Bank Playback; Chain Playback - Yamaha PortaTone Owner's Manual

THE CHORD MEMORY
4.
Recording will begin as soon as you play a chord on the
left-hand section of the keyboard (SYNCHRO START
operation).
Recording can also be started by pressing the [START/
STOP] or [INTRO/FILL IN] button. In this case on the
rhythm will begin without bass and chord accompaniment
until you play the first chord on the left-hand section of
the keyboard.
5.
Play the required chords.
6.
Press either the [START/STOP] button or the
[SYNCHRO START/ENDING] button to stop recording.
Events recorded by the chord memory are: Style Number, Chord
Timing, Chords, Intro, Fill In, Ending.
Whenever you record using the CHORD MEMORY, any previously
recorded material in the same bank will be erased.
If you make a mistake while recording, simply press the [START/
STOP] button and begin again from step 2, above.
If the AC power adaptor is disconnected with no batteries inserted,
the contents of the memory will be lost.
If the chord memory becomes full while recording, "End" will appear
on the MULTI DISPLAY.
1.
Press the [BANK 1], [BANK 2], or [BANK 3] button to
begin playback of that bank. If you press a different
BANK button during playback, playback of the newly
selected bank will begin from the top of the next measure.
2.
Play along on the PSR-200/PSR-300 keyboard if you like.
You can also add fill-ins using the [INTRO/FILL IN]
button, or change the tempo during playback.
3.
Playback will stop automatically when the end of the re-
corded sequence is reached if the [SYNCHRO START/
ENDING] button was used to stop recording, otherwise
the chord sequence will be repeated until stopped by ei-
ther the [START/STOP] or [SYNCHRO START/END-
ING] button.
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1.
Press the [CHAIN] button while playback is stopped to
engage the "chain ready mode." You can disengage the
chain ready mode by pressing the [CHAIN] button again.
2.
Press the [BANK 1], [BANK 2], and [BANK 3] buttons in
the order that you want them to play back — up to 8 steps
can be programmed. A synthesized voice will announce
the order of the programmed banks each time a BANK
button is pressed. The voice will stop if you attempt to
program more than 8 steps.
3.
Press the [START/STOP] button to begin chain playback.
4.
Playback will stop automatically when an ending is en-
countered (i.e. the [SYNCHRO START/ENDING] button
was used to stop recording), otherwise the entire chain
will be repeated until stopped by either the [START/
STOP] or [SYNCHRO START/ENDING] button.
A previously recorded chain can be played simply by pressing the
[CHAIN] button and then the [START/STOP] button.
The contents of the CHAIN memory is retained even when the
power is turned off.