Yamaha PSR-E203 - Manuals

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 7 Panel logos ................................................................ 6Supplied Accessories................................................. 6 Setting Up 8 Power Requirements ................................................. 8Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUT...

8 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power. Although the instrument will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly ...

Setting Up PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 9 Make all necessary connections BEFORE turning the power on. The PSR-E203/YPT-200 speakers are automatically shut off when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/OUTPUT jack also functions as an external output. You can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jac...

10 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and Terminals ■ Front Panel q [STANDBY/ON] switch .................................... page 9, 24 w MASTER VOLUME [+] button ....................................................... pages 9, 24 [-] button .................................................

12 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual — Quick Guide — Step 1 Changing the Voices When turning the power on, bars appear at the left side in the display to indicate the value of the master volume. When you first turn on the power, make sure to turn down the volume of the instrument by pressing the MASTE...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 13 Quick Guide In addition to the piano Voice, a wide variety of other instrument Voices can be selected and played, including guitar, trumpet and flute. The Voice selected here becomes the Main Voice. Press the [VOICE] button. The Voice number and name are displayed....

14 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual When you simply want to play a piano Voice, all you have to do is press one convenient button. Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. The Voice “Grand Piano1 001” will automatically be selected as the Main Voice. Drum kits are collections of drum and percussion instrum...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 15 Quick Guide Try out each key. You’ll hear bongo drums, congas, maracas, and more—a compre-hensive variety of drum and percussion sounds.Details on the instruments and key assignments of each drum kit can be found in the Drum Kit List on page 55. ● Drum Kit List 130...

16 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Step 2 Fun Sounds This instrument also includes a wide range of unique sound effects. Try out each key and enjoy the sounds! As you try out the various keys you’ll hear the sound of a dog barking, running water, a creaking door and many other unique effects. Press ...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 17 Quick Guide Step 3 Play With The Metronome The instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Play and set the tempo that is most comfortable for you. Turn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button. To stop t...

18 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure, while a metro-nome click will sound on all others. You can also set the time signature to “00,” in which case the chime will not sound and the click sound will be heard on all beats. Press and hold the [METRONOM...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 19 Quick Guide Step 4 Playing Songs This instrument has 102 built-in Songs.Listening to a Song Press the [SONG] button. The Song number and name are displayed. Select the desired Song by using the number buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Refer to the Song List on next page. ...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 21 Quick Guide Step 5 Play with a Style The Style feature provides backing and rhythm parts in a wide variety of musical categories, including rock, blues, techno and much more. Here’s how to play a rhythm of a Style. The rhythm sound consists of percussion instrument...

22 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual On the previous page, you’ve learned how to select your favorite rhythm of a Style. Here, you’ll learn how to expand on that rhythm with bass and chord backing, and use all of it as your accom-paniment as you play. Press the [STYLE] button and then select a Style. ...

24 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual GrandPno 001 001 Press the [STANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the power.Press the [STANDBY/ON] switch again to turn the power OFF. Turning the power on Pressing the MASTER VOLUME [+] and [-] buttons. Adjusting the volume Press the [-] button to lower the vol-ume. Press...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 25 Basic Operation and Displays When you select a basic function, the name and number of the currently selected Song, Style and Voice is shown. From this display, you can select the desired Song, Style or Voice. Press a button to select a basic function Press the [SON...

26 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays GrandPno 001 003 The Main display shows all of the current basic settings for Song, Style and Voice. It also includes a range of indicators that show the on/off status for various functions. Display Displays the melody and chord notes o...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 27 Song Lesson Yamaha Education Suite 5 You can select any Song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song Lesson lets you learn how to play Songs in three easy steps. ■ Lesson Flow ■ The practice methods: Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn)...

Song Lesson 28 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the part you want to practice. Press the [R] button for a right-hand lesson, [L] button for a left-hand lesson, or press both the [R] and [L] buttons simultaneously for a both-hands lesson. The selected part is displayed. A “No LPart” message i...

Song Lesson PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 29 Lesson 2 (Timing) In this lesson, try playing the notes with the correct timing. Simply concentrate on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompa-niment. The correct notes sound even if you play wrong notes as long as you play in time with the ...

Song Lesson 30 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Lesson 3 (Waiting) In this mode, try playing the correct notes. The notes you should play appear in the score and the keyboard on the display. The Song pauses until you play the right note. 1 Select a Song for your lesson. 2 Select the part you want to ...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 31 Song settings Changing the Melody Voice You can change a Song’s melody Voice to any other Voice you prefer. 1 Select the Song and play it. Refer to the section “Playing Songs” on page 19. 2 Select the voice. Select a desired Voice by using the number buttons [0]-[9...

Song settings 32 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 2 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until “SongVol” appears. 3 Set the Song Volume by pressing the number buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Mute The Song is made up by several tracks.You can mute Track 1 or Track 2 during Song playback. • Track 1...

Song settings PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 33 Practice Makes Perfect You can repeatedly practice a section you find difficult. This function lets you specify a section of a Song you want to practice—“A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback. 1 Play the Song and press the...

34 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Play With a Variety of Effects Adding Reverb Reverb adds the ambience of a room or concert hall to the sound that you play on the keyboard. Press the [REVERB ON/OFF] button to turn Reverb on. Reverb is normally on. You can check how the selected Reverb Type sounds ...

