Playback - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-1700 Owner's Manual

Record Functions
C
Record .....................................................................................................................................................
RESET PLAY/STOP
STEP
BWD
V
Stop Recording .......................................................................................................................................
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STOP
RESET
STEP
BWD
B
Save Your MULTI PAD Data to Floppy Disk .........................................................................................

Playback

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STOP
The MULTI PAD voices are independent from the voices you have currently selected for key-
board performance. You could, for example, play piano on the keyboard while a MULTI PAD plays a
brass chord stab.
MULTI PADS [3] and [4] are "CHORD MATCH" types, and the data they contain will be auto-
matically transposed to match chords played using the Auto Accompaniment feature.
MULTI PAD playback can be terminated by pressing the MULTI PADS [STOP] button.
NOTES
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Play a short sequence. The MULTI PADS can record up to approxi-
mately 550 quarter notes. The [REC] button indicator will light during re-
cording, and the BEAT indicator will indicate the current beat as in the Auto
Accompaniment mode.
NOTES
STEP
FWD
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[STOP] button or the [PLAY/STOP] button to stop recording. Re-
cording will also stop automatically and "Memory Full" will appear
CHORD MATCH
on the LCD display panel when the pad memory becomes full.
PLAY/STOP
STEP
FWD
When you've finished recording your MULTI PAD data save it to floppy
disk as described on page 58. Making this step a habit will prevent acciden-
tal loss of data.
Simply tap any of the MULTI PADS at any time to play back the data
they contain. MULTI PAD playback begins as soon as the button is
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pressed. You can even play two, three, or four MULTI PADS at the same
time. Also, you can create "retriggered sample" effects by repeatedly
CHORD MATCH
pressing a pad before its contents are completely played back.
• MULTI PAD playback speed is determined by the current TEMPO setting.
• The contents of the MULTI PAD memory are retained in memory even when the power is turned
off as long as backup batteries are present or the AC plug is connected.
• Percussion data recorded to either of the CHORD MATCH pads will play back in the same way as
the normal pads.
• To use MULTI PAD data from disk, load the data into the PSR-1700/2700 as described on page
60.
• Whenever you record to a MULTI PAD, all previous data in the
same pad will be completely erased and replaced by the new
material.
• Recording can also be started by pressing the [PLAY/STOP] button.
• The MULTI PADS can also be recorded using the Step Record mode
— see page 50.
• When recording the CHORD MATCH pads — [3] and [4] — base all
melodic and chordal phrases on a CM7 chord so that the sound will
be properly transposed when used with the Auto Accompaniment
feature (see "Playback" below).
Press the MULTI PAD button being recorded, the MULTI PADS