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PSR-OR700 Owner’s Manual

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Appendix

Specifications

PSR-OR700

Sound Source

AWM Stereo Sampling

Keyboard

61 keys (C1–C6 with Initial Touch)

Display

320 x 240 dots QVGA B/W LCD

Music Score, Lyrics

YES

Voice

Polyphony (max)

Voice Selection

360 480 XG voices

22 Drum/SFX Kits + GM2 + GS voices for GS Song playback

MegaVoice

Live! Voice

Cool! Voice

Sweet! Voice

Organ Flutes! Voice

Regular Voice

297

Voice Editing (Voice Set)

YES

Effects

Effect Blocks

Reverb/Chorus/DSP

Effect Types

Reverb/Chorus/DSP

Reverb: 34 3 User

Chorus: 29 3 User

DSP 1: 191 3 User

DSP 2-4: 106 10 User

Master EQ

5 2 User

Part EQ

28 Parts

Accompaniment Style

Accompaniment Styles

314

Pro Styles

302

Session Styles

MegaVoice/Style

YES

Fingering

Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger,

AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard

Style Creator

YES

OTS (One Touch Setting)

4 for each Style

OTS Link

YES

Music Finder

Preset

YES

Edit

YES

RAM Capacity

120 KB

Song

Preset Songs

5 samples

Guide

Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key

Performance assistant technology

YES

Recording

Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording,

Song Editing

Record Channels

RAM Capacity

300 KB

Multi Pad

Preset

4 Pads

80 Banks

Memory Device

USB Flash Memory

YES

Floppy Disk (2HD, 2DD)

External Adaptor (via USB TO DEVICE)

Hard Disk

External Adaptor (via USB TO DEVICE)

Flash Memory (Internal)

560 KB

Memory Card (SmartMedia, etc.)

External Adaptor (via USB TO DEVICE)

Tempo

Tempo Range

5 - 500, Tap Tempo

Metronome

Yes

Sound

Bell on/off

Registration Memory

Buttons

Regist. Sequence / Freeze

YES

Summary of Contents for PORTATONE PSR-OR700

Page 1: ...EN O W N E R S M A N U A L ...

Page 2: ...ion 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 environ mentally friendly We sincerely believe that our products and the produc t...

Page 3: ...maha 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 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 usi...

Page 4: ... consult a physician Saving and backing up your data The data of the types listed below are lost when you turn off the power to the instrument Save the data to the USER tab display page 27 or USB storage device USB flash memory floppy disk etc Recorded Edited Songs page 43 143 158 Created Edited Styles page 114 Edited Voices page 92 Memorized One Touch Settings page 51 Edited MIDI settings page 17...

Page 5: ...a and or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use This device is capable of using various types formats of music data by optimizing them to the proper format music data for use with the device in advance As a result this device may not play them back precisely as their producers or composers originally intended Some of the preset songs have been edited for length or arrangeme...

Page 6: ...itles credits and copyright notices for two 2 of the songs pre installed in this instrument Beauty And The Beast from Walt Disney s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken 1991 Walt Disney Music Company and Wonderland Music Company Inc All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Hey Jude Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Copyright 1968 Sony ATV Songs LLC Copyri...

Page 7: ...ng Along with Song Playback Karaoke or Your Own Performance 57 Singing with the Lyrics Display 57 Convenient Functions for Karaoke 58 Convenient Functions for Singing Along with Your Own Performance 58 Setting an Oriental Scale 59 Basic Operation Selecting Message Language 60 The Messages Shown in the Display 60 Instant Selection of the Displays Direct Access 61 Basic Displays Main Display and Fil...

Page 8: ...rder Registration Sequence 134 Using Creating and Editing Songs 136 Compatible Song Types 136 Operations for Song Playback 137 Adjusting the Volume Balance and Voice Combination etc MIXING CONSOLE 140 Practicing Songs with the Guide Functions 141 Selecting the Guide Function Type 141 Recording Your Performance to MIDI 143 Recording Methods 143 Editing a Recorded Song 158 Using Your Instrument with...

Page 9: ...Guide Basic Operation Using Creating and Editing the Auto Accompaniment Styles The Multi Pads Using Creating and Editing Songs Appendix Registering and Recalling Custom Panel Setups Reference Using Creating and Editing Voices Using Your Instrument with Other Devices Using Oriental Scales ...

Page 10: ...rt RIGHT1 2 LEFT page 53 Setting the Modulation wheel for each keyboard part RIGHT 1 2 LEFT page 34 Practicing the keyboard performance Using the Metronome page 34 Displaying and playing along with the music notation of the song during playback page 39 Selecting the programs of the PSR OR700 Voices page 77 Styles page 103 Multi Pad banks page 128 Songs page 136 Music Finder records pages 55 108 Re...

Page 11: ... Saving Your Scale Settings page 101 Recalling the Scale Setting page 102 Controlling and adjusting the pitch Adjusting the overall pitch of the PSR OR700 Master Tune page 81 Adjusting the octave of the keyboard page 86 Transposing notes Master Transpose Keyboard Transpose Song Transpose page 58 Setting TRANSPOSE button to independently control separate parts page 86 Using the PITCH BEND wheel pag...

Page 12: ... your backing band SCALE SETTING SCALE MEMORY Using oriental scales page 99 The Scale Setting feature lets you easily lower the pitches of specific notes by 50 cents to create your own oriental scales Up to six scale settings can be stored for instant recall Scale Memory whenever you need them LCD The large LCD together with the various panel buttons provides comprehensive and easy to understand c...

Page 13: ...your own original organ voices just as on a traditional organ by increasing and decreasing the flute footages and adding percussive sounds USB TO HOST terminal Make music with a computer quickly and easily page 171 Dive in and take advantage of the wide world of computer music software Connections and setup are exceptionally easy and you can play back your computer recorded parts with different in...

Page 14: ... 43 I J STOP button P 37 J F K PLAY PAUSE button P 36 K G H REW FF buttons P 138 STYLE L STYLE buttons P 46 TRANSPOSE M buttons P 58 METORONOME N METRONOME button P 34 TAP TEMPO O TAP TEMPO button P 48 TEMPO P buttons P 34 FADE IN OUT Q FADE IN OUT button P 48 STYLE CONTROL R OTS LINK button P 51 S AUTO FILL IN button P 49 T ACMP button P 47 U INTRO I II III buttons P 48 V MAIN VARIATION A B C D b...

Page 15: ...K buttons P 132 p FREEZE button P 134 q MEMORY button P 131 r 1 8 buttons P 131 MULTI PAD CONTROL s SELECT button P 130 t 1 4 buttons P 130 u STOP button P 128 ONE TOUCH SETTING v 1 4 buttons P 51 VOICE CONTROL w HARMONY ECHO button P 53 82 x TOUCH button P 53 y SUSTAIN button P 53 z MONO button P 53 DSP button P 53 VARI button P 53 UPPER OCTAVE UPPER OCTAVE buttons P 62 Drum Kit icons Data List S...

Page 16: ...mended by Yamaha only The use of an incompatible adaptor may cause irrepara ble damage to the PSR OR700 and may even pose a serious shock hazard ALWAYS UNPLUG THE AC ADAPTOR FROM THE AC POWER OUTLET WHEN THE PSR OR700 IS NOT IN USE CAUTION Never interrupt the power sup ply e g unplug the AC adap tor during any PSR OR700 record operation Doing so can result in a loss of data CAUTION Even when the s...

Page 17: ...ossible damage to the speakers or other connected electronic equipment always switch on the power of the PSR OR700 before switching on the power of the amplified speak ers or mixer and amplifier Likewise always switch off the power of the PSR OR700 after switching off the power of the amplified speakers or mixer and amplifier Air Vents CAUTION This instrument has special air vents in the top panel...

Page 18: ...rting it into the slot at the rear of the control panel Using Headphones Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack The internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of head phones is plugged into the PHONES jack CAUTION Do not listen with the head phones at high volume for long periods of time Doing so may cause hearing loss ...

Page 19: ... messages file names and character input 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB OWNER 2 Press the 4π π π π 5π π π π button to select a language Display Settings Adjusting the Contrast of the Display You can adjust the contrast of the display by turning the LCD CONTRAST knob located to the left of the display ...

Page 20: ... 20 Introduction Adjusting the Brightness of the Display Adjust the brightness of the display 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB CONFIG 2 2 Press the 2π π π π button to adjust the brightness of the display ...

