Playing The Multi Pads - Yamaha PSR-520 Product Manual

The Multi Pads
The PSR-520 MULTI PADS can be used to play 84 short pre-recorded
rhythmic and melodic sequences, that can be used to add impact and
variety to your keyboard performances. Some of the pad phrases simply
play back as programmed, while others are "chord match" types which are
automatically transposed to match chords played using the PSR-520
Auto Accompaniment feature.
The PSR-520 MULTI PADS can also be used to record 16 short rhythmic
or melodic sequences, percussion fill-ins, or single percussion sounds
that can be played at any time simply by pressing the appropriate pad.The
multi pad kit numbers 22 through 25 are the area for your own creation
(user pad kits).
The PSR-520 has 21 multi pad kits, each containing a complete set of 4 MULTI PAD phrases — 84
phrases in all. Before using the MULTI PADS, select the MULTI PAD kit containing the phrases you want to
use as follows:
1
Select the MULTI PAD Function
To select a multi pad kit, first select the MULTI PAD function by press-
ing one of the [FUNCTION] buttons until the arrowhead in the display ap-
pears next to "MULTI PAD" in the function list to the left of the display.

Playing the MULTI PADS

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See page 56 for a complete
listing of the Multi Pad
assingnments.
The MULTI PAD function can be
quickly selected by pressing and
holding the [REC/END] button.