Features - Yamaha YDP-131 Owner's Manual

Features

The Yamaha YDP-131/YDP-213 digital piano features a special "GHS (Graded Hammer Standard)" keyboard that offers
natural grand-piano type playability.
This keyboard adheres to the basic principle of the "Graded Hammer" keyboard, which was developed through extensive
research for the best grand piano sound, while providing a weighted keyboard response that is graduated from the low range
to the high range (i.e., lower keys are weighted more heavily). As a result, the YDP-131/YDP-213 provides unmatched sonic
realism and natural grand-piano type playability.
The sound source of the YDP-131/YDP-213 uses Yamaha's original "AWM Stereo Sampling" tone-generation technology
for rich and musical voices.
Two of the piano voices, "Grand Piano 1" and "Grand Piano 2," feature totally new samples recorded from a full-size con-
cert grand piano. The "Electric Piano" voice features multiple samples for different velocities (Dynamic Sampling); that
is, different samples are used depending on how fast or strong you strike the keys.
This digital piano sounds much closer to a true acoustic piano.
[PHONES]
A set of standard stereo
headphones can be plugged
in here for private practice
(page 12).
[DEMO/SONG]
Listen to the playback of a demo song for
each voice and 50 piano preset songs
(page 15).
[PIANO/VOICE]
Select one of 6 internal sounds, including
Grand Piano 1 and 2 (page 18).
You can also layer two voices together
(page 21) or select various reverb effects
(page 20).
[REC]
Record your performance (page 25).
[PLAY]
Play back your recorded performance
(page 26).
MIDI [IN/OUT]
Connect a MIDI device to this connector to use various MIDI functions
(pages 27–28). (Connecting MIDI Instruments—page 27)
MIDI
OUT IN
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PEDAL
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[PEDAL]
Connect the pedal cord
(page 35).
[SELECT]
Select a demo song for each voice, or
one of the 50 piano preset songs
(page 15 and 16). You can also select a
different voice while the song playback is
stopped.
[METRONOME]
Control the metronome functions (page
23).
[MASTER VOLUME]
Adjust the volume level using this control
(page 12).
YDP-131/YDP-213
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