SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc., is used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accompany the accessory product.
PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in any way.
Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-248 PortaTone! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner’s Manual carefully while playing your new PortaTone in order to take full advantage of its various features. Contents PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS ● ● 6 Front Panel ......................................
Main Features The PSR-248 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions: Yamaha Education Suite page 26-27, 34-35, 37-39 The PortaTone features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before! The Yamaha Education Suite includes: Powerful Melody Guide functions in the Song mode — Waiting and Minus One — that let you easily learn the 100 songs a
Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel CUMBIA 6/8 MARCH ROCK SHUFFLE POLKA SLOW ROCK 6/8 HVY ROCK STD WALTZ SWING US ROCK POP WALTZ B B SWING 16BEAT ROCK GMN WALTZ K B B BALLAD R&B VIEN WALTZ CK JZ QUARTET SOUL DIUM DIXIELAND 2BEAT COOL JAZZ FUNK ALLAD ALLAD 8BEAT JAZZ BALLAD SOUL BALLAD HONKY-TONK BALLAD GPL SHUFFLE JAZZ WALTZ PIANO BALLAD BEAT POP 6/8 GOSPEL FUSION POP BALLAD T SHUFFLE 4/4 BLUES ARPEGGIO 1 6BT BALLAD ROCK & ROLL BOSSA NOVA ARPEGGIO 2 FUSION BALLAD BOOGIE SALSA ARPEGGIO 3 TWIST SAMBA DA
Panel Controls and Terminals A Power switch (STANDBY/ON) L MAIN A/B (AUTO FILL), Fast Forward B MASTER VOLUME dial (f)/Rewind (r) buttons When the Style mode is selected, these are used to change auto accompaniment sections and control the Auto Fill function. (See page 32.) When the Song mode is selected, these are used to respectively fast forward and rewind during song playback. When Song playback is stopped, they can be used to advance or reverse to specific measure numbers in the song. (See page 24.
Panel Controls and Terminals Rear Panel T IN MIDI OUT SUSTAIN PHONES/ OUTPUT DC IN 10-12V T DC IN 10-12V jack This is for connection to a PA-3B AC power adaptor. (See page 9.) SUSTAIN jack This is for connection to an optional FC4 or FC5 Footswitch. (See page 10.) PHONES/OUTPUT jack This is for connection to a set of stereo headphones or to an external amplifier/speaker system. (See page 10.) MIDI IN, OUT terminals These are for connection to other MIDI instruments and devices. (See pages 10, 41.
Setting Up This section contains information about setting up your PortaTone for playing. Make sure to read this section carefully before using the instrument. Power Requirements Although the PSR-248 will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resources.
Setting Up Accessory Jacks ■ Using Headphones For private practicing and playing without disturbing others, connect a set of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. Sound from the built-in speaker system is automatically cut off when you insert a headphone plug into this jack. ■ Connecting a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System Though the PortaTone is equipped with a builtin speaker system, you can also play it through an external amplifier/speaker system.
Getting Started — Playing the Demo Songs The PortaTone has a huge variety of Demo songs, specially recorded to showcase the dynamic sounds and rhythms and give you an idea of what you can do with the instrument. First, turn on the power. Press the STANDBY/ON button. Whenever the power is turned on, the Voice mode is automatically called up and set to play Voice 1 (GrandPno). Set the Volume. Initially, turn the MASTER VOLUME control about a third of the way up.
Panel Display Indications The PortaTone features a large multi-function display that shows all important settings for the instrument. The section below briefly explains the various icons and indications in the display. NOTE: The LCD’s backlight will gradually dim over a long period of use. When the display becomes dim or hard to read, contact the store where you purchased the instrument or, Yamaha directly, to have the LCD replaced. A fee will be charged for replacement.
Portable Grand This convenient function lets you automatically exit from any other mode or function and instantly call up the Grand Piano voice. Press the piano-shaped PORTABLE GRAND button. METRONOME Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the entire instrument for playing the special “Stereo Sampled Piano” Grand Piano voice (voice 001).
