Yamaha Tyros 2 Manual

							Starting Up
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Raising and Closing the Display Panel
The Tyros2 features a semi-detachable display panel that can be tilted and adjusted—with four different latch points—
to the most convenient viewing angle. 
■ Raising the Display Panel........................................................................
Unfasten the lock located at the back of the display panel. Then lift the panel and tilt it 
toward you.
The panel will click as you tilt it back; these clicks are the four latched positions. Once 
you’ve reached a satisfactory position, release the panel. It will gently fall back to the 
nearest latched position.
■ Closing the Display Panel........................................................................
To return the panel to its closed and locked position, gently pull it back toward you until 
the position is vertical, then push it down until it locks into place. 
Setting the LCD contrast 
						

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Quick Guide
Turning the Power On and Playing the Demos
Turning the Power On and Viewing the Main Display
After setting up the instrument and making all necessary connections, turn the Power On by 
pressing the [POWER ON/OFF] switch (page 20). 
An Opening “splash” display appears, followed by the Main display—which is the “home base” 
screen, showing the basic settings and important information for the instrument.
See below for details on each part of the Main display. Relevant page numbers for each are 
included.
q
Transpose .............................................................. Page 88
wOctave.................................................................... Page 27
eRegistration Sequence (displayed only when 
Registration Sequence Enable is set to on) ......... Page 173
rAudio song title selected in the Hard Disk Recorder 
function (The “Basic/Playlist” indicator status depends 
on the active mode, Basic or Playlist.) ................. Page 147
tSong ...................................................................... Page 43
yCurrent position (bar/beat/tempo) in song 
playback or style playback ............................. Pages 31, 43
uStyle and chord root/type ...................................... Page 31
iInternet Direct Connection................................... Page 197
oMulti Pad Bank ...................................................... Page 38
!0Split point............................................................... Page 27
!1Right voices 1-3 ....................................... Pages 25, 26, 80
!2Left voice ............................................................... Page 27
!3Registration Memory Bank and selected 
Registration Memory ............................................. Page 53
!4Simple level mixer (BALANCE) ............................. Page 36
The Tyros2 features an exten-
sive variety of Demo songs that 
showcase its rich, authentic 
voices and its dynamic 
rhythms and styles.
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Changing the Language
The Tyros2 can display text in any one of five languages—English, German, French, Spanish and 
Italian. Text is used for the Demos (page 24) and the display messages (page 69). Select the 
desired language by following the instructions below.
1Press the [FUNCTION] button.
2Press the [I] button to select UTILITY. 
3Use the [TAB] buttons to select the OWNER tab. 
4Use the [4] [5] buttons to select the desired language.  
						

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Playing the Demos
The Demos are more than just songs—they also provide helpful, easy-to-understand introductions to the features, functions and 
operations of the Tyros2. In a way, the Demos are an interactive “mini-manual” complete with sound demonstrations and text 
explaining how to use the instrument and showing what it can do for you.
1Press the [DEMO] button to start repeated playback of the Demo’s 
Overview menu displays.
The demo song plays back repeatedly, calling up the various displays in sequence.
2Use the [7] [8] buttons to select specific Demo topics from the 
Overview menu displays. 
3Press any of the LCD buttons to call up the display of the corre-
sponding function.
When the demo has more than one screen, press one of the LCD [1]–[8] buttons corre-
sponding to the screen number. 
4Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Demo. 
						

