Connecting To A Personal Computer; Local On/Off - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-450 Owner's Manual

MIDI Functions

Connecting to a Personal Computer

By connecting the PSR-450 to a computer you can record and manage PSR-450
data on the computer, and receive performance data from the computer that will
play back on the PSR-450.
● The computer's USB connector and the PSR-450 MIDI connectors are
connected to a USB MIDI interface unit.
With this type of setup you will need to have the appropriate USB MIDI driver
installed on your computer.

Local On/Off

This function can be used to turn local control on or off. Local control determines
whether or not notes played on the PSR-450 are sounded by its internal tone gen-
erator system: the internal tone generator is active when local control is on, and
inactive when local control is off.
●
on (Local on) ..............This is the normal setting in which notes played on the
●
oFF (Local off)...........With this setting the PSR-450 itself produces no sound, but
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Use the [LEFT MENU] button to select MIDI.
If "LOCAL" is already showing on the display skip ahead to step
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PSR-450 Owner's Manual
USB MIDI Interface
MIDI IN
(Yamaha UX16 or other)
USB
MIDI OUT
PSR-450 keyboard are sounded by the internal tone genera-
tor system. MIDI data received via the MIDI IN connector
will also be played by the internal tone generator.
the performance data is transmitted via the MIDI OUT con-
nector. MIDI data received via the MIDI IN connector will
be played by the internal tone generator.
LOCAL
on
PSR-450
OUT
IN
3
.
NOTE
• Special MIDI cables (sold sepa-
rately) must be used for con-
necting to MIDI devices. They
can be bought at music stores,
etc.
• Never use MIDI cables longer
than about 15 meters. Cables
longer than this can pick up
noise which can cause data
errors.