Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume | Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE

ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME

The playback volume of the accompaniment can be adjusted. This volume control affects only the accompaniment volume. The volume range is 000 - 127.

1 Select the Accompaniment Volume function in the Overall menu.

Press one of the OVERALL ▲/▼ buttons, repeatedly if necessary, until “AcmpVol” appears in the display.

Current Accompaniment Volume value

STYLE 100AcmpVol

ACMP/SONG

VOLUME

Indicates Accompaniment

Volume is selected

2 Change the value.

Use the OVERALL +/- buttons to increase or decrease the Accompaniment Volume value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value.

Increases Accompaniment

Volume value

Decreases Accompaniment

Volume value

Restoring the Default Value

To restore the default Accompaniment Volume value (100), press both OVERALL +/- buttons simultaneously (when Accompaniment Volume is selected in the Overall menu).

Accompaniment Volume cannot be changed unless the Style mode is active.

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Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270 Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume, Select the Accompaniment Volume function in the Overall menu

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