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    2 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an e xternal power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to any po wer supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied or;[...]

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    PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not expressly approv ed by Y amaha ma y void y our authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this produ[...]

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    4 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual (4)-8 1/2 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. Thes[...]

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    PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 5 Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use. When using a power adaptor , even when the power switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still flowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power adaptor from [...]

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    6 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Handling the floppy disk drive (FDD) and flopp y disks This instrument features a b uilt-in floppy disk driv e (on the front panel). It lets you sa ve original data you’v e created on the instrument to floppy disk, and allo ws you to load data from flopp y disk to the instrument. Be sure to handle flopp y disks an[...]

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    PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 7 The PSR-450 is compatible with commercially av ailable music software (floppy disk) that bears an y of the logos sho wn below . • Use of a power adaptor is recommended when perf orming floppy disk operations. If you use batteries and the batteries fail during an operation, the PSR-450 and/or floppy disk data can be c[...]

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    8 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Congratulations on your purchase of the Y amaha PSR-450 ! Y ou no w o wn a portable k eyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also mak e it a remarkably expressive and v ersatile instrument. Read this Owner’ s Manual carefull[...]

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    PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 9 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements ......................................................... 10 Turning On the Power ....................................................... 11 Accessory Jacks................................................................ 11 Panel Controls and Terminals 12 Quick Guide STEP 1 Playing Songs .[...]

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    10 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Setting Up This section contains information about setting up y our PSR-450 for pla ying. Make sure to read this section carefully bef ore using the instrument. Power Requirements Although the PSR-450 will run either from an A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an A C adaptor whenever possible. An A C adap[...]

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    Setting Up PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 11 T urning On the Power W ith the AC po wer adaptor connected or with batteries installed, simply press the po wer switch until it locks in the ON position. When the instrument is not in use, be sure to turn the po wer off. (Press the switch ag ain so that it pops up.) Accessory Jacks ■ Using Headphones ● ?[...]

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    12 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and T erminals ■ Front P anel q [ST ANDBY/ON] switc h................................................. page 11 w [MASTER V OLUME] dial .............................................. page 38 e [DEMO] button ............................................................. page 14 r [HARMONY] button ..........[...]

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    Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 13 V OICE List MUSIC D A T ABASE List GrandPno 000 001 GrandPno 000 001 !6 !5 !4 !3 u @4 @5 !0 !1 !2 y y #2 @6 @7 @9 #0 #1 @8[...]

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    Quick Guide 14 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 1 Playing Songs The PSR- 450 includes 5 demonstration songs. Let’ s star t by pla ying the dem- onstration songs. Press the [DEMO] button. The demonstration songs will play back in sequence. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton or the [DEMO] button to stop playback. 1 Press the [SONG] button. Listen T o th[...]

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    STEP 1 • Playing Songs PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 15 Quick Guide 2 Use the number b uttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [–] b uttons to select a song number . 3 Start and stop song playback. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton to start playback of the selected song. Y ou can play along on the ke yboard while the song plays. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b ut[...]

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    16 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide STEP 2 Play Using the Music Database Y ou want to play m usic in your fa v orite style , but 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 appropriate style fr om the Music Database . The PSR-450 panel settings will auto- matically b[...]

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    STEP 2 • Play Using the Music Database PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 17 Quick Guide 3 The style will start playing when y ou play a left-hand c hor d. T ry playing a C chord, for example. 4 Following the score, play the c hords with y our left hand and melody with y our right. Refer to page 44 for information about playing chords. 5 Press the [ST ART/[...]

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    18 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide STEP 3 Play Using a Style This instrument features an auto-accompaniment (Style) function that can pr o- duce complete accompaniments based on left-hand chor ds y ou play . Y ou can select from 140 diff erent musical styles. The supplied floppy disk also contains style files that y ou can load into the PSR-[...]

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    STEP 3 • Play Using a Style PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 19 Quick Guide 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Select a style. 3 T urn the style on. Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button. The left-hand section of the k eyboard is no w the “accompaniment range” in which you will play the chords that define the accompaniment. 4 Engage synchr o start. Press the [[...]

