YAMAHA Owner’s Guide
Congratulations J You are the proud owner of a Yamaha PSR-400/PSR-500. Your PSR400/PSR-500 is a high-quality musical instrument that incorporates ad vanced Yamaha digital technology and many versatile features. In order to obtain maximum performance and enjoyment from your PSR-400/PSR500, we urge you to read this Owner’s Guide thoroughly while trying out the various features described. Keep the Owner’s Guide in a safe place for later reference. CONTENTS HOW TO USE THE MANUAL...............................
HOW TO USE THE MANUAL This operation manual is divided into three main sections: PREPARATION [page 4] This section outlines the first things you must do before playing the PSR-400A^SR500. Including power supply setup and external connections. QUICK OPERATION GUIDE [page 6] The QUICK OPERATION GUIDE provides simplified operation procedures for sev eral of the PSR-400A^SR-500’s main features.
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PREPARATION This section contains information about setting up your PSR400/PSR-500 and preparing to piay. Be sure to go through this section carefuiiy before using your PSR-400/PSR-500. POWER SUPPLY Your PSR-400 or PSR-500 will run either from batteries* or an optional power adaptor. Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. * When batteries are used the sound of tiie PSR-400/PSR-500 may be distorted at high vol ume levels.
USING HEADPHONES OR AN EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEM A Standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged into the rear-panel HEAD PHONES/AUX. OUT jack for private practice or late-night playing. The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the HEADPHONES jack. The HEADPHONES/AUX. OUT jack can also be used to deliver the output of the PSR-400/PSR-500 to a keyboard amplifier, stereo sound system, mixing console or tape recorder.
QUICK OPERATION GUIDE This section provides brief outlines of the procedures for operating several of the most basic PSR-400/PSR-500 features. Refer to the page numbers listed for details about each feature and more advanced capabilities. SELECT & PLAY VOICES VOfCfc SELECT 1. Use the VOICE SELECT buttons to select a voice [page 21]. STYLE ^SPLfT VOICE VQlQE o /г STYLE SPLfTVCHCE BEAT G0©© 2. Use the MASTER VOLUME control to set the overall vol ume [page 11]. 3- Play. ADD REVERB (PSR-500 only) 1.
QUICK OPERATION GUIDE THE SPLIT MODE PLAY DIFFERENT LEFT- ÄND RIGHT- HAND VOICES MODE 1. Use the [MODE] button to select the SPLIT mode [page 10], O NORMAL • SPLIT 2. Use the [SPLIT POINT CHANGE] button to change the split point, if necessary [page 13]. □ IIIIE 3. Use the VOICE SELECT buttons to select the left-hand and right-hand voices [page 23]. Press a left-hand key before selecting the left-hand voice and a right-hand key before selecting the right-hand voice.
QUICK OPERATION GUIDE PLAY WITH AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT MODE 1. oNORMAL OSPLIT Use the [MODE] button to select the SINGLE FINGER or FINGERED mode [page 10]. 2. If necessary, use the [SPLIT POINT CHANGE] button to set the split point [page 13]. style select ST YL E / S PL IT voice VQlGi. pn 3. Use the STYLE SELECT buttons to select the desired accom paniment style [page 16]. You can also select a melody (up per keyboard) voice via the VOICE SELECT buttons [page C. I 21] . STVLE SPU^ VOiCr QELAT 4.
QUICK OPERATION GUIDE PlÀYVm« Atno HARMONY MODE Onormal 1. O SPLIT * SINGLE •finger Use the [MODE] buttons to select the SPLIT, SINGLE FIN GER, or FINGERED mode [page 10], OriwriERfO n AUTO HARMONY 2. Use the AUTO HARMONY TYPE buttons to select a har 1t duet 2 TRIO '3 BLOCK A COUNTRY 5 octave 6 STRUM AUTO HARMONY ON/OFF mony type between **1” and “6” [page 25], 3.
FEATURE REFERENCE The “FEATURE REFERENCE" provides full details on each of the PSR-400/PSR500 features. The features are presented as they appear on the PSR-400/PSR-500 panel, organized into functional groups such as “OVERALL CONTROL,” “AUTO AC COMPANIMENT,” and “VOICE.” To find information about a particular control or fea ture, either go directly to the section in which that control or feature is found, or look up the name of the control or feature in the index at the end of the manual.
FEATURE REFERENCE (overall control) SINGLE FINGER This mode provides automatic rhythm, bass, and orchestra accompaniment that you can control by playing just one, two, or three keys in the left-hand section of the keyboard. See page 18 for details. FINGERED MASTER VOLUME Use the MASTER VOLUME control to adjust the over all volume of the PSR-400/PSR-500 — including the sound of the voices being played, auto accompaniment, song memory playback, etc.
FEATURE REFERENCE (overall control) Setting the Pitch Bend Range The maximum amount of pitch bend produced by the PITCH BEND wheel can be set anywhere from ±1 semi tone to ±12 semitones (i.e. plus or minus one octave). 1. To set the pitch bend range, roll the PITCH BEND wheel all the way in either direction so that the current range value appears on the MULTI DISPLAY. • The TFIANSPOSE function will not work while any keys are held.
FEATURE REFERENCE (overall control) Press the TEMPO [A] button to increase the tempo, or the TEMPO [▼] button to decrease the tempo. The se lected tempo will be displayed on the MULTI DISPLAY (in quarter-note beats per minute) while the TEMPO [A] or [T] button is pressed, and for approximately 2 seconds after either TEMPO button is released. The available tempo range is from 40 to 240 beats per minute.
FEATURE REFERENCE (OVERALL CONTROL) List of initial PAGE memory settings Recall * Settings in parentheses apply to the PSFT-500 only. To recall a PAGE MEMORY setting simply press the appropriate PAGE MEMORY button. The corresponding indicator will light and the required panel settings will be recalled. • If the panel settings are changed but not recorded (including such operations as completing a SONG MEMORY recording), those changes will be lost if a PAGE MEMORY is recalled.
FEATURE REFERENCE (overall control) VOICE SONG MEMORY MIDI NORMAUDUAL VOICE No. (REVERB DEPTH) VOLUME OCTAVE LEFT PAN MIDI CH DUAL VOICE VOICE VOICE No. (REVERB DEPTH) MEMORY 2 VOLUME RIGHT OCTAVE PAN HARMONY TYPE MIDI CH DUAL VOICE HARMONY ON/OFF VOICE No. (REVERB DEPTH) VOLUME LEFT OCTAVE PAN MIDI CH DUAL VOICE VOICE VOICE No. MEMORY3 (REVERB DEPTH) VOLUME OCTAVE RIGHT PAN HARMONY TYPE MIDI CH DUAL VOICE HARMONY ON/OFF VOICE No. (REVERB DEPTH) VOLUME LEFT OCTAVE PAN MIDI CH DUAL VOICE VOICE VOICE No.
FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT ORCHESTRATION STYLE SELECT ,BASS£V 1 Ov ? (X 3 © o ©© 0 0©© 1/4 1/8 ^'1? CUSTOM 1/16 RECORD/END O © ©® o o o INTRO NORMAL TILL IN CLEAR I1fI ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL o TILL IN 2 ][ o o BRIDGE ENDING □[ ][ STYLE SELECT ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL Select any of the PSR-400/PSR-500’s 100 accompani ment styles by using one of the two following methods: Starting the Accompaniment 1: Choose one of the 100 accompani
FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) A different accompaniment style can be selected at any time while the accompaniment is playing. The style number display will change as soon as the selection is made, but the new style will begin playback from the top of the next measure. The tempo will not change when the new style begins playing. The NORMAL and BRIDGE Variations Each style has two main variations — NORMAL and BRIDGE.
FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) THE SINGLE FINGER MODE THE FINGERED MODE The SINGLE FINGER mode is selected via the [MODE] button in the OVERALL CONTROL section (see page 10). The FINGERED mode is ideal if you already know how to play chords on a keyboard, since it allows you to supply your own chords for the Auto Accompaniment feature.
FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) ORCHESTRATION Accompaniment parts can be turned on or off by press ing the corresponding ORCHESTRA button. When a part is turned off the corresponding indicator will go out. To silence the bass part, for example, press the ORCHES TRATION [BASS] button so that its indicator goes out. Press the button again to turn that part back on.
FEATURE REFERENCE (AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT) When recording the RHYTHM track only a percus sion voice (numbers 94 through 99) can be selected. Any voice can be selected when recording any of the other tracks. Note, however, that a special transpose function is applied to the BASS track, so we recom mend that you record a bass voice on the BASS track. • Be sure to record your CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT based on a C chord.
FEATURE REFERENCE (voice) VOICE VOICE SELECT DUAL VOICE AUTO harmony ® O © © © © © © ©©©© T] A TYPE ^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 VOICE SELECT DUET TRIO BLOCK COUNTRY OCTAVE STRUM A AAA PAN ON/OFF QS^ON/C , ON/OFF Qi^ON/j 1 2 3 4 5 6 © © © © VOLUME OCTAVE DUAL VOICE AUTO HARMONY Q^QN/C ON/OFF ON/OFF © © © © DUET TRIO : BLOCK COUNTRY OCTAVE STRUM ü /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ MIDI CH TYPE VOLUME OCTAVE PAN MIDI CH ©©®© y VOICE MEMORY VOICE MEMORY oooo PSR-400 PSR-500 D□ □ □ □ VOICE SELECT (>□□□□ VO
FEATURE REFERENCE (voice) DRUM & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT KEY ASSIGNMENTS 94 SCRATCH W/PITCH Instrument Key C1~C6 98 PERCUSSIONS W/GATE 99 PERCUSSIONS Instrument Key Bass Drum Low G3 IE Bongo Low Triangle Mute Gtl3 m Bongo High D1 Synth Snare A3 B Timbale Low Key Scratch C1 95 KICK & SNARE W/PITCH Instrument Key C#1 C1-B1 Bass Drum Heavy DUI Triangle Open Att3 Timbale High C2-B2 Bass Drum Light El Synth Tom Bass B3 Tambourine C3-B3 Snare Low F1 m Synth Tom Low C4 Clave
FEATURE REFERENCE (voice) THE SPLIT MODE REVERB DEPTH (psr -500 only) The PSR-400/PSR-500 SPLIT mode — selected via the [MODE] button — allows you to play two voices at once: one with the left hand and one with the right. The lefthand voice can be played to the left of the “split point,” set as described in “SPLIT POINT CHANGE” on page 13, and the right-hand voice can be played to the right of the split point.
FEATURE REFERENCE (VOICE) OCTAVE MIDI CHANNEL The OCTAVE [▲] and [T] buttons can be used to shift the pitch of the selected voice up or down by one or two octaves. Press the [▲] button to shift the pitch up, or the [T] button to shift the pitch down. The selected octave (2, -1,0,1, or 2) will be displayed on the MULTI DIS PLAY while the octave value is being adjusted, and for approximately 2 seconds after either OCTAVE button is released. A setting of 0 produces the normal pitch for the voice.
FEATURE REFERENCE (VOICE) AUTO HARMONY VOICE MEMORY Auto Harmony can be used in the SPLIT. SINGLE FINGER, and FINGERED modes. It automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to a melody you play on the keyboard. You can choose from 6 different types of har mony. The PSR-400/PSR-500 VOICE MEMORY can be used to store 4 different sets of voice combinations — i.e. main, dual, and split voices — that can then be recalled simply by pressing a single button.
FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) SONG MEMORY SONG MEMORY melody RECOflD/EDIT (V CONDUCTOR lf=l SONG MEMORY □ PLAY/STOP The PSR-400/PSR-500 SONG MEMORY allows you to “record” and play back chord sequences created using the Auto Accompaniment feature and melody lines you play on the keyboard. The SONG MEMORY also has five separate CHORD “banks” that can be used to record different accompaniments, and five MELODY banks that can be used to record different melodies or parts of a song.
FEATURE REFERENCE (song memory) 2. Recording will begin as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or press the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/ STOP] button or the ACCOMPANIMENT CON TROL [START/STOP] button. 3. Play the melody using the entire keyboard if the NOR MAL mode is selected, or the keys to the right of the split point if the SPLIT, FINGERED, or SINGLE FINGER mode is selected. • The rhythm part of the currently selected style will play automatically during recording.
FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) RECORDING A CHORD SEQUENCE 1. Select an accompaniment style that is appropriate for the type of music you want to record. 2. Press one of the CHORD buttons — [1] through [5] — while holding the [RECORD] button. This engages the record ready mode for the selected bank. The selected CHORD bank indicator will flash, the metronome will sound, and the [SYNC-START ON/OFF] indicator and right two dots in the MULTI DISPLAY will flash at the currently selected tempo. 5.
FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) • Whenever you record using the SONG MEMORY, any previously recorded material in the same bank will be erased, • If the power is turned off while recording, material recorded up to the point at which the power was dis connected will be retained in memory (the last event, however, may be lost).
FEATURE REFERENCE (SONG MEMORY) THE CONDUCTOR Playback The SONG MEMORY CONDUCTOR function allows CHORD and MEMORY banks to be “chained” and auto matically played back in any order. 1. To playback the CONDUCTOR sequence simply press the [CONDUCTOR] button so that its indicator flashes, and then press the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/ STOP] button. SONG MEMORY Recording .-^[-CONDUCTOR 1. Press the [CONDUCTOR] button while holding the [RECORD] button to engage the CONDUCTOR record ready mode.
FEATURE REFERENCE (THE MULTI PADS/PSR-500) THE MULÎI PADS (PSR-^) o RËCORD/FND 1 terminate; t o The PSR-500 MULTI PADS can be used to record 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. Recording 1. MULTI PAD 2 a The following data is recorded in the MULTI PAD memory: • Note on/off and velocity. • Auto Harmony on/off and type. • Reverb depth. • Volume. • Octave. • Pan. • Dual.
FEATURE REFERENCE (THE DRUM PADS/PSR-400) THE DRUM PADS (PSR-400) Ô DRUM PAD PAO ASSfGN ON/OFF 0□□□□ The PSR-400 DRUM PADS can be used to record single drum and percussion notes that can be played at any time sim ply by pressing the appropriate pad. Recording 1. Press the [PAD ASSIGN ON/OFF] button — the indicator will light and the last selected PERCUSSION voice (94 through 99) will automatically be selected (any of the other percussion voices — 94 through 99 — can also be selected at this point).
FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) MIDI RECEIVE ON/OFF MODE □□ A CEiVE O CLOCK RECEIVE CHANNEL/CLOCK MODE The enable/disable status of all MIDI receive channels is set via the MIDI section RECEIVE CH./CLOCK [A] and [▼] buttons. The [A] button increments the receive channel number shown on the display and the [T] button decrements the receive channel number.
FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) See page 35 for details on control change messages. Program change and control change data only affects the main voice in the NORMAL mode (the right-hand voice when the SPLIT mode is selected) when the DUAL func tion is engaged. MIDI start messages control PSR-500 auto accompani ment, song memory play or record start, and conductor play or record start in the same way as the panel [START/STOP] button.
FEATURE REFERENCE (MIDI) • Transmitted Data The following data is transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector when either the Remote Control or Multi Voice mode is selected: • The transmit channel for each voice is set using the MIDI CHANNEL button described on page 24. • All notes played on the keyboard, including velocity data. In the SPLIT mode the left- and right-hand voices are transmitted on their respective transmit channels.
FEATURE REFERENCE (DEMO) DEMO □ □ □ 2 3 To give you an idea of the PSR-400/PSR-500’s sophisti cated capabilities, it is programmed with 3 demonstration songs that you can select and play. 1. Press the DEMO [1], [2], or [3] button to start playback of the corresponding demo. □ 3 36 2. Press the same DEMO button a second time or the [START/STOP] button to stop demo playback. The demonstration will play continuously until the DEMO button is pressed.
APPENDIX A: MIDI BASICS MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a worldstandard communication interface that allows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical infor mation and control one another. This makes it possible to cre ate “systems” of MIDI instruments and equipment that offer far greater versatility and control than is available with iso lated instruments.
APPENDIX В: POLYPHONY The PSR-4CX) and PSR-500 feature a maximum polyphony of 28-notes, so up to 28 notes can be played on simultane ously. This 28-note maximum applies to all PSR-400/PSR-500 features, including automatic accompaniment, song memory, the multi pads, etc. If more than 28 notes are played at any one time, the extra notes will not sound and '‘CFull” will appear on the MULTI DISPLAY to indicate that the maximum po lyphony has been exceeded.
APPENDIX C: TROUBLESHOOTING Something not working as it should? In many cases what ap pears to be a malfunction can be traced to a simple error that can be remedied immediately. Before assuming that your PSR-400/ PSR-500 is faulty, please check the following points. 1. PROBLEM • The PSR-400/PSR-500 speakers produce a “pop” sound whenever the power is turned ON or OFF. CHECK • This is normal and is no cause for alarm. 2. PROBLEM • No sound.
APPENDIX E: SYSTEM RESET Abnormal operation procedures and other problems can cause the PSR-400/PSR-500 system to “lock up” or malfunc tion. Normally, simply turning the power off and then on again will solve the problem. If turning the power off and on docs not restore normal operation, use the SYSTEM RESET proce dure described below (all PAGE MEMORY data is initialized when a SYSTEM RESET is executed: see page 14).
----------INDEX------------A AC power.............................................4 Auto accompaniment.........................16 volume..........................................11 adding fill-ins............................... 17 bridge variation.............................17 normal variation........................... 17 starting.......................................... 16 starting with an introduction..........17 stopping........................................ 17 Auto harmony..........................
[Portable Keyboard] Model PSR-400/PSR-500 MIDI Implementation Chart Transmitted Function Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number : True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF Date : 05/19,1991 Version: 1.
FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC require ments. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions.
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