Owner's Manual
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...; High-quality Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects for realistic piano performance. Main Features The PSR-280 is a built-in a highly compact package. a set of learning tools that puts a wealth of the Yamaha PSR-280 PortaTone! The Yamaha Education Suite includes: G Lesson page 60 The convenient and easy...-to play . and right-hand parts independently at your performance. G Grade & Talking pages 65, 66 The PSR-280 also has the Grade and Talking ...
...; High-quality Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects for realistic piano performance. Main Features The PSR-280 is a built-in a highly compact package. a set of learning tools that puts a wealth of the Yamaha PSR-280 PortaTone! The Yamaha Education Suite includes: G Lesson page 60 The convenient and easy...-to play . and right-hand parts independently at your performance. G Grade & Talking pages 65, 66 The PSR-280 also has the Grade and Talking ...
Owner's Manual
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... buttons on either side of the LCD let you to play the Demo songs. (See page 12.) o [Piano] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice, plus a special piano song and style. (See page 10.) !0 [METRONOME] button This turns the metronome on and off. (See... turns the auto accompaniment on and off. (See page 28.) Holding down this button allows you call up various functions, settings, and operations of the PSR-280. Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel er u q wt y 000 GrandPno @0 @1 @2 !9 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 u i !2 !0 o !1 @3 @4 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER...
... buttons on either side of the LCD let you to play the Demo songs. (See page 12.) o [Piano] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice, plus a special piano song and style. (See page 10.) !0 [METRONOME] button This turns the metronome on and off. (See... turns the auto accompaniment on and off. (See page 28.) Holding down this button allows you call up various functions, settings, and operations of the PSR-280. Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel er u q wt y 000 GrandPno @0 @1 @2 !9 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 u i !2 !0 o !1 @3 @4 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER...
Owner's Manual
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... page 67.) @6 SUSTAIN jack This is for connection to an optional FC4 or FC5 Footswitch for control over sustain, just like the damper pedal on a piano. (See page 9.) @7 PHONES/OUTPUT jack This is for connection to a set of stereo headphones or to an external amplifier/speaker system. (See page...
... page 67.) @6 SUSTAIN jack This is for connection to an optional FC4 or FC5 Footswitch for control over sustain, just like the damper pedal on a piano. (See page 9.) @7 PHONES/OUTPUT jack This is for connection to a set of stereo headphones or to an external amplifier/speaker system. (See page...
Owner's Manual
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Sound from the builtin speaker system is equipped with other end to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - Also, be sure to set the volumes of all devices at the minimum setting before turning on the power. • Do not press the footswitch .../speaker system. Setting Up I Using a Footswitch This feature lets you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to sustain the sound of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. First, make sure the PSR-280 and any external devices are turned off when you insert a headphone plug into this changes...
Sound from the builtin speaker system is equipped with other end to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - Also, be sure to set the volumes of all devices at the minimum setting before turning on the power. • Do not press the footswitch .../speaker system. Setting Up I Using a Footswitch This feature lets you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to sustain the sound of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. First, make sure the PSR-280 and any external devices are turned off when you insert a headphone plug into this changes...
Owner's Manual
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... 20. 10 G Panel Voice List No. Voice Name PIANO 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 Honky-tonk Piano 004 MIDI Grand Piano 005 CP 80 006 Harpsichord E.PIANO 007 Funky Electric Piano 008 DX Electric Piano 009 Hyper Electric Piano 010 Bell Electric Piano 011 Clavi ORGAN 012 Jazz Organ 1 No. Voice Name...Accordion 022 Bandoneon 023 Harmonica GUITAR 024 Classical Guitar No. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices w 000 GrandPno z w q zq Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [Piano] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-280 for piano play. See page 20. x Play the keyboard.
... 20. 10 G Panel Voice List No. Voice Name PIANO 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 Honky-tonk Piano 004 MIDI Grand Piano 005 CP 80 006 Harpsichord E.PIANO 007 Funky Electric Piano 008 DX Electric Piano 009 Hyper Electric Piano 010 Bell Electric Piano 011 Clavi ORGAN 012 Jazz Organ 1 No. Voice Name...Accordion 022 Bandoneon 023 Harmonica GUITAR 024 Classical Guitar No. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices w 000 GrandPno z w q zq Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [Piano] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-280 for piano play. See page 20. x Play the keyboard.
