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Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3
Panel Controls
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The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5
Setting Up
6
Power Supply .............................................................................. 6
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Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor .................................. 6
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Using Batteries ..................................................................... 6
Connections ................................................................................ 7
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The PHONES Jack ............................................................... 7
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SUSTAIN Jack ...................................................................... 7
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AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack ................................................ 7
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MIDI IN and OUT Connectors .............................................. 7
The Demonstration
8
Basic Display Operation
10
Playing the PSR-A3
12
Selecting & Playing Voices ...................................................... 12
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Keyboard Percussion ......................................................... 14
The Split Mode .......................................................................... 15
Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters ................... 15
Touch Response ....................................................................... 17
Dual Voice .................................................................................. 17
Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters ................... 18
Harmony/Echo ........................................................................... 20
Selecting a Harmony/Echo Type ........................................... 20
Sustain ....................................................................................... 22
Transposition ............................................................................ 23
Pitch Bend ................................................................................. 23
Digital Effects
24
Using the Digital Effects ........................................................... 24
Changing the Reverb Effect ..................................................... 24
Selecting the Reverb Effect Type .......................................... 24
Setting the Reverb Return Level ............................................ 25
Changing the Chorus Effect .................................................... 26
Selecting the Chorus Effect Type .......................................... 26
Setting the Chorus Return Level ............................................ 27
Changing the DSP Effect .......................................................... 28
Selecting the DSP Effect Type .............................................. 28
Setting the DSP Return Level ................................................ 29
Using Auto Accompaniment
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The Stop Accompaniment Function ................................... 37
Accompaniment Track Control ................................................ 38
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Large/Small Accompaniment .............................................. 39
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Muting Individual Tracks ..................................................... 39
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Changing Accompaniment Track Voices ............................ 40
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Adjusting Accompaniment Track Volume ........................... 40
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point ............................. 41
One Touch Setting .................................................................... 42
Using Arabic Scales
43
Setting an Arabic Scale ............................................................ 43
Adjusting the Scale Tuning .................................................... 43
Registering the Scale Settings ................................................ 45
Recall the Scale Settings ......................................................... 45
Accompaniment Scale Tuning ................................................. 46
Registration Memory
47
Registering the Panel Settings ................................................ 47
Recall the Registered Panel Settings ...................................... 49
The Accomp Freeze Function .................................................. 49
Song Recording
50
Recording a Melody Track ....................................................... 50
Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody .............. 53
Accompaniment and Melody Playback ................................... 56
Play from a Specified Measure .............................................. 57
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Voice & Volume Rewrite ..................................................... 58
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Clearing the SONG TRACKS ............................................. 58
The Multi Pads
59
Playing the MULTI PADS .......................................................... 59
Recording the MULTI PADS ..................................................... 61
Using Music Cartridges
64
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Inserting a Music Cartridge ................................................. 64
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Music Cartridge Handling Precautions ............................... 64
Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ........................................... 65
Selecting Cartridge Styles ..................................................... 65
Cartridge Songs ........................................................................ 66
Cartridge Song Playback ....................................................... 66
Cartridge Registration Presets ................................................ 67
Selecting Cartridge Registration ............................................ 67
Practice Features
68
The Minus One Mode ................................................................ 68
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Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off ..................... 68
Repeat Play ................................................................................ 69
Overall Functions
70
General Functions .................................................................... 71
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Keyboard Volume ............................................................... 71
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Octave ................................................................................ 71
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Reverb Level ...................................................................... 72
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Chorus Level ...................................................................... 72
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DSP Level ........................................................................... 72
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Pan ..................................................................................... 72
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Voice Set ............................................................................ 73
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Accompaniment Volume ..................................................... 73
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Touch Sensitivity ................................................................ 73
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Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel ................................... 74
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Pitch Bend Range ............................................................... 74
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Metronome ......................................................................... 74
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Tuning ................................................................................. 74
MIDI Functions .......................................................................... 75
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Remote Channel ................................................................. 76
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Keyboard Out ..................................................................... 77
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Song Out ............................................................................ 77
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Accompaniment Out ........................................................... 77
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Local Control ...................................................................... 78
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External Clock .................................................................... 78
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Initial Data Send ................................................................. 78
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Bulk Data Send ................................................................... 79
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Receiving Bulk Data ........................................................... 79
Appendix
PSR-A3 Function Tree ........................................................... 80
About Digital Effect ................................................................ 82
Troubleshooting ..................................................................... 84
Data Backup & Initialization ................................................... 85
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Data Initialization ................................................................ 85
Index ........................................................................................... 86
Specifications ......................................................................... 87
Voice List ............................................................................... 88
Percussion Kit List ................................................................. 92
MIDI Implementation Chart .................................................... 94
MIDI Data Format .................................................................. 97
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GM System Level 1 .......................................................... 101