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    20 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 3 • Play Using a Style Quick Guide Each style includes a number of “sections” that can be used to add v ariation to your performance. The sec- tions are described belo w . ● INTRO Section This section provides an ideal introduction for the selected style. Playback automatically switches to the MAIN section o[...]

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    STEP 3 • Play Using a Style PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 21 Quick Guide 5 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. Select the MAIN section to follo w the INTR O section — A or B. 6 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] b utton. 7 Play a left-hand c hor d to star t pla yback fr om the INTRO sec- tion of the selected style. Example: CMaj (C Major) chord. Refer t[...]

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    22 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 3 • Play Using a Style Quick Guide W ays T o Start Style Playback ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● There are three dif ferent ways to start style playback, listed belo w . Whiche ver method you choose you can press the [INTR[...]

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    STEP 3 • Play Using a Style PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 23 Quick Guide W ays T o Stop Style Playback ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The follo wing three methods can be used to stop style playback. ● Immediate Stop Playback will stop as soon as you press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton. ● Stop a[...]

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    24 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide STEP 4 T ry Out the V arious Instrument V oices The PSR-450 has a dazzling range of features and functions, but when you simply want to practice or play piano just press the [POR T ABLE GRAND] button. When you press the [POR T ABLE GRAND] button all of the PSR-450 settings are instantly optimized for playing [...]

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    STEP 4 • Try Out the Various Instrument Voices PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 25 Quick Guide Setting the Metronome T ime Signature ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The metronome time signature is automatically set to match the selected song or style. T o set the metronome to a time signature that is different from that of[...]

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    26 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 4 • Try Out the Various Instrument Voices Quick Guide The PSR-450 employs adv anced A WM (Adv anced W a ve memory) technology to deli ver a range of 627 top-quality v oices. ● 001 ~ 125 .............. Original PSR-450 voices. ● 126 ~ 135 .............. Different v oices will sound in the left- and right-hand r[...]

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    STEP 4 • Try Out the Various Instrument Voices PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 27 Quick Guide The One-touch Setting feature automatically selects the ideal voice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select voice number “000” to acti vate this fea- ture. 1 Press the [V OICE] button and then use the n umber button [0] or the [+] and [–] b[...]

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    28 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 4 • Try Out the Various Instrument Voices Quick Guide When you select any of the “split” v oices (126 ~ 135) dif ferent voices will sound in the left-hand and right-hand ranges of the ke yboard. If you select voice number 126, for e xample, you can play acoustic bass with the left hand and grand piano with the[...]

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    STEP 4 • Try Out the Various Instrument Voices PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 29 Quick Guide If you press the [DU AL] button to acti v ate the dual-voice mode, you can play a second voice “layered” on the main v oice. The second voice is called the “dual voice, ” while the originals v oice is called the “main voice. ” Use the procedure desc[...]

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    30 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide STEP 5 Play W ith a V ariety Of Effects The [PITCH BEND] wheel can be used to add smooth pitch v ariations to notes you play on the ke yboard. Roll the wheel upward to raise the pitch, or do wnward to lower the pitch. When you release the wheel it will automatically return to center position and the ke y- boa[...]

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    STEP 5 • Play With a Variety Of Effects PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 31 Quick Guide Press the [HARMONY] button to turn the harmon y function on to automatically add harmony , trills, tremolo, and echo ef fects to right-hand notes. Select the Harmony T ype ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● [...]

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    32 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 5 • Play With a Variety Of Effects Quick Guide Play W ith Harmony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn accompaniment on. 3 Press the [HARMONY] button to turn harmon y[...]

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    STEP 5 • Play With a Variety Of Effects PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 33 Quick Guide 2 Use the number b uttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [–] b uttons to select the desired reverb type. A complete re verb type list is pro vided on page 78. 3 Play the ke yboard to hear the selected reverb sound ad ded to the v oice. In addition to the re verb ef fects [...]

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    34 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide STEP 6 Record Y our Performance Using the song memory you can recor d up to 5 different songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010: User 1 ~ 5). Songs y ou record can be pla yed bac k in the same way as the preset songs. Each user song can be recorded using 6 tracks. ● Melody T racks [1] ~ [5] These tracks record the me[...]

