Muting Specific Tracks; Octave; Other Controls That Function In The General Midi Mode - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 Owner's Manual

Playing DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection) & General MIDI Music Software Disks

Muting Specific Tracks

Individual tracks can be turned on or off (muted)
as required. Press the MUTE LCD button (from the
VOLUME display) and use the LCD dials to set the
corresponding track to PLAY, MUTE, or SOLO.
Use the Tr1-8 or Tr9-16 LCD button to switch
between the track 1-through-8 and track 9-through-
16 displays, as required.
PLAY The corresponding track plays normally.
MUTE The corresponding track is muted and will
not play.
SOLO Only the corresponding track will play —
all others are muted.
Press the VOLUME LCD button when you want
to go back to the volume-control display.

Octave

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The OCTAVE LCD button functions in exactly
the same way as in the normal play mode (page 18).

Other Controls That Function In the General MIDI Mode

• Keyboard.
• Voice select buttons (the General MIDI voice list is
different from the normal play mode voice list — the
voice group [12] button does not function).
• START and STOP buttons (ABC does not function).
• REVERB and EFFECT buttons (REVERB is automati-
cally turned ON when the GM mode is engaged).
• TEMPO buttons (the recommended tempo can be
selected by pressing both the [+] and [-] buttons simul-
taneously).
• SUSTAIN button and pedal (Affects notes played on
the keyboard. Sustain Part Select fixed at Orchestra
1).
• PITCH BEND wheel (affects notes played on the key-
board. Pitch Bend Select fixed at Orchestra 1. Range
fixed at 300 cents).
• MODULATION/EFFECT wheel (modulation applies to
Orchestra 1).
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• PAD (fixed at PERCUSSION. Voices fixed as per normal
play mode, and cannot be changed in the GM mode).
• FOOT SWITCH (applies to notes played on the keyboard.
Footswitch Select fixed at GLIDE).
• FOOT CONTROLLER (Applies to notes played on the
keyboard. Foot Controller Select fixed at Orc1Vol).
• FUNCTION buttons (F2 and F8 only — pages 84 and
102).
• LIST HOLD button.
• HELP button.
• MIDI transmission/reception.
• See the "GM/DOC Mode Percussion Map" on page 121 for
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NOTES
details on which rhythm voices are played by which note
numbers.