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Page 2 - Congratulations J; obtain maximum performance and enjoyment from your PSR-400/PSR-; CONTENTS; PREPARATION; FEATURE REFERENCE

Congratulations J You are the proud owner of a Yamaha PSR-400/PSR-500. Your PSR- 400/PSR-500 is a high-quality musical instrument that incorporates ad vanced Yamaha digital technology and many versatile features. In order to obtain maximum performance and enjoyment from your PSR-400/PSR- 500, we ur...

Page 3 - HOW TO USE THE MANUAL; This operation manual is divided into three main sections:; Including power supply setup and external connections.; QUICK OPERATION GUIDE; sponding control or feature.

HOW TO USE THE MANUAL This operation manual is divided into three main sections: PREPARATION [page 4] This section outlines the first things you must do before playing the PSR-400A^SR- 500. Including power supply setup and external connections. QUICK OPERATION GUIDE [page 6] The QUICK OPERATION GUID...

Page 4 - NOMENCUTURE; W“H; Top Panel Controls; ■ OVERALL CONTROL

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Page 5 - lb □ □ □ аф D®; Rear Panel Connectors

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Page 6 - This section contains information about setting up your PSR-; POWER SUPPLY; b d t t; Using Batteries; and remove the old batteries.; Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor

PREPARATION This section contains information about setting up your PSR- 400/PSR-500 and preparing to piay. Be sure to go through this section carefuiiy before using your PSR-400/PSR-500. POWER SUPPLY style 'S.P'.!TVQIC£____ yW 6 b d t t sme sMTvofCE beat ©'□tZJOOOO© □ “1 r” Your PSR-400 or PSR-500 ...

Page 7 - USING HEADPHONES OR AN EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEM; THE FOOT PEDAL

USING HEADPHONES OR AN EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEM A Standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged into the rear-panel HEAD PHONES/AUX. OUT jack for private practice or late-night playing. The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the HEADPHONES j...

Page 8 - for details about each feature and more advanced capabilities.

QUICK OPERATION GUIDE This section provides brief outlines of the procedures for operating several of the most basic PSR-400/PSR-500 features. Refer to the page numbers listed for details about each feature and more advanced capabilities. SELECT & PLAY VOICES VOfCfc SELECT o G 0 © © STYLE ^SPLfT...

Page 9 - THE SPLIT MODE; PLAY DIFFERENT LEFT- ÄND RIGHT- HAND VOICES; IIIIE; THE DUAL VOICE MODE; PLAY TWO VOICES ACROSS THE ENTIRE KEYBOARD

QUICK OPERATION GUIDE THE SPLIT MODE PLAY DIFFERENT LEFT- ÄND RIGHT- HAND VOICES MODE O NORMAL • SPLIT 1. Use the [MODE] button to select the SPLIT mode [page 10], □ IIIIE SPLIT POINT ▼ 2. Use the [SPLIT POINT CHANGE] button to change the split point, if necessary [page 13]. 3. Use the VOICE SELECT ...

Page 10 - PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT; pn

QUICK OPERATION GUIDE PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT MODE oNORMAL OSPLIT 1. Use the [MODE] button to select the SINGLE FINGER or FINGERED mode [page 10]. style select ST YL E / S PL IT voice VQlGi. pn C. I STVLE SPU^ VOiCr QELAT ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL o o fill in 2 BniDGE 2. If necessary, use the [SPLI...

Page 11 - PlÀYVm« Atno HARMONY

QUICK OPERATION GUIDE PlÀYVm« Atno HARMONY MODE O normal O SPLIT * SINGLE• finger OriwriERfO n 1. Use the [MODE] buttons to select the SPLIT, SINGLE FIN GER, or FINGERED mode [page 10], AUTO HARMONY 1t duet 2 TRIO '3 BLOCK A COUNTRY5 octave 6 STRUM 2. Use the AUTO HARMONY TYPE buttons to select a h...

Page 12 - D D B; d d d; P □ □ □ □ O; Auto Power OFF; PSR-500 features an Auto Power OFF function that auto; The [MODE] button determines the operational mode; NORMAL; This is the normal mode of operation in which you can; SPLIT

FEATURE REFERENCE The “FEATURE REFERENCE" provides full details on each of the PSR-400/PSR- 500 features. The features are presented as they appear on the PSR-400/PSR-500 panel, organized into functional groups such as “OVERALL CONTROL,” “AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT,” and “VOICE.” To find information ab...