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Selecting a Voice (RIGHT 1) and playing the keyboard
1Turn the RIGHT 1 part on by pressing the [PART ON/OFF] button. 
2Press one of the [VOICE] buttons to call up the Voice selection dis-
play. 
3Select a Voice. 
4Play the selected voice. 
● To display the voice explanations (Voice Information)
Press the upper [6] button to display the explanation for the selected voice. To close the 
explanation, press the [EXIT] button.
● To listen to the demo songs for each voice
Press the lower [8] button to start the demo for the selected voice. To stop the demo, press 
the lower [8] button again.
The Tyros2 has a huge selection of 
various musical instrument voices 
which you can play. Try out the differ-
ent voices on your own—checking 
the voice name printed above each 
VOICE button on the panel, or refer-
ring to the voice list in the separate 
Data List booklet.
If necessary, use 
the [TAB] buttons 
to call up the 
PRESET page.
•The voice selection display shown 
here is called the “Open/Save” 
display for the voice. The Open/
Save display actually has two dif-
ferent display modes: 1) a direct 
selection display (shown at left), 
and 2) a numeric input display that 
lets you select the voice by input-
ting the voice number (file number 
in the folder). For details, see 
page 77. 
•You can set Voice Open/Save dis-
play to automatically open with the 
currently selected voice (when 
one of the [VOICE] buttons is 
pressed) via the Voice Category 
Button Options setting (page 193).
NOTE
•  The voice selected here is called 
voice RIGHT 1.
See page 80 for more information 
on voice RIGHT 1.
NOTE
•  Not all voices have explanations. 
When a voice containing the 
explanation is selected, [INFOR-
MATION] is displayed on the lower 
of the LCD.
NOTE
Reference on page 84Playing Voices 
						

							Playing Voices
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Playing Two or Three Voices Simultaneously
1Turn the RIGHT 2 part on by pressing the [PART ON/OFF] button. 
2Press one of the [VOICE] buttons to call up the Voice selection dis-
play.
Do this in the same way as you did in step #2 on page 25.
3Select a Voice.
Do this in the same way as you did in step #3 on page 25.
4Play the selected voices. 
The voice selected for RIGHT 1 (page 25) and the voice selected here are sounded 
simultaneously in a layer.
Voice RIGHT 3 can be set in the same way described above, by using the [RIGHT 3] 
button instead.
Try out some of the other voices...
For the characteristics of each voice, call up the corresponding information 
window (see page 25).
Category Voice Name
PIANO Live! GrandPiano
E.PIANOCool! SparkleStack
Cool! SuitcaseEP
ORGANS.Articulation! JazzRotary
Cool! CurvedBars
STRINGSS.Articulation! ConcertStrings
Live! Spiccato
Sweet! Violin
CHOIRLive! GospelVoices
DreamHeaven
BRASSS.Articulation! BigBandBrass
S.Articulation! BrassFalls f
TRUMPETS.Articulation! Trumpet
S.Articulation! GoldenTrumpet
SAXOPHONES.Articulation! Saxophone
Sweet! SopranoSax
FLUTE&CLARINETSweet! Flute
Sweet! Oboe
Sweet! PanFlute
GUITARS.Articulation! ConcertGuitar
S.Articulation! SteelGuitar
S.Articulation! WarmSolid
S.Articulation! HeavyRock
PERC&DRUMLive!Drums PowerKit1 / PowerKit2
Live!SFX PopLatinKit
ACCORDIONFrenchMusette
Sweet! Harmonica
PAD S.Articulation! MagicBell
SYNTH Oxygen
•The voice selected here is called 
voice RIGHT 2.
See page 80 for more information 
on voice RIGHT 2.
NOTE 
						

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Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands
1Turn the LEFT part on by pressing the appropriate [PART ON/OFF] 
button. 
2Press one of the [VOICE] buttons to call up the Voice selection dis-
play.
Do this in the same way as you did in step #2 on page 25.
3Select a Voice.
Do this in the same way as you did in step #3 on page 25.
4Play the selected voices. 
The notes you play with your left hand sound one voice, while the notes you play with 
your right sound a different voice (or voices). 
Voices RIGHT 1–3 are meant to be played with the right hand. Voice LEFT is played 
with the left hand.
Adjusting the Octave Setting
The [UPPER OCTAVE] button allows the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, and RIGHT 3 parts to be simul-
taneously transposed up or down by one octave. 
Split Point
Voice RIGHT 1, 2, 3
(UPPER)Voice LEFT
(LOWER)
•The point on the keyboard that 
separates voice LEFT, RIGHT 3 
and RIGHT 1–2 is called the “split 
point.” 
Refer to page 158 for instructions 
on setting the split point.
NOTE
•Press the [+] and [-] buttons simul-
taneously to instantly reset the 
octave value to 0.
NOTE 
						

