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... such as heaters or radiators, and do not use or modifications to the instrument, or data that are not limited to local regulations. (4)-4 3 1 Yamaha cannot be malfunctioning, discontinue use the instrument near water or in any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be charged. • If the instrument...property. Make sure to discard used batteries according to , the following : • Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on or off when the instrument is lost or destroyed.
... such as heaters or radiators, and do not use or modifications to the instrument, or data that are not limited to local regulations. (4)-4 3 1 Yamaha cannot be malfunctioning, discontinue use the instrument near water or in any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be charged. • If the instrument...property. Make sure to discard used batteries according to , the following : • Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on or off when the instrument is lost or destroyed.
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..., and may be different from your new PSR-540. to familiarize yourself with the sound or operation, consult this section before calling your Yamaha dealer or service center. page 134 If the PSR-540 does not function as editing values and changing settings, and shows you how to... Up Important Features Basic Operation Contents Panel Controls Panel Display Indications Function Tree Appendix Troubleshooting Index page 12 Before going on to any other part of the manual, we strongly suggest you read this section - page 16 This section explains the display indications of the PSR-540, ...
..., and may be different from your new PSR-540. to familiarize yourself with the sound or operation, consult this section before calling your Yamaha dealer or service center. page 134 If the PSR-540 does not function as editing values and changing settings, and shows you how to... Up Important Features Basic Operation Contents Panel Controls Panel Display Indications Function Tree Appendix Troubleshooting Index page 12 Before going on to any other part of the manual, we strongly suggest you read this section - page 16 This section explains the display indications of the PSR-540, ...
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... MIDI Transmit Setting 114 MIDI Receive Setting 115 Local Control 116 Clock 116 Initial Data Send 117 Other Functions (Utility) 118 Metronome 118 Part Octave 119 Master Tuning 119 Scale Tuning 119 Split Point 119 Touch Sensitivity 120 Voice Set 120 Footswitch 121 Pitch Bend Range 122 Appendix ... Song Playback 68 Song Track Muting 70 Song Volume Control 70 Playing from a Specified Measure 71 Repeat Play 72 Song Transpose 73 Part Settings 74 Voice Change 75 Mixer 76 Parameter Edit 77 Song Recording 78 Quick Recording 80 Multi Track Recording 82 Re-recording -
... MIDI Transmit Setting 114 MIDI Receive Setting 115 Local Control 116 Clock 116 Initial Data Send 117 Other Functions (Utility) 118 Metronome 118 Part Octave 119 Master Tuning 119 Scale Tuning 119 Split Point 119 Touch Sensitivity 120 Voice Set 120 Footswitch 121 Pitch Bend Range 122 Appendix ... Song Playback 68 Song Track Muting 70 Song Volume Control 70 Playing from a Specified Measure 71 Repeat Play 72 Song Transpose 73 Part Settings 74 Voice Change 75 Mixer 76 Parameter Edit 77 Song Recording 78 Quick Recording 80 Multi Track Recording 82 Re-recording -
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...quickly and easily mold your musical ideas into complete songs, use the Quick Recording method. (→ Page 80) * To build up a song part-by-part and track-by pressing a single button. (→ Page 54) Song Recording • Use the powerful song recording features create your right and ...• The powerful auto accompaniment function gives you a total of 106 styles (rhythm and accompaniment patterns), providing professional sounding backing parts for your performance. (→ Page 32) • Special Multi Pads let you instantly and easily play short rhythmic and melodic sequences for ....
...quickly and easily mold your musical ideas into complete songs, use the Quick Recording method. (→ Page 80) * To build up a song part-by-part and track-by pressing a single button. (→ Page 54) Song Recording • Use the powerful song recording features create your right and ...• The powerful auto accompaniment function gives you a total of 106 styles (rhythm and accompaniment patterns), providing professional sounding backing parts for your performance. (→ Page 32) • Special Multi Pads let you instantly and easily play short rhythmic and melodic sequences for ....
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... with greater voice handling capacity, expressive control and effect capability while retaining full compatibility with each other devices to communicate with GM. is Yamaha's original style file format which uses a unique conversion system to instantly configure the PSR-540 for future recall. (→ Page 57)... is possible to the standard will play accurately on a wide range of chord types. such as applying distortion or tremolo to a specific part. (→ Page 49) * Harmony/Echo lets you enhance your right-hand melodies with a wide range of various performance environments, such...
... with greater voice handling capacity, expressive control and effect capability while retaining full compatibility with each other devices to communicate with GM. is Yamaha's original style file format which uses a unique conversion system to instantly configure the PSR-540 for future recall. (→ Page 57)... is possible to the standard will play accurately on a wide range of chord types. such as applying distortion or tremolo to a specific part. (→ Page 49) * Harmony/Echo lets you enhance your right-hand melodies with a wide range of various performance environments, such...
