Table Of Contents - Yamaha Portatone PSR-E303 Owner's Manual

Panel logos ................................................................ 6
Supplied Accessories................................................. 6
Setting Up
Power Requirements ................................................. 8
Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) . 9
Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack) ................. 9
Using the MIDI Terminals .......................................... 9
Turn on the power...................................................... 9
Panel Controls and Terminals
Front Panel .............................................................. 10
Rear Panel ............................................................... 10
- Quick Guide -
Step 1
Changing the Voices
Try playing a variety of instrument Voices ............... 12
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously-Dual ............. 13
Playing Different Voices with the Left and
Right Hands-Split ............................................... 14
Playing the Grand Piano Voice ................................ 15
Drum kits.................................................................. 15
Step 2
Fun Sounds
Step 3
Play With The Metronome
Start the metronome ................................................ 18
Step 4
Playing Songs
Select and Listen to a Specific Song ....................... 20
Step 5
Play with a Style
Selecting a rhythm of a Style ................................... 22
Playing with a Style.................................................. 23
Step 6
Record your own performance
Recording Your Performance .................................. 25
Recording to a specified track.................................. 26
Deleting User Songs ................................................ 28
Backup and Initialization
Backup ..................................................................... 29
Initialization .............................................................. 29
Basic Operation and Displays
Basic Operation ....................................................... 30
Display ..................................................................... 32
Song Lesson
Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn)........................................ 33
Lesson 2 (Timing) .................................................... 35
Lesson 3 (Waiting) ................................................... 36
Contents
Song settings
Changing the Melody Voice .................................... 37
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Song Volume ........................................................... 37
Mute ........................................................................ 38
Practice Makes Perfect ........................................... 39
Play With a Variety of Effects
Adding Harmony...................................................... 40
Adding Reverb......................................................... 41
10 Adding Chorus......................................................... 42
Adding Panel Sustain .............................................. 42
Handy Performance Features
Touch Response Sensitivity .................................... 43
Setting the Split Point .............................................. 44
Transpose ............................................................... 44
Tuning ..................................................................... 45
One Touch Setting .................................................. 45
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Changing the tempo of the Song/Style.................... 46
Adjusting the Voice Parameters .............................. 46
Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions
Various ways to start and stop Style playback ........ 47
Pattern Variation (Sections) .................................... 49
Adjusting the Style Volume ..................................... 51
Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords
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Easy Chords ............................................................ 52
Standard Chords ..................................................... 52
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Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary ...... 54
Function Settings
Select the item and change the value ..................... 56
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About MIDI
What is MIDI? .......................................................... 58
What You Can Do With MIDI................................... 58
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Transferring Performance Data To and
From Another Instrument..................................... 59
Transferring data between the PSR-E303/YPT-300
and a computer.................................................... 61
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Troubleshooting ...........................................................64
Voice List.......................................................................65
Maximum Polyphony ............................................... 65
Drum Kit List .................................................................71
Style List........................................................................74
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Effect Type List .............................................................75
MIDI Implementation Chart ..........................................76
MIDI Data Format ..........................................................78
Effect map ............................................................... 78
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Specifications ...............................................................79
Index ..............................................................................80
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