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              PRECAUTIONS
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Power supply/AC power adaptor                
Do not open
              Connections
Maintenance                
Handling caution
Saving data                
Saving and backing up your data
              Owner’s Manual
Data List              
Accessories
Guide to Yamaha Online Member Product User Registration                
Accessory CD-ROMfor Windows
Owner’s Manual                
Accessory CD-ROMfor Windows Installation Guide
              Table of Contents
Using, Creating and Editing Voices                
— Scale Setting/Scale Tuning
Scale Memory              
Using, Creating and Editing the
Auto Accompaniment Styles                
The Multi Pads
Registering and Recalling Custom                
Panel Setups
              Introduction
Quick Guide                
Reference
Appendix              
Application Index
Starting up before turning the power on                
Listening to the PSR-OR700
Playing the Keyboard                
Practicing the keyboard performance
              Instantly selecting custom panel settings
Creating Voices, Styles, Songs, and more                
Controlling and adjusting the pitch
Live performance tips and techniques                
Group performance tips and techniques
              What can you do with the PORTATONE
LCD                
DEMO
SONG                
STYLE
              MUSIC FINDER
VOICE                
Organ Flutes
SCALE TUNE                
Multi Pads
              Panel Controls
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              Playing the Keyboard
Power Supply              
Powering Up
              Setting Up
Music Rest                
Using Headphones
              Changing the Display Language
Display Settings              
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
              Entering the Owner Name in the Opening Display
2 Press the [I] (OWNER NAME) button and call up the Owner Name dis- play                
Displaying the version number
              Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks
Floppy Disk Compatibility                
Formatting a Floppy Disk
Inserting/Removing Floppy Disks                
Inserting a Floppy Disk into the Disk Drive:
              Handling the USB Storage Device (USB Flash Memory/Floppy Disk, etc)
              Quick Guide
Playing the Demos              
Showing Specific Demo Topics
2 Press one of the [A]–[H]buttons to show a specific Demo                
When the Demo has more than one screen
3 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Demos                
Guide Quick
              Operations in Basic Displays
Operation of the Main Display              
Operation of the File Selection Display
              Operation of the Function Display
              4 Press the [A] button to select the “1 INITIAL TOUCH.”
5 Press the [1π†]/[2π†] button to select touch sensitivity for the keyboard              
Playing Voices
Playing Preset Voices              
3 Press one of the [A]–[J]buttons to select the desired Voice
4 Play the keyboard              
Playing the Voice Demos
              Using the Pitch Bend Wheel
              Adjusting the Tempo or Setting the Time Signature of the Metronome Sound
■Adjusting the Metronome Tempo              
■Determine the Metronome Time Signature and Other Settings
              Practicing with the Preset Songs
Playing Back and Listening to Songs Before Practicing              
5 Press the SONG [J] (STOP) button to stop playback
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              Displaying Music Notation (Score)
Changing the Notation Display              
Muting the Right- or Left-handPart Viewing the Score
              3 Press the SONG [TR 1] button to mute the right-handpart
6 Turn the [GUIDE] button off              
Practicing with the Repeat Playback Function
Other Methods for Specifying the A–BRepeat Range              
Recording Your Performance
              Playing Backing Parts with the performance assistant Technology
              Press the [8π†] button to turn the [P.A.T.] (Performance Assistant) on
Press the SONG [F/K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to start playback                
Play the keyboard
Press the SONG [J] (STOP) button to stop playback                
Press the [8π†] button to turn the [P.A.T.] (Performance Assistant) off
              Playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with the Auto Accompaniment Feature
