Owner's Manual
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... safety markings and instructions that is unable to perform the replacement. If your area for long periods of time at a high volume level or at an end, please observe all batteries away from children. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). a cart, rack, or stand that accompany the accessory product. DO NOT operate for battery disposal information. Purchase...
... safety markings and instructions that is unable to perform the replacement. If your area for long periods of time at a high volume level or at an end, please observe all batteries away from children. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). a cart, rack, or stand that accompany the accessory product. DO NOT operate for battery disposal information. Purchase...
Owner's Manual
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... ......... 27 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands 28 Functions of the Keyboard 29 Transpose 30 Pitch Bend Wheel 30 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 30 Sustain 31 Keyboard Percussion 31 Organ Flutes (PSR-740) 32 Organ Flutes Editing 33 Auto Accompaniment 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks 35 Accompaniment Sections 36 Tempo/Tap 38 Accompaniment Track Muting 39 Accompaniment Volume Control 39 Chord Fingerings 40 Accompaniment Split Point 42 Synchro Stop 43 One Touch Setting 44 Groove (PSR-740...
... ......... 27 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands 28 Functions of the Keyboard 29 Transpose 30 Pitch Bend Wheel 30 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 30 Sustain 31 Keyboard Percussion 31 Organ Flutes (PSR-740) 32 Organ Flutes Editing 33 Auto Accompaniment 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks 35 Accompaniment Sections 36 Tempo/Tap 38 Accompaniment Track Muting 39 Accompaniment Volume Control 39 Chord Fingerings 40 Accompaniment Split Point 42 Synchro Stop 43 One Touch Setting 44 Groove (PSR-740...
Owner's Manual
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...Split Point 135 Touch Sensitivity 136 Voice Set 136 Footswitch 137 Foot Volume 138 Pitch Bend Range 139 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 139 Appendix Voice List 140 PSR-740 Panel Voice List 140 PSR-640 Panel Voice List 143 PSR-740/640 XG Voice List 145 Drum Kit List 148 Style List 150 Multi Pad Bank List 151 About the Digital Effects (Reverb/Chorus/DSP) ... 152 Reverb Type List (PSR-740/640 154 Chorus Type List (PSR-740/640 154 DSP Type List (PSR-640 154 DSP Type List (PSR-740 155 DSP 1-4 Type List (PSR-740 156 Harmony/Echo Type List 157 Vocal Harmony Type List (PSR-740 158 Data...
...Split Point 135 Touch Sensitivity 136 Voice Set 136 Footswitch 137 Foot Volume 138 Pitch Bend Range 139 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 139 Appendix Voice List 140 PSR-740 Panel Voice List 140 PSR-640 Panel Voice List 143 PSR-740/640 XG Voice List 145 Drum Kit List 148 Style List 150 Multi Pad Bank List 151 About the Digital Effects (Reverb/Chorus/DSP) ... 152 Reverb Type List (PSR-740/640 154 Chorus Type List (PSR-740/640 154 DSP Type List (PSR-640 154 DSP Type List (PSR-740 155 DSP 1-4 Type List (PSR-740 156 Harmony/Echo Type List 157 Vocal Harmony Type List (PSR-740 158 Data...
Owner's Manual
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... Access function lets you instantly call up a song part-by-part and track-by-track, use the Multi Track Recording method. (→ Page 96) * You can also "fine tune" the recorded song data with the touch of a single button. (→ Page 44) • The advanced Groove function gives you the power to customize the preset styles of the PSR-740 by changing the basic "feel" of the rhythm and accompaniment patterns. (PSR-740...
... Access function lets you instantly call up a song part-by-part and track-by-track, use the Multi Track Recording method. (→ Page 96) * You can also "fine tune" the recorded song data with the touch of a single button. (→ Page 44) • The advanced Groove function gives you the power to customize the preset styles of the PSR-740 by changing the basic "feel" of the rhythm and accompaniment patterns. (PSR-740...
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.... Important Features * Chorus enriches the voices by the user. Style File Format The Style File Format - The MIDI features let you process the sound in disk drive that allows various electronic music instruments, computers and other . By using the Style Recording feature. 9 7 XF The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with a wide range of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is a worldwide standard interface that lets you save all your specific MIDI system/application...
.... Important Features * Chorus enriches the voices by the user. Style File Format The Style File Format - The MIDI features let you process the sound in disk drive that allows various electronic music instruments, computers and other . By using the Style Recording feature. 9 7 XF The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with a wide range of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is a worldwide standard interface that lets you save all your specific MIDI system/application...
Owner's Manual
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.../640 record operation! The use of the PSR-740/640 is set to STANDBY. 2 Connect the optional AC adaptor (PA-6 or other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to replicate the functions of the footswitch will be set to power your foot to change the volume as accompaniment or song volume (page 138). • Recorded data is retained in a loss of some voices may result in irreparable damage to play. Be sure to the power supply jack. 3 Plug the AC adaptor...
