Selecting And Playing Voices; Keyboard Percussion; Adjusting The Volume - Yamaha PortaTone Owner's Manual

SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES

1.
Press the [POWER] button to turn the power ON. The
MULTI DISPLAY will light when the power is ON.
2.
Slide the [MASTER VOLUME] control to a position
about half way between the "MIN" and "MAX" setting.
You can set this control for the most comfortable vol-
ume level after you begin playing.
3.
If the VOICE indicator is not lit, press the [VOICE/
STYLE] button once so that it does light. The number of
the currently selected voice will appear on the MULTI
DISPLAY when the VOICE indicator is lit.
4.
Select any of the PSR-200/PSR-300's 100 voices by using
one of the following methods:
Voice Selection Method 1:
Choose one of the 100 voices — numbered "00"
through "99" — shown on the VOICE LIST then enter its
number using the numeric VOICE SELECT buttons. To
select "ELECTRIC ORGAN 1" (number 12), for example,
first press "1" and then "2." The number "12" should then
appear on the MULTI DISPLAY.
Voice Selection Method 2:
The [+] and [-] buttons in the numeric button group can
be used to increment (increase by one) or decrement (de-
crease by one) the current voice number. Press the [+]
button briefly to select the voice one number higher than
the current voice, or the [-] button to select the voice one
number lower than the current voice. If you hold the [+] or
[-] button down, the voice number will increment or dec-
rement continuously — simply release the button when
the desired voice number has been reached.
4
5.
The selected voice can now be played on the instrument's
keyboard.
Note that the PSR-300's keyboard is "touch response" — that
is, you can control the loudness of the sound to a certain
degree according to how hard you play the keys. The degree of
touch sensitivity is different for each voice.
The PSR-200 and PSR-300 feature a maximum polyphony of
28-notes (depending in some cases on the selected voice), so
up to 28 notes can be played simultaneously, including extra
notes played when the automatic accompaniment, split, or dual
voice features of this instrument are used. "Full" will appear on
the MULTI DISPLAY if the 28-note limit is exceeded.
When the power is initially turned ON, the PIANO voice is auto-
matically selected and its number ("00") is shown on the MULTI
DISPLAY.

Keyboard Percussion

When the DRUMS voice is selected (voice number 99), you
can play 25 different drum and percussion instruments on the
black keys. The percussion instruments played by the various
keys are marked by symbols above the black keys (the white
keys produce no sound).
The TRANSPOSE function described on page 5 does not affect the
DRUMS sound.
DRUM & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT KEY
ASSIGNMENTS
Key Instrument Symbol
C#1 BD Reverb
D#1 Bass Drum
F#1 Bass Tom
G#1 Lo Tom
A#1 Mid Tom
C#2 Hi Tom
D#2 Snare Reverb
F#2 Snare Lo
G#2 Snare Hi
A#2 Snare Open Rim
C#3 Snare Closed Rim
D#3 Hi-Hat Closed
D#3 Hi-Hat Open

Adjusting the Volume

Adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control while playing to
set the desired overall volume level.
Symbol
Key Instrument
G#3 Hi-Hat Foot
A#3 Crash Cymbal
C#4 Splash Cymbal
D#4 Ride Cymbal
F#4 Synth Lo Tom
G#4 Synth Mid Tom
A#4 Synth Hi Tom
C#5 Synth Snare
D#5 Voice "One"
F#5 Voice "Two"
G#5 Voice "Three"
A#5 Voice "Four"