Main Features - Yamaha Portatone EZ-250i Owner's Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha EZ-250i PortaTone!
You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound
and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features
also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument.
Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new EZ-250i in order to
take full advantage of its various features.

Main Features

The EZ-250i is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:
I Keyboard Mania................................................................................. page 3, 60
Included with the instrument (on CD-ROM) is the fun software program Keyboard Mania. Simply install it to
your computer (Windows only) and connect the instrument via USB cable — and play musical games and learn
songs the fun way.
I Stereo Sampled Piano .......................................................................... page 21
The EZ-250i has a special Portable Grand Piano Voice — created by state-of-the-art stereo sampling technology
and using Yamaha's sophiscated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system.
I Touch Response .................................................................................... page 27
The exceptionally natural Touch Response feature, with a convenient front panel on/off switch, gives you maximum
expressive level control over the voices. It also works in conjunction with the Dynamic Filter, which dynamically
adjusts the timbre or tone of a voice according to your playing strength — just a like a real musical instrument!
I Yamaha Education Suite ......................................................... pages 40, 42, 49
The EZ-250i features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology
to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!
I One Touch Setting ................................................................................. page 25
One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected Style
and Song.
I Powerful Speaker System
The built-in stereo amplifier/speaker system of the EZ-250i — with a special Bass Boost feature — provides excep-
tionally powerful, high-quality sound, letting you hear the full dynamic range of the EZ-250i's authentic voices.
I USB......................................................................................................... page 56
This enables you to connect the instrument directly to a computer, for recording your performances and playing
song data with the computer.
I Flash Memory ........................................................................................ page 58
The internal flash memory of the instrument lets you save song data from a computer. The songs saved to the
memory can then be used for playing and practice in the same way as the preset songs.
I GM System Level 1
"GM System Level 1" is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data
can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is
affixed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level.
I XGlite
As its name implies, "XGlite" is a simplified version of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. Natu-
rally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator. However, keep in mind that some songs
may play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.
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