Yamaha YDP-181 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Playing Back Songs
Owner’s Manual
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ENGLISH
Playing Back User/External Songs on the Instrument
1. Select the desired song.
Press the [SONG SELECT] button (the USER indicator lights). Then press the
[–/NO] [+/YES] buttons to select a song. The User songs are displayed as “Uxx*”
and External songs in the instrument are displayed as “xxx.”
*The “U” indication in the User song name means “User.” The letters “xx” represent the song number.
2. Start playback.
Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button.
The current measure number appears on the display during playback.
•You can play the keyboard while the instrument is playing back a song. You
can also play the notes in a voice different from the playback voice by select-
ing a voice from the panel.
Adjust the volume
Use the
[MASTER VOLUME] slider to adjust the volume.
Adjust the tempo
You can use the
[TEMPO/FUNCTION , ] buttons to adjust the playback
tempo as required before or during playback. The default tempo (the song’s
original tempo) is set when you press the [] and [] buttons simultaneously.
3. Stop playback.
When playback is complete, the instrument automatically stops and locates the
top of the song. To stop playback in the middle of a song, press the SONG
[STOP] button. You can also pause playback by pressing the SONG [PLAY/
PAUSE]
button.
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Procedure
NOTE
User song playback cannot be
started when the recorder contains
no data.
NOTE
You can also enjoy playing duets
with yourself by recording one
part of a duet or a song for two
pianos, then playing the other
part while the recorded part plays
back.
NOTE
If you have External songs in the
instrument, you can use the
repeat function.
ALL: Play all External songs in
sequence.
rnd: Play all External songs con-
tinuously in random order.
NOTE
For instructions about how to load
the songs from the computer
(refer on page 53).