Yamaha P-250 Owner's Manual - Page 27
Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Performance, Editing a Voice and Storing It as a Performance - case for
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Basic Operation ■ Selecting, Editing, and Storing a Performance P-250 Quick Guide A performance is a group of stored settings regarding the tone generator, MIDI, and so on. The P-250 features 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:PresetPerformance," 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 VARIATION [†]/[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 performance in another bank, press the VARIATION 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] buttons to select a location to store the performance. Finally, press the B [+(YES)] button. ■ 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. 9 U OUT MIDI 4 3 2 1 IN AUX SOFT SOSUTENUTO SUSTAIN ASSIGNABLE FOOT PEDAL AC INLET 56 B NO YES D CONTRAST EXIT G.PIANO 1 G.PIANO 2 E.PIANO1 E.PIANO2 E.PIANO3 CLAVI. HARPSI. VIBES VOICE EDIT SPLIT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ORGAN 1 ORGAN 2 STRINGS CHOIR SYNTH. PAD GUITAR BASS XG VARIATION 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 VOICE/PERFORMANCE A B REVERB CHORUS PERFORMANCE MIDI SETTING MASTER EQ EDIT PERFORM. FILE OTHER SETTING 7 LOW LO-MID MID HI-MID HIGH MASTER EQUALIZER ELECTRONIC PIANO P-250 P-250 27