User Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices
P-255 Owner’s Manual
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3
Select a Voice for the right side.
Use the corresponding Voice button to make your
selection.
4
Select 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 mode, the Voices’ octave
settings and volume balance in addition to their
reverb and effect types and depths will be auto-
matically optimized. If necessary, however, you
can change these settings using the corresponding
Function parameters (page 40). Furthermore,
these settings can be changed individually for the
left and right Voices.
5
Leave Split mode.
Press the [SPLIT] button once again and verify
that its light goes out.
Using the digital piano’s Reverb function, you can add
reverberation similar to that of a concert hall to indi-
vidual Voices. Whenever you select a Voice, the most
suitable reverb will be automatically set; however, you
can freely set the reverb type and depth.
Setting the reverb type
Whenever you press and release the [REVERB] but-
ton, the current reverb type will be shown on the dis-
play. You can then cycle through the different types by
pressing the [REVERB] button the required number
of times.
Reverb types
Setting the reverb depth
You can change the setting by pressing the [-/NO] and
[+/YES] buttons with the [REVERB] button held
down.
•Available settings: 0 (no effect) to 20 (maximum reverb depth)
To restore the Voice to its default reverb depth, press
the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons together with the
[REVERB] button held down.
Adding reverb
Display Type Description
rt1
Room
This setting adds a continuous reverb
effect similar to the acoustic reverberation
you would hear in a small room.
rt2
Hall 1
This setting simulates the natural reverber-
ation of a small concert hall.
rt3
Hall 2
This setting simulates the natural reverber-
ation of a large concert hall.
rt4
Stage
This setting reproduces a reverb effect sim-
ilar to that of a live music environment.
OFF
Off
With this setting, no reverb is applied to the
Voice and the [REVERB] button’s light will
go out. Even in this situation, however, a
soundboard resonance effect similar to that
of an acoustic piano will still be applied to
certain Voices—specifically, Grand Piano,
Live Grand, Ballad Grand, and Bright
Grand.