Yamaha P-100 - Manual

PRECAUTIONS The P-100 is a fine musical instrument composed of sensitive mechanisms and delicate digital circuitry. To ensure a long lifetime of reliable service, observe these precautions when installing, moving, or handling the P-100. l l Location Do not use the P-100 in locations where it will be...

INTRODUCING THE P-100 Upper panel [POWER] switch [TRANSPOSE (DETUNE)] button This switch turns the P-100’s power supply on andoff. When the power is turned on, the number of the voice last selected will appear in the LED display and the LED above the corresponding [VOICE/UTILITY] button will light. ...

Rear panel SPEAKER switch This switch lets you turn off the internal speakers mounted on the upper panel. It does not affect the output from the LINE OUT jacks LINE IN jacks You can use these jacks to input line-level signals from another instrument, such as a drum machine,tone generator, or synthes...

SETTING UP THE P-100 To prepare the P-100 for playing, follow the steps below to set it up and connect any peripheral equipment. 1. Plug in the power cord. 6. Connect MIDI devices. Plug the P-100’s power cord into an AC outlet. Do not turn on, the [POWER] switch until you have finished making all of...

PLAYING THE DEMO SONGS Your P-100 is programmed with two songs that demonstrate the instrument’s capabilities. You might want to try playing these songs to set the volume level and make sure that everything is working properly after you finish setting up the P-100. To do so, follow the steps below. ...

PLAYING THE P-100 Selecting a voice Once you’ve set up the P-100 and adjusted the volume level, you’re ready to start making music. The standard mode for playing the P-100 is known as Single mode. In this mode, as its name implies, the P-100 plays only a single voice. Playing the P-100 in Single mod...

Voice polyphony As the table above shows, the P-100 produces 32 notes of polyphonic sound for seven of its voices. For convenience, we will refer to these voices as 32-note voices. The remaining three voices can produce only 16 simultaneous notes. The first voice, PIANO 1, is a stereo voice, created...

Using the reverb effect Reverb adds warmth to sounds by creating the impression of an acoustic environment. The P-100 lets you select one ofthree different types of reverb to apply to each voice. The ROOM setting simulates the reverberation characteristics ofa normal-sized room. STAGE reproduces the...

Using the modulation effects In addition to the reverb effect, the P-100 lets you apply one of three different modulation effects to its voices.CHORUS is a modulated delay effect that adds thickness to a voice, making it sound as though more than oneinstrument is being played. The SYMPHONIC effect i...

Adjusting the equalization The P-100’s equalizer works much like the three-band graphic equalizers found on many portable stereo sets. It allowsyou to adjust the P-100’s output in three frequency ranges, LOW, MIDDLE and HIGH. Slide the slider for each range up to increase the level of output, ordown...

DUAL MODE Selecting voices in Dual mode In Dual mode, the P-100 sounds two of its voices in response to every note you play. Playing the P-100 in Dual modeis therefore like playing two keyboards at once. You could use this mode, for example, to play a melody with a piano underscored with the sound o...

Adjusting the voice balance The P-100’s Dual mode is a useful feature. However, you may not always want to give the two voices equal emphasis.When playing a piano voice with strings, for example, you might want the strings to be little more than a murmur inthe background, adding a delicate nuance to...

Detuning the voices The voice detune setting allows you to detune two voices slightly with respect to one another when playing them in Dual mode. This is especially useful when playing two similar voices, such as two piano sounds, together in Dual mode. By detuning the voices, you can produce a rich...

SPLIT MODE Entering Split mode The P-100’s Split mode, like its Dual mode, lets you play two voices at once. In this mode. however. the two voices are played independently rather than together. You could use this mode, for example. to play the vibes with your righthand and a wood bass with your left...

Selecting voices in Split mode When you press the [SPLIT] button to enter Split mode, the voice you were playing in Single mode (or the main voice,if you were playing in Dual mode) will be assigned by default to the main keyboard area. At the same time, the voice which was last selected as the Split...

Changing the split point By adjusting the location of the split point, you can adjust the note ranges of the main and sub keyboard areas to suit the parts you’re playing. Also, the adjustment operation also allows you to specify whether the main voice will play above or below the split point. The ma...

To return the main voice to the area above the split point, the second key you press should be above rather than below the split point. The dot in the display will move back to its normal position before the number. What about the split point key? 1 8 The key that you press to select the split point...

