Adding Reverb - Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

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Select a Voice for the right side.
Use the corresponding Voice button to make your
selection.
4
Select a Voice for the left side.
Use the corresponding Voice button with the
[SPLIT] button held down to make your selection.
(Whenever the [SPLIT] button is being held
down, the Voice button corresponding to the left
side's Voice will light up.)
Play the keyboard and listen to the sounds pro-
duced.
When you activate Split mode, the Voices' octave
settings and volume balance in addition to their
reverb and effect types and depths will be auto-
matically optimized. If necessary, however, you
can change these settings using the corresponding
Function parameters (page 40). Furthermore,
these settings can be changed individually for the
left and right Voices.
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Leave Split mode.
Press the [SPLIT] button once again and verify
that its light goes out.

Adding reverb

Using the digital piano's Reverb function, you can add
reverberation similar to that of a concert hall to indi-
vidual Voices. Whenever you select a Voice, the most
suitable reverb will be automatically set; however, you
can freely set the reverb type and depth.
Setting the reverb type
Whenever you press and release the [REVERB] but-
ton, the current reverb type will be shown on the dis-
play. You can then cycle through the different types by
pressing the [REVERB] button the required number
of times.
Reverb types
Display Type
This setting adds a continuous reverb
rt1
Room effect similar to the acoustic reverberation
you would hear in a small room.
This setting simulates the natural reverber-
rt2
Hall 1
ation of a small concert hall.
This setting simulates the natural reverber-
rt3
Hall 2
ation of a large concert hall.
This setting reproduces a reverb effect sim-
rt4
Stage
ilar to that of a live music environment.
With this setting, no reverb is applied to the
Voice and the [REVERB] button's light will
go out. Even in this situation, however, a
soundboard resonance effect similar to that
OFF
Off
of an acoustic piano will still be applied to
certain Voices—specifically, Grand Piano,
Live Grand, Ballad Grand, and Bright
Grand.
Setting the reverb depth
You can change the setting by pressing the [-/NO] and
[+/YES] buttons with the [REVERB] button held
down.
• Available settings: 0 (no effect) to 20 (maximum reverb depth)
To restore the Voice to its default reverb depth, press
the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons together with the
[REVERB] button held down.
Selecting & Playing Voices
Description
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