
Adjusting the high-range gain (amount of boost/cut) of the part EQ [EQHighGain]
Setting the touch sensitivity [TouchSense] *1 68
Assigning the Pedal 1 function [Pedal 1] *1 69
Assigning the Pedal 2 function [Pedal 2] *1 69
Assigning the Pedal 3 function [Pedal 3] *1 69
Assigning the Pedal 4 function [Pedal 4] *1 69
Assigning the modulation wheel function [Modulation] *1 69
Setting the MSB of the Send Bank Select message [SendBankMSB(SendMSB)]
Setting the LSB of the Send Bank Select message [SendBankLSB(SendLSB)]
Setting the Program Change message [SendPG#] *1 70
Turning the Internal tone generator on/off [InternalTG] *1 70

*1 Each voice and each combination of voices includes the setting.

*1 67

*1 68
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*1 70
*1 70

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Adjusting the Master Equalizer [MASTER EQ EDIT]

Function

Setting the Master Equalizer type Edit 71
Adjusting the low range gain of the Master Equalizer [LowGain] 0dB 71
Adjusting the low-middle range gain of the Master Equalizer [LowMidGain] 0dB 71
Adjusting the middle range gain of the Master Equalizer [MidGain] 0dB 71
Adjusting the high-middle range gain of the Master Equalizer [HighMidGain] 0dB 71
Adjusting the high range gain of the Master Equalizer [HighGain] 0dB 71
Adjusting the low frequency of the Master Equalizer [LowFreq.] 90 Hz 71
Adjusting the low-middle frequency of the Master Equalizer [LowMidFreq.] 315 Hz 71
Adjusting the middle frequency of the Master Equalizer [MidFreq.] 1.1 kHz 71
Adjusting the high-middle frequency of the Master Equalizer [HighMidFreq.] 2.5 kHz 71
Adjusting the high frequency of the Master Equalizer [HighFreq.] 4.0 kHz 71
Adjusting the low range resonance of the Master Equalizer [LowQ] 0.7 72
Adjusting the low-middle range resonance of the Master Equalizer [Lo wMidQ]
Adjusting the middle range resonance of the Master Equalizer [MidQ] 2.8 72
Adjusting the high-middle range resonance of the Master Equalizer [HighMidQ]
Adjusting the high range resonance of the Master Equalizer [HighQ] 0.7 72

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2.4 72

1.8 72

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Normal (Default) Setting List / Liste der Grundeinstellungen (Default) / Liste des réglages normaux (par défaut) / Lista de ajustes nor-

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MIDI [MIDI SETTING]

Function Value

Setting the MIDI transmit channel [MidiOutChannel]

Setting the MIDI receive channel [MidiInChannel]

Turning the Local Control On/Off [LocalControl] On 74
Specifying keyboard performance or song data to be

transmitted via MIDI [MidiOutSelect]
Specifying the type of data received via MIDI [Receive-

Parameter]
Specifying the type of data transmitted via MIDI [Trans-

mitParameter]
Transmitting the initial settings on the panel [InitialSetup] – 75
Executing Voice Data Bulk Dump [VoiceBulkDump] – 75

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Other settings [OTHER SETTING]

Main:Ch1, Left:Ch2, Layer:Ch3,

LeftLayer:Ch4

Ch1–16: Song, Ch17: Keyboard,

Ch18: Main, Ch19: Left, Ch20: Layer,

Ch21: LeftLayer, Others: Off

Keyboard 74

All data: On 75

All data: On 75

Function Value

Selecting a touch response [TouchResponse]
Fixed volume

Fine-tuning of the pitch [Tune] A3=440.0Hz 76
Selecting a tuning curve for a piano voice [PianoTuningCurve] Stretch 76

Selecting a scale [Scale]
Root note

Setting the Split Point [SplitPoint] F
Setting the key [Transpose]

Transposition amount
Specifying the depth of the soft pedal [SoftPedalDepth] 5 77

Specifying the depth of string resonance [StringResonanceDepth] 5 77
Specifying the depth of sustain sampling for the damper pedal

[SustainSamplingDepth]
Specifying the volume of the key-off sound [KeyOffSamplingDepth] 5 78
Selecting a pedal function for vibraphone [VibraphonePedalMode] PianoLike 78
Assigning the START/STOP function to a pedal [PedalStart/Stop] All pedals : Off 78

