Playing The Percussion Pads - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-4000 Owner's Manual

The Multi Pads
C
Assign the Instruments
A new drum/percussion instrument is assigned
to a pad simply by playing the key corresponding to
the desired instrument while holding the pad to
which it is to be assigned. The reverse also works:
press the pad while holding the key. The velocity at
which you play the key (how hard you press the key
= how loud the note sounds) is also recorded to the
specified pad.
NOTES
• Percussion voices created using the CUSTOM VOICE
EDIT functions described on page 78 can also be as-
signed to the percussion pads.
V
Press [REC/STOP] To End Assignment
When you're finished making instrument as-
signments to the PERCUSSION pads, press the
[REC/STOP] button so that its indicator goes out.
NOTES
• Percussion pad data can be saved to and loaded from disk
(page 90), but can not be memorized by the Registration
feature (page 43).

Playing the Percussion Pads

The PERCUSSION pads can be played at any
time — whether an accompaniment is playing or not
— as long as the PERCUSSION mode is selected.
Depending on the assigned instrument, some pads
will play continuously as long as they are held.
NOTES
• The PERCUSSION pad sounds are not affected by the
PSR-4000 PITCH BEND wheel or MODULATION wheel.
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REC/STOP
PHRASE/CHORD
PLAYING
PHRASE
3 4 5
MULTI PAD
REC/STOP
PHRASE/CHORD
PLAYING
PHRASE
3 4 5
MULTI PAD
REC/STOP
PHRASE/CHORD
PLAYING
PHRASE
3 4 5
MULTI PAD
PERCUSSION
PHRASE/CHORD
CHORD
6 7 8
PERCUSSION
PHRASE/CHORD
CHORD
6 7 8
PERCUSSION
PHRASE/CHORD
CHORD
6 7 8