Page 2 - SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION; CAUTION
Model Serial No. Purchase Date SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Yamaha electronic prod- ucts may have either labels similar to the graphics shownbelow or molded / stamped facsimiles of these graphics onthe enclosure. The explanation of these graphics appears onthis page.Please observ...
Page 3 - CANADA
FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications notexpressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPO...
Page 5 - INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! …and thank you for purchasing theYamaha P-200. The P-200 is a high-performanceelectronic piano with full-scale, weighted actionkeyboard, a selection of high quality piano and otheruseful instrument voices, and versatile performance andother advanced features which make it ideal forp...
Page 6 - PRECAUTIONS; PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING
(1)-2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or ...
Page 7 - CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 5PRECAUTIONS.............................................................................................................. 6UPPER PANEL .............................................
Page 8 - UPPER PANEL
8 MIDI FILTE SYSTEM PIANO 1 PIANO 2 VOICE PERF. B PERF. A EDIT STORE 1 2 PAGE DETUNE TRANSPOSE BALANCE SPLIT +1/YES -1/NO MIDI PS 2 PS 1 CONTRAST C3 CS DATA ENTRY VOLUME MAX MIN MODULATION PITCH POWER ON/ OFF OUTMIDI IN THRU A B ! # " ! [PHONES] jack This jack on the front panel lets you connect...
Page 13 - REAR PANEL
SPEAKERON OFF INPUT R L/MONO R L/MONO OUTPUT SUSTAIN SOSTENUTO SOFT FOOT CONTROLLER THRU MIDIOUT IN 13 ! [SPEAKER] switch This switch lets you turn off the P-200’s internal speakers. It doesnot affect the output from the [OUTPUT] jacks or the [PHONES]jack. " [INPUT] jacks These jacks let you inp...
Page 14 - Voice Play and Performance Play Modes
14 ■ Voice Play and Performance Play Modes The P-200 has two basic Play modes, Voice Play mode and Performance Playmode. Within each mode are various Voice and Performance parameters, or settingsthat you can change, which make up the sound of the selected voice and thespecific operating status of th...
Page 15 - Voice Parameters; VOICE PARAMETERS
15 ■ Voice Parameters In Voice Play mode, each of the P-200’s AWM instrument voices have a set of Voiceparameters that are initially set at the factory, but which you can change to suit yourneeds. These include controller parameters such as pitch bend range and modulation wheelassignment, keyboard s...
Page 16 - Performance Parameters
16 ■ Performance Parameters In Performance Play mode, the P-200 has 24 sets of Performance parameters whichlet you configure settings for specific music situations (i.e., for a certain style ofmusic, or a particular song, or for a practice session, or a live set, etc.). This affordsyou the convenien...
Page 17 - System Settings; SYSTEM; Editing and Storing Features
17 Descriptions of all parameters anddetails about how to access andmanipulate them are provided in theappropriate sections herein. Also seethe Blank Chart on page 78. ■ System Settings The P-200’s overall System settings encompass those “global” parameters which arerelated to the instrument as a wh...
Page 18 - GETTING STARTED; P-200 SETUP PROCEDURE
18 GETTING STARTED This section explains how to set up the P-200 and the proper procedure for turning it on, playing the preprogrammed Demo songs, and basic voice selection. ■ Setting up the P-200 Although setting up the P-200 for basic play is easy and straightforward, be sure totake heed of the Pr...
Page 20 - Turning on the Power
20 5. Connect MIDI devices. If you wish to connect the P-200 to external MIDI devices such as a rhythmprogrammer, tone generator or synthesizer, you will need special MIDI cableswhich plug into the [MIDI] jacks on the rear panel. First, however, you mustdetermine a MIDI system configuration, based o...
Page 21 - Playing the Demo Songs; HOW TO PLAY THE DEMO SONGS
21 ■ Playing the Demo Songs After setting up the P-200 and turning on the power — and before you begin exploringthe instrument’s various features — you may want to listen to the various Demo songs,which have been specially programmed to demonstrate the exceptional sound andperformance capabilities o...
Page 22 - Playing the Voices
22 You can assign a specific effect to the[MODULATION] wheel in Edit mode(see page 58) which is completelyunrelated to the modulation effectsavailable by pressing the[MODULATION] button (see page 27)once or more. Note that when thevibrato effect is assigned to the[MODULATION] wheel, you cannotapply ...
