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Contents
SELECTING AND PLAYING
SONGS — THE SONG MODE
RECORDING A USER SONG —
REALTIME RECORDING
• Using the Metronome ............ 81
• Additional Operations ............ 83
RECORDING A USER SONG —
STEP RECORDING
........................... 84
Recording Notes ........................... 85
• Additional Operations ............ 87
Replacing a Note or Rest .............. 88
Entering Velocity Curves ............... 89
• Velocity Curve Chart ............... 89
• Footswitch Assign Functions ... 92
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Channel Messages ........................ 94
System Messages .......................... 94
• MIDI Terminals ....................... 94
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL
COMPUTER
..................................... 95
USING BULK DUMP SEND
TO SAVE DATA
................................ 99
Saving Bulk Data .......................... 99
Loading Bulk Data ...................... 101
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND
WITH A SEQUENCER
Sending Initial Setup Data .......... 102
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SONG SCORES
(EZ Chord banks 1, 2)
.................................... 108
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Function Parameters — Effects ...... 44
• Effect Types ............................ 45
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT —
THE STYLE MODE
SELECTING A STYLE AND
PLAYING THE ACCOMPANIMENT
USING THE AUTO
ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS
(MAIN A, MAIN B AND FILL-INS)
ADJUSTING THE
ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT —
MULTI FINGERING
SETTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT
SPLIT POINT
................................... 58
Function Parameter —
Accompaniment Split Point .......... 59
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• Smart Chord List .................... 65
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EZ Chord — Playback ................... 66
• Bank Chain ............................. 67
EZ Chord — Recording ................. 68
• Recording a Space .................. 69
During EZ Chord Recording ... 69
• HINT — Using Spaces ............. 70
Clearing an EZ Chord Bank ........... 71
Recording a User One Touch
Setting ......................................... 72
Recalling a User One Touch Setting 73
• Selecting a User Bank ............. 73
Selecting a Preset One Touch
Setting ......................................... 74
• Front Panel ............................... 6
• Rear Panel ................................ 7
POWER REQUIREMENTS ................. 8
TURNING ON THE POWER ............. 8
ACCESSORY JACKS ......................... 9
Quick Guide —
How to Use Your New
PSR-225 PortaTone
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• Music Stand ........................... 23
Time Signature ....................... 25
Volume ................................... 26
PLAYING VOICES —
THE VOICE MODE
GM Voices .............................. 29
(voices 101 - 110) .................. 30
Function Parameters — Main Voice 30
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PLAYING TWO VOICES —
DUAL VOICE
................................... 34
Function Parameters — Dual Voice 35
PLAYING TWO VOICES —
SPLIT VOICE
.................................... 36
Function Parameters — Split Voice 37
ADDITIONAL VOICE
FUNCTIONS — VOICE SET AND
TOUCH SENSITIVITY
Function Parameters —
Voice Set and Touch Sensitivity ..... 39