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Owner's Manual - Page 2

...PSR-520 useful in for learning new songs and polishing your keyboard technique. q 100 accompaniment styles, each with eight percussion kits. q Large multi-function LCD display panel makes it easy to give you with maximum musical.... Congratulations You are ideal for enjoyable automated perform- The Yamaha PSR-520 PortaTone combines the most of different sonic environments. A new...

Owner's Manual - Page 3

... 3 Panel Controls 4 The Music Stand 5 Setting Up 6 Power Supply 6 s Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor 6 s Using Batteries 6 Connections 7 s The PHONES Jack 7 s SUSTAIN Jack 7 s AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack 7 s MIDI IN and OUT Connectors 7 The Demonstration 8 Basic Display Operation 10 Playing the PSR-520 12 Selecting & Playing Voices 12 s Keyboard Percussion 14 The Split Mode...

Owner's Manual - Page 4

...result in use. near a window). q Strong vibration. q An AC adaptor, if used (the PSR-520 runs from either batteries or an optional AC adaptor), should be unplugged from the affected equipment. near a... the instrument further away from the AC outlet if the instrument is not to qualified YAMAHA personnel. s Data Backup q Internal data (registration memory, user song and user pad...

Owner's Manual - Page 5

...PSR-520 3 DIGITAL EFFECT DEMO REVERB DSP MASTER VOLUME CHORUS DSP VARIATION 2 MIN 8 SONG REC PLAY/STOP REPEAT PLAY MINUS ONE MAX / 9 SYNCSTART/STOP START/STOP INTRO AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT A * Music CARTRIDGE Slot page 60 ( KEYBOARD...7 4 Panel Controls s Top Panel Controls 1 POWER Switch page 8 2 MASTER VOLUME Control page 8 3 DEMO Button page 9 4 DIGITAL EFFECT Section &#...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

...KITS 142 STANDARD 143 ROOM 144 ROCK 145 ELECTRONIC 146 ANALOG 147 JAZZ 148 BRUSH 149 CLASSIC KEYBOARD TOUCH RESPONSE ( DUAL VOICE HARMONY/ECHO RESET TEMPO ! ACCOMP LARGE/SMALL TRACK ON/OFF ... t AUX OUT R, L+R/L Jacks page 7 y DC IN 10-12V Jack page 6 The Music Stand The PSR-520 is supplied with a music stand that can be attached to the instrument by inserting it into the slot at the rear of...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

... section contains information about setting up your PSR-520. Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to follow the polarity markings on the rear panel of the PSR520, then plug the Power Adaptor (or the AC cable of data. • Use ONLY a Yamaha PA-5, PA5B, or PA-5C AC...

Owner's Manual - Page 8

...optional Yamaha FC4...OUT R L+R/L Stereo System The AUX OUT R and L+R/L jacks deliver the output of the PSR-520 for sustain control. and right-channel signals are provided on a piano - The internal PHONES ...only, the left- The MIDI OUT connector transmits MIDI data generated by playing the keyboard). Setting Up Connections s The PHONES Jack ...A standard pair of stereo headphones can ...

Owner's Manual - Page 9

... SINGLE FINGERED 1 Switch ON ...Turn the power ON by pressing the [POWER] switch. POWER ON / OFF 2 Set an Initial Volume Level ...Turn the [MASTER VOLUME] control up your PSR-520, try listening to demonstrate several of the instrument's voices, while songs 18 through 25 demonstrate a range of accompaniment styles. A total of 25 demo...

Owner's Manual - Page 15

...instruments on the PSR-520 keyboard. The drums and percussion instruments played by the various keys are set to select a voice. voice numbers 142 through 149 - Playing the PSR-520 q The Data ... level. • The keyboard volume can play the selected voice on the keyboard. you can be quickly selected by symbols below the keys. Use the [MASTER VOLUME] control to decrement....

Owner's Manual - Page 16

...many times as required (the name of the selected function and its current setting appear on the keyboard. FUNCTION VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM/ ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL... buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to set at any key on the top line of the display). 15 Playing the PSR-520 The Split Mode The SPLIT mode lets you select in the normal way...

Owner's Manual - Page 17

...PSR-520 CURSOR 1*- - * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -/NO +/YES Function Split Voice S.Volume S.Octave S.RevLvl S.ChoLvl S.Pan S.Split Description The split voice can be changed via the "RevRtnLv" and "ChoRtnLv" function in the stereo sound field. Sets the volume of the display. Positions the split voice in the DIGITAL EFFECT function - i.e. The key...of the keyboard). You ...

Owner's Manual - Page 31

... styles, based on the PSR-520 keyboard is reduced when the Accompaniment is perfectly matched to the internal styles, the optional music cartridges let you use exceptionally...PSR-520 Styles The styles are played as necessary until the arrow in the display appears next to "SINGLE" or "FINGERED" in the mode list to use different high quality styles created with the "Style File Format", Yamaha...

Owner's Manual - Page 32

The PSR-520 has three fingering modes for fingered accompaniment - Normal, Bass and Full. The NORMAL mode is automatically selected ... a white key to its left. Then use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons and the data dial to select the desired fingering mode (the mode abbreviation appears to the left of "FngrngMd" on the left-hand section of the keyboard. Using Auto Accompaniment q SINGLE...

Owner's Manual - Page 33

.... • A perfect fifth (1+5) produces accompaniment based only on the left of the keyboard (i.e. with many major and minor chords. • The chord fingerings listed are interpreted ...-hand section of and including the split-point key - All other inversions can be omitted). normally 54) while the PSR-520 supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord ...

Owner's Manual - Page 37

... causes a straight start to occur when the first note or chord is selected), the PSR-520 will automatically begin to actually starting the accompaniment by pressing the [SYNC-START/STOP] button a second time. • If you release the keys. function will continue playing even if you press and hold the [SYNCSTART/STOP] button...

Owner's Manual - Page 38

...key. • If the MAIN [A] or [B] button is pressed while the ENDING section is the same section. The ending section will begin from the top of the next measure unless the MAIN [A] or [B] button is pressed during playback, the PSR-520... of the main keyboard volume via the "AcompVol" function in will actually begin from the first beat of the keyboard are selected automatically....

Owner's Manual - Page 42

... select the "AccSpPnt" function from the OVERALL functions. 41 The split point can be set outside the range of the PSR-520 keyboard for MIDI applications. • The split point key becomes the highest key in the function list to assign as the split point. Then use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons...

Owner's Manual - Page 63

... be selected by the cartridge accompaniment styles: * Chord names will begin as soon as your Yamaha dealer), the PSR-520 will appear). e.g. pressing the [+/YES] button while internal song number 33 is pressed. Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Songs Using Yamaha Music Cartridges (the one supplied with the chord progression of the song. • The playback tempo...

Owner's Manual - Page 82

... with a dry soft cloth. Make sure that an appropriate Yamaha Music Cartridge is turned ON. Appendix: Data Backup & Initialization Except for the data listed below are memoried as accompaniment parameter. retained in memory - This may solve the problem. The data listed below , all PSR-520 panel settings are reset to static electricity or other...

Owner's Manual - Page 89

MIDI Implementation Chart [Portable Keyboard] Model: PSR-520 MIDI Implementation Chart Date: 1995. 5. 18 Version: 1.0 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed 1~16 CH 1~16 CH Mode Default Messages Altered Mode 3 X Note Number : True voice 0~127 Velocity Note on Note off O 9nH, v=1~127 X 9nH, v=0 After key's X Touch Ch's X Pitch Bender ...