Yamaha PSR-S500 User Manual

Owner’s Manual

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.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the speciﬁcations without notice or obligation to update existing units.

This product, either alone or in combination with an ampliﬁer and headphones or speaker/s, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. DO NOT operate for long periods of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before damage occurs.

NOTICE:

Service charges incurred due to a lack of knowledge relating to how a function or effect works (when the unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, and are therefore the owners responsibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Yamaha strives to produce products that are both user safe and environmentally friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of the following:

Battery Notice:

This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately ﬁve years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualiﬁed service representative to perform the replacement.

This product may also use “household” type batteries. Some of these may be rechargeable. 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. Batteries MUST be installed correctly. Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery case rupture.

Warning:

Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. Keep all batteries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by the laws in your area. Note: Check with any retailer of household type batteries in your area for battery disposal information.

Disposal Notice:

Should this product become damaged beyond repair, or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end, please observe all local, state, and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc. If your dealer is unable to assist you, please contact Yamaha directly.

NAME PLATE LOCATION:

The name plate is located on the bottom of the product. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on this plate. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

92-BP (bottom)

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL

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1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modiﬁcations not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/

or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)

3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the

requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does

not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line ﬁlter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to co-axial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA90620

The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

OBSERVERA!

Apparaten kopplas inte ur växelströmskällan (nätet) så länge som den ar ansluten till vägguttaget, även om själva apparaten har stängts av.

ADVARSEL: Netspæendingen til dette apparat er IKKE afbrudt, sålæenge netledningen siddr i en stikkontakt, som er t endt — også selvom der or slukket på apparatets afbryder.

VAR OITUS: Laitteen toisiopiiriin kytketty käyttökytkin ei irroita koko laitetta verkosta.

(standby)

This product contains a high intensity lamp that contains a small amount of mercury. Disposal of this material may be regulated due to environmental considerations.

For disposal information in the United States, refer to the Electronic Industries Alliance web site: www.eiae.org

YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

(mercury)* This applies only to products distributed by

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT

(DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE)

Responsible Party : Yamaha Corporation of America

Address : 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, Calif.

Telephone : 714-522-9011

Type of Equipment : Electronic Keyboard

Model Name : PSR-S500

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.

See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected.

* This applies only to products distributed by

YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

90620

(FCC DoC)

(class B)

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

Connecting the Plug and Cord

IMPORTANT. The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code:

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured makings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK.

The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.

Making sure that neither core is connected to the earth terminal of the three pin plug.

• This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd.

BLUE : NEUTRAL BROWN : LIVE

(2 wires)

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PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, ﬁre or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

Power supply/AC power adaptor

• Only use the voltage speciﬁed as correct for the instrument. The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Use the speciﬁed adaptor (PA-300, PA-301 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) only. Using the wrong adaptor can result in damage to the instrument or overheating.

• Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may have accumulated on it.

• Do not place the AC adaptor cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators, and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over it.

Do not open

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

Water warning

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into any openings.

• Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

Fire warning

• Do not put burning items, such as candles, on the unit. A burning item may fall over and cause a ﬁre.

If you notice any abnormality

• If the AC adaptor cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch, disconnect the adaptor plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

Power supply/AC power adaptor

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold the plug itself and not the cord.

• Unplug the AC power adaptor when not using the instrument, or during electrical storms.

• Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector. Doing so can result in lower sound quality, or possibly cause overheating in the outlet.

Location

• Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme cold or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to prevent the possibility of panel disﬁguration or damage to the internal components.

• Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric devices. Otherwise, the instrument, TV, or radio may generate noise.

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• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables.

• When setting up the product, make sure that the AC outlet you are using is easily accessible. If some trouble or malfunction occurs, immediately turn off the power switch and disconnect the plug from the outlet. Even when the power switch is turned off, electricity is still ﬂowing to the product at the minimum level. When you are not using the product for a long time, make sure to unplug the power cord from the wall AC outlet.

• Use only the stand speciﬁed for the instrument. When attaching the stand or rack, use the provided screws only. Failure to do so could cause damage to the internal components or result in the instrument falling over.

Connections

• Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

Maintenance

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry cloth. Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning ﬂuids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths.

Handling caution

• Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the panel or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. Then have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might discolor the panel or keyboard.

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Do not use the instrument/device or headphones for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

Saving data

Saving and backing up your data

• The panel settings and some other types of data are not retained in memory when you turn off the power to the instrument. Save data you want to keep to the Registration Memory (page 67.) Saved data may be lost due to malfunction or incorrect operation. Save important data to a USB storage device/or other external device such as a computer. (pages 76, 87)

Backing up the USB storage device/external media

•To protect against data loss through media damage, we recommend that you save your important data onto two USB storage devices/external media.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁcations to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.

Even when the power switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still ﬂowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power adaptor from the wall AC outlet.

The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument.

● Trademarks

• The bitmap fonts used in this instrument have been provided by and are the property of Ricoh Co., Ltd.

•Windows is the registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

• The company names and product names in this Owner’s Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use others’ copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software, style ﬁles, MIDI ﬁles, WAVE data, musical scores and sound recordings. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright has legal consequences. DON’T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES.

Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

Logos

GM System Level 1

“GM System Level 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is afﬁxed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level.

XGlite

As its name implies, “XGlite” is a simpliﬁed version of Yamaha’s high-quality XG tone generation format. Naturally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator. However, keep in mind that some songs may play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.

The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with greater functionality and open-ended expandability for the future. The instrument is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF ﬁle containing lyric data is played.

STYLE FILE

The Style File Format is Yamaha’s original style ﬁle format which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types.

USB

USB is an abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus. It is a serial interface for connecting a computer with peripheral Devices. It allows “hot swapping” (connecting peripheral devices while the power to the computer is on).

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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha PSR-S500 PortaTone!

Please read this owner’s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to take full advantage of its various features.

Make sure to keep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you ﬁnish reading, and refer to it often when you need to better understand an operation or function.

Accessories

The instrument package includes the following items. Please check that you have them all.

• Music rest

• Accessory CD-ROM

• Owner’s manual (this book)

•AC Power Adaptor (May not be included depending on your particular area. Please check with your Yamaha dealer.)

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Special Features of the PSR-S500

■ Play a Variety of Instrument Voices Page 17

The instrument voice that sounds when you play the keyboard can be changed to violin, ﬂute, harp, or any of an extensive range of voices. You can change the mood of a song written for piano, for example, by using violin to play it instead. Experience a whole new world of musical variety.

■ Save and Recall Panel Settings to Registration Memory Page 67

This convenient function lets you save a ‘snapshot’ of your custom panel settings—up to 64 complete “Registrations.” These can be called up instantly any time you need them—perfect for making broad sound/effect changes when playing live!

8 banks x 8 presets = 64 Registrations

■ Play Along with Styles Page 23

Want to play with full accompaniment? Try the auto-accompaniment Styles. The accompaniment styles provide the equivalent of a full backing band covering wide variety of styles from waltzes to 8-beat to samba … and much more. Select a style that matches the music you want to play, or experiment with new styles to expand your musical horizons.

■ Easy Performance with Music Notation Display Page 30

When you play back a song, the corresponding score will be shown on the display as the song plays. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the song contains lyric and chord data*, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score display.

* No lyrics or chords will appear on the display if the song you are using with the score display func-

tion does not contain the appropriate lyric and chord data.

■

Save and Load Data to USB Flash Memory or Computer

These data organization tools let you store your original User songs or custom panel settings (Registration Memory) to a USB Flash Memory device or a computer, then load the data back to the instrument as needed.

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Pages 73 and 83

Contents

Logos........................................................................................ 6

Accessories .............................................................................. 7

Special Features of the PSR-S500 .......................................... 8

Setting Up 10

Power Requirements..............................................................10

Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) ............. 10

Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack)............................. 10

Connecting to a Computer (USB Terminal)............................ 11

Turning the Power On ............................................................11

Changing the Display language ............................................. 12

Adjusting the LCD CONTRAST control..................................12

Panel Controls and Terminals 14

Front Panel.............................................................................14

Rear Panel ............................................................................. 15

Quick Guide

Playing Songs 16

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 17

Select and Play a Voice ......................................................... 17

Playing Two Voices Simultaneously—DUAL.......................... 18

Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands

—LEFT .............................................................................. 19

Playing Drum Kits...................................................................21

Playing Styles 22

Select a Styles Rhythm ..........................................................22

Playing Along with a Style ...................................................... 23

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords .................................... 25

Playing with the Music Database 26

Using Songs 27

Selecting and Listening to a Song..........................................27

Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause ......................28

Types of Songs ...................................................................... 29

Displaying the Song Score ..................................................... 30

Displaying the Lyrics............................................................... 31

Recording Your Own Performance 32

Track Configuration ................................................................ 32

Quick Recording Procedure ...................................................33

Multi-track Recording Procedure............................................34

Song Clear—Deleting User Songs.........................................37

Track Clear—Deleting a Specified Track From a User Song.38

Backup and Initialization 39

Backup ................................................................................... 39

Initialization............................................................................. 39

Basic Operation and Displays 40

Basic Operation......................................................................40

The Displays........................................................................... 42

MAIN Display Items................................................................43

Using Various Functions 49

Playing with the metronome ...................................................49

Using Tap Start....................................................................... 51

Touch Response ....................................................................51

EQ settings .............................................................................52

Pitch Controls .........................................................................53

Changing the pitch of the instrument in octaves..................... 54

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 55

Pattern Variation (sections) ....................................................55

One Touch Setting.................................................................. 58

Variation Change and OTS (OTS LINK)................................. 58

Setting the Split Point .............................................................59

Playing a Style with Chords but without Rhythm

(Stop Accompaniment) ......................................................60

Adjusting the Style Volume..................................................... 60

Chord Basics ..........................................................................61

User Style ...............................................................................63

Playing Styles Using the Entire Keyboard ..............................63

Song Settings 64

Song Volumes ........................................................................64

Changing the Tempo ..............................................................64

A-B Repeat .............................................................................65

Muting Independent Song Parts .............................................66

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 67

Saving to the Registration Memory ........................................67

Recalling a Registration Memory............................................ 68

Registration Clear—Deleting a Specified Registration

Memory.............................................................................. 69

The Functions 70

Selecting and Setting Functions .............................................70

Using USB Flash Memory 73

USB Flash Memory ................................................................73

Using USB Flash Memory ......................................................74

Formatting USB Flash Memory ..............................................75

Saving Data ............................................................................76

Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save.....................77

Loading User Files and Style Files .........................................78

Deleting Data from USB Flash Memory .................................79

Playing Songs Saved to USB Flash Memory .........................79

Connections 80

Connectors .............................................................................80

Connection to a USB Storage Device ....................................80

Connecting a Personal Computer ..........................................82

Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer .......83

Initial Send..............................................................................84

Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument.....85

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 88

Important Notices about the CD-ROM.................................... 88

CD-ROM Contents .................................................................89

System Requirements ............................................................90

Software Installation ...............................................................90

Reference

Playing with the Effects 44

Adding Harmony..................................................................... 44

Changing the Reverb Type .................................................... 45

Changing the Chorus Type .................................................... 46

Panel Sustain .........................................................................47

Adding DSP............................................................................47

Pitch Bend .............................................................................. 48

Appendix

Troubleshooting......................................................................95

Messages ..............................................................................96

Voice List ................................................................................98

Drum Kit List .........................................................................104

Style List ...............................................................................107

Music Database List .............................................................108

Effect Type List.....................................................................110

MIDI Implementation Chart................................................... 114

MIDI Data Format .................................................................116

Specifications .......................................................................117

Index.....................................................................................118

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Setting Up

•Avoid listening with the headphones at high volume for long periods of time; doing so may not only result in ear fatigue, it may be damaging to your hearing.

•To prevent damage to the speakers, set the volume of the external devices at the minimum setting before connecting them. Failure to observe these cautions may result in electric shock or equipment damage. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all devices at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

• Make sure that the footswitch plug is properly connected to the SUSTAIN jack before turning on the power.

• Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, resulting in reversed footswitch operation.

NOTE

Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power.

Power Requirements

 Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of the

instrument is set to STANDBY.

• Use ONLY a Yamaha PA-300 or PA-301 AC Power Adaptor (or other adaptor speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha) to power your instrument from the AC mains. The use of other adaptors may result in irreparable damage to both the adaptor and the instrument.

 Connect the AC adaptor (PA-300, PA-301 or other

adaptor speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack.

 Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet.

CAUTION

• Unplug the AC Power Adaptor when not using the instrument, or during electrical storms.

Make all necessary connections below BEFORE turning the power on.

Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack)

The instrument speakers are automatically shut off when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/ OUTPUT jack also functions as an external output. You can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a keyboard ampliﬁer, stereo system, mixer, tape recorder, or other line-level audio device to send the instrument’s output signal to that device.



PA-300 or

PA-301

CAUTION



AC outlet

Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack)

The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain as you play by pressing a footswitch. Plug the Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch into this jack and use it to switch sustain on and off.

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Connecting to a Computer (USB Terminal) Turning the Power On

• Even when the switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still ﬂowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power adaptor from the wall AC outlet.

•Never attempt to turn the power off when a “Writing..” message is shown in the display. Doing so can damage the ﬂash memory and result in a loss of data.

Turn down the volume by turning the [MASTER VOLUME] control to the left and press the [STANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the power. Press the [STANDBY/ON] switch again to turn the power OFF.

Setting Up

Connect the instrument’s USB terminal to the USB terminal of a computer, and you can transfer performance data and song ﬁles between the two (page 85). To use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the following:

• First, make sure the POWER switch on the instrument is set to OFF, then use a USB cable to connect the instrument to the computer. After making the connections, turn the instrument’s power on.

• Install the USB MIDI driver on your computer.

Installation of the USB-MIDI driver is described on page 90.

Backup data in the ﬂash memory is loaded to the instrument when the power is turned on. If no backup data exists on ﬂash memory, all instrument settings are restored to the initial factory defaults when the power is turned on.

CAUTION

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Setting Up

Changing the Display language

This instrument allows you to select English or Japanese as the display language. The default display language is English, but if you switch to Japanese the lyrics, ﬁle names and some messages will be displayed in Japanese where appropriate.

 Press the [FUNCTION] button.

 Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons a num-

ber of times until the “Language” item appears. The currently selected display language will appear below the “Language” item.

Adjusting the LCD CONTRAST control

Adjust the LCD CONTRAST control on the rear panel of the instrument for optimum display legibility.

Language item

The currently selected language

 Select a display language.

The [+] button selects English and the [-] button selects Japanese. The language selection will be stored in the internal ﬂash memory so that it is retained even when the power is turned off.

 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

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● Music Rest

Setting Up

Insert the music rest into the slots as shown.

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Panel Controls and Terminals

Front Panel

t y

!0 !1 !2

q [STANDBY/ON] switch .................... page 16

w [MASTER VOLUME] control.... pages 16, 40

e [DEMO] button................................. page 16

r [SONG MODE] button ..................... page 27

t SONG

[PRESET], [USER], [USB] buttons

..................................................... page 27

[SCORE] button ............................ page 30

[LYRICS] button ............................ page 31

[REC] button ................................. page 33

y STYLE............................................... page 22

u STYLE CONTROL

[OTS LINK] button ........................ page 58

[AUTO FILL IN] button..................page 55

[ACMP] button .............................. page 23

INTRO [I]–[III] buttons .................. page 55

MAIN VARIATION [A]–[D] buttons

..................................................... page 55

ENDING/rit. [I]–[III] buttons.......... page 55

[SYNC STOP] button .................... page 57

[SYNC START] button .......... pages 23, 56

[START/STOP] button........... pages 22, 41

i SONG CONTROL

[r] button.................................... page 28

[f] button.................................... page 28

[A B] button .............................. page 65

[] button..................................... page 28

[>/■] button...........................pages 28, 41

o TRANSPOSE [+] and [-] buttons.... page 53

!0 [METRONOME] button.................... page 49

!1 [TAP TEMPO] button ....................... page 51

!2 TEMPO [+] and [-] buttons.............. page 49

!3 [REGIST/TRACK] button................. page 66

!4 [MEMORY] button ........................... page 67

!5 REGIST BANK [+] and [-] buttons.. page 67 !6 REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]–[8]

buttons............................................. page 67

!7 Display ......................................pages 12, 42

!8 [EXIT] button ................................... page 42

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Panel Controls and Terminals

Rear Panel

@2 @3

#0 #1 #2 #3 #4

Rear Panel

!9 Dial.................................................... page 41

@0 [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons ............. page 41

@1 CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons ... page 41

@2 [FUNCTION] button ......................... page 70

@3 [MDB] button ................................... page 26

@4 FILE MENU [MENU] and

[EXECUTE] buttons................. pages 74, 75

@5 ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4]

buttons ............................................. page 58

@6 VOICE ............................................... page 17

@7 VOICE CONTROL

[LEFT] button................................ page 19

[DUAL] button ............................... page 18

[HARMONY] button ...................... page 44

[TOUCH] button ............................ page 51

[SUSTAIN] button .........................page 47

[DSP] button.................................. page 47

@8 UPPER OCTAVE [+] and [-] buttons

.......................................................... page 54

@9 [PITCH BEND] wheel....................... page 48

#0 SUSTAIN jack................................... page 10

#1 USB TO HOST and TO DEVICE

terminals.......................................... page 80

#2 CONTRAST knob ............................ page 12

#3 PHONES/OUTPUT jack ................... page 10

#4 DC IN 16V jack................................. page 10

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Playing Songs

Quick Guide

This instrument include a Demonstration Song. Let’s start by playing the Demonstration Song.