Page 21: ... turned on 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB OWNER 2 Press the I OWNER NAME button and call up the Owner Name dis play Refer to page 71 for character entry details Displaying the version number To check the version number of this instrument press the 7π 8π VERSION buttons in the display in step 1 above Press the EXIT or 8π button to return to the original display ...

Page 22: ...e the power is on the disk is automatically accessed since the instrument checks whether the disk has data Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power A floppy disk left in the drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt that can cause data read and write errors Cleaning the Disk Drive Read Write Head Clean the read write head regularly This i...

Page 23: ...device media If so execute the Format operation Using USB Storage Devices When connecting a USB storage device to the USB TO DEVICE make sure that the connector on the device is appropriate and that it is connected in the proper direc tion Before removing the media from the device make sure that the instrument is not accessing data such as in the Save Copy and Delete operations If you are connecti...

Page 24: ...ractive mini manual complete with sound demonstrations and text showing what it can do for you 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB OWNER 2 Press the 4π π π π 5π π π π buttons to select the desired language Demos will play back continuously until stopped When the Demo stops the display returns to the MAIN display 1 Select the desired Language 2 Press the DEMO button to start the ...

Page 25: ... J Play Overview Demo but ton When the Demo has more than one screen Press 1π 8π but tons corresponding to the screen number 1 Press the 7π π π π 8π π π π buttons in the Demo display to call up the specific Demo menu 2 Press one of the A H buttons to show a specific Demo 3 Press the EXIT button to exit from the Demos ...

Page 26: ... up display pages related to the displayed function from the Main display n About information in the Main display See page 62 1 A J buttons The A J buttons correspond to the settings indicated next to the buttons For example press the F button and the Voice RIGHT 1 selection display will appear in the display 2 1π π π π 8π π π π buttons The 1π 8π buttons corre spond to the parameters which are ind...

Page 27: ... appear in the display see the illustration at right Press one of the A J buttons to select a folder Press the 8π UP button to call up the next highest level folder When the drive contains more than ten Songs the display is divided up into several pages The page indica tions are shown at the bottom of the display Press one of the 1π 7π buttons to select a page n The number of pages shown varies de...

Page 28: ...y setting display Categories of detailed settings are shown When the selected category is further divided into sub categories the tab s will be shown in the display When the setting is further divided into additional settings a list will be shown in the display 1 Press the FUNCTION button 2 Press the D button to select the category CONTROLLER 3 Press the TAB buttons to select the KEYBOARD PANEL ta...

Page 29: ... 5 5 Press the 1π π π π 2π π π π button to select touch sensitivity for the keyboard Throughout this manual arrows are used in the instructions indicating in shorthand the process of calling up certain displays and functions For example the instructions above can be indicated in shorthand as FUNCTION D CONTROLLER TAB KEYBOARD PANEL A 1 INITIAL TOUCH ...

Page 30: ... METRONOME button page 34 VOICE buttons page 30 1 Press the PART SELECT RIGHT1 button to call up the Voice selection display Determining how the Voice selection display is opened when one of the VOICE category selection buttons is pressed You can select how the Voice selection display is opened when one of the VOICE category selection buttons is pressed 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J U...

Page 31: ...ptionally broad range of instrument sounds making it perfect for virtually every musical application However the sheer number of Voices may seem over whelming at first To easily recall your favorite Voice there are two methods Save your favorite Voice to the USER display in the Voice Selection display and recall it by using the VOICE USER button 1 Copy your favorite Voices from the Preset drive to...

Page 32: ... the PART SELECT RIGHT 1 button to call up the Voice selection display 2 Press the 8π UP button to call up the Voice categories 3 Press the 2π button to display page 2 4 Press the E F button to select GM XG GM2 5 Press the 2π button to display page 2 6 Press the F button to select SoundEffect 7 Press one of the A J buttons to select the desired sound effect 8 Play the keyboard Selecting GM XG GM2 ...

Page 33: ...ARD PANEL A 1 INITIAL TOUCH 2 Press the 1π 2π buttons to specify the touch response HARD 2 Requires strong playing to produce high volume Best for players with a heavy touch HARD 1 Requires moderately strong playing for high volume NORMAL Standard touch response SOFT 1 Produces high volume with moderate playing strength SOFT 2 Produces relatively high volume even with light play ing strength Best ...

Page 34: ... check how a specific tempo sounds Adjusting the Tempo or Setting the Time Signature of the Metronome Sound Adjusting the Metronome Tempo 1 Press the TEMPO button to call up the pop up tempo setting display PITCH BEND MODULATION n You can set whether the effects caused by the MODULATION Wheel will be applied or not to each of the key board part 1 Call up the display FUNCTION D CONTROLLER TAB KEYBO...

Page 35: ...EXIT button to close the Tempo display Determine the Metronome Time Signature and Other Settings 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB CONFIG 1 B 2 METORONOME 2 Set the parameters by pressing the 2π π π π 7π π π π buttons VOLUME Determines the level of the metronome sound SOUND Determines which sound is used for the met ronome Bell Off Conventional metronome sound with no bell Bel...

Page 36: ... on playing back the preset Songs You can also select the file by using the DATA ENTRY dial then press the ENTER button to execute n You can instantly jump back to the original display by double clicking on one of the A E buttons 1 Press the SONG SELECT button to call up the Song selection display 2 Press the A button to select the Sample Song category 3 2 3 Press one of the A E buttons to select ...

Page 37: ...TAB buttons to select the USB tab USB1 USB2 corresponding to the USB storage device you inserted in Step 1 The indication USB1 USB2 will be displayed depending on the number of the connected devices 4 Use the A J buttons to select a Song n You can also select a specified file in the USB storage device by pressing the USB button USB A SONG A J Playing Songs in sequence You can play all Songs in a f...

Page 38: ... buttons to select the VOL VOICE tab 4 Press the MIXING CONSOLE button until MIXING CONSOLE SONG CH1 8 is shown at the top of the dis play 5 Press the E J button to select VOLUME 6 To raise the level of the desired channel s press the appropriate buttons 1π 8π If the desired channel is not shown in the MIXING CONSOLE SONG CH1 8 display press the MIXING CON SOLE button to call up the MIXING CONSOLE...

Page 39: ...onal preferences 1 Press the SCORE button to display the music nota tion n The music notation at right is for instructional purposes only and the song depicted is not one of the preset Songs on your instrument 2 Change the following settings as desired Changing the size of the music notation Press the 7π button to change the size of the music notation Displaying only right hand part left hand part...

Page 40: ...FF LEFT CH only No channel assignment This disables display of the left hand key range KEY SIGNATURE This lets you enter key signature changes in the middle of a song at the stopped position This menu is useful when the selected Song contains no key signature settings for displaying notation QUANTIZE This gives you control over the note resolution in the notation letting you shift or correct the t...

Page 41: ...djust the volume balance between Song playback and the sound you play on the keyboard 1 Press the BALANCE button to call up the volume balance display 2 To adjust the Song volume press the 1π button To adjust the keyboard RIGHT 1 volume press the 6π button 3 Press the EXIT button to close the volume balance display n About keyboard parts Right 1 Right 2 Left See page 78 2 2 1 3 Other guide functio...

Page 42: ...ying a Range of Measures and Playing them Back Repeat edly A B Repeat 1 Select a Song page 36 2 Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to start playback 3 Specify the repeat range Press the REPEAT button at the starting point A of the range to be repeated Press the REPEAT button again at the ending point B After an automatic lead in to help guide you into the phrase the range from Point A to Point B...

Page 43: ...ing the Quick Recording feature This is an effective practice tool allowing you to easily compare your own performance to the original song you are practicing You can also use it to practice duet pieces by yourself if you have your teacher or partner record his or her part beforehand A blank Song for recording is automatically set Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on the ke...

Page 44: ...tionally easy to play the backing parts along with Song playback n Before using performance assistant technology To use the performance assistant technology the Song must contain chord data If the Song contains this data the current chord name will be displayed in the Main display during Song playback letting you easily check whether the Song contains chord data or not In these example instruction...

Page 45: ... on 4 Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to start playback 5 Play the keyboard Playing the left and right hand together method 1 Playing the left and right hand together method 2 Playing the left hand and right hand alternately Play three notes at the same time with your right hand Play several notes one after the other with different fin gers of your right hand Play three notes at the same time...

Page 46: ...of a full band or orchestra even if you re playing by yourself The Auto Accompaniment sound is made up of the rhythm patterns of the Styles The Styles of the instrument cover a wide range of different musical genres including pop jazz and many others Playing Mary Had a Little Lamb with the Auto Accompaniment Feature 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 C C G C C G C C MARY HAD A LITTL...

