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Contents
Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3
Panel Controls 4
The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5
Setting Up 6
Power Supply .............................................................................. 6
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Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor .................................. 6
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Using Batteries ..................................................................... 6
Connections ................................................................................ 7
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The PHONES Jack ............................................................... 7
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SUSTAIN Jack...................................................................... 7
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AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack ................................................ 7
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MIDI IN and OUT Connectors .............................................. 7
The Demonstration 8
Basic Display Operation 10
Playing the PSR-620 12
Selecting & Playing Voices ...................................................... 12
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Keyboard Percussion ......................................................... 14
The Split Mode .......................................................................... 15
Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters ................... 15
Touch Response ....................................................................... 17
Dual Voice.................................................................................. 17
Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters................... 18
Harmony/Echo........................................................................... 20
Selecting a Harmony/Echo Type ........................................... 20
Sustain ....................................................................................... 22
Transposition ............................................................................ 23
Pitch Bend ................................................................................. 23
Digital Effects 24
Using the Digital Effects........................................................... 24
Changing the Reverb Effect ..................................................... 24
Selecting the Reverb Effect Type .......................................... 24
Setting the Reverb Return Level............................................ 25
Changing the Chorus Effect .................................................... 26
Selecting the Chorus Effect Type .......................................... 26
Setting the Chorus Return Level............................................ 27
Changing the DSP Effect.......................................................... 28
Selecting the DSP Effect Type .............................................. 28
Setting the DSP Return Level ................................................ 29
Using Auto Accompaniment 30
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The Stop Accompaniment Function ................................... 37
Accompaniment Track Control................................................ 38
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Large/Small Accompaniment.............................................. 39
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Muting Individual Tracks ..................................................... 39
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Changing Accompaniment Track Voices............................ 40
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Adjusting Accompaniment Track Volume ........................... 40
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point ............................. 41
One Touch Setting .................................................................... 42
Registration Memory 43
Registering the Panel Settings ................................................ 43
Recall the Registered Panel Settings...................................... 45
The Accomp Freeze Function .................................................. 45
Song Recording 46
Recording a Melody Track ....................................................... 46
Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody
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Accompaniment and Melody Playback................................... 52
Play from a Specified Measure .............................................. 53
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Voice & Volume Rewrite ..................................................... 54
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Clearing the SONG TRACKS ............................................. 54
The Multi Pads 55
Playing the MULTI PADS .......................................................... 55
Recording the MULTI PADS ..................................................... 57
Using Music Cartridges 60
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Inserting a Music Cartridge................................................. 60
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Music Cartridge Handling Precautions ............................... 60
Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ........................................... 61
Selecting Cartridge Styles ..................................................... 61
Cartridge Songs ........................................................................ 62
Cartridge Song Playback ....................................................... 62
Cartridge Registration Presets ................................................ 63
Selecting Cartridge Registration ............................................ 63
Using Floppy Disks 64
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Floppy Disk Handling Precautions...................................... 64
Formatting a New Floppy Disk ................................................ 65
Saving, Loading, & Deleting Disk Files................................... 66
Saving to Disk ........................................................................ 66
Loading From Disk................................................................. 68
The Referred File ................................................................... 70
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User Style Files Referred to by a Song File ....................... 70
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User Style or Pad Files Referred to by a Registration File . 71
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Registration File Referred to by a User Style File .............. 71
Deleting a Disk File ................................................................ 72
Quick Play: Disk Orchestra Collection & Standard MIDI File Disks ..
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Practice Features 74
The Minus One Mode ................................................................ 74
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Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off ..................... 74
Repeat Play................................................................................ 75
Overall Functions 76
General Functions .................................................................... 77
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Keyboard Volume ............................................................... 77
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Octave ................................................................................ 77
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Reverb Level ...................................................................... 78
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Chorus Level ...................................................................... 78
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DSP Level........................................................................... 78
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Pan ..................................................................................... 78
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Voice Set ............................................................................ 79
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Accompaniment Volume..................................................... 79
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Touch Sensitivity ................................................................ 79
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Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel ................................... 80
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Pitch Bend Range............................................................... 80
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Metronome ......................................................................... 80
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Tuning................................................................................. 80
MIDI Functions .......................................................................... 81
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Remote Channel................................................................. 83
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Keyboard Out ..................................................................... 83
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Song Out ............................................................................ 83
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Accompaniment Out ........................................................... 84
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Local Control ...................................................................... 84
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External Clock .................................................................... 85
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Initial Data Send ................................................................. 85
Appendix
PSR-620 Function Tree ......................................................... 86
About Digital Effect ................................................................ 88
Troubleshooting ..................................................................... 90
Data Backup & Initialization ................................................... 91
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Data Initialization ................................................................ 91
Index........................................................................................... 92
Specifications......................................................................... 93
Voice List ............................................................................... 94
Percussion Kit List ................................................................. 98
MIDI Implementation Chart .................................................. 100
MIDI Data Format ................................................................ 103
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GM System Level 1 .......................................................... 107