Yamaha P-515- Manuals

5 P-515 Owner’s Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this man u al in a safe and handy place for f u t u re reference. WARNING • This AC adaptor is designed for use with only Yamaha electronic instruments. Do not use for any other purpose. • Indoor use only. Do not ...

6 P-515 Owner’s Manual CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not connect the instrument to an electri...

7 P-515 Owner’s Manual NOTICE To avoid the possibility of malfunction/ damage to the product, damage to data, or damage to other property, follow the notices below.  Handling • Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric devices. Other...

8 P-515 Owner’s Manual About Bluetooth • Bluetooth is a technology for wireless communication between devices within an area of about 10 meters (33 ft.) employing the 2.4 GHz frequency band.  Handling Bluetooth communications • The 2.4 GHz band used by Bluetooth compatible devices is a radio band s...

9 P-515 Owner’s Manual Included Accessories  Owner’s Manual (this book) x1  Online Member Product Registration x1  Footswitch x1  Power cord*, AC adaptor x1  Warranty* x1 * May not be included depending on your area. Check with your Yamaha dealer.  Music Rest x1 About the Manuals This instrume...

10 P-515 Owner’s Manual page 27 page 43 The P-515 portable electric piano provides a remarkably easy way to enjoy authentic piano performance easily. Although packed with various functions, it also exceptionally portable—allowing you use it as a family piano, or practice it in your bedroom, or perfo...

11 P-515 Owner’s Manual Table of Contents PRECAUTIONS .................................................... 5NOTICE ......................................................................7Information ................................................................7About Bluetooth * ......................

12 P-515 Owner’s Manual Introduction Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel 1 [ P ] (Standby/On) switch .................... page 14 For turning the power on or setting it to standby. 2 [MASTER VOLUME] slider ............... page 16 For adjusting the overall volume. 3 [DEMO/SONG] button .............

Panel Controls and Terminals 13 P-515 Owner’s Manual # Voice button ........................................ page 22 Selects the Voice (keyboard sound). $ [DUAL/SPLIT] button .............page 29, 30, 31 For playing two Voices simultaneously, or different Voices on the left- and right-hand sections ...

14 P-515 Owner’s Manual Getting Started — Playing the Keyboard This section explains how to set up and start using your instrument. Setup is so simple, you can start playing right away. 1. Connect the power cord and AC adaptor. Connect the plugs of the AC adaptor in the order shown in the illustrati...

15 P-515 Owner’s Manual Getting Started — Playing the Keyboard 4. Play the keyboard. While playing the keyboard, adjust the volume level by using the [MASTER VOLUME] slider. For details, refer to “Setting the volume — [MASTER VOLUME]” on page 16. 5. After you use the instrument, press and hold the [...

16 P-515 Owner’s Manual Getting Started — Playing the Keyboard To adjust the volume, use the [MASTER VOLUME] slider located at the right of the panel. Play the keyboard to actually produce sound while you adjust the volume. Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) IAC is a function which automatically adj...

17 P-515 Owner’s Manual Getting Started — Playing the Keyboard Reproducing the Natural Sensation of Sound Distance—Binaural Sampling and Stereophonic Optimizer This instrument features two advanced technologies that allow you to enjoy exceptionally realistic, natural sound, even when listening on he...

18 P-515 Owner’s Manual Getting Started — Playing the Keyboard You can switch various selected functions on/off by using the included FC4A footswitch, connected to the [AUX PEDAL] jack.Also a separately sold FC3A foot pedal or FC5 footswitch can be connected to the jack. To select the function, use ...

20 P-515 Owner’s Manual Basic Operations on Display In addition to the front panel buttons, the instrument also features detailed control via the display menus—allowing you to select from the wealth of Voices and Songs included, as well as changing various detailed instrument settings, for even grea...

Basic Operations on Display 21 P-515 Owner’s Manual Voice display: For selecting the Voice (the sound when playing the keyboard). Song display: For selecting the Song to playback on this instrument. Detailed setting display: For making detailed settings for about the keyboard performance, such as Vo...

22 P-515 Owner’s Manual Main Operations Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) You can select and play other musical instrument sounds (Voices), such as piano, organ, or stringed instruments. The Voices of the instrument are conveniently divided into groups of instrument types. Select a ...

