Yamaha PSR-A300 manual

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    Owner’ s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d’emploi Owner’ s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d’emploi FR DE EN[...]

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    2 PSR-A300 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 sup- ply or adapter other than one described in the man ual, on the name plate, or specifi cally recommended by Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplie[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instr uc- tions contained in this man ual, meets FCC require- ments. Modifications not e xpressly approv ed by Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this[...]

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    4 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual 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 precauti[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 5 • Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables. • Use only the stand specified for the instrument. When attaching the stand or rack, use the provided screws only. Failure to do so could cause damage to the internal components or result in the instrument falling over. • Before connect[...]

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    6 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Y amaha PSR-A300 PORT A TONE! 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 keep this manual in a saf e and handy place even after you finish reading, and refer to it often[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 7 Panel logos ................................................................ 6 Supplied Accessories ................................................. 6 Setting Up 8 Power Requirements ................................................. 8 Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) . 9 Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack) [...]

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    8 PSR-A300 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 AC adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whene ver possible. An A C adaptor is more en vironmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resources. ■[...]

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    Setting Up PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 9 Make all necessary connections BEFORE turning the power on. The PSR-A300 speakers are automatically shut of f when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/ OUTPUT jack also functions as an e xternal output. Y ou can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a ke yboard amplifier , stereo system, mixer , tape re[...]

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    10 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and T erminals ■ Front P anel q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch .................................... page 9, 34 w [MASTER V OLUME] contr ol ......................... pages 9, 34 e LESSON P ART [L] button ............................................................. page 38 [R] button ..............................[...]

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    P anel Controls and T erminals PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 11 GrandPno 001 001 GrandPno 001 001 r t !9 y @6 @7 !3 !2 @5 !1 u !0 o i @0 @8 @9 @4 @3 @2 @1 V oice List (page 72) Displa y (page 36) #3 #2 #1 #0 ■ Rear P anel 9[...]

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    12 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual — Quick Guide — Step 1 Changing the V oices In addition to the piano V oice, a wide v ar iety of other instrument V oices can be selected and pla yed, including guitar , trumpet and flute. The V oice selected here becomes the Main V oice. Press the [V OICE] b utton. The V oice number and name are displayed. Select [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 13 Quick Guide Y ou can select a second V oice which will pla y in addition to the Main V oice selected on the pre vi- ous page. This second V oice is kno wn as the Dual V oice. Press the [DU AL ON/OFF] b utton to turn the Dual function on. When Dual is on, you can play a Dual V oice in a layer with the Main V oice. To tur[...]

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    14 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual In the Split mode you can pla y diff erent V oices to the left and right of the ke yboard “Split P oint. ” The main and Dual V oices can be play ed to the r ight of the Split P oint, while the V oice pla yed to the left of the Split P oint is known as the “Split V oice” Press the [SPLIT ON/OFF] button to turn th[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 15 Quick Guide When you simply w ant to play a piano V oice, all y ou hav e to do is press one conv enient button. Press the [PORT ABLE GRAND] b utton. The V oice “Grand Piano 001” will automatically be selected as the Main V oice. Drum kits and or iental percussion kits are collections of drum and percussion instr ume[...]

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    16 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Tr y out each key . Y ou’ll hear bongo drums, congas, maracas, and more—a compre- hensi ve variety of drum and percussion sounds. Details on the instruments and ke y assignments of each kit can be found in the Drum Kit & Oriental Percussion Kit List on page 78. ● Drum Kit List ● Oriental P ercussion Kit List[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 17 Quick Guide Step 2 Fun Sounds This instrument also includes a wide range of unique sound eff ects. T r y out each k ey and enjo y the sounds! As you try out the various ke ys you’ll hear the sound of a dog barking, r unning w ater , a creaking door and many other unique eff ects. Press the [SOUND EFFECT KIT] button. T[...]

