Yamaha YDP-223 Owner's Manual - Page 9

ENGLISH Features The Yamaha YDP-223 Digital Piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playability as well as Yamaha's original "AWM Stereo Sampling" tone-generation technology for rich, musical voices, and a special "Graded Hammer" keyboard that provides graded key weight and response throughout the keyboard range. The YDP-223 Grand Piano 1 and 2 voices feature totally new samples painstakingly recorded from a full concert grand piano. TEMPO You can change the song tempo (speed) and select useful functions using this buttons (pages 34-44). [REVERB] / [EFFECT] Add reverb (reverberation) and effects to the sound (pages 22, 23). [METRONOME] Control the metronome functions (page 27). The YDP-223 includes 50 preset songs. This section enables you to listen to these songs, practice using a convenient practice function, and record and play back your performance (pages 17-20, 28-33). [TRANSPOSE] You can shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down so that the pitch will match that of another instrument or singer, while you play the same, unshifted keys (page 25). [DEMO] Demonstration playback is available for each voice (page 16). Voice buttons Select voices from 14 internal sounds including Grand Piano 1 and 2 (page 21). You can also combine two voices at the same time (page 26). [TOUCH] Fine-tune the touch response (page 24). MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME MELLOW BRIGHT START/STOP TEMPO FUNCTION BRILLIANCE DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE - /NO +/ YES PRESET TRACK 1 TRACK START/STOP REC 2 SONG GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 E.PIANO E.PIANO 1 2 HARPSI- HARPSICHORD1 CHORD2 VIBRAPHONE CHURCH CHURCH ORGAN1 ORGAN2 JAZZ STRINGS STRINGS ORGAN 1 2 CHOIR GUITAR VOICE ROOM CHORUS HALL 1 PHASER HARD HALL 2 TREMOLO MEDIUM STAGE DELAY SOFT ON REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE [BRILLIANCE] Adjust the brightness of the tone using this slider (page 22). [MASTER VOLUME] Adjust the volume level using this slider (page 11). MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME MELLOW BRIGHT BRILLIANCE START/STOP TEMPO FUNCTION DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE - / NO +/ YES PRESET TRACK 1 TRACK START/STOP 2 REC SONG GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 E.PIANO 1 E.PIANO 2 HARPSI- HARPSICHORD 1 CHORD 2 VIBRAPHONE CHURCH CHURCH ORGAN 1 ORGAN 2 JAZZ ORGAN STRINGS STRINGS 1 2 CHOIR GUITAR VOICE ROOM CHORUS HALL 1 PHASER HARD HALL 2 TREMOLO MEDIUM STAGE DELAY SOFT ON REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE POWER OFF ON NORMAL HP. SW SPEAKER A-1 B-1 C0 D0 E0 F0 G0 A0 B0 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 A6 B6 C7 PHONES Connect recording equipment (such This jack and selector switch allow direct con- as a cassette tape recorder) here to nection to a personal computer for sequencing record your performance (page 46). and other music applications (pages 48-51). This switch turns the internal speakers on or off (page 12). A set of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in here for private practice (page 12). LEVEL FIXED R L R AUX OUT L/L+R R L/L+R AUX IN MIDI THRU OUT IN Mac MIDI PC-1 PC-2 TO HOST HOST SELECT PEDAL Delivers the output of the YDP-223 for connection to an instrument amplifier, mixing console, PA system, or recording equipment (page 47). Connect a MIDI device here to use various MIDI functions (pages 41-43). (About MIDI ➝ page 45) Connect the pedal cord here to use the YDP223's pedals (page 47). YDP-223 Features 9