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    STEP 6 • Record Your Performance PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 35 Quick Guide Step 1-2. Press the [A] button while holding the [REC] b utton. will flash in the display . ● To Recor d Only a Melod y T rack Press the track button of the melody track you w ant to record (1 ~ 5) while holding the [REC] button. The number of the selected track will fla[...]

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    36 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual STEP 6 • Record Your Performance Quick Guide Recorded data in the user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) can be cleared when it is no longer needed. Tw o methods of clearing song data are provided: “song clear” clears all data from the specified song, and “track clear” clears the data from a specified track in a[...]

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    STEP 6 • Record Your Performance PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 37 Quick Guide T rack Clear ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Clears data from the single specified track in the specified song. 1 After pressing the [SONG] button, use the number button[...]

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    38 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and LCD Display GrandPno 000 001 T urn the [MASTER V OLUME] dial. Adjusting the V olume Decreases the ov erall volume . Increases the ov erall volume . These buttons let you call up the v arious function settings. Function setting and indications Note that the menu bar ( , ) in the LCD indicates the menu [...]

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    Basic Operation and LCD Display PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 39 Currently selected name and number (Song, Style or V oice) appear here. For example, when song is selected: Name and Number indication (Song/Style /V oice) Song number Song name PopBld 002 ● Pressing one of the buttons belo w calls up the appropriate mode — Song, Style or V oice, and t[...]

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    Basic Operation and LCD Display 40 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual GrandPno 001 Displays the melody and chord notes of a song when the Easy Performer function is in use, or the notes of chords you specify when the Dictionary function is in use. At other times the notes you play on the keyboard are dis- played. Notation •A ny notes occurring below or abo[...]

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    PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 41 Data Backup & Initialization Data Backup ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Except for the data listed belo w , all PSR-450 panel settings are reset to their initial settings whene ver the po wer is turned on. The dat[...]

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    42 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Performance Features T ouch Response for Keyboard Dynamics Control Ke yboard touch response can be turned on by pressing the [TOUCH] b utton. When touch response is on you can control the volume of notes according to ho w hard you play the ke ys. Press the [TOUCH] b utton a second time to turn touch response off. When to[...]

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    Performance Features 43 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual T ranspose Pitch up or Down in Semitone Increments This function allo ws you to transpose the ov erall pitch of the instrument in semi- tone increments. 1 Use the [LEFT MENU] button to select TRANSPOSE. 2 Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [–] buttons to set the amount of transpo- siti[...]

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    44 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords When the [A CMP ON/OFF] button has been used to turn style accompaniment on the fol- lowing c hords can be pla yed in the accompaniment range of the keyboard (to the left of the split point) to produce accompaniment. ● Simple chor ds using just 1 ~ 3 fingers. ● Properl y fingere[...]

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    Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords 45 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual ■ Recognized Chord Chart Chord Name / [Abbre viation] Normal V oicing Chord (C) Display Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C C Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C(9) C(9) Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C6 C6 Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 C6(9) C6(9) Major sev enth [M7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 or 1 - (3) -[...]

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    46 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords Looking Up Chords Using the Dictionary If you kno w a chord name but aren’ t sure ho w to finger the chord on the ke yboard, you can look it up using the “dictionary” function. 1 Press the [Dict.] button. 2 For this e xample lets look up the fingering for GM7. Find the ke ys ([...]

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    Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords 47 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual ■ 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 these are called “triads” and they [...]

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    48 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Song Playback Functions Changing the Melody V oice of a Song Y ou can change a song’ s melody voice to an y other voice you prefer . 1 Press the [SONG] button and then select the song for which you w ant to select a dif ferent melody voice. 2 Press the [V OICE] button and use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and[...]

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    Song Playback Functions 49 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 2 Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [–] b uttons to set the song vol- ume from 000 to 127 as required. Repeat Playback Y ou can specify a section of a song — “ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point — for repeat playback. 1 Play the song and press the [A-B REPEA[...]

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    50 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Easy Performer Play W ith Easy Performer Easy Performance makes it easy for you to play songs that can’ t yet play by your- self. When Easy performer is on the melody or accompaniment can be muted so you can play just one part. And Easy Performer will correct wrong notes for you, as long as you play the ke yboard at th[...]

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    Easy Performer 51 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 4 Stop the performance. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton. ● T rack Selection When using a Disk Song with Easy perf or mer you can select the tr ack y ou want to be muted (the par t you will pla y). Do the following after step 1 — “Select the song you want to pla y . ” — on page 50. z To select a [...]

