Yamaha PortaTone PSR-I425 manuel d'utilisation

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    Owner ’ s Manual EN[...]

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    2 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 3 OBSER VERA! Apparaten kopplas inte ur väx elströmskällan (nätet) så länge som den ar ansluten till vägguttaget, även om själv a apparaten har stängts av . AD V ARSEL: Netspæendingen til dette appar at er IKKE afbr udt, sålæenge netledningen siddr i en stikkontakt, som er t endt — også selvom der or slukk [...]

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    4 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place for future ref erence . W ARNING 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 other hazards. These precau[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 5 • Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables. • When setting up the product, make sure that the AC outlet you are using is easily accessible. If some trouble or malfunction occurs, immediately turn off the power switch and disconnect the plug from the outlet. Even when the power switc[...]

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    6 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual The follo wing is the title, credits and copyright notices for the song pre-installed in this electronic keyboard: Composition T itle : Against All Odds Composer’ s Name : Collins 0007403 Copyright Owner’ s Name : EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING L TD / HIT & RUN MUSIC L TD All Rights Reserved, Unauthorized copying, public p[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha PSR-I425 P ortaT one! Please read this o wner’ s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to tak e full advantage of its various features. Mak e sure to k eep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you finish reading, and refer to it ofte[...]

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    8 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Special Features of the PSR-I425 ■ Creating New Sounds P age 18 By adjusting just two knobs you can add v arying degrees of distortion, “sweetness, ” or other characteristics to a sound to change it subtly or drasti- cally . Parameters that can be assigned to the knobs include ef fect, filter, en ve- lope generato[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 9 Copyright Notice .................................................................... 6 Panel Logos ........................................................................... 6 Included Accessories ............................................................. 7 Special Features of the PSR-I425 ..........................[...]

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    10 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power . Although the instrument will run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an A C adaptor whene ver possible. An A C adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resources. ?[...]

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    Setting Up PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 11 Make all necessary connections below BEFORE turning the power on. The PSR-I425 speakers are automatically shut of f when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/OUTPUT jack also functions as an exter - nal output. Y ou can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a ke yboard amplifier, stereo system, mix er ,[...]

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    12 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals q [ST ANDBY/ON] s witch .................... page 11 w [MASTER V OLUME] control .... pages 11, 24 e [T OUCH ON/OFF] button ................ page 65 r [HARMONY ON/OFF] button .......... page 60 t [DU AL ON/OFF] b utton ................... page 29 y [SPLIT ON/OFF] button ................... [...]

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    Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 13 @6 [A-B REPEA T]/ [SYNC ST OP] button ............... pages 78, 71 @7 [P A USE]/ [SYNC ST AR T] button ............. pages 40, 70 @8 [REW]/ [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] b utton .... pages 40, 71 @9 [FF]/ [MAIN/A UT O FILL] b utton ....... pages 40, 71 #0 [ST AR T/ST OP] button ....... pages 33, 40, 5[...]

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    14 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Cr eating Arpeggios The arpeggio function lets y ou create arpeggios (br oken chords) b y simply pla ying the required notes on the keyboar d. For example, y ou could play the notes of a triad—the r oot, thir d, and fifth—and the arpeg- gio function will automatically create a v ariety of intere[...]

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    Creating Arpeggios PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 15 2 Select an arpeggio type. The most suitable arpeggio type is automatically selected when you select a voice, but you can easily select any other arpeggio type. Hold the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button for longer than a second and the name of the current arpeggio type will appear in the display. Rotate the d[...]

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    Creating Arpeggios 16 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Create a P op T une Y ou can play a style and specify the style chords with your left hand while playing arpe ggios with your right hand to create interesting sonic te xtures and backgrounds. 1 Select the keyboar d v oice (page 28). For this e xample we’ll use a grand piano voice, so press the [POR [...]

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    Creating Arpeggios PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 17 4 Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on. When auto accompaniment is turned on, the left-hand section of the keyboard is used only for specifying accompaniment chords. 5 Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] button. The rhythm accompaniment will start. 6 Begin playing. Listen carefully to t[...]

