Yamaha YPT - 200 User Manual

PSR-E203/YPT-200   Owner’s Manual

Power Requirements ................................................. 8
Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) . 9
Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack) ................. 9
Using the MIDI Terminals .......................................... 9
Turn on the power ...................................................... 9

Turn the power on and adjust the volume................ 12
Try playing a variety of instrument Voices ............... 13
Playing the Grand Piano Voice ................................ 14
Drum kits .................................................................. 14

Selecting a rhythm of a Style ................................... 21
Playing with a Style .................................................. 22

Basic Operation ....................................................... 24
Display ..................................................................... 26

Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) ........................................ 27
Lesson 2 (Timing) .................................................... 29
Lesson 3 (Waiting) ................................................... 30

Changing the Melody Voice ..................................... 31
Song Volume ........................................................... 31
Mute ......................................................................... 32
Practice Makes Perfect ............................................ 33

Adding Reverb ......................................................... 34
Adding Panel Sustain............................................... 35

Setting the Split Point .............................................. 36
Transpose ............................................................... 36
Tuning ..................................................................... 37
One Touch Setting .................................................. 37
Changing the tempo of the Song/Style.................... 38
Adjusting the Main Voice Parameters ..................... 38

Various ways to start and stop Style playback ........ 39
Pattern Variation (Sections) .................................... 41
Adjusting the Style Volume ..................................... 43

Easy Chords ............................................................ 44
Standard Chords ..................................................... 44
Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary ...... 46

What is MIDI? .......................................................... 50
What You Can Do With MIDI................................... 50
Transferring Performance Data To and 

Drum Kit List .................................................................55
Style List .......................................................................56
Effect Type List .............................................................57
MIDI Implementation Chart ..........................................58
MIDI Data Format ..........................................................60

Troubleshooting ...........................................................61
Specifications ...............................................................62
Index ..............................................................................63

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