Owner's Manual
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...Playing with various contemporary rhythms. q Press the [DJ] button. q Press the [VOICE] button. See page 22. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-280 has a huge total of them out now... Want to find out more ? See page 23. w Press the Lesson [L] or [R] button. 000 DJgame ...100 101 102 Voice Name PERCUSSION Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Steel Drums Celesta Tubular Bells Timpani Music Box SPLIT Strings/Grand Piano Grand Piano/Violin DX Electric Piano/ Harmonica Grand Piano/ Tenor Sax No. 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 Voice Name Choir Oohs...
...Playing with various contemporary rhythms. q Press the [DJ] button. q Press the [VOICE] button. See page 22. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-280 has a huge total of them out now... Want to find out more ? See page 23. w Press the Lesson [L] or [R] button. 000 DJgame ...100 101 102 Voice Name PERCUSSION Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Steel Drums Celesta Tubular Bells Timpani Music Box SPLIT Strings/Grand Piano Grand Piano/Violin DX Electric Piano/ Harmonica Grand Piano/ Tenor Sax No. 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 Voice Name Choir Oohs...
Owner's Manual
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... No. Song Name 026 String Quartet No.17 2nd mov. "Serenade" 027 Menuett 028 Canon 029 The Danube Waves 030 From "The Magic Flute" 031 Piano Sonate op.27-2 "Mondschein" 032 "The Surprise" Symphony 033 To A Wild Rose 034 Air de Torëador "Carmen" 035 O Mio Babbino Caro (From "Gianni... 096 Pop Reggae 097 Acid House 098 SupaBad 099 Acid Techno 13 Step 2 Songs Recording Your Own Song Much like a multi-track tape recorder, the PSR-280 lets you play and record the individual parts of your own song in F 052 # Greensleeves 053 # Souvenir De Moscou op.6 054 # Menuett 055 # Leggenda Valacca...
... No. Song Name 026 String Quartet No.17 2nd mov. "Serenade" 027 Menuett 028 Canon 029 The Danube Waves 030 From "The Magic Flute" 031 Piano Sonate op.27-2 "Mondschein" 032 "The Surprise" Symphony 033 To A Wild Rose 034 Air de Torëador "Carmen" 035 O Mio Babbino Caro (From "Gianni... 096 Pop Reggae 097 Acid House 098 SupaBad 099 Acid Techno 13 Step 2 Songs Recording Your Own Song Much like a multi-track tape recorder, the PSR-280 lets you play and record the individual parts of your own song in F 052 # Greensleeves 053 # Souvenir De Moscou op.6 054 # Menuett 055 # Leggenda Valacca...
Owner's Manual
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... convenient function lets you instantly call up song #051 (Melody in a variety of music styles. It automatically calls up the Grand Piano voice. Using the Metronome 1 Call up the Tempo setting. Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the ... instrument for playing with the special Pianist styles (#086 - #100). When auto accompaniment is designed also for playing the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Grand Piano voice. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. The Portable Grand setting is turned on . Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO 2 Change the value....
... convenient function lets you instantly call up song #051 (Melody in a variety of music styles. It automatically calls up the Grand Piano voice. Using the Metronome 1 Call up the Tempo setting. Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the ... instrument for playing with the special Pianist styles (#086 - #100). When auto accompaniment is designed also for playing the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Grand Piano voice. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. The Portable Grand setting is turned on . Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO 2 Change the value....
Owner's Manual
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...the most suitable DSP Type (page 30) and Harmony Type (page 31) for example, playing a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. For a complete list of 256 authentic voices - The Voice mode also features special effect ...drum and percussion sounds from separate sections of which determines how the voices respond to the Drum Kit Voice chart on page 77 . 23 The PSR-280 also includes special Drum Kit voices - #119 - #128 - The voices and their numbers are printed on the panel for playing many ...
...the most suitable DSP Type (page 30) and Harmony Type (page 31) for example, playing a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. For a complete list of 256 authentic voices - The Voice mode also features special effect ...drum and percussion sounds from separate sections of which determines how the voices respond to the Drum Kit Voice chart on page 77 . 23 The PSR-280 also includes special Drum Kit voices - #119 - #128 - The voices and their numbers are printed on the panel for playing many ...