23 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Selecting XG Voices XG Voices are for playing XG (page 8) format compatible Song data. After the Voice display is called up, select a Voice from the XG Voices, following the instructions below. 1. Press the [OTHERS] button wh...

24 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) For each Voice group, the instrument contains several Demo recordings that showcase the special characteristics of the corresponding Voices. For information about the Voices which feature Demos that can be played back, refer ...

26 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) What you can do in the Piano Room You can also set the following items “Voice” menu display (page 89) or “System” menu display (page 98). If you change the settings of these items in the Piano Room display, the settings in th...

28 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Applying the following effects gives you greater and richer expressive capabilities. Reverb This control adds reverberation to the sound by simulating the natural reverberation of a concert hall. The ideal Reverb type is auto...

29 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Two Voices can be played simultaneously. You can create warm and richly textured Voices by using Voices from different groups simultaneously in a layer, or by using Voices in the same group. 1. To enter the Dual mode, press t...

30 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Split mode enables you to play two different Voices on the keyboard—one with your left hand and another with your right. 1. To enter the Split mode, press the [DUAL/SPLIT] button twice. The Voice which is displayed at top is ...

31 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) 1. To use both the Dual and Split modes simultaneously, press the [DUAL/SPLIT] button three times. The Voice which is displayed at top is Voice R1, and the one in the middle is Voice R2, and the one at bottom is Voice L. 2. S...

32 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) This function allows two different players to play the instrument, one on the left and the other on the right. This is convenient for practicing duets over the same octave range. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to c...

34 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) You can shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitone intervals to facilitate playing in difficult key signatures, and to let you easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instru...

35 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play this instrument along with other instruments or recorded music. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to call up the “System” men...

36 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) You can determine how the sound responds to your playing strength. This setting does not change the weight of the keyboard. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to call up the “System” menu display. Select “Keyboard” by ...

37 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) By using the Sound Boost function when playing along with other instruments, you can raise the volume and enhance the presence of your performance without losing any of the expressive range. This function is particularly usef...

38 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) The EQ (Equalizer) processes the sound by dividing the frequency spectrum into multiple bands, allowing you to boost or cut them as required to tailor the overall frequency response and provide optimum sound when listening th...

39 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Setting the User Master EQ 1. Press the [ d ] button to select “User” in the “Master EQ” display, then press the [>] button to call up the User display in which the three bands can be boosted or cut. 2. Use the [<]/[>...

40 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) As described below, your instrument’s Panel Lock function allows you temporarily disable the front panel buttons to prevent them being operated unintentionally while performing. 1. Press the [SOUND BOOST/EQ] and [REVERB] butt...

41 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) The instrument has a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo)—a convenient tool for practice. 1. Press the [METRONOME] button to start the metronome. This calls up the “Tempo” display, from which you can adj...

42 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices) Setting the metronome time signature 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to call up the “Metronome/Rhythm” menu display. Select the “Time Sig.”, and then press the [>] button. 2. Use the [ u ]/[ d ] buttons to select...

43 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing the Keyboard along with Rhythm Playback You can select a Rhythm from a variety of musical genres, such as Pops and Jazz, and play along with it. Refer to “Rhythm List” on page 109. For this instrument, Rhythm refers to drums and bass accompaniment. 1. Press the [RHYTH...

44 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs This instrument can play Preset Songs, Songs you recorded on this instrument, or commercially available Songs. In addition to listening to these Songs, you can play the keyboard as the Song plays back. You can play back the following types of Songs in this ...

45 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs 1. If you want to play back a Song in a USB flash drive, connect the USB flash drive containing Song data to the [ ] (USB TO DEVICE) terminal beforehand. Audio files to be played must be on a USB flash drive. 2. Press the [DEMO/SONG] button to call up the S...

46 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs 3. Press the [>] button to display the Songs in the specified category, and then select a desired Song using the [ u ]/[ d ] buttons. When “User” or “USB” category is selected, the icon indicating Song types are shown to the left of the Song name. To sel...

47 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs 6. Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button again to stop playback. Even if you don’t press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button, the Song stops automatically when Song playback reaches the end. Rewind/Fast forward 1. Use the [<] and [>] buttons to move back or forth through...

48 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs Some MIDI Songs, such as Preset Songs, are divided into right-hand and left-hand parts. By using such Song data, you can practice the left hand by turning on only the right-hand part, and practice the right hand by turning on only the left-hand part—allowin...