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    18 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Cr eate Original Sounds The two knobs located in the lo wer left area of the panel can be used to add v ariations to the sound being play ed, transforming the sound in a variety of m usical wa ys. Filter , envelope generator , and other effects can be assigned to the two knobs as required. In this se[...]

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    Create Original Sounds PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 19 z Filter Filter effects shape sound by allowing only a specified range of frequencies to pass and/or by producing a resonance peak at the fi lter’ s “cutof f” fre- quency . Filter effects can be used to create a range of synthesizer-like sounds. * Filter eff ects can sometimes cause distor[...]

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    Create Original Sounds 20 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual c EG (En velope Generator) En velope Generator effects determine how the le vel of the sound varies ov er time. Y ou can make the attack faster for a more percussive sound or slower for a violin-like sound, for example. Or you can lengthen or shorten the sus- tain to most ideally match the music. [...]

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    Create Original Sounds PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 21 1 Select the v oice you want to pla y on the keyboar d. The name of the currently selected v oice will appear in the display when you press the [VOICE] b utton. Use the dial to select the desired v oice. For this example we want to use a synth-lead type voice, so select “97 SquareLd” (Square-w[...]

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    Create Original Sounds 22 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 4 Play with the right hand while operating Knob A with the left hand. If you select a different keyboard v oice the knobs will be reset and the ideal settings for the selected voice will be automatically recalled. In the same way , if the “ v STYLE FIL TER” ef fect is selected, the knobs will [...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 23 Q u i c k G u i d e The Easy W ay to Play Piano This instrument includes a perf ormance assistant technology f eature that lets y ou play along with a song and sound like a great pianist (e ven though y ou might be making lots of mistakes)! In fact, you can pla y any notes and still sound good! So even if y ou can’t p[...]

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    The Easy Way to Play Piano 24 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 3 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] b utton. Song playback will begin. The basic pattern will repeat. Listen to four measures while memorizing the basic pattern. It’ s your tune to play the part from the fi fth measure. 4 Play on the ke yboard. Play the score on the left along with the accompaniment[...]

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    The Easy Way to Play Piano PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 25 5 Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSIST ANT ON/OFF] button to turn the performance assistant tec hnology feature off. The complete score for A ve Maria is provided on page 102. Use the P erf ormance Assistant to Play Like a Pr o! To begin, try to feel the rh ythm of the song. Then, with your hands spr[...]

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    The Easy Way to Play Piano 26 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Next try pla ying the Chopin Nocturne . 1 The procedure is that same as that described f or pla ying A ve Maria on pages 23–25. Select “011 Nocturne”. 2 Listen to eight measures, then begin pla ying from the ninth measure. Play the keys sho wn in the illustration. Keep playing F , A and [...]

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    The Easy Way to Play Piano PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 27 When using the performance assistant technology or in other situations in which the tempo of the song is too fast or too slow for you, you can change the tempo as required. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] b utton. The tempo display will appear and you can use the dial, the [+] and [-] b uttons, or the [[...]

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    28 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e T ry Playing a V ariety of Instrument V oices In addition to piano, organ, and other “standar d” keyboar d instruments, this instrument has a large range of v oices that includes guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and per cussion, sound effects … a wide variety of m usical sounds. This[...]

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    Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 29 Y ou can select a second voice which will play in addition to the main v oice when you play the k eyboard. The second voice is known as the “dual” voice. 1 Press the [DU AL ON/OFF] button. The [DU AL ON/OFF] button turns the dual voice on or off. When turned on the dual voi[...]

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    Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 30 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 4 Play the ke yboard. T ry selecting and playing a range of dual v oices. In the split mode you can play different voices to the left and right of the k eyboard “split point”. The main and dual voices can be played to the right of the split point, while the v oice played to[...]

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    Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 31 3 Select the desired split v oice . W atch the displayed split voice and rotate the dial until the v oice you want to use is selected. The voice selected here becomes the split voice which will play to the left of the k eyboard split point. For this example try selecting the ?[...]