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    18 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Step 3 Play W ith The Metronome The instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Play and set the tempo that is most comf or table f or you. T urn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [METR ONOME ON/ OFF] button. To stop the metronome, press the [METR ONOME ON/OFF] b ut- ton again. [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 19 Quick Guide A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure, while a metro- nome click will sound on all others. Y ou 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 [METRONOME ON/OFF] b utton for longer than a [...]

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    20 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Step 4 Playing Songs This instrument has 35 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 n umber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Refer to the Song List on next page. Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. The Song will begin playing. Y ou [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 21 Quick Guide ● Song List • Songs with an asterisk mark (*) are ones which do not have a left part. Theref ore, the lesson is applicable only for the right hand. • Some of the classic and/or traditional songs hav e been edited for length or f or ease in lear ning, and ma y not be exactly the same as the original. ?[...]

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    22 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Step 5 Play with a Style The Style f eature provides built-in bac king and rhythm par ts in 135 diff erent musical styles, co ver- ing a wide v ariety of musical categories, including rock, b lues, techno and much more. Y ou can also load commercially av ailable Style Files to the instrument. T o do this load the Style [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 23 Quick Guide On the pre vious page, you’v e lear ned how to select y our fa vorite rh ythm of a Style. Here, y ou’ll learn how to expand on that rh ythm with bass and chord backing, and use all of it as y our accom- paniment as you pla y . Press the [STYLE] button and then select a Style. T urn auto accompaniment on.[...]

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    24 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual The Style will begin playing as soon as y ou pla y a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboar d. Not sure ho w to play chords? No problem! This instrument is capable of playing chords e ven if you only play one ke y . T ry playing one, two or three keys (an y notes will do) in the auto accompaniment range of the [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 25 Quick Guide Step 6 Recor d your own performance Y ou can record up to fiv e of your own perf or mances as User Songs (User 1-5: Song numbers 036- 040). Think of each User Song as a kind of bask et or drawer f or storing your recording. Remem- ber that you can also record a Style (containing chord changes) along with y [...]

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    26 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Stop recording. Pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] button stops recording and writes the data to the User Song. (A “Writing!” message is shown.) To playback the ne wly recorded performance, press the [ST AR T/ STOP] b utton. The User Songs are organized into tw o trac ks: T rac k 1 and T rack 2. Y ou can specify the track [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 27 Quick Guide T urn A CMP (auto accompaniment) on or off, depending on what y ou want to record. If you want to record Style playback, turn ACMP on. If you want to record only your o wn keyboard performance, turn A CMP off. Specify the track y ou want to recor d. Specify the track 2 when you want to record the Style. When[...]

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    28 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Deleting an entire User Song Press the [SONG] button and select the User Song y ou want to delete by using the n umber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Press and hold the [REC] button f or longer than a second. The Song Delete display appears. Y ou can cancel the delete operation by pressing the [-/NO] but- ton. Press the [+/[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 29 Quick Guide Step 7 Using Oriental Scales The Oriental Scales feature lets y ou simply and easily raise or lower the pitches of specific notes and create your o wn scales. Y ou can change the scale settings at an y time-ev en when you are pla ying. Up to four scale settings can be stored f or instant recall, whene ver y[...]

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    30 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual ● Using the [+] and [-] b uttons: Press the [+] or [-] button, repeatedly if necessary , until the desired pitch v alue appears in the display . Or press and hold the [+] or [-] button, until the desired pitch v alue appears in the dis- play . ● Negative v alues: Y ou can also enter negati ve values directly , by si[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 31 Quick Guide The scale settings stored to a SCALE MEMOR Y button can be recalled at an y time simply by pressing the appropriate button. Scale Memor y can be turned off by pressing the currently lit [MEMOR Y 1-4] b utton. The indicator goes out and the PSR-A300 returns to the regular scale setting. Y ou can select whethe[...]

