P-200 Overview - Yamaha P-200 Owner's Manual

P-200 OVERVIEW

The Yamaha P-200 is a versatile electronic piano with very high fidelity piano and other sounds and the
genuine touch and response of a real piano.
In its simplest form of use, all you really need to do is switch it on and start playing! However, this is just barely
scratching the surface, since the P-200 has powerful performance and MIDI master keyboard capabilities.
Below is an overview of the basic operating modes and the system structure of the P-200, with explanations of
how the various features relate to each other during practical use of the instrument.
Voice Play and Performance Play Modes
The P-200 has two basic Play modes, Voice Play mode and Performance Play
mode. Within each mode are various Voice and Performance parameters, or settings
that you can change, which make up the sound of the selected voice and the
specific operating status of the P-200.
A group of overall System settings apply to both Voice Play and Performance Play
modes, and Edit mode lets you access and edit a wide variety of System and other
functions, as shown in the following illustration.
As the above illustration shows, the primary difference between Voice Play mode and
VOICE PLAY MODE
VOICE 01~12
Performance Play mode is:
In Voice Play mode, a single set of Performance parameter settings apply to any
voice (and its specified Voice parameter settings) which you select.
In Performance Play mode, a complete set of Performance parameters can be
configured specifically for any particular voice (and its specified Voice parameter
settings). The P-200 can store up to 24 Performances for instant recall.
Normally you will operate in Voice Play mode, Auto Store status (See "About Store
Type", next page)—as you select sounds and make parameter assignments as
dictated by your current music session. Then you can store those settings to any of
the 24 Performances, which you can then access at any time by the press of a
[PERFORMANCE SELECT] button in Performance Play mode. (You can also perform
bulk dump operations of Performance data to and from an external MIDI device such
as the Yamaha MDF3 MIDI Data Filer.)
SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE PLAY MODE
PERFORMANCE
PARAMETERS
EDIT MODE / STORE FUNCTIONS
PERF. A PERF. B
01~12 01~12
VOICE
PARAMETERS
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