YAMAHA ® AUTHORIZED PRODUCT MANUAL YPP-50 Personal Electronic Piano
IMPORTANT Check your power supply Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the rear panel of the main keyboard unit. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
lntroduction Contents Thank you for choosing a Yamaha YPP-50 Personal Electronic Piano. Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, it will give you many years of musical pleasure. l Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator system offers rich, realistic reproductions of digitally sampled keyboard sounds. l 8-note polyphony permits use of most standard playing techniques.
KEYBOARD STAND ASSEMBLY NOTE: Although the YPP-50 keyboard stand can be assembled by a single person, the job is much easier with two people. Open the box and remove all the parts. On opening the box you should find the parts shown in the illustration. Check to make sure that all the required parts, are provided. Invert the main unit (A). When main unit (A) is removed from the box, place it upsidedown on a soft, non-abrasive surface such as a clean rug or blanket to prevent scratches to the finish.
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Attach the stand assembly to the main unit (A). Turn the assembled stand upside down and place it on top of the main unit (which should also be upside-down) with the feet extending toward the keyboard side of the main unit. The tops of the side panels fit into the recessed areas at the ends of the main unit. Align the holes in the front and rear panel brackets with the holes in the bottom of the main unit, and firmly screw in the six short bolts through the brackets.
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TAKING CARE OF YOUR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PIANO Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument, and deserves the most careful treatment. Observe the following points and your Personal Electronic Piano will sound and look great for many years. 1. Never open the case and touch or tamper with the internal circuitry. 2. Always turn the POWER switch OFF after use, and cover the keyboard with the supplied cover. 3.
Voice Selectors The YPP-50 has eight voice selectors. Simply press any of the voice selectors to select the corresponding voice. The LED indicator above the voice selector will light to indicate which voice is currently selected. l The Bass Split Mode: The YPP-50 Bass Split Mode allows the BASS voice to be played on all keys to the left of and including the F# 2 key, and any other voice to played on all keys to the right of the F # 2 key.
ENJOY THE DEMONSTRATION To give you an idea of the YPP-50’s sophisticated capabilities, it is programmed with a demonstration sequence which plays automatically while demonstrating some of the instrument’s voices. Short segments of the following pieces are included: l 24 Preludes No. 15 in D flat major. “Raindrop” Op.28-15 by Chopin (PIANO voice). l The Harmonious Blacksmith by Händel (HARPSI voice). l Arabesque by Debussy (PIANO voice). l Fugue in G minor by Bach (P.ORGAN voice). 2.
PITCH CONTROL Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Personal Electronic Piano over a ±50-cent range in approximately 3-cent intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of approximately a semitone. Pitch control is useful for tuning the Personal Electronic Piano to match other instruments or recorded music. Tuning Up 1. To tune up (raise pitch), hold the E0 and F0 keys simultaneously. 2.
MIDI FUNCTIONS A Brief Introduction to MIDI MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a worldstandard communication interface that allows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another. This makes it possible to create “systems” of MIDI instruments and equipment that offer far greater versatility and control than is available with isolated instruments.
Setting the Personal Electronic Piano MIDI Channels 1. Press and hold the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the desired MIDI transmit or receive channel.* 3. Release the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. * Keys C 1 through D#2 on the keyboard are used to set the MIDI transmit channel, and keys C3 through D# 4 are used to turn the OMNI mode OFF and set the MIDI receive channel as shown in the illustration below. The E 4 key sets the OMNI receive mode and basic receive channel 1.
The Multi-Timbre Mode The Multi-Timbre mode is a special mode in which the Personal Electronic Piano voices can be independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1 through 10) by an external MIDI device such as the Yamaha EMQ-1 Memory Box. VOICE CHAN. CHAN. VOICE STRINGS 1 PIANO 6 2 7 P.ORGAN E.PIANO 8 BASS 3 HARPSI 4 VIBES 9 PIANO 10 5 BRASS PIANO The Multi-Timbre mode can be activated as follows: 1. Hold down the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the VIBES voice selector.
TROUBLESHOOTING MIDI DATA FORMAT If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check the following points before assuming that your Personal Electronic Piano is faulty. 1. No Sound When the Power is Turned ON Is the AC plug properly connected to an AC wall outlet? Check the AC connection carefully. Is the MASTER VOLUME control turned up to a reasonable listening level? 2.
* Specifications subject to change without notice. SPECIFICATIONS YPP-50 KEYBOARD 76 KEYS (E0~G 6 ) VOICE SELECTORS PIANO, E.PIANO, HARPSICHORD, VIBES, STRINGS, BRASS, P.
Date : 7/28, 1989 Version : 1.
FCC INFORMATION (USA) While the following statements are provided to comply with FCC Regulations in the United States, the corrective measures listed are applicable worldwide. This series of Yamaha Personal Electronic Piano uses frequencies that appear in the radio frequency range, and if installed in the immediate proximity of some types of audio or video devices within three meters (approximately ten feet), interference may occur.
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