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    32 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Step 8 Play with the Pitch Bend Wheel The [PITCH BEND] wheel can be used to add smooth pitch v ariations to notes you pla y on the ke yboard. Roll the wheel upward to r aise the pitch, or downw ard to lower the pitch. When you release the wheel it will automatically return to center position and the keyboard pitch will [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 33 Backup and Initialization Backup Some internal parameters will re vert to their default v alues if not saved before the po wer is turned of f. In order to backup these parameters press and hold the [FUNCTION] but- ton for longer than a second. * The User Songs and loaded Styles are automatically backed up when recording[...]

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    34 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual GrandPno 001 001 T urn down the v olume by turning the [MASTER V OLUME] control to the left and press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the po wer . Press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch again to turn the po wer OFF . T urning the power on T urn the [MASTER V OLUME] dial. Adjusting the v olume Rotate coun- terclockwise to lo[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 35 Basic Operation and Displays When you select a basic function, the name and number of the currently selected Song, Style and V oice is sho wn. From this display , you can select the desired Song, Style or V oice. Press a button to select a basic function Press the [SONG] b utton to select a Song. Press the [STYLE] b utt[...]

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    36 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays GrandPno 001 003 The Main display sho ws all of the current basic settings for Song, Style and V oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/of f status for v arious functions. Display Displays the melody and chord notes of a Song when the Song lesson function is in use, o[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 37 Song Lesson Y amaha Education Suite 5 Y ou can select any Song you like and use it f or a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song Lesson lets you learn ho w to play Songs in three easy steps. Songs that can be used with the Lesson feature inc lude Songs transferred from a computer to flash memory (SMF Format [...]

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    Song Lesson 38 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the part you want to practice. Press the [R] button for a right-hand lesson, [L] b utton 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 is sho wn in the display if you select the left par[...]

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    Song Lesson PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 39 Lesson 2 (T iming) 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 e ven if you play wrong notes as long as you play in time with the rhythm. 1 Select a Song for y our lesson. 2 Select th[...]

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    Song Lesson 40 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Lesson 3 (W aiting) In this mode, try playing the correct notes. The notes you should play appear in the score and the ke yboard on the display . The Song pauses until you play the right note. 1 Select a Song for y our lesson. 2 Select the part you want to practice. 3 Start Lesson 3. Press the [W AITING] but[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 41 Song settings Changing the Melody V oice Y ou can change a Song’ s melody V oice to any other V oice you prefer . 1 Select the Song and play it. Refer to the section “Playing Songs” on page 20. 2 Select a desired V oice b y using the number buttons [0]- [9], [+], [-]. The selected V oice sounds when you play the k[...]

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    Song settings 42 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 2 Press the [FUNCTION] button a n umber of times until “SongV ol” appears. 3 Set the Song V olume b y pressing the number buttons [0]- [9], [+], [-]. Mute Y ou can mute T rack 1 or T rack 2 during Song playback. •T rack 1 can be muted by pressing the [REC TRA CK 1] b utton during Song playback. •T [...]

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    Song settings PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 43 Practice Makes Perfect Y ou 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 [A-B REPEA T] button at the beginning o[...]

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    44 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Play W ith a V ariety of Effects Adding Harmony This feature adds harmony notes as well as tremolo or echo ef fects to the Main V oice. 1 Press the [HARMONY] button to turn harmon y on. When you don’t w ant to add harmony notes, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again to turn Harmon y off. 2 Press and hold the [HARMON[...]

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    Play With a V ariety of Effects PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 45 Adding Reverb Re verb adds the ambience of a room or concert hall to the sound that you play on the ke yboard. Press the [REVERB ON/OFF] button to turn Re verb on. Re verb is normally on. Y ou can check how the selected Re verb T ype sounds by playing the key- board. T o turn Re verb of f[...]

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    Play With a V ariety of Effects 46 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the desired Re verb T ype by using the num- ber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Refer to the Re verb T ype list on page 85 for details. Y ou can adjust the Rev erb depth in the Function Settings (Re verb Lev el on page 60). Adding Chorus This ef fect makes the V oice sound richer , wa[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 47 Handy Performance Features T ouch Response Sensitivity Press the [TOUCH ON/OFF] b utton to turn T ouch Response on. When T ouch Response is on, you can control the v olume of notes accord- ing to ho w hard you play the ke ys. T ouch Response is normally on. Press the [TOUCH ON/OFF] b utton again to turn the T ouch Respo[...]