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    52 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Save the Panel Settings (Registration Memory) The current panel settings (v oice, style, and other settings made via the instrument’ s panel) can be saved and recalled whene ver needed. Up to 16 complete panel setups — 8 banks of 2 memories — can be saved. Memory 1 Memory 2 8 banks 16 panel setups (8 banks x 2) can[...]

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    Save the Panel Settings (Registration Memory) 53 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 3 Press REGIST . MEMOR Y [1] or [2] button while holding the [MEMOR Y] button to actually sa ve the data. Recall the Save panel Settings 1 Press the [B ANK] button and then use the number buttons [1] ~ [8] or the [+] and [–] buttons to select the bank containing the setting[...]

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    54 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Floppy Disk Save and Load Data that Can be Saved and Loaded with the PSR-450 Playing Disk Songs Optional GM songs, piano-player songs, or songs recorded in SMF (Standard MID File) format can be played directly from floppy disk without actually ha ving to load the data into the PSR-450. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 55 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual When playing disk songs, the range of some songs might exceed the range of the PSR-450 ke yboard (C1 ~ C6). In such cases the out-of-range notes will not appear in the display score or ke yboard, but the icon will appear with an arro w < / > indication whether the notes are abov e or below[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 56 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual ● To ov erwrite an existing file on the disk use the [+] and [–] b uttons to select the name of the file you want to o verwrite. 3 Change the file name if necessary . The file name sho wn in the display can be changed via the keyboard. File names can hav e a maximum of 8 characters. •W[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 57 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual This procedure loads user songs you hav e to floppy disk or style data from the supplied floppy disk into the PSR-450 for use. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive . Insert the floppy disk containing the data you want to load. 2 Press the [LO AD] button. A file name will appear on t[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 58 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 3 Select the file y ou want to load. Use the [+] and [–] buttons to select the name of the file you w ant to load. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. 5 Execute the load operation. Press the [+/YES] button to be gin execution of the load operation. “Loading” will appear on the display while th[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 59 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 3 Select the file y ou want to delete . Use the [+] and [–] buttons to select the name of the file you w ant to delete. Y ou can abort the delete operation by pressing the [UTILITY] button twice. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. 5 Execute the delete operation. Press the [+/YES] button to be gin[...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 60 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual w Press the [EXECUTE] b utton. “yES Sure?” will appear on the display , asking you to confirm that you want to proceed with the format operation. Y ou can abort the format operation by pressing the [–/NO] button. Exit from the format mode by pressing the [UTILITY] button. e Execute the f [...]

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    Floppy Disk Save and Load 61 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual e Press the [UTILITY] b utton again. Y ou can exit from the format mode by pressing the [UTILITY] b utton one more time. r Press the [EXECUTE] b utton. “yES Sure?” will appear on the display , asking you to confirm that you want to proceed with the format operation. t Execute the f ormat op[...]

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    62 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual MIDI Functions The PSR-450 is MIDI-compatible, featuring MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals and pro viding a variety of MIDI-related contr ols. By using the MIDI functions y ou can expand y our musi- cal possibilities. This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how y ou can use MIDI on your PSR-450. W[...]

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    MIDI Functions 63 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interf ace, which allows elec- tronic musical instruments to communicate with each other , by sending and receiving compati- ble Note, Control Change, Program Change and v arious other types of MIDI data, or messages. The PSR-450 can control a M[...]

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    MIDI Functions 64 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Connecting to a Personal Computer By connecting the PSR-450 to a computer you can record and manage PSR-450 data on the computer , and receiv e performance data from the computer that will play back on the PSR-450. ● The computer’ s USB connector and the PSR-450 MIDI connectors are connected to a USB M[...]

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    MIDI Functions 65 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the local control setting mode. Press the number button [1] to select “LOCAL”. 3 T urn local control on or off. Use the [+/YES] button to turn local control on, or the [–/NO] button to turn local control of f. PSR-450 Panel Setting T ransmission (Initial Send) Sends the PSR-450 panel setting[...]