Play With a Variety of Effects PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 35 Adding Panel Sustain This function adds a fixed sustain to the keyboard Voices. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until the “Sustain” item appears. 2 Press the [+] button to turn the Panel Sustain on.Panel Sustain will b...

36 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Setting the Split Point The Split Point setting can be changed as desired. The initial default Split Point is key number 54 (the F # 2 key), but you can change it to another key. When you change the Split Point, the auto accom-paniment ra...

Handy Performance Features PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 37 Tuning You can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. The overall tuning of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maximum of 100 cents in 1-cent increments (100 cents = 1 semitone). 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of...

Handy Performance Features 38 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Changing the tempo of the Song/Style Songs and Styles can be played at any tempo you desire—fast or slow. 1 Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button to call up the Tempo setting in the dis-play after selecting a Style/Song. 2 Set the Tempo by using t...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 39 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions Various ways to start and stop Style playback The following three methods can be used to start Style playback. In all cases you will need to press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on before actually starting S...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 40 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual The following three methods can be used to stop Style playback. ■ Immediate Stop Playback will stop as soon as you press the [START/STOP] button. ■ Stop and Enter Sync Start Mode If you press the [SYNC START] button during Style...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 41 Pattern Variation (Sections) The instrument features a wide variety of Style “sections” (patterns) that allow you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and the...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 42 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 4 Press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. 6 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style starts. For this example, play a C major chord (as shown below). For...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 43 Adjusting the Style Volume This procedure allows you to adjust the balance between Style playback and the notes you play on the keyboard by setting the volume of the play-back sound. 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Press the [FUNC...

44 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords You’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 21 that the “feel” of the Style changes every time you play a chord on the left-hand side of the key-board. Here, you’ll learn the types of the chords and ho...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 45 ● Recognized Standard Chords Chart * These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function. Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord (C) Display Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C C Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C(9) C(9) Sixth [6] ...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords 46 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord dictionary” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quic...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 47 ■ About chords Playing two or more notes together simultaneously creates a “chord.” Playing a note together with two other notes spaced three notes (steps) apart—such as the notes C, E and G—creates a harmonious sound. Chords like ...

48 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Function Settings The [FUNCTION] button gives you access to a variety of operations related to adjust-ing or enhancing the sound and making settings for connection to external devices. Select the item and change the value There are 16 different items that can be se...

Function Settings PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 49 ● Function Setting List Item Display Range/settings Description Style Volume StyleVol 000-127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song Volume SongVol 000-127 Determines the volume of the Song. Transpose TransPos -12–00–12 Determines the pitch of t...

50 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual About MIDI The instrument features a MIDI terminals that can be connected to other MIDI instru-ments and devices for expanded musical functionality. What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-standard interface for communication between el...

About MIDI PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 51 Transferring Performance Data To and From Another Instrument By connecting the PSR-E203/YPT-200 to other MIDI devices or a computer, the performance data of the instrument can be used on those other MIDI devices or computer, and also the performance data...

About MIDI 52 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual ■ MIDI settings These settings should be made when transmitting/receiving performance data to a connected MIDI device or computer. Local Control determines whether or not notes played on the instrument are sounded by its internal tone generator system; t...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 53 Voice List ■ Maximum Polyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony. This means thatit can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless ofwhat functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number ofthe avail...

56 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8 Beat 001 8BeatModern 002 60’sGtrPop 003 8BeatAdria 004 60’s8Beat 005 8Beat 006 OffBeat 007 60’sRock 008 HardRock 009 RockShuffle 010 8BeatRock 16 Beat 011 16Beat 012 PopShuffle 013 GuitarPop 014 16BtUptempo 015 KoolShuffle 016 HipH...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 57 Effect Type List ● Reverb Types No. Reverb Type Description 01 Hall 1 Concert hall reverb. 02 Hall 2 03 Hall 3 04 Room 1 Small room reverb. 05 Room 2 06 Stage 1 Reverb for solo instruments. 07 Stage 2 08 Plate 1 Simulated steel plate reverb. 09 Plate 2 10 Off No ef...

58 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ PORTATONE ] Date:15-Nov-2004 Model YPT-200/PSR-E203 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 Channel Changed x x Default 3 3 Mode Messages x x Altered ***********...

MIDI Implementation Chart PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 59 Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. x x Common : Song Sel. x x : Tune x x System : Clock o o Real Time: Commands o o Aux :All Sound OFF x o(120,126,127) : Reset All Cntrls x o(121) :Loca...

60 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual NOTE: 1 By default (factory settings) the instrument ordinarily func-tions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator, and incoming data does not affect the panel voices or panel set-tings. However, the MIDI messages listed below do affect the panel voices, auto ...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 61 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the instrument is turned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical power. When using a mobile phone, noise is pro-duced. Usin...

62 PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual Specifications Keyboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1-C6) Display • LCD display Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: [+], [-] buttons Panel Controls • [L], [R], [LISTEN & LEARN], [TIMING], [WAITING], [A-B REPEAT]/[ACMP ON/OFF], [REW]/[INTRO/ENDING/rit.], [FF]/[[M...

PSR-E203/YPT-200 Owner’s Manual 63 Index A-B REPEAT button ................................................. 33ACMP ON/OFF button .............................................. 22DEMO button ............................................................. 20FF button ......................................

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