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    Handy P erformance Features 48 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Setting the Split Point The Split Point setting can be changed as desired. The initial default Split Point is ke y number 54 (the F # 2 key), b ut you can change it to another ke y . When you change the Split Point, the auto accom- paniment range also changes. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a [...]

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    Handy P erformance Features PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 49 T uning Y ou can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. The ov erall 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 times until “T uning” appears. 2 Use the numb[...]

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    Handy P erformance Features 50 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Changing the tempo of the Song/Style Songs and Styles can be played at any tempo you desire—fast or slo w . 1 Press the [TEMPO/T AP] b utton to call up the T empo setting in the dis- play after selecting a Style/Song. 2 Set the T empo by using the number buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Y ou can [...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 51 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions V arious ways to start and stop Style playback The follo wing three methods can be used to start Style playback. In all cases you will need to press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on before actually starting Style playback. Whichever method you choose, you can p[...]

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    Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions 52 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 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] button. ■ Stop and Enter Sync Start Mode If you press the [SYNC ST AR T] button during Style playback, playback will stop immediately and [...]

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    Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 53 Pattern V ariation (Sections) The instrument features a wide v ariety of Style “sections” (patterns) that allo w you to v ary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and then select a Style. 2 T urn auto accompaniment on[...]

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    Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions 54 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 4 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] b utton. 6 As soon as y ou play a chor d with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style starts. F or this e xample, play a C major chord (as shown belo w). For informa- tion on ho w to enter chords, see “[...]

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    Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 55 Adjusting the Style V olume This procedure allo ws you to adjust the balance between Style playback and the notes you play on the keyboard by setting the v olume of the play- back sound. 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Press the [FUNCTION] button a n umber of times until the “StyleV[...]

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    56 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords Y ou’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 22 that the “feel” of the Style changes every time y ou play a chor d on the left-hand side of the key- board. Here, you’ ll learn the types of the chords and ho w to play them in greater detail. The [...]

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    Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 57 ● Recognized Standard Chor ds Char t * These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionar y function. 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 -[...]

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    Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords 58 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord dictionary” that sho ws you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn ho w to play it. 1 Press and hold the [W[...]

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    Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 59 ■ About chor ds 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 play[...]

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    60 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Function Settings The [FUNCTION] button gives y ou access to a variety of operations related to adjust- ing or enhancing the sound and making settings for connection to e xternal devices. Select the item and change the value There are 47 dif ferent items that can be set. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a n umber of times [...]

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    Function Settings PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 61 Accompaniment T uning TuneAcc ON/OFF Determines whether Scale T uning is applied to the accompa- niment or not. Use the [+] b utton to tur n it on (apply it to the accompaniment) and [-] to turn it off . Oriental Scales (T une C - T une B) Tune C : Tune B -64–00–63 Determines the pitch of each note[...]

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    62 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual About MIDI The instrument features a MIDI terminals that can be connected to other MIDI instru- ments and devices f or expanded musical functionality . What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-standard interf ace for communication between electronic musical instruments and music de vices. Whe[...]

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    About MIDI PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 63 T ransferring Performance Data T o and From Another Instrument By connecting the PSR-A300 to other MIDI de vices or a computer , the perfor- mance data of the instrument can be used on those other MIDI devices or com- puter , and also the performance data from other MIDI devices and computer can be recei ved [...]

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    About MIDI 64 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual These settings determine whether the instrument is synchronized to its own internal clock (OFF), or to a clock signal from an external de vice (ON). On ......... The instrument’ s time based functions will be synchronized to the clock from an external de vice connected to the MIDI terminal. Off ........ The[...]

