Quick Guide How to Use Your New PSR-270 PortaTone | Yamaha manual

Quick Guide — How to Use Your New PSR-270 PortaTone

This brief, easy-to-follow section shows you how to use the basic features and functions of your new PSR-270 PortaTone. If you’ve never touched an electronic keyboard before, reading and going through the steps in this section will make you familiar with the PortaTone in a very short time. It will also give you the tools you need to explore the advanced capabilities of the instrument and use them effectively in your own music. Good luck...and enjoy!

Step 1 Voices

Playing the Piano Voice

Portable Grand

zPress the PORTABLE GRAND button.

METRO-	VOICE	001GrandPno
	STYLE
NOME

MEASURE 001 063TEMPO

The Grand Piano voice is automatically selected.

x Play the keyboard.

TEMPO

STYLE

001GrandPno

VOICE

TRANSPOSE

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TUNING

ACMP/SONG

VOLUME

METRONOME

MEASURE

TEMPO

VOLUME

001 116

TOUCH

q

USER

PRESET

METRO-

REVERB

DUAL

NOME

DICTIONARY

SMART

1

2

3

4

5

6~16

ACMP

SYNC-

START/ INTRO/

A MAIN

B

CHORD

EZ

RECORD

HARMONY

ON/OFF

START

STOP

ENDING rit.

AUTO FILL

GUIDE

OFF

SONG TRACK

2

1

z

x

z q

Selecting other voices

The PSR-270 features a total of 238 high-quality voices. Let’s try a few of them out...

Panel voices

1 - 100 (100 voices)

101 - 110 (10 drum kit voices)

GM voices

111 - 238 (128 voices)

zEnter the Voice mode.

xSelect a voice.

STYLE

VOICE 002BritePno

cPlay the keyboard.

