Melody And Chord Playback - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-400 Owner's Manual

Whenever you record using the SONG MEMORY, any
previously recorded material in the same bank will be
erased.
If the power is turned off while recording, material
recorded up to the point at which the power was dis-
connected will be retained in memory (the last event,
however, may be lost). All data will be lost, however, if
the power is not restored within approximately 10 min-
utes after disconnection if a good set of batteries is not
installed (see "PAGE MEMORY" on page 14 for more
details).
If the SONG MEMORY becomes full while recording,
"End" will appear on the MULTI DISPLAY and re-
cording will stop. Up to approximately 700 notes can
be recorded in each PSR-500 MELODY bank, and up
to approximately 500 notes in each PSR-400
MELODY bank. Up to approximately 150 chords can
be recorded in each PSR-400/PSR-500 CHORD bank.
MELODY AND CHORD
PLAYBACK
1.
Any number of MELODY banks and/or one CHORD
bank can be played back at the same time. Press the
buttons corresponding to the MELODY and/or
CHORD banks you want to play back — the indicators
of the selected banks will flash.
2.
Playback will begin as soon as a key on the keyboard,
the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/STOP] button, or the
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL [START/STOP]
button is pressed. If you press a different bank button
during playback, playback of the newly selected bank
will begin from the top of the next measure.
FEATURE REFERENCE
If you press a MELODY or CHORD bank button while an
accompaniment style is already playing, the selected melody
or chord sequence will begin playing from the beginning of
the next measure. You can return to the accompaniment by
pressing the same CHORD bank button a second time. The
accompaniment will resume playing from the beginning of
the next measure. A melody that is playing can be stopped
by pressing the same MELODY button a second time.
If you select a CHORD bank during auto accompaniment,
the NORMAL mode will be automatically selected. The
FINGERED or SINGLE FINGER mode will be automatically
re-selected when you return to the auto accompaniment.
When a CHORD bank is selected during auto accompani-
ment, the style, tempo, accompaniment volume,
orchestration, and accompaniment control settings recorded
in the selected CHORD bank will be used even after you
return to the auto accompaniment.
3. Play along on the keyboard if you like. You can also
change the tempo during playback.
4.
Individual MELODY banks can be stopped during
playback by pressing their buttons. If you press a
CHORD bank button while it is playing, that bank will
stop playing at the top of the next measure and auto
accompaniment will begin (the last chord will remain
active until a new chord is played). The mode that was
engaged immediately prior to activating CHORD play-
back will be automatically recalled.
5. MELODY playback will stop automatically when all
recorded data has been played back. CHORD banks
that were not recorded with a complete ending will
repeat until stopped (if you pressed the [PLAY/STOP]
button before the ending finished the bank will play
repeatedly). You can also stop playback at any time by
pressing the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/STOP] button
or the ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL [START/
STOP] button.
If memory playback is stopped by pressing a MELODY or
CHORD button, that track will be turned off but the rhythm
will not stop. Use the [PLAY/STOP] if you want to stop the
rhythm at the same time.
(SONG MEMORY)
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