G Music Stand - Yamaha P-120 P-120S Owner's Manual

Thank you for choosing the Yamaha Electronic Piano P-120/P-120S. Your P-120/P-120S is a fine musical
instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your P-120/P-120S will
give you many years of musical pleasure.
G The P-120/P-120S Electronic Piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural
grand-piano type playability with Yamaha's original "AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling"
tone generation technology for rich, musical voices, and a special "Graded Hammer"
keyboard which provides graded key weight and response throughout the keyboard
range. The grand piano voices feature totally new samples painstakingly recorded
from a full concert grand piano.
Both GRAND PIANO 1 and 2 voices feature multiple velocity-switched samples
(Dynamic Sampling), a "Soundboard Reverb" effect that accurately simulates the res-
onance of a piano soundboard and "Key-off Samples" that add the subtle sound pro-
duced when the keys are released. They also feature special "Sustain Samples" that
recreate the unique resonance produced by an acoustic grand piano's soundboard
and strings when its damper pedal is pressed.
G Dual mode allows 2 voices to be played simultaneously.
G Split mode allows different voices to be played by the left and right hands.
G The sustain pedal includes a natural resonance effect for the piano voices, simulating
the string and sound-board resonance of acoustic pianos.
G Metronome feature with variable tempo facilitates practice.
G A two-track digital recorder allows the recording and playback of anything you play on
the keyboard. Up to three user songs can be recorded and stored in the P-120/P-
120S.
G MIDI compatibility and a range of MIDI functions make the P-120/P-120S useful in a
range of advanced MIDI music systems.
G Built-in computer interface for direct connection to personal computers running
advanced music software.
In order to make the most of your P-120/P-120S's performance potential and features, we urge you to read
this Owner's Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.
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Included Accessories
G Owner's Manual

G Music Stand

G Pedal
G PA-300 AC Adaptor (included or optional depending on locale)
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