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Contents

Page Special Message Section Precautions Other powerful features include Main FeaturesYamaha Education Suite Contents Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel Rear Panel Using Batteries Setting UPUsing an AC Power Adaptor When the Batteries Run Down Using a Footswitch Using HeadphonesConnecting a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System Quick Guide How to Use Your New PSR-270 PortaTone Voice 002BritePno Voices Playing along with the Metronome Auto Accompaniment Style 0028BtPop2 Step Auto Accompaniment Chord Guide Chord Guide Playing chord progressions songs with just one finger Song 002PF-Grand Song ALLTakeOffSong 100SongVol Style F41UserBank Style 1OTS UserSTYLE2UserBank Songs Function Parameters STYLE1M.Octave Function Parameters Function Parameters List Midi Midi GM System Level Panel Display Indications Mode indicatorsOverall functions bar indicator Notation D Keyboard Song track indicators Beat indicatorsAccompaniment On indicator Measure and Tempo Playing the Portable Grand Using the MetronomePortable Grand Press the Portable Grand button Change the value Setting the Metronome Time SignatureTurn on the Metronome Adjusting the Metronome Volume Select the Metronome Volume function in the Overall menu Select the Voice mode Playing Voices the Voice ModePlaying a Voice Main Voice Voice 042Aco.Bass Using the numeric keypadSelect the desired voice number Using the Voice button Using the +/- keysPlay the selected voice Select the desired Function parameter number Select the Function modeDrum Kit Voice Chart voices 101 Function Parameters Main Voice Set other parameters as needed Change the parameter setting or valueExit the Function mode Function Parameters Transpose Transpose and TuningVoice 00Transpos Select the Transpose function in the Overall menu Tuning Select the Tuning function in the Overall menu Turn on the Dual Voice mode Playing TWO Voices Dual Voice Style 050Strings Function Parameters Dual Voice Playing TWO Voices Split Voice Call up the Function modeMake other settings for the Split voice if desired Select the Split On/Off parameter number Function Parameters Split Voice Style onVoiceSet Style F72VoiceSet Style F73TouchSnsAdditional Voice Functions Voice SET and Touch Sensitivity Function Parameters Voice Set and Touch Sensitivity Style F32RevType EffectsReverb Chorus Style F34ChoTypeSet the Chorus Send Level for the desired voices DSP Style F36DspTypeSet the DSP Send Level for the desired voices Harmony Style F37HarmonyTurn on the Harmony effect Function Parameters Effects Chorus Types Effect TypesReverb Types DSP Types Harmony Types Trill effect Types 6 12 create two-note trills alternating Selecting a Style and Playing the Accompaniment Auto Accompaniment Style ModeSelect the Style mode Select the desired style number Start the accompaniment Using Sync-StartPressing the START/STOP button To start with an Intro section Using Sync-Start with an Intro sectionStarting with an Intro section To use Sync-Start with an Intro section About Auto Accompaniment Pressing the SYNC-START button Using an Ending sectionStop the accompaniment About the Beat Display Turn on the auto accompaniment Using the Auto Accompaniment FeaturesAccompaniment Controls Select a style and play the accompaniment Change chords using the auto ac- companiment feature Changing the Tempo Accompaniment Sections Main A, Main B and FILL-INS Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Select the Accompaniment Volume function in the Overall menu Single Finger Chords Using Auto Accompaniment Multi FingeringFingered Chords Chord Name/Abbreviation Normal Voicing Setting the Accompaniment Split Point Select the Accompaniment Split Point parameter Style 054AcmpSPnt Function Parameter Accompaniment Split Point What is a CHORD? Intervals of the Scale Other Chords Dictionary DictChord Guide Specify the root of the chord Specify the type of the chord major, minor, seventh, etc Play the chord Select the Smart Chord Guide SmartSelect a style Set the desired key Smart Chord List Select the EZ Chord function EZ ChordEZ Chord Playback Play the chords Select the desired EZ Chord bankBank Chain Start recording Enable recordingEZ Chord Recording Recording a Space Stop recording and exit from the record modePlaying the Accompaniment During EZ Chord Recording Some advantages to using spaces Hint Using SpacesTo record a space Select the desired point from which chords will be cleared Enable the EZ Chord Record modeContinue recording, or exit the Record mode Call up the EZ Chord Clear function ONE Touch Setting User ONE Touch Setting OTSStyle 1OTS User Press the appropriate ONE Touch Setting User button Exit from the Record modeCall up the Style mode Recalling a User One Touch Setting Selecting a Preset One Touch Setting ONE Touch Setting PresetPress the appropriate ONE Touch Setting Preset button Play the accompaniment Song 003Rockin’ Selecting and Playing Songs the Song ModeSelect the Song mode Selecting and Playing a Song Start the selected song Select the desired song numberSelect the Tempo function in the Overall menu Song 003Rockin’ About the Beat Display Select the Song Volume function in the Overall menu Adjusting the Song VolumeSong 100SongVol Song Recording 1OTS User Make all desired PortaTone settings Recording a User Song Realtime Recording Style 004RealTime Select the Realtime Record modeUsing the Metronome Select a User song for recording Stop recording When recording the Chord trackRecording to the Chord Track Record to other tracks as desired Listen to your new recordingAdditional Operations Select the Step Record mode Recording a User Song Step Recording Recording Notes Song 004C3 Recording Triplets and Dotted Notes Recording Chords and Sections to the Chord TrackRecording Rests Replacing a Note or Rest Velocity Curve Chart Entering Velocity Curves Start the Song Clear operation Style F61USng1ClrClearing a Song At the Sure? prompt, clear the selected song Select the desired footswitch function FootswitchSelect the Footswitch Assign parameter Style 01Sustain Footswitch Assign Functions Function Name Display Name Description Midi Functions What is MIDI?Example of Keyboard Information System Messages Channel MessagesMidi Terminals Connecting to a Personal Computer Use only special Midi cables when connecting Midi devices Function Parameters Midi Style F81RemoteChSelect the desired Function parameter Parameter Name Display Name Range/Settings External Clock ExtClock On/off Style YESBulkSnd? Using Bulk Dump Send to Save DataStyle F86BulkSend On the PortaTone, select the Bulk Dump Send function At the Sure? prompt, start sending the data Exit from the Bulk Dump Send operation Start sending the data from the connected Midi device Make sure that the PortaTone is set to the Style modeRcvSng Loading Bulk Data On the PortaTone, select the Initial Setup Send function Using Initial Setup Send with a SequencerFirst, set up the sequencer for recording Sending Initial Setup Data Exit from the Initial Setup Send operation Stop recording on the sequencer Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution Data Backup & Initialization Data Initialization Specifications EZ Chord Bank Voice List Maximum Polyphony 109 GM Voice List Ethnic Style List Drum KIT List 113 Midi Implementation Chart 115 Effect map Reverb Index Limited Warranty North America G., EMI Division 1999 Yamaha Corporation