User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- PRECAUTIONS
- Main Features
- Included Accessories
- About the Manuals
- Using the PSR-A5000—a Broad Overview
- Contents
- Major Functions and Terms
- Panel Controls and Terminals
- Starting Up
- Display Structure
- Basic Operations
- Workflow Guide—for Performing on the PSR-A5000
- 1 Playing with Styles—Setting Up
- Setting up Styles
- Optimum Panel Settings for the Current Style (One Touch Setting)
- Setting up Keyboard Parts
- Selecting a Voice for Each Keyboard Part
- Creating Original Organ Flutes Voices
- Setting up Keyboard Harmony/Arpeggio
- Setting up Multi Pads
- Memorizing Original Panel Settings to One Touch Setting
- Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard
- Setting up Assignable Controllers
- 2 Playing with Styles—Operations While Performing
- 3 Singing with Song Playback—Setting Up
- 4 Singing with Song Playback—Operations While Performing
- 5 Selecting and/or Creating a Temperament (Scale Tune)
- 6 Adjusting the Parameters of Each Part— Mixer
- 7 Song Recording
- 8 Storing and Calling up Custom Panel Setups—Registration Memory and Playlist
- 9 Customizing for Optimum Performance
- 10 System Settings
- Connections—Using Your Instrument with Other Devices
- Connecting a Microphone or Guitar ([MIC/GUITAR INPUT] jack)
- Using an External Speaker System for Playback (MAIN OUTPUT jacks, SUB (AUX) OUTPUT jacks)
- Listening to Audio Playback by the External Device through the Instrument’s Speaker
- Connecting Footswitches/Foot Controllers (FOOT PEDAL jacks)
- Connecting USB Devices ([USB TO DEVICE] terminal)
- Connecting to a smartphone/tablet ([USB TO DEVICE], [USB TO HOST], or MIDI terminals)
- Connecting to a Computer ([USB TO HOST] terminal)
- Connecting External MIDI Devices (MIDI terminals)
- Function List
- Appendix
- Index
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Operation Guide
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Singing with Song Playback—Setting Up
This section explains how to set up for your singing performance with Songs, using Song selection.
As is the case in Chapter 1, the settings made in this section can be collectively stored in the Registration Memory
as one song setting (page 89).
Songs—MIDI and Audio
For this instrument, “Song” refers to MIDI or audio data which include preset songs, com-
mercially available music files, etc. Not only can you playback a song and listen to it, but
you can also play the keyboard or sing along with Song playback.
There are two kinds of Songs that can be recorded and played back on this instrument:
MIDI Songs and Audio Songs.
MIDI Songs
A MIDI Song is comprised of your keyboard performance information and is not a record-
ing of the actual sound itself. The performance information refers to which keys are
played, at what timing, and at what strength—just as in a musical score. Based on the
recorded performance information, the tone generator (of the instrument, etc.) outputs the
corresponding sound. Since MIDI Song data contains the information such as keyboard
part and Voice, you can play more effectively by viewing the score, turning the particular
part on or off, or changing Voices.
Audio Songs
An Audio Song is a recording of the performed sound itself. This data is recorded in the
same way as that used in recording cassette tapes, or with voice recorders, etc. Audio
Songs can be played back on portable music players and many other devices, making it
easy for you to let others hear what you have played.
If you want to play back a Song in a USB flash drive, connect the USB flash drive contain-
ing Song data to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal beforehand.
Setting Up Song Playback
Before using a USB flash drive, be sure
to read “Connecting USB Devices” on
page 108.
NOTE