49 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs There are three Repeat items as follows. These are convenient for repeatedly practicing difficult phrases. It is a good idea to use this function and the Part Cancel function (above) for practicing difficult phrases, in the case of MIDI Songs. • AB Repeat ....

50 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs AB Repeat setting Specify the repeat range. 4- 1. Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start Song playback. 4- 2. Press the [>] button at the starting point (A) of the range to be repeated. 4- 3. Press the [>] button again at the ending point (B). After a...

51 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs Song Repeat setting 4- 1. Select the desired Repeat type using the [ u ]/[ d ] buttons in the setting display. • Off: Disables repeated playback. • Single: Plays through the selected file repeatedly. • All: Continuously plays back all Songs within a designa...

52 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs When a MIDI Song is selected, you can adjust the Volume balance between the Song playback and the sound you are playing on the keyboard, or between the Right and Left parts of the selected Song. When an Audio Song is selected, you can adjust the Audio Song ...

53 P-515 Owner’s Manual Playing Back Songs 4. Adjust the Volume balance by using the [<]/[>] buttons. 5. Press the [EXIT] button twice to exit from “Song” menu display. Whenever you select another MIDI Song, the setting for “Song L – R” is restored to its default setting. As for “Song – Keyboa...

54 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance This instrument allows you to record your performance in the following two methods. • MIDI Recording With this method, your performances are recorded as an SMF (format 0) MIDI file and saved to the instrument or a USB flash drive. If you want to re-...

55 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance This method is the quickest way to start recording. 1. Make the necessary settings such as Voice selection and time signature. Before starting the Recording operation, select a Voice (page 22) for your keyboard performance, turn Dual/Split/Duo on or...

56 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance 5. Select “Save” or “Retry” or “Cancel” for the recorded performance in the “Confirm” display. • If you want to save the recorded performance, select “Save,” then press the [>] button. • If you are not satisfied with your performance and want to ...

57 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance With MIDI Recording, you can create a MIDI Song consisting of 16 tracks by recording your performance to each track one by one. In recording a piano piece, for example, you can record the right-hand part to Track 1 then record the left-hand part to ...

58 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance 3. Start recording. Play the keyboard to start recording. When you want to record the Rhythm plaback first, press the [RHYTHM] button to start recording.When you want to record an empty section at the start of the Song, press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button...

59 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance You can check whether or not each Track contains recorded data by the indication that appears at the upper right of each Track. For details on the indication, refer to “Track Data Status” on page 57. 8. Record your performance to another track by re...

60 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance 2-3. From the Recording Target Songs, select “New Song (USB)” or the MIDI Song selected in step 2-1 (4th item below) using the [ u ]/[ d ] buttons, then press the [>] button to enter the Recording mode. * Can be selected only when the USB flash d...

61 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance These instructions describe how to record your performance as audio data. Note that an audio file to which your performance is to be recorded can be saved only to a USB flash drive. This is why you should prepare your USB flash drive device before s...

62 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance Re-recording a MIDI Song in parts You can re-record a specific range of the MIDI Song. 1. Set the parameters which determine how recording starts and stops. 1-1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to call up the “Recording” menu display. 1-2. Us...

63 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance 3. Select the desired MIDI Song. For instructions, refer to page 45. 4. Specify the start point you wish to re-record. Use the [<]/[>] buttons to move the playback position (measure number) to the desired point. Alternately, press the [PLAY/PA...

64 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance Changing the tempo or the Voice of a previously recorded MIDI Song For MIDI Songs, you can change the tempo and Voice after recording to change a feel or to set a more suitable tempo. To change the tempo: 1. Select the MIDI Song you wish to change. ...

65 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Performance To change the Voice: 1. Select the MIDI Song you wish to change. For instructions, refer to page 45. 2. Select the desired Voice. For instructions, refer to page 22. 3. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to call up the “Song” menu display, then ...

66 P-515 Owner’s Manual Handling Song Files The “File” menu in the “Song” menu display (page 93) enables you to apply various operations to Song files — Songs you recorded on this instrument or commercially available Songs. To connect a USB flash drive, be sure to read the section “Precautions when ...

