Disk Song Playback; Song Playback - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-550 Owner's Manual

Disk Song Playback

You can playback a huge variety of songs on the PSR-550, including the preset demo songs, the songs
on the included data disk, the User songs that you record to a floppy disk and songs on commercially
available XG/GM song collection disks. Except for the preset demo songs, a floppy disk must be inserted
in the disk drive to playback a song.
The following disks are compatible for playback on the PSR-550 (including the
data disk). Refer to page 9 for more details on the logos.
Disk songs can be played back in five different ways: ..................... page 69
• SINGLE
• SINGLE REPEAT
• ALL
• ALL REPEAT
• RANDOM
Additional song playback functions:
• Song Track Muting ................................................................. page 70
• Tempo/Tap ............................................................................. page 36
• Song Volume Control ............................................................. page 70
• Song Transpose .................................................................... page 73
• Playing from a Specified Measure ......................................... page 71
• Repeat Play ........................................................................... page 72

Song Playback

1
Insert the disk that contains song data into the disk drive.
PSR-550 will automatically switch into Song mode.
2
Select the desired song.
Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons
[1]-[0].
3
Press the [NEXT] button to display the Song Menu screen.
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You can play back song files collected on these disks using the
voices defined in the GM standard.
You can play back songs using the XG format, an extension of the
GM standardthat allows for much higher sound quality.
You can play back song files collected on these disks using the
voices defined in Yamaha's DOC format.
CHORD
119
6
dim
513
7
augsus4
mM
BACK NEXT TRACK(1~16) 0 ~ 9
EASY
NAVIGATOR
START/STOP KEYBOARD PART DIAL
• Make sure to read the
section "Using the Floppy
Disk Drive (FDD) and
Floppy Disks" on page 58.
• The tempo setting of some
commercially available disk
songs is fixed. These songs
are called "free-tempo
software". When playing
back free-tempo song data
on the PSR-550, the Tempo
display shows "- - -" and the
beat display does not flash.
Also, the measure number in
the display does not match
the actual measure number
of playback, and only gives
you an indication of how
much of the song has played
back.
• If a disk has already been
inserted into the drive, press
the [SONG] button to call up
the Song display.
• Inserting a disk that does not
contain song data will not
automatically call up the
Song display.
/YES