Owner's Manual
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...current voice selected on the keyboard along with each of the songs, either with the panel voice of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The PSR-280 lets you replace the original voice used for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one step further - The convenient Melody... Voice Change feature takes this one of your own selection. it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano but the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to select ...
...current voice selected on the keyboard along with each of the songs, either with the panel voice of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The PSR-280 lets you replace the original voice used for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one step further - The convenient Melody... Voice Change feature takes this one of your own selection. it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano but the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to select ...
Owner's Manual
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...each piece of information is an addition to understand. With the piano, you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument." Using these are easy to the MIDI standard which key," "about playing a note? The PSR-280 supports GM System Level 1. 67 This section explains what MIDI...and the note sounds. MIDI Functions The PSR-280 is affixed to the tone generator. But how does a digital instrument go about how strong," "when was it pressed," and "when was it released." So then what voice) 01 (grand piano) Note number (with which ensures that ...
...each piece of information is an addition to understand. With the piano, you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument." Using these are easy to the MIDI standard which key," "about playing a note? The PSR-280 supports GM System Level 1. 67 This section explains what MIDI...and the note sounds. MIDI Functions The PSR-280 is affixed to the tone generator. But how does a digital instrument go about how strong," "when was it pressed," and "when was it released." So then what voice) 01 (grand piano) Note number (with which ensures that ...
Owner's Manual
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...heard when accompaniment is set MIDI Echo (or the relevant control) to "off the sound and releasing it further away from the PSR-280. only piano accompaniment. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the footswitch is reversed. ...Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the PSR-280 is turned on or off, a popping This is normal and indicates that nothing is ...
...heard when accompaniment is set MIDI Echo (or the relevant control) to "off the sound and releasing it further away from the PSR-280. only piano accompaniment. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the footswitch is reversed. ...Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the PSR-280 is turned on or off, a popping This is normal and indicates that nothing is ...
Owner's Manual
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... MSB LSB MIDI Program Voice Name Change# PIANO 0 112 0 Grand Piano 0 112 1 Bright Piano 0 112 3 Honky-tonk Piano 0 112 2 MIDI Grand Piano 0 113 2 CP 80 0 112 6 Harpsichord E.PIANO 0 112 4 Funky Electric Piano 0 112 5 DX Electric Piano 0 113 5 Hyper Electric Piano 0 114 5 Bell Electric Piano 0 112 7 Clavi ORGAN 0 112 16... to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the PSR-280 via MIDI from an external device. • Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the ...
... MSB LSB MIDI Program Voice Name Change# PIANO 0 112 0 Grand Piano 0 112 1 Bright Piano 0 112 3 Honky-tonk Piano 0 112 2 MIDI Grand Piano 0 113 2 CP 80 0 112 6 Harpsichord E.PIANO 0 112 4 Funky Electric Piano 0 112 5 DX Electric Piano 0 113 5 Hyper Electric Piano 0 114 5 Bell Electric Piano 0 112 7 Clavi ORGAN 0 112 16... to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the PSR-280 via MIDI from an external device. • Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the ...
Owner's Manual
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... Pop 1 8Beat Pop 2 8Beat Uptempo 8Beat Standard Folkrock Pop Rock 8Beat Medium 16BEAT 16Beat Shuffle 1 16Beat Shuffle 2 16Beat Pop Funk 1 BALLAD 8Beat Ballad Epic Ballad Piano Ballad 16Beat Ballad 1 16Beat Ballad 2 Soul Ballad Slow Rock 1 Slow Rock 2 6/8 Ballad 1 DANCE Hip House Pop Reggae Ragga Digital Rock Supabad Flares All That Hard...
... Pop 1 8Beat Pop 2 8Beat Uptempo 8Beat Standard Folkrock Pop Rock 8Beat Medium 16BEAT 16Beat Shuffle 1 16Beat Shuffle 2 16Beat Pop Funk 1 BALLAD 8Beat Ballad Epic Ballad Piano Ballad 16Beat Ballad 1 16Beat Ballad 2 Soul Ballad Slow Rock 1 Slow Rock 2 6/8 Ballad 1 DANCE Hip House Pop Reggae Ragga Digital Rock Supabad Flares All That Hard...