Keyboard Percussion - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-4000 Owner's Manual

Use the page-number LCD [ / ] controls the
select the page containing the voice you want if
more than one page is available, then press the LCD
button corresponding to the desired voice. You can
also use either of the
to select any of the voices within the selected group.
V
Play & Adjust Volume
You can now play the selected voice or voices on
the keyboard. Use the [MASTER VOLUME] con-
trol to adjust the overall volume level, and the
set the desired balance between the parts.
When one of the RIGHT ORCHESTRA [DRUM KIT]
voices is selected, you can play 61 different drums and
percussion instruments on the keyboard. The drums and
percussion instruments played by the various keys are
marked by symbols above the keys. Some of the instru-
ments in the different drum kit voices sound different
even though they have the same name, while others are
essentially the same.
LCD [ / ] controls
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LCD [ / ] controls to

Keyboard Percussion

NOTES
• When the DRUM KIT voice OCTAVE parameter is set to "–1", 11
different instruments are available in the lowest octave.
• The Transpose, Tune, Sustain, Harmony, Left Hold, Modula-
tion, and Pitch Bend functions do not affect the DRUM KIT
voices.
• See page 129 for a complete listing of the keyboard percussion
drum instrument assignments.
Playing the PSR-4000
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