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Organ Flutes
The Tyros2 uses advanced digital modeling technology to recreate the legendary sound of vintage 
organs. Just as on a traditional organ, you can create your own sound by increasing and decreas-
ing the levels of the flute footages.
1Press the [ORGAN FLUTES] button to call up the Organ Flutes 
voice selection display.
2Select the desired Organ voice and play the keyboard. 
3Press the upper [5] button to call up the display for adjusting vari-
ous parameters of the Organ Flutes voice. Use the LCD [1]–[8] but-
tons to adjust the footage settings.
4Try out some of the other Organ Flutes voices.
CAUTION
You can select the 
desired footage (16 or 
5 1/3) with the [D] but-
ton. Use LCD [1] but-
ton to adjust the 16 or 
5 1/3 footage. Use these to select 
the desired page of 
parameters.
The footage settings determine the basic sound of the 
organ flutes.
The term “footage” is a reference to the sound generation 
of traditional pipe organs, in which the sound is produced 
by pipes of different lengths (in feet).
If you wish to store the set-
tings here, make sure to 
save the settings as a User 
Voice before selecting 
another voice or turning 
the power off (page 75). 
						

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Collecting your favorite voices to the User drive or external devices
The Tyros2 has a huge amount of high-quality voices, covering an exceptionally broad range of 
instrument sounds—making it perfect for virtually every musical application. However, the sheer 
number of voices may seem overwhelming at first. That’s why we’ve decided to show you this 
somewhat advanced technique for gathering together the voices you like to use the most, and 
putting them in one easy-to-use location.
To start with, you should know a little about the Memory Drives and the Open/Save display 
(explained briefly below). Should you want to know more, details are given on page 71. For the 
moment, though, keep in mind that the User drive, USB drive and Hard Disk drive are memory 
locations that you can use to store and recall your important data.
● Memory Drive Types
● Open/Save display
........... From this type of display you can select (open) various files—such as 
voices, (pages 25–28), styles (page 31), songs (page 43), and Reg-
istration Memory banks (page 53)—as well as save the various files 
to the User drive, USB drive and Hard Disk drive.
1Press the [USER DRIVE] button to call up the Voice selection 
(Open/Save) display for the User drive.
In this case, any keyboard part (RIGHT 1–3) can be selected.
2From this display (path), make a new folder to which your favorite 
voices are to be saved.
PRESET driveInternal memory drive to which the pre-programmed voices are installed as 
preset voices.
USER driveInternal memory that allows both reading and writing of data. 
HD (Hard Disk) drive (optional)For transferring data to and from a hard disk drive installed to the instrument.
USB drive (optional)For transferring data to and from a connected USB storage device.
The new folder is created. 
You can name the new folder from the pop-
up window that appears at the bottom of 
the LCD display. 
For details about naming, see page 76.  Press the [FOLDER] LCD button 
(lower [7] button). Press the [OK] LCD button (upper 
[8] button).  
						

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3Copy your favorite voices from the Preset drive to the User drive.
In this case, any keyboard part (RIGHT 1–3) can be selected.
4Repeat step #3 as often as necessary until all your favorite voices 
are contained in this display.
Also try copying preset voice(s) to the external device in the same way as explained 
here.
Press the [COPY] 
LCD button (lower 
[3] button). 
Press the [OK] 
LCD button (lower 
[7] button). 
The Voice located in the PRESET 
drive is copied to the USER drive.  Select the folder created in step #2. Press the 
[TAB] button. 
Select the voice(s) to be copied.