Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual - Page 45

Customizing with Function Parameters F6.8 Touch sensitivity This parameter can be used to adjust the degree to which the digital piano reflects differences in the strength of your playing in the sound produced. • Available settings: 1 .......Soft: Makes it possible to produce loud sounds when playing softly. 2 .......Medium: Replicates the standard response of a piano. 3 .......Hard: Requires the keys to be played quite hard in order to produce loud sounds. OFF ..Fixed: All notes are produced at the same volume regardless of how hard or soft you play. The fixed volume can be set using Function parameter F6.9. • Default setting: 2 NOTE • Changing the touch sensitivity has no effect on the weights of the keys. NOTE • The touch sensitivity setting applies to all Voices. However, certain Voices do not respond to differences in playing strength and are not affected by this setting. Refer to the Voice List (page 51) for details. F6.9 Fixed touch-sensitivity volume Using this parameter, you can set the volume to be used when Function parameter F6.8 is set to "OFF" (Fixed). • Available settings: 1 (minimum volume) to 127 (maximum volume) • Default setting: 64 NOTE • The fixed touch-sensitivity volume applies to all Voices. F7. MIDI function settings The following parameters can be used to make MIDIrelated settings and to also send them to other devices. For more information on MIDI, please refer to the MIDI Basics pdf manual (page 6). The MIDI settings described below affect not only the exchange of MIDI data via the MIDI terminals but also via the [USB TO HOST] terminal. F7.1 MIDI send channel In order for two MIDI devices to exchange data with one another, the MIDI send channel (1 to 16) on the sending device must match the MIDI receive channel on the receiving device. Using Function parameter F7.1, you can set the MIDI channel on which the digital piano will send the data you produce by playing the keyboard. • Available settings: 1 to 16 and OFF (no data sent) • Default setting: 1 Voice 2 from Dual mode and the left Voice from Split mode will send data on the next channel after the one set using this parameter. (Voice 1 and the right channel use the channel set here.) No data is sent by any Voices when "OFF" is selected. Song data Your digital piano does not normally send data contained in songs via the [OUT] MIDI terminal. However, if you have selected "1&2" as the MIDI song playback channels using Function parameter F7.3 and play a non-protected MIDI song, data from channels 3 through 16 will be sent. F7.2 MIDI receive channel In order for two MIDI devices to exchange data with one another, the MIDI send channel (1 to 16) on the sending device must match the MIDI receive channel on the receiving device. Using Function parameter F7.2, you can set the MIDI channel on which the digital piano will receive data sent by another MIDI device. • Available settings: ALL, 1 to 16, and 1&2 • Default setting: ALL Meaning of "ALL" setting If you set "ALL" for this parameter, all data will be received from the sending device, regardless of its channel. This allows your digital piano to play a multi-channel song from a sequencer or the like. Meaning of "1&2" setting If you set this parameter to "1&2", your digital piano will receive and play only data sent on MIDI channels 1 and 2 by a sequencer or the like. NOTE • Your digital piano's control panel settings and keyboard Voices are unaffected by program change messages received from other MIDI devices. NOTE • MIDI data is not received while playing demo tracks or performing file operations. F7.3 MIDI song playback channels With this parameter shown on the display, you can use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select the playback channels for MIDI songs. • Available settings: ALL and 1&2 • Default setting: ALL When "ALL" is selected, all channels (1 to 16) will be played. If you select "1&2", data on channels 1 and 2 will be played, but data on the other channels (3 to 16) will be sent to the connected MIDI device. F7.4 Local control on/off status Using this parameter, you can specify whether or not the digital piano's internal tone generator is actually to produce sound in response to playing of the keyboard. Normally, you would have the tone generator respond to signals from the keyboard, and Local Control is said to be turned on in such a case. If you turn Local Control off, the instrument's tone generator will be essentially disconnected from the keyboard. In this condition, no sound will be produced in response to playing of the keyboard and no MIDI performance data will be sent. However, the internal tone generator will respond to MIDI data received from another MIDI device. • Available settings: ON and OFF • Default setting: ON P-255 Owner's Manual 45