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    About MIDI PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 65 Y ou can also use this instrument as a remote control device for the Digital Music Notebook application on your computer (via the MIDI connection) —controlling playback, stop and transport functions from the panel. ● Remote control ke ys PSR-A300: To use the remote control functions, simultaneously hold d[...]

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    About MIDI 66 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual Y ou can download the “Musicsoft Do wnloader” application from the fol- lo wing website. Make sure that your computer has an Internet connection. http://music.y amaha.com/download/ ● The minimum computer requirements f or Musicsoft Down- loader operation are as follo ws: • OS : W indows 98SE/Me/2000/X[...]

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    About MIDI PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 67 Y ou can transmit Song or Style File Format (SFF) files from your computer to your PSR-A300’ s Flash Memory . For details about ho w to transmit the data using the Music- soft Do wnloader application, refer to the Online help topic “T ransferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected [...]

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    68 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual T roubleshooting 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 pro- duced. Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the instru[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 69 Index A-B REPEAT button ................................................. 43 ACMP ON/OFF button .............................................. 23 DEMO button ............................................................. 21 DUAL ON/OFF button .............................................. 13 FF button ...................[...]

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    Index 70 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual I Initial Send ................................................................. 61 Initialization ............................................................... 33 Intro ...................................................................... 51, 54 K Keyboard Display ..............................................[...]

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    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 71 V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des voix ■ Maximum P olyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what[...]

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    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix 72 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi ● P anel V oice List / V erzeichnis der Bedienfeld- V oices / Liste des voix de panneau Voice No. Bank Select MIDI Program Change# (1 - 128) Voice Name MSB (0 - 127) LSB (0 - 127) PIANO 001 0 112 1 Grand Piano 002 0 112 2 Bright Piano[...]

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    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 73 ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List / Liste der XGlite-V oices/optionale XGlite-V oices* / V oix XGlite/liste des voix* XGlite en option 087 0 112 75 Recorder 088 0 112 80 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 089 0 112 81 Square Lead 090 0 112[...]

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    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix 74 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi ORGAN 164 0 0 17 Drawbar Organ 165 0 32 17 Detuned Drawbar Organ 166 0 33 17 60’s Drawbar Organ 1 167 0 34 17 60’s Drawbar Organ 2 168 0 35 17 70’s Drawbar Organ 1 169 0 37 17 60’s Drawbar Organ 3 170 0 40 17 16+2'2/3 171 0[...]

  • Page 75

    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 75 258 0 0 47 Orchestral Harp 259 0 40 47 Yang Chin 260 0 0 48 Timpani ENSEMBLE 261 0 0 49 Strings 1 262 0 3 49 Stereo Strings 263 0 8 49 Slow Strings 264 0 35 49 60’s Strings 265 0 40 49 Orchestra 266 0 41 49 Orchestra 2 267 0 42 49 Tre[...]

  • Page 76

    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix 76 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 347 0 16 88 Big & Low 348 0 64 88 Fat & Perky 349 0 65 88 Soft Whirl SYNTH PAD 350 0 0 89 New Age Pad 351 0 64 89 Fantasy 352 0 0 90 Warm Pad 353 0 0 91 Poly Synth Pad 354 0 0 92 Choir Pad 355 0 66 92 Itopia 356 0 0 93 Bowed Pad[...]

  • Page 77

    V oice List / V oice-Liste / Liste des v oix PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 77 The voice number with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice. Voice-Nummern mit einem Stern (*) sind optionale XGlite-Voices. Le numéro de voix porteur d’un astérisque (*) est une voix XGlite en option. ● Oriental V oice List / [...]

  • Page 78

    78 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi Drum Kit & Oriental Perussion Kit List / Drum-Kits und orientalische Percussion- •“ ” indicates that the drum sound is the same as “Standard Kit 1”. • Each percussion voice uses one note. • The MIDI Note # and Note are actually one octave lower than k ey- board N[...]

