Table Of Contents - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-620 Owner's Manual

Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3
Panel Controls
The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5
Setting Up
Power Supply .............................................................................. 6
Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor .................................. 6
Using Batteries ..................................................................... 6
Connections ................................................................................ 7
The PHONES Jack ............................................................... 7
SUSTAIN Jack ...................................................................... 7
AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack ................................................ 7
MIDI IN and OUT Connectors .............................................. 7
The Demonstration
Basic Display Operation
Playing the PSR-620
Selecting & Playing Voices ...................................................... 12
Keyboard Percussion ......................................................... 14
The Split Mode .......................................................................... 15
Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters ................... 15
Touch Response ....................................................................... 17
Dual Voice .................................................................................. 17
Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters ................... 18
Harmony/Echo ........................................................................... 20
Selecting a Harmony/Echo Type ........................................... 20
Sustain ....................................................................................... 22
Transposition ............................................................................ 23
Pitch Bend ................................................................................. 23
Digital Effects
Using the Digital Effects ........................................................... 24
Changing the Reverb Effect ..................................................... 24
Selecting the Reverb Effect Type .......................................... 24
Setting the Reverb Return Level ............................................ 25
Changing the Chorus Effect .................................................... 26
Selecting the Chorus Effect Type .......................................... 26
Setting the Chorus Return Level ............................................ 27
Changing the DSP Effect .......................................................... 28
Selecting the DSP Effect Type .............................................. 28
Setting the DSP Return Level ................................................ 29
Using Auto Accompaniment
The Stop Accompaniment Function ................................... 37
Accompaniment Track Control ................................................ 38
Large/Small Accompaniment .............................................. 39
Muting Individual Tracks ..................................................... 39
Changing Accompaniment Track Voices ............................ 40
Adjusting Accompaniment Track Volume ........................... 40
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point ............................. 41
One Touch Setting .................................................................... 42
Registration Memory
Registering the Panel Settings ................................................ 43
Recall the Registered Panel Settings ...................................... 45
The Accomp Freeze Function .................................................. 45
Song Recording
Recording a Melody Track ....................................................... 46
Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody .............. 49
Accompaniment and Melody Playback ................................... 52
Play from a Specified Measure .............................................. 53
Voice & Volume Rewrite ..................................................... 54
Clearing the SONG TRACKS ............................................. 54
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Contents
The Multi Pads
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Playing the MULTI PADS .......................................................... 55
Recording the MULTI PADS ..................................................... 57
Using Music Cartridges
6
Inserting a Music Cartridge ................................................. 60
Music Cartridge Handling Precautions ............................... 60
Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ........................................... 61
Selecting Cartridge Styles ..................................................... 61
Cartridge Songs ........................................................................ 62
Cartridge Song Playback ....................................................... 62
Cartridge Registration Presets ................................................ 63
Selecting Cartridge Registration ............................................ 63
Using Floppy Disks
8
Floppy Disk Handling Precautions ...................................... 64
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Formatting a New Floppy Disk ................................................ 65
Saving, Loading, & Deleting Disk Files ................................... 66
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Saving to Disk ........................................................................ 66
Loading From Disk ................................................................. 68
The Referred File ................................................................... 70
User Style Files Referred to by a Song File ....................... 70
User Style or Pad Files Referred to by a Registration File . 71
Registration File Referred to by a User Style File .............. 71
Deleting a Disk File ................................................................ 72
Quick Play: Disk Orchestra Collection & Standard MIDI File Disks .. 73
Practice Features
The Minus One Mode ................................................................ 74
Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off ..................... 74
Repeat Play ................................................................................ 75
Overall Functions
24
General Functions .................................................................... 77
Keyboard Volume ............................................................... 77
Octave ................................................................................ 77
Reverb Level ...................................................................... 78
Chorus Level ...................................................................... 78
DSP Level ........................................................................... 78
Pan ..................................................................................... 78
Voice Set ............................................................................ 79
Accompaniment Volume ..................................................... 79
Touch Sensitivity ................................................................ 79
Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel ................................... 80
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Pitch Bend Range ............................................................... 80
Metronome ......................................................................... 80
Tuning ................................................................................. 80
MIDI Functions .......................................................................... 81
Remote Channel ................................................................. 83
Keyboard Out ..................................................................... 83
Song Out ............................................................................ 83
Accompaniment Out ........................................................... 84
Local Control ...................................................................... 84
External Clock .................................................................... 85
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Initial Data Send ................................................................. 85
Appendix
PSR-620 Function Tree ......................................................... 86
About Digital Effect ................................................................ 88
Troubleshooting ..................................................................... 90
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Data Backup & Initialization ................................................... 91
Data Initialization ................................................................ 91
Index ........................................................................................... 92
Specifications ......................................................................... 93
Voice List ............................................................................... 94
Percussion Kit List ................................................................. 98
MIDI Implementation Chart .................................................. 100
MIDI Data Format ................................................................ 103
GM System Level 1 .......................................................... 107
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