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Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Voice

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Basic Operation P-250 Quick Guide ■ Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Voice The P-250 features a large number of high grade piano, organ, and other voices. Follow the steps below to play your favorite voices, change the parameters, and store the edited voices. 1 Make sure the Performance mode is turned off. If it's on, press the [PERFORMANCE] button to turn off the button indicator. 2 Select a voice. Press one of the VOICE/PERFORMANCE buttons (from [GRAND PIANO 1] through [XG]) to select your favorite voice. You can also switch between voices in the same group by pressing one of the VARIATION buttons [†]/[π] or A [-]/[+] buttons repeatedly. 3 Play the keyboard. 4 Change the voice. You can change a voice in another group by pressing a VOICE/PERFORMANCE button. You can also play voices in Dual or Split mode. For more information, see pages 35 and 36. 5 Apply the reverb effect. Press the [REVERB] button repeatedly to toggle the reverb on and off. When the button indicator is off, the reverb is off. (See page 37.) 6 Apply the chorus effect. Press the [CHORUS] button repeatedly to toggle the chorus on or off. When the LED is off, the chorus is off. (See page 37.) 7 Use the Master Equalizer. By moving the MASTER EQUALIZER [LOW], [LO-MID], [MID], [HI-MID], [HIGH] controls, you can adjust the tonal quality. (See page 38.) 8 Use the pitch bend and modulation wheels. Moving either wheel up or down creates expressive playing effects, pitch bend, modulation, etc. (See page 38.) 9 Use the pedal. When the FC3 foot pedal is connected to a jack on the rear panel, such as the [1 (SUSTAIN)] jack, it can be used to create expressive playing effects. (See page 39.) 10 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 edit tonal color. 11 Store the edits. Press the B [+(YES)] button to store the edited voice. L/MONO R INPUT L/MONO OUT R PUT USB TO HOST USB Mac PC-2 MIDI THRU O HOST SELECT M 26 P-250 POWER 8 ON OFF PITCH MODULATION SONG KEYBOARD MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME SONG BALANCE TRACK1 TRACK2 EX.TRACKS SONG FILE MIDI OUT PANEL LOCK A SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG SETTING DOWN UP NEW SONG SYNCHRO START SONG C TEMPO

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P-250 Quick Guide
26
P-250
Basic Operation
■
Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Voice
The P-250 features a large number of high grade piano, organ, and other voices. Follow the steps below
to play your favorite voices, change the parameters, and store the edited voices.
1
Make sure the Performance mode is turned
off.
If it’s on, press the [PERFORMANCE] button to
turn off the button indicator.
2
Select a voice.
Press one of the VOICE/PERFORMANCE buttons
(from [GRAND PIANO 1] through [XG]) to select
your favorite voice. You can also switch between
voices in the same group by pressing one of the
VARIATION buttons [
†
]/[
π
] or A [–]/[+] buttons
repeatedly.
3
Play the keyboard.
4
Change the voice.
You can change a voice in another group by
pressing a VOICE/PERFORMANCE button. You
can also play voices in Dual or Split mode. For
more information, see pages 35 and 36.
5
Apply the reverb effect.
Press the [REVERB] button repeatedly to toggle
the reverb on and off. When the button indicator
is off, the reverb is off. (See page 37.)
6
Apply the chorus effect.
Press the [CHORUS] button repeatedly to toggle
the chorus on or off. When the LED is off, the cho-
rus is off. (See page 37.)
7
Use the Master Equalizer.
By moving the MASTER EQUALIZER [LOW],
[LO-MID], [MID], [HI-MID], [HIGH] controls,
you can adjust the tonal quality. (See page 38.)
8
Use the pitch bend and modulation wheels.
Moving either wheel up or down creates expres-
sive playing effects, pitch bend, modulation, etc.
(See page 38.)
9
Use the pedal.
When the FC3 foot pedal is connected to a jack
on the rear panel, such as the [1 (SUSTAIN)] jack,
it can be used to create expressive playing effects.
(See page 39.)
10
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 edit tonal color.
11
Store the edits.
Press the B [+(YES)] button to store the edited
voice.
MODULATION
PITCH
USB
HOST SELECT
M
MIDI
THRU
O
PC-2
TO HOST
USB
Mac
INPUT
R
L/MONO
OUT
PUT
R
L/MONO
TEMPO
SONG
SONG BALANCE
MASTER VOLUME
POWER
A
C
EX.TRACKS
SONG FILE
PANEL LOCK
TRACK1
TOP
SONG SELECT
KEYBOARD
SONG
MIN
OFF
MAX
REC
START/STOP
SYNCHRO START
NEW SONG
TRACK2
MIDI OUT
DOWN
SONG SETTING
UP
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