              2 Press one of the [A]–[J]buttons to select a Style “Straight 8 Pop.”
3 Press the [ACMP] button to turn on Auto Accompaniment              
To Start Playing
              During Style Playback
To Finish Playing                
Others
              Learning the Notes to Play for Certain Chords
              Appropriate Panel Settings for the Selected Style — One Touch Setting
1 Select a Style (page 46)                
2 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4]buttons
3 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the selected Style starts              
The Multi Pads
Playing the Multi Pads                
Using Chord Match
              Voice Effects
              Applying Harmony to Your Right-handMelody (HARMONY/ECHO)
              Calling Up Ideal Setups for Each Song (Music Finder)
              Calling up the panel settings to match the Style (Repertoire)
              Singing Along with Song Playback (Karaoke) or Your Own Performance
Singing with the Lyrics Display              
Convenient Functions for Karaoke
Convenient Functions for Singing Along with Your Own Performance              
Setting an Oriental Scale
              Basic Operation
Selecting Message Language                
The Messages Shown in the Display
              Instant Selection of the Displays
— Direct Access              
Basic Displays (Main Display and File Selection Display)
              File Selection Display Configuration and Basic Operation
              File Selection Display Configuration
• Location (drive) of data                
•Data files and folders
              File Selection Display Basic Operation
1 Select the tab containing the desired file by using the TAB [√][®] buttons                
2 Select the page containing the desired file by using the [1π]–[7π]buttons
3 Select the file. There are two ways to do so                
4 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the previous display
              File/Folder Operations in the File Selection Display
Formatting USB storage media                
1Insert a USB storage device for formatting into the [USB TO DEVICE]
2Call up the operation display                
4Press the [H] button to format the device/media
              Saving Files
3 Press the [6†] (SAVE) button to call up the file naming display                
4 Enter the file name (page 71)
5 Press the [8π] (OK) button to save the file                
Call up the display containing the file/folder you want to copy
              Copying Files/Folders (Copy & Paste)
2 Press the [3†] (COPY) button to copy the file/folder                
3 Press one of the [A]–[J]buttons corresponding to the desired file/ folder
■Selecting all files/folders                
4 Press the [7†] (OK) button to confirm the file/folder selection
              Moving Files (Cut & Paste)
2 Press the [2†] (CUT) button to cut the file                
■Selecting all files
4 Press the [7†] (OK) button to confirm the file selection                
6 Press the [4†] (PASTE) button to paste the file
              Renaming Files/Folders
2 Press the [1†] (NAME) button                
5 Input the name (characters) of the selected file or folder (page 71)
6 Press the [8π] (OK) button to actually enter the new name                
Selecting Custom Icons for Files (Shown at the
              Creating a New Folder
3 Input the name of the new folder (see below)                
Entering Characters
1 Change the type of character by pressing the [1π] button                
• The following different types of characters are available:
              Restoring the Factory-programmedSettings
              2 Select items by pressing the [1π†]–[3π†]buttons
              Saving and Recalling Your Original Settings as a Single File
1 Make all desired settings on the instrument                
2 Call up the operation display
5 Save your file (page 67)              
Data Backup
              3All data listed in 1 and
3Press the [D] (BACKUP) button to save the data to the USB storage device              
Using, Creating and Editing Voices
Voice Characteristics              
Playing Different Voices Simultaneously
[A]–[J]                
buttons to select a Voice
] button to select the PRESET display                
Make sure the PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 1] button is turned on
              Playing Two Voices Simultaneously (Right 1 and 2 Parts)
2 Press the PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 2] button to turn it on                
6 Play the keyboard
7 Press the PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 2] button again to turn it off              
Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands (Right 1 and Left Parts)
2 Press the PART ON/OFF [LEFT] button to turn it on                
4 Press the TAB [√] button to select the PRESET display
5 Press one of the [A]–[J]buttons to select a Voice                
7 Press the PART ON/OFF [LEFT] button again to turn it off
              Changing Pitch
              Selecting the Harmony/Echo type
              ●Multi Assign Type
●Echo Types                
Harmony/Echo Settings
              Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance
(MIXING CONSOLE)              
6 Save your MIXING CONSOLE settings
Saving the PANEL PART display settings                
•Saving the STYLE PART display settings Save them as Style data
•Saving the SONG CH 1-8/9-16display settings                
About Parts
              FILTER
TUNE                
EFFECT
EQ (Equalizer)              
Song Auto Revoice
              Effect Type
              8 Use the [7π†]/[8π†] buttons to select the effect TYPE
■Editing and Saving the effect                
10 If you have selected one of the DSP 2-4effect blocks in step 5:
              EQ (Equalizer)
              ■Editing and Saving the selected EQ
5 Press the [F] (EDIT) button to call up the MASTER EQ EDIT display                
6 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a preset EQ type
7 Use the [3π†]–[7π†]buttons to boost or cut each of the five bands                
•Bandwidth (also called “Shape” or “Q”)
              Voice Creating — Voice Set
              7 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Voice (page 67)
Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays                
COMMON
CONTROLLER                
MODULATION
              SOUND
●FILTER                
●EG
              ●VIBRATO
EFFECT/EQ                
1. REVERB DEPTH/CHORUS DEPTH/DSP DEPTH
2. DSP                
3. EQ
              Basic Procedure
              5 Use the [A]–[D], [F]–[H]and [1π†]–[8π†]buttons to edit the
Voice                
6 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited ORGAN FLUTES Voice (page 67)
Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET [ORGAN FLUTES] displays                
FOOTAGE, VOLUME/ATTACK (common parameters)
              VOLUME/ATTACK
Disabling automatic selection of Voice Sets (effects, etc.)                
2Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a keyboard part
              Using Oriental Scales
Setting an Oriental Scale                
— Scale Setting
Scale Tuning              
4 Change the following settings as necessary
•Tuning the individual notes of the keyboard (TUNE)                
1 Press the [3π†] button to select the note for tuning
2 Use the [4π†]/[5π†] buttons to set the tuning in cents                
Determines the base note for each scale
              Memorizing the Scale Setting
— Scale Memory                
Saving Your Scale Settings
              Recalling the Scale Setting
              Style Characteristics
Selecting a Chord Fingering Type              
Playing Only the Rhythm Channels of a Style
              4 Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to stop the rhythm
Turning channels of the Style on/off                
1Press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button to call up the CHANNEL ON/ OFF display
2Press the [1†]–[8†]buttons to turn the channels on or off                
Setting the fade in/out time
              Style Playback-relatedSettings
              Split Point Settings
              Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance of the Style (MIXING CONSOLE)
Convenient Music Finder feature              
3 Press the [6π] (SEARCH 1) button to call up the Search display
4 Enter the search criteria                
•Search by song title or music genre (MUSIC) or keyword
2Enter the song title or music genre, or the keyword (page 71)                
•Search by Style name
              Deleting Records from the FAVORITE Display
              Editing Records
3 Edit the record as desired                
•Editing the song name/keyword/Style name
•Changing the Tempo                
•Memorizing the Section (Intro/Main/Ending)
              Saving the Record
1 Call up the Save display                
2 Press the TAB [√][®] buttons to select the location for saving (USER
USB)              
Calling up Music Finder Records Saved to USER/USB
1Call up the [MUSIC FINDER] display. [MUSIC FINDER] → TAB [√][®] ALL                
Press the [7
3Use the TAB [√][®] buttons to select USER/USB                
•REPLACE
              Style Creator
              Realtime Recording Characteristics
              6 Use the [3π†]/[4π†] buttons to select the section (page 114) to be recorded
              11 Start recording by pressing the Style Control [START/STOP] button
13 Stop recording by pressing the Style Control [START/STOP] button                
Rules when recording non-rhythmchannels
              Step Recording (EDIT)
              Style Assembly (ASSEMBLY)
2 Select the desired section (Intro, Main, Ending, etc.) for your new                
Style
Repeat steps 3–5above to replace the patterns of other channels              
Basic Operation for Editing Styles
              Changing the Rhythmic Feel (GROOVE)
1 Press the [A]/[B] button to select the edit menu (page 122)                
3 Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the edits for each display
Press the [I] (SAVE) button to call up the Style Selection display to                
save your data
              ■GROOVE
■DYNAMICS              
Editing Data for Each Channel (CHANNEL)
1 Press the [A]/[B] button to select the edit menu (see below)                
2 Use the [1π†]/[2π†] (CHANNEL) buttons to select the channel to be edited
4 Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the edits for each display              
Making Style File Format Settings (PARAMETER)
Special Parameter Settings Based on Style File                
Format
1 Press the [A]/[B] button to select the edit menu (page 125)              
3 Use the [3π†]–[8π†]buttons to edit the data
■PLAY ROOT/CHORD                
When the Play Root is C:
■NTR (Note Transposition Rule)              
■NTT (Note Transposition Table)
■NTT BASS ON/OFF                
■HIGH KEY
              ■NOTE LIMIT
■RTR (Retrigger Rule)              
The Multi Pads
Multi Pad Creating (Multi Pad Cre- ator)                
10 Turn Repeat of each pad On or Off by using the [1π†] - [4π†] but- tons
11 Turn Chord Match of each pad On or Off by using the [5π†]– [8π†] buttons                
12 Press the [D] button, then enter a name for each Multi Pad by (page 130)
              Multi Pad Step Recording (EDIT)
              Multi Pad Editing (Multi Pad Creator)
              Registering and Saving Custom Panel Setups
Registering Custom Panel Setups                
Saving the Registered Panel Setups
              Recalling the Registered Panel Setups
Press the REGIST BANK [+] and                
buttons simultaneously to call up the REGISTRATION BANK Selection Display
buttons to select a bank to be edited                
Parameter Lock
              Deleting an Unneeded Panel Setup/Naming a Panel Setup
3 Press the [8†] (EDIT) button to call up the REGISTRATION EDIT Dis- play                
4 Edit the panel setups
•Deleting a panel setup                
•Renaming a panel setup
              Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze Function)
2 Press the [2π†]–[7π†]buttons to select items                
4 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the operation display
5 Press the [FREEZE] button on the panel to turn the Freeze function on                
Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order — Registration Sequence
              Saving the Registration Sequence Settings
              Using, Creating and Editing Songs
Compatible Song Types                
Preset Songs
Your Own Recorded Songs                
Commercially Available Song Data
              Operations for Song Playback
■Starting/Stopping a Song                
Starting Playback
Stopping Playback              
■Top/Pause/Rewind/Fast Forward
■Repeat Playback/Chain Playback              
■Queuing the Next Playback Song
■Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with the                
Song Playback
              Adjusting the Volume Balance and Voice Combination, etc. (MIXING CONSOLE)
Adjusting the Volume Balance of Each Channel                
Changing Voices
              Practicing Songs with the Guide Functions
              For Keyboard Performance
For Singing              
Recording Your Performance to MIDI
              Make the desired panel settings for your keyboard performance
• Recording the RIGHT 2 and/or LEFT parts                
• Recording Styles
•Using Registration Memory panel setups                
• Recording your performance
              Multi Track Recording
1 Press the SONG [REC] and SONG [J] (STOP) buttons simultaneously              
While holding the SONG [REC] button
press the [1π†]–[8π†]buttons to                
set the desired channels to “REC.”