ADJUSTING THE KEYBOARD Tuning the P-100 Electronic pianos have one advantage over their acoustic counterparts: they are much easier to tune. You can fine-tune the P-100’s keyboard upward or downward within a range of about 100 cents. You can set the tuning to a value from –64 to 63. Each step raises...

Selecting a velocity curve Although the P-100’s keyboard feels like an acoustic piano keyboard, it works on quite different principles. Since the P-100 is an electronic piano, it must determine how fast a key is being pressed — that is, the velocity of a note — in order to know how hard the note was...

Using the transpose function The P-100 has a transpose function which makes transposing between keys easy. To use this function, you may want to first set the transpose amount using the procedure described on the following page. Once you have set the transpose amount to the desired value, you can tu...

Setting the transpose amount The P-100’s default main voice transpose setting is 12. This means the P-100 will transpose the notes you play up an octave after you press the [TRANSPOSE] button to activate the transpose function. To change the transpose amount, hit one of the keys between C1 and C5 on...

Transposing in Dual and Split modes Transposing is a little more complex in Dual and Split modes than it is in Single mode, because the P-100 allows you to transpose the sub voice independently of the main voice. The default sub voice transpose amounts are set to 12 forDual mode, and 0 for Split mod...

Why transpose the sub voice? This function may not seem very necessary at first glance. After all, transposing one voice up or down a few semitones while leaving the other untransposed would only complicate playingunnecessarily — unless you want to try sightreading a part written for. say, a saxopho...

MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROL FUNCTIONS What is MIDI? MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is the name of an international standard which wasinstituted during the 1980s to provide for the communication of data between electronic musical instruments. The MIDI standard allows inst...

The P-100’s MIDI configuration Now that we have gone over the basic concepts involved, you might be interested to take a look at the way the P-100uses MIDI to produce music. We mentioned on the previous page that the P-100 consists of a MIDI keyboardconnected to a multitimbral tone generator, which ...

SPLIT MODE The situation becomes more complex in Split mode. Since the two timbres play independently rather than in unison, two MIDI channels are needed to control them. For this reason, the P-100 divides its keyboard into two areas, known as the main and sub keyboard areas. Channel voice messages ...

Enabling MIDI transmission We described in the previous section how the P-100 normally transmits channel voice messages for the notes you play on the keyboard. The LED above the [MIDI] button remains lit while this function is enabled to remind you that the P-100 is transmitting. Should you wish to ...

Using the MIDI transpose function In addition to the transpose settings for the two voices produced by its internal tone generator, the P-100 lets you assign separate transpose amounts for notes it transmits from the MIDI OUT terminal. This gives you a total of five transpose settings: three for the...

MIDI UTILITY MODE SETTINGS MIDI Utility mode In addition to its Single, Dual, Split, and Demo Play modes, the P-100 has a MIDI Utility mode which allows you to make a number of settings related to MIDI control functions. Below is a listing of the settings available in this mode: SETTING DESCRIPTION ...

Transmit and receive channels This is actually a group of three settings. In addition to the MIDI transmit and receive channels described on page 25, the P-100 lets you specify a separate channel to receive program change messages. 1 . Enter MIDI Utility mode. Press the [CHANNEL] button while holdin...

Each of these channel settings can be set to any one of the 16 MIDI channels, or they can be turned off, in which case dasheswill be displayed. The two receive channels can also be set to receive messages from all 16 MIDI channels at once, a con- dition which is known in MIDI parlance as “omni on”. ...

Local control This setting allows you to disconnect the P-100’s keyboard from its internal tone generator. It is usually turned on so that the P-100 will function normally, producing music in response to the notes you play on the keyboard. When you turn the local control off, the internal tone gener...

MIDI merge When the MIDI merge function is turned on, any MIDI data received at the MIDI IN terminal will be echoed throughthe MIDI OUT terminal together with data transmitted by the P-100, allowing instruments receiving this data to becontrolled by both the P-100 and other devices connected to the ...

Bulk protect The bulk protect function protects the P-100’s internal settings against incoming system exclusive messages. When this function is turned on, as is normally the case, the P-100 will not accept any incoming bulk dump or param-eter change messages. When it is set to bulk (“bul”), the P-10...

Pitch bend range This setting lets you specify how far the pitch of sounds produced by the P-100 will bend when you roll the [PITCH] wheel all the way in either direction. The range you set here applies only to the P-100’s internal voices. External tonegenerators may interpret pitch bend messages fr...

