Yamaha PSR-420- User Manual

Yamaha PSR-420

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Important Features; 28 outstanding voices with eight percussion kits.
  • Page 3 – Contents
  • Page 4 – Taking Care of Your PortaTone
  • Page 5 – Panel Controls
  • Page 6 – Top Panel Controls
  • Page 7 – Power Supply; Using Batteries; When the batteries need to be replaced “Btry Low” will appear on the; Setting Up; Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor
  • Page 8 – Connections; The PHONES Jack; SUSTAIN Jack; MIDI IN and OUT Connectors; The MIDI IN connector receives MIDI data from an external MIDI de-; The Music Stand
  • Page 9 – The Demonstration; Switch ON; Trumpet
  • Page 10 – Skip to the Beginning Of a Different Demo Song
  • Page 11 – Basic Display Operation; The Cursor Buttons
  • Page 12 – The Modes; Song Track Parameters & Icons
  • Page 13 – Selecting & Playing Voices; Select the NORMAL Mode
  • Page 14 – Select a Voice; The Number Buttons
  • Page 15 – You can now play the selected voice on the PSR-320/420 keyboard. On; Keyboard Percussion; When one of the eight PERCUSSION KIT voices are selected — voice; The Percussion Kits
  • Page 16 – The Split Mode; The SPLIT mode is engaged by pressing the [MODE] button so that the; Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters; Select the SPLIT VOICE Function; Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times; Select the Function and Set As Required; ] buttons to select the desired function, and
  • Page 17 – Exit; SPLIT VOICE function.
  • Page 18 – Touch Response; Dual Voice; The DUAL VOICE feature is turned on and off by pressing the [DUAL
  • Page 19 – Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters; Select the DUAL VOICE Function
  • Page 20 – Digital Effects; Ambience; Select the DIGITAL EFFECT Function; You can also select the DIGITAL EFFECT function by pressing and; Changing the Digital Effect
  • Page 21 – DIGITAL EFFECT function.; Transposition; one octave in semitone increments.; Move the Cursor to the Transpose Value; Use the CURSOR buttons to select the number to the right of the key-; Set the Transposition As Required
  • Page 22 – Using Auto Accompaniment; RkBoogie; Press the [MODE] button to the right of the display as many times as
  • Page 23 – SINGLE FINGER ACCOMPANIMENT; For a major chord, press the root key only.; FngrngMd; nor
  • Page 24 – FULL
  • Page 25 – Select the Style Function; Set the Tempo; You can change the tempo to any value between 32 and 280 beats per; Select a Style
  • Page 26 – You can also use the CURSOR buttons or the number buttons to select; Start the Accompaniment; There are several ways to start the accompaniment:; Start with an introduction followed by the MAIN B variation:; Start with an introduction followed by the MAIN A variation:
  • Page 27 – As soon as you play any fingering that the PSR-320/420 can “recognize”; The Beat Indicator
  • Page 28 – The Stop Accompaniment Function; While the SINGLE or FINGERED mode is selected chords played in the; Select the MAIN A and B Sections as Required; The MAIN A and MAIN B sections can be selected at any time during; Stop the Accompaniment; The accompaniment can be stopped at any time by pressing the [START/
  • Page 29 – What’s in the Tracks; Large/Small Accompaniment
  • Page 30 – Muting Individual Tracks; Individual accompaniment tracks can be turned OFF (muted) or ON by; Changing Accompaniment Track Voices
  • Page 31 – AccSpPnt; Set As Required; Simply press the key you want to assign as the split point. The key
  • Page 32 – The harmony effect can be used when an Auto Accompaniment mode is; One Touch Setting Parameter List
  • Page 33 – Selecting a Harmony Type; Select the HARMONY Function; To select a harmony type, first select the HARMONY function (either; Block; Select a HARMONY Type; uet
  • Page 34 – Registration Memory; Registering the Panel Settings; Set Up the Controls as Required; by the Registration Memory function:; Data Stored By the Registration Memory; Select a Registration Bank (if necessary); Any of the eight Registration Memory banks can be selected via the
  • Page 35 – Register the Settings; The Accomp Freeze Function; When the ACCOMP FREEZE function is engaged, the accompaniment pa-; Recall the Registered Panel Settings; The indicator of the selected REGISTRATION MEMORY will flash as
  • Page 36 – Song Recording; The SONG MELODY tracks record the following operations and data:; Recording a Melody Track; Select a SONG Number
