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Question posted by ramparsufun on January 6th, 2014

Can I Play The Gm Voices Without Using Midi Or Sequencer Or Mixer Pls

pls tell me about playing the gm voices directly without using any external devices

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Owner's Manual - Page 3

... cold or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in...use for a long time, remove the batteries from it, in order to be different from children. • Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off when the instrument is a sudden loss of sound during electrical storms. • Always make sure all data to an external device such as the Yamaha MIDI...

Owner's Manual - Page 4

... and practicing music more . • GM (General MIDI) compatibility and full GM voice set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology to separate sections of all the chord changes you need for sequence recording and other advanced applications. • Built-in, high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system. 4 All styles (except for optimum piano play chord progressions...

Owner's Manual - Page 5

... CHART .. 114 SPECIFICATIONS 117 5 How to Use Your New PSR-225 PortaTone 10 Step 1 Voices 10 Step 2 Auto Accompaniment .... 12 Step 3 Chord Guide 14 Step 4 Songs 16 Step 5 Function Parameters ...... 18 Step 6 MIDI 20 PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 22 • Music Stand 23 PORTABLE GRAND 24 PLAYING THE PORTABLE GRAND .. 24 USING THE METRONOME 24 • Setting the Metronome...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

...VOICE 1 1 ~ 8 DUAL VOICE 2 1 ~ 9 SPLIT VOICE 3 1 ~ 9 EFFECT 4 1 ONE TOUCH SETTING 5 1 STYLE 6 1 ~ 3 SONG 7 1 ~ 3 UTILITY 8 1 ~ 7 MIDI PSR-225 ³ TEMPO TRANSPOSE TUNING ACMP/SONG VOLUME METRONOME VOLUME 001GrandPno VOICE...50 ~ 60 ENSEMBLE 61 ~ 65 STRINGS GM VOICE 111~118 PIANO 119~126 CHROMATIC 127~...+, -) These are also used for making various settings, ...instantly changes to play the Demo ...

Owner's Manual - Page 9

... and any external devices are turned off when you can also play the keyboard to the rear panel PHONES/AUX OUT jack on . Failure to the FOOT SWITCH jack before connecting them. Doing this is automatically cut off , then connect one end of the footswitch, resulting in electric shock or equipment damage. 9 s Using the MIDI Terminals...

Owner's Manual - Page 10

... SONG STYLE VOICE c Play the keyboard. See page 27. 10 If you've never touched an Portable Grand electronic keyboard before, reading and going through the steps in your new PSR-225 PortaTone. will make you how to explore the advanced capabilities of the instrument and use the basic features and functions of your own music. AUTO FILL...

Owner's Manual - Page 20

... 99 - 102. PSR-225 MIDI OUT MIDI transmit Save/load data MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI receive MIDI OUT MDF3 See "Using Bulk Dump Send to Save Data" on the PSR-225. PSR-225 MIDI IN See page 97. MIDI receive MIDI OUT MDF3, QY700, or computer with GM song data. 20 q Playing back multi-track song data (up to another PSR-225. Available disks Floppy disk with sequencing software...

Owner's Manual - Page 21

... (Auto accompaniment can be accurately played by any GMcompatible music data can also be used .) You can record your PSR-225 performance, including the auto accompani- q In this setup.) PSR-225 MIDI receive MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI keyboard with no tone generator See page 97. Arrange and edit the data on the computer or sequencer, and play it back using a personal computer, special...

Owner's Manual - Page 27

THE VOICE MODE The Voice mode features 228 authentic voices (including 128 General MIDI voices), plus 10 special drum kits - The voices are also printed above the keyboard, conveniently indicating which keys. The Dual Voice mode (page 34) allows you can play various drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to the Drum Kit Voice chart on the panel for playing and...

Owner's Manual - Page 28

... #42, press "4" on page 109. For example, to select voices: 1) directly entering the voice number with the numeric keypad, 2) using the +/- The basic categories of the panel. PLAYING VOICES - A complete list of the voice number as "235." Using the numeric keypad Enter the digits of the available voices is given on the numeric keypad, then "2." 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BWD NO 8 rest...

Owner's Manual - Page 29

....] 29 To change to select the previous voice. About Panel Voices and GM Voices Keep in mind that are appropriate for optimum playback of GM-compatible song data. PLAYING VOICES - Holding down through the numbers. For example, pressing the + key from a sequencer or other MIDI device) will be used for the voice. [This is true when Voice Set (Function #72, page 39) is...

Owner's Manual - Page 31

...the default setting by pressing both +/- Use this to set other mode buttons (SONG, STYLE, or VOICE). This determines how much of the Main voice in a louder DSP effect. 31 ...values result in a louder Reverb effect. PLAYING VOICES - THE VOICE MODE 3 Change the parameter setting or value. Negative values To directly enter negative values (for the Main voice. If you wish to save them, ...

Owner's Manual - Page 35

... DUAL button. Negative values To directly enter negative values (for those parameters that of the Dual voice's signal is sent to the Reverb effect. (See page 40.) Higher values result in a louder Chorus effect for the Dual voice. After the "FUNCTION" indication stops flashing, use the +/- buttons simultaneously. F17 Dual Voice D.Voice 1 - 238 This determines the...

Owner's Manual - Page 93

... information from the keyboard such as how you play a "C" quarter note using the MIDI functions you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument." So then what voice) 01 (grand piano) Note number (with what is changed into a number value and sent to understand. For example, let's say you can expand your PSR-225. Then each...

Owner's Manual - Page 94

.../Panel Setting Messages which the PSR-225 can play the voices specified for the various parts. Message Name Exclusive Message Realtime Messages PSR-225 Operation/Panel Setting Reverb/chorus/DSP settings, etc. Transmits the PSR-225's keyboard information as MIDI data to another MIDI device. Cables longer than about 15 meters. MIDI OUT ....... The PSR-225 can be divided into two...

Owner's Manual - Page 98

... the Yamaha MDF3), and have style or song playback follow the external device (such as a sequencer, computer, or MIDI data filer). This ensures that when you want to the proper settings for your valuable PortaTone data. (For detailed instructions, see the section "USING INITIAL SETUP SEND WITH A SEQUENCER" on ). Parameter Name Display Name Range/Settings 85...

Owner's Manual - Page 106

...Split Point 58, 59 Accompaniment Volume 55 accompaniment, playing 47 amplifier/stereo system, using an external .. 9 auto accompaniment 47 B bank chain 67...Keyboard out 97 L loading bulk data 101 Local control 97 M Main A/B 54 Main voice 27 Metronome 24 MIDI 93 MIDI channels 97 MIDI Implementation Chart 114 MIDI terminals 94 MIDI, about 93 mode indicator 22 Multi Fingering 56 music...

Owner's Manual - Page 108

... same applies to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used the total number of up to the Dual Voice, Split Voice, and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the PSR-225 via MIDI from an external device. • Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the notes have been...

Owner's Manual - Page 112

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Owner's Manual - Page 117

... the device that your authority, granted by the FCC, to eliminate the problem by Yamaha Corporation of product. MAX Panel Controls • OVERALL (vw, +, -), FUNCTION, SONG, VOICE, STYLE, PORTABLE GRAND, METRONOME, [0]-[9], [+](YES/FWD), [-](NO/BWD), TOUCH Demo Song • 3 songs Voice • 100 panel voices + 10 Drum Kits + 128 GM Voices • Polyphony : 32 • Voice Set...