Features - Yamaha YDP-223 Owner's Manual

Features

The Yamaha YDP-223 Digital Piano offers unmatched sonic realism and natural grand-piano type playability as well as
Yamaha's original "AWM Stereo Sampling" tone-generation technology for rich, musical voices, and a special "Graded
Hammer" keyboard that provides graded key weight and response throughout the keyboard range.
The YDP-223 Grand Piano 1 and 2 voices feature totally new samples painstakingly recorded from a full concert grand
piano.
TEMPO [▼] [▲]
You can change the song tempo (speed) and select
useful functions using this buttons (pages 34–44).
[METRONOME]
Control the metronome
functions (page 27).
[DEMO]
Demonstration play-
back is available for
each voice (page 16).
MIN MAX
TEMPO
MASTER VOLUME
START/STOP FUNCTION
MELLOW BRIGHT
BRILLIANCE DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION
[BRILLIANCE]
Adjust the brightness of the tone
using this slider (page 22).
[MASTER VOLUME]
Adjust the volume
level using this slider
(page 11).
OFF
ON
NORMAL
HP. SW
SPEAKER
PHONES
This switch turns the
internal speakers on
or off (page 12).
A set of standard stereo
headphones can be plug-
ged in here for private
practice (page 12).
The YDP-223 includes 50 preset songs.
This section enables you to listen to these songs, practice
using a convenient practice function, and record and play
back your performance (pages 17–20, 28–33).
Voice buttons
Select voices from 14 internal sounds including
Grand Piano 1 and 2 (page 21). You can also
combine two voices at the same time (page 26).
TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE
TRACK TRACK START/STOP
– /NO +/ YES PRESET 1 2
SONG
MIN MAX
TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE
MASTER VOLUME TEMPO
START/STOP FUNCTION – / NO
MELLOW BRIGHT
BRILLIANCE DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION
A-1 B-1 C0 D0 E0 F0 G0 A0 B0 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 A6 B6 C7
Connect recording equipment (such
as a cassette tape recorder) here to
record your performance (page 46).
LEVEL FIXED
R L R L/L+R R
AUX OUT AUX IN
Delivers the output of the
YDP-223 for connection to
an instrument amplifier,
mixing console, PA sys-
tem, or recording equip-
ment (page 47).
[REVERB] / [EFFECT]
Add reverb (reverberation) and
effects to the sound (pages 22, 23).
GRAND GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- HARPSI- VIBRA-
PIANO 1 PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD1 CHORD2 PHONE
ROOM
HALL 1
HALL 2
CHURCH CHURCH JAZZ STRINGS STRINGS
REC
ORGAN1 ORGAN2 ORGAN 1 2 CHOIR GUITAR STAGE
VOICE REVERB
GRAND GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- HARPSI- VIBRA-
PIANO 1 PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD 1 CHORD 2 PHONE
ROOM CHORUS
HALL 1 PHASER HARD
TRACK TRACK START/STOP REC CHURCH CHURCH JAZZ STRINGS STRINGS HALL 2 TREMOLO MEDIUM
+/ YES PRESET 1 2 ORGAN 1 ORGAN 2 ORGAN 1 2 CHOIR GUITAR STAGE DELAY SOFT ON
SONG VOICE REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE
This jack and selector switch allow direct con-
nection to a personal computer for sequencing
and other music applications (pages 48–51).
Mac MIDI
PC-1 PC-2
L/L+R
TO HOST HOST SELECT
Connect a MIDI device here to use
various MIDI functions (pages 41–43).
(About MIDI ➝ page 45)
[TRANSPOSE]
You can shift the pitch
of the entire keyboard
up or down so that the
pitch will match that of
another instrument or
singer, while you play
the same, unshifted
keys (page 25).
[TOUCH]
Fine-tune the
touch response
(page 24).
CHORUS
PHASER HARD
TREMOLO MEDIUM
DELAY SOFT ON
EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE
POWER
MIDI
THRU OUT IN
PEDAL
Connect the
pedal cord here
to use the YDP-
223's pedals
(page 47).
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