Yamaha PSR-740 Support Question
Yamaha PSR-740 Support Question
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Question posted by Joanna58042 on July 26th, 2021
I Have A Portatone Psr 740 The Keyboard Doesn't Work. Everything Else Is Fine.
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Request from Joanna58042 on July 26th, 2021 11:20 AM
I've followed the voice instructions in the manualbut absolutely nothing coming from the keyboard. Any help, much appreciated.
I've followed the voice instructions in the manualbut absolutely nothing coming from the keyboard. Any help, much appreciated.
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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on July 26th, 2021 10:01 AM
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See https://www.manualslib.com/manual/340275/Yamaha-Portatone-Psr-640.html?page=162. Consider first the PROBLEMs listed third and fifth.
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Related Yamaha PSR-740 Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 4
...'s Manual
This product (PSR-740) is manufactured under license of U.S.Patents No.5231671, No.5301259, No.5428708, and No.5567901 of -theart digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with your PortaTone's features and extensive performance potential, we urge you to -use interface also greatly enhance the operability of a fine electronic keyboard.
Owner's Manual - Page 6
...Right Hands 28 Functions of the Keyboard 29 Transpose 30 Pitch Bend Wheel 30 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 30 Sustain 31 Keyboard Percussion 31
Organ Flutes (PSR-740)
32
Organ Flutes Editing 33
...a footswitch 12 Audio equipment connections 13 Connecting a microphone (PSR-740 13 Connecting external MIDI devices 14
Music stand 14
Demo Song Playback
15
Panel Display Indications
16
...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... exceptionally easy to sixteen independent tracks. (→ Page 92) * To quickly and easily mold your musical ideas into the PSR-740/640, letting you enhance the sound of your original accompaniment styles by recording them directly from the keyboard. (→ Page 106)
Registration Memory
• The convenient Registration Memory feature lets you save them...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
...Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a worldwide standard interface that allows various electronic music instruments, computers and other devices to the MIDI standard which significantly expands and improves on the PSR-740... from a connected keyboard. (→ Page 124) * Connect the PSR-740/640 directly to the standard will play accurately on the PSR-740) gives you fine control over the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... microphone or line-level source with a 1/4" phone plug can be connecting the PSR-740/640 to the PSR-740) can be reduced by using the INPUT VOLUME control, and if this is not...keyboard amplifier, stereo sound system, a mixing console, or tape recorder. Failure to external equipment only after turning off when a pair of the external devices at high volume for long periods of the PSR-740...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
... pressing the [STYLE] button. (This is
the default mode when the power is turned on the panel operation used, the PSR-740/640 has several fundamentally different conditions (or methods of the keyboard is used for playing/ indicating chords. Disk Mode
LOAD
DISK SAVE
UTILITY
DISK IN USE
Select this mode by the...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... R1.
2 Select a voice. Playing Voices
The PSR-740/640 has a huge selection of various musical instrument voices which you narrow down your search to just the voices of a certain category. Selecting a specific voice group makes it easier to the voice list at the end of the Keyboard page 29
Other voice-related functions •...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
... L
VOICE R1 VOICE R2
PART ON/OFF
VOICE L
VOICE R1 VOICE R2
Voice L
Voice R1 + R2
In addition, the keyboard of playing voices.
Here's a short summary of the various ways of the PSR-740/640 has other important functions besides playing voices (as shown below for instructions on setting the split point. Playing...
Owner's Manual - Page 30
...of one octave in the Utility function group (page 139). Pitch Bend Wheel
Use the PSR-740/640 pitch bend wheel to bend notes up or down (roll the wheel toward you ...the keyboard.
Modulation Wheel (PSR-740)
The Modulation function applies a vibrato effect to notes played on the keyboard (R1, R2, L voices). Playing Voices
Transpose
This function allows the overall pitch of the PSR-740/640...
Owner's Manual - Page 39
...Control
This separate volume control for the auto accompaniment lets you play the keyboard with your right hand performance.
1 Start the accompaniment (page 35)....musical embellishments reside. Adjust the level as strings, organ, choir. Individual accompaniment tracks can create various arrangements from a single accompaniment style. Auto Accompaniment
Accompaniment Track Muting
The PSR-740...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
...dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. normally 54) while the PSR-740/640 supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass and chord accompaniment in the selected style. There ...and both a white and black key to the left hand (in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard) is "Multi Finger."
2 Select the desired fingering mode. The FINGERED 1 mode recognizes the following ...
Owner's Manual - Page 42
... for example, you wish. The name of the detected chord will be set the split point. The point on G
The FULL KEYBOARD mode
When the FULL KEYBOARD Mode is selected, the PSR-740/640 will automatically create appropriate accompaniment while you change the key range for the auto accompaniment will appear in the AUTO...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
... simply play an F major chord (as programmed, while others are automatically transposed to the Multi Pad Bank list (page 151).
46 The Multi Pads
The PSR-740/640 Multi Pads can be used to add impact and variety to your keyboard performances. To stop playing and begin playing from the top again.
Owner's Manual - Page 50
... off by a panel button (page 54). Digital Effects
With the digital effects built into the PSR-740/640 you can add ambiance and depth to your music in a variety of ways-such as adding reverb that makes you sound like you fine control over the sound.
A total of 74 different DSP types are available...
Owner's Manual - Page 54
..., effect devices, and a mixer) represents the inner workings of the DSP effects of the [DSP1] - [DSP3] buttons.
The PSR-740 has a multi effect system featuring three separate DSP effect... q System Effects Applies the effect to the selected R1 panel voice.
• Some of the keyboard-played voices (R1, R2, L). Insertion Effect
SEND (Depth)
System Effect
RETURN
Amplifier
q Reverb ...
Owner's Manual - Page 92
...the keyboard performance (R1, R2, L), but also the auto accompaniment parts and vocal harmony effect (PSR-740 ...fine tune" the recorded song data.
Set this method, you can play them.
• Note ON (key press), note OFF (key release), and velocity (strength of key press) are recorded on / off page 31 • Vocal Harmony settings (PSR-740 page 82 • Organ Flutes settings (PSR-740...
Owner's Manual - Page 137
....
When you press the foot switch, the sostenuto effect is recalled.
If the foot switch works in the opposite way (i.e., pressing the foot switch has no effect, but releasing it to play... switch with one number lower is applied to the keyboard notes. q Polarity
This parameter lets you configure the foot switch response of the PSR-740/640 to match that you press and hold the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 138
... functions are the same as for the foot switch (page 137). If the foot controller works in the opposite way (i.e., pressing the foot controller down with your performance). The default setting...produces the minimum effect), try changing this setting. KEYBOARD
Simultaneously controls the volume of the foot volume to match that of the PSR-740/640.
The polarity of the foot controller can...
Owner's Manual - Page 140
... play back any GM- It also allows you to record songs for other PortaTone instruments. The same applies to change numbers for PSR-640), while the XG voice set includes 480 voices. or XG-compatible song data directly on the PSR-740/640 itself, without having to the Voice R2, Voice L, Multi Pad, and...
Owner's Manual - Page 162
... 135). The PSR-740 can be used . Make sure that the scale tuning value for PSR-640) at the wrong pitch.
• Auto accompaniment chords are recognized regardless of the MULTI PAD buttons is engaged. Exit from the PortaTone.
• The R1/R2/L voice volume (Mixer) settings could be turned on the keyboard.
• The...
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