Press the [STANDBY/ON] button until it locks in the ON position.

The Main display appears in the LCD.

VOICE name

STYLE name

SONG name

Music Database name

Press the [DEMO] button to start the Demo.

The Demo display appears in the LCD. Gradually raise the [MASTER VOLUME] control while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level. The Demo Song will restart when playback reaches the end.

Press the [>>>>/■] button to stop Demo.

Operation automatically returns to the Main display.

NOTE

• The [DEMO] button doesn’t function when the Demo Cancel function is set to enable. (See page 72.)

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Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

In addition to piano, organ, and other “standard” keyboard instruments, this instrument has a large range of realistic Voices—including guitar, bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects, and a wide variety of other musical sounds.

Select and Play a Voice

In this operation, you’ll select a Main Voice and play it on the keyboard.

Select and press the desired Voice category button in the Voice section.

The Main Voice selection display will appear. The currently selected category name, Voice number and name will be highlighted. For this example, select the “Flute&Clarinet” category.

NOTE

•To change the Voice category, press another category button.

Select the Voice you want to play.

Look at the highlighted Voice name and rotate the dial. The available Voices will be selected and displayed in sequence. The Voice selected here becomes the Main Voice. For this example, select the “010 Flute” Voice.

MAIN VOICE selection display

CATEGORY name

Current selected Voice

Play the keyboard.

Try selecting and playing a variety of Voices. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

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Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

Playing Two Voices Simultaneously—DUAL

This lets you select a second Voice which you can play in addition to the Main Voice. The second Voice is known as the “Dual” Voice.

Tw o Voices will sound at the same time.

Press the [DUAL] button.

The [DUAL] button turns the Dual Voice on or off. When Dual Voice is turned on, the [DUAL] button is lit. The currently selected Dual Voice will sound in addition to the Main Voice when you play the keyboard.

[DUAL] button is lit

Press and hold the [DUAL] button for longer than a second.

The Dual Voice selection display appears. The currently selected category name, Voice number and name will be highlighted.

Hold for longer than a second

Select and press the desired Voice category button in the Voice section.

For this example, select the “PERCUSSION/DRUM” category.

Dual Voice selection display

The currently selected category

The currently selected Dual Voice

NOTE

•To change the Voice category, press another category button.

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Select the Voice you want to play.

Look at the highlighted Voice name and rotate the dial. The available Voices will be selected and displayed in sequence. The Voice selected here becomes the Dual Voice. For this example, select the “003 Marimba” Voice.

Play the keyboard.

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

Try selecting and playing a range of Dual Voices.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands—LEFT

In the Left mode you can play different Voices from the keys to the left and right of the keyboard “split point.” The Main and Dual Voices can be played to the right of the split point, while the Voice played to the left of the split point is the Left Voice. The split point setting can be changed as required (page 59).

Split point

Main Voice and Dual VoiceLeft Voice

Press the [LEFT] button.

The [LEFT] button turns the left Voice on or off. The currently selected Left Voice will sound when you play keys to the left of the keyboard split point.

[LEFT] button is lit

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Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

Press and hold the [LEFT] button for longer than a second.

The LEFT Voice selection display will appear. The currently selected category name, Voice number and name will be highlighted.

Hold for longer than a second

Left Voice selection display

The currently selected category

The currently selected Left Voice

Select and press the desired Voice category button in the VOICE section.

For this example, select the “GUITAR” category.

Select the Voice you want to play.

Look at the highlighted Voice name and rotate the dial. The available Voices will be selected and displayed in sequence. The Voice selected here becomes the Left Voice. For this example, select the “041 FolkGuitar” Voice.

NOTE

•To change the Voice category, press another category button.

Play the keyboard.

Try playing the selected Left Voice.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

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Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

Playing Drum Kits

Drum Kits are collections of drum and percussion instruments. When you select a violin or other normal instrument—as a Main Voice, for example—all keys produce the sound of the same violin, only at different pitches. If you select a Drum Kit as the Main Voice, however, each key produces the sound of a different drum or percussion instrument.

Press the [PERC./DRUM KIT] button.

The “PERC./DRUM KIT” category appears.

Rotate the dial and select the Drum Kit you want to play (013–027).

Voice numbers 001–012 are percussion numbers.

Drum Kits List

Voice No. Drum Kit name Voice No. Drum Kit name Voice No. Drum Kit name

013 Standard Kit 1 018 Rock Kit 023 Cuban Kit

014 Standard Kit 2 019 Electronic Kit 024 Pop Latin Kit

015 Jazz Kit 020 Analog Kit 025 Arabic Kit

016 Brush Kit 021 Dance Kit 026 SFX Kit 1

017 Room Kit 022 Symphony Kit 027 SFX Kit 2

Play each key and enjoy the Drum Kit.

A good Drum Kit to start out with is 013, Standard Kit 1.

Example: 013 Standard Kit 1

NOTE

• See the Drum Kit List on page

104.

Brush Swirl

Seq Click H

Brush Tap

Brush Slap

Snare Roll

Brush Tap Swirl

Castanet

Kick Soft

Snare Soft

Open Rim Shot

Sticks

Kick Tight

Kick

Snare

Hand Clap

Side Stick

Snare Tight

Floor Tom L

Hi-Hat Closed

Floor Tom H

Hi-Hat Pedal

Low Tom

Mid Tom L

Hi-Hat Open

Crash Cymbal 1

High Tom

Mid Tom H

Chinese Cymbal

Ride Cymbal Cup

Ride Cymbal 1

Tambourine

Splash Cymbal

Crash Cymbal 2

Cowbell

Vibraslap

Bongo H

Conga H Mute

Ride Cymbal 2

Bongo L

Conga H Open

Conga L

Timbale H

Timbale L

Cabasa

Agogo H

Samba Whistle H

Agogo L

Maracas

Guiro Short

Claves

Cuica Mute

Tr iangle Mute

Guiro Long

Wood Block L

Wood Block H

Samba Whistle L

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Cuica Open

Tr iangle Open

Jingle Bells

Shaker

Bell Tree

Playing Styles

This instrument includes an auto-accompaniment feature that plays appropriate “Styles” (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment) when you play left-hand chords. You can select from 150 different Styles covering a range of musical genres and time signatures (see page 107 for a complete list of the available Styles). Here’s how you can use the auto-accompaniment feature.

Select a Styles Rhythm

Most Styles include a rhythm part. You can select from a wide variety of rhythmic types—rock, blues, samba, and many, many more. Let’s begin by listening to just the basic rhythm. The rhythm part is played using percussion instruments only.

Select and press the desired Style category button in the Style section.

The Style selection display appears. The currently selected category name, Voice number and name will be highlighted.

NOTE

•To change the Style category, press another category button.

Select the Style you want to play.

Look at the highlighted Voice name and rotate the dial. The available Styles will be selected and displayed in sequence. See the Style list on page 107.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

The Style rhythm will start playing. To stop playback, press the [START/STOP] button again.

Style selection display

The currently selected category

The currently selected Style

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Playing Along with a Style

You learned how to select a Style rhythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rhythm to produce a full, rich accompaniment that you can play along with.

Select and press the desired Style category button in the Style section.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display.

Turn automatic accompaniment on.

Press the [ACMP] button. Pressing this button a second time will turn automatic accompaniment off.

[ACMP] button is lit.

● When automatic accompaniment is on ...

The area of the keyboard to the left of the split point (54: F#2) becomes the “auto accompaniment region” and is used only for specifying the accompaniment chords.

Split point (54: F#2)

Auto accompa-

niment region

Turn Sync Start on.

Press the [SYNC START] button to turn the Sync Start function on.

NOTE

• The Split point can be changed as required; refer to page 59.

Flashes when Sync Start is on.

When Sync Start is on, the bass and chord accompaniment included in a Style will start playing as soon as you play a note to left of the keyboard split point. To cancel or disable Sync Start, press the button a second time to turn the Sync Start function off.

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Playing Styles

Play a left-hand chord to start the Style.

You can still “play” chords even if you don’t actually know any chords. This instrument will recognize even a single note as a chord. Try playing from one to three notes at the same time to the left of the split point. The chord will change according to the left-hand notes you play.

Play a variety of left-hand chords while playing a melody with your right hand.

Split point

Auto accompa-

niment region

Press the [START/STOP] button to stop Style playback when you’re done.

You can switch Style “sections” to add variety to the accompaniment. Refer to “Pattern Variation (sections)” on page 55.

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Playing Styles

( )

CmM7

CM7

Csus4

Caug

CM7aug

C7aug

C7sus4

Csus2

Cdim

Cdim7

CmM7

(9)

CM7

(9)

Cm7

(9)

(b9)

(

b13

)

Cm7

(11)

CM7

(

#11

)

(b5)

(

)

Cm add9

(9)

(

#11

)

(#9)

(13)

Cm6

Cm7

(b5)

CM7

(b5)

Cm7

(b5)

CmM7

(b5)

Cadd9

● How to play Standard Chords [Example for “C” chords]

* Notes enclosed in parentheses ( ) are optional; the chords

will be recognized without them.

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:

● Easy Chords

● Standard Chords

The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. The keyboard to the left of the split point (default: 54/F#2) becomes the “accompaniment range.” Play the accompaniment chords in this area of the keyboard.

Split point (default: 54/F#2)

Root notes and the corresponding keys

DbEbF#G#BbDbEbF

■Easy Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

This method lets you easily play chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or three ﬁngers.

Cm7

•To play a major chord

Press the root note of the chord.

•To play a minor chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest black key to the left of it.

•To play a seventh chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest white key to the left of it.

•To play a minor seventh chord

Press the root note together with the nearest white and black keys to the left of it (three keys altogether).

DEFGABCDEF

Accompani-

ment range

■Standard Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

This method lets you produce accompaniment by playing chords using normal ﬁngerings in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

● Multi Fingering and Full Keyboard

These let you select the accompaniment section of the keyboard for chord playing. (See the “Chord Fingering” section in the Function Setting List on page 71.)

Multi Fingering: As explained above, the keys to the left of the split point (default: 54, F#2) become the

accompaniment range. This method lets you play the accompaniment chords in the speciﬁed area of the keyboard, and is set as the default for the instrument.

Full Keyboard: This lets you play the accompaniment chords freely from anywhere on the keyboard.

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Playing with the Music Database

You want to play music in your favorite Style, but you’re not sure how to select the best Voice and Style for the type of music you want to play, simply select the appropriate Style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjusted for the ideal combination of sounds and Style!

Press the [MDB] button.

The music database selection display will appear. The currently selected category name, MDB number and name will be highlighted.

Select the desired Music Database which matches the music style or type you want to play.

Press [ ], [ ] category button when changing the MDB category. Referring to the Music Database List on page 108 of the manual, use the dial to select a music database. Select one that matches the music style of the Song you intend to play. For this example select “090 Alex’s Band” in the Swing category.

Play the chords with your left hand and the melody with your right.

The swing Style will start playing when you play a left-hand chord to the left of the split point (page 23). Refer to page 25 for information about playing chords.

Split Point

You can check the assigned Voice and Style at this point by pressing the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Press the [>>>>/■] button to stop playback.

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Using Songs

With this instrument the term “Song” refers the data that makes up a piece of music. In this section we’ll learn how to select and play Songs.

Song

(Score) (Lyrics)

Listen See Record

Selecting and Listening to a Song

Select and press one of the Song category buttons, which corresponds to the type of Song you want to listen to.

[PRESET] : Five preset Songs are available here. [USER] : This contains your recorded Songs and Songs loaded from

computer.

[USB] : This contains USB Songs when a USB ﬂash memory

device is connected to the DEVICE terminal. The Song selection display will appear. The currently selected Song number and name will be highlighted.

NOTE

• When the instrument is in the Song mode, the [SONG MODE] button is lit. When Style mode is enabled, the button is not lit.

Song Selection display

Currently selected Song

Select a Song.

Use the dial to select the Song you want to listen to.

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Listen to the Song.

Press the [>/■] button to begin playback of the selected Song. You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [

Built-in Songs

1 Annie Laurie (Traditional)

PRESET

USER

USB Songs in a USB ﬂash memory connected to the instrument (page 74)

2 Oh, Susanna (Sunny Skylar, S. Foster) 3 Little Brown Jug (Traditional) 4Waltz Op.18 (F. Chopin) 5 Piano Concerto No.21 2nd Mov. (W.A. Mozart)

User Songs (Songs you record yourself) or Songs transferred from a computer (pages 85–87)

>/■] button again.

Song start

NOTE

• Some of the preset songs have been edited for length or arrangement, and may not be exactly the same as the original.

Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause

These are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or CD player, letting you fast forward [ rewind [

r], and pause [ ] playback of the Song.

REW

Press the fast reverse button to rapidly return to an earlier point in the Song.

Press the fast forward button to rapidly skip ahead to a later point in the Song.

NOTE

• When an A-B repeat range is speciﬁed, the fast reverse and forward function will only work within that range.

PAUSE

Press the pause button to pause playback.

f],

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Using Songs

Types of Songs

The following four types of Songs can be used by this instrument.

● Preset Songs (the ﬁve Songs built into the instrument)............... Preset Song numbers 001–005.

● User Songs (recordings of your own performances) ................... USER Song numbers 001–005.

● Loaded Songs (Song data loaded from computer) ...................... USER Song numbers 006–

● USB Songs (Song data in the USB ﬂash memory) ...................... Song numbers 001–.

The chart below shows the basic operation ﬂow for using the preset Songs, user Songs, loaded Songs and USB Song from storage to playback.

Computer USB ﬂash memory

Song Storage location.

Preset Songs

(001–005)

The ﬁve Songs built into the instrument.

PRESET USER USB

Your own performance

Record

(page 32)

User Songs

(001–005)

Song Song Song

SMF conversion

Save/Load

Song Song

Connect USB TO HOST

terminal and Transfer (page 85)

User Songs

(loaded Songs)

(006–)

Connect USB TO DEVICE

terminal and Save/Load (page 80)

USB Songs

(001–)

Play

NOTE

• Different internal memory areas are used to store user Songs and loaded Song ﬁles transferred from a computer. User Songs cannot be directly transferred to the loaded Song area of the internal memory, and vice versa.

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Using Songs

Displaying the Song Score

This instrument is capable of display the scores (notation) of Songs. Scores are displayed for the preset Songs. Scores can also be displayed for Songs loaded from computer as well as Songs played back from USB ﬂash memory. Although User Songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, they can be converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format and stored to USB ﬂash memory, from where they can be played with score display. (Refer to “Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save” on page 77.)

Select a Song.

Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 27.

Press the [SCORE] button and a single-staff score will appear.

There are two types of score display: single-staff and double-staff. These are alternately selected each time the [SCORE] button is pressed.

Single-staff

Marker

Melody score

Chord

Lyrics

NOTE

• Both chords and lyrics will be shown in single-staff score display of a Song that includes chord and lyric data.

• When there are many lyrics in a Song, they may be displayed in two rows a measure.

• Some lyrics or chords may be abbreviated if the selected Song has a lot of lyrics.

• Small notes that are hard to read may be easier to read after you use the quantize function (page 72).

Double-staff

Press the [>>>>/■] button.

The Song will begin playing. The triangular cursor will move across the top of the score to indicate the current location.

To return to the MAIN display, press the [EXIT] button.

NOTE

• No lyrics are shown in doublestaff display.

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Displaying the Lyrics

If a Song contains lyric data, the lyrics can be made to appear on the display. No lyrics will be displayed for a Song that contains no lyric data, even if the [LYRICS] button is pressed.

Select a Song.

Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 27. Try to select the Preset SONG 001–002.

Press the [LYRICS] button.

The title, lyricist, and composer of the Song will appear on the display.

