Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270 manual Contents

PANEL CONTROLS AND
TERMINALS		6
• Front Panel		6
• Rear Panel		7
SETTING UP		8
POWER REQUIREMENTS		8
TURNING ON THE POWER		8
ACCESSORY JACKS		9
Quick Guide —
How to Use Your New
PSR-270 PortaTone		10
Step 1	Voices	10
Step 2	Auto Accompaniment ....	12
Step 3	Chord Guide	14
Step 4	Songs	16
Step 5	Function Parameters	18
Step 6	MIDI	20
PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 22
• Music Stand		23
PORTABLE GRAND		24
PLAYING THE PORTABLE GRAND ..		24
USING THE METRONOME		24
• Setting the Metronome
Time Signature		25
• Adjusting the Metronome
Volume		26
PLAYING VOICES —
THE VOICE MODE		27
PLAYING A VOICE — MAIN VOICE 27
• About Panel Voices and
GM Voices		29
• Drum Kit Voice Chart
(voices 101 - 110)		30
Function Parameters — Main Voice 30
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING		32
Transpose		32
Tuning		33
PLAYING TWO VOICES —
DUAL VOICE		34
Function Parameters — Dual Voice 35
PLAYING TWO VOICES —
SPLIT VOICE		36
Function Parameters — Split Voice 37
ADDITIONAL VOICE
FUNCTIONS — VOICE SET AND
TOUCH SENSITIVITY		38
Function Parameters —
Voice Set and Touch Sensitivity		39

Contents
EFFECTS	40
REVERB	40
CHORUS	41
DSP	42
HARMONY	43
Function Parameters — Effects	44
• Effect Types	45
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT —
THE STYLE MODE	47
SELECTING A STYLE AND
PLAYING THE ACCOMPANIMENT ..	47
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROLS	52
USING THE AUTO
ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES	52
CHANGING THE TEMPO	53
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS
(MAIN A, MAIN B AND FILL-INS) ...	54
ADJUSTING THE
ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME	55
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT —
MULTI FINGERING	56
Single Finger Chords	56
Fingered Chords	56
SETTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT
SPLIT POINT	58
Function Parameter —
Accompaniment Split Point	59
WHAT IS A CHORD?	60
WRITING CHORD NAMES	61
The Intervals of the Scale	61
Other Chords	61
CHORD GUIDE	62
Dictionary	62
Smart	64
• Smart Chord List	65
EZ Chord	66
EZ Chord — Playback	66
• Bank Chain	67
EZ Chord — Recording	68
• Recording a Space	69
• Playing the Accompaniment
During EZ Chord Recording ...	69
• HINT — Using Spaces	70
Clearing an EZ Chord Bank	71
ONE TOUCH SETTING (OTS)	72
ONE TOUCH SETTING — USER	72
Recording a User One Touch
Setting	72
Recalling a User One Touch Setting 73
• Selecting a User Bank	73
ONE TOUCH SETTING — PRESET ...	74
Selecting a Preset One Touch
Setting	74

SELECTING AND PLAYING
SONGS — THE SONG MODE	75
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG 75
CHANGING THE TEMPO	76
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY	77
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME ...	78
SONG RECORDING	79
RECORDING A USER SONG —
REALTIME RECORDING	80
• Using the Metronome	81
• Additional Operations	83
RECORDING A USER SONG —
STEP RECORDING	84
Recording Notes	85
• Additional Operations	87
Replacing a Note or Rest	88
Entering Velocity Curves	89
• Velocity Curve Chart	89
CLEARING A SONG	90
FOOTSWITCH	91
• Footswitch Assign Functions ...	92
MIDI FUNCTIONS	93
WHAT IS MIDI?	93
Channel Messages	94
System Messages	94
• MIDI Terminals	94
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL
COMPUTER	95
FUNCTION PARAMETERS — MIDI ..	96
USING BULK DUMP SEND
TO SAVE DATA	99
Saving Bulk Data	99
Loading Bulk Data	101
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND
WITH A SEQUENCER	102
Sending Initial Setup Data	102

TROUBLESHOOTING	104
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION 105
SPECIFICATIONS	106
SONG SCORES
(EZ Chord banks 1, 2)	107
VOICE LIST	108
STYLE LIST	111
DRUM KIT LIST	112
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ..	114
INDEX	117

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