Page 23 - ENTERING AND EXITING VOICE PLAY MODE; VOICE PLAY MODE; Ô VOICE Ò
23 ENTERING AND EXITING VOICE PLAY MODE 1. Press the [VOICE] button. When you press the [VOICE] button while the P-200 is in Performance Playmode, the LED above the [VOICE] button starts blinking, indicating that VoicePlay mode is standing by waiting to be activated. 2. Press a [VOICE SELECT] button...
Page 24 - Single Mode; SELECTING A SINGLE VOICE; Voices and Polyphony
24 ■ Single Mode When the P-200 is in Single mode, you can select and play any one of the 12 voicesover the full range of the keyboard. You can also apply and adjust reverb andmodulation effects, and adjust the graphic equalizer settings. In Single mode, the LED above the currently selected [VOICE S...
Page 25 - CHANGING THE PIANO VOICE SETTING; Upright/Electric Bass; CHANGING THE BASS VOICE SETTING
25 Once you have modified certainparameters in Voice Play orPerformance Play mode, $ (Quick Edit) will display in the upper rightcorner to remind you that you havemodified the original settings.Parameters include the following: reverb and modulation setting,stereo/mono setting for Piano1 andPiano2, ...
Page 26 - Reverb Effects; SELECTING A REVERB TYPE; REVERB DEPTH
26 NOTE As you play the keyboard, you will hear the Electric Bass voice. To change back to the UPRIGHT BASS voice, simply press and hold [BASS]for a few moments again. The UPRIGHT BASS screen briefly appears. ■ Reverb Effects The P-200’s internal DSP digital signal processor generates three types of...
Page 27 - CHANGING REVERB DEPTH; Modulation Effects; SELECTING A MODULATION TYPE
27 CHANGING REVERB DEPTH 1. Hold the [REVERB] button and move the [DATA ENTRY] slider (or press[–1/NO] or [+1/YES]). As soon as you move the [DATA ENTRY] slider (or press [–1/NO] or [+1/YES])the REVERB DEPTH screen appears. If you move the [DATA ENTRY] slider upward, the depth level increases; if yo...
Page 28 - CHANGING MODULATION SPEED; MOD SPEED
28 A different modulation type and speedcan be selected for each voice. Whenyou play two voices in either Dual orSplit mode, the P-200 will apply themain voice modulation type and speedsetting to both voices, and ignore anysettings which you may have made forthe sub voice. For more informationabout ...
Page 29 - ADJUSTING THE EQUALIZATION; Main and Sub Voices
29 ADJUSTING THE EQUALIZATION Move an [EQUALIZER] slider up or down. Move either the [LOW], [MIDDLE] or [HIGH] slider upward to increase the level ofoutput for that range, or move it downward to decrease the level of output for thatrange. The graph below shows how the equalizer modifies the sound ou...
Page 30 - Dual Mode; ENTERING AND EXITING DUAL MODE
30 NOTE ■ Dual Mode When the P-200 is in Dual mode, you can play two voices at the same time—a mainvoice and a sub voice—over the full range of the keyboard. For example, you canblend electric piano and strings sounds together to add depth and texture to amelody line. You can adjust the volume balan...
Page 31 - ADJUSTING THE BALANCE OF THE DUAL VOICES; DUAL BALANCE; DETUNING THE DUAL VOICES
31 NOTE ADJUSTING THE BALANCE OF THE DUAL VOICES 1. Hold the [BALANCE] button and move the [DATA ENTRY] slider. As you move the [DATA ENTRY] slider, the DUAL BALANCE screen appears. Moving the slider upwards increases the level of the main voice whiledecreasing the level of the sub voice. Conversely...
Page 32 - DUAL DETUNE; Split Mode
32 As you move the [DATA ENTRY] slider, the DUAL DETUNE screen appears. You can set the detune to any value between 0 (no detuning) and 7 (maximumdetuning). Moving the slider upwards increases the detune value. Conversely,moving the slider downwards decreases the detune value. DUAL DETUNE $ 4 ^ 2. R...
Page 33 - ENTERING AND EXITING SPLIT MODE
33 If you enter Split mode directly fromDual mode, and then choose theOrgan 1 voice as the main voice, whenyou press the [SPLIT] button to exitSplit mode, the P-200 willautomatically switch to Single mode. In Split mode, the [PITCH] and[MODULATION] wheels, as well as thesustain, soft and sostenuto p...
Page 34 - SPLIT BALANCE
34 SELECTING SPLIT VOICES 1. Main Voice: Press a [VOICE SELECT] button. When you press the [SPLIT] button to enter Split mode, the voice you wereplaying in Single mode (or the main voice you were playing in Dual mode) willbe assigned by default to the main keyboard area. To change the main voice, si...
