FEATURE REFERENCE
(AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT)
ORCHESTRATION
Accompaniment parts can be turned on or off by press-
ing the corresponding ORCHESTRA button. When a part
is turned off the corresponding indicator will go out. To
silence the bass part, for example, press the ORCHES-
TRATION [BASS] button so that its indicator goes out
Press the button again to turn that part back on.
• Depending on the selected style, all ORCHESTRATION buttons
may not always contain data (the indicators will light even if the
corresponding ORCHESTRATION button does not contain
data).
CUSTOM STYLE
The PSR-400/PSR-500 CUSTOM STYLE feature lets
you create original accompaniment styles — one for each
PAGE MEMORY — which are stored as style number 99
(PROGRAMMABLE). You can program separate pat-
terns for the INTRO, NORMAL. BRIDGE, FILL IN 1,
FILL IN 2, and ENDING variations.
1 .
Select one of the preset or custom styles on which you
want to base your new custom style prior to activating
the CUSTOM STYLE feature.
2.
Press the CUSTOM [RECORD/END] button. Style
number 99 will automatically be selected and the AC-
COMPANIMENT CONTROL variation LEDs will
flash in sequence. If you press the [RECORD/END]
button again at this point recording will be cancelled
and the previous style will be re-selected.
3.
Select the variation you want to program by pressing
the corresponding ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL
button.
As soon as an ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL
variation button is pressed, the selected pattern will
begin playing repeatedly (along with a metronome
"click" sound which will not be recorded), based on a
C chord.
• If you cancel recording at this point by pressing the
[RECORD/END] button, any previously recorded CUSTOM
STYLE data will be erased and the current style will be
recorded in the CUSTOM STYLE memory.
4.
The ORCHESTRATION buttons will be flashing in
sequence. Select the pan you want to program by
pressing the corresponding ORCHESTRATION but-
ton. When an ORCHESTRATION button is pressed
its indicator will light and the sound of that track will
be emphasized. At this point you can press any other
ORCHESTRATION button to select a different record
track, as required. Further, by turning the selected
track off, the ORCHESTRATION indicators will
resume flashing in sequence and you can hear the
overall volume balance of the accompaniment.
• The ORCHESTRATION [2] and [3] buttons each contain 2
tracks of data. Press either of these buttons once to select
track A, and a second time to select track B. When the button
is pressed a third time the part is turned off.
5.
You can now add new material to the selected part by
playing on the keyboard. You can completely clear a
part if you want to record new material from scratch:
press the ORCHESTRATION button corresponding to
the part you want to clear while holding the [CLEAR]
button. Individual notes can be cleared by pressing the
appropriate key while holding the [CLEAR] button.
This technique is particularly useful when recording
drum parts.
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