67 P-515 Owner’s Manual Handling Song Files Basic Song File Operation Song files can be handled via the instructions shown below. 1. Connect the appropriate USB flash drive containing the desired files to the [ ] (USB TO DEVICE) terminal as necessary. 2. Select a Song for handling. For information o...

68 P-515 Owner’s Manual Handling Song Files For details about Song types which can be deleted, refer to page 66. See page 67 for information on basic operations.The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page. 4- 1. While “Delete” is highlighted, press the [>] button to call up the s...

69 P-515 Owner’s Manual Handling Song Files 4- 1. While “Copy” is highlighted, press the [>] button to call up the setting display. 4- 2. Highlight “Execute” by pressing [ d ] button, then press the [>] button. The selected Song will be copied to the destination with the same name as the copy ...

71 P-515 Owner’s Manual Handling Song Files For details about Song types which can be renamed, refer to page 66. See page 67 for information on basic operations.The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page. 4- 1. While “Rename” is highlighted, press the [>] button to call up the s...

72 P-515 Owner’s Manual Connections For information about location of these connectors, refer to “Panel Controls and Terminals” on page 12. 1 [ ] (USB TO DEVICE) terminal This terminal allows connection to USB flash drive or a smart device, such as an iPhone/iPad, using the USB wireless LAN adaptor....

74 P-515 Owner’s Manual Connections You can connect a USB flash drive or a USB wireless LAN adaptor (sold separately) to the [ ] ( USB TO DEVICE) terminal. You can save data you’ve created on the instrument to the USB flash drive (pages 66, 105), or you can connect the instrument to a smart device s...

77 P-515 Owner’s Manual Connections 3. Connect the instrument to the Network. 3-1. Select the desired network, then press the [>] button. The name of the selected network will be fully shown in the display, letting you confirm this is the network you want to use. 3-2. Press the [>] button. • F...

78 P-515 Owner’s Manual Connections  Manual Setup Make sure to connect the USB wireless LAN adaptor (sold separately) to the [ ] (USB TO DEVICE) terminal, otherwise the displays for setup will not be shown. 1. To call up the network list, perform steps 1 – 2 in the “Displaying the Wireless LAN Netw...

79 P-515 Owner’s Manual Connections  Connecting by the Accesspoint Mode Make sure to connect the USB wireless LAN adaptor (sold separately) to the [ ] (USB TO DEVICE) terminal, otherwise the displays for setup will not be shown. 1. Switch the instrument to the “Accesspoint Mode.” Press the [FUNCTIO...

81 P-515 Owner’s Manual Effective Use of a Computer or Smart Device with the Instrument Connecting this instrument to a computer or a smart device, gives you the following possibility. What you can do by connecting to a computer/smart device: • Listening to the audio data in the smart device through...

82 P-515 Owner’s Manual Effective Use of a Computer or Smart Device with the Instrument Pairing with Smart Devices If you wish to connect your smart device to the instrument via Bluetooth , the smart device needs to be paired with the instrument first. Once the smart device has been paired with this...

83 P-515 Owner’s Manual Effective Use of a Computer or Smart Device with the Instrument Switching the Bluetooth Function On/Off By default, the Bluetooth function will be on right after turning the instrument’s power on, however you can set the function to off. 1. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeate...

84 P-515 Owner’s Manual Effective Use of a Computer or Smart Device with the Instrument By using the compatible smart device app, you can get more enjoyment out of this instrument.For information about the compatible apps and smart devices, access the web page of the respective apps on the following...

85 P-515 Owner’s Manual Effective Use of a Computer or Smart Device with the Instrument By connecting a computer or a smart device to the [USB TO HOST] terminal via a USB cable, digital audio data can be transmitted/received. This USB Audio Interface function provides the following advantages: • Pla...

86 P-515 Owner’s Manual Performing Live Your instrument features a number of convenient functions for use when setting it up on stage in order to perform live. In order to provide a practical description of the connections and settings required in this type of situation. Stage setup and signal flow ...

87 P-515 Owner’s Manual Performing Live Sound setup Once all of the instruments and microphones have been connected, the PA operator will ask each musician in turn to play his or her instrument. You should get ready as follows.  Turn on your instrument. Set the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to the MIN pos...

88 P-515 Owner’s Manual Detailed Settings Pressing the [FUNCTION] button gives you access to a variety of important settings for Voices, Song playback, Metronome, Song recording and the entire system of this instrument. Basic Operations 1. As necessary, make the Voice settings or select a Song. • If...

