User manual YAMAHA PSR-740E

[. . . ] SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc. , is used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accompany the accessory product. [. . . ] · Auto accompaniment part settings can even be set while an accompaniment is playing. · Auto accompaniment part settings affects all sections of the selected style. · Save any part settings you want to keep to the PSR-740/640 Registration Memory (page 62). The Auto accompaniment part setting are temporary and will be lost if the power is turned off, a different style is selected while the Voice Set function (page 136) is on, or a Registration Memory is recalled. q Song · Make sure to first select the appropriate song for which you wish to set the part before calling up the relevant display. · Any part settings made for the song will be lost if you turn off the power, select another song, or select the Style mode (after finishing the part settings). To prevent this, make sure to select the Recording mode and save the song data to disk (page 92). Voice Change In addition to being able to change the voices played from the keyboard (R1, R2, L), you can also change the voices for each track of the auto accompaniment and songs. 1 2 3 Press the [VOICE CHANGE] button. Select the part for which you want to change voices. Parts can be selected from the following buttons (depending on the selected mode: Style or Song): q Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1], [VOICE R2], [VOICE l] buttons q Accompaniment track . . . . . . . [TRACK9]-[TRACK16] buttons (Style mode) q Song track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [TRACK1]-[TRACK16] button (Song mode) Select a voice. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons [1]-[0]. Refer to the Voice List (page 140). Selected part for whose voice is to be changed. [BACK] button [NEXT] button 4 87 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the VOICE CHANGE screen. 89 Part Settings Mixer 1 2 Press the [MIXER] button. The MIXER indicator flashes. Adjust the volume from the corresponding display. There are three basic Mixer displays: one for the voices, one for the accompaniment or song tracks, and one for vocal harmony. The illustrations below show how to select the various displays. To adjust the desired volume setting, use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons [1]-[0]. q Style mode [TRACK9]-[TRACK16] buttons PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] button [VOICE R2] button [VOICE L] button PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] button [VOICE R2] button [VOICE L] button [TALK] button [VOCAL HARMONY ON/OFF] button [TRACK9]-[TRACK16] buttons [TALK] button [VOCAL HARMONY ON/OFF] button q Song mode [TRACK1]-[TRACK16] buttons PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] button [VOICE R2] button [VOICE L] button PART ON/OFF [VOICE R1] button [VOICE R2] button [VOICE L] button [TALK] button [VOCAL HARMONY ON/OFF] button [TRACK1]-[TRACK16] buttons [TALK] button [VOCAL HARMONY ON/OFF] button 3 90 Press the [EXIT] button again to exit from the MIXER screen. 88 Part Settings Parameter Edit 1 2 3 4 Press the [FUNCTION] button. Select "Parameter Edit. " Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. Press the [NEXT] button to display the Parameter Edit screen. Adjust the parameter value from the corresponding display. · Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons [1]-[0]. · You can switch among the parts just as with the Mixer function above. · Switch among the parameter displays by using the [NEXT] button and [BACK] button as shown below. · Minus settings for the Octave and Pan parameters can be directly entered by pressing the appropriate number button while holding the [-/NO] button. [BACK] button [NEXT] button [BACK] button [NEXT] button [BACK] button [NEXT] button [BACK] button [NEXT] button (PSR-640 only) 91 89 Song Recording With the powerful and easy-to-use song recording features, you can record your own keyboard performances to a floppy disk as a User song, and create your own complete, fully orchestrated compositions. Each User song lets you record up to sixteen independent tracks. These include not only the voices for the keyboard performance (R1, R2, L), but also the auto accompaniment parts and vocal harmony effect (PSR-740 only; page 82). The PSR-740/640 provides two different ways to record: Quick Recording and Multi Track Recording. In addition, comprehensive editing functions let you "fine tune" the recorded song data. q Quick Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 94 With this method, you can quickly and easily record a song, without having to make detailed settings. q Multi Track Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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