Page 47: ...h your right hand n Chord Fingerings There are seven different fingering methods you can use to specify chords page 103 Enabling tempo display above Style name You can select whether the tempo is displayed above the Style name or not 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB CONFIG 2 2 Select the B 2 DISPLAY STYLE TEMPO button and use the 5π 6π buttons to switch the tempo dis play on ...

Page 48: ... one of the INTRO I III buttons before starting Style playback and press the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button to start Style playback Synchro Start This lets you start playback as soon as you play the keyboard Press the SYNC START button when Style playback is stopped and play a chord in the chord section of the keyboard to start Style playback Fade In The Fade In produces smooth fade ins when star...

Page 49: ... Finish Playing Start stop Styles stop as soon as the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button is pressed Ending This is used for the ending of the Song Each preset Style features three different endings When the ending is finished the Style stops automatically Press one of the ENDING rit I III buttons during Style playback You can have the ending gradually slow down ritardando by pressing the same ENDING ...

Page 50: ...bout the section button INTRO MAIN ENDING etc lamps Green The section is not selected Red The section is currently selected Off The section contains no data and cannot be played Holding the LEFT part Voice Left Hold This function causes the LEFT part Voice to be held even when the keys are released Non decaying voices such as strings are held continuously while decay type voices such as piano deca...

Page 51: ...play a chord with your left hand the selected Style starts Helpful hints for using One Touch Setting Automatically changing One Touch Settings with the Main sections OTS Link The convenient OTS One Touch Setting Link function lets you automatically have One Touch Settings change when you select a different Main section A D To use the OTS Link function press the OTS LINK button Memorizing the panel...

Page 52: ... corresponding phrase at the currently set tempo You can even play two three or four Multi Pads at the same time Pressing the pad during its play back will stop playing and begin playing from the top again 1 Press the MULTI PAD CONTROL SELECT button to call up the Multi Pad Bank selection display then select the desired Bank 2 Press any of the MULTI PAD CONTROL 1 4 buttons to play the Multi Pad ph...

Page 53: ...nly one note at a time Using the MONO mode lets you play single lead sounds such as brass instruments more realistically It also lets you expressively control the Portamento effect depending on the selected Voice by playing legato When this button is off the part s Voice played polyphonically n Portamento Portamento is a function that creates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played...

Page 54: ...utton and SYNC START button page 47 and make sure that the RIGHT 1 part is on page 30 3 Play a chord with your left hand to start the style page 47 and play some notes in the right hand range of the keyboard Split Point Chord section In this example harmony notes in the scale of C major the chord played in the left hand are automatically added to the notes played in the Chord section right hand ra...

Page 55: ...d and instantly call up all the records that match your search criteria page 108 MUSIC Contains the song title or music genre that describes each record letting you easily find the desired music style n Skipping up or down through the song alphabetically When sorting records by song title use the 1π button to skip up or down through the songs alphabetically Simultaneously press the π buttons to mo...

Page 56: ...ved to a USB storage device To use the Repertoire function save the desired Style in USER tab The panel settings that match the Style under selection is searched according to the record group of the Music Finder The list of the search results is shown on the SEARCH 2 display of the Music Finder CAUTION When the result of searching the record in the SEARCH 2 display has already been shown the searc...

Page 57: ...ith the lyrics on the display The color of the lyrics changes as the Song plays When the lyrics are unreadable You may need to change the Lyrics Language setting to International in the Song Setting display FUNCTION B SONG SET TING if the lyrics shown are garbled or unreadable This setting can be memorized as part of the Song data page 162 Changing the lyrics You can change the lyrics as desired p...

Page 58: ...to playing the keyboard part in C To match up the keys set the Master Transpose to 0 the Keyboard Transpose to 2 and the Song Transpose to 3 This brings the keyboard part up and the song data down to your desired singing key FUNCTION D CONTROLLER TAB KEYBOARD PANEL B TRANSPOSE ASSIGN The following types are available Select the one most suited to your purpose KEYBOARD Transpose pitch of the keyboa...

Page 59: ...riate button at any time To maintain the memorized scale settings even after the power is turned off make sure to save the settings as a file page 101 In the SCALE TUNE display you can select a desired scale template including oriental scales and create your own scales by fine tuning the scale notes page 99 4 Press the EXIT button to close the TRANSPOSE display Scale related buttons 1 The SCALE SE...

Page 60: ...anguage 3 Press the EXIT button to return to the previous display The Messages Shown in the Display A message information or confirmation dialog sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation When the message appears simply press the appropriate button The language selected here is also used for various Mes sages shown during operations 2 3 In this example press the F YES button to start ...

Page 61: ...the appropriate button 2 Press the button corresponding to the desired setting display to instantly call up that display Refer to the Data List for a list of the displays that can be called up with the Direct Access function The Data List is available at the Yamaha website See page 5 Example of calling up the Guide function display Press the DIRECT ACCESS button then press the GUIDE button 1 2 Ret...

Page 62: ... and related information Displays the currently selected Style name time signature and tempo Pressing the C button calls up the Style Selection display page 46 4 Current chord name If the ACMP button is set to On the chord specified in the chord section of the key board will be displayed 5 Scale Tune Bank name Displays the currently selected Scale Tune Memory 6 Transpose Displays the amount of tra...

Page 63: ...ates the names of the selected Multi Pad Banks page 128 Pressing the I button calls up the Multi Pad Bank Selection display page 129 Registration Memory Bank name Displays the currently selected Registration Memory Bank name Pressing the J button calls up the Registration Memory Bank Selection display page 132 When the Freeze function is ON an F indication appears page 134 Volume Balance Displays ...

Page 64: ...n original are saved as files You can drop files into a folder Preset Location where pre programmed preset data is stored User Location where recorded or edited data is saved USB Location where data on USB storage device USB flash memory floppy disk etc is saved Hereafter in this manual any USB storage device such as USB flash memory floppy disk drive etc will be referred to as USB storage device ...

Page 65: ... storage device by pressing the USB button USB A SONG B STYLE F VOICE G MULTI PAD A J The number of pages shown var ies depending on the selection display of the Voices Songs Styles Press the corresponding button to P1 P2 in the dis play When other pages follow the NEXT button appears and for the previous page the PREV button appears 2 4 1 3 3 3 This display shows the Voice files in a folder The n...

Page 66: ...e number of the connected devices 3 4 Formatting USB storage media When a USB storage device is connected or media is inserted a message may appear prompting you to format the device media If so execute the format operation CAUTION The format operation deletes any previously existing data Make sure that the media you are formatting does not contain important data Proceed with caution especially wh...

Page 67: ... the File Selection display 2 Select the appropriate tab USER USB etc to which you want to save the data by using the TAB buttons 3 Press the 6 SAVE button to call up the file naming display 4 Enter the file name page 71 5 Press the 8π π π π OK button to save the file If you want to cancel the Save operation press the 8 CANCEL button The saved file will be automatically located at the appropriate ...

Page 68: ... the appropriate position among the files in alphabetical order Restrictions for protected Songs Commercially available song data may be copy protected to prevent illegal copying or accidental erasure They are marked by the indications at the upper left side of the file names The indications and relevant restrictions are detailed below Note for Prot 2 Orig and Prot 2 Edit Song file operation Make ...

Page 69: ... file moved and pasted appears on the display at the appropriate position among the files in alphabetical order Deleting Files Folders This operation lets you delete a file folder 1 Call up the display containing the file folder you want to delete 2 Press the 5 DELETE button The pop up window for the Delete operation appears at the bottom of the display 3 Press one of the A J buttons corresponding...

Page 70: ...or folder page 71 The renamed folder file appears on the display at the appropriate position among the files in alphabetical order 6 Press the 8π π π π OK button to actually enter the new name Selecting Custom Icons for Files Shown at the Left of File Name You can select custom icons for files shown at the left of file name 1 4 Operations are the same as the above Renaming Files Folders section 5 ...

Page 71: ...case Alphabet lowercase letters half size numbers half size marks half size 2 Use the DATA ENTRY dial to move the cursor to the desired position 3 Press the 2π π π π 6π π π π and 7π π π π buttons corresponding to the character you wish to enter Entering letters numerals and symbols can be done by moving the cursor or pressing one of the character entry buttons Alternately you can wait for a short ...

Page 72: ...er is selected Inserting a Character 1 Move the cursor to the desired position Use the same operation as in Deleting Characters above 2 Press the 2π 6π or 7π buttons to enter numbers and symbols 3 Press the 8π OK button to enter characters Entering a Space 1 Move the cursor to the desired position Use the same operation as in Deleting Characters above 2 Press 6 button to call up the mark list 3 Ma...

