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PSR-450 Owner’s Manual
Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-450 !
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 PSR-450 in order to
take full advantage of its various features.
The PSR-450 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:
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61-keyboard with touch response for delicate dynamic nuances.
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135 high-quality voices + 12 drum kits + 480 XG voices. Maximum polyphony of 32 notes.
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140 superb styles covering a wide range of musical genres.
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Up to 16 complete panel setups (voice and style selections, etc.) can be stored in “registration memory” and instantly recalled
while playing.
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Sound-enhancing digital effects including reverb, DSP, and harmony built in.
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Song memory allows you to record your own performances – up to 5 songs with 6 tracks each (5 melody tracks + 1 style track).
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Large LCD panel shows panel settings, chord displays, and other data.
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MIDI functions for expanded musical capabilities (GM System Level 1 compliant).
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Tap tempo feature lets you set tempos the way you feel them.
Main Features
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Music Database............................................................. page 16
The Music Database automatically selects the optimum style and voice for the type of music you want to play.
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Floppy Disk Drive.......................................................... page 54
Recordings of your own keyboard performances (user songs) and other data created on the PSR-450 can be saved to floppy disk
(page 55). User songs can also be saved as GM-compatible SMF (Standard MIDI File) format files that will play back with the
correct voice assignments on any GM-compatible instrument (page 57). Furthermore, commercially available GM songs can be
played directly from floppy disk without having to be loaded into the instrument’s memory (page 54).
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Grand Piano .................................................................. page 24
Voice, style and song selections can optimized for piano practice at the touch of a button.
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Easy Performer ............................................................. page 50
When you want to play a certain song but can’t yet manage to play it properly, the Easy Performer can help you play quickly.
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[L] Left Hand, [R] Right Hand............ page 50
Select the part you want to practice — press the [L] button for left-hand or the [R] button for right-hand — and play the
keyboard with the correct rhythm. As long as you play with the correct rhythm the correct chords and melody will sound
… even if you play wrong notes.
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Dictionary............................................ page 46
Easy access to graphic chord fingering displays.
