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PSR-S900/S700 Owner’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What can you do with the PORTATONE? ....... 12
Panel Controls ................................................. 14
Playing the Keyboard ...................................... 16
Power Supply ............................................... 16
Powering Up ................................................ 17
Setting Up ....................................................... 18
Music Rest ................................................... 18
Using Headphones ....................................... 18
Changing the Display Language .................. 19
Display Settings ........................................... 19
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and
Floppy Disks .................................................... 22
Handling the USB Storage Device (USB Flash
Memory/Floppy Disk, etc) .............................. 23
Quick Guide
Playing the Demos .......................................... 24
Operations in Basic Displays ........................... 26
Operation of the Main Display ............................. 26
Operation of the File Selection Display ................. 27
Operation of the Function Display ........................ 28
Playing Voices ................................................. 30
Playing Preset Voices ............................................ 30
Practicing with the Preset Songs .................... 36
Playing Back and Listening to Songs Before
Practicing ............................................................. 36
Displaying Music Notation (Score) ....................... 39
Muting the Right- or Left-hand Part Viewing the
Score .................................................................... 40
Practicing with the Repeat Playback Function ....... 42
Recording Your Performance ................................ 43
Playing Backing Parts with the performance
assistant Technology ....................................... 44
Playing Accompaniment with the Auto
Accompaniment Feature (Style Playback) ...... 46
Playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with the Auto
Accompaniment Feature ...................................... 46
The Multi Pads ................................................ 52
Playing the Multi Pads .......................................... 52
Using Chord Match .............................................. 53
Voice Effects .................................................... 53
Applying Harmony to Your Right-hand Melody
(HARMONY/ECHO) .............................................. 54
Calling Up Ideal Setups for Each Song
(Music Finder) ................................................. 55
Calling up the panel settings to match the Style
(Repertoire) .......................................................... 56
Singing Along with Song Playback (Karaoke)
or Your Own Performance .............................. 57
Connecting a Microphone (PSR-S900 only) .......... 57
Singing with the Lyrics Display ............................. 58
Convenient Functions for Karaoke ........................ 59
Convenient Functions for Singing Along with Your
Own Performance ................................................ 61
Recording Your Performance as Audio
(USB Audio Recorder) (PSR-S900) .................. 63
Recording Your Performance as Audio .................. 63
Playing Back the Recorded Performance ...............65
Basic Operation
Selecting Message Language .......................... 66
The Messages Shown in the Display .............. 66
Instant Selection of the Displays
—Direct Access ................................................ 67
Basic Displays (Main Display and File Selection
Display) ............................................................ 68
Main Display ........................................................ 68
File Selection Display Configuration and Basic
Operation ............................................................. 69
File/Folder Operations in the File Selection Display ... 72
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings ... 79
Restoring the Factory-programmed System .......... 79
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings
Independently by Item .........................................79
Saving and Recalling Your Original Settings as a
Single File ............................................................. 80
Data Backup .................................................... 81
Backup procedure ................................................ 81
Reference
Using, Creating and Editing Voices ..83
Voice Characteristics ....................................... 83
Playing Different Voices Simultaneously ........ 84
Keyboard Parts (Right 1, Right 2, Left) ..................84
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously
(Right 1 and 2 Parts) ............................................ 85
Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right
Hands (Right 1 and Left Parts) ..............................86
Changing Pitch ................................................ 87
Transpose ............................................................. 87
Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument ...... 87
Scale Tuning ......................................................... 87
Selecting the Harmony/Echo type .................. 89
Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance
(MIXING CONSOLE) ........................................ 91
Basic Procedure ....................................................91
Voice Creating—Voice Set .............................. 99
Basic Procedure ....................................................99
Creating Your Original Organ Flutes Voices ........ 103