Page 73: ...st is available at the Yamaha website See page 5 MIDI SETUP Restores the MIDI settings including the MIDI templates on the User tab dis play to the original factory status USER EFFECT Restores the User Effect settings including the user effect types and user master EQ types created via the Mixing Console display to the original fac tory settings MUSIC FINDER Restores the Music Finder data all reco...

Page 74: ...e results as on page 72 Restoring the Factory programmed Settings Independently by Item 5 Save your file page 67 6 To recall your file select the tab and page to which you ve saved the file same tab and page as specified in step 4 and press the corre sponding A J button SYSTEM SETUP Parameters set on the various displays such as the FUNCTION UTILITY are handled as a single System Setup file Refer ...

Page 75: ... 7 Select the destination USB tab to which the file folder is to be copied by using the TAB buttons 8 Press the 4 PASTE button to paste the file folder 1 Insert connect the backup USB storage device destination 2 Call up the operation display FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB SYSTEM RESET 3 Press one of the F I buttons to call up the relevant display for saving your data 4 Select the appropriate USB tab to w...

Page 76: ...the data to the USB storage device To restore the data press the E RESTORE button in step 3 above It takes a few minutes to complete the backup restore operation Backup data which has not been created on the PSR OR700 cannot be restored CAUTION Move the Protected Songs which are saved to the USER dis play before restoring If the songs are not moved the oper ation deletes the data 3 All data listed...

Page 77: ... various perfor mance techniques In conventional instruments different Voices having those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired effect However now with MegaVoices a con vincing guitar part can be played with just a single Voice using specific velocity values to play the desired sounds Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise veloc...

Page 78: ...r mal performance for example with the piano Voice Playing two Voices simultaneously Right 1 and 2 parts You can simulate a melody duet or combine two similarVoices to create a thicker sound Refer to page 79 for Voice selection operations for the Right 2 part Playing different Voices with the left and right Hands Right 1 and Left parts You can play different Voices with the left and right hands Fo...

Page 79: ...rd 7 Press the PART ON OFF RIGHT 2 button again to turn it off For the selected part the name of the currently selected Voice is highlighted reverse display in the Main display Quickly selecting Voices for Right 1 and 2 parts You can quickly select the Right 1 and 2 partVoices just from the Voice buttons Press and hold one Voice button then press another The Voice of the first pressed button is au...

Page 80: ...on display for the Left part 4 Press the TAB button to select the PRESET display 5 Press one of the A J buttons to select a Voice 6 Play the keyboard 7 Press the PART ON OFF LEFT button again to turn it off For the selected part the name of the currently selected Voice is highlighted reverse display in the Main display 4 5 5 Switching the Left part on off with a pedal You can use a pedal to switch...

Page 81: ...p the operation display MIXING CONSOLE TAB TUNE 2 Use the 1π π π π 3π π π π buttons to set the transposition Fine tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument You can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument useful when you play the PSR OR700 along with other instruments or CD music 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION A MASTER TUNE SCALE TUNE TAB MASTER TUNE 2 Use the 4π π π π 5π π π π butto...

Page 82: ...selected the Harmony effect is applied to notes played in the right hand section of the keyboard according to the type Echo Types These types apply echo effects to notes played in the right hand section of the keyboard in time with the currently set tempo Harmony Types These types apply the harmony effect to notes played in the right hand section of the key board according to the chord specified i...

Page 83: ... echo notes generated by the Harmony Echo effect SPEED This parameter is only available when Echo Tremolo or Trill is selected in Type above It determines the speed of the Echo Tremolo and Trill effects ASSIGN This parameter is available for all types with the exception of Multi Assign This lets you determine the keyboard part via which the har mony echo notes will be sounded CHORD NOTE ONLY This ...

Page 84: ...ers see the section Adjustable items parameters in the MIXING CONSOLE displays on page 85 3 Press the MIXING CONSOLE button repeatedly to call up the MIX ING CONSOLE display for the relevant parts The MIXING CONSOLE displays actually consist of several different part displays The part name is indicated at the top of the display The various MIXING CONSOLE displays alternate among the following PANE...

Page 85: ...NG STYLE and MULTI PAD The part components are the same as those that appear in the display when you press the panel BAL ANCE button STYLE PART A Style consists of eight separate channels Here you can adjust the level balance among these eight channels or parts These part components are the same as those that appear in the display when you press the panel CHAN NEL ON OFF button to call up the STYL...

Page 86: ...function OCTAVE Determines the range of the pitch change in octaves for each keyboard part TUNING Determines the pitch of each keyboard part TRANSPOSE Allows you to set the transposition for the keyboard pitch KEY BOARD Song playback SONG or overall sound of the instru ment MASTER respectively TYPE Select the desired effect type page 88 After editing various parameters for the selected effect type...

Page 87: ...o call up the AUTO REVOICE SETUP dis play 5 Use the 1π π π π 3π π π π buttons to select the Voice to be replaced 6 Use the 4π π π π 6π π π π buttons to select the Voice for replacing the XG selected in step 5 Several different Revoice settings are available by using the F I J but tons for conveniently calling up the recommended Revoice settings in one action ALL REVOICE Replaces all of the replace...

Page 88: ...Digital Signal Proces sor or Processing DSP changes and enhances the audio signal in the digital realm to produce a wide range of effects Effect Block Effect applicable parts Effect characteristics REVERB All parts Reproduces the warm ambience of playing in a concert hall or jazz club CHORUS All parts Produces a rich fat sound as if several parts are being played simultaneously DSP1 STYLE PART SON...

Page 89: ... its variation parameter press the E button 11 Select one of the parameters you want to edit by using the 4π π π π 5π π π π buttons Available parameters differ depending on the selected Effect type 12 Adjust the value for the selected parameter by using the 6π π π π 7π π π π buttons If you have selected the REVERB CHORUS or DSP1 effect block in step 5 Adjust the Effect Return Level by pressing 8π ...

Page 90: ... For example you can cut some of the low range frequencies when playing in large spaces where the sound is too boomy or boost the high frequencies in rooms and close spaces where the sound is relatively dead and free of echoes The instrument possesses a high grade five band digital EQ With this function a final effect tone control can be added to the output of your instrument You can select one of...

Page 91: ...cut each of the five bands Use the 8π button to boost or cut all the five bands at the same time 8 Adjust the Q bandwidth and the FREQ center frequency of the band selected in step 7 Bandwidth also called Shape or Q Use the 1π button The higher the value of Q the narrower the band width FREQ center frequency Use the 2π button The available FREQ range is different for each band 9 Press the H or I S...

Page 92: ...to call up the relevant setting display For information on the available parameters see the Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays on page 93 4 As necessary use the A B buttons to select the item parameter to be edited 5 Use the 1π π π π 8π π π π buttons to edit the Voice 6 Press the D COMPARE button to compare the sound of the edited Voice with the unedited Voice Editing the ORGAN FLUTES V...

Page 93: ...on offset VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the current edited Voice TOUCH SENSE Adjusts the touch sensitivity velocity sensitivity or how greatly the volume responds to your playing strength DEPTH Determines the velocity sensitivity or how much the level of the voice changes in response to your playing strength velocity OFFSET Determines the amount by which received velocities are adjusted for the act...

Page 94: ...sustained piano tone BRIGHTNESS Determines the cutoff frequency or effective frequency range of the filter see diagram Higher values result in a brighter sound HARMONIC CONTENT Determines the emphasis given to the cutoff frequency resonance set in BRIGHTNESS above see diagram Higher values result in a more pronounced effect ATTACK Determines how quickly the sound reaches its maximum level after th...

Page 95: ... the DSP menu explained below DSP ON OFF Determines whether the DSP is on or off This setting can also be made from the VOICE CONTROL DSP button on the panel page 53 PANEL SUSTAIN Determines the sustain level applied to the edited voice when the VOICE CONTROL SUSTAIN button on the panel is turned on page 53 DSP TYPE Selects the DSP effect category and type Select a type after select ing a category...

Page 96: ...own sounds by adjusting the levels of the flute footages Basic Procedure 1 Select the desired Organ Flutes Voice to be edited page 31 2 In the ORGAN FLUTES Voice Selection display press the 6π π π π FOOT AGE button to call up the VOICE SET ORGAN FLUTES display 3 Use the TAB buttons to call up the relevant setting display For information on the available parameters see the Editable Parameters in th...

