User manual YAMAHA PS-20-PS-10

[. . . ] This product may also use "household" type batteries. Make sure that the battery being charged is a rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being charged. When installing batteries, do not mix batteries with new, or with batteries of a different type. Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery case rupture. Warning: Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. [. . . ] However, if you convert the songs to Standard MIDI File format and store them to SmartMedia card (page 64), the feature can be used. Using Easy Song Arranger Selecting a song Call up the Easy Song Arranger MAIN display by pressing the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The SONG row is highlighted. Call up the Song List by holding down the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. Press and hold Select the desired song. Selecting the accompaniment style To call up the Style List, press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button while the Song List (above) is displayed. NOTE · The STYLE row is highlighted when pressing the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button in the Easy Song Arranger MAIN display. Select the desired style. PS-20-PS-10 Owner's Manual 57 Making your own song arrangements (Easy Song Arranger) Selecting Voices From the Easy Song Arranger MAIN display, press the [VOICE] button. Press and hold the [VOICE] button until the Voice Select display appears. Press and hold Press the [VOICE] button repeatedly to step through the various voice categories. Select the desired voice. Playing back the song with Easy Song Arranger Playback of the newly arranged song is done in the same way as normal. Press the [START/STOP] button, and the song plays back with the newly selected style and voices. Saving your custom Easy Song Arranger settings To save the currently selected settings of the Easy Song Arranger to SmartMedia card, simultaneously hold down the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button and press the [FILE CONTROL] button. NOTE · Saving Easy Song Arranger settings only applies to SmartMedia card songs used with Easy Song Arranger. The current settings of Easy Song Arranger are saved. 58 PS-20-PS-10 Owner's Manual Recording your performances The powerful recording features let you record your own performances and original songs and save them as User songs (songs #101 ­ 105). Naturally, these can be played back the same as the preset songs. Recording · You can record your keyboard performance in real time, just as if you were recording to a tape recorder. · Each song has a total of six independent tracks available for recording--five melody tracks and one accompaniment (chord play) track. · You can record your keyboard performances to the User songs (#101 ­ 105). You should save your User songs permanently to SmartMedia card (page 63), since User song data is lost when the power is is turned off. · The notation for User Songs (#101 ­ 105) cannot be directly displayed. However, you can have the notation displayed by converting the songs to Standard MIDI File format and saving them to a SmartMedia card. (See page 64. ) Data that can be recorded Data that can be recorded to the melody tracks [1] ­ [5] · Note ON/OFF (playing/releasing the key) · Velocity (strength of playing the key) · Voice Number · Reverb Type* · Chorus Type* · Harmony Type ON/OFF · Sustain ON/OFF · Tempo*/Beat* (effective only when the accompaniment track is not recorded) · Performance assistant ON/OFF Data which can be recorded to the accompaniment track [A] · Chord changes and timing · Style Pattern changes · Style Number* · Reverb Type* · Chorus Type* · Tempo · Beat* Data marked with an asterisk (*) is recorded at the beginning of the song. Select the number of the User song (101 ­ 105) to be deleted from the MAIN display. Simultaneously hold down both the SONG MEMORY [A] and [1] buttons until the "Clear User Song?" prompt appears. NOTE · To delete only one individual track of a song, use the Track Clear operation (page 61). Press and hold both buttons Press the [+] button. An "Are you sure?" message appears, asking if you want to delete the data. Press the [+] button again to delete the data. A "Clearing" message appears in the display indicating the selected song is deleted. NOTE · To cancel the operation, press the [­] button in Step . · If you've deleted one or more specific songs but kept others, make sure to save the edited song data to a SmartMedia card (page 63) after performing the delete operation. Deleting a single track of a User song (Track Clear) This operation lets you delete the data of a single, selected track in a User song. Select the number of the User song (101 ­ 105) containing the track to be deleted from the MAIN display. Hold down the SONG MEMORY button of the track you wish to delete until the "Clear Track?" prompt appears. Press and hold NOTE · To cancel the operation, press the [­] button in Step . Press the [+] button. An "Are you sure?" message appears, asking if you want to delete the data. Press the [+] button again to delete the data. A "Clearing" message appears in the display indicating the selected track is deleted. · Since all song data is lost when turning off the power, make sure to save the edited song data to a SmartMedia card (page 63) after clearing a track. PS-20-PS-10 Owner's Manual 61 SmartMedia card file operations This section describes how to save, load and delete SmartMedia card data, as well as format SmartMedia cards for use with the instrument. * This instrument uses SmartMediaTM (3. 3V) memory cards. · Make sure to insert an appropriate SmartMedia card in the card slot BEFORE you turn on the power. Never insert or pull out the SmartMedia card while the power is turned on. 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