Page 35 - CHANGING THE SPLIT POINT; SPLIT POINT
35 NOTE Moving the slider upwards increases the level of the main voice while decreasing thelevel of the sub voice. Conversely, moving the slider downwards increases the levelof the sub voice while decreasing the level of the main voice. You can set the balanceto any value between -16 and 15. Two in...
Page 36 - CHANGING MAIN AND SUB KEYBOARD AREAS; SPLIT AREA
36 NOTE 2. Release the [SPLIT] button. After a moment, the Split voice names will reappear in the screen. The split point will remain where you set it until you change it again, even if youexit and reenter Split mode. As you change the split point you can specify whether the main voice will playabov...
Page 37 - Transpose; USING THE TRANSPOSE FEATURE
37 ■ Transpose The P-200 has a multi-faceted transpose feature that lets you transpose the pitch atthe touch of a button while you play. The P-200 has four independent transpose paths, which let you set transpose valuesfor the internal main voice as well as the sub voice, and which also let you sett...
Page 38 - SETTING THE TRANSPOSE AMOUNT; TRANSPOSE
38 As you play in Split mode, the pitch of both voices will transpose according tomain and sub voice settings when you press the [TRANSPOSE] button. Youcan play two-handed duets with different instruments by transposing the subvoice up or down two octaves to match the pitch range of the main voice. ...
Page 40 - MIDI Transmit Enable
40 ■ MIDI Transmit Enable You can enable or disable MIDI transmission by pressing the [MIDI] button. The LEDabove the [MIDI] button remains lit while this function is enabled. It will not block the reception of data from the [MIDI IN] jack. Note that you cannot enable transmission if the [MIDI] butt...
Page 41 - MIDI Panic; ACTIVATING MIDI PANIC; Panel Switch Lock; MIDI PANIC
41 ■ MIDI Panic Although MIDI is very reliable, it is in fact so sophisticated that it is not without itsoccasional faults. For example, sometimes a connected tone generator orsynthesizer responds to a Note On message, but not a Note Off message, thuscausing a note to get stuck, which can be quite f...
Page 42 - USING THE PANEL SWITCH LOCK FUNCTION; About Panel Switch Lock; PANEL LOCK
42 USING THE PANEL SWITCH LOCK FUNCTION From the Voice Play mode or the Performance Play mode, double-click thedesired [VOICE SELECT] button. (Refer to "About Panel Switch Lock" belowfor details.) The following screen appears when Panel Switch Lock is activated. To cancel the lock function, ...
Page 45 - ENTERING AND EXITING PERFORMANCE PLAY MODE
45 PERFORMANCE PLAY MODE Within Performance Play mode you can select and play any one of the 24 Performances, make changes in a Performance, or store the settings of one Performance into another Performance bank and number. Following is an overview of how to enter and exit Performance Play mode, how...
Page 46 - SELECTING A PERFORMANCE; Selecting Single Voices
46 NOTE SELECTING A PERFORMANCE Press a [PERFORMANCE SELECT] button. Pressing any of the 12 [PERFORMANCE SELECT] buttons will access a Performancein the currently selected Performance bank. The name of the Performance appears inthe LCD screen. The P-200 comes with 24 Preset Performances designed for...
Page 49 - EDIT MODE; VOICE MENUS; PERFORMANCE MENUS; Edit Menu Tree
49 EDIT MODE From within either Voice Play mode or Performance Play mode you can enter Edit mode and make changes to a wide variety of System, MIDI and other variable parameters. When the P-200 is in Edit mode, the LED above the [EDIT] button blinks, as does the LED above the currently selected [EDI...
Page 50 - ENTERING AND EXITING EDIT MODE
50 SELECTING AN EDIT FUNCTION Press an [EDIT SELECT] button. The LED above the button you press starts blinking, and thename of the currently active parameter page appears in theLCD screen. SELECTING EDIT FUNCTION PAGES Press the [PAGE] button once or more. Each time you press the [PAGE] button a pa...
Page 51 - System; MASTER TUNE
51 ● ACTIVE When the Active setting is selected, the P-200’s on-board reverbeffects will function as normal. ● BYPASS When the Bypass setting is selected, the P-200’s on-board reverbeffects will be disengaged. DEVICE NUMBER The Device Number function lets you match the MIDI devicenumber with the dev...
Page 52 - PANEL SWITCH LOCK MODE; POPUP TIME
52 PERFORMANCE ENABLE The Performance Enable function lets you switch betweenSystem (“Sys”) settings and Performance (“Perf”) settings forMIDI channel assignments, local on/off status and controllerassignments. This function lets you apply the System settingsdesignated in Voice Play mode to all of t...