Page 97: ... be simulated Sine or Vintage ROTARY SP SPEED Alternately switches between the slow and fast rotary speaker speeds when a rotary speaker effect is selected for the Organ Flutes see EFFECT EQ DSP TYPE parameter on page 95 and the Voice Effect DSP page 95 is turned on this parameter has the same effect as the Voice Effect VARIATION ON OFF parameter VIBRATO ON OFF Alternately turns the vibrato effect...

Page 98: ...lume of attack sound at the corresponding footages The longer the graphic bar the greater the attack sound volume LENG Affects the attack portion of the sound producing a longer or shorter decay immediately after the initial attack The longer the graphic bar the longer the decay Disabling automatic selection of Voice Sets effects etc Each Voice is linked to its related parameter settings that are ...

Page 99: ...ll octaves When set to on the selected button itself is lit you can play the keyboard in the selected oriental scale The scale setting for each note is 50 cents You can also adjust the scale tuning in 1 cent units in the SCALE TUNE display Scale Tuning You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTIO...

Page 100: ...vocal harmonies such as choirs and a cappella singing PYTHAGOREAN This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a series of perfect fifths which are collapsed into a single octave The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads MEAN TONE This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale by makin...

Page 101: ...ght Any data that was previously in the selected location is erased and replaced by the new set tings Saving Your Scale Settings The scale settings memorized to the SCALE MEMORY 1 6 buttons are saved as a single file 1 Press the E button to call up the SCALE TUNE BANK Selection Dis play The memorized scale settings here will be lost when the power is turned off unless you perform the Save operatio...

Page 102: ...rrent scale set tings remain and nothing changes The SCALE TUNE EDIT display appears For details on this display see below SCALE TUNE EDIT display The contents of the current Scale Tune Bank are listed in the SCALE TUNE EDIT screen The names of the stored Scale Settings are shown in the dis play From this screen you can select name or delete each of the Scale Settings Select Press the A C F H butt...

Page 103: ...anel Settings for the Selected Style One Touch Setting page 51 Pro These Styles provide professional and exciting arrangements combined with perfect playability The resulting accompaniment exactly follows the chords of the player As a result your chord changes and colorful harmo nies are instantly transformed into lifelike musical accompaniment Session These Styles provide even greater realism and...

Page 104: ...Tutor function page 50 FINGERED ON BASS Accepts the same fingerings as the Fingered but the lowest note played in the Chord section of the keyboard is used as the bass note allowing you to play on bass chords in the Fingered mode the root of the chord is always used as the bass note FULL KEYBOARD Detects chords in the entire key range Chords are detected in a way similar to Fingered even if you sp...

Page 105: ... press the appropriate channel button again Playing the chords in free tempo without Style playback You can have the accompaniment chords sound without playing back the Style by setting ACMP to on see page 106 Stop Accompaniment and SYNC START to off For example if MULTI FINGER is selected page 104 you can perform with your own pace while sounding the chord by pressing the chord section of the key...

Page 106: ... played in the chord section will sound via the Voices of the selected Style FIXED The chord played in the chord section will sound via the specified Voice regardless of the selected Style Synchro Stop Window This determines how long you can hold a chord before the Synchro Stop function is automatically cancelled When the SYNC STOP button is turned on and this is set to a value other than OFF this...

Page 107: ...nges to that of the initial default tempo for the selected Style Part On Off This determines whether the Style Channel On Off status changes or not when you change Styles during Style playback HOLD The Style Channel On Off status of the previous Style is maintained RESET All Style Channels are set to On Split Point Settings These are the settings there are two Split Points that separate the differ...

Page 108: ...c Finder can be searched and edited Searching the Records You can search the records by specifying a song name or keyword using the Search function of the Music Finder You can also save your favorite records in the FAVORITE display 1 Press the MUSIC FINDER button to call up the MUSIC FINDER dis play 2 Press the TAB buttons to select the ALL tab The ALL tab display contains all the preset Records S...

Page 109: ...teria You can specify other search criteria in addition to the song name keyword Style name BEAT Select the beat time signature you want to use in your performance by pressing the D button All beat settings are included in the search if you select ANY SEARCH AREA Select the pages to be included in the search by pressing the E button These correspond to the tabs at the top of the Music Finder displ...

Page 110: ...esired record from the Music Finder display 2 Press the H ADD TO FAVORITE button to add the selected record to the FAVORITE display 3 Call up the FAVORITE display by using the TAB buttons and check to see if the record has been added Deleting Records from the FAVORITE Display 1 Select the record you want to delete from the FAVORITE display 2 Press the H DELETE FROM FAVORITE button Searching other ...

Page 111: ... input the genre name page 71 Deleting the Currently Selected Record Press the I DELETE RECORD button Canceling and Quitting the Edit functions Press the 8 CANCEL button 4 To enter the edited record to the FAVORITE display press the E FAVORITE button to turn on the FAVORITE 5 Enter the edits you ve made to the record as described below Creating a new record Press the J NEW RECORD button The record...

Page 112: ...ords including the presets and addi tionally created records as a single file Keep in mind that individual records panel setups cannot be handled as separate files 1 Call up the Save display MUSIC FINDER TAB ALL 7π FILES 2 Press the TAB buttons to select the location for saving USER USB 3 Press the 6 button to save the file page 67 All records are saved together as a single file ...

Page 113: ...B follow the instructions below 1 Call up the MUSIC FINDER display MUSIC FINDER TAB ALL 2 Press the 7π π π π FILES button to open the File selection display of the Music Finder 3 Use the TAB buttons to select USER USB 4 Press the A J buttons to select the desired Music Finder file When the file is selected a message is displayed according to the content of the file Press the desired button REPLACE...

Page 114: ...as desired or you can create a new Style from scratch Step Recording See page 118 This method is like writing music notation on paper since it allows you to enter each note or individually and specify its length This allows you to create a Style without having to play the parts on the instrument since you can enter each event manually Style Assembly See page 119 This convenient feature lets you cr...

Page 115: ...ck from the next repetition letting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing previously recorded material When creating a Style based on an existing internal Style overdub recording is applied only to the rhythm channels For all other channels except rhythm delete the original data before recording When using realtime recording based on the internal Styles 1 Select the desired Style to s...

Page 116: ...nnel simultaneously hold down the J DELETE but ton and press the appropriate numbered button 1π π π π 8π π π π You can cancel the deletion by pressing the same numbered button again before releasing your finger from the J button Specifying sections from the panel buttons You can specify the sections to be recorded by using the Section buttons INTRO MAIN END ING etc on the panel Pressing one of the...

Page 117: ...d channels are shown and press the appropriate key CAUTION The recorded Style will be lost if you change to another Style or you turn the power off without executing the Save operation page 67 Any desired chord or chord pro gression can be used for the INTRO and ENDING sections Changing the Source Chord If you want to record the pattern with a Source Chord other than CM7 set the PLAY ROOT and PLAY...

Page 118: ...e changed This is because the length of the Style is automatically fixed depending on the selected section For example if you create a Style based on a section of four measures length the End Mark position is automatically set to the end of the fourth measure and cannot be changed in the Step Recording display Recording channels can be changed in the Song Creator 1 16 tab display how ever they can...

Page 119: ...e A D and F I buttons Call up the Style Selection display by pressing the same button again Select the Style containing the pat tern you want to replace in the Style Selection display To return to the previous screen press the EXIT button after selecting the Style 4 Select the desired section of the newly imported Style chosen in step 3 above by using the 2π π π π 3π π π π SECTION buttons 5 Select...

Page 120: ...Settings PARAMETER See page 124 For playback of your created Style you can decide how notes will be con verted and sounded for the accompaniment when changing chords in the chord section of the keyboard 5 Edit the selected Style Playing the Style During Style Assembly While you are assembling a Style you can play back the Style and select the method of playback Use the 6π 7π PLAY TYPE buttons in t...

Page 121: ...he D EXECUTE button to actually enter the edits for each display After the operation is completed you can execute the edition and this but ton changes to UNDO letting you restore the original data if you re not satisfied with the Groove or Dynamics results The Undo function only has one level only the previous operation can be undone 4 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Style Selection display...

Page 122: ... specified ORIGINAL BEAT value is 8 Beat the Swing parameter will selectively delay the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th beats of each measure to create a swing feel The settings A through E produce different degrees of swing with A being the most subtle and E being the most pronounced FINE Selects a variety of Groove templates to be applied to the selected section The PUSH settings cause certain beats to be p...

Page 123: ...be undone 5 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Style Selection display to save your data Save the data in the Style Selection display page 67 3 1 2 4 5 CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or you turn the power off without executing the save operation QUANTIZE Same as in the Song Creator page 161 with the exception of the two additional available parameters belo...