Page 13 - SINGLE FINGER; • DSP; ROOM; MASTER VOLUME; ll; ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME; C I; PITCH BEND

FEATURE REFERENCE ( overall control ) SINGLE FINGER This mode provides automatic rhythm, bass, and orchestra accompaniment that you can control by playing just one, two, or three keys in the left-hand section of the keyboard. See page 18 for details. FINGERED The FINGERED mode provides automatic rhy...

Page 14 - Setting the Pitch Bend Range; tl‘; TRANSPOSE; TUNING; f pn; IC U

FEATURE REFERENCE ( overall control ) Setting the Pitch Bend Range The maximum amount of pitch bend produced by the PITCH BEND wheel can be set anywhere from ±1 semi tone to ±12 semitones (i.e. plus or minus one octave). 1. To set the pitch bend range, roll the PITCH BEND wheel all the way in eithe...

Page 15 - Recording

FEATURE REFERENCE ( overall control ) Press the TEMPO [A] button to increase the tempo, or the TEMPO [▼] button to decrease the tempo. The selected tempo will be displayed on the MULTI DISPLAY (in quarter-note beats per minute) while the TEMPO [A] or [T] button is pressed, and for approximately 2 s...

Page 16 - Recall; To recall a PAGE MEMORY setting; ir; List of initial PAGE memory settings

FEATURE REFERENCE (OVERALL CONTROL) Recall To recall a PAGE MEMORY setting simply press the appropriate PAGE MEMORY button. The corresponding indicator will light and the required panel settings will be recalled. • If the panel settings are changed but not recorded (including such operations as comp...

Page 17 - Page Memory MIDI Bulk; The contents of each PAGE; b d P; Press the button of the PAGE

FEATURE REFERENCE ( overall control ) NORMAUDUAL NORMAL DUAL VOICE No. 35 93 (REVERB DEPTH) (6) (14) VOLUME 21 22 LEFT OCTAVE 0 1 PAN 0 0 MIDI CH 2 DUAL VOICE ON VOICE VOICE No. 35 49 MEMORY 2 (REVERB DEPTH) (6) (9) VOLUME 21 20 RIGHT OCTAVE 0 0 PAN -4 0 HARMONY TYPE 5 MIDI CH 1 DUAL VOICE ON HARMON...

Page 18 - I 1 f I; STYLE SELECT; ment styles by using one of the two following methods:; J l t; Press the W button briefly to select the accompaniment; Starting the Accompaniment; selected, or by playing anywhere on the keyboard if the

FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT STYLE SELECT © o © © 0 0©© 1/4 1/8 ^'1? 1/16 O © © ® ORCHESTRATION ,BASS£V 1 Ov ? (X 3 CUSTOM RECORD/END CLEAR I 1 f I o INTRO o TILL IN ][ ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL o o o NORMAL TILL IN 2 BRIDGE ][ o ENDING SYNC START ON-OFF i...

Page 19 - The NORMAL and BRIDGE Variations; Starting the Accompaniment with an; □ LIJ; □ CD; Stopping the Accompaniment

FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) A different accompaniment style can be selected at any time while the accompaniment is playing. The style number display will change as soon as the selection is made, but the new style will begin playback from the top of the next measure. The tempo will not cha...

Page 20 - THE SINGLE FINGER MODE; Chords In the Single-finger Mode; ¡■EfflEEI; THE FINGERED MODE

FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) THE SINGLE FINGER MODE The SINGLE FINGER mode is selected via the [MODE] button in the OVERALL CONTROL section (see page 10). MODE OWORMAL O SPLIT 1 SINGLE FINGER accompaniment makes it simple to produce beautifully orchestrated accompaniment using major, seven...

Page 21 - • CUSTOM STYLE; □□ □ CD IZZI □ □□

FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) ORCHESTRATION Accompaniment parts can be turned on or off by press ing the corresponding ORCHESTRA button. When a part is turned off the corresponding indicator will go out. To silence the bass part, for example, press the ORCHES TRATION [BASS] button so that...