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    32 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Drum Kits This instrument includes a range of drum kits and unique sound effects y ou can use for entertainment. Laughter , babbling brooks, jet fly-bys, eerie effects, and much more. These sounds can be a great way to enhance the mood at parties. Drum kits are collections of drum and percussion instruments. When drum [...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 33 Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that pr oduces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + c hords) in the style y ou choose to match chor ds y ou play with y our left hand. Y ou can select from 162 dif- ferent styles co vering a range of musical genres and time signatures (see pa[...]

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    Playing Styles 34 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Y ou learned how to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rh ythm to produce a full, rich accom- paniment that you can play along with. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. 2 T urn automatic accompaniment on. [...]

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    Playing Styles PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 35 4 Play a left-hand c hord to start the style . Y ou can still “play” chords even if you don’t actually know an y chords. This instrument will recognize even a single note as a chord. Try playing from one to three notes at the same time to the left of the split point. The accompaniment will change ac[...]

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    Playing Styles 36 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Styles Are More Fun When Y ou Understand Chor ds Chords, created by playing multiple notes at the same time, are the basis for harmonic accompaniment. In this section we’ll take a look at sequences of different chords played one after another, or “chord sequences. ” Since each chord has it’s o wn [...]

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    Playing Styles PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 37 —3-chor d boogie-woogie— This progression provides varied harmonic backing with just three chords. When you get a feel for the progression in the score, try changing the order of the chords! —Bossa nov a with jazz-style chor ds— This progression includes jazzy “tw o-five” (II-V) changes. T ry[...]

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    Playing Styles 38 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords: ● Easy Chords ● Standard Chor ds The instrument will automatically recognize the dif ferent chord types. This function is called Multi Fingering. Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 34). The ke yboard to the left [...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 39 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs With this instrument the term “song” refers the data that makes up a piece of music. Y ou can simpl y enjoy listening to the 30 internal songs, or use them with just about any of the man y functions pr ovided—the performance assistant tec hnology feature, lessons, and more . The son[...]

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    Using Songs 40 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button to begin playback of the selected song. Y ou can stop playback at any time by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] but- ton again. These are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or CD player , letting you fast forward [FF], re wind [REW] and pause [[...]

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    Using Songs PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 41 ● Song List These 30 songs include songs that effectively demonstrate the instrument’ s easy song arranger feature, songs that are ideally suited for use with the performance assistant technology feature, and more. The “Sug- gested Uses” column provides some ideas as to how the songs can most effecti[...]

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    Using Songs 42 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual The following three types of songs can be used by the PSR-I425 . ● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument) ................ Song numbers 001–030. ● User Songs (recordings of your own perf ormances) .................. Song numbers 031–035. ● External song files (song data transf erred[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 43 Q u i c k G u i d e Select a Song For a Lesson Y amaha Education Suite Y ou can select song you like and use it f or a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Y ou can also use songs (only SMF format 0) do wn- loaded from the Internet and sa ved to flash memory . (pages 89–91) Dur- ing the lesson y ou can play a[...]

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    Select a Song For a Lesson 44 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the part you want to practice. Each time you press the LESSON [L/R] b utton the parts are selected in sequence: right hand → left hand → both hands → right hand .... The currently selected part is shown in the display . 3 Start Lesson 1. Press the LESSON [ST AR T] b utton to sel[...]

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    Select a Song For a Lesson PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 45 Play the note shown in the display . When you play the correct note, the next note you need play is shown. The song will wait until you play the correct note. 4 Stop the Lesson mode. Y ou can stop the Lesson mode at an y time by pressing the [ST AR T/ STOP] b utton. Once you’ ve mastered Les[...]

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    Select a Song For a Lesson 46 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will v ary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your o wn pace. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 2 on pages 43, 44).[...]

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    Select a Song For a Lesson PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 47 Here’ s where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you ha v e chosen to play . Play along while listening to the song. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 2 on pages 43, 44). 2 Start Lesson 3. Each time the LESSON [ST[...]

