Congratulations! …and thank you for purchasing the
Yamaha P-200. The P-200 is a high-performance
electronic piano with full-scale, weighted action
keyboard, a selection of high quality piano and other
useful instrument voices, and versatile performance and
other advanced features which make it ideal for
professional stage and studio applications, as well as for
home entertainment and music study use. The P-200’s
main features include:
■High quality AWM piano
and other sounds
The P-200 features a selection of twelve high quality instrument
voices generated by Yamaha’s patented AWM (Advanced Wave
Memory) sound generation technology. There are several piano
sounds—including a concert grand piano, with full-bodied bass
tones and reverberating high notes, that accurately captures the
natural characteristics of a real grand piano—plus various electric
pianos, vibes, organ combinations, strings and electric and upright
bass. With a maximum simultaneous “polyphonic” note output of
64 notes, the P-200 delivers uncompromising performance
capabilities.
■Organ combination editing
The P-200 comes equipped with two preset organ voices, plus
organ combination editing features which let you create your own
organ sounds and store them in Performances for instant recall.
The organ combination editing features give you precise control
over flute footages as well as attack settings.
■Digital signal processing
The P-200 has a built-in digital signal processor that lets you apply
stereo reverb, chorus, symphonic and tremolo effects to the
voices, and lets you tailor the quality of the voices to suit your
needs with an internal equalizer, as well as a three-band graphic
equalizer on the upper panel.
■Touch-sensitive keyboard with
velocity scaling
The P-200’s full-range 88-key, weighted action piano keyboard
incorporates Yamaha’s unique Graded Hammer Effect keyboard
technology, which gives it the genuine feel and response of a real
piano keyboard. You can even adjust the keyboard’s sensitivity
level, or velocity scaling, to suit your playing style, for both internal
tone generator and MIDI message transmission.
■Dual and Split voice modes
The P-200’s Dual and Split modes let you play two voices at once,
a “main” voice and a “sub” voice, either by layering the two voices
of your choice (Dual mode) or by assigning a different voice to
each end of the keyboard (Split mode). In Split mode, the key
transposition values can be set independently for both main and
sub voices.
■ One-touch Performance recall
The P-200 features a Performance Play mode that lets you store
up to 24 Performances, or configurations of all voice, MIDI and
other parameter settings, for recall at the touch of a button. This
lets you instantly change your sound and entire setup as you play,
or between songs in a live set. The P-200 is set at the factory with
24 Preset Performances, but you can overwrite them and store
User Performances which you create yourself. The P-200 features
extensive editing and storing capabilities.
■ Master keyboard features
The P-200 offers many of the control features standard in a MIDI
master keyboard, including velocity sensitivity, pitch bend and
modulation wheels, an assignable CS (continuous slider), program
change send and receive capabilities, MIDI transpose and merge
functions, and bulk dumping and multitimbral capabilities. It even
lets you set separate MIDI transmit/receive channels for the main
and sub voices. Plus, the P-200 gives you the option of
connecting a foot controller (FC) that can be assigned MIDI and
other functions in the same manner as the CS. With its powerful
MIDI capabilities, the P-200 can easily serve as at the heart of an
expanded MIDI system.
5
INTRODUCTION
How to Use this Manual
This owner’s manual is organized and designed to help you get set up
and begin enjoying the P-200 as quickly as possible, as well as to
easily locate and learn about any feature you need.
The GETTING STARTEDsection briefly but thoroughly explains the
proper procedure for setting up the instrument, listening to the on-
board Demo songs, and exploring the basic voices.
The VOICE PLAY MODE, PERFORMANCE PLAY MODEand
EDIT MODEsections include explanations of each feature and step-
by-step details about how to access and manipulate the many
parameters.
An APPENDIXprovides Voice and Performance lists and other
technical information, including descriptions of error messages and a
troubleshooting guide, plus MIDI specifications and other MIDI related
information.
Finally, an alphabetical INDEXlets you quickly reference the page
number of any feature you want to locate.
Special Symbols
Throughout this manual two special symbols are used to connote
additional information.
Indicates an important cautionary note for the feature being described.
Indicates a supplementary explanation for the feature being described.
NOTE
CAUTION