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    MIDI Functions 66 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Clock Settings These settings are used when synchronizing external MIDI equipment with PSR- 450 song, style, or metronome playback. ● Internal clock ............. This is the normal PSR-450 setting. ● External clock ............ The PSR-450’ s time based functions will be synchronized to the MIDI clo[...]

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    67 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The PSR-450 has 32-note maximum polyphony . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regard- less of what functions are used. Style uses a number of the av ailable notes, so when Style is used th[...]

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    Voice List 68 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 067 000 113 053 V ocal Ensemble 068 000 112 054 V ox Humana 069 000 112 055 Air Choir SAXOPHONE 070 000 117 067 Sweet! T enor Sax 071 000 114 066 Sweet! Alto Sax 072 000 113 065 Sweet! Soprano Sax 073 000 114 072 Sweet! Clar inet 074 000 118 067 GrowlSax 075 000 112 068 Bar itone Sax 076 000 112 067 T enor Sax[...]

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    Voice List 69 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual ● XG V oice List Voice No. Bank Select MIDI Program Numbers Voice Name MSB LSB PIANO 148 000 000 001 Grand Piano 149 000 001 001 Grand Piano KSP 150 000 018 001 Mellow Grand Piano 151 000 040 001 Piano Str ings 152 000 041 001 Dream 153 000 000 002 Br ight Piano 154 000 001 002 Br ight Piano KSP 155 000 000 [...]

  • Page 70

    Voice List 70 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual GUIT AR 243 000 000 025 Nylon Guitar 244 000 016 025 Nylon Guitar 2 245 000 025 025 Nylon Guitar 3 246 000 043 025 V elocity Guitar Har monics 247 000 096 025 Ukulele 248 000 000 026 Steel Guitar 249 000 016 026 Steel Guitar 2 250 000 035 026 12-str ing Guitar 251 000 040 026 Nylon & Steel Guitar 252 000 0[...]

  • Page 71

    Voice List 71 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 343 000 027 051 Resonant Str ings 344 000 064 051 Synth Str ings 4 345 000 065 051 Synth Str ings 5 346 000 000 052 Synth Str ings 2 347 000 000 053 Choir Aahs 348 000 003 053 Stereo Choir 349 000 016 053 Choir Aahs 2 350 000 032 053 Mellow Choir 351 000 040 053 Choir Str ings 352 000 000 054 V oice Oohs 353 0[...]

  • Page 72

    Voice List 72 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 439 000 065 085 Wire Lead 440 000 000 086 V oice Lead 441 000 024 086 Synth Aahs 442 000 064 086 V ox Lead 443 000 000 087 Fifths Lead 444 000 035 087 Big Five 445 000 000 088 Bass & Lead 446 000 016 088 Big & Low 447 000 064 088 Fat & P erky 448 000 065 088 Soft Whir l SYNTH P AD 449 000 000 089 N[...]

  • Page 73

    Voice List 73 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual 538 000 097 105 T amboura 539 000 000 106 Banjo 540 000 028 106 Muted Banjo 541 000 096 106 Rabab 542 000 097 106 Gopichant 543 000 098 106 Oud 544 000 000 107 Shamisen 545 000 000 108 K oto 546 000 096 108 T aisho-kin 547 000 097 108 Kanoon 548 000 000 109 Kalimba 549 000 000 110 Bagpipe 550 000 000 111 Fiddl[...]

  • Page 74

    74 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual •“ ” 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 low er than ke yboard Note # and Note. For e xample, in “136: Standard Kit 1”, the “Seq Clic k H” (Note# 36/ Note C1) corresponds to (Note# [...]

  • Page 75

    Drum Kit List 75 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Voice No. 136 142 143 144 145 146 147 MSB/LSB/PC 127/000/001 127/000/028 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/001 126/000/002 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate assign Standard Kit 1 Dance Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mute 26 D 0[...]

  • Page 76

    76 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Style List Serial No. Style Name 8 BEAT 001 Cool8Beat 002 8BeatModern 003 8BeatAdria 004 60’sGuitarPop 005 BubblegumPop 006 60’s8Beat 007 8Beat 008 OffBeat 009 60’sRock 010 HardRock 011 RockShuffle 012 8BeatRock 16 BEAT 013 16Beat 014 PopShuffle1 015 PopShuffle2 016 GuitarPop 017 16BeatUptempo 018 KoolShuffle 019 J[...]