NOTE

• Songs downloaded from the Internet or commercially available Song ﬁles, including XF format ﬁles (page 6), are compatible with the lyrics display features as long as they are standard MIDI ﬁle format ﬁles containing lyric data. Lyrics display may not be possible with some ﬁles.

NOTE

• If the lyrics display shows garbled characters, try changing the display language (page 12).

Song title, Lyricist, Composer

Press the [>>>>/■] button.

The Song will play back while the lyrics and chords are shown on the display. The lyrics will be highlighted to show the current location in the Song.

■ Preset Songs That Can be Used For Lyrics Display

Song No. Song Name

001 Annie Laurie

002 Oh, Susanna

Lyrics and Chord

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Recording Your Own Performance

You can record up to ﬁve of your own performances and save them as user Songs 001 through 005. These Songs can be played in the same manner as the preset Songs. Once your performances have been saved as user Songs, they can be converted to SMF (Standard MID File) format ﬁles and saved to USB ﬂash memory (page 77) and used with the score display function. This means that when inspiration strikes and you create a great melody, you can save it in both listenable and written score form.

■ Recordable data

You can record to a total of 9 tracks: 8 melody tracks and 1 Style (chord) track. Each track can be recorded individually.

● Melody Track [1]–[8]....... Record the melody or other parts, such as

bass.

● Style Track [ACMP] ........ Record the Rhythm and Chord.

■ Recording methods

● Quick Recording.............. Immediately start recording by pressing the

[REC] button. (see page 33)

● Multi Recording............... Specify the Song or Part number and then

start recording. (see page 34)

NOTE

• Up to approximately 10,000 notes can be recorded, if you record only to the melody tracks.

• Up to approximately 5,400 chord changes can be recorded, if you record only to the accompaniment track.

• User Songs as such cannot produce score display, but they can be converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format and stored to USB ﬂash memory (page 77), from which they can be played with score display.

•Even if you change the Voice during recording, the DSP type will not be changed and the original DSP type will still be applied.

Track Configuration

Generally, Song data consists of 16 tracks. On this instrument, you can record your performance step-bystep to each of tracks 1–8. For example, you can select the Main Voice for recording to Track 1, then set the Dual Voice to Track 2, and so on. (When the Quick Recording mode is selected, the playing parts and their corresponding tracks are set automatically.)

■ Recording track

When Multi track recording is selected, you can specify the recording track [1]–[8] and accompaniment track.

In this instrument, data cannot be recorded to tracks [9]–[16]. However, in the case of Songs loaded from computer, if the Song has data in tracks [9]–[16], you can playback and mute these tracks as desired. (See page 66.)

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Recording Your Own Performance

Melody or other parts

Tr ac k1Tr ac k2Tr ac k3Tr ac k4Tr ac k5Tr ac k6Tr ac k7Tr ac k

Main

Voice

part

Dual

Voice

part

Left

Voice

part

Example: Part settings in Multi Recording

Quick Recording Procedure

Chord

parts

Other parts Style

Tr ac k

ACMP

Specify track(s) and record

You can easily start recording your performance by simply pressing the [REC] b utton. In this case, the track number and part number of tracks are set automatically.

Press the [REC] button.

The User Song number for recording will be selected automatically and tracks [1]–[3] will be set to record ready mode. Performance parts are as

NOTE

•You can manually select the recorded user Song number if you select it before pressing the [REC] button.

follow: If accompaniment is set to ON before pressing [REC] button, accompaniment track will be also set to recording ready mode automatically.

REC ready

Tr ack 1 Main Voice part

Tr ack 2 Dual Voice part

Tr ack 3 Left Voice part

Tr ack ACMP Accompaniment part

Make sure to turn the Dual Voice or Left Voice on when recording the Dual Voice or Left Voice.

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Recording Your Own Performance

Recording will start when you play the keyboard.

Stop recording by pressing the [>>>>/■] or [REC] button.

Track numbers containing recorded data are indicated with framed rectangles.

Current measure number

Start

recording

Press the [>>>>/■] button to play back the recording.

Multi-track Recording Procedure

You can set the recorded user Song number and the parts for tracks individually.

From the MAIN display press the [USER] button, then use the dial to select the user Song number (001–005) you

want to record to.

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Select the recording part for each track (Part Assign).

◆ Selecting the part for the Melody track (tracks 1–8)

While holding down the [REC] button, press one of the track buttons [1]–[8] until the desired part is shown at the track button. Each time you press the button, the part is changed in order (such as MAIN, DUAL, LEFT) in the Main display.

Press and hold

Tr ack 1 is MAIN part.

CAUTION

• If you record your performance to a track that contains previous data, the previous data will be overwritten by the new data.

NOTE

• When ACMP track is set to REC ON, the accompaniment will be automatically set to ON.

• When press the [REC] button during accompaniment on, the ACMP track will be automatically set to REC ON.

•ACMP ON/OFF does not change while recording is in progress.

• An assigned part cannot be speciﬁed to another track.

•A maximum of three melody tracks can be recorded simultaneously.

◆ Selecting the part for the Accompaniment track

While holding down the [REC] button, press the [ACMP] button. The REC indication will be highlighted in the display and operation will be set to record ready mode.

Press and hold

ACMP is set to record ready mode.

NOTE

• If you want to cancel the record ready mode of a track, simultaneously hold down the [REC] button and press again the track button you want to cancel.

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Recording Your Own Performance

Recording will start when you play the keyboard.

You can also start recording by pressing the [>/■] button. Press the [EXIT] button, and the measure number is shown in the Main display. When recording is started, the display automatically returns to the Main display.

Stop recording by pressing the [>/■] or [REC] button.

Start

recording

Current measure number

NOTE

• When Song memory is full, a corresponding message is shown in the display and recording will be stopped. In this case, delete any unnecessary Song data by using Song clear or track clear then start recording again. (See page 37.)

Alternately, if you press one of the ENDING/rit. [I]–[III] buttons while recording the ACMP track, an appropriate ending pattern will play and then recording will stop. When recording stops, the current measure number will return to 001 and the recorded track numbers in the display will be shown in a box border.

■ To Record Other Tracks.

Repeat steps 2 through 4 to record any of the remaining tracks. You can listen to the previously recorded tracks by pressing the appropriate [1]– [8] buttons while recording. Previously recorded track numbers are shown in a box border. You can also mute previously recorded tracks (the muted tracks will not appear in the display) while recording new tracks (page 66).

■ Redo the Recording

Simply select the track you want to re-record for recording in the normal way. The newly recorded material will overwrite the previous data.

NOTE

• Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button a number of times until the “TR 1–8” item appears on the display.

After the recording is completed:

◆ Play the User Song

The operation is the same as that for Preset Songs (see page 27).

1 Press the [USER] button. 2 The current Song number/name will be highlighted—use the dial

to select the user Song (001 to 005) you want to play.

3 Press the [>/■] button.

◆ Save the User Song to USB ﬂash Memory (see page 76)

◆ Convert the Song data to SMF format and then save to

USB ﬂash Memory (see page 77)

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● Not recorded data

The following data is recorded before the beginning of the Song. Even if you change the data while recording is in progress, the data is not recorded.

Reverb type, Chorus type, DSP type, DSP send level, Dry level, Style number, Style volume, Time signature

Song Clear—Deleting User Songs

Recording Your Own Performance

This function clears an entire user Song (all tracks).

From the MAIN display, select the user Song (001 to 005) you want to clear.

Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button a number of times until the “TR 1–8” item appears on the display.

Press and hold the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the REGISTRATION

MEMORY [8] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

Hold for longer than a second

Press and hold

NOTE

• If you want to clear a single, speciﬁed track, refer to the Track Clear operation on page 38.

Press the [+/YES] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear again on the display. You can cancel the clear operation by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [+/YES] button again to clear the Song.

The clear-in-progress message will appear brieﬂy on the display while the Song is being cleared.

NOTE

•To execute the Song Clear function press the [+/YES] button. Press [-/NO] to cancel the Song Clear operation.

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Track Clear—Deleting a Specified Track From a User Song

This function lets you delete a speciﬁed track from a User Song.

From the MAIN display select the User Song (001 to 005) you want to clear.

Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button a number of times until the item you want to clear appears.

The item changes in order from “REGIST.” to “TR 1–8” to “ACMP. TR”. Select the desired track: “TR 1–8” or “ACMP. TR”.

Press and hold the REGISTRATION MEMORY track button ([1] to [8]) corresponding to the track you want to clear for

longer than a second.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

Hold for longer than a second.

Press the [+/YES] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear again on the display. You can cancel the clear operation by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [+/YES] button again to clear the Song.

The clear-in-progress message will appear brieﬂy on the display while the track is being cleared.

NOTE

•To execute the Track Clear function press the [+/YES] button. Press [-/NO] to cancel the Track Clear operation.

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Backup and Initialization

Backup

The following data items are automatically saved as backup data in the internal memory even if you turn the power off. To recall the default settings and data, use the Initialization operation.

● Backup parameters

• USER Song

• Style ﬁle

• Registration memory

• Auto Fill In On/Off

• Each parameters in the function display: Tuning, Split point, Touch sensitivity, Style volume, Song volume, Metronome volume, Demo cancel, Language, Master EQ type, Chord ﬁngering

Initialization

This function erases all backup data in the instrument's internal memory and restores the initial default settings and data. The following initialization procedures are provided.

■Backup Clear ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

To clear data backed up to the internal memory, simultaneously hold the highest white key on the keyboard and turn the power on by pressing the [STANDBY/ON] switch. The backed up data will be erased and the default values restored.

■MEMORY Clear ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

To clear the Song data or Style ﬁle that has been transferred to the internal memory from a computer, simultaneously hold the highest white key on the keyboard and the three highest black keys and then turn the power on by pressing the [STANDBY/ON] switch.

NOTE

• Language settings for the instrument cannot be changed in this operation. If you want to change the language, use the Function settings.

CAUTION

• When you execute the Clear operation, Song data you have purchased will also be cleared. Be sure to save any important data to a computer.

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Basic Operation and Displays

Basic Operation

Overall PSR-S500 control is based on the following simple operations.

Use the category buttons to select a CATEGORY.

Use the dial to select an item or value.

Starting/stopping a Song or Style.

Song

1 1 3 2 1

The Displays

● Display names

The display provides important, easy-to-understand indications for performing all operations. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display. You can see the “MAIN” indication at the top on the display.

● MAIN Display

Title

Call up the Main display

Most basic operations are carried out from the instrument’s MAIN display.

You can return to the MAIN display from any other display by pressing the [EXIT] button near the lower right corner of the display panel.

● FUNCTION display (page 70)

The FUNCTION display provides access to 49 utility functions. The FUNCTION display appears when the [FUNCTION] button is pressed. In the FUNCTION display you can use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons (page 41) to select 49 differ-

ent function items. Press the CATEGORY button(s) as many times as necessary until the required function appears. You can then use the dial or the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to adjust the value of the function as required.

Function item

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Value

Basic Operation and Displays

MAIN Display Items

The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: Song, Style, Voice. It also includes a range of indicators that show the on/off status of a range of functions.

Tempo

(page 49, 51)

Transpose

(page 53)

Chord Display

(page 25)

Measure number

(page 36)

Registration memory

bank status

(page 67)

OCTAVE

(page 54)

Song track status

(page 66)

REGISTRATION memory / Song track indication

Shows currently selected item: REGIST., TR 1–8, TR 9–16 or ACMP (page 66)

A-B Repeat

Appears when the Repeat function is on for Song playback. (page 65)

USB status

(page 74)

Main Voice (page 17)

Dual Voice (page 18)

Left Voice (page 19)

Style (page 22)

Song (page 27)

Music Database (page 26)

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• The Harmony notes can be added only to the Main Voice, not to Dual or Left Voices.

• The keys left of the Split Point of the keyboard produce no Harmony notes when the Auto Accompaniment is on (ACMP ON lights).

• When chord ﬁngering is set to Full Keyboard, the Harmony function is turned off automatically.

NOTE

Reference

Playing with the Effects

Adding Harmony

This feature adds Harmony, Tremolo or Echo effects to the Main Voice.

Press the [HARMONY] button to turn

the Harmony function on.

The [HARMONY] button lights indicating that Harmony is on. To turn Harmony off, press the [HARMONY] button again.

NOTE

• When you press the [HARMONY] button to turn this feature on, the appropriate Harmony type for the currently selected Main Voice is automatically selected.

Press and hold the [HARMONY] button

for longer than a second.

The currently selected Harmony type will be displayed.

Use the dial to select a Harmony type.

Refer to the Effect Type List on page 110 for information about the available Harmony types. Try playing the keyboard with the Harmony function. The effect and operation of each Harmony type is different—for details, refer to the section below “How to sound each Harmony Type” as well as the Effect Type List.

Hold for longer than a second

Currently selected Harmony type.

● How to sound each Harmony Type

• Harmony types 01 to 05

Press the right-hand keys while playing chords in the Auto Accompaniment range of the keyboard when the Auto Accompaniment is on (page 23).

• Harmony types 06 to 12 (Trill)

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Hold down two keys.

• Harmony types 13 to 19 (Tremolo)

Keep holding down the keys.

• Harmony types 20 to 26 (Echo)

Keep holding down the keys.

You can adjust the Harmony Volume in the Function Settings (page 72).

Playing with the Effects

Selected Reverb Type

Changing the Reverb Type

Reverb enhances the sound of the Voices with the rich ambience of a concert hall. When you select a Style or Song the optimum reverb type for the Voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different reverb type, use the operation described below.

Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up

the FUNCTION display.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Reverb Type.

The currently selected Reverb Type will be displayed.

Use the dial to select a Reverb Type.

You can check the sound of the selected Reverb Type by playing the keyboard.

Refer to the Effect Type List on page 110 for information about the available Reverb Types.

Reverb Type

● Adjusting the Reverb Level

You can individually adjust the amount of reverb that is applied to the Main, Dual, and Left Voices. (See page 71).

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Playing with the Effects

Changing the Chorus Type

The Chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to many of the same Voices being played in unison. When you select a Style or Song the optimum chorus type for the Voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different Chorus Type, use the procedure described below.

Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up

the FUNCTION display.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Chorus Type.

The currently selected Chorus Type will be displayed.

Chorus Type

Use the dial to select a Chorus Type.

You can check the sound of the selected Chorus Type by playing the keyboard.

Selected Chorus Type

Refer to the Effect Type List on page 111 for information about the available Chorus Types.

● Adjusting the Chorus Level

You can individually adjust the amount of Chorus that is applied to the Main, Dual, and Left Voices. (See page 71).

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Playing with the Effects

•For certain Voices, the sustain effect may not be obvious or audible, even when the panel sustain function is turned on.

NOTE

Hold for longer than a second

Currently selected DSP type.

Panel Sustain

This function adds sustain to the keyboard Voices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the Voices at all times, regardless of footswitch operation. The sustain function does not affect the Left Voice.

Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn the sustain function on.

The [SUSTAIN] button lights indicating that Sustain is on.

Adding DSP

A total of 178 DSP effects can be added to the Main, Dual and Left Voices. These range from reverb-like ambience effects to distortion and other dynamic processing tools that let you enhance the sound, or completely transform it.

NOTE

• DSP is term of abbreviated form of Digital Signal Processor and it uses a micro processor to change the audio in various ways.

Use the [DSP] button to turn the DSP

function on.

The [DSP] button lights indicating that DSP is on.

To turn DSP off, press the [DSP] button again.

[DSP] button lights when DSP is on.

NOTE

• When DSP is turned on, the optimum DSP type for the current Voice is automatically selected.

• The volume of the currently playing Voice changes when turning DSP on or off. This is not a malfunction. The amount of change differs depending on the selected Voice.

• The DSP type is an overall setting—only one type can be selected. For this reason, when you play a newly loaded Song or Style, for example, the currently playing Voices may not sound as expected. This is normal, since the Song or Style has its own DSP type which replaces any selection you’ve made before loading. A similar phenomenon occurs when you use the [ Repeat function during song playback.

], [r] buttons or A-B

Use the dial to select a DSP type.

Refer to the DSP Type List on page 111 for information about the available DSP types.

DSP Type

Press and hold the [DSP] button for

longer than a second.

The currently selected DSP type will be displayed.

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Playing with the Effects

Pitch Bend

The pitch bend wheel can be used to add smooth pitch variations to notes you play on the keyboard. Roll the wheel upward to raise the pitch, or downward to lower the pitch. If you use this feature with a Voice such as the “042 Overdriven” guitar Voice (page 17), you can produce remarkably realistic string-bending effects. You can change the amount of pitch bend produced by the wheel, as described on page 71.

NOTE

• Pitch Bend is not applied to the Left Voice when accompaniment is turned on.

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Tempo value

• The tempo can be changed by either pressing the TEMPO [+]/[-] buttons repeatedly or holding them down.

