Adding Effects; Transposing - Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices

Adding effects

Using the digital piano's Effect function, you can add
a range of different audio effects to individual Voices.
Whenever you select a Voice, the most suitable effect
will be automatically set; however, you can freely set
the effect type and depth.
Setting the effect type
Whenever you press and release the [EFFECT] but-
ton, the current effect type will be shown on the dis-
play. You can then cycle through the different types by
pressing the [EFFECT] button the required number of
times.
Effect types
Display Type
This setting can be used to make the Voice
Et1
Chorus
sound thicker and wider.
This setting adds a distinctive sweeping
Et2
Phaser
effect to the sound.
This setting can be used to add a shudder-
Et3
Tremolo
ing volume effect.
Rotary This setting produces the vibrato effect of a
Et4
speaker rotary speaker.
With this setting, no effect is applied to the
OFF
Off Voice and the [EFFECT] button's light will
go out.
Adjusting the effect depth
You can change the setting by pressing the [-/NO] and
[+/YES] buttons with the [EFFECT] button held
down.
• Available settings: 0 (no effect) to 20 (maximum reverb depth)
To restore the Voice to its default effect depth, press
the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons together with the
[EFFECT] button held down.
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Description

Transposing

The Transpose function allows you to shift the pitch
of both the keyboard and song playback. In this way,
you can match your playing to the key of another
instrument or a singer without having to change what
you actually play on the keyboard. Transpose settings
are made in semitone units. For example, if you set the
transpose amount to "5," the key C will produce the
pitch F. You could, therefore, play a song as if it was
in C major and the digital piano would transpose it to
the key of F major.
Setting the transpose amount
Use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons while holding
down the [TRANSPOSE] button to set the transpose
amount in semitone units. To restore the non-trans-
posed default setting (0), press the [-/NO] and
[+/YES] buttons together with the [TRANSPOSE]
button held down.
• Available settings: -12 (one octave lower) to 0 (normal pitch)
to 12 (one octave higher)
Turning transpose on and off
You can press the [TRANSPOSE] button to toggle
transpose on and off. The button will light up when
the instrument is being transposed. Its light will go out
when transpose is turned off or the transpose amount
is 0.
NOTE
• The playback of audio songs cannot be transposed.
5
Transpose amount