Modulation wheel The modulation wheel setting lets you turn off the vibrato produced by the [MODULATION] wheel. The setting you make here applies only to the P-100’s internal voices, however. Even when the modulation is turned off, you can stilluse the P-100’s [MODULATION] wheel to send modulation m...

Assignable controllers You can assign one of a number of MIDI functions to the P-100’s [CS] slider for realtime control during performances.You can use this slider to independently control the volume of the main or sub voices, to transmit aftertouch messagesto tone generators capable of receiving th...

Program change transmit table Your P-100 generally transmits a program change message each time you press a [VOICE/UTILITY] button to select avoice. The number of the program change message that is sent is displayed for a second after you press the button,before being replaced by the number of the v...

You can also press the selected [VOICE/UTILITY] button toturn the program change transmit function on or off for thatbutton. When you turn the function off, the program change number in the display will be replaced by a row of dashes. 4. Exit MIDI Utility mode. Press the [MIDI] button to exit MIDI U...

Program change receive table The P-100 is also capable of changing its current voice selection in response to program change messages it receives from external devices. Before it left the Yamaha factory, your P-100 was set so that program change numbers 1through 10 will select the corresponding voic...

4. Exit MIDI Utility mode. Press the [MIDI] button to exit MIDI Utility mode. (If youwish, you can return to step 2 to change other settings before you leave this mode.) Whenever the P-100 receives a program change message, it will check the program change receive table to determinewhether a voice h...

SPECIAL OPERATIONS Bulk dumps The preceding chapters have shown you how much performance flexibility the P-100 has to offer. But this flexibility comes with a small drawback: to use it effectively, you have to make a large number of settings. If you’re like most musicians, you’ll find there are cert...

Memory initialization After you’ve been using the P-100 for a while, you may find yourself wishing that you could erase all your settings and start again with a fresh slate. After all, the P-100 lets you make enough settings that changing the majority of them can be a time-consuming process. Under s...

SYSTEM APPLICATIONS Using the P-100 with a tone generator You can use the P-100’s keyboard and MIDI control functions to control tone generators such as Yamaha’s TG77.To do so, connect the P-100’s MIDI OUT terminal of the P-100 to the MIDI IN terminal of the tone generator as shown below. When two i...

Using the P-100 with another MIDI keyboard Yamaha’s SY99 synthesizer incorporates a multitimbral tone generator similar to the TG77. It can therefore be slaved to the P-100 as described above. However, it also has a MIDI keyboard with a broad range of control features and apowerful l6-track sequence...

Using the P-100 with an extended MIDI system Thanks to the great variety of MIDI devices now available, extended MIDI systems come in such a variety of shapes and degrees of complexity that we cannot fully cover all the possibilities here. However, we would like to give you an example of how the P-1...

Using the P-100 with a MIDI data recorder If you perform on stage and want to make the most of the P-100’s versatility, you will probably find a device withMIDI data recorder (MDR) capability to be a necessity. Such a device will let you store your P-100 setups — including voice selections, DSP effe...

ERROR MESSAGES Whenever a problem occurs, the P-100 will display an error message to alert you to the nature of the trouble. The meanings of the error messages are described below, together with the action you should take in response to each. (The error messages themselves will be cleared from the d...

SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard: Tone Generator: Built-in DSP Effects: Pitch control range: Controls: Indicators: Connectors: output: 88-key (A-1 to C7) Action Effect, velocity sensitive Tone generation method: AWM Voices: PIANO 1, PIANO 2, E.PIANO 1, E.PIANO 2, CLAVINOVA TONE, VIBES, STRINGS, ORGAN, BASS 1...

INDEX –1 button 3 +l button 3 A After-touch, assignable controllers 39, messages 25Assignable controllers 39 B Balance, assignable controllers 39, Dual mode voices 13, Split mode voices 16 Backup battery, error message 50, life 1 BALANCE button 2Bulk, dump 44, protect 36 C Channels 25, main voice 27...

MIDI DATA FORMAT 1. Midi Transmission/Reception Block Diagrams 1.1 Reception Flow Diagram 2. Channel Messages 2.1 Transmission 2.1.1 Note On/Off Transmitted note range: 21 (A-1)~108 (C7) Velocity range: 0~127 (0 = note off) The transmitted note number value can be adjusted within the range from 0 (C...