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Owner’s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d’emploi Manual de instrucciones...
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Name des Importeurs • This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Europa GmbH. • Dies bezieht sich nur auf die von der Yamaha Europa GmbH vertriebenen Produkte. Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands) Leisten Sie einen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Verbrauchte Batterien oder Akkumulatoren dürfen nicht in den Hausmüll.
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Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a Yamaha PSR-1700/PSR-2700. Your PSR- 1700/PSR-2700 is a high-quality musical instrument that incorporates advanced Yamaha digital technology and many versatile features. In order to obtain maximum performance and enjoyment from your PSR-1700/PSR-2700, we urge you to read this Owner’s Manual thoroughly while trying out the various features described.
If this occurs, move the instrument further away from the affected equipment. • The PSR-1700/PSR-2700 contains no user serv- iceable parts. Opening it or tampering with it in anyway can lead to irreparable damage and pos- sibly electric shock.
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Preparation After making sure that the AC mains voltage and frequency specified for your PSR-1700/PSR-2700 matches your local power supply (check the label on the bottom panel), plug the power cord into a convenient AC outlet. For memory backup the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 requires four 1.5V SUM-3, “AA” size, R-6 or equivalent batteries.
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HEADPHONES jack. The AUX OUT L+R/L and R jacks deliver the output of the PSR-1700/ PSR-2700 for connection to an instrument amplifier, mixing console, PA system, or recording equipment.
(its indicator will light). The name of the selected parameter and its current value will be shown on the LCD display panel. The PSR-2700 and PSR-1700 feature backlit LCD display panels that make it easy to select and edit parameters as well as perform all other operations.
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Selecting & Playing the Voices The unique ORCHESTRATION button group in the VOICE control section lets you select and play from one to four “parts” at the same time using a variety of “orchestrations”. One of the 128 voices is assigned to each part.
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You can assign any of the 128 voices to each of the ORCHESTRATION parts, whether the part is currently ON or OFF. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | You don’t need to do this if the [VOICE SELECT] indicator is already lit.
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Selecting & Playing the Voices You can individually set the volume of each orchestration part to set up the ideal balance between parts. You can individually shift the octave of each orchestration part up or down by up to two octaves. This makes it easy, for example, to lower the pitch of a bass voice to an appropriate octave without affecting the other parts in your orchestration.
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The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 features a built-in digital signal processor (DSP) that can be used to apply a range of reverb and delay effects to the voices. The [DSP TYPE] button in the OVERALL CONTROL section (page 22) determines the type of effect to be applied, while the VOICE section [DSP DEPTH] button lets you individually set the amount of effect applied to each orchestration part.
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Selecting & Playing the Voices Auto Harmony is used with the Auto Accompaniment feature (see page 24). It automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to a single-note melody line you play on the keyboard. You can choose from 10 different types of harmony that can be assigned to the right-hand orchestration parts.
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The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 have a range of 12 delay-based effects — in addition to the DSP effects (pages 15 and 22) — that can be selected and applied to the right-hand orchestration parts (the left-hand orchestration parts are not affected).
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Selecting & Playing the Voices The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 have 8 different drum and percussion “kits” that can be played on the keyboard when the Keyboard Percussion function is turned ON. The types of drum and percussion instruments played by the various keys when Keyboard Percussion function is selected are marked by symbols above the keys.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To set the pitch bend range, roll the PITCH BEND wheel all the way in either direction so that the current range value appears on the LCD display panel.
Overall Control This function lets you set the split point (the key that separates the left-hand and right-hand orchestration parts) to any key on the keyboard. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To set the split point for the left- and right-hand orchestration parts, make sure that the [AUTO ACCOMP] indicator is off before proceeding.
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The [TRANSPOSE] button makes it possible to shift the pitch of the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 up or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of 12 semitones (one octave). Transposing the pitch of the keyboard makes it easier to play in difficult key signatures, and you can easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instrumentalist.
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Overall Control The [DSP TYPE] button selects one of eight digital effects that you can use for extra depth and expressive power. This button determines the type of effect to be used, while the [DSP DEPTH] button in the VOICE sec- tion allow the depth of the effect to be individually set for each orchestration part.
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This function varies the touch sensitivity of the keyboard. Use this capability to adjust the keyboard touch sensitivity for the best results with your own particular playing style. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Press the OVERALL CONTROL section [TOUCH SENSE] button.
Auto Accompaniment Any of the 100 accompaniment styles can be selected via the normal editing procedure. This can be done either before or during accompaniment playback. See page 78 for descriptions of all 100 styles. When you press the [STYLE SELECT] button the currently selected style number and name will appear on the LCD display panel.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Chord 1 mode is ideal if you already know how to play chords on a keyboard, since it allows you to supply your own chords for the Auto Accompaniment feature. The PSR-1700/PSR-2700 will accept the following chord types:...
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Simultaneously press the root key and both a white and black key to its left. This is a combination of the Single and Chord 1 modes. In this mode the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 automatically discriminates between Single and Chord 1 mode fingerings and generates the appropriate accompaniment.