Page 22 - СП; Quantization

FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) When recording the RHYTHM track only a percus sion voice (numbers 94 through 99) can be selected. Any voice can be selected when recording any of the other tracks. Note, however, that a special transpose function is applied to the BASS track, so we recommend ...

Page 23 - VOICE; A A A A; Voice Selection Method 1:; I L; Voice Selection Method 2:; Keyboard Percussion

FEATURE REFERENCE ( voice ) VOICE VOICE SELECT ® O © © © © © © © © © © AUTO harmony ON/OFF T] 1 DUET 2 TRIO3 BLOCK 4 COUNTRY 5 OCTAVE6 STRUM DUAL VOICE ON/OFF Q^QN/C A A A A A TYPE VOLUME OCTAVE PAN MIDI CH ^ y VOICE SELECT © © © © © © © © © © ® © AUTO HARMONY , ON/OFF Qi^ON/j 1 DUET 2 TRIO3 : BLOCK...

Page 24 - DRUM & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT KEY ASSIGNMENTS; IE; ffl

FEATURE REFERENCE ( voice ) DRUM & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT KEY ASSIGNMENTS 94 SCRATCH W/PITCH Key Instrument C1~C6 Scratch 95 KICK & SNARE W/PITCH 96 TOM W/PITCH 97 LATIN PERCS W/PITCH 98 PERCUSSIONS W/GATE 99 PERCUSSIONS Key Instrument C1-B1 Bass Drum Heavy C2-B2 Bass Drum Light C3-B3 Snare L...

Page 25 - D n n; Changing the Right and Left-hand; REVERB DEPTH; VOLUME

FEATURE REFERENCE ( voice ) THE SPLIT MODE The PSR-400/PSR-500 SPLIT mode — selected via the [MODE] button — allows you to play two voices at once: one with the left hand and one with the right. The left- hand voice can be played to the left of the “split point,” set as described in “SPLIT POINT CHA...

Page 26 - PAN; MIDI CHANNEL; DUAL VOICE

FEATURE REFERENCE (VOICE) OCTAVE The OCTAVE [▲] and [T] buttons can be used to shift the pitch of the selected voice up or down by one or two octaves. Press the [▲] button to shift the pitch up, or the [T] button to shift the pitch down. The selected octave (- 2, -1,0,1, or 2) will be displayed on t...

Page 27 - AUTO HARMONY

FEATURE REFERENCE (VOICE) AUTO HARMONY Auto Harmony can be used in the SPLIT. SINGLE FINGER, and FINGERED modes. It automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to a melody you play on the keyboard. You can choose from 6 different types of har mony. AUrO HAF^MO^IY ^ON,OrF -----1 1 DUET I 1 2 TFtIO ...

Page 28 - RECORDING A MELODY

FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) SONG MEMORY SONG MEMORY melody (V CONDUCTOR lf=l RECOflD/EDIT SONG MEMORY PLAY/STOP □ The PSR-400/PSR-500 SONG MEMORY allows you to “record” and play back chord sequences created using the Auto Accompaniment feature and melody lines you play on the keyboard. The SONG ...

Page 29 - Data Edit Mode; Example 1; PAl; Example 2

FEATURE REFERENCE ( song memory ) T 2. Recording will begin as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or press the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/ STOP] button or the ACCOMPANIMENT CON TROL [START/STOP] button. 3. Play the melody using the entire keyboard if the NOR MAL mode is selected, or the keys to the ri...

Page 30 - RECORDING A CHORD

FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) RECORDING A CHORD SEQUENCE 1. Select an accompaniment style that is appropriate for the type of music you want to record. 2. Press one of the CHORD buttons — [1] through [5] — while holding the [RECORD] button. This engages the record ready mode for the selected bank....

Page 31 - End; MELODY AND CHORD

FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) • Whenever you record using the SONG MEMORY, any previously recorded material in the same bank will be erased, • If the power is turned off while recording, material recorded up to the point at which the power was dis connected will be retained in memory (the last ev...

Page 32 - THE CONDUCTOR; Playback

FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) THE CONDUCTOR The SONG MEMORY CONDUCTOR function allows CHORD and MEMORY banks to be “chained” and automatically played back in any order. Recording 1. Press the [CONDUCTOR] button while holding the [RECORD] button to engage the CONDUCTOR record ready mode. The [COND...