  • Page 79

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 79 •« » indique que les sonor ités de percussion sont identiques à celles de « Standard Kit 1 ». • Chaque voix de percussion utilise une note unique. • Le numéro de note MIDI (Note #) et la note MIDI se situent en réalité à une octave inférieure à celle qui est indi[...]

  • Page 80

    Drum Kit & Oriental P erussion Kit List / Drum-Kits und orientalische Per cussion-Kits-Liste / Liste des kits de batterie et des kits de percussions orientales 80 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi Voice No. 109 118 119 120 121 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 127/0/49 126/0/1 126/0/2 126/0/113 Keyboard[...]

  • Page 81

    Drum Kit & Oriental P erussion Kit List / Drum-Kits und orientalische Per cussion-Kits-Liste / Liste des kits de batterie et des kits de percussions orientales PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 81 Voice No. 109 518 519 520 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 126/0/37 126/0/38 126/0/39 Keyboard MIDI Key of[...]

  • Page 82

    Drum Kit & Oriental P erussion Kit List / Drum-Kits und orientalische Per cussion-Kits-Liste / Liste des kits de batterie et des kits de percussions orientales 82 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi Voice No. 109 521 522 523 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 126/0/65 126/0/66 126/0/67 Keyboard MIDI Key of[...]

  • Page 83

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 83 Style List / Style-Liste / Liste des styles Style No. Style Name 8 Beat 1 8BeatModern 2 60’s8Beat 3 8Beat 4 60’sRock 5 RockShuffle 6 8BeatRock 16 Beat 7 16Beat 8 PopShuffle 9 GuitarPop Ballad 10 PianoBallad 11 LoveSong 12 6/8ModernEP 13 PopBallad 14 16BeatBallad Dance 15 EuroT[...]

  • Page 84

    84 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi Effect T ype List / Effekttypliste / ● Harmony T ypes / Harmony-T ypen / T ypes d’effets Harmon y No. Harmony Type Description Duet If you want to sound one of the harmony types 01-05, play keys to the right side of the Split Point while playing chords in the left side of the [...]

  • Page 85

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 85 ● Reverb T ypes / Reverb-T ypen / T ypes d’effets Reverb ● Chorus T ypes / Chorus-T ypen / T ypes d’effets Chorus No. Reverb Type Description 01-03 Hall 1-3 Concert hall reverb. Nachhall in einem Konzertsaal. Réverbération d’une salle de concert. 04-05 Room 1-2 Small r[...]

  • Page 86

    86 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi MIDI Implementation Chart / MIDI-Implementierungstabelle / YAMAHA [ PORTATONE ] Date:15-Nov-2004 Model PSR-A300 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 **[...]

  • Page 87

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 87 Feuille d’implémentation MIDI *1 Refer to #2 on pages 88, 89. 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 [...]

  • Page 88

    88 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi NO TE: 1 By default (f actor y settings) the instrument ordinarily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. How ever , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices, auto accompanim[...]

  • Page 89

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 89 NO TE: 1 Le PSR-A300 fonctionne par déf aut (réglages d’usine) comme un générateur de son multi timbre à 16 canaux. De ce fait, la réception de données n’aff ecte ni les voix de panneau ni les réglages de panneau. Cependant, les messages MIDI figurant dans la liste ci[...]

  • Page 90

    MIDI Data Format / MIDI-Datenformat / Format des données MIDI 90 PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi ■ Effect map / Effekt-Zuor dnung / Liste des effets • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * When a T ype LSB v alue is received that corresponds to no effect [...]

  • Page 91

    PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual / Bedienungsanleitung / Mode d’emploi 91 Specifications / T echnische Daten / Spécifications Ke yboards • 61 standard-size ke ys (C1-C6), with T ouch Response Display • LCD display (bac klit) Setup •S T ANDBY/ON • MASTER V OLUME: MIN-MAX Panel Contr ols • [L]/[REC TRACK 2], [R]/[REC TRACK 1], [LISTEN & L[...]

  • Page 92

    226 L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P AR TS Ya maha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the cate gories 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 mode[...]

  • Page 93

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  • Page 94

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