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    Select a Song For a Lesson 48 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Use this feature when you w ant to start again just ahead of a section on which you made a mistak e, or to repeatedly practice a section you fi nd difficult. Press the [ ] (REPEA T & LEARN) button during a les- son. The song location will move back four measures from the point at which y[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 49 Q u i c k G u i d e Play Using the Music Database Y ou want to play m usic in your fa v orite style, b ut y ou’ re not sure how to select the best v oice and style for the type of m usic you want to pla y ... simply select the appr opriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjuste[...]

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    50 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Change a Song’ s Style In addition to each song’ s default style, y ou can select any other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that y ou can play a song that is normall y a ballad, for e xample , as a bossa nov a, as a hip-hop tune, etc. Y ou can create totally[...]

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    Change a Song’s Style PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 51 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button to begin playback of the song. Move on to the next step while the song is playing. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The style number and name will be displayed. 5 Select a style. Rotate the dial and listen to how the song sounds with d[...]

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    52 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Recor d Y our Own Performance Y ou can record up to 5 of y our own perf ormances and save them as user songs 031 through 035. The recorded song can be pla yed back on the instrument. ■ Recordab le Data Y ou can record to a total of 6 tracks: 5 melody tracks and 1 style (chord) track. Each track can[...]

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    Record Your Own Performance PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 53 2 Select the track(s) y ou want to recor d to and confirm your selection on the display . ◆ Record a Melody T rack and the Accompaniment T rac k To g ether Press the melody track button [1]–[5] you want to record to while hold- ing the [REC] button. Next, press the [A] button while holdi[...]

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    Record Your Own Performance 54 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual If you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an appropriate ending pattern will play and then recording will stop. When recording stops the current measure number will return to 001 and the recorded track numbers in the display will light. 5 When the recording i[...]

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    Record Your Own Performance PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 55 This function clears an entire user song (all tracks). 1 Press the [SONG] button, then select the user song (031– 035) y ou want to clear . 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y [1] button for longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMOR Y [A] button. A confirmation message will appear on[...]

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    56 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Backup and Initialization The following settings are always backed up, and are maintained even when the po wer is turned off. If you want to initialize the settings, use the Initialize operation as e xplained below . * Refer to “Loading Style Files” on page 74 This function erases all backup data in the instrument?[...]

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    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 57 Overall PSR-I425 control is based on the following simple operations. 1 Press a b utton to select a basic function. Basic Operation 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to select an item or value. 3 Start a function. 001 001 GrandPno Display (page 59) ● V olume Adjustment Adjusts the volume of t[...]

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    Basic Operation and Displays 58 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 2 Use the dial to select an item or v alue . When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be displayed. Y ou can then use the dial or the number buttons [0]–[9] to select the desired item. ■ Changing V alues ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ?[...]

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    Basic Operation and Displays PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 59 The display shows all of the current basic settings: song, style, v oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/off status of a range of functions. Display Items 001 001 GrandPno Indicates that T ouch response is turned on. (see page 65) Indicates that Har mony is turned o[...]

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    R e f e r e n c e 60 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Adding Ef fects This feature adds harmony notes to the main voice. 1 Press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] b utton to turn Harmony feature on. To turn Harmony off, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again. When you press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button to turn this feature on, the appropriate harmony type for the curr[...]

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    Adding Effects PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 61 Re verb lets you play with a rich concert hall type ambience. When you select a style or song the optimum re verb type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you w ant to select a different reverb type, use the procedure described below . 1 Press the [FUNCTON] b utton. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] a[...]

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    62 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Adding Effects The chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to man y of the same voices being played in unison. When you select a style or song the optimum chorus type for the v oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different chorus type, use the procedure described belo w . 1 Press the[...]

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    R e f e r e n c e PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 63 Handy Performance Featur es The instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Use it to set the tempo that is most comfortable for you. ■ Star t the metr onome ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● T urn the metronome on and star t it by pressing the [METRONOME ON/OFF] b[...]

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    64 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features In this example we’ll set up a 5/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/ OFF] button f or long er than a second to select the number of beats per measure function “TimesigN”. 2 Use the dial to select the n umber of beats per measure . A chime will sound on the fi rst beat [...]

