Portatone; Step 1 Voices; Playing The Piano Voice - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-225 Owner's Manual

Quick Guide — How to
Quick Guide — How to
Use Your New PSR-225
Use Your New PSR-225

PortaTone

PortaTone
This brief, easy-to-follow section shows you how to
use the basic features and functions of your new
PSR-225 PortaTone. If you've never touched an
electronic keyboard before, reading and going
through the steps in this section will make you
familiar with the PortaTone in a very short time. It
will also give you the tools you need to explore the
advanced capabilities of the instrument and use
them effectively in your own music. Good
luck...and enjoy!
VOICE
TEMPO
STYLE
TRANSPOSE
TUNING
ACMP/SONG
VOLUME
METRONOME
1
VOLUME MEASURE
2
OVERALL
DEMO START
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME ACMP SYNC-
ON/OFF START
Selecting other voices
The PSR-225 features a total of 238 high-quality voices. Let's try a few of them out...
Panel voices ........... 1 - 100 (100 voices)
GM voices .............. 111 - 238 (128 voices)
z
Enter the Voice mode.
FUNCTION SONG
x
Select a voice.
VOICE 002
STYLE
10
GrandPno
001
1
001 063 TEMPO
4
7
FUNCTION SONG STYLE VOICE
BWD
NO
MAIN A MAIN B
START/ INTRO/ CHORD GUIDE RECORD
DICTIONARY
STOP ENDING rit. AUTO FILL
SMART
EZ
OFF
z x
101 - 110 (10 drum kit voices)
STYLE VOICE
BritePno
BWD
NO
Step 1

Playing the Piano Voice

z
PORTABLE GRAND
x
z
PORTABLE GRAND
q
METRONOME
2 3
q
5 6
8 9
rest 3
0
velocity
FWD
HARMONY
YES
ONE TOUCH SETTING
USER PRESET
1 2 3 4 A B
DUAL
1 2 3 4 5 6/CHORD
SONG MEMORY
c
Play the keyboard.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
rest 3
0
velocity
FWD
YES
Voices
Portable Grand
Press the PORTABLE GRAND
button.
GrandPno
VOICE 001
STYLE
METRONOME
MEASURE 001 063 TEMPO
The Grand Piano voice is automatically
selected.
Play the keyboard.
Want to find out more? See page 24.
REVERB
TOUCH
STAND BY
ON
Want to find out more? See page 27.