Page 124: ... depending on the chord changes you make during your performance This basic Style data that you create with the Style Creator is referred to as the Source Pat tern Note Transposition This parameter group features two parameters that deter mine how the notes of the Source Pattern are to be con verted in response to chord changes Other Settings Using the parameters of this group you can fine tune ho...

Page 125: ...rd Normally in the Style Creator you can hear your original Style in process with the Source Pat tern However there is a way to hear it played by a specific chord and root To do this set NTR to Root Fixed NTT to Bypass and NTT BASS to OFF then change the newly displayed Play Root and Play Chord parameters to the desired set tings ROOT TRANS Root Transpose When the root note is transposed the pitch...

Page 126: ... HARMONIC MINOR When the played chord changes from a major to a minor chord this table lowers the third and sixth intervals in the scale by a semitone When the chord changes from a minor to a major chord the minor third and flatted sixth intervals are raised by a semitone Other notes are not changed Use this for chord channels of Sections which respond only to major minor chords such as Intros and...

Page 127: ...rmine whether notes stop sounding or not and how they change pitch in response to chord changes STOP The notes stop sounding PITCH SHIFT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the type of the new chord PITCH SHIFT TO ROOT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the root of the new chord RETRIGGER The note is retriggered with a new attack at a new pitch ...

Page 128: ...on as you play the keyboard You can also start recording by pressing the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button This lets you record as much silence as you want before the start of the Multi Pad phrase If Chord Match is set to on for the Multi Pad to be recorded you should record using the notes of the C major seventh scale C D E G A and B 8 Stop recording Press the H STOP button or the panel MULTI PAD S...

Page 129: ... each Multi Pad by page 130 13 Press the I button then save the Multi Pad data as a Bank contain ing a set of four Pads to the USER drive or USB storage device page 64 Multi Pad Step Recording EDIT Step Recording can be executed in the EDIT page After selecting a Multi Pad in step 5 of the Multi Pad Realtime Recording on page 128 press the TAB buttons to select the EDIT tab The EDIT page indicates...

Page 130: ... EDIT display then select a Pad to be edited by pressing any of the A B F and G buttons 3 Edit each of the Multi Pads as desired Naming Press the 1 button then change the name of each Multi Pad page 70 Copying Press the 3 button select the Multi Pad to be copied select the desti nation location then execute the Copy operation by pressing the 4 button page 68 Deleting Press the 5 button then delete...

Page 131: ... items To cancel the operation press the I CANCEL button 4 Enter or remove the checkmark in the box of the item to determine whether the item should be registered or not by pressing the 8π π π π button 5 Press one of the REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 8 buttons to register your settings It is recommended that you select a button whose lamp is not lit in red or green Buttons that are lit in red or green alr...

Page 132: ...page 67 Recalling the Registered Panel Setups 1 Press the REGIST BANK and buttons simultaneously to call up the REGISTRATION BANK Selection Display 2 Press one of the A J buttons to select a bank 3 Press one of the green lit numbered buttons 1 8 in the Registra tion Memory section Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 1 2 About recalling setups from a USB storage device When recalling the setups including S...

Page 133: ... 5 button to delete a panel setup page 69 Renaming a panel setup Press the 1 button to rename a panel setup page 70 5 Press the 8π π π π UP button to return to the REGISTRATION BANK Selection display Parameter Lock You can lock specific parameters e g effect split point etc to make them selectable only via the panel control in other words instead of via Registration Memory One Touch Setting Music ...

Page 134: ...EZE button on the panel to turn the Freeze function on Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order Registration Sequence As convenient as the Registration Memory buttons are there may be times during a performance when you want to quickly switch between settings without having to take your hands from the keyboard The convenient Registration Sequence func tion lets you call up the eight setups ...

Page 135: ... the TAB button to call them up in reverse order The TAB buttons can only be used for Registration Sequence when the Main display is called up When pedal operation has been set in step 3 you can use a pedal to select the Registration Memory numbers in order The pedal can be used for Reg istration Sequence no matter which display is called up except for the dis play in step 3 Saving the Registratio...

Page 136: ...ce to Quick Guide Pages Practicing with the Preset Songs page 36 Playing Back and Listening to Songs Before Practicing page 36 Displaying Music Notation Score page 39 Muting the Right or Left hand Part Viewing the Score page 40 Practicing by Using the Repeat Playback Function page 42 Recording Your Performance page 43 Singing Along with Song playback Karaoke or Your Own Performance page 57 Singing...

Page 137: ...nction This useful function lets you press the TAP TEMPO button to tap out the tempo and automatically start the Song at that tapped speed Simply tap press release the button four times for a 4 4 time signature while the instrument is in Synchro Start standby mode and the Song playback starts automatically at the tempo you tapped Fade In The FADE IN OUT button can be used to produce smooth fade in...

Page 138: ...p up window showing the cur rent measure number or Phrase Mark number Repeat Playback Chain Playback 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION B SONG SETTING 2 Set the parameters related to the Repeat Playback by using the H I buttons The available parameters are shown below Phrase Mark Phrase Mark is a pre pro grammed marker in certain Song data which specifies a certain location set of measures i...

Page 139: ...press the DIRECT ACCESS button then press the EXIT button When the Song playback is stopped the Style playback is also stopped at the same time Tempo for playing back a Song and a Style at the same time When playing back a Song and a Style at the same time the tempo value set in the Song is automatically used Parameter Lock You can lock specific parame ters e g effect split point etc to make them ...

Page 140: ... π π π 8π π π π buttons 7 You can save the volume settings to the Song in the Setup operation of the SETUP page 162 Make sure to checkmark the VOLUME item in step 2 of the Setup proce dure Reading Song data automatically when inserting a USB storage device You can have the instrument automatically call up the first Song not con tained in a folder on a USB storage device as soon as the device is co...

Page 141: ...nctions provide convenient learning and practicing tools to help you master the instrument By pressing the SCORE button you can have the notation of the song displayed showing the notes you should play and when you should play them for ease in learning Selecting the Guide Function Type 1 Call up the setting display FUNCTION B SONG SETTING 2 Use the A B buttons to select the desired Guide function ...

Page 142: ... and the Song playback continues For Singing Karao key This function lets you control the Song playback timing with just one finger while you sing along Song playback pauses waiting for you to sing Simply play a key on the keyboard any key is OK and the Song playback continues For this func tion the notes of the keyboard do not sound Turning playback channels of the Song on and off A Song consists...

Page 143: ...ed up for recording Internal memory User tab displays capacity The internal memory capacity of the instrument is about 560KB This capacity applies to all file types including Voice Style Song and Registration data files Quick Recording See below This convenient and simple recording method lets you quickly record your performance useful for example in recording solo piano pieces You can record to t...

Page 144: ...our performance and the Style Multi Pad playback simultaneously Press the SONG TR 1 TR 2 buttons and the SONG EXTRA TR STYLE button 4 Start recording There are several different ways you can start recording Starting by playing the keyboard If you ve selected the SONG TR 1 TR 2 buttons in step 3 play in the right hand section of the keyboard page 78 If you ve selected the SONG EXTRA TR STYLES butto...

Page 145: ...ONG J STOP buttons simultaneously A blank Song New Song is called up for recording Select Voices for recording the keyboard parts RIGHT 1 RIGHT 2 and or LEFT page 30 page 79 page 80 Select a Style and a Multi Pad Bank for recording also as necessary page 46 page 52 Pausing and restarting your recording To pause recording press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button during recording To restart recording fo...

Page 146: ...erformance appears To close the message press the EXIT but ton For instructions on saving Song data see step 8 6 Listen to your newly recorded performance Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to playback the performance you just recorded Setting all of the 5 16 chan nels to REC simultaneously While holding the SONG REC button press the SONG EXTRA TR button When selecting the MIDI part Setting a si...

Page 147: ...arts is assigned to the channels 9 16 respectively as shown above Normally the Style parts should be recorded to the channels 9 16 RHYTHM This is the basic part of the Style containing the drum and percussion rhythm patterns Usually one of the drum kits is used BASS The bass part uses various appropriate instrument sounds to match the style CHORD This is the rhythmic chord backing commonly used wi...

Page 148: ...2 Call up the operation display FUNCTION F DIGITAL REC MENU 3 Press the A button to call up the Song Creator display for recording editing a Song 4 Select the appropriate tab by using the TAB buttons For recording melodies Select the 1 16 tab For recording chords Select the CHORD tab 5 If you select the 1 16 tab in step 4 press the F button to select the channel for recording 6 Press the G button ...