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[+] and [–] buttons at the same time. The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 include a metronome function that you’ll use primarily with the recording functions described on page 39. If you...
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The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 provide a range of accompaniment “sections” — introduction, fill-ins, break, variations on the main pattern, ending — that you can select to control the “flow” of the accompaniment to achieve the desired musical results. Accompaniment start/stop and sections are controlled by the ACCOMPANI- MENT CONTROL buttons.
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You can also select [A] or [B] before starting the accompaniment. The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 provide two types of fill-ins that can be used as musical transitions between sections of a song or simply to add variety where required.
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Auto Accompaniment The [FADE IN/OUT] button can be used to produce smooth accompaniment and melody fade-ins or fade- outs. While the VOICE control section [VOL] button can be used to set the volume levels of the orchestration parts, the [ACCOMP VOLUME] button can be used to adjust the volume of the selected accompaniment in relation to the voices.
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Here’s how the tracks are normally used: RHYTHM 1: RHYTHM 2: BASS: RHYTHMIC CHORD 1 & 2: PAD CHORD: PHRASE 1 & 2: Try different combinations of tracks with each style. Some styles will sound best with the full arrangement (all tracks ON), while others might suit your needs better if a smaller arrangement is used.
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Auto Accompaniment To make the TRACK buttons even more versatile, the PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 feature a REVOICE function that lets you individually change the voices and several related VOICE section parameters assigned to each track. The parameters that can be changed using the REVOICE function are as follows:...
Registration Memory The panel settings listed above can be stored to any one of the eight REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons by pressing the button — [1] through [8] — while holding the [MEMORIZE] button. The indicator of the selected button will light continu- ously indicating that the data has been stored.
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[ENDING] button, [FADE IN/OUT] but- ton, or the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button. The [REC] indicator will go out and “Now Processing” will appear on the LCD display panel while the PSR-1700/2700 is processing recorded data. “Completed” will appear briefly when the data has been processed.
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SONG [PLAY/STOP] button. The [REC] indicator will go out and “Now Processing” will appear on the LCD display panel while the PSR-1700/2700 is processing recorded data. “Completed” will appear briefly when the data has been processed. The measure number will...
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If necessary, load the song you want to play back from floppy disk (refer to page 60). This step can be ignored if the song you want to play is already in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory. Any number of MELODY tracks and/or the ACCOMP track can be played back at the same time.
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Record Functions You can start SONG MEMORY recording or playback from any specified measure, as long as the specified measure is within the range of measures that has already been recorded: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Press the SONG [RESET] button to go directly to the first measure of the song and turn ON all tracks that contain data.
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Auto-accompaniment feature. Only one set of MULTI PAD data can be retained in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory at a time, but any number of MULTI PAD sets can be saved to floppy disks and then reloaded later when needed (page 56).
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Record Functions The MULTI PAD voices are independent from the voices you have currently selected for key- board performance. You could, for example, play piano on the keyboard while a MULTI PAD plays a brass chord stab. MULTI PADS [3] and [4] are “CHORD MATCH” types, and the data they contain will be auto- matically transposed to match chords played using the Auto Accompaniment feature.
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Style number “00” is a “custom accompaniment” that you can record yourself and use with the Auto Accompani- ment feature. Only one custom accompaniment can be retained in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory at a time, but any number of custom accompaniments can be saved to floppy disks and then reloaded later when needed (page 56).
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(not number “00”), the ARE YOU SURE? indicator will light and the PSR-1700/PSR- 2700 will ask “Are you sure?” (see NOTES, below). Press the [YES] button if you want to go ahead with the record procedure, thus erasing the previous contents of the custom accompaniment.
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COMPANIMENT CONTROL section [START/STOP] button. The [REC] indi- cator will go out and “Now Processing” will appear on the LCD display panel while the PSR-1700/2700 is processing recorded data. “Completed” will appear briefly when the data has been processed. The recorded accompaniment data will automatically be stored in the CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT (style number “00”).
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Record Functions In addition to the realtime-recording procedures described above, the PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 have a “step re- cording” mode in which notes can be entered one at a time with precise timing and length. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...
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RECORDING section [QUANTIZE] button. Both the [QUANTIZE] and track/pad button indicators will flash. The ARE YOU SURE? indicator will light and the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 will ask “Are you sure?” Press the [YES] button if you want to go ahead with the quantize opera- tion, thus irreversibly altering the selected track or pad.
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Press the appropriate track or pad button while holding the [CLEAR] button. The ARE YOU SURE? indicator will light and the PSR-1700/PSR- 2700 will ask “Are you sure?” Press the [YES] button if you want to go ahead with the clear operation, thus erasing the selected track or pad.
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The [REWRITE SETTING] button can be used to change the settings of all recordable pa- rameters for any specified track or pad. You could, for example, use this function to change the voice or effect used in a SONG MEMORY track. All data in the following tracks and pads except note on/off, octave, sustain, pitch bend, modulation, expression, and chord changes: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...
Using Floppy Disks Floppy disks are an inexpensive, convenient, and reliable way to store your music data. They are not indestructable, however, and should be handled with care. Observe the following points to ensure the long-term safety of your disks and data. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...
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The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 use only 3.5" 2DD floppy disks. Before you can use a new disk for saving data, the disk must be “formatted” as described below. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Insert a new blank disk.
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Using Floppy Disks A single floppy disk can hold up to 99 separate files (depending on the file size). Each file on a disk has a unique file number (01 through 99) and file name. You can specify both the file number and file name you want to save to.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When the desired file type and number have been specified, press the [SAVE] button. The ARE YOU SURE? indicator will flash, and the PSR-1700/ PSR-2700 will ask “Are you sure?”. Press [YES] to continue or [NO] to cancel the save operation.
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Press the [LOAD] button. The ARE YOU SURE? indicator will flash and the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 will ask “Are you sure?”. Press [YES] to load or [NO] to cancel the load operation. “NowLoading” will appear on the display while the data is being loaded, “Load Completed”...
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Press the [DELETE] button. The ARE YOU SURE? indicator will flash and the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 will ask “Are you sure?”. Press [YES] to delete the selected file or [NO] to cancel the delete operation. “Delete Completed”...
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Using Floppy Disks In addition to using files recorded by the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 itself, the PSR-1700/PSR-2700 can play back pre-recorded Yamaha Disk Orchestra Collection music disks, Yamaha Disklavier PianoSoft, ESEQ files, and Standard MIDI File (file format 0) disks recorded on other equipment.
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PSR-2700 Digital Sampling For optimum sound quality you’ll need to match the input sensitivity on the PSR-2700 Digital Sampling sys- tem to the output level of your source. After connecting and preparing your source: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To use the Digital Sampler you’ll need to connect the source you intend to use to either the rear-panel SAMPLE IN LINE or MIC jack.
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PSR-2700 Digital Sampling The length of the sample you can record and its sound quality are determined by the “sampling frequency”. A high sampling frequency produce better sound quality but shorter samples; a low sampling frequency allow longer recording but with reduced sound quality. The PSR-2700 gives you two sampling frequency settings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Play the sound you intend to record, via microphone or line, and adjust the INPUT LEVEL control while watching the level indicators above the...
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There are two ways to start sample recording: manual and triggered. With manual recording recording starts the moment you press the [REC] and pad buttons, as described in the “Recording” section, below. With trig- gered recording you initially engage the record standby mode and recording actually begins as soon as the PSR- 2700 detects an input signal that is higher than the selected trigger level.
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PSR-2700 Digital Sampling Each sampled “voice” recorded by the PSR-2700 can contain four separate samples, one in each SAMPLE PAD. You can play the individual samples included in the selected sample voice by playing the appropriate pad, or by playing on the keyboard when the VOICE section SAMPLED VOICE indicator is lit. When you play a sampled voice via the keyboard, the four separate samples it contains are assigned to different ranges of the key- board.
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PSR-2700 Digital Sampling The following functions provide a range of useful sample editing capabilities. The contents of an entire sampled voice (four pads) or individual SAMPLE PADS can be completely cleared (erased) as follows: The pitch of each SAMPLE PAD can be adjusted over approximately a 50-cent range (100 cents total — approximately one semitone).
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The VOICE section [VOL], [DSP DEPTH], and [PAN] buttons can be used to set the overall volume, DSP depth, and pan position of all four SAMPLE PADS. It is also possible to individually adjust the volume of each pad as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While holding the ORCHESTRATION [EDIT] button press the DIG- ITAL SAMPLING section [VOICE #] button.
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PSR-2700 Digital Sampling This function allows the original pitch of the sampled sound to be “mapped” to any key on the keyboard, thus changing the key assignments and keyboard ranges described above. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To play your samples via the PSR-2700 keyboard, press the VOICE sec- tion [SAMPLED VOICE] button so that its indicator lights.
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The [RECEIVE CH/CL/COM] button is used to specify the reception mode for each of the 16 MIDI channels, the internal or external clock mode, and MIDI start/stop command reception mode. The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 allow any of five reception modes to be individually assigned to MIDI chan- nels 1 through 16. The five modes are: RX OFF: Reception disabled.
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Reception of an external MIDI clock signal can be enabled or disabled as required. When disabled, all of the time-based functions (Auto Accompaniment, SONG MEMORY, etc.) are controlled by the PSR-1700/PSR- 2700’s own internal clock, the speed of which is set by the [TEMPO] button. When MIDI clock reception is enabled, however, all timing is controlled by an external MIDI clock signal received via the MIDI IN terminal (the [TEMPO] setting has no effect).
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MIDI The PSR-1700/PSR-2700 allows independent MIDI transmit channels to be assigned to the L and R ORCHES- TRATION voices. It is also possible to independently turn local control and MIDI output on or off for the L and R voices.
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The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 can play up to 28 individual notes at the same time (i.e. it has a maximum “po- lyphony” of 28). This number includes all voices used: dual, split, auto accompaniment, song memory, and multi pads. If the maximum polyphony is exceeded excess notes will be truncated (they will not sound).
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Do NOT connect this type of product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the owners manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. WARNING: Do not place this product or any other...