Use the [C]/[D] buttons to select the                
desired part for the channel to be
              7 To record another channel, repeat steps 2 through
About Song channels                
About keyboard parts
About Style parts                
About Multi Pad parts
              Basic Operations for Step Recording
              Recording Melodies
              6 Press the [6π†] button to enter a quarter-noterest
7 Play the C4 key                
9 Press the SONG [F/K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to hear the newly entered notes
10 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Step Record display                
Deleting data
              [G]
button                
[H]
[I]              
While holding F3 on the keyboard, press the [7
] button                
Press the [5
half-note              
eighth-note
8 Play the keys E3, F3, and A3 in order, according to the notation exam- ple                
9 Press the [G] button to select “.”
10 Press the [H] button to select “Tenuto.”                
11 Press the [I] button to select “dotted.”
              ] button to select the eighth note
While holding C3 key on the keyboard, press the [7                
Press the [H] button to select “Normal.”
              (page 67)
] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to hear the newly entered notes                
] (STOP) button to move the cursor to the begin- ning of the Song
Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Step Record display                
While holding the C3, E3, G3 and C4 keys on the keyboard, press the [7
              Recording Chords
              Play the chords F, and G7 in the chord section of the keyboard
Press the STYLE CONTROL [MAIN VARIATION B] button                
whole-note
Play the chord C in the chord section of the keyboard              
Basic Editing Operation
              Re-Recordinga Specific Section — Punch In/ Out (REC MODE)
2 While holding the SONG [REC] button, press the desired track but- ton                
■PUNCH IN settings
■PUNCH OUT settings                
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the Edit menu
              Editing Channel Events (CHANNEL)
2 Use the [1π†]–[8π†]buttons to edit the data              
■QUANTIZE menu
■Deleting the data of the specified channel (DELETE menu)              
■Mixing (merging) the data of the specified two channels (MIX menu)
■CHANNEL TRANSPOSE menu                
To display the channels 9–16
Transposing to the same value for all channels simultaneously                
SETUP menu
              Editing Note or Chord Events (CHORD, 1–16)
When the 1–16tab display is elected, press the [F] button to select                
the channel to be edited
Move the cursor to the desired data                
Edit the data
              About the events shown in the display
Event types shown on the 1–16tab display                
Event types shown on the CHORD tab display
              Displaying Specific Types of Events (FILTER)
              Editing Lyrics (LYRICS)
Lyrics Events                
Inputting and Editing Lyrics
1Use the [4π†]/[5π†](DATA ENTRY) buttons to call up the lyrics editing display              
Using Your Instrument with Other Devices
              Using the Footswitch or Foot Controller (3 [FOOT PEDAL 1/2] jacks)
• FOOT PEDAL 1 jack                
• FOOT PEDAL 2 jack
Assigning Specific Functions to Each Foot Pedal              
Assignable Pedal Functions
              Adjustable Parameters for Each Function
Connecting External MIDI Devices (4 [MIDI] terminals)              
Connecting to a computer and USB device
Connecting a Computer (4 [MIDI] and                
5[USB TO HOST] terminals)
Connecting to the [USB TO HOST] terminal              
•Connection by [MIDI] terminals
Connecting to a USB Storage Device (6 via the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal)            
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              What is MIDI
              Example Keyboard Data
Channel Messages                
MIDI Channels
              System Messages
What You Can Do With MIDI                
MIDI Data Compatibility
Sequence Formats                
●SMF (Standard MIDI file)
              MIDI Settings
            Page
              Pre-ProgrammedMIDI Templates
              MIDI System Settings
■LOCAL CONTROL                
■Clock setting, etc
●CLOCK                
●TRANSMIT CLOCK
              ●Tx MONITOR
■MIDI messages which can be transmitted or received (recognized)                
MIDI Receive Settings
The                
•KEYBOARD
              Setting the Bass Note for Style Playback via MIDI Receive
Setting the Chord Type for Style Playback via MIDI Receive              
Troubleshooting
              Voice
Style              
Registration memory
Song              
Guide
Score                
Lyrics (Karaoke)
Performance assistant technology              
Specifications
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              Index
Numerics            
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              Panel Button Chart
Number              
PSR SERIES OF PORTATONE ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDS
              OBSERVERA
ADVARSEL:                
VAROITUS:
COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT                
(DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE)