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IMPORTANT
Check your power supply
Make sure that your local AC mains
on the name plate on the bottom
tor 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.
panel. In some areas a voltage selec-
voltage matches the voltage specified
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “danger- ous 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. The exclamation point within an equilateral tri- DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). angle is intended to alert the user to the presence NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. of importan
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lntroduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha YPP-50 Personal Electronic Piano. Your KEYBOARD STAND MIDI Transmit & Receive Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced ASSEMBL Y ..................................... 2 Channel Selectio n ..................... . 10 Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, it will give you many years TAKING CARE OF YOUR Local Control ON/OF F . 11 of musical pleasure. PERSONAL ELECTRONIC 11 Program Change ON/OFF ...... . l Yamah
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KEYBOARD STAND ASSEMBLY N O TE: 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 upside- down on a soft, non-abrasive surface such as a clean rug or blanket to prevent scratches to the
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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. Finally, turn the entire ass
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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 2 . Always turn the POWER switch OFF after use, and cover the keyboard with the supplied cover. 3 . Clean the cabinet and keys of your Personal Electronic Piano with a clean, slightly
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Voice Selectors OPTIONAL IN L/R and OUT L/R Jacks The YPP-50 has eight voice selectors. Simply press any of These jacks are intended primarily for use with Yamaha EM- the voice selectors to select the corresponding voice. The series Expander Modules such as the EME-1 Reverb Box, LED indicator above the voice selector will light to indicate EMT-1 FM Sound Box, EMT-10 AWM Sound Box and which voice is currently selected. EMR-1 Drum Box. In the case of the EME-1 Reverb Box, for example, the OPTIONAL
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2. Initially set the MASTER VOLUME control about three ENJOY THE DEMONSTRATION quarters of the way towards the “MAX” setting. Then, when you start playing, adjust the VOLUME control for the most 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 l Th
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Note : Recording can not be activatedif the YPP-60 Multi-Timbre PITCH CONTROL Mode is engaged (see “The Multi-Timbre Mode” in the “MIDI FUNCTIONS” section of this manual-page 101. Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Personal Electronic Recording Piano over a ±50-cent range in approximately 3-cent intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range 1. Set the Record Ready Mode provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of Press the PERFORMANCE MEMORY REC b
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Program Change Numbers MIDI FUNCTIONS The YPP-50 transmits a MIDI program number between 0 and 14 when one of its voice selectors is pressed. This normally causes the correspondingly numbered voice or program to be A Brief Introduction to MIDI selected on a receiving MIDI device. The Personal Electronic Piano will respond in the same way, automatically selecting MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world- the appropriate voice when a MIDI program change number standard communicat
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Setting the Personal Electronic Piano MIDI Channels Turning Local Control ON or OFF . Press and hold the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 1 1 . Hold down the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the desired 2 . Press the PIANO voice selector. If the PIANO LED is lit MIDI transmit or receive channel.* when the PIANO voice selector is pressed; you have turned local control OFF. If the PIANO LED is not lit when the 3. Release the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. PIANO voice selector
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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- Memory Box. 1 CHAN. VOICE CHAN. VOICE 1 PIANO 6 2 E.PIANO 7 P.ORGAN 3 8 BASS HARPSI 4 9 PIANO 5 BRASS 10 PIANO The Multi-Timbre mode can be activated as follows: 1 . Hold down the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the VIBES voice selector. If the VIBES LED
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TROUBLESHOOTING MIDI DATA FORMAT If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check If you’re already very familiar with MIDI, or are using a com- the following points before assuming that your Personal Elec- puter to control your music hardware with computer-generated tronic Piano is faulty. MIDI messages, the data provided in this section can help you to control the Personal Electronic Piano. 1. No Sound When the Power is Turned ON Is the AC plug properly connected to an AC wall o
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* Specifications subject to change without notice. SPECIFICATIONS YPP-50 KEYBOARD 76 KEYS (E 0 ~ G 6 ) VOICE SELECTORS PIANO, E.PIANO, HARPSICHORD, VIBES, STRINGS, BRASS, P.ORGAN, BASS OTHER CONTROLS MASTER VOLUME, MIDI/TRANSPOSE, METRONOME, TEMPO PERFORMANCE MEMORY REC/PLAY, DEMO JACKS/CONNECTORS HEADPHONES, OPTIONAL IN L/R, OPTIONAL OUT L/R, MIDI IN/OUT DAMPER , INPUT & OUTPUT OPTIONAL OUT: 600 / 1 ~4 LEVEL/IMPEDANCE OPTIONAL IN: 22 k /–10 dBm (for nominal output level) MAIN AMPLIFIER SPE
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Date : 7/28, 1989 YAMAHA [ Personal Electronic Piano ] Version : 1.0 Model YPP50 MIDI Implementation Chart Remarks Function 1 1 Basic Default 1–16 1-16 Channel Changed 3 1 Default Messages X OMNIon, OMNIoff Mode X ************** 28-103 28-103 28-103 True Voice ************** O 9nH, v=1-127 O v=1-127 Velocity Note off X 9nH, v=0 X Key's X After X X X Ch's X X Pitch Bender 07 X Volume O 11 X Expression Control O 64 O O X O 67 Soft Pedal O Reset All 121 X 0-14 O 0-14 O # 0-14
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FCC INFORMATION (USA) 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 This series of Yamaha Personal Electronic Piano has been type-tested, and found to comply with the specifications set for a to provide a reasonable measure of protection against such interference. H
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