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    Handy Performance Features PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 65 Y ou can supply a count-in at an y tempo you like to start playback. Simply tap the [TEMPO/T AP] button at any tempo—4 times for time signatures in 4, and 3 times for time signatures in 3—and the selected style/ song will begin playing at the tapped tempo. When touch response is on you can[...]

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    66 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features The pitch bend wheel can be used to add smooth pitch v ariations to notes you play on the k e yboard. Roll the wheel upward to raise the pitch, or downward to lower the pitch. If you use this feature with a v oice such as the “040 Overdriv en” guitar voice, you can produce remarkably reali[...]

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    Handy Performance Features PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 67 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Press the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons as many times as necessar y to select the arpeggio velocity function “ARP V elo”. “ ARP V elo” will be shown in the display for a fe w seconds, then the currently selected arpe g- gio velocity setting will appe[...]

  • Page 68

    68 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Sometimes selecting the ideal voice to play with a song or style can be confusing. The One T ouch Setting feature automatically selects a well-balanced v oice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select v oice number “000” to activ ate this feature. 1 Select voice number “000?[...]

  • Page 69

    Handy Performance Features PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 69 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Harmony V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the harmony volume between 000 and 127. Fi ve different master equalizer (EQ) settings are provided to give you the best possible sound when listen- ing through d[...]

  • Page 70

    R e f e r e n c e 70 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (auto-accompaniment) feature is described on page 33 of the Quick Guide. Here are some other ways y ou can pla y the styles, the style v olume adjustment proce- dure, how y ou can play c hords using the styles, and more. The PSR-I425 fea[...]

  • Page 71

    Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 71 4 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. Y ou’ re no w ready to play the intro. 6 As soon as you play a chor d with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style star ts. For this example, play a C major chord (as shown belo w). For informati[...]

  • Page 72

    72 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Press the [STYLE] button to engag e the style function. 1 Press the [FUNCTON] b utton. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Style V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the style volume between 000 and 127. The initial default split point is key number 54 (the F # 2 [...]

  • Page 73

    Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 73 When auto accompaniment is on (the A CMP ON icon is showing) and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the k e yboard while the style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. This is “Stop Accompaniment”, and an y of the chor[...]

  • Page 74

    74 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions This instrument features 162 internal styles, b ut other styles, such as those pro vided on the CD-ROM and others that can be obtained from the internet (only styles with the “.sty” suf fix), can be loaded into style number 163 and used in the same w ay as the internal styles. I[...]

  • Page 75

    Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 75 Tw o or more notes played together constitute a “chord”. The most basic chord type is the “triad” consisting of three notes: the root, third, and fifth degrees of the corresponding scale. A C major triad, for example, is made up of the notes C (the root), E (the third note o[...]

  • Page 76

    76 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions ■ Recognized Standard Chor ds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. * These chords are not shown in the Dictionary function. Chord [...]

  • Page 77

    Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 77 The Dictionary function is essentially a b uilt-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and w ant to quickly learn how to play it. 1 Press and hold the LESSON [ST AR T] button f or long er than a second.[...]

  • Page 78

    R e f e r e n c e 78 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Song V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the song volume between 000 and 127. Y ou can specify a section of a song—“ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback. 1 Pl[...]

  • Page 79

    Song Settings PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 79 Each “track” of a song plays a different part of the song—melody , percussion, accompaniment, etc. Y ou can mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the keyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the ones you w ant to listen to. Use the SONG MEMOR Y [1]–[5] and [A] buttons to mute[...]

  • Page 80

    R e f e r e n c e 80 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Memorize Y our Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets y ou save y our fav orite set- tings for easy recall whene ver they’ re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of two setups eac h). 1 Set the panel controls as required— select a voic[...]

  • Page 81

    Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 81 1 Press the [ ● ] (MEMOR Y/BANK) button. A bank number will appear in the dis- play when y ou release the button. 2 Use the dial or the [1]–[8] n umber but- tons to select bank you want to recall. 3 Press the REGIST MEMORY b utton, [1] or [2], containing the settings you want to[...]

  • Page 82

    R e f e r e n c e 82 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual The Functions The “Functions” pro vide access to a rang e of detailed instrument parameters f or tun- ing, setting the split point, and adjusting the v oices and effects. T ake a look at the func- tion list starting on the opposite page . There are 54 function parameters in all. When y ou locate a [...]