NOTE

Using Various Functions

Playing with the metronome

This instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Play and set the tempo that is most comfortable for you.

■Turn the metronome on● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Press the [METRONOME] button to start the metronome.

To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME] button again.

Time Signature

Beat numberTempo

■Set the metronome tempo● ● ● ● ● ●

Press the TEMPO [+]/[-] button to call up

the tempo setting and use the buttons to raise or lower the tempo.

Use the dial to select a tempo from 11 to

280.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display.

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Using Various Functions

Metronome volume

■Changing the Time Signature ● ● ●

In this example we’ll set up a 3/8 time signature.

Press and hold the [METRONOME] but-

ton for longer than a second.

The currently selected time signature is displayed.

Hold for longer than a second

Number of beats per measure

Note value (the note value or length of one beat)

Use the dial to select a beat length.

Select the required length for each beat: 2, 4, 8, or 16 (half note, quarter note, eighth note, or 16th note). For this example, select 8. The time signature should now be set to 3/8.

Press the [METRONOME] button to conﬁrm the settings.

■Adjusting the Metronome Volume

Use the dial to select the number of

beats per measure.

A chime will sound on the ﬁrst beat of each measure, while a metronome “click” will sound on all others. You can also set the time signature to “00,” in which case the chime will not sound and the “click” sound will be heard on all beats. Up to 60 can be set. Select 3 for this example.

NOTE

• When playing the Song or Style the beat value cannot be changed, since the beat is synchronized to the selected Song or Style.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] button once to

call up the Time Signature Denominator display.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Metronome Volume.

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Use the dial to set the metronome vol-

ume.

Using Various Functions

• The initial default setting is 2.

NOTE

Using Tap Start

You can also set the tempo by simply tapping the [TAP TEMPO] button at the required tempo—four times for time signatures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. You can change the tempo during Song or Style playback by pressing the button just twice.

Touch Response

■

Turning Touch Response on/off

Keyboard Touch Response can be turned on by pressing the [TOUCH] button. When Touch Response is on you can control the volume of notes according to how hard you play the keys. The [TOUCH] button lights indicating Touch Response is turned on. To turn Touch Response off, press the [TOUCH] button again. When Touch Response is off, the same volume will be produced no matter how hard or soft you play the keys.

[TOUCH] button lights

indicating when Touch Response is turned on.

● ●

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Touch Sensitivity.

The name of the currently selected sensitivity number is displayed.

Touch Sensitivity

■Adjusting the Touch Response Sensitivity

The sensitivity of the keyboard’s Touch Response can be adjusted in three steps (1–3). The higher the number, the greater the volume variation produced by the variation in how hard you play the keys— i.e., the keyboard becomes more “sensitive.”

Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up

the FUNCTION display.

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Use the dial to select a Touch Sensitiv-

ity setting between 1 and 3. Higher values produce greater (easier) volume variation in response to keyboard dynamics—i.e., greater sensitivity.

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Using Various Functions

EQ settings

Five pre-programmed EQ settings are available. Settings 1 and 2 are best for listening via the instrument’s built-in speakers, setting 3 is for headphones, and settings 4 and 5 are ideal for listening via external speakers or when connecting to an external mixer.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

The currently selected function will appear in the display.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Master EQ Type.

The currently selected EQ type will appear.

Use the dial to select an EQ Setting for

the best sound.

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Pitch Controls

The range is 415.3–466.2 HzTuning

• This setting does not affect Drum Kit Voices.

NOTE

Using Various Functions

◆ Large Pitch Changes (Transpose)

The overall pitch of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maximum of one octave in semitone increments.

Press one of the TRANSPOSE [+]/[-]

buttons.

The value is shown in the display, indicating the amount of transposition over or below the normal value.

Current value

◆ Small Pitch Changes (Tuning)

The overall tuning of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maximum of 1 semitone in approximately 0.2-Hz steps. The default setting is 440 Hz.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Press the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Tuning.

Use the dial to set the transpose value

between -12 and +12 as required.

NOTE

• This setting does not affect Drum Kit Voices.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display. Pressing the TRANSPOSE [+]/[-] buttons allows single-step changes. Pressing and holding either TRANSPOSE [+]/[-] button continuously increases or decreases the value.

Use the dial to set the tuning value

between 415.3–466.2Hz as required.

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Using Various Functions

● In the case of UPPER OCTAVE -1

One octave down

Changing the pitch of the instrument in octaves

You can change the playing pitch of the Main and Dual Voices in octave intervals.

Press the UPPER OCTAVE [+] button to

raise the pitch by one octave.

The newly changed value is shown in the LCD. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display.

● In the case of UPPER OCTAVE +1

One octave up

Press the UPPER OCTAVE [-] button to

lower the pitch by one octave.

The newly changed value—now one octave lower—is shown in the LCD. Press the UPPER OCTAVE [-] button again to lower the pitch one more octave. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display.

NOTE

• When a Drum Kit is selected, each percussion Voice assigned to the keyboard are shifted in location but not pitch.

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Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Basic operation of the Style (Auto Accompaniment) feature is described on page 22 of the Quick Guide. Included here is information on how you can play the Styles in various ways, how to adjust the Style volume, how you can play chords using the Styles, and more.

Pattern Variation (sections)

The instrument features a wide variety of Style “sections” that allow you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing.

Main variationIntroFill-in Ending

●INTRO section

This is used for the beginning of the Song. When the intro ﬁnishes playing, accompaniment shifts to the main section. The length of the intro (in measures) differs depending on the selected Style.

●MAIN VARIATION section

This is used for playing the main part of the Song. It plays a main accompaniment pattern, and repeats indeﬁnitely until another section’s button is pressed. There are four variations on the basic pattern (A–D), and the Style playback sound changes harmonically based on the chords you play with your left hand.

●ENDING section

This is used for the ending of the Song. When the ending is ﬁnished, the Auto Accompaniment stops automatically. The length of the ending (in measures) differs depending on the selected Style.

●AUTO Fill-in section

This is automatically added before the current section changes to a newly selected section.

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Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Auto Accompa-

niment range

Split Point

• The Baroque Air Style in the MOVIE & SHOW category does not have a Rhythm part, so there is no rhythm sound for this Style. Also, this Style does not have a Fill-In section.

NOTE

Select the desired Style. (See page 22.)

Press the [ACMP] button to turn Auto

Accompaniment on.

The [ACMP] button lights when ACMP is turned on.

Press the [AUTO FILL IN] button to turn

the Auto Fill In function on.

The initial default setting for Auto Fill In is “on.”

Press one of the MAIN VARIATION [A]–

[D] buttons.

The selected Main Variation button ﬂashes.

Press one of the INTRO [I]–[III] buttons.

The selected Intro button lights.

Press the [SYNC START] button to turn

Synchro Start on.

The [SYNC START] button ﬂashes indicating Synchro Start is engaged.

● Synchro Start

When Synchro Start is on you, can start the Style by playing any key in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

Play a chord in the accompaniment

range and start the Intro section.

Try playing a C major chord. (See “Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords” on page 25.)

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Press one of the MAIN VARIATION [A]–

[D] buttons.

When the ﬁll-in is ﬁnished, it leads smoothly into the selected Main section A–D.

Press one of the ENDING/rit. [I]–[III] but-

tons.

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

● Synchro Stop

When this function is selected, the accompaniment Style will only play while you are playing chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard. Style playback will stop when you release the keys. To turn the function on, press the [SYNC STOP] button.

This switches to the Ending section. When the Ending is ﬁnished, the Auto Accompaniment stops automatically. You can have the Ending gradually slow down (ritardando) by pressing one of the ENDING/ rit. [I]–[III] buttons again while the Ending is playing back.

The Style will play while you are playing the keys

Style playback will stop when you release the keys

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Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Auto Accompani-

ment range

Split Point

One Touch Setting

Sometimes selecting the ideal Voice to play with a Song or Style can be confusing. The One Touch Setting feature automatically selects four ideally matched Voices for the Style you’ve selected.

Select the desired Style. (See page 22.)

Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING

[1]–[4] buttons.

Play the chord in the accompaniment

range and start the Style.

Try selecting other ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4] buttons and listen to the results.

Variation Change and OTS (OTS LINK)

When change the MAIN VARIATION [A]–[D] to other MAIN VARIATION [A]–[D] during OTS LINK is on, OTS 1–4 automatically change the number according to the selected variation number. (see below)

Press the [OTS LINK] button to turn on the OTS link.

Automatically change

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Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Split Point (54: F#2)

Main Voice

Left Voice

• Changing the Split Point here also changes the Auto Accompaniment Split Point.

• The Left Voice sounds when the split-point key is played.

NOTE

Setting the Split Point

The initial default Split Point is key number 54 (the F#2 key), but you can change it to another key using the procedure described below.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Split Point.

Use the dial to set the Split Point to any

key from 000 (C-2) through 127 (G8).

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Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Playing a Style with Chords but without Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment)

When Auto Accompaniment is on (ACMP button lights) and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the keyboard while the Style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. This is called “Stop Accompaniment,” and any of the chord ﬁngerings recognized by the instrument can be used (page 25).

Select a Style, then press the [ACMP] button to turn Auto Accompaniment on.

[ACMP] button lights

Auto Accompa-

niment range

Adjusting the Style Volume

If the instrument is in the Song mode, press one of the Style category buttons to enter the Style mode. (page 22)

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Style Volume.

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Use the dial to set the Style Volume

between 000 and 127.

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Root note Chord type

Chord Basics

Two or more notes played together constitute a “chord”.

The most basic chord type is the “triad” consisting of three notes: the root, third, and ﬁfth degrees of the corresponding scale. A C major triad, for example, is made up of the notes C (the root), E (the third note of the C major scale), and G (the ﬁfth note of the C major scale).

In the C major triad shown above, the lowest note is the “root” of the chord (this is the chord’s “root position” ... using other chord notes for the lowest note results in “inversions”). The root is the central sound of the chord, which supports and anchors the other chord notes. The distance (interval) between adjacent notes of a triad in root position is either a major or minor third.

Major third–four half steps (semitones) Minor third–three half steps (semitones)

3rd

Root

3rd

The lowest interval in our root-position triad (between the root and the third) determines whether the triad is a major or minor chord, and we can shift the highest note up or down by a semitone to produce two additional chords, as shown below.

Major chord Minor chord Augmented chord Diminished chord

CM Cm Caug Cdim

Minor 3rd

Major 3rd

Minor 3rd

Major 3rd

Minor 3rd

The basic characteristics of the chord sound remain intact even if we change the order of the notes to create different inversions. Successive chords in a chord progression can be smoothly connected, for example, by choosing the appropriate inversions (or chord “voicings”).

● Reading Chord Names

Chord names tell you just about everything you need to know about a chord (other than the inversion/voicing). The chord name tells you what the root of the chord is, whether it is a major, minor, or diminished chord, whether it requires a major or ﬂatted seventh, what alterations or tensions it uses ... all at a glance.

● Some Chord Types (These are just some of the “Standard” chord types recognized by the PSR-S500.)

Suspended 4

Csus4 C7 Cm7 CM7

Minor 7

Major 7

Perfect 5

Minor/major 7

Major 7

Perfect 4

CmM7

Minor chord Flatted 5

Flatted 7

, ﬂatted 5

Major chord Flatted 7

(b5)

chord

Minor 7

Flatted 5

, ﬂatted 5

Minor chord Major 7

(b5)

Cm7

Minor 7

chord

Major chord

, suspended 4

Flatted 7

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C7sus4

Suspended

chord

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

(9)

CM7

(b5)

Cm7

(b5)

(#9)

C7aug

C7sus4

•Inversion of the 7sus4 and m7(11) chords are not recognized if the notes shown in parentheses are omitted.

• The auto accompaniment will sometimes not change when related chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords followed by the minor seventh).

•Two-note ﬁngerings will produce a chord based on the previously played chord.

NOTE

■Recognized Standard Chords● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords.

Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord (C) Display

Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C

Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 Cadd9

Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C6

Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 C6

Major seventh [M7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 CM7

Major seventh ninth [M7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 CM7

Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)]

1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - 7 or 1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - 7

Flatted ﬁfth [(b5)] 1 - 3 - b5C

Major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [M7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - 7 CM7

Suspended fourth [sus4] 1 - 4 - 5 Csus4

Augmented [aug] 1 - 3 - #5Caug

Major seventh augmented [M7aug] 1 - (3) - #5 - 7 CM7aug

Minor [m] 1 - b3 - 5 Cm

Minor add ninth [m(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - 5 Cm add9

Minor sixth [m6] 1 - b3 - 5 - 6 Cm6

Minor seventh [m7] 1 - b3 - (5) - b7Cm7

Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - b7Cm7

Minor seventh add eleventh [m7(11)] 1 - (2) - b3 - 4 - 5 - (b7) Cm7

Minor major seventh [mM7] 1 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM7

Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM7

Minor seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [m7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - b7Cm7

Minor major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [mM7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - 7 CmM7

Diminished [dim] 1 - b3 - b5Cdim

Diminished seventh [dim7] 1 - b3 - b5 - 6 Cdim7

Seventh [7]

1 - 3 - (5) - b7 or 1 - (3) - 5 - b7

Seventh ﬂatted ninth [7(b9)] 1 - b2 - 3 - (5) - b7C7

Seventh add ﬂatted thirteenth [7(b13)] 1 - 3 - 5 - b6 - b7C7

Seventh ninth [7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - b7C7

Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)]

1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - b7 or 1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - b7

Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)] 1 - 3 - (5) - 6 - b7C7

Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)] 1 - #2 - 3 - (5) - b7C7

Seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - b7C7

Seventh augmented [7aug] 1 - 3 - #5 - b7C7aug

Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] 1 - 4 - (5) - b7C7sus4

Suspended second [sus2] 1 - 2 - 5 Csus2

(9)

CM7

(9)

CM7

(

#11

CM7

(b5)

Csus4

Caug

CM7aug

(9)

Cm6

Cm7

(9)

Cm7

(11)

Cm7

CmM7

(9)

CmM7

(b5)

CmM7

Cdim

Cdim7

(b9)

(

b13

)

(

#11

(13)

C7b5

Csus2

)

CM7

#11

)

b13

#11

NOTE

• Notes in parentheses can be omitted.

• Playing two same root keys in the adjacent octaves produces accompaniment based only on the root.

•A perfect ﬁfth (1 + 5) produces accompaniment based only on the root and ﬁfth which can be used with both major and minor chords.

• The chord ﬁngerings listed are all in “root” position, but other inversions can be used—with the following exceptions: m7, m7 aug, dim7, 7

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5, 6(9), sus2.

5, 6, m6, sus4,

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

User Style

This instrument features 11 internal Style categories, but it also allows you to import additional Styles (only those with an “.sty” extension) that you’ve downloaded from the Internet or gotten from other sources, and load them into a User Style and use them in the same way as the internal Styles. For details on loading a Style ﬁle, see “

In order to load a Style ﬁle it is necessary to ﬁrst either transfer the Style ﬁle to the instrument from a computer, or connect a USB ﬂash memory containing the Style ﬁle to the USB TO DEVICE connector. Refer to “Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer” on page 83 for details on the ﬁle transfer procedure. If you are using a USB ﬂash memory device, refer to “Loading User Files and Style Files” on page 78.

Loading User Files and Style Files

” on page 78.

Playing Styles Using the Entire Keyboard

In “Playing Along with a Style” on page 23 we described two methods of playing Styles (Multi, Full Keyboard) in which chords were either detected only to the left of the keyboard Split Point or over the entire keyboard. By making the settings described below, chord detection for Style accompaniment occurs over the entire range of the keyboard, allowing for even more dynamic Style performance. In this mode only chords played in the normal way (page 25) can be detected.

Press the [ACMP] button for longer than

a second.

Hold for longer than a second

Use the dial to select 2 “FullKeyboard”.

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Can be set between 000 and 127Song Volume

• Song volume can be adjusted while a Song is selected.

NOTE

Song Settings

Song Volumes

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons as many times as necessary to call up Song Volume.

Use the dial to set the Song volume

between 000 and 127.

Changing the Tempo

When playing the Song you can change the tempo as required. Press the TEMPO [+]/[-] buttons. The tempo display will appear and you can use the dial or the TEMPO [+]/[-] buttons to set to tempo to anywhere from 011 and 280 quarter-note beats per minute.

You can return to the original tempo by simultaneously pressing both the TEMPO [+] and [-] buttons. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display. Pressing the TEMPO [+]/[-] buttons allows single-step changes. Pressing and holding either button continuously increases or decreases the value.

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Song Settings

• The repeat start and end points can be speciﬁed in one-measure increments.

• The current measure number is shown in the display during playback.

