Owner's Manual
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...Yamaha..., we want you , please contact Yamaha directly. The average life span of...plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. Some of the following: Battery Notice...external power supply (adapter). However, Yamaha reserves the right to be at an... by Yamaha. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 PSR-450 Owner's Manual Disposal ...this manual as designed) are not covered by the laws in the manual, on...provided below and retain this manual carefully and consult your purchase...supplied or; DO NOT connect this manual is believed to be installed correctly....
...Yamaha..., we want you , please contact Yamaha directly. The average life span of...plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. Some of the following: Battery Notice...external power supply (adapter). However, Yamaha reserves the right to be at an... by Yamaha. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 PSR-450 Owner's Manual Disposal ...this manual as designed) are not covered by the laws in the manual, on...provided below and retain this manual carefully and consult your purchase...supplied or; DO NOT connect this manual is believed to be installed correctly....
Owner's Manual
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...229; apparatets afbryder. Verbrauchte Batterien oder Akkumulatoren dürfen nicht in this product is found in the users manual, may void your authority, granted by Yamaha Corporation of the following measures: Relocate either this product in a residential environment will not occur in ...bei Ihrer Kommune. (battery) PSR-450 Owner's Manual 3 Failure to use the product. 2. If the antenna lead-in is being affected by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (class B) OBSERVERA! Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may cause interference harmful to distribute...
...229; apparatets afbryder. Verbrauchte Batterien oder Akkumulatoren dürfen nicht in this product is found in the users manual, may void your authority, granted by Yamaha Corporation of the following measures: Relocate either this product in a residential environment will not occur in ...bei Ihrer Kommune. (battery) PSR-450 Owner's Manual 3 Failure to use the product. 2. If the antenna lead-in is being affected by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (class B) OBSERVERA! Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may cause interference harmful to distribute...
Owner's Manual
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...the instrument inspected by it containing liquids which might accidentally fall over it inspected by Yamaha) only. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following : Power...to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector. A burning item may fall over . 4 PSR-450 Owner's Manual (4)-8 1/2 When attaching the stand or rack, use new batteries together with manganese batteries, ...discontinue use the instrument in a safe place for the instrument. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. Do not use the provided screws only. The required voltage is a...
...the instrument inspected by it containing liquids which might accidentally fall over it inspected by Yamaha) only. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following : Power...to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector. A burning item may fall over . 4 PSR-450 Owner's Manual (4)-8 1/2 When attaching the stand or rack, use new batteries together with manganese batteries, ...discontinue use the instrument in a safe place for the instrument. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. Do not use the provided screws only. The required voltage is a...
Owner's Manual
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...keyboard with touch response for right-hand - up to 5 songs with the correct rhythm. Main Features The PSR-450 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use in a highly compact package. User songs can be loaded into the instrument's memory (page 54). ■ Grand Piano page 24 Voice, ...superb styles covering a wide range of the Yamaha PSR-450 ! press the [L] button for left-hand or the [R] button for delicate dynamic nuances. ● 135 high-quality voices + 12 drum kits + 480 XG voices. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-450 in . ● Song memory allows you...
...keyboard with touch response for right-hand - up to 5 songs with the correct rhythm. Main Features The PSR-450 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use in a highly compact package. User songs can be loaded into the instrument's memory (page 54). ■ Grand Piano page 24 Voice, ...superb styles covering a wide range of the Yamaha PSR-450 ! press the [L] button for left-hand or the [R] button for delicate dynamic nuances. ● 135 high-quality voices + 12 drum kits + 480 XG voices. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-450 in . ● Song memory allows you...
Owner's Manual
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... 32 • Add Reverb 32 • Add DSP Effects 33 STEP 6 Record Your Performance 34 • Recording Procedure 34 • Clearing User Song Data 36 Song Clear 36 Track Clear 37 Basic Operation and LCD Display 38 Data Backup & Initialization 41 Data Backup 41 Data Initialization 41...Is MIDI 62 • Things You Can Do With MIDI 63 • Connecting to a Personal Computer 64 • Local On/Off 64 • PSR-450 Panel Setting Transmission (Initial Send) 65 • Clock Settings 66 Voice List 67 Maximum Polyphony 67 Drum Kit List 74 Style List 76 Music Database...
... 32 • Add Reverb 32 • Add DSP Effects 33 STEP 6 Record Your Performance 34 • Recording Procedure 34 • Clearing User Song Data 36 Song Clear 36 Track Clear 37 Basic Operation and LCD Display 38 Data Backup & Initialization 41 Data Backup 41 Data Initialization 41...Is MIDI 62 • Things You Can Do With MIDI 63 • Connecting to a Personal Computer 64 • Local On/Off 64 • PSR-450 Panel Setting Transmission (Initial Send) 65 • Clock Settings 66 Voice List 67 Maximum Polyphony 67 Drum Kit List 74 Style List 76 Music Database...
