Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual - Page 46
Backup and other settings, Program change on/off status, Send initial setup
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Customizing with Function Parameters F7.5 Program change on/off status MIDI Program Change messages can be sent from one MIDI device to another in order to change its Voice. In other words, your digital piano could use a Program Change message to change the voice being used on a connected device. (When a new Voice is selected using the control panel, the corresponding Program Change Number would be sent.) Meanwhile, upon the receipt of a Program Change message from a connected MIDI device, your digital piano can change the Voice being used to play the received MIDI data (but not the Voice played via the keyboard). This parameter should therefore be set to "ON" if you wish to send and receive MIDI Program Change messages, thereby linking Voices on the digital piano with those on connected devices. If, however, you do not want to link Voices in this way, you should set this parameter to "OFF". NOTE • Refer to the MIDI Reference pdf manual for details of the MIDI Program Change Numbers associated with the instrument's Voices. • Available settings: ON and OFF • Default setting: ON F7.6 Control change on/off status MIDI devices use Control Change messages in order to inform each other of damper pedal operations, volume changes, and other actions associated with the expressiveness of a performance. In other words, your digital piano could send Control Change messages via MIDI to affect the sound of a performance being played on a connected device. (Whenever you operate the instrument's damper pedal, it would send the corresponding Control Change messages.) Meanwhile, upon the receipt of a Control Change message from a connected MIDI device, your digital piano can change the sound of the MIDI performance being played (but not the sound being played using the keyboard). This parameter can be used to turn on and off the exchange of MIDI Control Change messages as appropriate. NOTE • Refer to the MIDI Reference pdf manual for details of the Control Change data supported by your digital piano. • Available settings: ON and OFF • Default setting: ON F7.7 Send initial setup This parameter can be used as described below to send initial setup data-that is, the current state of control panel settings-to a connected sequencer or other device. For example, you could send this data before recording a performance on the sequencer or device, thereby saving the digital piano's current settings at the beginning of the recording. In addition, you could also send this data to the tone generator of another instrument in order to configure it in the same way as the digital piano's. 1 Set the control panel as required. 2 Connect the sequencer and configure it to receive and record the initial setup data. 3 Use the [FUNCTION] button to select Function parameter F7.7. 4 Press the [+/YES] button to send the data. The message "End" will be shown when the data has been sent. Initial setup data contains the following settings. • Voice(s) • Reverb type and depth • Effect type and depth • Split point • Tuning system (F2.1) • Dual balance (F3.1) • Relative Voice detune (F3.2) • Dual balance (F4.2) • Certain pedal and special sound settings (F5.2 to F5.6) F8. Backup and other settings Using your digital piano's Backup function, you can save Voice selections, reverb type, and many other settings to ensure that they are retained when you turn off the instrument. If turned on, this function will restore your previous settings automatically when you turn on your digital piano. If turned off, however, the settings stored in the instrument's internal memory will be lost; accordingly, the corresponding defaults (page 48) will be restored when you next turn it on. That said, performance data stored in the internal memory, the character code setting, and the on/off status of the Backup function will always be automatically retained. As described below, the Backup function can be turned on or off individually for different types of settings (i.e., Voice, MIDI, tuning, and miscellaneous). The corresponding Function-parameter settings will also be retained. NOTICE • It can take several seconds to save the instrument's settings. For this reason, any setting changed immediately before the digital piano is turned off may not be retained. F8.1 Voice configuration backup • Available settings: ON and OFF • Default setting: OFF Data retained • Voice selection • On/off status of Dual mode and the corresponding Voices • Dual mode settings F3.1 through F3.6 (for each combination of Voices) • On/off status of Split mode and the corresponding Voices • Split mode settings F4.1 through F4.7 (for each combination of Voices) • Reverb type and depth (for each Voice) • Effect type and depth (for each Voice) • Damper-pedal resonance depth (F5.2) • Metronome volume (F6.1) • Touch sensitivity settings, including fixed volume (F6.8 and F6.9) 46 P-255 Owner's Manual