  • Page 83

    The Functions PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 83 ● Function Setting List Setting Item title Range/Settings Description Style V olume StyleVol 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style . Song V olume SongVol 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song. Tr anspose Transpos -12–12 Determines the pitch of the instr ument by semitone increments. T unin[...]

  • Page 84

    84 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual The Functions * All these settings can be conv eniently reset to their initial def ault values b y pressing the [+] and [-] buttons sim ultaneousl y. (The exception to this is Initial Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) Rev erb T ype Reverb 01–10 Determines the Reverb type , including off (10). (See the list[...]

  • Page 85

    R e f e r e n c e PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 85 Connecting to a Computer Nearly all of the electr onic musical instruments made toda y—particularly synthesizers, sequencers and computer m usic related devices—use MIDI. MIDI is a worldwide stan- dard that allo ws these devices to send and receive perf ormance and setting data. Natu- rally , this [...]

  • Page 86

    86 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Connecting to a Computer ● Channel Messag es This instrument is capable of handling 16 MIDI channels simultaneously—meaning it can play up to sixteen different instruments at the same time. Channel messages transmit information such as Note ON/OFF , Program Change, for each of the 16 channels. ● System Messages Th[...]

  • Page 87

    Connecting to a Computer PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 87 By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument’ s performance data can be used on the com- puter , and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument. ● When the instrument is connected with computer, it transmits/receives performance data. ■ MIDI settings ?[...]

  • Page 88

    88 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Connecting to a Computer ■ PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you want to transfer performance data between the computer and the instrument. The PC Mode item can con veniently make multiple settings for you in one operation[...]

  • Page 89

    Connecting to a Computer PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 89 This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to fi rst send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the C[...]

  • Page 90

    90 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Connecting to a Computer ● Backup files can be transferred from the instru- ment to a computer and back. ⇒ refer to the pr ocedure described on page 91. ■ Use Musicsoft Downloader To T ransf er Songs From the Accessory CD-ROM T o the Instrument’ s flash memory ● ● ● ● ● 1 Install the Musicsoft Downlo[...]

  • Page 91

    Connecting to a Computer PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 91 8 Close the window to end the Musicsoft Downloader . 9 To playback a song stored in flash memory , press the [SONG] button. Use the dial to select the song you want to play , then press the [ST AR T/STOP] button to start playback. Style files (files with the “.STY” e xtension) can be tran[...]

  • Page 92

    R e f e r e n c e 92 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide This CD-R OM is copy-protected. Y amaha mak es no representations or warranties with regard to an y problems while attempting to copy the CD-R OM or software and cannot be held responsible for the results of attempts to copy the data. • The software and this o wner[...]

  • Page 93

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 93 In order to view PDF scores , you will need to install Adobe Reader in your computer . Y ou can download the Adobe Reader . Please check the f ollowing URL: http://www .adobe.com/ Y ou can obtain the latest version of the Musicsoft Downloader , Digital Music Notebook and USB-MIDI Driv[...]

  • Page 94

    94 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Y ou can confir m the latest system requirements at the follo wing website. http://music.yamaha.com/do wnload/ ■ Installing the USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ● In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI devices connected to your computer, the appropriate driv er software [...]

  • Page 95

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 95 Installing the driver on Windo ws 98/Me 1 Start the computer . 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. A start window will appear automatically . 3 First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instrument is set to OFF , then use a USB cable to connect the USB terminal of the[...]

  • Page 96

    96 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver on Windo ws XP 1 Start the computer and use the “Adminis- trator” account to log into Windo ws. 2 Select [Start] ➔ [Control P anel]. If the control panel appear s as “Pick a cate- gory”, clic k “Switch to Classic View” in the upper left of the windo[...]

  • Page 97

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 97 ■ Tr oubleshooting • Is the USB cable connected corr ectly? Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it ag ain. • Is the USB function enabled on y our com- puter? When you connect the instrument to the computer for the first time, if the “ Add Ne[...]

