L Advanced Uses Of Pss-590 In Midi Connection - Yamaha PortaSound PSS-590 Owner's Manual

i. Advanced Uses ot PSS-590
in MIDI Connection
< Example 1> when using with a Personal Computer
or Sequencer
The PSS-590 can be used as a Multi-Timbral, 28 note
| Polyphonic Sound Module when used together with a
Personal Computer or Sequencer, and can be a valuable
aid in working with music. Also, you can easily Transmit
the Recorded data in Song Memory to a Personal
Computer or Sequencer in order to store it on a floppy disk
or cartridge tape, or modify it into the excellent ones on
those machines.
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* When you connect with a Personal Computer, You need a MIDI
Interface authorized for the computer.
>> Setting of the PSS-590 used as a Sound
Module After you assign a Voice on each Channel, you
can play out MIDI performance data for every part from a
Personal Computer or Sequencer.
« Assigning Voice Selection on Each
Receive Channel >>
॥00 1: First, turn the PSS-590's Receive Channels (1-16)
eed to «Enable» position. Of course for those
annels you do not wish to Receive MIDI information,
leave «Disable».
Step 2: Next, press the KEYBOARD TRANSMIT CH
button, and as you select each Channel (Ch.# is being
displayed in the MULTI DISPLAY) with <+/-> buttons
beneath the Display, and assign a Voice with the VOICE
and Number buttons in the STYLE/VOICE Select. Or, if
you wish to do each Voice selection from the Master
device, simply program it in the sequence data and send
the data directly to the PortaSound. Due to the
PortaSound's Dynamic Voice Allocation, you can
concentrate on the operation of the Master device.
* When the PortaSound is turned on, the Voice number 00 PIANO is
automatically selected for the Channels 1-15 and the Voice number 76
PERCUSSIONS for the Channel 16.
»» Data transmitting from the PSS-590:
Transmit the performance data of pre-made Song by using
Song Memory to a Personal Computer or Sequencer in
Real time. After setting the Personal Computer or
Sequencer in Recording mode with its MIDI Clock
synchronized to the PSS-590, on the PSS-590 you only
Playback the Song to Transmit.
< Example 2> When using a Regular-sized Keyboard
If you feel uncomfortable when playing on the mini-keys of
the PSS-590, you can make a MIDI connection with an
external MIDI-equipped keyboard which has Regular-sized
keys.
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If you use the Song Memory controlling the PSS-590 from an external
keyboard, possible Recording Tracks are:
* MELODY Track (fixed on Ch. 5)
In this case, you have to set the external keyboard's Transmit Channel
same Channel as that of the Track you select to Record on. For
example, when Recording on the MELODY Track, you set the external
keyboard's Transmit Channel to «5» before Recording.
« Example 3 » when using a Drum Machine or Pad
Controller
First, you set the Transmit Channel of the Drum Machine to
«16», and set each Transmit Note number same as the one
corresponding to the PSS-590's Percussion sound you
wish, refering to the correspondence list on page 35. When
you play the Drum Machine, the Percussion sounds of
PSS-590 will be sounded by the performance data including
Strength and Weakness (according to Velocity data).
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