Owner's Manual
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...Clear 35 User Song Playback 35 Music Cartridge (PSR-230) 36 Inserting a Music Cartridge 36 ˙ Music Cartridge Precautions 36 Selecting Styles on a Music Cartridge 37 Selecting Songs on your new PortaTone in a highly compact package. Congratulations on a Music Cartridge 37 MIDI Functions 38 MIDI Basics ... 44 Index 45 MIDI Implementation Chart 46 Specifications 48 Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your purchase of the Yamaha PortaTone! Taking Care of its various features. The Style Mode 20 Selecting a Style and Playing an Auto Accompaniment........20...
...Clear 35 User Song Playback 35 Music Cartridge (PSR-230) 36 Inserting a Music Cartridge 36 ˙ Music Cartridge Precautions 36 Selecting Styles on a Music Cartridge 37 Selecting Songs on your new PortaTone in a highly compact package. Congratulations on a Music Cartridge 37 MIDI Functions 38 MIDI Basics ... 44 Index 45 MIDI Implementation Chart 46 Specifications 48 Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your purchase of the Yamaha PortaTone! Taking Care of its various features. The Style Mode 20 Selecting a Style and Playing an Auto Accompaniment........20...
Owner's Manual
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.... for enhancing the Voices. ˙ Easy Chord Memory for recording your keyboard technique. ˙ Music Cartridge slot (on PSR-230) lets you plug in optional Yamaha Music Cartridges for adding new accompaniment Styles and Songs. ˙ Comprehensive MIDI control, including 16-part multi-timbral capacity...songs and improving your own chord progressions - letting you create automatic backing for your original songs. ˙ Guide lamps (on PSR-230), and the Minus One and Repeat Play functions provide convenient, powerful tools for natural, expressive control over the Voices. ˙ ...
.... for enhancing the Voices. ˙ Easy Chord Memory for recording your keyboard technique. ˙ Music Cartridge slot (on PSR-230) lets you plug in optional Yamaha Music Cartridges for adding new accompaniment Styles and Songs. ˙ Comprehensive MIDI control, including 16-part multi-timbral capacity...songs and improving your own chord progressions - letting you create automatic backing for your original songs. ˙ Guide lamps (on PSR-230), and the Minus One and Repeat Play functions provide convenient, powerful tools for natural, expressive control over the Voices. ˙ ...
Owner's Manual
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buttons page 35 • BEAT +/- buttons page 35 0 Numeric keypad page 10 1 -/NO, +/YES buttons page 11 2 CARTRIDGE button (PSR-230 page 37 3 Music Cartridge slot (PSR-230 page 36 4 EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button page 34 5 VOICE EFFECT controls • DUAL/CHORUS button pages 12, 16 (also:) SONG CLEAR button for ... page 23 + SONG controls • START/STOP button page 29 • REPEAT PLAY button page 29 • MINUS ONE button page 31 • GUIDE button (PSR-230 only page 30 , VOICE Mode button page 10 - Top Panel Controls !
buttons page 35 • BEAT +/- buttons page 35 0 Numeric keypad page 10 1 -/NO, +/YES buttons page 11 2 CARTRIDGE button (PSR-230 page 37 3 Music Cartridge slot (PSR-230 page 36 4 EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button page 34 5 VOICE EFFECT controls • DUAL/CHORUS button pages 12, 16 (also:) SONG CLEAR button for ... page 23 + SONG controls • START/STOP button page 29 • REPEAT PLAY button page 29 • MINUS ONE button page 31 • GUIDE button (PSR-230 only page 30 , VOICE Mode button page 10 - Top Panel Controls !
Owner's Manual
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... VOLUME 9 Main Voice Pan - Reverb Type Name - Each Style has different "sections" - Main Voice Octave - GM Voice •CART (Cartridge) (PSR-230 only) When a Music Cartridge Song or Style is selected, this icon appears. • Dual Voice (page 13) - Dual Voice Name - Dual Voice Pan - Receive Switch...(page 18). Main Voice Name - Split Voice Name - Split Point 1 - Split Point 2 - Type Name - Remote Channel - Guide Lamp (PSR-230 only) - Pressing the appropriate button in the display as it plays. Main Menus and Sub Menus • Main Voice (page 11) - Split ...