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... R2 button 27 @1 ACMP ON/OFF button 25, 33 @2 FINGERING button 38 @3 TEMPO/TAP button 36 @4 TRANSPOSE button 30 @5 ACMP/SONG VOLUME button 37, 70 @6 PART ON/OFF VOICE L button 28 VOICE R1 button 27 VOICE R2 button 27 @7 Number buttons [1]-[0], [-/NO], [+/YES 20 @8 EXIT button 17 @9 Data dial 20 #0 DISK...
... R2 button 27 @1 ACMP ON/OFF button 25, 33 @2 FINGERING button 38 @3 TEMPO/TAP button 36 @4 TRANSPOSE button 30 @5 ACMP/SONG VOLUME button 37, 70 @6 PART ON/OFF VOICE L button 28 VOICE R1 button 27 VOICE R2 button 27 @7 Number buttons [1]-[0], [-/NO], [+/YES 20 @8 EXIT button 17 @9 Data dial 20 #0 DISK...
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... Grand Piano CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
... Grand Piano CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
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... Grand Piano CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
... Grand Piano CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
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... examples: q Voice Press the [VOICE R1] button. 001 Grand Piano CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION This message means: "The current voice for voice R1 (Grand Piano) is shown at top... q Song Insert the sample disk into the disk drive. 001 CLUB_XG CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION This message means: "The current song (CLUB_XG) is shown at top. This message also...
... examples: q Voice Press the [VOICE R1] button. 001 Grand Piano CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION This message means: "The current voice for voice R1 (Grand Piano) is shown at top... q Song Insert the sample disk into the disk drive. 001 CLUB_XG CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION This message means: "The current song (CLUB_XG) is shown at top. This message also...
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... [-/NO] button [+/YES] button F2 Regist Memory CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION [-/NO] button [+/YES] button F3 DigitalEffect CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT ...EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION [-/NO] button [+/YES] button The display below (for selecting voices) appears when ...
... [-/NO] button [+/YES] button F2 Regist Memory CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION [-/NO] button [+/YES] button F3 DigitalEffect CHORD dim mM 67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT ...EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION [-/NO] button [+/YES] button The display below (for selecting voices) appears when ...
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... 53 F4 Utility Metronom Metronome on/off setting 10 118 Octave Part octave setting 11,12,13 . 119 Tuning Master tuning setting 119 SC.Tune Scale tuning setting 119 Split Split point setting 14 119 TouchSns Touch ...
... 53 F4 Utility Metronom Metronome on/off setting 10 118 Octave Part octave setting 11,12,13 . 119 Tuning Master tuning setting 119 SC.Tune Scale tuning setting 119 Split Split point setting 14 119 TouchSns Touch ...
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...Memory bank 8 DSP type selection 9 Harmony/Echo type selection 10 Metronome on/off setting 11 Part octave setting of Voice L 12 Part octave setting of Voice R1 13 Part octave setting of Voice R2 14 Split point setting 15 Touch sensitivity setting 16 Selecting footswitch ...function 17 Pitch bend range setting 24 Operation: + button listed below PART ON/OFF [VOICE L] PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] PART ON/OFF [VOICE R2] MULTI PAD [STOP] MULTI PAD [1]-[4] REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]-[4] REGISTRATION MEMORY [MEMORY] [DSP] [HARMONY/ECHO...
...Memory bank 8 DSP type selection 9 Harmony/Echo type selection 10 Metronome on/off setting 11 Part octave setting of Voice L 12 Part octave setting of Voice R1 13 Part octave setting of Voice R2 14 Split point setting 15 Touch sensitivity setting 16 Selecting footswitch ...function 17 Pitch bend range setting 24 Operation: + button listed below PART ON/OFF [VOICE L] PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] PART ON/OFF [VOICE R2] MULTI PAD [STOP] MULTI PAD [1]-[4] REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]-[4] REGISTRATION MEMORY [MEMORY] [DSP] [HARMONY/ECHO...
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...] button. 001 Grand Piano CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
...] button. 001 Grand Piano CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT START/STOP KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE REGISTRATION TEMPO REC REC REC REC REC REC REC EASY TRACK(1~16) NAVIGATOR PART DIAL 0~9 /YES MEASURE BEAT REC REC REC REC REC REC VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION DSP(FAST) TOUCH SUSTAIN HARMONY REC REC REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
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... same as those available for VOICE R2 1 Press the [VOICE R2] button. 002 Bright Piano 2 Select a voice. Playing Two Voices (R1, R2) Simultaneously 1 Press the [PART ON/OFF VOICE R2] button. 2 Play the voices.