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... STEP 1 • Playing Songs 001 ~ 005 006 ~ 010 011 ~ 109 Demonstration songs (See page 14). User songs (songs you record yourself). Press the [START/STOP] button a second time to start playback of the selected song. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 15 2 Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [-] buttons to resume playback from the point...
... STEP 1 • Playing Songs 001 ~ 005 006 ~ 010 011 ~ 109 Demonstration songs (See page 14). User songs (songs you record yourself). Press the [START/STOP] button a second time to start playback of the selected song. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 15 2 Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [-] buttons to resume playback from the point...
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...modify, select the desired song number by using the [+] and [-] buttons before performing step 1-1. 34 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If you want to 5 different songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010: User 1 ~ 5). In this case you will be selected. Press the track button of the selected track... cannot be recorded. Approximately 5,500 chord changes can be changed during the song, but the changes will automatically select the lowest-numbered unrecorded user song (song number 006 ~ 010) available for recording and engage the record ready mode. ● To Record 1 Melody Track and ...
...modify, select the desired song number by using the [+] and [-] buttons before performing step 1-1. 34 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If you want to 5 different songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010: User 1 ~ 5). In this case you will be selected. Press the track button of the selected track... cannot be recorded. Approximately 5,500 chord changes can be changed during the song, but the changes will automatically select the lowest-numbered unrecorded user song (song number 006 ~ 010) available for recording and engage the record ready mode. ● To Record 1 Melody Track and ...
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...the power off for recording notes lower that the flashing track number disappears. CAUTION • If the AC adaptor is shut off , all user song data will be lost . The number of the reasons listed below during recording. 3 Stop recording. Recording will flash in the display...a Track Select the track you want to floppy disk (see page 54). Press the [A] button while holding the [REC] button. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 35 You can also mute recorded tracks (the track numbers will not record. or NOTE • When the style track is selected for recording...
...the power off for recording notes lower that the flashing track number disappears. CAUTION • If the AC adaptor is shut off , all user song data will be lost . The number of the reasons listed below during recording. 3 Stop recording. Recording will flash in the display...a Track Select the track you want to floppy disk (see page 54). Press the [A] button while holding the [REC] button. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 35 You can also mute recorded tracks (the track numbers will not record. or NOTE • When the style track is selected for recording...
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NOTE • Song numbers 001 ~ 005 cannot be cleared and "Clear" will be cleared. 007 User 2 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the [A] button. All data in the selected song will appear in the ... it is no longer needed. Two methods of the song you want to actually clear the data. Quick Guide STEP 6 • Record Your Performance Clearing User Song Data Recorded data in the user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) can abort the clear operation by pressing the [-/NO] button. 36 PSR-450 Owner's Manual
NOTE • Song numbers 001 ~ 005 cannot be cleared and "Clear" will be cleared. 007 User 2 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the [A] button. All data in the selected song will appear in the ... it is no longer needed. Two methods of the song you want to actually clear the data. Quick Guide STEP 6 • Record Your Performance Clearing User Song Data Recorded data in the user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) can abort the clear operation by pressing the [-/NO] button. 36 PSR-450 Owner's Manual
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for longer than a second. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 37 Quick Guide STEP 6 • Record Your Performance Track Clear Clears data from the single specified track in the specified song. 1 ... display. YES ClrTr1 3 Press the [+/YES] button in the display. 4 Press the [+/YES] button a second time to actually clear the data. will be cleared. 007 User 2 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY button corresponding to the track you want to clear (song number 006 ~ 010). All data in the selected track...
for longer than a second. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 37 Quick Guide STEP 6 • Record Your Performance Track Clear Clears data from the single specified track in the specified song. 1 ... display. YES ClrTr1 3 Press the [+/YES] button in the display. 4 Press the [+/YES] button a second time to actually clear the data. will be cleared. 007 User 2 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY button corresponding to the track you want to clear (song number 006 ~ 010). All data in the selected track...
Owner's Manual
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...User Song Data • Song Volume • Registration Memory Data • Registration Memory Bank Number • Metronome Volume • Touch On/Off • Tuning Data Initialization All data can be initialized and restored to their initial settings whenever the power is turned on. retained in memory - PSR-450 Owner's Manual... 41 "CLr Backup" will usually restore normal operation if the PSR-450 freezes or begins to act erratically for the data listed below are reset to the...
...User Song Data • Song Volume • Registration Memory Data • Registration Memory Bank Number • Metronome Volume • Touch On/Off • Tuning Data Initialization All data can be initialized and restored to their initial settings whenever the power is turned on. retained in memory - PSR-450 Owner's Manual... 41 "CLr Backup" will usually restore normal operation if the PSR-450 freezes or begins to act erratically for the data listed below are reset to the...
Owner's Manual
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...Save Yes No Load Yes Yes NOTE • User songs, Disk Style data (style number 141) and Registration Memory are called "free-tempo software." Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [-] buttons to stop playback. 54 PSR-450 Owner's Manual Floppy Disk Save and Load Data that Can be ...played directly from floppy disk without actually having to load the data into the PSR-450. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. Playing Disk ...