Portable Grand Setting the Metronome Time Signature The time signature of the Metronome can be set to various quarter-note based meters. NOTE: The time signature changes automatically when a style or song is selected. Simultaneously hold down the METRONOME button and press the button on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the desired time signature (see chart at right).
Selecting and Playing Voices — The Voice Mode The Voice mode features 100 authentic voices that have been created with Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. Many of these voices also have special preset characteristics or embellishments. The voices are divided into various categories depending on their characteristics or the effects used. Selecting and Playing a Voice Select the Voice mode. Press the VOICE button.
Selecting and Playing Voices — The Voice Mode There are three ways to select voices: 1) directly entering the voice number with the numeric keypad, 2) using the +/- keys to step up and down through the voices, or 3) pressing the VOICE button to advance through the voice numbers. Using the numeric keypad Enter the digits of the voice number as printed on the panel. For example, to select voice #42, press “4” on the numeric keypad, then “2.
Selecting and Playing Voices — The Voice Mode NOTE: The PortaTone is polyphonic up to a maximum of 16 notes. (Depending on the voice selected — such as split voices and dual voices — fewer notes may be available.) This includes not only the notes played from the keyboard, but also the notes in a style pattern, the notes played by a Pad (page 40), and so on. Thus, if you play too many notes at one time, some may not sound and/or others may be cancelled. Play the selected voice.
Selecting and Playing Voices — The Voice Mode Transpose and Tuning You can also adjust the tuning and change the transposition (key) of the PortaTone with the Transpose and Tuning functions. Transpose Transpose determines the key of both the main voice and the bass/chord accompaniment of the selected style. It also determines the pitch of the songs and the Multi Pads.
Selecting and Playing Voices — The Voice Mode Tuning Tuning determines the fine pitch setting of both the main voice and the bass/chord accompaniment of the selected style. It also determines the pitch of the songs and the Multi Pads. This allows you to accurately match the tuning with that of other instruments. The Tuning settings can be adjusted over a range of ± 50 (approx. ± 0.5 semitones). Select the Tuning function in the Overall menu.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode The Song mode features 100 special songs that have been created using the rich and dynamic sounds of the PortaTone. The songs are generally for your listening enjoyment; however, you can also play along with them on the keyboard. A Voice Change function lets you set whether the keyboard voice changes or not with the voice changes in the song itself.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode NOTE: You can play along with the song using the currently selected voice, or even select a different voice for playing along. Simply call up the Voice mode while the song is playing back and select the desired voice . Current measure number 001 StarWars MEASURE 002 Current melody note If you want to change to another song, repeat step 2 above. Stop the song. Press the START/STOP (>/■) button.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Change the value. Use the OVERALL +/- buttons to increase or decrease the Tempo value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value. Decreases Tempo value Restoring the Default Tempo Value Each song and style has been given a default or standard tempo. If you’ve changed the tempo, you can restore the original default setting by pressing both OVERALL +/buttons simultaneously (when Tempo is selected in the Overall menu).
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Adjusting the Song Volume The playback volume of the song can be adjusted. This volume control affects only the song volume. The volume range is 000 - 127. Select the Song Volume function in the Overall menu. Press one of the OVERALL s/t buttons, repeatedly if necessary, until “SongVol” appears in the display. Current Song Volume value 110 SongVol MEASURE SONG VOL 001 Change the value.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Song Controls When the Song mode is active, the panel buttons below the display function as song controls. This has no function in the Song mode. Pressing this button alternately starts and stops song playback. This functions as a rewind button, stepping in reverse through the measure numbers. It can be used during playback, or when playback is paused or stopped. This turns the Voice Change function on/off. (See page 27.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Set point B (the end point of the section). A-b Repeat Press the button once again, at the ending point of the section to be repeated. The selected phrase repeats indefinitely until stopped. MEASURE 012 Pause or stop playback as needed. Use the Pause (❙ ❙) and START/STOP (>/■) buttons. Stopping playback does not cancel the set A/B points or the A/B Repeat function. Turn off the A/B Repeat function. oFF Repeat Press the button.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Melody Guide The PortaTone has a special Melody Guide function that makes practice and learning of the 100 songs both fun and easy. During song playback, the PortaTone shows the notes of the melody in the music staves and the keyboard diagram in the display — indicating which notes you should play and when you should play them. The Melody Guide function even lets you practice at your own pace by automatically pausing playback until you play the correct notes.
Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode Start playback of the song, and play the melody from the keyboard. Start playback in the normal fashion (page 20) and play the melody along with the song. You can also change the Melody Guide setting while the song is playing back by simply pressing the MELODY GUIDE button. To stop the song, press the START/STOP (>/■) button.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode The Style mode provides dynamic rhythm/accompaniment patterns — as well as voice settings appropriate for each pattern — for various popular music styles. A total of 100 different styles are available, in several different categories. Each style is made up of separate “sections” — Intro, Main A and B (with 4 Fill-ins), and Ending — letting you call up different accompaniment patterns as you perform.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Start the selected style. You can do this in one of the following ways: Pressing the START/STOP button The rhythm starts playing immediately without bass and chord accompaniment. The currently selected Main A or B section will play. (You can select either section by pressing the appropriate button — AUTO FILL/MAIN A or B — before pressing the START/ STOP button.) SYNCSTART START/ STOP INTRO/ A ENDING rit.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Stop the style. You can do this in one of three ways: Pressing the START/STOP button The rhythm/accompaniment stops playing immediately. Using an Ending section Press the INTRO/ENDING button. The style stops after the Ending section is finished.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Using the Auto Accompaniment Features Turn on the auto accompaniment. Press the ACMP ON/OFF button to turn on (enable) the auto accompaniment. ACMP ON/OFF SYNCSTART START/ STOP Indicates that auto accompaniment is on. 001 8BtPop TEMPO ACMP ON 116 Select and play a style. Select one of the styles and start playback, as described in steps 1 - 3 on page 28. Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Style Sections (Main A, Main B) and Fill-ins While the style is playing, you can add variation in the rhythm/accompaniment by pressing one of the MAIN A/B (AUTO FILL) buttons. This automatically plays one of four Fill-in sections, and smoothly leads into the next section — even if it is the same section. NTRO/ A ENDING rit.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Using Auto Accompaniment — Multi Fingering The auto accompaniment function automatically generates bass and chord accompaniment for you to play along with, by using Multi Fingering operation. You can change the chords of the accompaniment by playing keys in the ACMP section of the keyboard using either the “Single Finger” or “Fingered” method. With Single Finger you can simply play a one-, two- or three-finger chord indication (see Single Finger Chords below).
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode What is a Chord? The simple answer: Three or more notes played simultaneously is a chord. (Two notes played together is an “interval” — an interval being the distance between two different notes. This is also referred to as a “harmony.”) Depending on the intervals between the three or more notes, a chord can sound beautiful or muddy and dissonant. The organization of notes in the example at left — a triad chord — produces a pleasant, harmonious sound.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Writing Chord Names Knowing how to read and write chord names is an easy yet invaluable skill. Chords are often written in a kind of shorthand that makes them instantly recognizable (and gives you the freedom to play them with the voicing or inversion that you prefer). Once you understand the basic principles of harmony and chords, it’s very simple to use this shorthand to write out the chords of a song.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode One Touch Setting (OTS) The One Touch Setting function automatically selects an appropriate voice for playing with the style you select. In other words, when One Touch Setting is on, the voice automatically changes when you change the style. Select a style. Select one of the styles, as described in steps 1 2 on page 28. Turn on the One Touch Setting function. Press the OTS button so that “OTS On” appears briefly in the display.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Chord Guide The Chord Guide functions of the PortaTone provide powerful, easy-to-use tools for learning chords and chord relationships. Chord Guide features two different types of operation: Smart and Dictionary. Smart The Smart type allows you to set the basic key for the chord accompaniment. Once this is set, you can simply press single keys in the scale and have harmonically appropriate chords played automatically.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Number 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Key (display indication, actual key) #/b=0 (C, or Am) #=1 (G, or Em) #=2 (D, or Bm) #=3 (A, or F#m) #=4 (E, or C#m) #=5 (B, or G#m) #=6 (F#, or D#m) #=7 (C#, or A#m) Number 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Key (display indication, actual key) b=7 (Cb, or Abm) b=6 (Gb, or Ebm) b=5 (Db, or Bbm) b=4 (Ab, or Fm) b=3 (Eb, or Cm) b=2 (Bb, or Gm) b=1 (F, or Dm) For example, if you want to perform with the following score, set the key to b=1 (F,
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Dictionary The Dictionary type is essentially a built-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it. With the Style mode active, select the Dictionary Chord Guide. Dict. TEMPO Press the CHORD GUIDE button so that “Dict.” appears briefly in the display. 116 ACMP ON ROOT G Specify the root of the chord.
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode Multi Pads These convenient pads let you instantly trigger various musical and rhythmic phrases as you play the PortaTone. There are a total of 40 different sounds or phrases (20 banks, with two pad sounds for each bank). The phrases play back at the same speed as the Tempo setting, and they also change harmonically along with the accompaniment chords (both in the Style and Song modes). Select the Pad function in the Overall menu.
MIDI Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode The PortaTone also features MIDI terminals, allowing you to interface the PortaTone with other MIDI instruments and devices. Transmits MIDI data (keyboard performance) to the connected device. Receives MIDI data from the connected sending device.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the PortaTone is turned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the PortaTone is receiving electrical power. When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the PortaTone may produce interference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it further away from the PortaTone. The sound of the voices or rhythms seems unusual or strange.
Index Misc. H S +/- keys ......................................... 16 Harmony voices ............................ 17 sections (style) ............................... 32 headphones .................................. 10 Single Finger chords ...................... 33 A Smart ............................................ 37 A/B Repeat .................................... 24 I song controls ................................ 24 AC adaptor ...................................... 9 interval .............
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VOICE LIST/LISTE DES VOIX The following voices cannot be directly selected from the panel controls; they are special voices programmed into the songs of the PortaTone and are selected automatically in song playback. However, they can be selected by a connected MIDI device; the corresponding bank select messages are: MSB = 00H, LSB = 00H. Prg. Ch.
MULTI PAD LIST/LISTE DE MULTI PAD No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Name Pianist1 Pianist2 Guitar Play Brass BrassHit Funky Techno1 Techno2 Arpeggio Twinkle1 Twinkle2 Crystal Bird Africa DrumKit Tom_Flam Drum_Seq LatPerc BongoSeq Timbales LCD Pianist1 Pianist2 Gtr.
SPECIFICATIONS/SPÉCIFICATIONS Keyboard 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6) with touch response Voices Power supply Adaptor: Yamaha PA-3B AC power adaptor Batteries: Six “D” size, SUM-1, R-20 or equivalent batteries 100 panel voices (max. polyphony: 16) Effects Dual (Included in Voice), Harmony/Echo (Included in Voice), Split (Included in Voice) Auto Accompaniment 100 styles Dimensions 933 x 370 x 129 mm (36-3/4" x 14-7/12" x 5-1/12") Weight 5.7kg (12 Ibs., 9 oz.
midi implementation chart/ FEUILLE D’IMPLÉMENTATION [Portable Keyboard] Model: PSR-248 Function Transmitted Recognized Basic Channel Default Changed 1~7, 10 X 1~7, 10 X Mode Default Messages Altered 3 X ************** 3 X X : True voice 0~127 ************** 0~127 0~127 Velocity Note ON Note OFF O 9nH, v=1~127 X 9nH, v=0 After Touch key’s Ch’s X X X X X X Note Number Pitch Bender Control Change 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10 11 64 66 84 91 96 97 100, 101 120 121 Date: 7-JAN-1999 Version: 1.
midi implementation chart/FEUILLE D’IMPLÉMENTATION NOTE: *1 Depending on the selected voice, the transmitted velocity value may differ, even for notes played with identical strength. NOTE: *1 Suivant la voix qui a été choisie, la valeur de vélocité transmise risque de varier, même avec les notes jouées avec une force identique. *2 MSB can be used to change the voice for the Melody or Rhythm. MSB=00H :Melody Voice MSB=7FH : Rhythm Voice LSB: Refer to Voice list.
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