• If you want to set the start point “A” at the very beginning of the Song press the [A B] button before starting playback of the Song.

NOTE

A-B Repeat

You can specify a section of a Song—“A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback. The A-B Repeat function is also very convenient for practicing when used along with the score display features of the instrument (page 30).

Play the Song (page 27) and press the

[A B] button at the beginning of the section you want to repeat (the “A” point).

Press the [A B] button a second time

at the end of the section you want to repeat (the “B” point).

Point A

The speciﬁed A-B section of the Song

will now play repeatedly.

You can cancel A-B repeat playback at any time by pressing the [A B] button.

Point B

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Song Settings

Muting Independent Song Parts

Each “track” of a Song plays a different part of the Song—melody, percussion, accompaniment, etc. You can mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the keyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the ones you want to listen to. Use the [REGIST/TRACK] button to select the TR 1–8, TR 9–16 or ACMP.TR and use the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]–[8] buttons to mute or un-mute the corresponding tracks ([1]–[8], [9]–[16] or ACMP). The border around the track number in the display disappears when that track is muted. Refer to page 32 for information about the Song track conﬁguration.

No track number ... No data.

Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button until

the desired track is shown on the display, and then select the track.

The following items appear on the display when you press the [REGIST/TRACK] button. “REGIST”

➝ “TR 1–8” ➝ “TR 9–16” or

“ACMP.TR”

REGIST.

TR 1 – 8

TR 9 – 16

(ACMP. TR)

Tr ack number without border ... Track contains data but is muted.

Tr ack number with border ... Track contains data and is not muted.

Press the desired REGISTRATION MEM-

ORY [1]–[8] buttons to set the mute track.

To cancel the mute, press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]–[8] buttons again.

Display Setting

TR 1–8

TR 9–16

ACMP.TR

Specify the mute tracks of 1–8 by pressing the [1]–[8] buttons.

Specify the mute tracks of 9–16 by pressing the [1]–[8] buttons.

Specify the mute track of ACMP by pressing the [1] button.

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•You can also save your panel settings memorized to registration memory button into USB ﬂash memory as a user ﬁle (see page 76).

NOTE

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings

This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets you save your favorite settings for easy recall whenever they’re needed. Up to 64 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of 8 setups each).

Up to 64 presets (eight banks of eight each) can be memorized.

8 Banks

Memory 1

Memory 2 Memory 3 Memory 4 Memory 5 Memory 6 Memory 7 Memory 8

Saving to the Registration Memory

Set the panel controls as required—

select a Voice, accompaniment Style, etc.

Press the REGIST BANK [+]/[-] buttons

until the desired bank number is shown on the display.

You can also use the dial in the Bank Select display.

To store the current panel settings,

simultaneously hold down the [MEMORY] button and press one of the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]–[8] buttons.

The button corresponding to the stored Registration lights.

Bank number

NOTE

• Data cannot be saved to the registration memory during Song playback.

CAUTION

• If you select a Registration Memory number that already contains data, the previous data is deleted and overwritten by the new data.

CAUTION

• Do not turn off the power while saving settings to the registration memory, otherwise the data may be damaged or lost.

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Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings

Recalling a Registration Memory

Make sure that “REGIST” appears in the display (press the [REGIST/TRACK] button until it is shown).

Press the REGIST BANK [+]/[-] button to

select the desired bank.

You can also use the dial to select the bank number.

● Settings that can be saved to the Registration Memory

• Style settings*

Style number, Auto Accompaniment ON/OFF, Split Point, Style settings (Main A/B), Style Volume, Tempo, Chord Fingering, Upper Octave

Bank number

Press the REGISTRATION MEMORY

button, [1]–[8], containing the settings you want to recall. The panel controls will be instantly set accordingly.

The button to which the data is stored lights in green and the currently set button is in red.

•Voice settings

Main Voice setting (Voice number, Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Level, Chorus Level), Dual Voice settings (Dual ON/OFF, Voice number, Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Level, Chorus Level), Left Voice settings (Left ON/OFF, Voice number, Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Level, Chorus Level)

• Effect settings

Reverb Type, Chorus Type, Panel Sustain ON/ OFF

• Harmony settings

Harmony ON/OFF, Harmony Type, Harmony Volume

• Other settings

Transpose, Pitch Bend Range, Upper Octave

*Style settings are not available for Registration Memory

when using the Song features.

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Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings

Hold for longer than a second

Registration Clear—Deleting a Specified Registration Memory

Keep in mind that groups of data cannot be deleted or cleared from the instrument at a single time.

Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button a

number of times until the “REGIST.” item appears.

The item changes in order from “REGIST.” to “TR 1–8” to “ACMP.TR”. This step is not necessary if the instrument is in the Style mode.

Press the [REGIST/BANK] button a

number of times until the desired bank number appears.

The Registration Memory button is lit in green if Registration data is stored to the memory.

Press and hold the REGISTRATION

MEMORY button corresponding to the Registration you want to clear for longer than a second.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

Press the [+/YES] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear again on the display. You can cancel the clear operation by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [+/YES] button again to clear

a Registration Memory.

The clear-in-progress message will appear brieﬂy on the display while the Song is being cleared.

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• Increment value by 1.

•ON

•Execute

• Decrement value by 1.

• OFF

• Cancel

Press these simultaneously to recall the default setting.

The Functions

The “Functions” provide a wide range of both detailed and overall instrument parameters, such as adjusting the tuning, setting the split point, and editing the voices and effects.

Selecting and Setting Functions

There are 49 function parameters in all.

Find the function you want to set in the

list that begins on page 71.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Select a function. Press the CATEGORY

[] and [ ] buttons as many times as

necessary until the function’s display name appears in the display.

Take a look at the function list starting on page

71. The name of the previous item in the list appears to the upper left, and the name of the next item in the list appears to the upper right of the currently selected item.

Use the dial or the [+/YES] and [-/NO]

buttons, to set the parameters.

The [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons are used to make ON/ OFF type settings: [+/YES] = ON, [-/NO] = OFF. In some cases, pressing the [+/YES] button will execute the selected function, and pressing [-/NO] will cancel the selection. Press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultaneously to recall the default setting (excepting the initial setup of MIDI).

Current selected item

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Function group

Previous item

Parameter

Next item

The Functions

■ Function Setting List

Group Function Item

VOLUME Style Volume Style Volume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style.

Song Volume Song Volume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song.

OVERALL Tuning Tuning 415.3–466.2 Sets the pitch of the instrument’s sound in approxi-

Pitch Bend Range

Split Point Split Point 000–127 (C-2–G8) Determines the highest key for the Split voice and

Touch Sensitivity Touch Sensitivity 1 (Soft),

Chord Fingering Chord Fingering 1 (Multi Finger),

MAIN VOICE

DUAL VOICE

LEFT VOICE Volume Left Volume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Left voice.

Volume Main Volume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Main voice. Octave Main Octave -2–+2 Determines the octave range for the Main voice. Pan Main Pan 000 (left)–

Reverb Level Main Reverb

Chorus Level Main Chorus

DSP Level Main DSP Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is

Dry Level Main Dry Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Main Voice’s unproc-

Volume Dual Volume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Dual voice. Octave Dual Octave -2–+2 Determines the octave range for the Dual voice. Pan Dual Pan 000 (left)–

Reverb Level Dual Reverb

Chorus Level Dual Chorus

DSP Level Dual DSP Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is

Dry Level Dual Dry Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Dual Voice’s unproc-

Octave Left Octave -2–+2 Determines the octave range for the Left voice. Pan Left Pan 000 (left)–

Reverb Level Left Reverb Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Left voice’s signal is

Chorus Level Left Chorus Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Left voice’s signal is

DSP Level Left DSP Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Left voice’s signal is

Dry Level Left Dry Level 000–127 Determines how much of the Left Voice’s unproc-

Display Indication

Pitch Bend Range 01–12 Sets the pitch bend range in semitone increments.

Level

Range/Settings Description

mately 0.2Hz increments.

sets the Split “point”—in other words, the key that separates the Split (lower) and Main (upper) voices. The Split Point setting and Accompaniment Split Point setting are automatically set to the same value.

2 (Medium), 3 (Hard)

2 (FullKeyboard)

64 (center)– 127 (right)

000–127 Determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is

64 (center)– 127 (right)

000–127 Determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is

64 (center)– 127 (right)

Determines the sensitivity of the feature.

Sets the chord detection mode. In the Multi Finger mode both normal chords and simple chords played to the left of the split point are detected. In the Full Keyboard mode normal chords played anywhere on the keyboard will be detected, and the notes played will sound as well.

Determines the pan position of the Main voice in the stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound being panned full left; the value “127” results in the sound being panned full right.

sent to the Reverb effect.

sent to the Chorus effect.

sent to the DSP effect.

essed signal sounds (no Reverb, Chorus or DSP effect processing).

Determines the pan position of the Dual voice in the stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound being panned full left; the value “127” results in the sound being panned full right.

sent to the Reverb effect.

sent to the Chorus effect.

sent to the DSP effect.

essed signal sounds (no Reverb, Chorus or DSP effect processing).

Determines the pan position of the Left voice in the stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound being panned full left; the value “127” results in the sound being panned full right.

sent to the Reverb effect.

sent to the Chorus effect.

sent to the DSP effect.

essed signal sounds (no Reverb, Chorus or DSP effect processing).

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The Functions

Group Function Item

EFFECT Reverb Type Reverb Type 01–26 Determines the Reverb type, including off (26). (See

Chorus Type Chorus Type 1–31 Determines the Chorus type, including off (31). (See

DSP Type DSP Type 001–179 Determines the DSP type, including off (179). (See

Master EQ Type Master EQ Type 1 (Speaker 1),

HARMONY Harmony Type Harmony Type 01–26 Determines the Harmony type. (See the list on page

Harmony Volume Harmony

PC MODE PC Mode PC Mode PC1/PC2/OFF Optimizes the MIDI settings for connecting to a com-

MIDI Local ON/OFF Local ON/OFF Determines whether the instrument’s keyboard con-

External Clock ON/OFF

Keyboard Out Keyboard Out ON/OFF Determines whether keyboard performance data of

Style Out Style Out ON/OFF Determines whether Style data is transmitted (ON)

Song Out Song Out ON/OFF Determines whether Song data is transmitted (ON)

Initial Setup Initial Setup YES/NO Allows you to instantly send a data ‘snapshot’ of all

METRONOME

SCORE Quantize Quantize 1 (1/4 note),

UTILITY Demo Cancel Demo Cancel ON/OFF Determines whether Demo cancel is enabled or not.

LANGUAGE Language Language English/Japanese Determines the display language for the demo dis-

* All these settings can be conveniently reset to their initial default values by pressing the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultaneously. (The exception to

this is Initial Send, which is an operation, not a setting.)

Time Signature Numerator

Time Signature Denominator

Volume Metronome

Right-Part Right-Part GuideTrack 1–16 Determines the guide track number for your right

Left-Part Left-Part GuideTrack 1–16 Determines the guide track number for your left hand

Display Indication

Volume

External Clock ON/OFF Determines whether the instrument synchronizes to

Time Signature Numerator

Time Signature Denominator

Volume

Range/Settings Description

the list on page 110)

the list on page 111)

2 (Speaker 2), 3 (Headphones), 4 (Line Out 1), 5 (Line Out 2)

000–127 Determines the volume of the Harmony effect.

00–60 Determines the time signature of the Metronome.

2, 4, 8, 16 Sets the length of each metronome beat.

000–127 Determines the volume of the Metronome.

2 (1/4 note triplet), 3 (1/8 note), 4 (1/8 note triplet), 5 (1/16 note),

1/16 note triplet

6 ( 7 (1/32 note), 8 (1/32 note triplet)

Sets the equalizer applied to the instrument output (including speakers, headphones or other output) for optimum sound in different listening situations.

110)

puter (page 84).

trols the internal tone generator (ON) or not (OFF). (page 83)

the internal clock (OFF) or an external clock (ON). (page 83)

the instrument is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF).

via USB TO HOST or not (OFF) during Style playback.

via USB TO HOST or not (OFF) during Song playback.

panel settings to a computer or sequencer. Press [+/ YES] to send, or press [-/NO] to cancel.

Depending on the song data, you can make the score more readable by adjusting the timing of the notes. This determines the minimum timing resolution used in the song. For example, if there are both quarter notes and eighth notes in the song, you

should set this value to “eighth note.” Any notes or rests shorter than this value will not be shown in the score.

hand lesson. The setting is only effective for songs in SMF format 0 transferred from USB ﬂash memory.

lesson. The setting is only effective for songs in SMF format 0 transferred from USB ﬂash memory.

When this is set to ON, the Demo Song will not play, even if the [DEMO] button is pressed.

plays, song ﬁle names, lyrics and certain display messages. All other messages and names are displayed in English. When this is set to Japanese, the ﬁle names are displayed in the Japanese font. The lyrics display follows the language setting originally made in the song data; however, when no such setting exists, the setting here is used.

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Using USB Flash Memory

USB ﬂash memory is a memory medium used for storing data. When a USB ﬂash memory device is inserted in this instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the device. USB ﬂash memory can also be used to transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument. Furthermore, user songs saved to USB ﬂash memory in MIDI ﬁle format can also be used with these features. In this section we’ll look at the procedures for setting up and formatting USB ﬂash memory devices, as well as for saving and loading data to and from them.

If you don’t have a USB ﬂash memory device, you will need to purchase one (or more, as needed). The instrument does not necessarily support all commercially available USB storage devices. Yamaha cannot guarantee operation of USB storage devices that you purchase. Before purchasing a USB storage device, please consult your Yamaha dealer, or an authorized Yamaha distributor (see list at end of the Owner’s Manual) for advice.

USB Flash Memory

Before using a USB device, read through the “Precautions when using the USB TO DEVICE terminal” section on page 82. For information about USB devices compatible with the instrument, see “Connection to a USB Storage Device” on page 80.

● To protect your data (write-protect switch)

Some USB ﬂash memory devices are equipped with a write-protect switch. To prevent accidental erasure of important data saved in USB ﬂash memory, slide the write-protect switch on the device to the “protect” position. When saving data, make sure that the write-protect switch is set to the “overwrite” position.

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Using USB Flash Memory

CONNECT

• No sound will be produced if you play the keyboard while the FILE CONTROL display is showing. Also, in this state only buttons related to ﬁle functions will be active.

NOTE

• The FILE CONTROL display will not appear in any of the following cases:

• During style or song playback.

• While data is being loaded from a USB ﬂash memory.

NOTE

Using USB Flash Memory

Connect a USB ﬂash memory to the

USB TO DEVICE terminal, being careful to insert it in the proper direction. (Do not try to force an improper connection.)

IMPORTANT

• In order to play songs copied to a USB ﬂash memory from a computer or other device, the songs must be stored either in the USB ﬂash memory’s root directory or a ﬁrst-level/secondlevel folder in the root directory. Songs stored in these location can be selected and played as USB song (page 28). Songs stored in third-level-folders created inside a second-level folder cannot be selected and played by this instrument.

USB ﬂash memory (Root)

Check that the “CONNECT” message is

shown in the MAIN display.

You can go to the FILE CONTROL display from which you can access USB ﬂash memory operations by pressing the [MENU] button from this display. (Do not press this button now, but only when instructed to in the sections below.)

Menu Reference Page

Format 75

Save 76

SMF Save 77

Load 78

Delete 79

root

Song

File

Song

Folder

Song

File

Song

Folder

Song

File

Song

Folder

Can be selected/ played.

Cannot be selected/ played.

A message (information or conﬁrmation dialog) sometimes appears in the display to facilitate operation. Refer to the “Messages” section on page 96 for an explanation of each message.

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Using USB Flash Memory

• If the USB ﬂash memory device has been write-protected, an appropriate message will appear in the display and you will not be able to execute the operation.

NOTE

Formatting USB Flash Memory

A new USB ﬂash memory device must be formatted before it can be used by this instrument.

CAUTION

• If you format a USB ﬂash memory that already contains data, all of the data will be erased. Be careful not to erase important data when using the format function.

After connecting the USB ﬂash memory

to be formatted to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, check that the “CONNECT” message is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the FILE MENU [MENU] button.

Press the [EXECUTE] button and the

display prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can press the [-/NO] button at this point to cancel the operation.

Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or

the [+/YES] button, and the format operation will begin.

CAUTION

• Once the format-in-progress message appears in the display, the format operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or remove the USB ﬂash memory device during this operation.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to select the Format item.

The display prompts you for conﬁrmation.

A message appears in the display indi-

cating that the operation is complete.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

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Using USB Flash Memory

Cursor

Cursor right

Delete character

Cursor left

Select characters

• If an existing ﬁlename is speciﬁed the display prompts you for conﬁrmation. Press [EXECUTE] or [+/YES] if it is OK to overwrite the ﬁle, or [-/NO] to cancel.

