Yamaha P255 Manual

Setting Up
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To adjust the volume, use the [MASTER VOLUME] 
slider at the left of the co ntrol panel while playing the 
keyboard to check the setting. 
To set up the music rest, insert it into the groove at the 
back of the control panel. 
Your digital piano features two [PHONES] jacks, 
allowing two sets of headphones to be connected at 
the same time. If you wish to connect only one set, 
either of the jacks can be used. No sound will be out-
put from the instrument’s speakers when...

Setting Up
P-255 Owner’s Manual12 An LP-255 Pedal Unit (sol
d separately) can be con-
nected if you wish to play the digital piano using a full 
set of three pedals. In such  a case, please set up the 
instrument and pedal unit on an L-255 Keyboard 
Stand (sold separately).
Damper pedal
Located at the right of the pedal unit, the damper 
pedal allows notes played wh ile it is operated to sus-
tain for longer than normal  after you release the corre-
sponding keys. This pedal supports half-damper...

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Selecting & Playing Voices
Using the following procedure, you can select the 
instrument sound (such as piano or organ) to use when 
playing the keyboard. 
1Press a Voice button to select a Voice 
from the corresponding category. 
You can cycle through the category’s Voices by 
pressing the button multiple times. Refer to the 
Voice List (page 51) for details of the Voices 
included.
2Play the keyboard to hear how the 
selected Voice sounds. 
A number of demo songs have been...

Selecting & Playing Voices
P-255 Owner’s Manual14 Using Dual mode as described below, you can layer 
two Voices on the keyboard and play them together. 
By combining Voices of diff
erent types in this way, 
you can create a composite Voice of greater richness 
and texture. 
1Select the two Voices you wish to layer 
using the corresponding Voice buttons. 
Your digital piano will get the selected Voices 
ready for playing.
For details on selecting voices, see page 13. 
2Activate Dual mode. 
Press the Voice...

Selecting & Playing Voices
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3Select a Voice for the right side. 
Use the corresponding Voice button to make your 
selection. 
4Select 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 mo de, the Voices’ octave...

Selecting & Playing Voices
P-255 Owner’s Manual16 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]...

Selecting & Playing Voices
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Using the Tuning setting, yo u can fine tune the pitch 
of the entire instrument. This can be extremely useful 
when playing your digital piano along with other 
instruments or recorded music. 
Tuning is set using Function parameter  F1. Refer to 
page 41 for details. 
The degree to which the instrument reflects differ-
ences in the strength of your playing in the sound pro-
duced is referred to as to uch sensitivity, and this 
setting can be adjusted....

Selecting & Playing Voices
P-255 Owner’s Manual18 Using your instrument’s Sound Boost function when 
playing along with other instruments, you can raise its 
volume and enhance the presence of your perfor-
mance without making it an
y less expressive. This 
function is particularly useful when you want not only 
notes played very loud, but al so those played softly, to 
be clearly audible.
The [SOUND BOOST] button can be used to toggle 
this function on and off. The button will light up when 
the sound...

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Using the Metronome
Playing your digital piano along with the built-in metron ome is a great way to perfect your timing. The following 
describes how to use this function. 
1Turn on the metronome. 
Press the [METRONOME] button and verify that 
the metronome starts to play. 
Adjusting the tempo
You can adjust the metronome tempo using the 
[-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons with the [TEMPO] 
button held down. Settings between 5 and 500 
beats per minute (BPM) are supported. To restore 
the...

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Playing Rhythm Tracks
Your digital piano’s Rhythm function provides ten different rhythm tracks for you to play along with. The follow-
ing describes how to use this function. 
1Turn on a rhythm track. 
Press the [RHYTHM] button and verify that a 
rhythm track starts to play. If intro playback has 
been turned on using  the corresponding Function 
parameter (page 40), the rhythm track’s intro sec-
tion will be played first. 
Adjusting the tempo
You can adjust the rhythm track tempo...