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Contents
Taking Care of Your PortaTone................................................. 3
Panel Controls 4
The Music Stand .........................................................................5
Setting Up 6
Power Supply.............................................................................. 6
■Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor.................................. 6
■Using Batteries .....................................................................6
Connections................................................................................ 7
■The PHONES Jack............................................................... 7
■SUSTAIN Jack...................................................................... 7
■AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack................................................ 7
■MIDI IN and OUT Connectors ..............................................7
The Demonstration 8
Basic Display Operation 10
Playing the PSR-620 12
Selecting & Playing Voices...................................................... 12
■Keyboard Percussion .........................................................14
The Split Mode ..........................................................................15
Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters................... 15
Touch Response....................................................................... 17
Dual Voice.................................................................................. 17
Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters................... 18
Harmony/Echo........................................................................... 20
Selecting a Harmony/Echo Type ...........................................20
Sustain....................................................................................... 22
Transposition............................................................................ 23
Pitch Bend .................................................................................23
Digital Effects 24
Using the Digital Effects........................................................... 24
Changing the Reverb Effect..................................................... 24
Selecting the Reverb Effect Type ..........................................24
Setting the Reverb Return Level............................................ 25
Changing the Chorus Effect ....................................................26
Selecting the Chorus Effect Type ..........................................26
Setting the Chorus Return Level............................................ 27
Changing the DSP Effect.......................................................... 28
Selecting the DSP Effect Type ..............................................28
Setting the DSP Return Level................................................ 29
Using Auto Accompaniment 30
■The Stop Accompaniment Function ...................................37
Accompaniment Track Control................................................ 38
■Large/Small Accompaniment.............................................. 39
■Muting Individual Tracks..................................................... 39
■Changing Accompaniment Track Voices............................ 40
■Adjusting Accompaniment Track Volume........................... 40
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point .............................41
One Touch Setting.................................................................... 42
Registration Memory 43
Registering the Panel Settings................................................ 43
Recall the Registered Panel Settings...................................... 45
The Accomp Freeze Function.................................................. 45
Song Recording 46
Recording a Melody Track....................................................... 46
Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody
..............49
Accompaniment and Melody Playback................................... 52
Play from a Specified Measure.............................................. 53
■Voice & Volume Rewrite..................................................... 54
■Clearing the SONG TRACKS............................................. 54
The Multi Pads 55
Playing the MULTI PADS.......................................................... 55
Recording the MULTI PADS..................................................... 57
Using Music Cartridges 60
■Inserting a Music Cartridge................................................. 60
■Music Cartridge Handling Precautions ...............................60
Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ...........................................61
Selecting Cartridge Styles .....................................................61
Cartridge Songs........................................................................ 62
Cartridge Song Playback....................................................... 62
Cartridge Registration Presets................................................ 63
Selecting Cartridge Registration............................................ 63
Using Floppy Disks 64
■Floppy Disk Handling Precautions...................................... 64
Formatting a New Floppy Disk ................................................65
Saving, Loading, & Deleting Disk Files................................... 66
Saving to Disk........................................................................ 66
Loading From Disk................................................................. 68
The Referred File................................................................... 70
■User Style Files Referred to by a Song File .......................70
■User Style or Pad Files Referred to by a Registration File. 71
■Registration File Referred to by a User Style File ..............71
Deleting a Disk File................................................................ 72
Quick Play: Disk Orchestra Collection & Standard MIDI File Disks..
73
Practice Features 74
The Minus One Mode................................................................ 74
■Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off..................... 74
Repeat Play................................................................................ 75
Overall Functions 76
General Functions ....................................................................77
■Keyboard Volume............................................................... 77
■Octave ................................................................................ 77
■Reverb Level ......................................................................78
■Chorus Level ......................................................................78
■DSP Level........................................................................... 78
■Pan ..................................................................................... 78
■Voice Set ............................................................................79
■Accompaniment Volume..................................................... 79
■Touch Sensitivity ................................................................79
■Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel................................... 80
■Pitch Bend Range............................................................... 80
■Metronome ......................................................................... 80
■Tuning................................................................................. 80
MIDI Functions ..........................................................................81
■Remote Channel................................................................. 83
■Keyboard Out .....................................................................83
■Song Out ............................................................................83
■Accompaniment Out........................................................... 84
■Local Control ......................................................................84
■External Clock ....................................................................85
■Initial Data Send .................................................................85
Appendix
PSR-620 Function Tree......................................................... 86
About Digital Effect ................................................................88
Troubleshooting..................................................................... 90
Data Backup & Initialization................................................... 91
■Data Initialization ................................................................91
Index........................................................................................... 92
Specifications......................................................................... 93
Voice List ...............................................................................94
Percussion Kit List .................................................................98
MIDI Implementation Chart.................................................. 100
MIDI Data Format ................................................................103
■GM System Level 1 ..........................................................107