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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Singing with Song Playback—Operations While Performing
Playback Operations exclusively for MIDI Songs
Synchro Start
You can conveniently start playback of a MIDI Song as soon as you start playing the keyboard. Touching (Synchro
start) puts Synchro Start in standby status, regardless of whether the Song is currently playing or stopped. To cancel the
Synchro Start function, repeat the same operation.
Playback Using Song Position Markers ([M], [1]–[4], [Loop])
Using Song Position markers, you can navigate quickly and easily through the MIDI Song data, as well as set up conve-
nient playback loops, for ease in song arranging. For details, refer to “Using Song Position Markers” (page 73).
Moving the Song Playback Position (Song Position pop-up window)
When you press and hold the [ ] (PREV) or [ ] (NEXT) button, a
setting display appears showing the current position of the Song. When
the window is shown on the display, you can also use the Data dial to
move backward/forward continuously through the current file.
The Phrase Mark number appears only when a MIDI Song containing
Phrase Marks is selected. You can select whether the Song playback
position moves backward or forward in Bar or Phrase Mark units by
touching the setting display beforehand.
For MIDI Songs
For Audio Songs
Elapsed time
Current measure
number
Phrase Mark num-
ber (if the MIDI
Song contains
Phrase Mark data)
Current Song
name
Current Song
name
Phrase Mark is a pre-programmed marker in certain MIDI Song data, which specifies a specific
location in the Song.
NOTE
Moving the Song Playback Position (progress bar on the display)
In each Song area, the current position of the Song playback is shown. This can be moved forward or backward by
moving the slider on the display.
Queuing the next Song for playback
While a MIDI Song is playing back, you can queue up the next MIDI Song for playback. This is convenient for chain-
ing it to the next Song smoothly during live performance. To queue up, select the Song you want to play next in the
Song Selection display, while a Song is playing back. The “Next” indication appears at the upper right of the corre-
sponding Song name. To cancel this setting, touch (Next Cancel) on the Song Selection display.
You can also queue up the next Audio Song for playback while a Audio Song is playing back, in the same way as for a
MIDI Song.
When the Recording function is used, the queue for playback is canceled.
NOTE