Page 149: ...he G button to select 2 Press the H button to select Tenuto 3 Press the I button to select normal note type 4 Press the 6π π π π button to select the quarter note length 5 Play the keys C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 and A3 in order according to the notation example Since the music score displayed on the instrument is generated from the recorded MIDI data it may not appear exactly the same as shown here About the...

Page 150: ...T button to exit from the Step Record display If you want you can also edit already recorded Songs in the same manner page 158 11 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection display page 67 8 9 CAUTION The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn the power to the instrument off without exe cut...

Page 151: ...ep Record display G button Determines the velocity loudness of the note to be entered H button Determines the gate time note length of the note to be entered I button Determines the note type to be entered Pressing the button alternately switches the note selectors at the bottom of the display among three basic note values normal dotted and triplet Kbd Vel fff ff f mf mp p pp ppp 127 111 95 79 63 ...

Page 152: ...elect 2 Press the H button to select Tenuto 3 Press the I button to select normal note type 4 Press the 5π π π π button to select the half note length 5 While holding F3 on the keyboard press the 7π π π π button Before you go on to step 6 release the F3 key and the 7π button Example 2 Since the music score displayed on the instrument is generated from the recorded MIDI data it may not appear exact...

Page 153: ...e I button to select normal note type 15 Press the 6π π π π button to select the quarter note length 16 Play the F3 key on the keyboard as specified in the example 17 Press the SONG J STOP button to move the cursor to the begin ning of the Song 18 Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to hear the newly entered notes 19 Press the EXIT button to exit from the Step Record display You can also edit the...

Page 154: ...s the H button to select Normal 2 Press the I button to select normal note type 3 Press the 7π π π π button to select the eighth note 4 While holding C3 key on the keyboard press the 7π π π π button Do not release the C3 key yet Keep holding it while executing the following steps Example 3 Since the music score displayed on the instrument is generated from the recorded MIDI data it may not appear ...

Page 155: ...he 7π π π π button and successively press the 5π π π π button After you press the 5π π π π button release the keys 8 Press the SONG J STOP button to move the cursor to the begin ning of the Song 9 Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to hear the newly entered notes 10 Press the EXIT button to exit from the Step Record display If you want you can also edit already recorded Songs in the same manner ...

Page 156: ...ere apply to step 7 of the Basic Operations for Step Recording on page 148 1 Make sure the STYLE CONTROL AUTO FILL IN button is set to OFF then press the STYLE CONTROL MAIN VARIATION A button 2 Press the 5π π π π button to select the half note length 3 Play the chords C F and G in the chord section of the keyboard 4 Press the STYLE CONTROL BREAK button C F G F G7 C 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 4 7 The numbers sh...

Page 157: ...y If you want you can also edit already recorded Songs in the same manner page 158 13 Press the F EXPAND button to convert the input chord change data into the Song data 14 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection display page 67 C 9 8 7 CAUTION The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn ...

Page 158: ...or edit Songs 4 Select the appropriate tab by using the TAB buttons and edit the Song Re Recording a Specific Section Punch In Out REC MODE page 159 This lets you re record a specific section of a Song Editing Channel Events CHANNEL page 160 This lets you edit the channel events For example you can delete data or transpose notes by channel Editing Note or Chord Events CHORD 1 16 page 163 This lets...

Page 159: ...he I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection display page 67 PUNCH IN settings PUNCH OUT settings CAUTION The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn the power to the instrument off without exe cuting the Save operation page 67 NORMAL Overwrite recording starts when pressing the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE b...

Page 160: ... only has one level only the immediate operation can be undone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PUNCH IN setting PUNCH OUT setting NORMAL REPLACE ALL NORMAL PUNCH OUT NORMAL PUNCH OUT AT 006 FIRST KEY ON REPLACE ALL FIRST KEY ON PUNCH OUT FIRST KEY ON PUNCH OUT AT 006 PUNCH IN AT 003 REPLAC...

Page 161: ...el For example if eighth notes are the shortest in the channel you should use eighth note as the Quantize size Settings The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks are exceptionally conve nient since they allow you to quantize two different note values at the same time For example when the straight eighth notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in the same channel if you quantize by the...

Page 162: ...ecording oper ation 5 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection display page 67 SOURCE 1 Selects the channel 1 16 to be mixed All MIDI events in the selected channel are copied to the destination channel SOURCE 2 Selects the channel 1 16 to be mixed Only note events in the selected channel are copied to the destinati...

Page 163: ...ue The DATA ENTRY dial can also be used To actually enter an edited value simply move the cursor away from the parameter To restore the original value press the 8 CANCEL button before move the cursor 4 When the CHORD tab display is selected press the F EXPAND but ton to convert the data into Song data 5 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save th...

Page 164: ...des the note number which corresponds to the key which was played plus a velocity value based on how hard the key is played and the gate time value the length of a note Ctrl Control Change Settings to control the Voice such as volume pan filter and effect depth edited via the Mixing Console described on page 84 etc Prog Program Change MIDI program change number for selecting a Voice P Bnd Pitch Be...

Page 165: ... page 158 From this display you can edit recorded System Exclusive events which do not belong to a specific channel such as tempo and beat time signature The opera tions here are basically the same as those in the section Editing Note or Chord Events on page 163 System Events Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection...

Page 166: ...ons to call up the lyrics editing display Operations are the same as in the section Entering Characters page 71 2 Press the I SAVE button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data then save the data in the Song Selection display page 67 Name Allows you to enter the Song name Lyrics Allows you to enter lyrics Codes CR Enters a line break in the lyrics text LF Unavailable on the ins...

Page 167: ... appro priate audio cables n Use only the L L R jack for connection with a monaural device The instrument s MASTER VOLUME setting affects the input signal from the AUX IN jacks USB TO DEVICE TO HOST MIDI FOOT PEDAL IN OUT 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 P 172 P 167 P 171 P 168 P 167 P 171 CAUTION Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components turn off the power of all the components Also before t...

Page 168: ...foot pedals to which the function is to be assigned 3 Use the 1π π π π button to select the functions to be assigned to the pedal specified in step 2 Details on the pedal functions are listed below 4 Use the 2π π π π 8π π π π buttons to set the details of the selected functions The available parameters differ depending on the function selected in step 3 Details on the parameters are given on page ...

Page 169: ... adjusted from the Mixing Console page 86 This function does not affect certain NaturalVoices which would not sound appropriately with this function PITCH BEND Allows you to bend the pitch of notes up or down by using the pedal MODULATION Applies a vibrato effect to notes played on the keyboard The effect becomes deeper when pressing down the foot controller You can turn this function on off for e...

Page 170: ... RIGHT 1 button RIGHT2 ON OFF Same as the PART ON OFF RIGHT 2 button LEFT ON OFF Same as the PART ON OFF LEFT button OTS Calls up the next One Touch Setting OTS Calls up the previous One Touch Setting SONG STYLE M PAD LEFT RIGHT1 RIGHT2 These specify the part s that will be affected by the pedal UP DOWN When GLIDE or PITCH BEND is selected this determines whether the pitch change is raised or lowe...

Page 171: ...inals There are two different types of USB terminals on the instrument USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE Take care not to confuse the two terminals and the corresponding cable connectors Be careful to connect the proper plug in the proper direction Explanations on the USB TO DEVICE terminal follow in the next section n The instrument will begin transmission a short time after the USB connection is mad...

Page 172: ...ST terminal can be found in the previous section Using USB Storage Devices This type is used to connect the instrument to a USB storage device and allows you to save data you ve cre ated to the connected device as well as read data from the connected device The following description gener ally explains about how to connect and use them Before using a USB storage device be sure to read Handling the...

Page 173: ... computer hard disk to a USB storage device Files contained on the hard disk of a computer can be transferred to the instrument by first copying them to the storage media then connecting the storage device to the instrument Not only files created on the instrument itself but also Standard MIDI files and Style File formatted Style files cre ated on other devices can be copied to a USB storage devic...

Page 174: ...rmance on the keyboard is captured as MIDI song data see illustration below In order to record the audio performance on an acoustic piano special recording equipment is needed How ever since the PSR OR700 features a built in sequencer that lets you record performance data this recording equipment is unnecessary Instead your digital instru ment allows you to both record and play back the data Howev...

Page 175: ...or MIDI data reception when using the USB termi nal This is usually expressed as it can play 16 instru ments at the same time Channel messages transmit information such as Note ON OFF Program Change for each of the 16 channels n The performance data of all Songs and Styles is handled as MIDI data MIDI Channels MIDI performance data is assigned to one of sixteen MIDI channels Using these channels 1...