Selecting a type of pedal [Pedal Type]
Setting the point at which the pedal starts to affect the sound

[HalfPedalPoint]
Setting the pitch bend range [PitchBendRange] 2 79
Assigning a function to the [SONG BALANCE] slider

[SongBalanceAssign]
Switching the speaker on/off [Speaker]
Locking the Master Equalizer settings [EqualizerLock] On 79

Selecting items saved at shutdown [MemoryBackUp]

Restoring the normal (default) settings [FactorySet] MemoryFileExcluded 79

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SongBalance 79

Normal [Head-

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Transpose:Off

Main/LeftVoice:Off

OtherSetting:Off

Others:On

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XG Voice List / XG Voice-Liste / Liste des voix XG / Lista de sonidos XG

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Bank Select MSB=00

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Group

Piano 1 Acoustic Grand Piano GrandPno 2 GrndPnoK 1 MelloGrP 2

Chromatic 9 Celesta Celesta 1
Percussion 10 Glockenspiel Glocken 1

Organ 17 Drawbar Organ 1 DrawOrgn 1

Guitar 25 Acoustic Guitar (nylon) 1 NylonGtr 1 NylonGt2 1

Bass 33 Acoustic Bass Aco.Bass 1

Strings 41 Violin Violin 1 Slow Vln 1

Ensemble 49 String Ensemble 1 Strings1 1 S.Strngs 2 Slow Str 1 Arco Str 2

Brass 57 Trumpet Trumpet 1 Trumpet2 1 BriteTrp

Reed 65 Soprano Sax SprnoSax 1

Pipe 73 Piccolo Piccolo 1

Synth Lead 81 Lead 1 (square) SquareLd 2 SquarLd2 1 LMSquare 2 Hollow 1 Shroud 2

Synth Pad 89 Pad 1 (new age) NewAgePd 2

Synth Effects 97 FX 1 (rain) Rain 2

Ethnic 105 Sitar Sitar 1

Percussive 113 Tinkle Bell TnklBell 2

Sound Effects 121 Guitar Fret Noise FretNoiz 2

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2 Bright Acoustic Piano BritePno 2 BritPnoK 1
3 Electric Grand Piano El.Grand 2 ElGrPnoK 2
4 Honky-tonk Piano HnkyTonk 2 HnkyTnkK 2
5 Electric Piano 1 E.Piano1 2 El.Pno1K 1 MelloEP1 2
6 Electric Piano 2 E.Piano2 2 El.Pno2K 1
7 Harpsichord Harpsi. 1 Harpsi.K 1
8 Clavi Clavi. 2 Clavi K 1

11 Music Box MusicBox 2
12 Vibraphone Vibes 1 Vibes K 1
13 Marimba Marimba 1 MarimbaK 1
14 Xylophone Xylophon 1
15 Tubular Bells TubulBel 1
16 Dulcimer Dulcimer 1

18 Percussive Organ PercOrgn 1 70sPcOr1 2
19 Rock Organ RockOrgn 2
20 Church Organ 1 ChrchOrg 2
21 Reed Organ ReedOrgn 1
22 Accordion Acordion 2
23 Hamonica Harmnica 1
24 Tango Accordion TangoAcd 2

26 Acoustic Guitar (steel) SteelGtr 1 SteelGt2 1
27 Electric Guitar (jazz) Jazz Gtr 1 MelloGtr 1
28 Electric Guitar (clean) CleanGtr 1
29 Electric Guitar (muted) Mute.Gtr 1
30 Overdriven Guitar Ovrdrive 1
31 Distortion Guitar Dist.Gtr 1
32 Guitar Harmonics GtrHarmo 1

34 Electric Bass (finger) FngrBass 1 FingrDrk 2
35 Electric Bass (pick) PickBass 1
36 Fretless Bass Fretless 1
37 Slap Bass 1 SlapBas1 1
38 Slap Bass 2 SlapBas2 1
39 Synth Bass 1 SynBass1 1
40 Synth Bass 2 SynBass2 2

42 Viola Viola 1
43 Cello Cello 1
44 Contrabass Contrabs 1
45 Tremolo Strings Trem.Str 1 SlwTrStr 1
46 Pizzicato Strings Pizz.Str 1
47 Orchestral Harp Harp 1
48 Timpani Timpani 1