  • Page 98

    98 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 4 Disconnect the USB cable. 5 Restart the computer . 6 Re-install the driver . A TTENTION SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENSE A GREEMENT (“ AGREE- MENT”) CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THIS SOFTW ARE. YOU ARE ONL Y PERMITTED TO USE THIS SOFTW ARE PURSU ANT TO T[...]

  • Page 99

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 99 Tr oubleshooting Problem P ossible Cause and Solution When the instrument is tur ned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instr ument is receiving electrical power . When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the instrumen[...]

  • Page 100

    100 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Scor es This demo is an example of how the Easy Song Arranger can be used to change styles throughout a piece. Hallelujah Chorus Song No . 9 q q q q =123 (Function Demo f or Easy Song Arranger)[...]

  • Page 101

    Scores PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 101[...]

  • Page 102

    Scores 102 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Ave Maria Song No .[...]

  • Page 103

    Scores PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 103[...]

  • Page 104

    Scores 104 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Nocturne op.9-2 Son[...]

  • Page 105

    Scores PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 105[...]

  • Page 106

    106 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Let’ s play the T abla ■ Instruction Flow: 1 Press the [V OICE] button. 2 Use the dial or the number buttons to select 129 (T een T al C). 3 Press and hold the [ACMP ON/OFF] but- ton for longer than a second and “Split- Pnt” will appear in the display . 4 Use the dial or the number buttons to change the split p[...]

  • Page 107

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 107 V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphon y ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, re gard- less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av ailable notes,[...]

  • Page 108

    Voice List 108 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List 099 000 115 082 Analogon 100 000 119 082 F argo 101 000 112 099 Star Dust 102 000 112 086 V oice Lead 103 000 112 101 Brightness SYNTH PAD 104 000 112 092 Xenon Pad 105 000 112 095 Equinox 106 000 112 089 F antasia 107 000 113 090 Dar k Moon 108 000 113 101 Bell[...]

  • Page 109

    Voice List PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 109 232 000 000 026 Steel Guitar 233 000 035 026 12-str ing Guitar 234 000 040 026 Nylon & Steel Guitar 235 000 041 026 Steel Guitar with Body Sound 236 000 096 026 Mandolin 237 000 000 027 Jazz Guitar 238 000 032 027 Jazz Amp 239 000 000 028 Clean Guitar 240 000 032 028 Chor us Guitar 241 000 000 029 Muted [...]

  • Page 110

    Voice List 110 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual The voice n umber with an aster isk (*) is XGlite optional voice . 375 000 000 086 V oice Lead 376 000 000 087 Fifths Lead 377 000 035 087 Big Five 378 000 000 088 Bass & Lead 379 000 016 088 Big & Low 380 000 064 088 Fat & P er ky 381 000 065 088 Soft Whir l SYNTH PAD 382 000 000 089 New Age P a[...]

  • Page 111

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 111 Drum Kit List •“ ” indicates that the drum sound is the same as “Standard Kit 1”. • Each percussion v oice uses one note. • The MIDI Note # and Note are actually one octa ve lower than k eyboard Note # and Note. F or example, in “117: Standard Kit 1”, the “Seq Click H” (Note# 36/ Note C1) correspo[...]

  • Page 112

    Drum Kit List 112 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Voice No. 117 123 124 125 126 127 128 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/113 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/001 126/000/002 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Group Standard Kit 1 Dance Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Note# Note Note# Note 25[...]

  • Page 113

    Drum Kit List PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 113 Voice No. 152 153 — — MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 126/000/116 126/000/115 126/000/117 126/000/040 Keyboard MIDI Tabla Kit (Panel) Alternate Group Indian Kit (Panel) Alternate Group Tabla Kit Indian Kit Alternate Group Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 Baya ke / ge (Velocity 1-47[...]

  • Page 114

    114 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8BEAT 001 8BeatModern 002 Cool8Beat 003 60’sGuitarPop 004 8BeatAdria 005 60’s8Beat 006 BubblegumPop 007 BritPopSwing 008 8Beat 009 OffBeat 010 60’sRock 011 HardRock 012 RockShuffle 013 8BeatRock 16BEAT 014 16Beat 015 PopShuffle1 016 PopShuffle2 017 GuitarPop 018 16BeatUptempo 019 K[...]