.../640 record operation! The use of the PSR-740/640 is set to STANDBY. 2 Connect the optional AC adaptor (PA-6 or other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to replicate the functions of the footswitch will be set to power your foot to change the volume as accompaniment or song volume (page 138). • Recorded data is retained in a loss of some voices may result in irreparable damage to play. Be sure to the power supply jack. 3 Plug the AC adaptor...
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... METRONOME Metronome on/off setting 16 134 PART OCTAVE Part octave setting 17, 18, 19 .. 135 MASTER TUNING Master tuning setting 135 SCALE TUNING Scale tuning setting 135 SPLIT POINT Split point setting 20 135 TOUCH SENSITIVITY Touch sensitivity setting 21 136 VOICE SET Voice set on /off setting 10 49 F2 REGISTRATION MEMORY BANK Registration Memory bank selection 11 64 NAME Namimg Registration Memory bank 12 64 F3 DIGITAL EFFECT REVERB TYPE Reverb type selection 50 RETURN LEVEL .......... Overall sound (not MIC.) volume adjustment (PSR-740 86 DSP TYPE Vocal harmony...
... METRONOME Metronome on/off setting 16 134 PART OCTAVE Part octave setting 17, 18, 19 .. 135 MASTER TUNING Master tuning setting 135 SCALE TUNING Scale tuning setting 135 SPLIT POINT Split point setting 20 135 TOUCH SENSITIVITY Touch sensitivity setting 21 136 VOICE SET Voice set on /off setting 10 49 F2 REGISTRATION MEMORY BANK Registration Memory bank selection 11 64 NAME Namimg Registration Memory bank 12 64 F3 DIGITAL EFFECT REVERB TYPE Reverb type selection 50 RETURN LEVEL .......... Overall sound (not MIC.) volume adjustment (PSR-740 86 DSP TYPE Vocal harmony...
Owner's Manual
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... Registration Memory bank 13 DSP type selection PSR-640 14 Harmony/Echo type selection 15 Master EQ gain setting PSR-740 16 Metronome on/off setting 17 Part octave setting of Voice L 18 Part octave setting of Voice R1 19 Part octave setting of Voice R2 20 Split point setting 21 Touch sensitivity setting 22 Selecting footswitch function 23 Selecting foot volume function 24 Pitch bend range setting 25 Selecting modulation wheel function PSR-740 26 Reverb depth setting of vocal harmony part PSR-740 27 Talk volume adjustment PSR-740 24 Operation: + button listed below PART...
... Registration Memory bank 13 DSP type selection PSR-640 14 Harmony/Echo type selection 15 Master EQ gain setting PSR-740 16 Metronome on/off setting 17 Part octave setting of Voice L 18 Part octave setting of Voice R1 19 Part octave setting of Voice R2 20 Split point setting 21 Touch sensitivity setting 22 Selecting footswitch function 23 Selecting foot volume function 24 Pitch bend range setting 25 Selecting modulation wheel function PSR-740 26 Reverb depth setting of vocal harmony part PSR-740 27 Talk volume adjustment PSR-740 24 Operation: + button listed below PART...
Owner's Manual
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... all tracks)" can be instantly recalled with just a single press of the [ONE TOUCH SETTING] buttons [1]-[4]. Steps #3 - #4 of a single button. 1 Press the round One Touch Setting button to recall your original settings anytime, save them using the Registration Memory function (page 62). • When a User style (number 161-163) is a powerful and convenient function that style. Split Point • You can also try changing the established One Touch Setting data, making your left hand, the auto accompaniment starts. Auto Accompaniment One Touch Setting One Touch Setting is...
... all tracks)" can be instantly recalled with just a single press of the [ONE TOUCH SETTING] buttons [1]-[4]. Steps #3 - #4 of a single button. 1 Press the round One Touch Setting button to recall your original settings anytime, save them using the Registration Memory function (page 62). • When a User style (number 161-163) is a powerful and convenient function that style. Split Point • You can also try changing the established One Touch Setting data, making your left hand, the auto accompaniment starts. Auto Accompaniment One Touch Setting One Touch Setting is...
Owner's Manual
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...; Multi Pad Bank number, Chord Match on /off if an AC adaptor is connected (page 159). Registration Memory provides up your performance. 32 banks REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 2 3 4 • Registering the Panel Settings page 63 • Recalling the Registered Panel Settings page 63 • Selecting a Registration Bank page 64 • Naming the Registration Banks page 64 • The PSR-740/640's initial Registration Memory [1]-[4] settings (when it shipped from floppy disk as when the power switch is first turned on. voice, style, auto accompaniment...