50 String Ensemble 2 Strings2 1
51 Synth Strings 1 Syn.Str1 2
52 Synth Strings 2 Syn.Str2 2
53 Choir Aahs ChoirAah 1 S.Choir 2 Ch.Aahs2 2
54 Voice Oohs VoiceOoh 1
55 Synth Voice SynVoice 1
56 Orchestra Hit Orch.Hit 2

58 Trombone Trombone 1 Trmbone2 2
59 Tuba Tuba 1 Tuba 2 1
60 Muted Trumpet Mute.Trp 1
61 French Horn Fr. Horn 2 FrHrSolo 1
62 Brass Section 1 BrasSect 1
63 Synth Brass 1 SynBrss1 2 Quack Br 2 RezSynBr 2 PolyBrss 2
64 Synth Brass 2 SynBrss2 1

66 Alto Sax Alto Sax 1
67 Tenor Sax TenorSax 1
68 Baritone Sax Bari.Sax 1
69 Oboe Oboe 2
70 English Horn Eng.Horn 1
71 Bassoon Bassoon 1
72 Clarinet Clarinet 1

74 Flute Flute 1
75 Recorder Recorder 1
76 Pan Flute PanFlute 1
77 Blown Bottle Bottle 2
78 Shakuhachi Shakhchi 2
79 Whistle Whistle 1
80 Ocarina Ocarina 1

82 Lead 2 (sawtooth) Saw Ld 2 Saw Ld 2 1 ThickSaw 2 Dyna Saw 1 Digi Saw 2 Big Lead 2 HeavySyn 2
83 Lead 3 (calliope) CaliopLd 2
84 Lead 4 (chiff) Chiff Ld 2
85 Lead 5 (charang) CharanLd 2
86 Lead 6 (voice) Voice Ld 2 SynthAah 2
87 Lead 7 (fifths) Fifth Ld 2
88 Lead 8 (bass+lead) Bass&Ld 2 Big&Low 2

90 Pad 2 (warm) Warm Pad 2 ThickPad 2 Soft Pad 2 Sine Pad 2
91 Pad 3 (polysynth) PolySyPd 2
92 Pad 4 (choir) ChoirPad 2
93 Pad 5 (bowed) BowedPad 2
94 Pad 6 (metallic) MetalPad 2
95 Pad 7 (halo) Halo Pad 2
96 Pad 8 (sweep)

98 FX 2 (soundtrack) SoundTrk 2

99 FX 3 (crystal) Crystal 2
100 FX 4 (atmosphere) Atmosphr 2
101 FX 5 (brightness) Bright 2
102 FX 6 (goblins) Goblins 2
103 FX 7 (echoes) Echoes 2 Echoes 2 2 Echo Pan 2
104 FX 8 (sci-fi) Sci-Fi 2

106 Banjo Banjo 1
107 Shamisen Shamisen 1
108 Koto Koto 1
109 Kalimba Kalimba 1
110 Bagpipe Bagpipe 2
111 Fiddle Fiddle 1
112 Shanai Shanai 1

114 Agogo Agogo 2
115 Steel Drums SteelDrm 2
116 Woodblock Woodblok 1
117 Taiko Drum TaikoDrm 1
118 Melodic Tom 1 MelodTom 2
119 Synth Drum Syn Drum 1
120 Reverse Cymbal RevCymbl 1

122 Breath Noise BrthNoiz 2
123 Seashore Seashore 2
124 Bird Tweet Tweet 2
125 Telephone Ring Telphone 1
126 Helicopter Helicptr 1
127 Applause Applause 1
128 Gunshot Gunshot 1

SweepPad 2

KSP Stereo Single Slow Fast Decay Double Attack Bright Dark Resonant Attack

Bank 0 E Bank 1 E Bank 3 E Bank 6 E Bank 8 E Bank 12 E Bank 14 E Bank 16 E Bank 17 E Bank 18 E Bank 19 E Bank 20 E Bank 24 E

MelloSBa 1 Seq Bass 2 ClkSynBa 2 SynBa2Dk 1

S.SlwStr 2 LegatoSt 2

SynDrCmp 2Popcorn 2 TinyBell 2

SynBa1Dk 1 FastResB 1 AcidBass 1

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Shwimmer 2

WarmAtms 2 HollwRls 2