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Owner's Manual - Page 6

... tone generator. You now own a portable keyboard that automatically selects the style, voice, and effect settings for instant recall. Its outstanding features also make studying and practicing music more fun and fulﬁlling than ever before! Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-290 in conjunction with the Dynamic Filter, which...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

... 12 Step 1 Voices 12 Step 2 Songs 14 Step 3 Music Database 16 Panel Display Indications 18 Portable Grand 20 •...Keyboard Out 70 • Style Out 70 • Song Out 70 • Loading a Song into PSR-290's Flash Memory71 • PC Mode 73 Function 74 • Using the Function parameters 74 Troubleshooting 77 Data Backup & Initialization 78 Voice List 79 Style List 86 Music...

Owner's Manual - Page 8

... calls up the Melody Voice Change function. (See page 55.) !8 [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button This calls up the optimum panel settings for selected music genre. (See page 48.) !9 Dial, CATEGORY [ ]/[ ] buttons, SELECT [ ]/[ ] buttons This dial is used to select the number of the PSR-290. The CATEGORY [ ]/[ ] buttons are used to select r i [DJ] button This...

Owner's Manual - Page 11

... the power on. press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on the PSR-290. Failure to observe these cautions may result in the display. Accessory Jacks I Connecting a Keyboard Ampliﬁer or Stereo System Though the PSR-290 is properly connected to the SUSTAIN jack before connecting them. message is in loss of...

Owner's Manual - Page 13

...Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-290 has a huge total of them out now... The DJ starts as soon as you a full variety of the keyboard. e Play the keyboard. letting you create your own... 101 Vibraphone 102 Marimba 103 Xylophone 104 Steel Drums 105 Celesta 106 Tubular Bells 107 Timpani 108 Music Box DRUM KITS 109 Standard Kit 1 110 Standard Kit 2 No. q Press the [VOICE]...

Owner's Manual - Page 15

... Recording Your Own Song Much like a multi-track tape recorder, the PSR-290 lets you play and record the individual parts of your own song in real time. f r • You can also select the appropriate category by playing a melody on the keyboard. tro Stagioni) 012 Méditation De Thais 013 Guillaume Tell 014...

Owner's Manual - Page 16

... - and the PSR290 makes all the right settings for you instantly reconﬁgure the PSR-290 for playing in different music styles. AlvFever 001 or Croco Rk 002 • You can also select the appropriate category by using the [ ]/[ ] buttons. Accompaniment area Left hand + Right hand ...

Owner's Manual - Page 18

... !1 Measure and Tempo !2 Chord !3 Song track indicators w Keyboard q Notation / w Keyboard These two portions of the measure. When you play the keyboard yourself, the display shows the notes you play. • ...is turned on . (See page 27.) r Song/Voice/Style/M.D.B. Panel Display Indications The PSR-290 features a large multi-function display that shows all notes may be shown in the display....

Owner's Manual - Page 19

... for the song or style. !4 Octave indicator When note data exceeds the range limit of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are on. It also indicates chords played in the ACMP... played back, this indicates the current chord root and type. Music Stand Insert the bottom edge of the included music stand into the slot located at the top rear of the PSR-290 control panel. 19

Owner's Manual - Page 22

...DJ Set 1 000 Doing this automatically resets the entire instrument for playing contemporary dance music. Accompaniment area • The PSR-290 has a Demo song and DJ Cancel function that allows you instantly call up a... DJ 1 Press the [DJ] button. Set Demo and DJ Cancel in the accompaniment area of the keyboard. 4 Stop the DJ style. Play keys in the Function mode (page 76). • When the...

Owner's Manual - Page 23

... the two together across the keyboard. G Select the voice CATEGORY Using the CATEGORY [ ]/[ ] button jumps through the voice numbers according to best match the ... - The categories of each voice and their category divisions. Playing a Voice 1 Press the [VOICE] button. The PSR-290 also has a Dual Voice or Split Voice function that lets you combine two different voices in a layer, or play...

Owner's Manual - Page 30

The default Touch Sensitivity is produced. 30 This lets you play the keys. Sensitivity can be set how the PSR-290 responds to your playing strength, allowing you to customize the keyboard to loud). Touch Sensitivity lets you set in the soft volume range. Playing Voices Touch and Touch Sensitivity The Touch function gives...

Owner's Manual - Page 35

...A and B, and Ending - Auto accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into the rhythms add the excitement of separate "sections" - The PSR-290 also features the convenient Dictionary function (page 45). Style name... up different accompaniment sections as voice settings appropriate for various popular musical categories. When you play any chord you specify by default to your performance,...

Owner's Manual - Page 57

... the Record mode, the Chord track is manually selected, the PSR-290 automatically selects the ﬁrst avail- Normally, you record to select the desired song: 201 - 205. While holding down the [REC] button, press the appropriate SONG MEM- ORY button. This is provided for recording your keyboard performance. If no song is automatically...

Owner's Manual - Page 61

...data you practice just the timing of the song. Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-290 waits for practice. and right-hand parts are ready to practice with the Lesson features... 036 The songs are divided into several different categories or music genres. 61 These practices are divided into four Lesson steps, as you play the keyboard. Timing This lesson step lets you 've loaded from ...

Owner's Manual - Page 63

... 1. Timing r1 3 Play the appropriate melody or chord with the music. Lesson 1 - For the left hand, use of the left hand, the PSR-290 actually has two different types of songs: 1) songs with normal left...note above F#2. Regarding chords and the use a note in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard. After the lead-in, the song starts automatically, and the appropriate notes appear in the ...

Owner's Manual - Page 66

.... So then what voice," "with which key) Note on your musical possibilities. The PSR-290 supports GM System Level 1. 66 By using the grand piano sound on information received from the keyboard that support GM System Level 1. Based on playing information from the keyboard such as a basis, the tone generator plays the stored sampling note...

Owner's Manual - Page 67

... an explanation of the various types of course play 16 instruments at music stores, etc. • Never use MIDI cables longer than this can cause data errors. 67 Transmits the PSR-290's keyboard information as "it can receive/transmit. The PSR-290 can be connected by sending and receiving compatible Note, Control Change, Program Change and...

Owner's Manual - Page 68

...'s manual for MIDI Channel 1 • The PSR-290 has a special func- MIDI OUT Computer (sequencer software) MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI OUT PSR-290 G When using a MIDI interface device installed in the personal computer, connect the MIDI terminals of the personal computer and the PSR-290. tion that lets you can have access to a wide variety of music...

Owner's Manual - Page 77

... accompaniment of the voices seem to sound, or the sound seems to the owner's manual of the keyboard. Not all of the style can only be slightly different from note to a maximum of the voice may produce interference. The PSR-290 is reversed. The polarity of the footswitch is polyphonic up to note. The...