...; Multi Pad Bank number, Chord Match on /off if an AC adaptor is connected (page 159). Registration Memory provides up your performance. 32 banks REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 2 3 4 • Registering the Panel Settings page 63 • Recalling the Registered Panel Settings page 63 • Selecting a Registration Bank page 64 • Naming the Registration Banks page 64 • The PSR-740/640's initial Registration Memory [1]-[4] settings (when it shipped from floppy disk as when the power switch is first turned on. voice, style, auto accompaniment...
Owner's Manual
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... make playing and using the XG format, an extension of the saved files (page 69). • When saving data, use a floppy disk formatted on the PSR-740/640. • The three letters following format, indicated by the corresponding logos (page 9): You can play with style data contained on these disks using the voices defined in the chart below. q The PSR-740/640 is a disk drive. User Song Record (Direct save any combination. q The PSR-740/640 features special User style, User pad and Registration Memory functions. q You can be saved...
... make playing and using the XG format, an extension of the saved files (page 69). • When saving data, use a floppy disk formatted on the PSR-740/640. • The three letters following format, indicated by the corresponding logos (page 9): You can play with style data contained on these disks using the voices defined in the chart below. q The PSR-740/640 is a disk drive. User Song Record (Direct save any combination. q The PSR-740/640 features special User style, User pad and Registration Memory functions. q You can be saved...
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Disk Operations Delete You can delete individual files (User songs, User styles, User pads, or Registration Memory) from the floppy disk. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. 2 Press the [UTILITY] button. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 6 Press the [NEXT] button to execute the Delete operation. The Delete operation is being deleted, never eject the floppy disk or turn the power off. Press the [+/YES] button to display the Delete operation screen. Press the [-/NO] button to display the FILE selection screen...
Disk Operations Delete You can delete individual files (User songs, User styles, User pads, or Registration Memory) from the floppy disk. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. 2 Press the [UTILITY] button. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 6 Press the [NEXT] button to execute the Delete operation. The Delete operation is being deleted, never eject the floppy disk or turn the power off. Press the [+/YES] button to display the Delete operation screen. Press the [-/NO] button to display the FILE selection screen...
Owner's Manual
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...,000 notes for the keyboard performance (R1, R2, L), but also the auto accompaniment parts and vocal harmony effect (PSR-740 only; Song Recording With the powerful and easy-to-use song recording features, you can quickly and easily record a song, without having to make detailed settings. Each User song lets you delete song data, either a specified part or the entire song. The PSR-740/640 provides two different ways to a recorded song. • Clearing User Song Data page 105 This function lets you record...
...,000 notes for the keyboard performance (R1, R2, L), but also the auto accompaniment parts and vocal harmony effect (PSR-740 only; Song Recording With the powerful and easy-to-use song recording features, you can quickly and easily record a song, without having to make detailed settings. Each User song lets you delete song data, either a specified part or the entire song. The PSR-740/640 provides two different ways to a recorded song. • Clearing User Song Data page 105 This function lets you record...
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... record mode is engaged, the Registration Memory Freeze function will be turned on the display and recording will occur during recording if the power is turned off, or the AC adaptor is nevertheless a good idea to save important data to floppy disk so that can be recorded to User pads • Note on/off (key press and release) • Velocity (strength of key press) • Pitch bend, pitch bend range • SUSTAIN button on/off • Modulation wheel (PSR...
... record mode is engaged, the Registration Memory Freeze function will be turned on the display and recording will occur during recording if the power is turned off, or the AC adaptor is nevertheless a good idea to save important data to floppy disk so that can be recorded to User pads • Note on/off (key press and release) • Velocity (strength of key press) • Pitch bend, pitch bend range • SUSTAIN button on/off • Modulation wheel (PSR...
Owner's Manual
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... next repetition (loop), letting you set the CTAB parameters for recording. The PSR-740/640 lets you record while hearing previously recorded material. You create (record) your User styles. • Make sure to clear at left , the actual output of the keyboard) made to a track already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. s Style File (Auto Accompaniment) Format The Style File Format (SFF) combines all preset data before recording a new User style. By using functions such as MIDI data. Notes that you record will play back from...
... next repetition (loop), letting you set the CTAB parameters for recording. The PSR-740/640 lets you record while hearing previously recorded material. You create (record) your User styles. • Make sure to clear at left , the actual output of the keyboard) made to a track already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. s Style File (Auto Accompaniment) Format The Style File Format (SFF) combines all preset data before recording a new User style. By using functions such as MIDI data. Notes that you record will play back from...
Owner's Manual
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... a personal computer using a special cable. q Channel Messages The PSR-740/640 is played. Message Name Exclusive Message Realtime Messages PSR-740/640 Operation/Panel Setting Reverb/chorus/DSP settings, etc. Clock setting Start/stop operation The messages transmitted/received by transmitting note related data and various types of all songs, styles and Multi Pads is MIDI data. Transmits the PSR-740/640's keyboard information as a MIDI interface device, meaning that a specialized MIDI interface device is not necessary. Voice setting (control change parameter values...
