Disk Song Playback; Song Playback - Yamaha Portatone PSR-640 Owner's Manual

Disk Song Playback

You can playback a huge variety of songs on the PSR-740/640, including the preset demo songs, the
songs on the included sample disk, the User songs that you record to a floppy disk and songs on com-
mercially 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-740/640 (including
the sample disk). Refer to page 9 for more details on the logos.
Disk songs can be played back in five different ways: ..................... page 77
• SINGLE
• SINGLE REPEAT
• ALL
• ALL REPEAT
• RANDOM
Additional song playback functions:
• Song Track Muting ................................................................. page 78
• Tempo/Tap ............................................................................. page 38
• Song Volume Control ............................................................. page 78
• Song Transpose .................................................................... page 81
• Playing from a Specified Measure ......................................... page 79
• Repeat Play ........................................................................... page 80

Song Playback

1
Insert the disk that contains song data into the disk drive.
PSR-740/640 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.
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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.
NEXT
• Make sure to read the
section "Using the Floppy
Disk Drive (FDD) and
Floppy Disks" on page 66.
• 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
have any song data will not
automatically call up the
Song display.