• The amount of time it will take to perform the save operation depends on the particular USB ﬂash memory device you are using.

NOTE

Saving Data

Three types of data are saved to one “User File” by this operation: user song, style ﬁle, and registration memory data. When you save a “User File” the style ﬁle and registration memory are also saved automatically.

Make sure that a appropriately format-

ted USB ﬂash memory device has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that a “CONNECT” message is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the FILE MENU [MENU] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the User File Save item.

A default ﬁle name will automatically be created.

● To Overwrite an Existing File

If you want to overwrite a ﬁle that already exists on the USB ﬂash memory device, use the dial or the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to select the ﬁle, then skip ahead to step 6.

NOTE

• If the USB ﬂash memory has been write-protected, an appropriate message will appear in the display and you will not be able to execute the operation.

• If there is not enough capacity left on the USB ﬂash memory device to save the data, an appropriate message will appear in the display and you will not be able to save the data. Erase unwanted ﬁles from the USB ﬂash memory device to make more memory available (page 79), or use a different USB device.

• Refer to the “Messages” list on page 96 for other possible errors that might prevent you from completing the operation.

Press the [EXECUTE] button. A cursor

will appear below the ﬁrst character in

Change the ﬁle name as necessary.

the ﬁle name.

• The [1] button moves the cursor to the left, and the [2] button moves it to the right.

• Use the dial to select a character for the current cursor location.

• The [8] button deletes the character at the cursor location.

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Press the [EXECUTE] button. The dis-

play prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the save operation at this point by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or

the [+/YES] button, and the save operation will begin.

The user song will be stored to the USER FILE folder in the USB ﬂash memory device.

CAUTION

• Once the save-in-progress message appears in the display, the operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or remove the USB ﬂash memory device during this operation.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the

MAIN display.

Using USB Flash Memory

The name of the ﬁle to be savedCursor

• If an existing ﬁlename is speciﬁed, the display prompts you for conﬁrmation. Press [EXECUTE] or [+/YES] if it is OK to overwrite the ﬁle, or [-/NO] to cancel.

• The amount of time it will take to perform the save operation depends on the particular USB ﬂash memory device you are using.

NOTE

Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save

This operation converts a user song (song numbers 001–005) to SMF Format 0 and saves the ﬁle to USB ﬂash memory.

● What is SMF (Standard MIDI File)?

The SMF (Standard MIDI File) format is one of the most common and widely compatible sequence formats used for storing sequence data. There are two variations: Format 0 and Format 1. A large number of MIDI devices are compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commercially available MIDI sequence data is provided in SMF Format 0.

Make sure that a properly formatted

USB ﬂash memory device has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the “CONNECT” message is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the FILE MENU [MENU] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the SMF Save item.

The SOURCE FILE—a user song name—will be highlighted.

● To Overwrite an Existing File

If you want to overwrite a ﬁle that already exists on the USB ﬂash memory device, use the dial or the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to select the ﬁle, then skip ahead to step 7.

Press the [EXECUTE] button. A cursor

will appear below the ﬁrst character in the ﬁle name.

Change the ﬁle name as necessary.

Refer to “Saving Data” on page 76 for ﬁlename entry.

The source user song name.

Use the dial to select the source user

song.

You can press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultaneously to select the ﬁrst user song.

Press the [EXECUTE] button.

The DESTINATION SONG will be highlighted, and a default name will appear for the converted song ﬁle.

Press the [EXECUTE] button. The dis-

play prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the save operation at this point by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or

the [+/YES] button, and the save operation will begin.

The user song will be stored to the USER FILE folder in the USB ﬂash memory device.

CAUTION

• Once the save-in-progress message appears in the display, the operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or remove the USB ﬂash memory during this operation.

A message appears in the display indi-

cating that the operation is complete.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

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Using USB Flash Memory

• Style ﬁles must be located in the root directory. Style ﬁles located within folders will not be recognized.

NOTE

Loading User Files and Style Files

User ﬁles and style ﬁle residing on a USB ﬂash memory can be loaded to the instrument.

Use the dial to select the user ﬁle or

CAUTION

•Save important data to a USB ﬂash memory before loading data that will overwrite it.

With the USB ﬂash memory device con-

taining the ﬁle you want to load connected to the USB TO DEVICE connector, check that the “CONNECT” message is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the FILE MENU [MENU] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the Load item.

style ﬁle you want to load.

All user ﬁles in the USB ﬂash memory device will be displayed ﬁrst, followed by the style ﬁles.

Press the [EXECUTE] button. The dis-

play prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the load operation at this point by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or

the [+/YES] button, and the load operation will begin.

CAUTION

• Once the load-in-progress message appears in the display, the operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or remove the USB ﬂash memory during this operation.

A message appears in the display indi-

cating that the operation is complete.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

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Using USB Flash Memory

• If the USB ﬂash memory has been write-protected, an appropriate message will appear in the display and you will not be able to execute the operation.

NOTE

Deleting Data from USB Flash Memory

This procedure deletes selected user ﬁles and SMF ﬁles from a USB ﬂash memory device.

Make sure that the USB ﬂash memory

device containing the ﬁle(s) you want to delete has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the “CONNECT” is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the FILE MENU [MENU] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the Delete item.

Select the ﬁle you want to delete.

You can press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultaneously to select the ﬁrst song or user ﬁle on the USB ﬂash memory.

Press the [EXECUTE] button. The dis-

play prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the delete operation at this point by pressing the [-/NO] button.

Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or

the [+/YES] button, and the delete operation will begin.

CAUTION

• Once the delete-in-progress message appears in the display, the operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or remove the USB ﬂash memory during this operation.

A message appears in the display indi-

cating that the operation is complete.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Playing Songs Saved to USB Flash Memory

Make sure that the USB ﬂash memory

device containing the song you want to play has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the “CONNECT” is shown in the MAIN display.

Press the [USB] button.

Use the dial to select the song you want

to play.

Press the [>>>>/■] button.

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Connectors

q USB TO HOST terminal

This terminal allows direct connection to a personal computer. Refer to “Connecting a Personal Computer” on page 82 for more information.

Connection to a USB Storage Device

w USB TO DEVICE terminal

This terminal allows connection to USB storage devices. Refer to “Connection to a USB Storage Device” below.

By connecting the instrument to a USB storage device, you can save data you’ve created, as well as read or play the data from the connected device.

■Compatible USB storage devices

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

■Connection to a USB storage

device

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

A USB storage device, such as a ﬂoppy disk drive and ﬂash memory can be connected to the USB TO DEVICE terminal. Other USB devices such as a computer keyboard or mouse cannot be used.

Before purchasing USB storage devices, please consult your Yamaha dealer, or an authorized Yamaha distributor (see list at end of the Owner’s Manual) for advice.

CAUTION

•Avoid frequently turning the power on/off to the USB storage

device, or connecting/disconnecting the cable too often. Doing so may result in the operation of the instrument “freezing” or hanging up. While the instrument is accessing data (such as in the Save and Delete operations), do NOT unplug the USB cable, do NOT remove the media from the device, and do NOT turn the power off to either device. Doing so may corrupt the data on either or both devices.

CAUTION

• Some USB memory devices may require more current than the instrument can supply, causing the instrument’s over-current protection function to be activated and making it impossible to use the device. If this occurs “OverCurrent” will appear in the lowerright area of the MAIN display. To restore normal operation remove the USB device from the USB TO DEVICE connector and turn the instrument’s power off and then back on again.

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Connections

Copying ﬁles from the computer’s hard disk to

the USB storage device

Instrument

Disconnect the USB storage device from the

computer and connect it to the instrument.

USB ﬂash memory

Computer

USB TO DEVICE terminal

Reading ﬁles on the USB storage device

from the instrument

USB terminal

Backing up the instrument data to a computer

Once you’ve saved data to a USB ﬂash memory device, you can copy the data to the hard disk of your computer, then archive and organize the ﬁles as desired. Simply reconnect the device as shown below.

Saves internal data to a USB ﬂash memory.

USB TO DEVICE terminal

Instrument

USB ﬂash memory

Disconnect the USB ﬂash memory device from the

computer and connect it to the instrument.

Copying ﬁles from a computer hard disk to USB ﬂash memory and then playing back the songs on the instrument

Files on a computer’s hard disk can be transferred to the instrument by ﬁrst copying them to a USB ﬂash memory device, then connecting/inserting the media to the instrument. User ﬁles, style ﬁles and MIDI songs can be copied to a USB ﬂash memory device from the hard disk of the computer. Once you’ve copied the data, connect the device to the USB TO DEVICE terminal of the instrument and play back the MIDI songs, or load the user ﬁle or style ﬁle on the instrument.

Backing up data to a computer and

organizing ﬁles/folders

Computer

USB terminal

USB ﬂash memory

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Connections

• The Musicsoft Downloader application may not be able to access the instrument in the following cases:

• During style playback.

• During song playback.

• During a ﬁle control operation (while the FILE CONTROL display is showing).

NOTE

Connecting a Personal Computer

The following functions become available when this instrument is connected to a computer.

● Performance data can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 83).

● Files can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 85).

The connection procedure is as follows:

Install the USB-MIDI driver on your

computer.

The USB-MIDI driver is included on the CDROM. Installation of the USB MIDI driver is described on pages 91–92.

Connect the USB terminal of the com-

puter to the USB terminal on the instrument using a standard USB cable (USB cable sold separately).

The supplied CD-ROM also includes a Musicsoft Downloader application that allows you to transfer song ﬁles from your computer to the instrument’s ﬂash memory. For instructions about how to install Musicsoft Downloader and how to transfer song ﬁles, see pages 85, 92.

Computer

USB TO HOST terminal

■ USB Precautions

Please observe the following precautions when connecting the instrument to a computer via a USB cable. Failure to do so can cause the instrument and/or the computer to hang up (freeze), possibly causing corruption or loss of data. If the instrument or computer does hang up, turn the power to both devices off and then on again, and restart the computer.

CAUTION

•Wake the computer from a sleep/suspended/standby mode before connecting the USB cable.

• Connect the USB cable to the instrument and computer before turning power to the instrument on.

• Check the following points before turning the instrument’s power on or off, and before plugging or unplugging the USB cable.

• Quit all applications.

• Make sure that no data transfer is in progress. (Data is transferred whenever you play the keyboard or play a song.)

• Allow at least 6 seconds between turning the instrument’s power on and off, and between plugging and unplugging the USB cable.

• Directly connect the instrument to the computer using a single USB cable. Do not use a USB hub.

USB cable

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Instrument

Connections

Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer

By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument’s performance data can be used on the computer, and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument.

● When the instrument is connected with computer, it transmits/receives performance data.

USB terminalUSB terminal

Computer

Instrument

USB cable

■MIDI settings ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

These settings pertain to performance data transmission and reception.

Item Range/Settings Description

Local ON/OFF

External Clock ON/OFF

Keyboard Out ON/OFF

Style Out ON/OFF These settings determine whether Style data is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF) during Style playback.

Song Out ON/OFF These settings determine whether Song data is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF) during Song playback.

CAUTION

• If you can’t get any sound out of the instrument, this may be the

most likely cause.

CAUTION

• If External Clock is ON and no clock signal is being received from

an external device, the song, style, and metronome functions will not start.

Local control determines whether or not notes played on the instrument are sounded by its internal tone generator system: the internal tone generator is active when local control is on, and inactive when local control is off.

These settings determine whether the instrument is synchronized to its own internal clock (OFF), or to a clock signal from an external device (ON).

These settings determine whether keyboard performance data of the instrument is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF).

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons

to select the item you want to change its value.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Use the dial to select ON or OFF.

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Hold for longer than a second

• When the PC2 setting is selected the instrument’s style, song, demo, song recording, and lesson features cannot be used.

NOTE

•You can also access the PC Mode item by ﬁrst pressing the [FUNCTION] button and then using the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to locate it (page 70).

NOTE

■PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you want to transfer performance data between the computer and the instrument. The PC Mode item can conveniently make multiple settings for you in one operation. Three settings are available: PC1, PC2, and OFF. This setting is not necessary when transferring song or backup ﬁles between the computer and the instrument.

* Set the PC mode to PC2 when using Digital Music Note-

book.

PC1 PC2* OFF

Local OFF OFF ON

External Clock ON OFF OFF

Song Out OFF OFF OFF

Style Out OFF OFF OFF

Keyboard Out OFF ON ON

Press and hold the [DEMO] button for

longer than a second so that the PC Mode item appears.

Use the dial to select PC1, PC2, or OFF.

Initial Send

This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to ﬁrst send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to select the Initial Setup item.

Press [+/YES] to send, or press [-/NO]

to cancel.

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Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument

• If a Song or Style is being played, stop playback before proceeding.

NOTE

• The instrument cannot be operated while the Musicsoft Downloader is running.

NOTE

q Click a Song ﬁle

w Click “Open”

Connections

MIDI songs and Style ﬁles stored to a computer can be transferred to the instrument. Backup ﬁles can also be transferred from the instrument to the computer and back. In order to transfer songs between your computer and the instrument you will need to install the Musicsoft Downloader application and the USB MIDI Driver included on the Accessory CD-ROM on your computer. Refer to the Accessory CDROM Installation Guide on page 88 for installation details.

● Data that can be transferred from a computer

• Song Capacity (max.): 512 songs total

• Data Capacity: Internal memory 811 KB

• Data Format: SMF format 0, SMF format 1, style ﬁle (extension: .sty), Backup File

NOTE

•Even if the number of songs transferred is less than 512, if the amount of data exceeds 811 KB, the song data cannot be transferred to the instrument.

■Use Musicsoft Downloader to Transfer Songs from the Computer to the Instrument’s Flash Memory

Install the Musicsoft Downloader and

USB MIDI driver to your computer, then connect the computer and the instrument (page 90).

After selecting the language, double-

click the Musicsoft Downloader shortcut icon that is created on the desktop. This will launch the Musicsoft Downloader application and the main window will appear.

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

■With the Musicsoft Downloader

You Can

●Transfer MIDI songs you have downloaded from the Internet or created on your computer from the computer to the instrument’s ﬂash memory.

⇒ Refer to the procedure described

below.

●Backup ﬁles can be transferred from the instrument to a computer and back.

⇒ Refer to the procedure described on

page 87.

Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Click the “Add File” button and the Add

File window will appear.

Click the button to the right of “Look in”

and select the folder from the dropdown menu that appears. Double-click the “SongData” Folder on the window. Select the ﬁle you want to transfer to the instrument, and click “Open”.

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Connections

• Before playing back the song transferred from your computer, make sure to close the Musicsoft Downloader program.

NOTE

A copy of the selected MIDI song ﬁle

will appear in the “List of ﬁles stored temporarily” at the top of the window. The memory medium will also be displayed at the bottom of the window to specify the destination for the transfer. Click “Instrument,” and then “Flash memory.”

“Flash memory” here refers to the internal memory of the instrument.

Close the window to close the

Musicsoft Downloader.

To playback a song stored in the mem-

ory of the instrument, press the [USER] button. Use the dial to select the song you want to play, then press the [

button to start playback.

CAUTION

• Do not unplug the USB cable during a data transfer. Not only will the data not be transferred and saved, but operation of the memory media may become unstable and its contents may disappear.

CAUTION

• Stored data can be lost due to equipment malfunction or improper operation. For safety we recommend that you keep a copy of all important data stored on your computer.

/■]

q Click “Electronic Musical Instruments”,

and then “Flash Memory”

After selecting the ﬁle in the “List of

ﬁles stored temporarily,” click the downward [Move] button and a conﬁrmation message will appear. Click [OK] and the song will be transferred from the “List of ﬁles stored temporarily” to the instrument’s memory.

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■Transferring Backup ﬁles from

● ●

the Instrument to a Computer

You can use the Musicsoft Downloader to transfer Backup ﬁles containing backup data (page including the ﬁve User Songs stored on the instrument, to a computer. If you click “Electronic Musical Instruments” in the Musicsoft Downloader display, and then “System Drive,” a ﬁle named “PSR-S500.BUP” will appear in the lower right corner of the Musicsoft Downloader display. This is the backup ﬁle. For details about how to transfer backup ﬁles using the Musicsoft Downloader application, refer to the Online help in the application.

NOTE

• Preset Song data cannot be transmitted from the instrument.

CAUTION

• The backup data, including the ﬁve User Songs’ is transmitted/ received as a single ﬁle. As a result, all backup data will be overwritten every time you transmit or receive. Keep this in mind when transferring data.

