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Voice List Voice button Voice name Display Touch sensitivity Grand Piano [PIANO] Live Grand Ballad Grand Bright Grand Stage E.Piano DX E.Piano [E.PIANO] Vintage E.Piano Synth Piano Jazz Organ 1 GP1 O GP2 O GP3 O GP4 O EP1 O EP2 O EP3 O EP4 O or1 - Jazz Organ 2 [ORGAN] or2 - Pipe Organ Principal or3 - Pipe Organ Tutti or4 - Harpsichord 8' CL1 - Harpsichord 8'+4' CL2 - [CLV./VIB.] Clavi CL3 O Vibraphone Strings Slow Strings Choir [OTHERS] Slow Choir Synth Pad Wood Bass Bass & Cymbal E.Bass CL4 O o1 O o2 O o3 O o4 O o5 O o6 O o7 O o8 O Stereo sampling O O O O - - - - - - O O O O - O O O - - - - - - Key-off sampling O - O O O - - - - - - - O O O Sustain sampling O - O O - - - - - - - - - - - String resonance Description This sound was sampled from a concert grand piano. It uses different samples depending on the strength of your playing and produces smoother tonal changes. Even the tonal changes produced by the damper pedal and the subtle O sounds of releasing a key are reproduced. The sympathetic vibration (string resonance) that occurs among the strings of an acoustic piano has also been simulated. Suitable not only for classical compositions but also for piano pieces of any style. - Spacious and clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular music. O Warm and soft piano sound. Good for relaxing music. O Bright piano sound. Good for clear expression and "cutting through" other instruments in an ensemble. The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck metal- lic "tines." Soft tone when played lightly, and an aggressive tone when played hard. An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. - Extremely "musical" response with varying timbre according to keyboard dynamics. Good for standard popular music. - A slightly different electric piano sound often heard in rock and popular music. A synth-generated type electronic piano sound often heard - in popular music. Used in the Dual mode it blends well with an acoustic piano Voice. The sound of a "tonewheel" type electric organ. Often heard - in jazz and rock music. The rotary speed of the "ROTARY SP" effect can be switched by using the left pedal. The sound of a "tonewheel" type electric organ without - attacks. Select the normal or variation Voice depending on the tunes. The rotary speed of the "ROTARY SP" effect can be switched by using the left pedal. - This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good for sacred music from the Baroque period. - This is the organ's full coupler sound often associated with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue." The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since harpsi- - chord uses plucked strings, there is no touch response. There is, however, a characteristic additional sound when the keys are released. - Mixes the same Voice an octave higher for a more brilliant tone. This is the voice of a keyboard that produces sound by striking the strings with magnetic pickups. This funky sound is - popular in black contemporary music. Because of its unique structure, the instrument produces a peculiar sound when you release the keys. - Vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets. The tone becomes more metallic the harder you play. Stereo-sampled, large-scale strings ensemble with realistic - reverb. Try combining this Voice with piano in the Dual mode. Spacious strings ensemble with a slow attack. Try combin- ing this Voice with a piano or electric piano in the Dual mode. - A big, spacious choir Voice. Perfect for creating rich harmonies in slow pieces. - A choir Voice with a slow attack. Try combining this Voice with a piano or electric piano in the Dual mode. - A warm, mellow, and spacious synth sound. Ideal for sustained parts in the background of an ensemble. - An upright bass played fingerstyle. Ideal for jazz and Latin music. - Adds a cymbal Voice to the bass sound. Ideal for walking bass lines in jazz tunes. - Electric bass for a wide range of music styles, jazz, rock, popular, and more. Key-off sampling: This feature reproduces the delicate noises produced when keys are released. Sustain sampling: This feature reproduces an authentic sustain sound when the damper pedal is pressed. String resonance: This feature simulates the string resonance of a real piano. P-255 Owner's Manual 51

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P-255
Owner’s Man
u
al
51
Voice List
Key-off sampling:
This feat
u
re reprod
u
ces the delicate noises prod
u
ced when keys are released.
Sustain sampling:
This feat
u
re reprod
u
ces an a
u
thentic s
u
stain so
u
nd when the damper pedal is pressed.
String resonance:
This feat
u
re sim
u
lates the string resonance of a real piano.
Voice
button
Voice name
Display
Touch
sensitivity
Stereo
sampling
Key-off
sampling
Sustain
sampling
String
resonance
Description
[PIA
N
O]
Grand Piano
GP1
O
O
O
O
O
This so
u
nd was sampled from a concert grand piano. It
u
ses different samples depending on the strength of yo
u
r
playing and prod
u
ces smoother tonal changes. E
v
en the
tonal changes prod
u
ced
b
y the damper pedal and the s
ub
tle
so
u
nds of releasing a key are reprod
u
ced. The sympathetic
v
i
b
ration (string resonance) that occ
u
rs among the strings of
an aco
u
stic piano has also
b
een sim
u
lated. S
u
ita
b
le not
only for classical compositions
bu
t also for piano pieces of
any style.