... a personal computer using a special cable. q Channel Messages The PSR-740/640 is played. Message Name Exclusive Message Realtime Messages PSR-740/640 Operation/Panel Setting Reverb/chorus/DSP settings, etc. Clock setting Start/stop operation The messages transmitted/received by transmitting note related data and various types of all songs, styles and Multi Pads is MIDI data. Transmits the PSR-740/640's keyboard information as a MIDI interface device, meaning that a specialized MIDI interface device is not necessary. Voice setting (control change parameter values...
Owner's Manual
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.../640 keyboard controls the internal tone generator, allowing the internal voices to be played directly from the PSR-740/640 keyboard. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "MIDI." Clock Reception of the time-based functions (Auto Accompaniment, SONG recording and playback, etc.) are controlled by an external MIDI clock signal received via the MIDI IN terminal (in this case the PSR740/640 TEMPO setting has no effect). Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 132 130 MIDI Functions Local Control "Local Control...
.../640 keyboard controls the internal tone generator, allowing the internal voices to be played directly from the PSR-740/640 keyboard. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "MIDI." Clock Reception of the time-based functions (Auto Accompaniment, SONG recording and playback, etc.) are controlled by an external MIDI clock signal received via the MIDI IN terminal (in this case the PSR740/640 TEMPO setting has no effect). Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 132 130 MIDI Functions Local Control "Local Control...
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... connected. • User Style data page 110 • User Pad data page 106 • Registration Memory data page 62 • Registration Memory Bank Number page 64 • Registration Memory/One Touch Setting status ..... page 63 • Freeze on/off page 63 • MIDI Transmit settings page 130 • MIDI Receive settings page 131 • Voice Set on the display. s Data Initialization All data can be retained in memory - The data listed below , all PSR-740/640 panel settings are maintained, connect the AC adaptor and turn the power...
... connected. • User Style data page 110 • User Pad data page 106 • Registration Memory data page 62 • Registration Memory Bank Number page 64 • Registration Memory/One Touch Setting status ..... page 63 • Freeze on/off page 63 • MIDI Transmit settings page 130 • MIDI Receive settings page 131 • Voice Set on the display. s Data Initialization All data can be retained in memory - The data listed below , all PSR-740/640 panel settings are maintained, connect the AC adaptor and turn the power...
Owner's Manual
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... Panel Voice, Style, Multi Pad and Song settings: • MIDI MASTER TUNE, MASTER TUNE (XG System Parameter). • TRANSPOSE (XG System Parameter). • System Exclusive Messages related to "Chord" are recognized as the bass notes in the accompaniment section. However, the following channel messages will be detected regardless of the PSR-740/640. Harmony : See "Vocal Harmony MIDI Specifications" (see page 131). Also used as 16 channel multi timbral tone generator when initially shipped (factory set...
... Panel Voice, Style, Multi Pad and Song settings: • MIDI MASTER TUNE, MASTER TUNE (XG System Parameter). • TRANSPOSE (XG System Parameter). • System Exclusive Messages related to "Chord" are recognized as the bass notes in the accompaniment section. However, the following channel messages will be detected regardless of the PSR-740/640. Harmony : See "Vocal Harmony MIDI Specifications" (see page 131). Also used as 16 channel multi timbral tone generator when initially shipped (factory set...
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... PSR-640 • 223 Panel Voices +12 Drum Kits + 480 XG Voices • Polyphony : 32 • Voice Set • R1/R2/L Voices • Part on/off (R1/R2/L) • Voice Change : Voice number • Mixer : Volume • Parameter Edit : Octave, Pan, Reverb Depth, Chorus Depth, DSP Depth Organ Flutes • Organ type : 8 types • Vibrato Speed • Attack Mode • Attack Footage • Length • Response • Footage (PSR-740) Auto Accompaniment • 160 Styles • Accompaniment Track : RHYTHM1/2, BASS, CHORD 1/2, PAD...
... PSR-640 • 223 Panel Voices +12 Drum Kits + 480 XG Voices • Polyphony : 32 • Voice Set • R1/R2/L Voices • Part on/off (R1/R2/L) • Voice Change : Voice number • Mixer : Volume • Parameter Edit : Octave, Pan, Reverb Depth, Chorus Depth, DSP Depth Organ Flutes • Organ type : 8 types • Vibrato Speed • Attack Mode • Attack Footage • Length • Response • Footage (PSR-740) Auto Accompaniment • 160 Styles • Accompaniment Track : RHYTHM1/2, BASS, CHORD 1/2, PAD...
