Yamaha P-155 Owner's Manual - Page 36

ENGLISH Playing Back "USER" and "USB" Songs Playing Back "USER" and "USB" Songs The following types of songs are available. You can simply listen to these songs or use them for practice (pages 14, 15). "USER" songs • Songs (U01-U03) which you recorded to the instrument by using the record function (page 25). • External songs in the instrument Songs transferred from a computer (including commercially available songs and songs which have been edited on a computer). Songs can be transferred (saved) to the instrument by using the included Musicsoft Downloader software (pages 51). The songs are saved to an area of the internal memory separate from the area for recorded songs. Up to 255 songs can be played back on this instrument (numbers 001-255). "USB" songs • Songs (S00-S99) which you recorded to the instrument by using the record function (pages 32) and saved to the USB storage device. • External songs in the USB storage device Songs saved in the USB storage device (including commercially available songs and songs which have been edited on a computer). Up to 999 songs can be played back on this instrument (numbers 001-999). NOTE The "USER" and "USB" songs cannot be played back during Demo/PRESET song playback or in the File Operation and Record modes. NOTE If the metronome is being used during playback, the metronome will automatically stop when playback is stopped. NOTE If the REVERB type is changed via the panel controls during playback, both the playback and keyboard reverb effects will be changed. NOTE If the EFFECT type is changed via the panel controls during playback, the playback effect may be switched off in some cases. Sequence formats that can be played on the instrument • SMF (Standard MIDI File) Formats 0 and 1 The SMF format is one of the most common and widely compatible sequence formats used for storing sequence data. There are two variations: Format 0 and Format 1. A large number of MIDI devices are compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commercially available MIDI sequence data is provided in SMF Format 0. The SMF format for sequence files allows you to exchange song data between different sequencers. Specify the Song Part (Channel) and Play the Song Because this instrument is not compatible with GM/XG/DOC/GS/XF Format, when listening to external songs, you can specify the song parts in this setting. The "ALL" setting plays back all 16 parts, while "1+2" plays back parts 1 and 2. Keep in mind that songs recorded on other devices may use a variety of voices not available on this instrument and hence may sound different than the original songs. In general, this instrument should be used to play back piano songs. Since piano songs are generally recorded to parts 1 and 2 exclusively, the "1+2" setting is best used with only the piano voice. Default setting is "ALL." (ALL) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Piano voices (1+2) Setting range: ALL, 1&2 To set the song part (channel), see Function F5.5 (page 43). Other voices 36 P-155 Owner's Manual