Voice Menu 89 P-515 Owner’s Manual Voice Menu This menu lets you edit or set various parameters related to keyboard performance, such as Voice parameters. By turning on Dual/Split/Duo, you can make the settings for each Voice or each Voice combination. While playing the keyboard and hearing the soun...

Song Menu 93 P-515 Owner’s Manual Song Menu This menu lets you set various parameters related to Song playback and edit the Song data with a single touch. NOTE • The parameters marked with * will be available only when a MIDI Song is selected. These parameters are not shown when an Audio Song is sel...

Song Menu 95 P-515 Owner’s Manual  Quantize Supplementary Quantize setting range The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally convenient, since they allow you to quantize two different note values at the same time. For example, when the straight eighth notes and eighth no...

Metronome/Rhythm Menu 96 P-515 Owner’s Manual Metronome/Rhythm Menu This menu lets you set the volume and tempo indication format of the Metronome (page 41) or Rhythm (page 43). In addition, you can set the bell sound of the Metronome to play back at the first beat and adjust parameters related to R...

Recording Menu 97 P-515 Owner’s Manual Recording Menu This menu lets you make detailed settings related to MIDI Recording (page 54). NOTE The settings here will not affect Audio Recording. To call up the desired parameter: Press the [FU N CTIO N ] bu tton se v eral times to select “Recording” men u ...

System Menu 98 P-515 Owner’s Manual System Menu This menu lets you make the overall settings applied to the entire instrument. Bluetooth compatibility is indicated by the following icons. (For details on Bluetooth compatibility, see page 8.) : models equipped with Bluetooth : models not equipped wit...

System Menu 105 P-515 Owner’s Manual This lets you set whether some settings of the Backup Setting (below) are maintained or not when the power is turned off. The Backup Setting consists of two groups, “Voice” (including Voice related settings such as Voice selection) and “Other” (including various ...

106 P-515 Owner’s Manual System Menu This lets you load the backup file (p-515.bup) saved via the Backup function (page 105) to the instrument on. NOTICE • It may take 1 – 2 min u tes to complete this operation. N e v er t u rn off the po w er d u ring this operation ( w hile “Exec u ting” is sho w ...

107 P-515 Owner’s Manual Appendix Preset Voice List Voice Group Voice Name Stereo Sampling Touch Sense Key-off Sampling VRM Voice Demo Voice description Piano CFX Grand      Yamaha’s CFX concert grand piano sound with a wide dynamic range for maximum expressive control. Suitable for playing in ...

110 P-515 Owner’s Manual Message List Some message display remains open. In this case, press the [EXIT] button to close message display. Message Meaning Access error The operation has failed. The following causes can be considered. If the following are not responsible, the file may be damaged.• The ...

112 P-515 Owner’s Manual Troubleshooting When a message is displayed, refer to the “Message List” (page 110) for troubleshooting aid. Problem Possible Cause and Solution The instrument does not turn on. The instrument has not been plugged in properly. Securely connect the AC adaptor to the DC IN jac...

114 P-515 Owner’s Manual Specifications Items P-515 Prod u ct N ame DIGITAL PIANO Size/ W eight Dimensions (W x D x H) 1336 mm x 376 mm x 145 mm (52-5/8" x 14-13/16" x 5-11/16") Weight 22.0 kg (48 lb, 8 oz) Control Interface Keyboard Number of Keys 88 Type NWX (Natural Wood X) keyboard: ...

116 P-515 Owner’s Manual Index Numerics 50 Classics .......................................................................109 A AB Repeat ..........................................................................50AC adaptor ........................................................................14...

120 For U.S.A. For CANADA For U.S.A. and CANADA This transmitter m u st not b e co-located or operated in conj u nction w ith any other antenna or transmitter. This de v ice complies w ith Ind u stry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is s ub ject to the follo w ing t w o conditions: (...

121 BG Bulgarian Yamaha Music Europe GmbH , [P-515] 2014/53/. : https://europe.yamaha.com/en/support/compliance/doc.html ES Spanish DECLARACIÓN UE DE CONFORMIDAD SIMPLIFICADA Por la presente, Yamaha Music Europe GmbH declara que el tipo de equipo radio-eléctrico [P-515] es conforme con la Directiva ...