Song Recording; Recording A Melody Track - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A3 Owner's Manual

Song Recording

The PSR-A3 SONG TRACKS allows you to record and play back com-
plete songs including chord sequences created using the Auto Accompa-
niment feature and a melody line you play on the keyboard. The SONG
TRACKS include one ACCOMP track and two MELODY tracks.
The PSR-A3 can retain up to 8 complete songs in internal memory, and
these can be selected and played back simply by selecting the appropri-
ate SONG. The song numbers 30 through 37 are the area for your own
creation (user songs).
• Material recorded on the SONG TRACKs is retained in memory even when the POWER switch is
turned OFF if batteries are present or an AC adaptor is connected.
• The recorded data will be lost if the power is turned OFF, the AC adaptor is unplugged, or the
batteries fail during recording.
• For 8 songs, up to approximately 4200 notes in the MELODY tracks, or 2100 chords in the
ACCOMP tracks can be recorded.
The SONG MELODY tracks record the following operations and data:
• Note ON/OFF
• Velocity
• Voice number
• Octave
• Pan
• Dual voice ON/OFF
• Dual Voice (voice
number, volume, octave,
reverb level, chorus
level, pan)
• Keyboard volume*
• Pitch Bend
• Pitch Bend Range*
• Reverb Level
• Chorus Level
50
VOICE
830
STYLE
SONG
118
REGIST MEMORY
REGIST TEMPO TRANSPOSE
MULTI PAD
RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP
1 1 1
DUAL VOICE
ON /
OFF
SPLIT VOICE
HARM/ECHO 1 135102117130
VOICE
OVERALL
VOL
DIGITAL EFFECT
ACCOMP TRACK

Recording a Melody Track

• DSP Level (MELODY 1 track only)
• Harmony/Echo ON/OFF, type
• Reverb ON/OFF
• Chorus ON/OFF
• DSP ON/OFF, DSP type (MELODY 1 track only)
• DSP variation ON/OFF (MELODY 1 track only)
• Sustain (Panel) ON/OFF (Sustain pedal ON/OFF)
• Scale Setting ON/OFF
• Scale Tuning
• (Tempo signature common to melody & accomp
tracks)*
* Recorded only at the beginning of a song; changes
cannot be made during recording.
NORMAL
BEAT
SPLIT
OTS
SINGLE
10 a01
FINGERED
MEASURE REPEAT CHORD
MELODY MELODY
1 2
MINUS ONE TOUCH
REC REC REC REVERB DUAL
101101
CHORUS HARMONY
DSP SUSTAIN
SONG TRACK
• The Scale Setting ON/OFF status
and Scale Tuning data in the
latest recorded melody track will
take effect in the song.