Change The Playback Octave Of A Track; Save - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-450 Owner's Manual

Change the Playback Octave Of a Track

When playing disk songs, the range of some songs might exceed the range of the
PSR-450 keyboard (C1 ~ C6). In such cases the out-of-range notes will not appear
in the display score or keyboard, but the
</> indication whether the notes are above or below the PSR-450 range. If you
want the out-of-range notes to be displayed, use the procedure outlined below to
change the octave of the out-of-range track. The pitch of the track will also be
shifted accordingly. The maximum octave change range is plus or minus 2 octaves.
Appears when a note is played
below the range of the keyboard
1
Stop playback and use the [RIGHT MENU] button to select
TRACK OCTAVE.
OCTAVE
0
2
Select the track octave value.
Press the [0], [1], or [2] number button to specify the octave change. When you
shift the octave up
when you shift the octave down
icon.

Save

All user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) and the user style (style number 141)
can be saved to a floppy disk in one operation.
1
Insert a formatted floppy disk in the
disk drive.
Refer to "Format" on page 59 for formatting
information.
2
Press the [SAVE] button.
The name of the new file to be saved will appear in the display (e.g.
UF_00nnn). The file name will be automatically generated by the PSR-450.
You can cancel the save operation by pressing the [SAVE] button two more
times to exit from the save display.
icon will appear with an arrow
Appears when a note is played
above the range of the keyboard
or will appear to the left of the
or will appear to the right of the
S--
icon. And
UF_00nnn
Floppy Disk Save and Load
NOTE
• Track octave shift affects the
track selected via the "Track
Selection" procedure described
on page 51.
NOTE
• The octave can only be set
while playback is stopped.
• To enter negative values press
the [1] or [2] number button
while holding the [–] button.
NOTE
• If the [SAVE] button is pressed
when there is no floppy disk
inserted into the disk drive, a
"No disk" message appears at
the top of the display, and all
disk operations will be disabled.
• When the floppy disk's write-
protect tab is set to ON ( page
6) or the disk is a purposely
"copy-protected" disk, a "Pro-
tect" message appears, indicat-
ing that the Save function is not
possible.
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