Yamaha Portatone Entertainment Station, PSR-K1 manual Contents

Contents

Copyright Notice ....................................................................	7
Panel logos ............................................................................	7
Included items........................................................................	8
Conventions and marks used in this manual .........................	8
Main features of the PSR-K1 .................................................	9
Setting Up	10
Power Requirements ...........................................................	10
Inserting the SmartMedia card.............................................	12
Setting up the included microphone.....................................	12
Connecting headphones (PHONES jack) ............................	14
Connecting to external audio devices
(OUTPUT R, L terminal) .................................................	14
Connecting a foot switch (SUSTAIN jack) ...........................	14
Connecting to a computer (USB terminal) ...........................	14
Turn on the power................................................................	15
Panel Controls and Terminals	16
Front Panel ..........................................................................	16
Rear Panel ...........................................................................	16
Quick Guide
Play like a pro!	18
Playing the Demo Song .......................................................	18
Selecting and playing with other songs................................	19
Performance Assistant —
other convenient controls and features...........................	20
Sing along—with the Karaoke features!	22
Select a song and sing.........................................................	22
Karaoke — other convenient controls and features.............	24
Sing along with the “electronic” sheet music!.......................	25
Play a variety of different instrument sounds	26
Selecting an instrument sound and playing it ......................	26
Play a drum kit from the keyboard! ......................................	27
Other convenient functions ..................................................	28
Try out the Style	30
Select a style and play .........................................................	30
Other useful functions ..........................................................	32
Improve your playing skills — with Song Lesson!	34
Start out with Lesson 1 — practicing the timing...................	34
Lesson 2 — playing the correct notes..................................	36
Lesson 3 — practicing with only one hand ..........................	36
Lesson 4 — playing with both hands ...................................	37
Basic operations and the LCD display	38
Playing Voices — Related Functions	40
Playing the grand piano settings (Portable Grand) ..............	40
Selecting and playing a voice ..............................................	40
Playing two different voices together (Dual) ........................	40
Playing different voices with your left and
right hands (Split)............................................................	41
Using the Metronome...........................................................	42
Dynamically change the volume
by your playing strength (Touch) ....................................	43
Adding harmony sounds (Harmony) ....................................	44
Applying the Reverb effect...................................................	45
Applying the Chorus effect...................................................	45
Style Functions	47
Sounding only the percussion..............................................	47
Sounding accompaniment without percussion.....................	47
Setting the accompaniment volume.....................................	47
Using external Style Files ....................................................	47
Playing accompaniment chords ...........................................	48
Dictionary .............................................................................	50

Memorizing your panel settings	52
Creating (saving) Registration Memory settings ..................	52
Song playback functions	54
Song types ...........................................................................	54
Displaying Lyrics ..................................................................	54
Displaying Notation (sheet music)........................................	54
Song Lesson ........................................................................	55
Setting the song volume.......................................................	55
Changing the melody voice of the song ...............................	55
Listen repeatedly to a section of the song............................	56
Song track structure .............................................................	56
Making your own song arrangements
(Easy Song Arranger)	57
About Easy Song Arranger ..................................................	57
Using Easy Song Arranger...................................................	57
Recording your performances	59
Recording.............................................................................	59
Recording a song .................................................................	59
Deleting a User song (Song Clear) ......................................	61
Deleting a single track of a User song (Track Clear) ...........	61
SmartMedia card file operations	62
About the SmartMedia card file operations ..........................	62
Formatting a SmartMedia card.............................................	62
File Load ..............................................................................	63
Saving User data files ..........................................................	63
Save the User song as a Standard MIDI File.......................	64
Deleting User data files ........................................................	65
About MIDI	66
What Is MIDI? ......................................................................	66
Connecting to a computer ....................................................	67
MIDI settings ........................................................................	67
MIDI settings for computer connections (PC Mode) ............	69
Remote control of MIDI devices ...........................................	69
Downloading song data........................................................	70
Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide	71
Contents of CD-ROM ...........................................................	71
CD-ROM Installation Procedure...........................................	71
Minimum System Requirements ..........................................	72
For Windows Users..............................................................	72
For Macintosh Users ............................................................	74
Function settings	77
Calling up the setting pages.................................................	77
Appendix
Troubleshooting ..............................................................	80
Messages..........................................................................	82
Saving backup data to SmartMedia card.......................	84
Specifications ..................................................................	85
Voice List..........................................................................	86
Maximum Polyphony.......................................................	86
Drum Kit List ....................................................................	90
Style List...........................................................................	92
Song List ..........................................................................	93
MIDI Implementation Chart .............................................	94
Effect map.......................................................................	95
Index .................................................................................	96

6 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual