User Manual

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PSR-I400 Owner’s Manual
Quick Guide Reference AppendixSetting Up
Table of Contents
Special Features ..............................................................5
Compatible Format and Functions ...................................8
About the Manuals ...........................................................9
Included Accessories .......................................................9
Setting Up
Panel Controls and Terminals 10
Setting Up 12
Power Requirements......................................................12
Connecting Headphones or External Audio Equipment
...13
Connecting a Footswitch to the [SUSTAIN] jack ............13
Basic Operations 14
Turning the Power On/Off ..............................................14
Auto Power Off Function ................................................14
Selecting Operations......................................................14
Display Items 15
Quick Guide
Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 16
Selecting a Main Voice...................................................16
Resetting the Voice settings to Default (Playing the
Harmonium Voice) .....................................................16
Playing the Grand Piano Voice ......................................16
Layering a Dual Voice ....................................................17
Playing a Split Voice in the Left Hand area....................17
Using the Metronome.....................................................18
Adding Harmony ............................................................19
Creating Arpeggios 20
Triggering the Arpeggio..................................................20
Changing the Arpeggio Type .........................................20
Creating Original Sounds via the LIVE CONTROL
Knobs 21
Assigning Functions to the LIVE CONTROL Knobs.......21
Applying the Filter to the Main Voice..............................21
Playing Styles 22
Using the Music Database .............................................22
Playing the Riyaz 23
Playing Songs24
Listening to a Demo Song ..............................................24
Selecting and Playing Back a Song ...............................24
Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause ..............25
A-B Repeat.....................................................................25
Turning Each Track On/Off ............................................25
Using the Song Lesson Feature 26
Three Types of Song Lesson .........................................26
Practicing with Song Lesson ..........................................26
Making Practice Perfect—Repeat & Learn.....................27
Recording Your Performance 28
Track Structure of a Song ..............................................28
Quick Recording.............................................................28
Recording to a Specified Track ......................................29
Clearing a User Song.....................................................30
Clearing a Specified Track from a User Song................30
Memorizing Your Favorite Panel Settings31
Memorizing Panel Settings to the Registration Memory
..31
Recalling Panel Settings from the Registration Memory
..31
Backup Parameters and Initialization 32
Backup Parameters........................................................32
Initialization ....................................................................32
Reference
Handy Performance Features 33
Selecting a Reverb Type................................................33
Selecting a Chorus Type................................................33
Pitch Controls—Transpose ............................................34
Pitch Controls—Tuning ..................................................34
Pitch Controls—the PITCH BEND wheel .......................34
Calling Up Optimum Panel Settings—One Touch
Setting (OTS).............................................................34
Changing the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard ...........35
Selecting an EQ Setting for the Best Sound ..................35
Voice Settings36
Selecting a Dual Voice...................................................36
Selecting a Split Voice ...................................................36
Voice Editing ..................................................................36
Parameters Assigned to the LIVE CONTROL Knobs 37
Arpeggio Settings39
Synchronizing an Arpeggio to Song/Style/Riyaz
Playback—Arpeggio Quantize ...................................39
Holding the Arpeggio Playback via the Footswitch ........39
Styles (Auto Accompaniment) and Riyaz patterns 40
Style Variations—Sections.............................................40
Synchro Stop .................................................................41
Riyaz Variations .............................................................42
Changing the Tempo .....................................................42
Tap Start ........................................................................42
Adjusting the Volume of the Style or Riyaz....................42
Setting the Split Point.....................................................43
Playing Chords Without Style Playback.........................43
Chord Types for Style Playback.....................................44
Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary ............45
Song Settings46
BGM (Background Music) Playback ..............................46
Random Song Playback ................................................46
Tempo Setting of the Song ............................................47
Tap Start ........................................................................47
Song Volume .................................................................47
Melody Voice Setting of the Preset Song ......................47
The Functions 48
Basic Procedure in the Function Display .......................48
USB Flash Drive Operations 51
Connecting a USB Flash Drive ......................................52
Formatting a USB Flash Drive .......................................53
Saving User Data to a USB Flash Drive ........................54
Saving a User Song as SMF to a USB Flash Drive .......55
Loading User Data from a USB Flash Drive ..................56
Loading a Style File .......................................................57
Deleting a User File in the USB Flash Drive ..................58
Deleting a SMF File in the USB Flash Drive ..................58
Exiting from a File Control display..................................59
Appendix
Troubleshooting ............................................................. 60
Specifications................................................................. 61
Index .............................................................................. 62