● Using Songs with Notation

In order to use songs with notation (SMF format 0 only) transferred from a computer for lessons and practice, you’ll need to specify which channels are to be played back as the right-hand and left-hand parts.

1 Press the [USER] button and select the song

residing in internal memory for which you want to set the guide track.

2 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 3 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the R-Part or L-Part item.

4 Use the dial to select the channel you want to

play back as the speciﬁed right- or left-hand part.

We recommend that you select channel 1 for the right-hand part and channel 2 for the left-hand part.

CAUTION

• Do not rename the backup ﬁle on the computer. If you do so it will not be recognized when transferred to the instrument.

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Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

SPECIAL NOTICES

This CD-ROM is copy-protected. Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to any problems while attempting to copy the CD-ROM or software and cannot be held responsible for the results of attempts to copy the data.

• The software and this owner’s manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation.

• Use of the software and this manual is governed by the license agreement which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software packaging. (Please read carefully the Software Licensing Agreement on page 94 of this manual before installing the application.)

• Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer.

•Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software.

• This disk is a CD-ROM. Do not attempt to play the disk on an audio CD player. Doing so may result in irreparable damage to your audio CD player.

• Future upgrades of application and system software and any changes in speciﬁcations and functions will be announced separately.

• The screen displays as illustrated in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes, and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer.

Important Notices about the CD-ROM

● Data Types

This CD-ROM includes application software. Please refer to page 90 for software installation instructions.

CAUTION

• Do not attempt to play this CD-ROM on an audio CD player. The result high-volume noise can potentially cause hearing damage or damage your CD player and speakers.

● Operating System (OS)

The applications in this CD-ROM are provided in versions for Windows operating systems.

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CD-ROM Contents

e w

Folder Name Application / Data Name Contents

MSD_ Musicsoft Downloader

DMN_FlashDemo Flash Demo

USB-MIDI Driver

USBdrv2k

(Windows 98/Me)

USB-MIDI Driver (Windows 2000/XP)

This application can be used to transfer data between computer and instrument’s memory.

Digital Music Notebook is an educational content that lets you enjoy music while learning. Full motion demo software which introduces all features of the Digital Music Notebook.

This driver software is necessary to connect MIDI devices to your computer via USB.

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

■Using the CD-ROM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Please read the Software License Agreement on page 94 before opening the CD-ROM package.

Check the system requirements to

make sure that the software will run on your computer.

Insert the included CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive.

After you set the language, the start window will appear on the display.

Install the USB MIDI driver to the com-

puter.

Refer to “Installing the USB-MIDI Driver” on page 90 for installation and setup instructions.

Connect the instrument to the com-

puter. The connection procedure is described on page 82.

Install the software.

Musicsoft Downloader:

See page 92.

Launch the software.

For further software operation refer to the online help supplied with the software.

Refer to the “Troubleshooting” on page 93 when you have trouble with installing the driver.

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Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

Driver

USB Cable

MIDI device

Computer

Sequence

software

System Requirements

Application/Data OS CPU Memory Hard Disk Display

Musicsoft Downloader

USB Driver for Windows 98/Me

USB Driver for Windows 2000/XP

Digital Music Notebook

Digital Music Notebook (Requirements for playing content with video included.)

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/ XP Home Edition/ XP Professional

Windows 98/Me

Windows 2000/XP Home Edition/XP Professional

Windows Professional Edition, SP1a more Windows® XP Home Edition, SP1a more Windows 2000 Professional, SP4 more

233 MHz or higher; Intel® Pentium®/Celeron® processor family

166 MHz or higher; Intel Pentium®/Celeron® processor family

400MHz or higher; Intel Pentium®/Celeron® Processor family (1GHz or more is recommended)

1GHz or higher; Intel Pentium®/Celeron® Processor family (1.4GHz or more is recommended)

64 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended)

32 MB or more (64 MB or more is recommended)

128 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended)

256 MB or more

at least 128 MB of free space (at least 512 MB of free space is recommended)

at least 3 MB of free space

at least 50 MB of free space

800 x 600 HighColor (16-bit)

—

1024 x 768 HighColor (16-bit)

Software Installation

● Uninstall (Removing the Software)

Installed software can be removed from your computer as follows: From the Windows Start menu select Start → Settings → Control panel → Add or Remove Applications → Install and Uninstall. Select the item you want to remove and click [Add or Remove]. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the selected software.

NOTE

• The actual names of the menu items and buttons will depend on the OS version you are using.

■

Installing the USB-MIDI Driver

● ● ● ●

In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI devices connected to your computer, the appropriate driver software must be properly installed on your computer. The USB-MIDI driver allows sequence software and similar applications on your computer to transmit and receive MIDI data to and from MIDI devices via a USB cable.

• Windows 98/Me installation ➔ page 91.

• Windows 2000 installation ➔ page 91.

• Windows XP installation ➔ page 92.

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Check the drive name of the CD-ROM drive you will be using (D:, E:, Q: etc.) The drive name is displayed beside the CD-ROM icon in your “My Computer” folder. The root directory of the CDROM drive will be D:\ , E:\ , or Q:\ , respectively.

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

• If the Wizard panel informs you that “The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature”, click [Yes].

NOTE

• If the system prompts you to insert the Windows CD-ROM during detection of the drivers, point to the “USBdrv2k_” folder (e.g., D:\USBdrv2k_) and continue the installation.

NOTE

Installing the driver on Windows 98/Me

Start the computer.

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear automatically.

First, make sure the POWER switch on

the instrument is set to OFF, then use a USB cable to connect the USB terminal of the computer to the USB connector of the instrument. When the instrument is turned on, the computer automatically displays the “Add New Hardware Wizard. Otherwise, refer to “Troubleshooting” in the “Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide” section of the Owner’s Manual.

For Windows Me users, check the radio button to the left of “Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended)” and click [Next]. The system automatically starts searching and installing the driver. Proceed to Step 8. If the system does not detect the driver, select “Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)” and specify the CD-ROM drive’s root directory to install the driver and click [Next]. Execute the installation by following the onscreen instructions and proceed to Step 8.

NOTE

• If you are using Windows Me, skip Step 4–7.

Click [Next].

The window enables you to select the search method.

Check the radio button to the left of

“Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)”. Click [Next].

The window enables you to select a location in which to install the driver.

Check the “Specify a location” box, click

“Browse..”, then specify the root directory of the CD-ROM drive and continue the installation. The CD-ROM drive letter may vary depending on your computer’s conﬁguration.

Installing the driver on Windows 2000

Start the computer and use the “Adminis-

trator” account to log into Windows 2000.

Select [My Computer] ➔ [Control Panel]

➔ [System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Driver Signing] ➔ [File Signature Veriﬁcation], and check the radio button to the left of “Ignore—Install all ﬁles, regardless of ﬁle signature” and click [OK].

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear automatically.

First, make sure the POWER switch on the

MIDI device is set to OFF, then use a USB cable to connect the MIDI device to the computer. After making the connections, turn on the power of the MIDI device. The system automatically launches the Found New Hardware Wizard.

Otherwise, refer to “Troubleshooting” in the “Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide” section of the Owner’s Manual. Click [Next]. (Some computers may take a while to display the Wizard window.)

Select the radio button for “Search for a

suitable driver for my device [recommended]”, then click [Next].

Check the “CD-ROM drives” check box,

deselect all other check boxes, then click [Next].

Deselect the “Install one of the other driv-

ers”, then click [Next].

When the system detects the driver on

the CD-ROM and is ready for installation, it is shown as a message on the screen. Make sure that the “YAMAHA USB MIDI Driver” is listed, and click [Next]. The system starts the installation.

When installation is complete, a message

indicating so appears. Click [Finish].

The driver has been installed.

NOTE

• Some computers may take about ten seconds to show this screen after the installation is complete.

When the installation is complete, the

Wizard displays “Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard”.

Click [Finish]. (Some computers may take a while to display the Wizard window.)

Restart the computer.

The USB-MIDI driver installation is complete.

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Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

•You will need to log in with administrator (root) privileges in order to install Musicsoft Downloader on a computer running Windows 2000 or XP.

•You will need to log in with administrator (root) privileges in order to install Digital Music Notebook on a computer running Windows 2000 or XP.

IMPORTANT

• When installing the Digital Music Notebook, make sure that Internet Explorer 6.0 (with SP1) or higher is installed to your computer.

IMPORTANT

• Credit card settlement is required to purchase Digital Music Notebook content. Credit card processing may not be possible for some areas, so please check with your local authorities to make sure that your credit card can be used.

IMPORTANT

• If the start window does not appear automatically, double click your “My Computer” folder to open it. Right-click the CD-ROM icon and select “Open” from the pop-up menu. Double click “Start.exe” and proceed to step 2, below.

NOTE

• Only Musicsoft Downloader can be used to transfer ﬁles between this instrument and a computer. No other ﬁle transfer application can be used.

IMPORTANT

Installing the driver on Windows XP

Start the computer and use the “Adminis-

trator” account to log into Windows.

Select [Start] ➔ [Control Panel]. If the

control panel appears as “Pick a category”, click “Switch to Classic View” in the upper left of the window. All control panels and icons will be displayed.

Go to [System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Driver

Signing Options] and check the radio button to the left of “Ignore” and click [OK].

Click the [OK] button to close System

Properties, and then click “X” in the upper right of the window to close the Control Panel.

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear automatically.

First, make sure the POWER switch on

the MIDI device is set to OFF, then use a USB cable to connect the MIDI device to the computer. After making the connections, turn on the power of the MIDI device. The system launches the Found New Hardware Wizard automatically. Otherwise, refer to “Troubleshooting” in the “Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide” section of the Owner’s Manual. If the system displays “Found New Hardware” in the lower right corner, wait until Wizard windows is displayed. (Some computers may take a while to display the window.)

If the Wizard window prompts you to specify whether or not to connect to Windows Update, select the radio button for “No, not this time”, then click [Next].

Select the radio button for “Install the

software automatically (recommended)”, then click [Next].

NOTE

• If during the installation the system displays “...has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP”, click [Continue Anyway].

When the installation is complete, the

Wizard displays “Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard”.

Click [Finish]. (Some computers may take a while to display the Wizard window.)

Restart the computer.

If the system displays “Found New Hardware” in the lower right corner, wait until the Wizard window is displayed. (Some computers may take a while to display the Wizard window.)

The USB-MIDI driver installation is complete.

■Installing the Musicsoft Downloader and Digital Music Notebook Applications

Insert the Accessory CD-ROM into your

computer’s CD-ROM drive. The start window will appear automatically showing software applications.

Click [Musicsoft Downloader] or [Digital

Music Notebook].

Click the [install] button or [Digital Music

Notebook Download] button, and follow the onscreen instructions to install the software.

For Digital Music Notebook operating instructions see the help menu: launch the Digital Music Notebook application and click “Help”.

For Musicsoft Downloader operating instructions see the Help menu: launch the Musicsoft Downloader application and click “Help”.

*You can obtain the latest version of the Musicsoft

Downloader at the following Internet URL.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

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■Troubleshooting

The driver cannot be installed. When controlling the instrument from

• Is the USB cable connected correctly?

Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it again.

• Is the USB function enabled on your computer?

When you connect the instrument to the computer for the ﬁrst time, if the “Add New Hardware Wizard” does not appear, the USB function on the computer may be disabled. Perform the following steps.

1 Select [Control Panel] ➔ [System] ➔

[Device Manager] (for Windows 98/Me), or select [Control Panel]* ➔ [System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Device Manager] (for Windows 2000/XP).

* Classic View only in Windows XP.

your computer via USB, the instrument does not operate correctly or no sound is heard.

• Did you install the driver? (page 90)

• Is the USB cable connected correctly?

•Are the volume settings of the instrument, playback device, and application program set to the appropriate levels?

•Have you selected an appropriate port in the sequence software?

•Are you using the latest USB MIDI driver? The latest driver can be downloaded from the following web site.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

2 Make sure that no “!” or “x” marks appear

at “Universal serial bus controller” or “USB Root Hub”. If you see an “!” or “x” mark, the USB controller is disabled.

• Is any unknown device registered?

If driver installation fails, the instrument will be marked as an “Unknown device”, and you will not be able to install the driver. Delete the “Unknown device” by following the steps below.

1 Select [Control Panel] ➔ [System] ➔

[Device Manager] (for Windows 98/Me), or select [Control Panel]* ➔ [System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Device Manager] (for Windows 2000/XP).

* Classic View only in Windows XP.

2 Look for “Other devices” in the menu

“View devices by type”.

3 If you ﬁnd “Other devices”, double-click it

to extend the tree to look for “Unknown device”. If one appears, select it and click the [Remove] button.

4 Remove the USB cable from the instru-

ment, and make the connection again.

5 Install the driver again.

• Windows 98/Me users... see page 91

• Windows 2000 users..... see page 91

• Windows XP users........ see page 92

Playback response is delayed.

• Does your computer satisfy the system requirements?

• Is any other application or device driver running?

Cannot suspend or resume the computer correctly.

• Do not suspend the computer while the MIDI application is running.

If you are using Windows 2000, you may not be able to suspend/resume normally, depending on the particular environment (USB Host Controller, etc.). Even so, simply disconnecting and connecting the USB cable will allow you to use the instrument functions again.

How can I delete or re-install the driver?

[Windows Me/98]

1 When the instrument is recognized cor-

rectly, double-click “System” in the Control Panel to open the System window.

2 Double-click the “Device Manager” tab,

select “YAMAHA USB MIDI Driver” and delete it.

3 Use the MS-DOS prompt or Explorer to

delete the following three ﬁles.

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NOTE

•To delete these ﬁles using Explorer, select “Folder Options” from the Tool (View) menu, and select “Show all ﬁles (and folders).”

• \WINDOWS\INF\OTHER\1039.INF

• \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Xgusb.drv

• \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Ymidusb.sys

4 Disconnect the USB cable. 5 Restart the computer. 6 Re-install the driver.

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Troubleshooting

Problem Possible Cause and Solution

When the instrument is turned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced.

When using a mobile phone, noise is produced.

There is no sound even when the keyboard is played or when a song or style is being played back.

The style or song does not play back when the [START/STOP] button is pressed.

The style does not sound properly.

No rhythm accompaniment plays when the [START/STOP] button is pressed after selecting the BaroqueAir Style in the MOVIE & SHOW category.

This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical power.

Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the instrument may produce interference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it further away from the instrument.

Check that nothing is connected to the PHONES/OUTPUT jack on the rear panel. When a set of headphones is plugged into this jack, no sound is output.

Check the Local Control on/off. (See page 83.)

Is the FILE CONTROL display showing? The instrument’s keyboard, etc., will not produce any sound while the FILE CONTROL display is showing. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Is External Clock set to ON? Make sure External Clock is set to OFF; refer to “External Clock” on page 83.

Make sure that the Style Volume (page 71) is set to an appropriate level.

Is the split point set at an appropriate key for the chords you are playing? Set the split point at an appropriate key (page 59).

Is the [ACMP] button lit? If it is not lit, press the [ACMP] button so it lights.

This is not a malfunction. Style BaroqueAir Style does not have a Rhythm part, so there is no rhythm sound for this Style. Also, this Style does not have a Fill-In section. The other parts will begin playing when you play a chord in the accompaniment.

Not all of the voices seem to sound, or the sound seems to be cut off.

The footswitch (for sustain) seems to produce the opposite effect. For example, pressing the footswitch cuts off the sound and releasing it sustains the sounds.

The sound of the voice changes from note to note.

The Demo display is shown in Japanese, and/or there are Japanese characters in the display messages.

The ACMP indicator does not appear when the [ACMP] button is pressed.

There is no harmony sound.

The instrument is polyphonic up to a maximum of 32 notes. If the Dual voice or Split voice is being used and a style or song is playing back at the same time, some notes/sounds may be omitted (or “stolen”) from the accompaniment or song.

The polarity of the footswitch is reversed. Make sure that the footswitch plug is properly connected to the SUSTAIN jack before turning on the power.

This is normal. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the keyboard; thus, the actual sound of the voice may be slightly different from note to note.

Make sure the Language setting in the FUNCTION display is set to English. (See page 12)

Always press desired style category button ﬁrst when you are going to use any style-related function.

The harmony effects (01–26) behave differently according to their type. Types 01–05 function when style playback is on, chords are played in the accompaniment range of the keyboard, and a melody is played in the right-hand range. Types 06–26 will function whether style playback is on or off. For types 06–12 you need to play two notes at the same time.

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Messages

LCD Message Comment

Access error!

All Memory Clearing...

Are you sure? Conﬁrms whether Song Clear or Track Clear is executed or not.

Backup Clearing... Displayed while clearing the back-up data in the ﬂash memory.

Cancel Displayed when the transmission of Initial Send is cancelled.