... VOLUME 9 Main Voice Pan - Reverb Type Name - Each Style has different "sections" - Main Voice Octave - GM Voice •CART (Cartridge) (PSR-230 only) When a Music Cartridge Song or Style is selected, this icon appears. • Dual Voice (page 13) - Dual Voice Name - Dual Voice Pan - Receive Switch...(page 18). Main Voice Name - Split Voice Name - Split Point 1 - Split Point 2 - Type Name - Remote Channel - Guide Lamp (PSR-230 only) - Pressing the appropriate button in the display as it plays. Main Menus and Sub Menus • Main Voice (page 11) - Split ...
Owner's Manual
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... settings • Dual Voice - NOTE • A "No OTS" indication appears in the display, and other important settings for an optional Music Cartridge which has no One Touch Setting data (PSR-230 only). 27 all settings • Reverb - In other words, when one of the One Touch Settings is turned on, the Voice and...
... settings • Dual Voice - NOTE • A "No OTS" indication appears in the display, and other important settings for an optional Music Cartridge which has no One Touch Setting data (PSR-230 only). 27 all settings • Reverb - In other words, when one of the One Touch Settings is turned on, the Voice and...
Owner's Manual
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... - 20 are User Songs (for the Minus One function: the left -hand part which part is shown in the song mode. Music Cartridge Songs can be turned off for use the VOLUME buttons in the display. To reset to select the Song menu, and select the desired Sub... To reset to the default channel (02), press the +/buttons simultaneously. ˙ Song Volume The Song Volume can be selected by pressing the CARTRIDGE button (PSR-230 only). (See page 37) This determines which is to its original default setting, press both (L_r). ACCOMPANIMENT SONG VOLUME RESET VOLUME Press VOLUME...
... - 20 are User Songs (for the Minus One function: the left -hand part which part is shown in the song mode. Music Cartridge Songs can be turned off for use the VOLUME buttons in the display. To reset to select the Song menu, and select the desired Sub... To reset to the default channel (02), press the +/buttons simultaneously. ˙ Song Volume The Song Volume can be selected by pressing the CARTRIDGE button (PSR-230 only). (See page 37) This determines which is to its original default setting, press both (L_r). ACCOMPANIMENT SONG VOLUME RESET VOLUME Press VOLUME...
Owner's Manual
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...there are some Songs which change the selected Voice in the middle of the Song. • For some Music Cartridge Songs, use of the Minus One Channel settings (PSR-230 only). Easy Chord Memory has a capacity up the piano Voice regardless of One Touch Setting will be lost. 33... and saved your original songs. Cartridge Styles; NOTE • Section changes cannot be made during recording. To turn the function off - Easy Chord Memory records the following data to edit Songs already recorded in two different ways: Real-time and Step. PSR-230 only) • Section changes ...
...there are some Songs which change the selected Voice in the middle of the Song. • For some Music Cartridge Songs, use of the Minus One Channel settings (PSR-230 only). Easy Chord Memory has a capacity up the piano Voice regardless of One Touch Setting will be lost. 33... and saved your original songs. Cartridge Styles; NOTE • Section changes cannot be made during recording. To turn the function off - Easy Chord Memory records the following data to edit Songs already recorded in two different ways: Real-time and Step. PSR-230 only) • Section changes ...
Owner's Manual
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... you instant access to strong shock. • Do not disassemble Music Cartridges. • Do not directly touch the Music Cartridge's electrical contacts. The PSR-230 includes a sample Music Cartridge. If the problem persists, clean the electrical contacts with special Yamaha Music Cartridges containing accompaniment Style and Song data. Otherwise, the Song may not play back, and a "No...
... you instant access to strong shock. • Do not disassemble Music Cartridges. • Do not directly touch the Music Cartridge's electrical contacts. The PSR-230 includes a sample Music Cartridge. If the problem persists, clean the electrical contacts with special Yamaha Music Cartridges containing accompaniment Style and Song data. Otherwise, the Song may not play back, and a "No...
Owner's Manual
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... menu are indicated in the display if the selected Cartridge Styles have no One Touch Setting data. First, press the CARTRIDGE button below the numeric keypad. (The Cartridge icon appears at the upper left of the Song. • The Minus One, Repeat Play, and Guide (PSR-230 only) functions can be used in exactly the...
... menu are indicated in the display if the selected Cartridge Styles have no One Touch Setting data. First, press the CARTRIDGE button below the numeric keypad. (The Cartridge icon appears at the upper left of the Song. • The Minus One, Repeat Play, and Guide (PSR-230 only) functions can be used in exactly the...