  • Page 115

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 115 Arpeggio List Arpeggio No. Arpeggio Name 01 UpOct1 02 DownOct1 03 UpDnOct2 04 SynArp1 05 SynArp2 06 SyncEcho 07 PulsLine 08 Random 09 Down&Up 10 SuperArp 11 AcidLine 12 TekEcho 13 VelGruv 14 Trance1 15 Trance2 16 SynChord 17 PfArp 18 PfBallad 19 PfChd8th 20 PfShfl 21 PfRock 22 Clavi 23 ChordUp 24 ChdDance 25 Salsa1[...]

  • Page 116

    116 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Music Database List MDB No. Song Name POP 001 AlvFever 002 BoySumer 003 CoinLane 004 Croco Rk 005 DayPdise 006 DwnTown 007 EasySday 008 GoMyWay 009 HighTide 010 HoldDown 011 HowDeep! 012 HurryLuv 013 I breath 014 I’m Torn 015 Imagine 016 Infatuat 017 ISurvive 018 JustCall 019 JustWay 020 LeadPack 021 LoveFeel 022 Lov[...]

  • Page 117

    Music Database List PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 117 COUNTRY 191 ABitMore 192 BlownWnd 193 Bonanza 194 BoxerFlt 195 CntryRds 196 GreenGrs 197 Jambala 198 LondonSt 199 LooseEL 200 TopWorld 201 YlwRose DISCO & PARTY 202 AlhHwaii 203 Babylon 204 Barbados 205 DnceBird 206 FestaMex 207 HandsPty 208 LuvTheme 209 ModrnTlk 210 NxtAlice 211 PalomaFl 212 Pu[...]

  • Page 118

    118 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Songs Pr ovided On the Supplied CD-ROM The easy song arranger can only be used with songs that include chord data. File Name Song Name Composer 001Nutcr.mid Danse des Mirlitons from “The Nutcracker” P.I. Tchaikovsky 002Orphe.mid “Orphée aux Enfers” Ouverture J. Offenbach 003Slavo.mid Slavonic Dances op.72-2 A.[...]

  • Page 119

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 119 Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes ● Chorus T ypes No. Harmony T ype Description 01 Duet Harmony types 01–05 are pitch-based and add one-, tw o- or three-note harmonies to the sin- gle-note melody pla yed in the right hand. These types sound when chords are pla yed in the auto accompaniment ran[...]

  • Page 120

    120 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ PortaTone ] Date: 18-MAY-2007 Model PSR-I425 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 ************** x Note 0 - 127 0 - 127 Number : True voice *************[...]

  • Page 121

    MIDI Implementation Chart PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 121 *1 Refer to #2 on page 122. Mode 1 : OMNI ON , POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON ,MONO o : Yes Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF,MONO x : No 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: [...]

  • Page 122

    122 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By def ault (factory settings) the instr ument ordinarily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. How- ev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices , auto accompaniment, and songs. •[...]

  • Page 123

    PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 123 Specifications Ke yboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1–C6), with Touch Response. Display • LCD display (backlit) Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN–MAX P anel Controls • SONG, VOICE, STYLE, EASY SONG ARRANGER, PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT ON/OFF, ARPEGGIO ON/ OFF, LESSON L/R, LESSON START, METRONOME ON/ OFF[...]

  • Page 124

    124 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual Index +, - .................................................. 12, 58 ........................................................ 57 0–9 .................................................. 12, 58 A-B REPEAT ................................. 13, 78 ACMP ON/OFF ............................. 12, 34 ARPEGGIO ON/OFF ..........[...]

  • Page 125

    Index PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual 125 O One Touch Setting ................................ 68 P PC Mode ............................................... 88 Performance assistant technology ........ 23 Pitch Bend Range ................................. 83 Power Adaptor ..................................... 10 Preset Song ...............................[...]

  • Page 126

    126 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual[...]

  • Page 127

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  • Page 128

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