Li
v
e Grand
GP2
O
O
–
–
–
Spacio
u
s and clear piano with
b
right re
v
er
b
. Good for pop
u
-
lar m
u
sic.
Ballad Grand
GP3
O
O
O
O
O
Warm and soft piano so
u
nd. Good for relaxing m
u
sic.
Bright Grand
GP4
O
O
O
O
O
Bright piano so
u
nd. Good for clear expression and “c
u
tting
thro
u
gh” other instr
u
ments in an ensem
b
le.
[E.PIA
N
O]
Stage E.Piano
EP1
O
–
O
–
–
The so
u
nd of an electric piano
u
sing hammer-str
u
ck metal-
lic “tines.” Soft tone when played lightly, and an aggressi
v
e
tone when played hard.
DX E.Piano
EP2
O
–
–
–
–
An electronic piano so
u
nd created
b
y FM synthesis.
Extremely “m
u
sical” response with
v
arying tim
b
re according
to key
b
oard dynamics. Good for standard pop
u
lar m
u
sic.
Vintage E.Piano
EP3
O
–
–
–
–
A slightly different electric piano so
u
nd often heard in rock
and pop
u
lar m
u
sic.
Synth Piano
EP4
O
–
–
–
–
A synth-generated type electronic piano so
u
nd often heard
in pop
u
lar m
u
sic. Used in the D
u
al mode it
b
lends well with
an aco
u
stic piano Voice.
[ORGA
N
]
Jazz Organ 1
or1
–
–
–
–
–
The so
u
nd of a “tonewheel” type electric organ. Often heard
in jazz and rock m
u
sic. The rotary speed of the “ROTARY
SP” effect can
b
e switched
b
y
u
sing the left pedal.
Jazz Organ 2
or2
–
–
–
–
–
The so
u
nd of a “tonewheel” type electric organ witho
u
t
attacks. Select the normal or
v
ariation Voice depending on
the t
u
nes. The rotary speed of the “ROTARY SP” effect can
b
e switched
b
y
u
sing the left pedal.
Pipe Organ Principal
or3
–
O
–
–
–
This is a typical pipe organ so
u
nd (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet).
Good for sacred m
u
sic from the Baroq
u
e period.
Pipe Organ T
u
tti
or4
–
O
–
–
–
This is the organ’s f
u
ll co
u
pler so
u
nd often associated with
Bach’s “Toccata and F
u
g
u
e.”
[CLV./VIB.]
Harpsichord 8’
CL1
–
O
O
–
–
The definiti
v
e instr
u
ment for
b
aroq
u
e m
u
sic. Since harpsi-
chord
u
ses pl
u
cked strings, there is no to
u
ch response.
There is, howe
v
er, a characteristic additional so
u
nd when
the keys are released.
Harpsichord 8’+4’
CL2
–
O
O
–
–
Mixes the same Voice an octa
v
e higher for a more
b
rilliant
tone.
Cla
v
i
CL3
O
–
O
–
–
This is the
v
oice of a key
b
oard that prod
u
ces so
u
nd
b
y strik-
ing the strings with magnetic pick
u
ps. This f
u
nky so
u
nd is
pop
u
lar in
b
lack contemporary m
u
sic. Beca
u
se of its
u
niq
u
e
str
u
ct
u
re, the instr
u
ment prod
u
ces a pec
u
liar so
u
nd when
yo
u
release the keys.
Vi
b
raphone
CL4
O
O
–
–
–
Vi
b
raphone played with relati
v
ely soft mallets. The tone
b
ecomes more metallic the harder yo
u
play.
[OTHERS]
Strings
o 1
O
O
–
–
–
Stereo-sampled, large-scale strings ensem
b
le with realistic
re
v
er
b
. Try com
b
ining this Voice with piano in the D
u
al
mode.
Slow Strings
o 2
O
O
–
–
–
Spacio
u
s strings ensem
b
le with a slow attack. Try com
b
in-
ing this Voice with a piano or electric piano in the D
u
al
mode.
Choir
o 3
O
–
–
–
–
A
b
ig, spacio
u
s choir Voice. Perfect for creating rich harmo-
nies in slow pieces.
Slow Choir
o 4
O
–
–
–
–
A choir Voice with a slow attack. Try com
b
ining this Voice
with a piano or electric piano in the D
u
al mode.
Synth Pad
o 5
O
–
–
–
–
A warm, mellow, and spacio
u
s synth so
u
nd.
Ideal for s
u
stained parts in the
b
ackgro
u
nd of an ensem
b
le.
Wood Bass
o 6
O
–
–
–
–
An
u
pright
b
ass played fingerstyle. Ideal for jazz and Latin
m
u
sic.
Bass & Cym
b
al
o 7
O
–
–
–
–
Adds a cym
b
al Voice to the
b
ass so
u
nd. Ideal for walking
b
ass lines in jazz t
u
nes.
E.Bass
o 8
O
–
–
–
–
Electric
b
ass for a wide range of m
u
sic styles, jazz, rock,
pop
u
lar, and more.