Owner's Manual
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...display has gone out and the panel settings have any effect. Check that an appropriate Yamaha Music Cartridge is too low. Replace all batteries with new ones of headphones is plugged into the Cartridge slot. Chords played in the Auto Accompaniment section of 28 notes. (See page ...Point 2. Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the PortaTone is turned on or off . Make sure that the PortaTone can recognize. Cartridge data cannot be heard properly. Whenever using the proper Fingering mode and that you 're using a MIDI device to an appropriate level...
...display has gone out and the panel settings have any effect. Check that an appropriate Yamaha Music Cartridge is too low. Replace all batteries with new ones of headphones is plugged into the Cartridge slot. Chords played in the Auto Accompaniment section of 28 notes. (See page ...Point 2. Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the PortaTone is turned on or off . Make sure that the PortaTone can recognize. Cartridge data cannot be heard properly. Whenever using the proper Fingering mode and that you 're using a MIDI device to an appropriate level...
Owner's Manual
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...Fingered 2 5 Fingering modes 2 4 Full (Fingering mode 2 6 G GM Voice, Dual Voice 1 3 GM Voice, Main Voice 1 1 GM Voice, Split Voice 1 5 Guide Lamps (PSR-230 only 3 0 H Harmony Volume 1 7 Harmony/Echo 1 6 Harmony/Echo type 1 6 Harmony/Echo menu 1 7 headphones 4 I Intro section 2 1 J Jam Track section 2 3 K... Chart 4 6 MIDI menu 4 0 Minus One 3 1 Minus One Channel Settings (Left, Right 31, 32 Minus One Part Setting 31, 32 Music Cartridge (PSR-230 only) ........ 3 6 Music Stand 4 N numeric keypad 1 0 O Octave, Dual Voice 1 3 Octave, Main Voice 1 1 Octave, Split Voice ...
...Fingered 2 5 Fingering modes 2 4 Full (Fingering mode 2 6 G GM Voice, Dual Voice 1 3 GM Voice, Main Voice 1 1 GM Voice, Split Voice 1 5 Guide Lamps (PSR-230 only 3 0 H Harmony Volume 1 7 Harmony/Echo 1 6 Harmony/Echo type 1 6 Harmony/Echo menu 1 7 headphones 4 I Intro section 2 1 J Jam Track section 2 3 K... Chart 4 6 MIDI menu 4 0 Minus One 3 1 Minus One Channel Settings (Left, Right 31, 32 Minus One Part Setting 31, 32 Music Cartridge (PSR-230 only) ........ 3 6 Music Stand 4 N numeric keypad 1 0 O Octave, Dual Voice 1 3 Octave, Main Voice 1 1 Octave, Split Voice ...
Owner's Manual
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...Easy Chord Memory 4 User Songs: Real-time Recording, Step Recording, Song Clear Overall Controls Transpose Tuning Metronome Music Cartridge PSR-230: Yes PSR-220: No Guide Lamps PSR-230: Yes PSR-220: No Controls POWER, VOLUME, DEMO, SUB MENU, MAIN MENU, TOUCH RESPONSE, SPLIT, FINGERING, VOLUME, ... SETTING 1 - 4 (MEASURE +/-, BEAT +/-), VOICE, STYLE, SONG, Numeric Keypad, CARTRIDGE (PSR-230 only), EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END), DUAL/CHORUS, HARMONY/ECHO, REVERB Other Terminals & Fittings Music Cartridge slot (PSR-230 only) DC IN 10-12V jack PHONES/AUX OUT jack SUSTAIN jack MIDI IN/OUT terminals...
...Easy Chord Memory 4 User Songs: Real-time Recording, Step Recording, Song Clear Overall Controls Transpose Tuning Metronome Music Cartridge PSR-230: Yes PSR-220: No Guide Lamps PSR-230: Yes PSR-220: No Controls POWER, VOLUME, DEMO, SUB MENU, MAIN MENU, TOUCH RESPONSE, SPLIT, FINGERING, VOLUME, ... SETTING 1 - 4 (MEASURE +/-, BEAT +/-), VOICE, STYLE, SONG, Numeric Keypad, CARTRIDGE (PSR-230 only), EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END), DUAL/CHORUS, HARMONY/ECHO, REVERB Other Terminals & Fittings Music Cartridge slot (PSR-230 only) DC IN 10-12V jack PHONES/AUX OUT jack SUSTAIN jack MIDI IN/OUT terminals...