  • Page 77

    77 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Music Database List MDB No. MDB Name POP HITS 001 AlvFever 002 Croco Rk 003 DayPdise 004 EasySday 005 GoMyWay 006 HowDeep! 007 HurryLuv 008 I breath 009 I’m Torn 010 Imagine 011 ISurvive 012 JustCall 013 JustWay 014 LoveMeT 015 My Baby 016 NikitTrp 017 NoMatter 018 ProudGtr 019 SailngSx 020 Sept.Pop 021 SultanSw 022 Sw[...]

  • Page 78

    78 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Effect T ype List [Reverb T ype List] [DSP T ype List] No. Reverb Type Display Name 01 Hall 1 Hall1 02 Hall 2 Hall2 03 Hall 3 Hall3 04 Room 1 Room1 05 Room 2 Room2 06 Stage 1 Stage1 07 Stage 2 Stage2 08 Plate 1 Plate1 09 Plate 2 Plate2 10 Off Off No. DSP Type Display Name 01 Hall 1 Hall1 02 Hall 2 Hall2 03 Hall 3 Hall3 0[...]

  • Page 79

    Effect Type List 79 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual [Harmony T ype List] No. Harmony Type Display Name 01 Duet Duet 02 Trio Trio 03 Block Block 04 Country Country 05 Octave Octave 06 Trill 1/4 note Tril1/4 07 Trill 1/6 note Tril1/6 08 Trill 1/8 note Tril1/8 09 Trill 1/12 note Tril1/12 10 Trill 1/16 note Tril1/16 11 Trill 1/24 note Tril1/24 12 Trill 1/32 n[...]

  • Page 80

    80 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Keyboard ] Date:12-DEC-2003 Model PSR-450 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 81

    81 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By default (f actor y settings) the PSR-450 ordinarily functions as a 16-chan- nel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel voices or panel settings . Howe ver , the MIDI messages listed below do affect the panel v oices, styles, and songs. • MIDI Master T uni[...]

  • Page 82

    MIDI Data Format 82 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual ■ Effect map * If the received value does not contain an effect type in the TYPE LSB, the LSB will be directed to TYPE 0. * The numbers in parentheses in front of the Effect Type names correspond to the number indicated in the display. * By using an external sequencer, which is capable of editing and t[...]

  • Page 83

    83 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual T roubleshooting Symptom Cause Solution A “pop” sound occurs when the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch is pressed to turn the instr ument on. The initial surge of power in the instrument. This is normal and is not a cause for concern. • The volume has become lo wer . • The sound quality has become worse. • The rh ythm stop[...]

  • Page 84

    84 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual Specifications Ke yboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6), with Touch Response. Display • Large multi-function LCD display (backlit) Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME : MIN - MAX P anel Controls • LEFT MENU, RIGHT MENU, SONG, STYLE, VOICE, M.D.B., PORTABLE GRAND, METRONOME, [0] ~ [9], [+/YES], [–/NO], DEM[...]

  • Page 85

    85 PSR-450 Owner’s Manual A A-B Repeat ..................................... 49 AC Power Adaptor .......................... 10 Accessory Jacks .............................. 11 Accompaniment Range .................. 19 Acmp On/Of f .................................. 19 B Backup ............................................ 41 Bank ................[...]

  • Page 86

    L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P ARTS Y amaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below , that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This warranty is applicable to all models inc[...]

  • Page 87

    CANAD A Y amaha Canada Music Ltd. 135 Milner A venue, Scarborough, Ontario, M1S 3R1, Canada T el: 416-298-1311 U .S.A. Y amaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe A ve., Buena Park, Calif. 90620, U.S.A. T el: 714-522-9011 MEXICO Y amaha de Mexico S.A. De C.V ., Departamento de ventas Javier Rojo Gomez No.1149, Col. Gpe Del Moral, Deleg. Iztapa[...]

  • Page 88

    U.R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation © 2004 Yamaha Corporation WC24420 ???PO???.?-01A0 Printed in China Yamaha PK CLUB (Portable Keyboard Home Page, English Only) http://www.yamahaPKclub.com/ Yamaha Manual Library http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/[...]