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Question posted by gladsne on March 26th, 2012

Midi In Amd Midi Out

DOES the PSR S500 have midi in and midi out facilty to a sequencer? How does it work?

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Answer #1: Posted by YamahaUS1 on March 29th, 2012 2:06 PM
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The instrument has a built in USB/MIDI interface.  After installing the required MIDI driver from our website (below), your sequencer will now show a Yamaha device as an available MIDI Input and Output.  After choosing them, you will be able to record to (and playback from) the computer.

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Owner's Manual - Page 3

...any interference received including interference that your authority, granted by Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd. (2 wires) PSR-S500 Owner's Manual 3 Operation is subject to the following conditions: 1) ...Park, Calif. 90620 Telephone : 714-522-9011 Type of Equipment : Electronic Keyboard Model Name : PSR-S500 This device complies with the following measures: Relocate either this product or the...
Owner's Manual - Page 6

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Owner's Manual - Page 9

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Owner's Manual - Page 25

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Owner's Manual - Page 72

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Owner's Manual - Page 82

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Owner's Manual - Page 83

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Owner's Manual - Page 84

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Owner's Manual - Page 86

..." to the instrument's memory. 86 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual CAUTION • Do not unplug the USB cable during a data transfer. q Click "Electronic Musical Instruments", and then "Flash Memory"... 6 After selecting the file in the memory of the memory media may become unstable and its contents may disappear. Connections 5 A copy of the selected MIDI...
Owner's Manual - Page 89

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Owner's Manual - Page 90

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Owner's Manual - Page 92

...to display the Wizard window.) 92 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual 9 Restart the computer. Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver on the MIDI device is set to OFF, then... Musicsoft Downloader operating instructions see the help menu: launch the Digital Music Notebook application and click "Help". http://music.yamaha.com/download/ IMPORTANT • Only Musicsoft Downloader can be...
Owner's Manual - Page 93

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Owner's Manual - Page 98

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Owner's Manual - Page 104

...F#5 G5 G#5 A5 A#5 B5 C6 Voice No. 13 MSB (0-127) / LSB (0-127) / PC (1-128) 127/000/001 Keyboard MIDI Key Alternate Note# Note Note# Note Off Note Standard Kit 1 25 C# 0 13 C# -1 3 Surdo Mute 26 D 0 14...Conga Analog L Scratch H 2 Scratch L 2 Maracas 2 Claves 2 Scratch H 2 Scratch L 3 104 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual For example, in "128: Standard Kit 1", the "Seq Click H" (Note# 36/Note...
Owner's Manual - Page 105

...G4 G#4 A4 A#4 B4 C5 C#5 D5 D#5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 A#5 B5 C6 Voice No. 13 MSB (0-127) / LSB (0-127) / PC (1-128) 127/000/001 Keyboard MIDI Key Alternate Note# Note Note# Note Off Note Standard Kit 1 25 C# 0 13 C# -1 3 Surdo Mute 26 D 0 14 D -1 3 Surdo Open 27 D# 0 15 D#...4 Tom Jazz 5 Hand Cymbal Tom Jazz 6 Hand Cymbal Short Hand Cymbal 2 Hand Cymbal 2 Short PSR-S500 Owner's Manual 105
Owner's Manual - Page 106

... G4 G#4 A4 A#4 B4 C5 C#5 D5 D#5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 A#5 B5 C6 Voice No. 13 MSB (0-127) / LSB (0-127) / PC (1-128) 127/000/001 Keyboard MIDI Key Alternate Note# Note Note# Note Off Note Standard Kit 1 25 C# 0 13 C# -1 3 Surdo Mute 26 D 0 14 D -1 3 Surdo Open 27 D# 0 15 D# -1... Maracas Shaker Cabasa Cuica Mute Cuica Open Triangle Mute Triangle Open Bell Tree 106 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual - Page 114

...:18-Jul-2006 Version:1.0 Remarks Bank Select Data Entry Sustain Harmonic Content Release Time Attack Time Brightness Effect Depth RPN Inc,Dec RPN LSB,MSB MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI Implementation Chart 114 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual YAMAHA [ Portable Keyboard ] Model PSR-S500 MIDI Implementation Chart Function...
Owner's Manual - Page 117

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Owner's Manual - Page 118

...Setup 84 Initialization 39 INTRO I-III buttons 14, 55 K Keyboard Out 83 L Language 12 LEFT button 15, 19 Left ... Metronome Volume 50 MIDI 83 MIDI Data Format 116 MIDI Implementation Chart 114 Multi Recording 34 Music Database 26 Music Database List 108 Music Rest 13 Mute 66...Voice Chorus level 71 Dual Voice Dry Level 71 118 PSR-S500 Owner's Manual Dual Voice DSP Level 71 Dual Voice...

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