Table Of Contents - Yamaha Portatone EZ-250i Owner's Manual

Panel Controls and Terminals ........................ 8
Setting Up....................................................... 10
• Power Requirements ........................................10
• Turning On the Power.......................................11
• Accessory Jacks ...............................................11
Quick Guide
Step 1 Voices ........................................................... 12
Step 2 Songs............................................................ 14
Step 3 Style ............................................................. 16
Basic Operation and LCD Display................ 18
Portable Grand............................................... 21
• Playing the Portable Grand...............................21
• Using the Metronome .......................................21
Playing Voices ............................................... 23
• Playing a Voice .................................................23
• #000 OTS .........................................................25
• Dual Voice ........................................................25
• Split Voice.........................................................26
• Setting the Split Point .......................................26
• Touch and Touch Sensitivity.............................27
• Transpose and Tuning......................................28
• Light Guide On and Off.....................................28
Effects............................................................. 29
• Harmony ...........................................................29
• Reverb ..............................................................29
• Chorus ..............................................................30
• Sustain..............................................................30
Selecting and Playing Styles ........................ 33
• Selecting a Style ...............................................33
• Playing the Styles .............................................34
• Changing the Tempo ........................................38
• Accompaniment Sections
(Main A/B and Fill-ins) ......................................39
• Adjusting the Style Volume...............................39
• Using Auto Accompaniment -
Multi Fingering ..................................................40
• Dictionary..........................................................42
Selecting and Playing Songs........................ 45
• Selecting a Song...............................................45
• Playing the Songs.............................................46
• A-B Repeat .......................................................47
• Melody Voice Change.......................................48
• Adjusting the Song Volume ..............................48
Contents
Song Lesson .................................................. 49
• Using the Lesson Feature ................................ 49
• Select the Lesson Track................................... 51
• Lesson 1 - Timing .......................................... 51
• Lesson 2 - Waiting ......................................... 52
• Lesson 3 - Minus One.................................... 52
• Lesson 4 - Both Hands .................................. 53
12 • Grade ............................................................... 53
MIDI Functions ............................................... 54
• What Is MIDI? .................................................. 54
• Connecting to a Personal Computer ................ 56
• Local Control .................................................... 57
• External Clock .................................................. 57
• Using Initial Setup Send with a Sequencer ...... 57
• PC Mode .......................................................... 58
• Loading a Song into
EZ-250i's Flash Memory .................................. 58
Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide........ 60
• Contents of CD-ROM ....................................... 60
• CD-ROM Installation Procedure....................... 60
• Minimum System Requirements ...................... 61
• For Windows Users .......................................... 61
• For Macintosh Users ........................................ 63
• Setting up OMS ................................................ 64
Function.......................................................... 66
• Using the Function parameters ........................ 66
Data Backup ................................................... 68
Troubleshooting............................................. 69
Voice List ........................................................ 70
Style List ......................................................... 75
Drum Kit List .................................................. 76
MIDI Implementation Chart ........................... 78
Effect map....................................................... 80
Specifications................................................. 81
Index................................................................ 82
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