  • Page 37 – Select a Voice and Set the Voice Parameters; other parameters as required.; Engage the MELODY Track Record Ready Mode; The BEAT indicator dots flash at the current tempo. If the “Metronom”; Record; Recording will begin as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or; Stop Recording
  • Page 38 – The SONG ACCOMP track records the following operations and data:; Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody; Select the SINGLE or FINGERED Mode and a Style; Select the SINGLE or FINGERED mode (page 21) and an accompani-
  • Page 39 – Recording will begin as soon as you play a chord on the Auto Accompa-; The ACCOMP track volume setting will appear on the display.
  • Page 40 – Playback will begin as soon as the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button is; Play Along If You Like; Play along on the keyboard if you like. You can also change the tempo; Stop Playback
  • Page 41 – Play from a Specified Measure; Enter the Desired Measure Number; desired measure number.; Select the MEASURE Parameter; Use the CURSOR buttons to select the MEASURE parameter in the; Start Playback; You can now start playback from the specified measure number.
  • Page 42 – Voice & Volume Rewrite; All data in the ACCOMP, MELODY 1 and MELODY 2 tracks of the; Clear
  • Page 43 – The Multi Pads; Selecting a MULTI PAD KIT; Select the MULTI PAD Function; Fanfare; Select a Multi Pad Kit Number; of the 11 or 14 available multi pad kits.
  • Page 44 – Playing the MULTI PADS; MULTI PAD playback can be terminated by pressing the MULTI PADS; The Milti Pad Kits
  • Page 45 – Using Music Cartridges; YESTERDY; Inserting a Music Cartridge; Do not disassemble Music Cartridges.
  • Page 46 – Select and Use a Cartridge Style; ORGRKBLD; Cartridge Accompaniment Styles; used in the same way as the internal accompaniment styles.; Press the [STYLE] button to directly select the STYLE function, or; Selecting Cartridge Styles
  • Page 47 – The Yamaha Style File Format; Different Number of Sections
  • Page 48 – Select the SONG Function; AåTRAIN; Cartridge Song Playback
  • Page 49 – Cartridge Registration Presets; banks; Select the Regist Memory Function; Press either of the [FUNCTION] buttons to the left of the display as; Select and Use a Cartridge Registration; Selecting Cartridge Registration
  • Page 50 – Practice Features; Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off; ] buttons to locate the “MinusMod” function. Finally use the; The Minus One Mode; MinusMod
  • Page 52 – internal — for continuous repeat playback.; While the song is playing, press the [REPEAT PLAY] button once at the; Repeat Play
  • Page 53 – Overall Functions; Kybd
  • Page 54 – ] buttons to select the desired function from; Keyboard Volume; General Functions; Octave
  • Page 55 – Pan; AcompVol; Touch Sensitivity; TouchSns; Voice Set; VoiceSet; on
  • Page 56 – Any channel —1 through 16 — can be selected. The default setting “01”; MinusChR; Turns the keyboard guide lamps on or off. The guide mode functions; Lamp; Metronome; Metronom; oFF
  • Page 57 – The MIDI Connectors; Simple MIDI Control
  • Page 58 – Remote Channel; Sets the MIDI channel on which data from a remote keyboard will be; RemoteCh; MIDI Sequence Recording
  • Page 59 – Internal Styles; Song Out; Cartridge Styles; KybdOut; SongOut; AcompOut
  • Page 60 – Local Control; Initial Data Send; Local; ExtClock; External Clock; YES
  • Page 61 – Bulk Data Send; To send the bulk data select the “BulkSnd?” function, then press the; Receiving Bulk Data
  • Page 62 – Data Backup & Initialization; Data Initialization; Backup; CLr
  • Page 64 – Appendix: Troubleshooting
  • Page 65 – Percussion Kit List
  • Page 67 – MIDI Implementation Chart; MIDI Implementation Char t
  • Page 68 – GM System Level 1
  • Page 69 – Specifications
  • Page 70 – Index
  • Page 71 – SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION
  • Page 72 – Limited Warranty; KEEP THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS. DO NOT MAIL!
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Summary

Page 2 - Important Features; 28 outstanding voices with eight percussion kits.

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Page 3 - Contents

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Page 4 - Taking Care of Your PortaTone

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