... same as those available for VOICE R2 1 Press the [VOICE R2] button. 002 Bright Piano 2 Select a voice. Playing Two Voices (R1, R2) Simultaneously 1 Press the [PART ON/OFF VOICE R2] button. 2 Play the voices.
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... for VOICE R1 (selected on the keyboard that separates voice L and voice R1 is played with the Left (L) and Right (R1, R2) Hands 1 Press the [PART ON/OFF VOICE L] button. 2 Play the voices. The voices available for selection here (VOICE L) are the same as those available for VOICE L 1 Press the [VOICE...
... for VOICE R1 (selected on the keyboard that separates voice L and voice R1 is played with the Left (L) and Right (R1, R2) Hands 1 Press the [PART ON/OFF VOICE L] button. 2 Play the voices. The voices available for selection here (VOICE L) are the same as those available for VOICE L 1 Press the [VOICE...
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... Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Select a style. 001 8Beat 1 CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons [1]-[0]. To use it, all...
... Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Select a style. 001 8Beat 1 CHORD mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4 BACK NEXT EASY TRACK(1~16) START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL VOICE LR12 0~9 STYLE /YES SONG FUNCTION Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons [1]-[0]. To use it, all...
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.... BEAT 34 32 It plays an accompaniment pattern of several measures (2 - 4 measures), and repeats indefinitely until another section's button is used for playing the main part of the ending (in your performance. When the fill-in is used for the ending of [SYNCHRONIZED START]. Auto Accompaniment Accompaniment Sections There are various...
.... BEAT 34 32 It plays an accompaniment pattern of several measures (2 - 4 measures), and repeats indefinitely until another section's button is used for playing the main part of the ending (in your performance. When the fill-in is used for the ending of [SYNCHRONIZED START]. Auto Accompaniment Accompaniment Sections There are various...
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...As soon as voices, effects, etc.) that style. without having to match the selected style; Simply pressing one . • Part on/off (VOICE R1, R2 page 29 • Voice Change setting (VOICE R1, R2 page 75 • Mixer setting...37 • Synchro Start = ON page 33 • HARMONY/ECHO on/off, type, volume, part page 50 • DSP on/off, type, return level and FAST/SLOW page 49 • Multi Pad bank number ...page 44 • Part Octave (VOICE R1, R2 page 119 * Set only when the accompaniment is selected, the One...
...As soon as voices, effects, etc.) that style. without having to match the selected style; Simply pressing one . • Part on/off (VOICE R1, R2 page 29 • Voice Change setting (VOICE R1, R2 page 75 • Mixer setting...37 • Synchro Start = ON page 33 • HARMONY/ECHO on/off, type, volume, part page 50 • DSP on/off, type, return level and FAST/SLOW page 49 • Multi Pad bank number ...page 44 • Part Octave (VOICE R1, R2 page 119 * Set only when the accompaniment is selected, the One...
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... ...page 49 In addition to the Reverb and Chorus types, the PSR-540 has special DSP effects, that makes your playing sound as though multiple parts were being played together at the same time. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. Digital Effects With the ...that makes you change the rotating speed (fast/slow) of 16 different chorus types are playing in a concert hall or adding harmony notes for a specific part, such as DSP(FAST) distortion and tremolo. VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION 2 Select "Digital Effect". Chorus is always set to on for the PSR-...
... ...page 49 In addition to the Reverb and Chorus types, the PSR-540 has special DSP effects, that makes your playing sound as though multiple parts were being played together at the same time. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. Digital Effects With the ...that makes you change the rotating speed (fast/slow) of 16 different chorus types are playing in a concert hall or adding harmony notes for a specific part, such as DSP(FAST) distortion and tremolo. VOICE LR12 STYLE SONG FUNCTION 2 Select "Digital Effect". Chorus is always set to on for the PSR-...
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... and a mixer) represents the inner workings of the DSP effects of the parts input to all of the PSR-540. q Insertion Effects Applies the effect to only one designated part before inputting the signal to display the Digital Effect screen. 50 48 With the... Reverb ...... q Chorus ...... Depending on the selected type, this functions either as a system effect or an insertion effect. Refer to the specific part. q DSP .......... Harmony/Echo Selecting a Harmony/Echo type 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "DigitalEffect". The illustration below with the depth and ...
... and a mixer) represents the inner workings of the DSP effects of the parts input to all of the PSR-540. q Insertion Effects Applies the effect to only one designated part before inputting the signal to display the Digital Effect screen. 50 48 With the... Reverb ...... q Chorus ...... Depending on the selected type, this functions either as a system effect or an insertion effect. Refer to the specific part. q DSP .......... Harmony/Echo Selecting a Harmony/Echo type 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "DigitalEffect". The illustration below with the depth and ...