Page 53 - PROGRAM CHANGE TRANSMIT; MIDI Filter; TRANSMIT FILTER; RECEIVE FILTER; TX FILTER; PC TX
53 ■ Program Change (PC) Table The Program Change Table function lets you assign programchange numbers to incoming and outgoing program changemessages. PROGRAM CHANGE TRANSMIT The Program Change Transmit function lets you assignprogram change transmit numbers to each voice orPerformance. You can als...
Page 54 - PROGRAM CHANGE RECEIVE; Channel; PC RX
54 ● MSB/LSB (Off, 0 ~ 127) This parameter lets you designate the MSB/LSB bank selectnumber. When set to Off (default), the P-200 will not transmit thebank select number. Pressing the [ - 1/NO] button lets you select Off for MSB/LSB and Program Change Number. When Off is selected for MSB, LSB will a...
Page 55 - Local
55 ● TRANSMIT CHANNEL Main/Sub (Off, 1 ~ 16) This determines the MIDI channel over which MIDI data is sent.For the Split mode, the main and sub voices can be set toseparate channels. For the Single and Dual modes, all MIDI datais sent over the specified Main channel (the Sub channel settingdoes not ...
Page 56 - CS RANGE MIN; CS ASSIGN
56 INTERNAL CONTROL Off No function assigned Reverb Depth Controls the reverb depth level Mod. Speed Controls the modulation speed level Total Volume Controls the P-200’s overall volume Main Volume Controls the main voice volume Sub Volume Controls the sub voice volume MIDI CONTROL CHANGE MESSAGES M...
Page 57 - Name; Organ Combination; PS1 ASSIGN; PS2 ASSIGN; ATK
57 ■ Panel Switch (PS) The Panel Switch function lets you assign a function to each ofthe two Panel Switches for realtime control of an external MIDIsequencer. This gives you the flexibility to send Start, Stop or Continuecommands to external devices like sequencers and rhythmprogrammers from the P-...
Page 58 - Keyboard Sensitivity
58 The right-most parameter, Attack mode, determines which notesin a held cluster of notes are given an attack sound. With the ì (first) setting, only the first note played will have an attack; all othernotes played while the first note is held will have no attack. Withthe í (Each) setting, all note...
Page 59 - Velocity Curves; Internal Equalizer; REVERB TYPE
59 Velocity Curves The P-200 has 10 different types of sensitivity settings for bothinternal voices and external MIDI instruments, organized in fourcategories: Normal, Soft-1~3, Hard-1~3, and Fixed-1~3. These give you wide and flexible control over how the strengthof your playing affects the volume ...
Page 60 - STORE; OVERWRITING IN PLAY MODE
60 STORE The P-200 has versatile and handy store and copy functions. In Edit mode you can designate whether the changes you make in Voice Play mode and Performance Play mode will be stored automatically as you make them (Auto Store), or will only be stored permanently after you perform a specific st...
Page 62 - APPENDIX; Bulk Dump; Send Bulk Data; BULK SEND
62 APPENDIX ■ Bulk Dump The Bulk Dump feature lets you offload parameter settings bysending it to an external MIDI data storage device (such as theYamaha MDF3 MIDI Data Filer), as well as load it back into theP-200 by receiving it from an external storage device.This gives you the luxury of being ab...
Page 63 - Initialize; INITIALIZING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS; Factory Default Settings
63 ■ Initialize The Initialize feature lets you restore the initial factory defaultsettings with a quick and simple operation.Before initializing the settings, make sure to first offload anydata that you want to save using the Bulk Dump operation.Otherwise, the Voice and Performance data you have cr...
Page 64 - Using MIDI; MIDI Channels
64 System messages also come in a number of varieties.SYSTEM REALTIME messages are used to start, stop andsynchronize the sequencing devices in a MIDI system.SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE messages allows for the transmission ofdata specific to individual devices. This data can be eitherindividual parameter setti...
Page 66 - MJC8 MIDI Patch Bay
66 Besides eliminating the possibility of MIDI delays, a MIDI patchbay is essential in a larger setup where you frequently need toperform bulk dump and other operations with specific devices,and don’t want to waste time plugging and unplugging cablesaccordingly. A MIDI patch bay lets you instantly r...
Page 67 - Error Messages
67 ■ Error Messages Occasionally you may encounter certain error messages which appear in the LCD screen. Below is a list with descriptions of each. The internal backup battery charge is low and the battery should be replaced. (See page 6.) Too much MIDI data is being received at once. Reception of ...