Clearing... Displayed while executing Song Clear or Track Clear of the user songs.

Com Mode

Completed

Copy File Displayed while copying a ﬁle in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Create Directory Displayed while creating a folder in the Musicsoft Downloader application.

Data Error! Displayed when the user song contains illegal data.

Delete File Displayed while deleting a ﬁle in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Delete OK ? Conﬁrms whether the Delete job is executed or not.

Delete Directory Displayed while deleting a folder in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Deleting... Displayed while the delete function is engaged.

End Displayed when the transmission of Initial Send has been completed.

Error! Displayed when writing has failed.

File information area is not large enough.

File is not found. Indicates there is no ﬁle.

File too large. Loading is impossible.

Flash Clearing...

Format OK ? [EXECUTE] Conﬁrms whether formatting the media is executed or not.

Formatting... Displayed while formatting.

Load OK ? Conﬁrms whether loading is executed or not.

Loading... Displayed while loading data.

Media capacity is full.

Memory Full Displayed when the internal memory becomes full during song recording.

Move File Displayed while moving a ﬁle in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Now Writing... (Don’t turn off the power now, otherwise the data may be damaged.)

Overwrite ? Conﬁrms whether overwriting is executed or not.

Please Wait...

Rename File Displayed while rewriting the ﬁle name in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Save OK ? Conﬁrms whether saving is executed or not.

Saved data is not found. Displayed when the data to be saved doesn’t exist.

Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the media or the ﬂash memory.

Displayed while erasing all data in the ﬂash memory. Never turn the power off during data transmission.

Displayed when the Musicsoft Downloader is started on the PC connected to the keyboard. This will not be displayed while the instrument is played back.

Indicates the speciﬁed job completion such as data saving and transmission.

Indicates that saving data in the media cannot be executed since the total number of ﬁles have become too many.

Indicates that loading data cannot be executed since the ﬁle data is too large.

Displayed while clearing the song or style data transmitted to the internal ﬂash memory.

Displayed when saving data cannot be executed since the media memory becomes full.

Displayed while writing data in the memory. Never turn the power off while writing. Doing so may result in data loss.

Displayed when executing the jobs that take some time, such as displaying scores and lyrics.

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LCD Message Comment

Saving...

Displayed while saving data in the memory. Never turn the power off while saving. Doing so may result in data loss.

Send OK? Conﬁrms whether the data transmission is executed or not.

Sending... Displayed while transmitting data.

Since the media is in use now, this function is not available.

Indicates that the ﬁle control function is currently unavailable since the media is being accessed.

Sure ? [YES/NO] Reconﬁrms whether each operation is executed or not.

The limit of the media has been reached.

Indicates that saving data cannot be executed since the folder/directory structure has become too complicated.

The media is not formatted. Indicates the inserted media has not been formatted.

The media is write-protected.

The song data is too large to be converted to notation.

There are too many ﬁles.

This function is not available now.

[nnn] ﬁle name

Indicates that the inserted media cannot be written since it is write-protected. Set to the write-protect switch to the “overwrite” position before use.

Indicates that the score cannot be displayed since the song data is too large.

Indicates that saving data cannot be executed since the total number of ﬁles exceeds the capacity.

Indicates the designated function is not available since the instrument is executing another job.

Indicates the ﬁle name of the currently transmitting. “nnn” indicates the receiving block.

Messages

NOTE

• Not all the messages are listed in the table: the messages necessary to be explained only.

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• The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers for each voice. Use these program change numbers when playing the instrument via MIDI from an external device.

• Program Numbers 001 to 128 directly relate to MIDI Program Change Numbers 000 to 127. That is, Program Numbers and Program Change Numbers differ by a value of 1. Remember to take this into consideration.

• Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the notes have been released while the sustain pedal (footswitch) is held.

Voice List

■ Maximum Polyphony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony. This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the available notes, so when auto accompaniment is used the total number of available notes for playing on the keyboard is correspondingly reduced. The same applies to the Split Voice and Song functions. If the maximum polyphony is exceeded, earlier played notes will be cut off and the most recent notes have priority (last note priority).

NOTE

● Panel Voice List

Voice

Bank Select

MSB

No.

(0–127)

10113 1 Live! Grand Piano 20112 2 Bright Piano 30114 1 Live! WarmGrand 40112 7 Harpsichord 50113 7 GrandHarpsi 60112 4 HonkyTonk 70112 3 MidiGrand 80113 4 Oct.Piano1 90114 4 Oct.Piano2

10 0 113 3 CP80

10114 5 Cool! GalaxyEP 20118 5 Cool! SuitcaseEP 30115 5 PolarisEP 40118 6 JazzChorus 50113 6 HyperTines 60119 5 Cool! E.Piano 70120 5 PhaseEP 80116 6 NewTines

90112 5 FunkEP 10 0 112 6 DX Modern 11 0 116 5 VintageEP 12 0 114 6 VenusEP 13 0 115 6 ModernEP 14 0 113 5 TremoloEP 15 0 117 6 SuperDX 16 0 117 5 StageEP 17 0 112 8 Clavi 18 0 113 8 WahClavi

10118 19 Cool! Organ

20117 17 Cool! JazzOrgan

30117 19 Cool! RotorOrgan

40115 19 Cool! FullRocker

50118 17 StadiumOrg

60116 19 RotaryDrive

70112 19 RockOrgan1

80113 18 DanceOrgan

90112 17 JazzOrgan1 10 0 114 19 PurpleOrg 11 0 118 18 Elec.Organ 12 0 115 17 DrawbarOrg 13 0 113 17 JazzOrgan2 14 0 113 19 RockOrgan2 15 0 112 18 ClickOrgan 16 0 119 17 GospelOrg 17 0 115 18 MellowDraw 18 0 116 17 BrightDraw 19 0 116 18 60'sOrgan 20 0 120 17 JazzOrgan3 21 0 114 17 Tibia 16+4 22 0 114 18 Tibia Full

LSB

(0–127)

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MIDI

Program

Change#

(1–128)

Piano

E.Piano

Organ

Voice Name

Bank Select

Voice

MSB

No.

(0–127)

23 0 113 20 ChapelOrgn1 24 0 114 20 ChapelOrgn2 25 0 115 20 ChapelOrgn3 26 0 112 20 PipeOrgan 27 0 112 21 ReedOrgan

10117 50 Live! Strings 20116 50 Live! Orchestra 30122 50 Allegro Strings 40114 49 Symphon.Str 50113 41 Sweet! Violin 60112 49 Strings 70113 49 OrchStrings 80112 52 AnalogStrs

90112 50 ChamberStrs 10 0 116 49 BowStrings 11 0 113 50 SlowStrings 12 0 112 45 TremoloStrs 13 0 115 50 MarcatoStrs 14 0 112 51 SynStrings1 15 0 112 46 PizzStrings 16 0 112 42 Viola 17 0 112 43 Cello 18 0 112 44 Contrabass 19 0 112 47 Harp 20 0 113 47 Hackbrett 21 0 112 111 Fiddle 22 0 112 106 Banjo 23 0 112 105 Sitar 24 0 112 108 Koto 25 0 112 107 Shamisen 26 0 112 41 SoloViolin 27 0 112 56 Orch.Hit

10112 55 AirChoir

20113 54 GothicVox

30118 89 SweetHeaven

40121 89 DreamHeaven

50112 53 Choir

60112 54 VoxHumana

10117 63 Live! PopBrass

20118 63 Hyper Brass

30116 63 OctaveBrass

40112 61 Live! FrenchHorns

50115 67 BrassCombo

60112 62 BrassSection

70125 62 Sforzando

80121 62 BigBrass

90113 60 BallroomBrs 10 0 120 62 BrightBrass 11 0 116 62 MellowBrass 12 0 113 63 80'sBrass 13 0 123 62 SoftBrass

LSB

(0–127)

MIDI Program Change#

(1–128)

Strings

Choir

Brass

Voice Name

Voice List

Voice

Bank Select

MSB

No.

(0–127)

14 0 114 62 FullHorns 15 0 118 58 SmoothTromb 16 0 115 62 HighBrass 17 0 113 64 OberBrass 18 0 122 62 TrumpetEns 19 0 119 62 MellowHorns 20 0 113 62 BigBandBrs 21 0 118 62 PopBrass 22 0 112 64 AnalogBrs 23 0 113 58 Trb.Section 24 0 117 62 SmallBrass 25 0 114 64 SoftAnalog 26 0 115 63 FunkyAnalog 27 0 114 63 TechnoBrass 28 0 112 63 SynthBrass

10115 57 Sweet! Trumpet 20117 58 Sweet! Trombone 30116 57 JazzTrumpet 40112 57 SoloTrumpet 50113 57 FlugelHorn 60116 58 Trombone 70115 58 SoftTromb 80112 58 SoloTromb

90114 58 MellowTromb 10 0 112 60 MutedTrump 11 0 113 59 BaritonHorn 12 0 114 59 BaritonHit 13 0 112 59 Tuba 14 0 113 34 AlpBass

10117 67 Sweet! TenorSax

20114 66 Sweet! AltoSax

30113 65 Sweet! SopranoSax

40118 67 GrowlSax

50112 68 BaritoneSax

60112 65 SopranoSax

70112 67 TenorSax

80112 66 AltoSax

90113 67 WoodwindEns

10114 74 Sweet! Flute

20114 72 Sweet! Clarinet

30113 76 Sweet! PanFlute

40112 70 EnglishHorn

50112 71 Bassoon

60115 74 Class.Flute

70112 73 Piccolo

80112 72 Clarinet

90112 69 Oboe 10 0 112 74 Flute 11 0 113 74 PanFlute 12 0 112 79 Whistle 13 0 112 76 EthnicFlute 14 0 112 78 Shakuhachi 15 0 112 75 Recorder 16 0 112 80 Ocarina 17 0 112 110 Bagpipe

10116 25 Dynamic Nylon

20117 26 Steel Guitar

30115 27 Cool! JazzGuitar

40114 29 Cool! Elec.Gtr

50114 26 Sweet! Mandolin

60118 26 Dyno Steel

70117 29 Cool! Stratsphere

80125 28 Cool! VintageLead

90113 26 12Strings Guitar 10 0 115 31 Cool! PowerLead 11 0 116 26 Dynamic Steel

LSB

(0–127)

MIDI

Program

Change#

(1–128)

Trumpet

Saxophone

Flute&Clarinet

Guitar

Voice Name

Voice

Bank Select

MSB

No.

(0–127)

12 0 117 30 Cool! BluesGuitar 13 0 112 28 Cool! CleanGuitar 14 0 115 25 Classic Guitar 15 0 115 28 PedalSteel 16 0 116 30 RockGuitar 17 0 126 28 VintageStrum 18 0 117 31 PowerChord 19 0 117 28 60'sClean 20 0 119 27 SmoothLead 21 0 115 30 VintageAmp 22 0 113 31 CrunchGtr 23 0 115 26 CampﬁreGtr 24 0 118 28 SolidGuitar 25 0 123 28 VintageOpen 26 0 115 29 VintageMute 27 0 114 30 LeadGuitar 28 0 124 28 ChorusGtr 29 0 120 28 VintageTrem 30 0 113 27 OctaveGtr 31 0 114 28 DeepChorus 32 0 113 28 TremoloGtr 33 0 114 31 HeavyStack 34 0 122 28 WahGuitar 35 0 112 31 Distor tion 36 0 119 28 Elec.12Str 37 0 113 30 FeedbackGtr 38 0 112 29 MutedGuitar 39 0 113 29 FunkGuitar 40 0 116 31 VodooLead 41 0 112 26 FolkGuitar 42 0 112 30 Overdrive

10114 34 Cool! FingerBass 20112 33 Aco.Bass 30112 35 PickBass 40112 36 Cool! Fretless 50112 37 SlapBass 60114 40 SubBass 70114 39 HardBass 80112 39 ResoBass

90113 36 SuperFretles 10 0 113 37 FusionBass 11 0 114 33 Bass&Cymbal 12 0 112 40 AnalogBass 13 0 116 40 DrySynBass 14 0 115 40 80'sSynBass 15 0 113 39 HiQBass 16 0 112 38 FunkBass 17 0 115 39 ClickBass 18 0 112 34 MellowFinger

10112 12 Vibraphone

20113 12 JazzVibes

30112 13 Marimba

40112 14 Xylophone

50112 115 SteelDrums

60112 9 Celesta

70112 10 Glocken

80112 11 MusicBox

90112 15 TubularBell 10 0 112 109 Kalimba 11 0 112 16 Dulcimer 12 0 112 48 Timpani 13 127 0 1 StandardKit1 14 127 0 2 StandardKit2 15 127 0 33 JazzKit 16 127 0 41 BrushKit 17 127 0 9 RoomKit 18 127 0 17 RockKit 19 127 0 25 ElectroKit

LSB

(0–127)

MIDI

Program

Change#

(1–128)

Bass

Perc&Drum

Voice Name

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Voice List

Voice

Bank Select

MSB

No.

(0–127)

20 127 0 26 AnalogKit 21 127 0 28 DanceKit 22 127 0 49 SymphonyKit 23 126 0 41 CubanKit 24 126 0 44 PopLatinKit 25 126 0 36 ArabicKit 26 126 0 1 SFXKit1 27 126 0 2 SFXKit2

10112 22 Musette 20117 22 Steirisch 30113 22 TuttiAccrd 40115 22 SmallAccrd 50116 22 Accordion 60112 24 TangoAccrd 70113 24 Bandoneon 80114 22 SoftAccrd 90113 23 ModernHarp

10 0 114 23 BluesHarp

10113 95 Insomnia 20115 90 NeoWarmPad 30113 100 CyberPad 40112 96 Wave2001 50112 100 Atmosphere 60112 92 XenonPad 70112 95 Equinox 80112 89 Fantasia

90112 93 DX Pad 10 0 113 89 Symbiont 11 0 114 89 Stargate 12 0 112 90 Area51 13 0 113 90 DarkMoon 14 0 115 95 Ionosphere 15 0 115 89 GoldenAge 16 0 114 95 Solaris 17 0 117 89 Millennium 18 0 114 90 Dunes

10122 82 Oxygen

20123 82 Matrix

30120 82 WireLead

40113 81 HipLead

50117 81 HopLead

60116 82 FireWire

70115 82 Analogon

80114 82 Blaster

90115 85 Skyline 10 0 112 81 SquareLead 11 0 112 82 Saw.Lead 12 0 118 81 TinyLead 13 0 121 82 FunkyLead 14 0 114 85 Paraglide 15 0 112 85 Portatone 16 0 113 82 BigLead 17 0 117 82 Warp 18 0 119 82 Fargo 19 0 113 85 Adrenaline 20 0 112 99 Stardust 21 0 112 84 AeroLead 22 0 114 81 MiniLead 23 0 113 88 Impact 24 0 113 99 SunBell 25 0 112 88 UnderHeim 26 0 116 81 HiBias 27 0 115 81 Vinylead

LSB

(0–127)

MIDI

Program

Change#

(1–128)

Accordion

Pad

Synth

Voice Name

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Yamaha PSR-S500 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

PRECAUTIONS

Logos

Accessories

Special Features of the PSR-S500

Setting Up

Power Requirements

Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack)

Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack)

Connecting to a Computer (USB Terminal) Turning the Power On

Changing the Display language

Adjusting the LCD CONTRAST control

Panel Controls and Terminals

Front Panel

Rear Panel

Playing Songs

Quick Guide

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices

Select and Play a Voice

Playing Drum Kits

Playing Styles

Select a Styles Rhythm

Playing Along with a Style

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

Playing with the Music Database

Using Songs

Selecting and Listening to a Song

Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause

Types of Songs

Displaying the Song Score

Displaying the Lyrics

Recording Your Own Performance

Track Configuration

Quick Recording Procedure

Multi-track Recording Procedure

Backup and Initialization

Backup

Initialization

Basic Operation and Displays

Basic Operation

The Displays

MAIN Display Items

Reference

Playing with the Effects

Adding Harmony

Changing the Reverb Type

Changing the Chorus Type

Panel Sustain

Adding DSP

Pitch Bend

Using Various Functions

Playing with the metronome

Using Tap Start

Touch Response

EQ settings

Pitch Controls

Changing the pitch of the instrument in octaves

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Pattern Variation (sections)

One Touch Setting

Variation Change and OTS (OTS LINK)

Setting the Split Point

Playing a Style with Chords but without Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment)

Adjusting the Style Volume

Chord Basics

User Style

Playing Styles Using the Entire Keyboard

Song Settings

Song Volumes

Changing the Tempo

A-B Repeat

Muting Independent Song Parts

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings

Saving to the Registration Memory

Recalling a Registration Memory

The Functions

Selecting and Setting Functions