Yamaha PSR-OR700 1, 2, 3

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PSR-OR700 Owner’s Manual 177

MIDI Settings

Voice Allocation Format

With MIDI, Voices are assigned to speciﬁc numbers,

called “program numbers.” The numbering standard

(order of voice allocation) is referred to as the “voice

allocation format.”

Voices may not play back as expected unless the voice

allocation format of the song data matches that of the

compatible MIDI device used for playback. The PSR-

OR700 is compatible with the following formats.

Even if the devices and data used satisfy all the conditions above,

the data may still not be completely compatible, depending on the

speciﬁcations of the devices and particular data recording meth-

ods.

● GM System Level 1

This is one of the most common voice allocation for-

mats.

Many MIDI devices are compatible with GM System

Level 1, as is most commercially available software.

● GM System Level 2

“GM System Level 2” is a standard speciﬁcation that

enhances the original “GM System Level 1” and

improves Song data compatibility. It provides for

increased polyphony, greater voice selection, expanded

voice parameters, and integrated effect processing.

● XG

XG is a major enhancement of the GM System Level 1

format, and was developed by Yamaha speciﬁcally to

provide more Voices and variations, as well as greater

expressive control over Voices and effects, and to

ensure compatibility of data well into the future.

Song data recorded on the PSR-S900/S700 using Voices

in the XG category is XG-compatible.

● DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection)

This voice allocation format is compatible with many of

Yamaha’s MIDI devices, including the PSR-OR700

series instruments.

● GS

GS was developed by the Roland Corporation.

In the same way as Yamaha XG, GS is a major enhance-

ment of the GM speciﬁcally to provide more Voices and

Drum kits and their variations, as well as greater expres-

sive control over Voices and effects.

MIDI Settings

In this section, you can make MIDI-related settings for

the instrument. The PSR-OR700 gives you a set of ten

pre-programmed templates that let you instantly and

easily reconﬁgure the instrument to match your particu-

lar MIDI application or external device. Also, you can

edit the pre-programmed templates and save up to ten

of your original templates to the USER display. You can

then save all these original templates as a single ﬁle to

USB storage devices, in the MIDI SETUP selection dis-

play (called up by pressing [FUNCTION] → [J] UTILITY

→ TAB [

√

][

] SYSTEM RESET).

Basic Operation

1Call up the operation (MIDI template selection)

display.

Function → [I] MIDI

2To use the pre-programmed templates or to edit

them

Press the TAB [

√

] button to select the PRESET dis-

play. Press one of the [A]-[J] buttons to select a MIDI

template.

To use the templates already saved to the USER

display or to edit them

Press the TAB [

] button to select the USER display.

Press one of the [A]-[J] buttons to select a MIDI tem-

plate.

3To edit a template, press the [8

††

] (EDIT) but-

ton to call up the MIDI display for editing.

The individual parameters settings are shown for the

selected template. Here you can edit each parame-

ter.