...Save Yes No Load Yes Yes NOTE • User songs, Disk Style data (style number 141) and Registration Memory are called "free-tempo software." Use the number buttons [0] ~ [9] or the [+] and [-] buttons to stop playback. 54 PSR-450 Owner's Manual Floppy Disk Save and Load Data that Can be ...played directly from floppy disk without actually having to load the data into the PSR-450. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. Playing Disk ...
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The pitch of the track will appear in the display (e.g. Save All user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) and the user style (style number 141) can only be set while playback is set to be saved will also be automatically generated by pressing the [SAVE] button ... will appear to the right of -range notes to be saved to the left of the PSR-450 keyboard (C1 ~ C6). S-- Press the [0], [1], or [2] number button to select TRACK OCTAVE. 0 OCTAVE 2 Select the track octave value. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 55 And when you want the out-of the icon. Floppy Disk Save and Load...
The pitch of the track will appear in the display (e.g. Save All user songs (song numbers 006 ~ 010) and the user style (style number 141) can only be set while playback is set to be saved will also be automatically generated by pressing the [SAVE] button ... will appear to the right of -range notes to be saved to the left of the PSR-450 keyboard (C1 ~ C6). S-- Press the [0], [1], or [2] number button to select TRACK OCTAVE. 0 OCTAVE 2 Select the track octave value. PSR-450 Owner's Manual 55 And when you want the out-of the icon. Floppy Disk Save and Load...
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... the [LOAD] button. Style files appear as "L-S". PSR-450 Owner's Manual 57 to call up the SMF Save mode. NOTE • If the [LOAD] button is pressed when there is a standard format for saving MIDI music data. S-S User 1 2-4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. To save PSR-450 song data in SMF Format 0, perform the following steps...
... the [LOAD] button. Style files appear as "L-S". PSR-450 Owner's Manual 57 to call up the SMF Save mode. NOTE • If the [LOAD] button is pressed when there is a standard format for saving MIDI music data. S-S User 1 2-4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. To save PSR-450 song data in SMF Format 0, perform the following steps...
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...DELETE, when the [UTILITY] button is pressed. Press the [+/YES] button to begin execution of the PSR-450 will appear on the PSR-450 and were saved as "d-s". 58 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If the [UTILITY] button is pressed when there is being loaded ("Loading" message appears ...deleted. L-U Loading CAUTION • While the file is loaded from a floppy disk to the PSR-450, the data already in the memory of the load operation. d-U FILENAME A user file is not possible. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. You can delete, the FORMAT display appears ...
...DELETE, when the [UTILITY] button is pressed. Press the [+/YES] button to begin execution of the PSR-450 will appear on the PSR-450 and were saved as "d-s". 58 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If the [UTILITY] button is pressed when there is being loaded ("Loading" message appears ...deleted. L-U Loading CAUTION • While the file is loaded from a floppy disk to the PSR-450, the data already in the memory of the load operation. d-U FILENAME A user file is not possible. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. You can delete, the FORMAT display appears ...
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...[-/NO] button. You can abort the format operation by pressing the [UTILITY] button. Complete ■ Formatting an Already Formatted Floppy Disk This function is user file. w Press the [UTILITY] button. YES Sure? Exit from an already formatted disk. q Insert the formatted floppy disk in the...disk is being formatted. 072 Formatin CAUTION • While the file is already saved on the display, asking you to step e. 60 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If the [UTILITY] button is pressed when there is no floppy disk inserted into the disk drive, a "No disk...
...[-/NO] button. You can abort the format operation by pressing the [UTILITY] button. Complete ■ Formatting an Already Formatted Floppy Disk This function is user file. w Press the [UTILITY] button. YES Sure? Exit from an already formatted disk. q Insert the formatted floppy disk in the...disk is being formatted. 072 Formatin CAUTION • While the file is already saved on the display, asking you to step e. 60 PSR-450 Owner's Manual NOTE • If the [UTILITY] button is pressed when there is no floppy disk inserted into the disk drive, a "No disk...
Owner's Manual
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... R • Track Assign L • Track Octave Effects • Reverb : 9 types • DSP : 39 types • Harmony : 26 types Song • 5 Songs + 5 User Songs • Song Volume Recording • Song User Song : 5 Songs Recording Tracks : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, STYLE • Song Clear, Track Clear Disk • Song Playback • Load • Save • Execute • Delete... change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Specifications Keyboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6), with your Yamaha dealer. 84 PSR-450 Owner's Manual
... R • Track Assign L • Track Octave Effects • Reverb : 9 types • DSP : 39 types • Harmony : 26 types Song • 5 Songs + 5 User Songs • Song Volume Recording • Song User Song : 5 Songs Recording Tracks : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, STYLE • Song Clear, Track Clear Disk • Song Playback • Load • Save • Execute • Delete... change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Specifications Keyboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6), with your Yamaha dealer. 84 PSR-450 Owner's Manual