Page 176: ...mation below Sequence Formats Song data is recorded and stored in a variety of different systems referred to as sequence formats Playback is only possible when the sequence format of the Song data matches that of the MIDI device The PSR OR700 is compatible with the following formats SMF Standard MIDI file This is the most common sequence format Standard MIDI Files are generally available as one of...

Page 177: ... using Voices in the XG category is XG compatible DOC Disk Orchestra Collection This voice allocation format is compatible with many of Yamaha s MIDI devices including the PSR OR700 series instruments GS GS was developed by the Roland Corporation In the same way as Yamaha XG GS is a major enhance ment of the GM specifically to provide moreVoices and Drum kits and their variations as well as greate...

Page 178: ...ay PRESET or USER 6 Select the USER tab display to save the data by using the TAB buttons page 67 SYSTEM display MIDI System Settings page 180 TRANSMIT display MIDI Transmission Settings page 180 RECEIVE display MIDI Reception Settings page 181 BASS display Settings for the bass note of chord for Style playback via MIDI recep tion data page 182 CHORD DETECT display Settings for the chord type for ...

Page 179: ...yle synchronizes with an external MIDI clock instead of the instru ment s internal clock This template should be used when you wish to set the tempo on the MIDI device connected to the instrument MIDI Accord 1 MIDI accordions allow you to transmit MIDI data and play connected tone generators from the keyboard and bass chord buttons of the accordion This template lets you play melodies from the key...

Page 180: ...USB 1 or USB 2 the Tempo is indicated as Ext in the Main display TRANSMIT CLOCK Turns MIDI clock F8 transmission on or off When set to OFF no MIDI clock or Start Stop data is transmitted even if a Song or Style is played back RECEIVE TRANSPOSE Determines whether or not the instrument s transpose setting page 58 is applied to the note events received by the instrument via MIDI START STOP Determines...

Page 181: ...ch the selected channel will be received You can also determine the types of data to be received The PSR OR700 can receive MIDI messages over 32 channels 16 channels x 2 ports by USB con nection With the exception of the next two parts the configuration of the parts is the same as those already explained elsewhere in this manual KEYBOARD The received note messages control the instrument s keyboard...

Page 182: ...layback based on the note messages received via MIDI The note on off messages received at the chan nel s set to ON are recognized as the notes for detecting chords in Style playback The chords to be detected depend on the fingering type The chord type will be detected regardless of the ACMP or split point settings When several channels are simultaneously set to ON the chord type is detected from m...

Page 183: ... The volume of the keyboard parts may be set too low Raise the volume in the BALANCE display page 41 Keys do not sound at the proper pitch Make sure the Performance Assistant function is off on the operation display page 44 Certain notes sound at the wrong pitch The Scale parameter has probably been set to some thing other than Equal changing the tuning system of the keyboard Make sure Equal is se...

Page 184: ...d Adjust these set tings if necessary Noise may occur depending on the settings made in the Filter display of the Mixing Console Adjust the Har monic Content or Brightness controls in the Filter display page 86 The sound does not change when replacing Voices with the Song Auto Revoice feature Depending on the particular Song data there are some instances where Song Auto Revoice has no effect even ...

Page 185: ...is selected the File Selection dis play shows a Preset Voice This is normal even with the Preset Voice shown the actual sounding Voice is the selected User USB Voice When a User USB Voice is saved to the User USB drive the actual data is divided into two separate types 1 the source Preset Voice itself and 2 the parameter settings as set in the Voice Set When you recall a Registration Memory settin...

Page 186: ...ies are not displayed correctly Long notes such as whole notes and ties may not be shown in the music score display exactly as they were entered Selecting Tenuto by pressing the H button before inputting each note in the Step Record display page 149 may solve the problem The tempo beat measure and music notation is not displayed correctly Some Song data for the instrument has been recorded with sp...

Page 187: ... Styles 314 Pro Styles 302 Session Styles 12 MegaVoice Style YES Fingering Single Finger Fingered Fingered On Bass Multi Finger AI Fingered Full Keyboard AI Full Keyboard Style Creator YES OTS One Touch Setting 4 for each Style OTS Link YES Music Finder Preset YES Edit YES RAM Capacity 120 KB Song Preset Songs 5 samples Guide Follow Lights Any Key Karao Key Performance assistant technology YES Rec...

Page 188: ...r Connectors PHONES MIDI IN OUT FOOT PEDAL 1 2 AUX IN R L L R OUTPUT R L L R LAN Pedal Functions VOLUME SUSTAIN SOSTENUTO SOFT GLIDE PORTAMENTO PITCHBEND MODULATION DSP VARIATION SONG PLAY PAUSE STYLE START STOP etc Amplifiers Speakers Amplifiers 12 W 2 Speakers 12 cm 5 cm 2 Power Consumption 35 W Dimensions W D H 1003 mm 433 mm 148 mm 39 5 8 17 1 8 5 7 8 Weight 11 5 kg 25 lbs 5 5 8 oz Optional ac...

Page 189: ...inder 111 Edit OTS 51 Edit Song 158 Edit Style 120 Edit Voice 92 EFFECT 86 Effect Return Level 89 Effect Type 88 EFFECT EQ 95 Entering characters 71 EQ Equalizer 86 EQUAL TEMPERAMENT 100 ESEQ 176 EXIT 65 F Factory Reset 72 Factory programmed Settings 72 FADE IN OUT Song 137 FADE IN OUT Style 48 Fade In Out time 137 FADE IN OUT HOLD TIME 105 Fast forward 138 Favorite 110 File 64 File Selection Disp...

Page 190: ...RESET 27 Pro 103 PROPERTY 172 Prot 1 68 Prot 2 Edit 68 Prot 2 Orig 68 PURE MAJOR 100 PURE MINOR 100 PYTHAGOREAN 100 Q QUANTIZE 123 Quick Recording 143 QUICK START 139 R RANDOM 138 RAST 100 Realtime Recording 114 REC MODE 158 RECEIVE 181 Record 43 Record Song 143 Record Style 114 REGISTRATION MEMORY 131 REGISTRATION SEQUENCE 134 REPEAT MODE 37 138 Repertoire 56 Revoice 87 Rewind 138 Right 1 78 Righ...

Page 191: ...e Signature 35 Top 138 TOUCH 33 53 TRANSMIT 180 Transpose 58 81 TUNE 86 U UP 65 USB Storage Device 23 USB TO DEVICE terminal 13 USB TO HOST terminal 13 USER 27 V Vibrato 95 Voice 30 77 VOICE buttons 13 Voice Program Change Number 182 VOICE SET 92 VOL VOICE 85 Volume balance 41 VOLUME ATTACK 97 W WERCKMEISTER 100 X XF 176 XG 177 ...

Page 192: ...UME 2 MEMORY SCALE MEMORY 6 MEMORY REGISTRATION MEMORY q METRONOME N MIXING CONSOLE a MODULATION wheel 4 MONO z MULTI PAD CONTROL 1 4 t MULTI PAD CONTROL SELECT s MULTI PAD CONTROL STOP u MUSIC FINDER l O ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 4 v OTS LINK R P PART SELCT PART ON OFF m PITCH BEND wheel 3 R REGIST BANK o REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 8 r REPEAT C S SCALE MEMORY buttons 7 SCALE SETTING buttons 5 SCALE TUNE h S...

Page 193: ...r assistance You may also contact Yamaha directly at the address provided below 2 Deliver the unit to be serviced under warranty to the retailer selling the product an authorized service center or toYamaha with an explanation of the problem Please be prepared to provide proof purchase date sales receipt credit card copy etc when requesting service and or parts under warranty 3 Shipping and or insu...

Page 194: ...n 6600 Orangethorpe Ave Buena Park CA90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries 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 stikk...

Page 195: ... PORTUGAL Yamaha Hazen Música S A Ctra de la Coruna km 17 200 28230 Las Rozas Madrid Spain Tel 91 639 8888 GREECE Philippos Nakas S A The Music House 147 Skiathou Street 112 55 Athens Greece Tel 01 228 2160 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J A Wettergrens Gata 1 Box 30053 S 400 43 Göteborg Sweden Tel 031 89 34 00 DENMARK YS Copenhagen Liaison Office Generatorvej 6A DK 2730 Herlev Denmark Tel 44 92 49 ...

Page 196: ...nstrument Division Yamaha Corporation Printed in Indonesia 703APZC 01A0 2007 Yamaha Corporation WJ21200 Yamaha Home Keyboards Home Page English only http music yamaha com homekeyboard Yamaha Manual Library http www yamaha co jp manual ...

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