Page 34 - THE DRUM PADS; Cft LJUJIIDi

FEATURE REFERENCE (THE DRUM PADS/PSR-400) THE DRUM PADS (PSR-400) DRUM PAD Ô PAO ASSfGN ON/OFF 0 □ □ □ □ The PSR-400 DRUM PADS can be used to record single drum and percussion notes that can be played at any time sim ply by pressing the appropriate pad. Recording 1. Press the [PAD ASSIGN ON/OFF] bu...

Page 35 - MIDI; RECEIVE CHANNEL/CLOCK; i p; Data Received In the Remote Control Mode

FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) MIDI RECEIVE ON/OFF MODE □ □ A CEiVE O CLOCK RECEIVE CHANNEL/CLOCK The enable/disable status of all MIDI receive channels is set via the MIDI section RECEIVE CH./CLOCK [A] and [▼] buttons. The [A] button increments the receive channel number shown on the display and the [T] ...

Page 36 - The Multi mode should be used when the PSR-400/; Data Received In the Multi Voice Mode; multi-timbre tone generator, allowing different voices to; System Exclusive Reception; System exclusive data can be received from an external; Ь r r

FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) See page 35 for details on control change messages. Program change and control change data only affects the main voice in the NORMAL mode (the right-hand voice when the SPLIT mode is selected) when the DUAL func tion is engaged. MIDI start messages control PSR-500 auto acco...

Page 37 - • Transmitted Data; The following data is transmitted via the MIDI OUT; Control Change Data Value Specifica; бон

FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) • Transmitted Data The following data is transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector when either the Remote Control or Multi Voice mode is selected: • The transmit channel for each voice is set using the MIDI CHANNEL button described on page 24. • All notes played on the keyboard...

Page 38 - DEMO; the corresponding demo.

FEATURE REFERENCE (DEMO) DEMO □ 2 □ 3 □ To give you an idea of the PSR-400/PSR-500’s sophisti cated capabilities, it is programmed with 3 demonstration songs that you can select and play. 1. Press the DEMO [1], [2], or [3] button to start playback of the corresponding demo. 3 □ 2. Press the same DE...

Page 39 - APPENDIX A: MIDI BASICS; Connectors; MIDI Bulk Dump

APPENDIX A: MIDI BASICS MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world- standard communication interface that allows MIDI-compat- ible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another. This makes it possible to create “systems” of MIDI instruments ...

Page 40 - APPENDIX В: POLYPHONY; I I; L Г U f I

APPENDIX В: POLYPHONY The PSR-4CX) and PSR-500 feature a maximum polyphony of 28-notes, so up to 28 notes can be played on simultaneously. This 28-note maximum applies to all PSR-400/PSR-500 features, including automatic accompaniment, song memory, the multi pads, etc. If more than 28 notes are pla...

Page 42 - SPECIFICATIONS; Abnormal operation procedures and other problems can

APPENDIX E: SYSTEM RESET - SPECIFICATIONS Abnormal operation procedures and other problems can cause the PSR-400/PSR-500 system to “lock up” or malfunc tion. Normally, simply turning the power off and then on again will solve the problem. If turning the power off and on docs not restore normal oper...

Page 44 - MIDI Implementation Chart; OFF

[Portable Keyboard] Model PSR-400/PSR-500 MIDI Implementation Chart Date : 05/19,1991 Version: 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function Remote Control Mode Multi Voice Mode Basic Default 1-16 (*1) 1-16 (*2) 1-16 (*2) Channel Changed 1-16 1-16 (*2) 1-16 (*2) Default 3 (*2) (*2) (*3) Mode Messages ...

Page 47 - YAMAHA; IMPORTANT; YAMAHA CORPORATION

YAMAHA IMPORTANT PLEASE RECORD THE SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR UNIT IN THE SPACE BELOW. MODEL: PSR-400 MODEL: PSR 500 SERIAL NO: THE SERIAL NUMBER IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT. RETAIN THIS OWNER'S GUIDE IN A SAFE PLACE FOR FUTURE REFER ENCE. YAMAHA CORPORATION PO. Box 1, Hamamatsu, Japan ' IWl 'i...