Page 68 - Troubleshooting; Possible Cause and Solution
68 ■ Troubleshooting The P-200 is a rather sophisticated electronic instrument with many parameter settings which affect its operation status. As such,occasionally you may find that it does not function as you think it should.If this happens, before rushing the P-200 to the service center, carefully...
Page 70 - Specifications
70 ■ Specifications Keyboard 88-key (A-1 to C7), velocity sensitive, Graded Hammer Effect keyboard Tone Generator AWM; 64-note maximum polyphony Voices PIANO 1 ~ 2 (STEREO/MONO); PIANO 3 ~ 4; ELECTRIC PIANO 1 ~ 3; VIBES; ORGAN 1 ~ 2; STRINGS; BASS (UPRIGHT/ELECTRIC) Play Modes Voice Play mode; Perfo...
Page 71 - INDEX
71 N Name (Performance) .............................................................57 O Organ Combination ..............................................................57 P Panel Switch (PS) .................................................................57Panel Switch Lock .........................
Page 72 - FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS
72 MIDI CHANNEL LOCAL ON/OFF ASSIGN PC SEND OTHERS Note On/Off Control Change Program Change Aftertouch Pitch Bend Change Channel Mode Message Parameter Change Bulk FA/FB/FC Note On/Off Control Change Program Change Pitch Bend Change Channel Mode Message Parameter Change Bulk NUMBER BANK LSB BANK MS...
Page 73 - PRESET VOICE LIST
73 PRESET VOICE LIST PITCH BEND MODULATION WHEEL INTERNAL MIDI REVERB MODULATION INTERNAL EQUALIZER CONTROLLERS KBD SENS. EFFECT RANGE ASSIGN TYPE TYPE RANGE MIN RANGE MAX TYPE DEPTH TYPE SPEED LOW MID HIGH Piano 1 2 mod.speed normal normal 1 128 hall 1 off 2 +8 0 -4 Piano 2 2 mod.speed normal norma...
Page 74 - PRESET PERFORMANCE LIST
74 MAIN SUB 16' 8' 5-1/3' 4' 2-2/3' 2' 1-1/3' 1' RESPONSE 4' 2-2/3' 2' LENGTH EACH/FIRST MAIN SUB MAIN SUB ASSIGN ASSIGN ASSIGN RANGE MIN RANGE MAX ASSIGN RANGE MIN RANGE MAX HOLD ATTACK ENABLE SWITCH INTERNAL MIDI TX CHANNEL RX CHANNEL PS1 PS2 CS FC PLAY MODE VOICE PIANO 1 STEREO/MONO PIANO 2 STERE...
Page 78 - Blank Chart
78 MIDI CHANNEL LOCAL ON/OFF ASSIGN PC SEND OTHERS Note On/Off Control Change Program Change Aftertouch Pitch Bend Change Channel Mode Message Parameter Change Bulk FA/FB/FC Note On/Off Control Change Program Change Pitch Bend Change Channel Mode Message Parameter Change Bulk NUMBER BANK LSB BANK MS...
Page 80 - MIDI DATA FORMAT
80 2. MIDI TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION 2.1 MIDI Transmission Condition ■ MIDI DATA FORMAT 1. MIDI DATA FLOW 2.2 MIDI Reception Conditions MIDI SW MERGE INTERNAL VELOCITY CURVE KEYBOARD MIDI VELOCITY CURVE KBD OFFSET Min/Max MIDI TRANSPOSE INTERNAL TRANSPOSE Tx FILTER Rx FILTER LOCAL MIDI IN MIDI OUT P-20...
Page 82 - SYSTEM REAL TIME MESSAGES
82 RX Program Change No. 13 14 35 36 Voice Perf. A01 Perf. A02 Perf. B11 Perf. B12 * Any Bank Select message is ignored. 3.2.4 Aftertouch Aftertouch is not received. 3.2.5 Pitch Bend Only the MSB of the Pitch Bend is received. 3.2.6 Channel Mode Channel Mode messages are received. Value 00H 00H 00H ...
Page 84 - PARAMETER CHANGE TABLE
84 6. PARAMETER CHANGE TABLE 6.1 System Setup F0H, 43H, 1nH, 2AH, 20H, 00H, 00H, N2H, 00H, V2H, F7Hn : Device Number N2H : Parameter NumberV2H : Parameter Value 2 N2 data name V2 (data range) note 0 00 MTUNE -64 – +63 (o/b) Master Tuning 1 01 MENABSW off/on MIDI Tx Enable SW 2 02 MREVSW bypass/activ...
