Important Features - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-540 Owner's Manual

Important Features

Since the PSR-540 has such a wealth of advanced features and functions, you may be at a loss as to how to
explore its capabilities and how to best use them for your music. You needn't worry. The PSR-540 is very easy
to play and use, and each function — no matter how advanced — can be mastered easily.
That's what this section is designed for. It will help you master the PSR-540. It introduces you to the important
features of the PSR-540 with short explanations and page references. Read through the features you're
interested in, then turn to the relevant pages in the manual for instructions and other details.
Basic operations
• The PSR-540 is packed with
sophisticated feature and func-
tions, yet it's also exceptionally easy
to use. Panel operations are exceptionally quick
and easy, especially with the aid of relevant "Easy
Navigator" messages that automatically appear in
the display. ( Page 18)
• A convenient Direct Access function lets you
instantly call up the specific menu or display you
need. ( Page 21)
Listening to the PSR-540
• The PSR-540 features a wide
variety of songs in various
musical genres. (
• In addition, 20 songs are provided in
the included disk. (
• The powerful auto accompaniment function gives
you a total of 106 styles (rhythm and accompani-
ment patterns), providing professional sounding
backing parts for your performance. (
• Special Multi Pads let you instantly and easily play short
rhythmic and melodic sequences for adding impact and
variety to your performance. (
Playing the PSR-540
• The PSR-540 keyboard has 61
keys with full touch-response
capability that lets you play with
extraordinary expressiveness and dynamic control.
( Page 26)
• The PSR-540 lets you perform with a huge variety
of musical instrument voices. (
There are two different types of voices: panel
voices (the original PSR-540voices) and XG
voices.
* The PSR-540 features 215 panel voices, 12 drum kits
and 480 XG voices
• With the R1, R2 and L voices, you can play two
different voices in a layer, and even play two
different voices with your right and left hands. (
Pages 27, 28)
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Auto accompaniment (styles)
• The auto accompaniment feature puts a full backing band
at your fingertips, with a total of 106 styles (rhythm and
accompaniment patterns). (
• The One Touch Setting feature lets you instantly call up
the appropriate voice, effect and other settings for the
selected accompaniment style — with the touch of a
single button. ( Page 42)
• You can also create your original accompaniment styles
by recording them directly from the keyboard. (
96)
Multi Pads
• By simply pressing one of the Multi Pads, you can play
short rhythmic or melodic phrases. (
• You can also create your original Multi Pad phrases by
recording them directly from the keyboard. (
Registration Memory
• The convenient Registration Memory feature lets you save
virtually all panel settings to one of 128 Registration
Memory settings, and then instantly recall all your custom
panel settings by pressing a single button. (
Song Recording
• Use the powerful song recording features create your own
complete, fully orchestrated compositions and save them
floppy disk as a User song. Each User song lets you
record up to sixteen independent tracks. (
* To quickly and easily mold your musical ideas into
complete songs, use the Quick Recording method. (
Page 80)
* To build up a song part-by-part and track-by-track, use
the Multi Track Recording method. (
* You can also "fine tune" the recorded song data with the
PSR-540's comprehensive song editing functions. (
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