Basic Programming Procedure; (Normal Section); Programmer - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 Owner's Manual

The Custom Accompaniment

Programmer

create and store up to 24 original accompaniment styles — including
rhythm, bass, and chords — in addition to the 50+1 internal preset
accompaniment styles (including preset IA style "New Age"). You can
even create intro, fill-in, and ending patterns that can be saved with
your accompaniment styles. More custom accompaniment styles can
be created and saved to floppy disk (page 91). Your original accompa-
niment styles can be selected and played at any time, just like the pre-
sets.
Although many of the steps outlined below do not have to be carried out in the order given, the basic programming
procedure presented below will serve as useful guide to get you started.
Z
Select a Suitable Accompaniment Style
Begin by selecting one of the preset accompani-
ment styles that is close to the type of accompani-
ment you want to create. For example, select a
WALTZ accompaniment style if you want to pro-
gram a rhythm pattern in 3/4 time.
X
Engage the Custom Accompaniment Programmer
Press the [CUSTOM ACCOMP.] button. The
CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT PROGRAMMER
display will appear and the selected accompaniment
style will begin playing, with accompaniment based
on a C major chord. Also, the rhythm track will be
set to the record mode (red REC indicator lit) and the
Drum Kit voice will be selected. All other tracks
containing data will be set to the PLAY mode (green
PLAY indicator lit). PLAY tracks can be muted by
pressing the corresponding track button (the green
PLAY indicator will flash when the track is muted).
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The PSR-6000 CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT feature allows you to

Basic Programming Procedure

(Normal section)

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1 7
DANCE LATIN
ROCK'N'
2 8
LATIN POP
ROLL
3 9
ROCK WALTZ
4 POP 10 COUNTRY
5 11
BALLAD TRADITIONAL
6 12
JAZZ FOR DISK IA
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SEQUENCER / CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT PROGRAMMER
RECORD
SEQUENCER
PLAY/REC PLAY/REC PLAY/REC
1 2 3
CUSTOM ACCOMP. CHORD 1 CHORD 2 CHORD 3
STYLE
PRESET
USER SET
CUSTOM A
CUSTOM B
DELETE EDIT
PLAY/REC PLAY/REC PLAY/REC PLAY/REC PLAY/REC
4 5 6 7 ACCOMP.
CHORD 4 CHORD 5 CHORD 6 BASS RHYTHM