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Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of a Yamaha PortaTone. Your PortaTone is a

high-quality musical instrument that incorporates advanced Yamaha digital
technology and many versatile features. In order to obtain maximum per-
formance and enjoyment from your PortaTone, we urge you to read this

Owner’s Manual thoroughly while trying out the various features de-
scribed. Keep the Owner’s Manual in a safe place for later reference.

CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

............................................. 1

Power Supply .......................................................

1

Setting Up the Music Stand ................................... 1

Maintenance ..........................................................

1

NOMENCLATURE

................................................... 2

Top Panel Controls ................................................ 3

Rear Panel Connectors ........................................

3

SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES

................ 4

SUSTAIN

5

...................................................................

DUAL (PSR-300 only)

................................................ 5

TRANSPOSE

............................................................

5

THE SPLIT MODE

................................................... 6

RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT

............................... 7

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT

................................... 9

Single Finger Accompaniment ............................. 9

Fingered Accompaniment .................................. 10

AUTO HARMONY..

...............................................

11

THE CHORD MEMORY

........................................ 11

Recording ............................................................

11

Bank Playback ..................................................... 12
Chain Playback ................................................... 12

SONG BOOK

..........................................................

13

MOVING UP TO MIDI (PSR-300 only)

................. 14

A Brief Introduction to MIDI ................................. 14

PSR-300 MIDI Settings & Functions .................. 15

TROUBLESHOOTING

.......................................... 17

SPECIFICATIONS

................................................ 18

FINGERING CHART

............................................. 19

“SONG BOOK” SCORES

.................................... 23

“Sing,” “Happy Birthday to You,” “Something,” and “Edelweiss,” included in the PSR-200/300 SONG BOOK, are published for Yamaha Corporation by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.

Summary of Contents for PortaTone

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ... Maintenance 1 NOMENCLATURE 2 Top Panel Controls 3 Rear Panel Connectors 3 SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES 4 SUSTAIN 5 DUAL PSR 300 only 5 TRANSPOSE 5 THE SPLIT MODE 6 RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT 7 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT 9 Single Finger Accompaniment 9 Fingered Accompaniment 10 AUTO HARMONY 11 THE CHORD MEMORY 11 Recording 11 Bank Playback 12 Chain Playback 12 SONG BOOK 13 MOVING UP TO MIDI PSR 300 only 14 A Br...

Page 3: ...C Power Adaptor Plug the DC output cable from an optional Yamaha PA 3 PA 4 or PA 40 AC Power Adaptor into the DC IN jack on the rear panel of the PSR 200 PSR 300 then plug the AC Power Adaptor into a convenient wall AC power socket The internal batteries are automatically disconnected when an AC Power Adaptor is used Disconnect the AC Power Adaptor when not using your PSR 200 PSR 300 Use ONLY a Ya...

Page 4: ...NOMENCLATURE PSR 200 PSR 300 2 ...

Page 5: ... or PA 40 AC Power Adaptor should be plugged in here when the PSR 200 or PSR 300 is to be powered from the AC mains supply refer to Power Supply on page 1 for more details HEADPHONES AUX OUT Jack A standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged in here for private prac tice or late night playing The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the ...

Page 6: ...wer than the current voice If you hold the or button down the voice number will increment or dec rement continuously simply release the button when the desired voice number has been reached G 2 Snare Hi D 5 Voice One A 2 Snare Open Rim F 5 Voice Two C 3 Snare Closed Rim G 5 Voice Three D 3 Hi Hat Closed A 5 Voice Four D 3 Hi Hat Open 4 5 The selected voice can now be played on the instrument s key...

Page 7: ...ft and right hand sections of the keyboard Press a key to the right of the split point to select the right hand voice then turn DUAL on and select the right hand dual voice Press a key to the left of the split point to select the left hand voice then turn DUAL on and select the left hand dual voice TRANSPOSE When the SINGLE FINGER or FINGERED accompaniment mode is selected the DUAL feature applies...

Page 8: ... POINT CHANGE button The SINGLE FINGER and FINGERED split points de scribed later are also initialized by this procedure 6 3 Select the right hand and left hand voices as required When the SPLIT mode is first selected the current voice is assigned to the right hand keys If no other left hand voice has been selected since the PSR 200 PSR 300 was turned ON the ELECTRIC BASS voice number 82 will be a...

Page 9: ... will be dis played on the MULTI DISPLAY in quarter note beats per minute while the TEMPO approximately 2 seconds after either TEMPO button is released The available tempo range is from 40 to 240 beats per minute Each accompaniment style has a different default tempo which is automatically set whenever a new style is se lected but not when a new style is selected while the accompa niment is playin...

Page 10: ... If the SYNCHRO START ENDING button is pressed within one 1 4 beat from the beginning of a measure the ending will begin immedi ately If pressed at any other time the ending will begin on the begin ning of the next measure If the INTRO FILL IN button is pressed while the ending pattern is playing a fill in will be played followed by a return to the normal pattern 8 Adjusting the Accompaniment Volu...

Page 11: ...r the SINGLE FIN GER mode is selected A method of initializing the SIN GLE FINGER mode split point to its original default value is described on page 6 3 Select the desired accompaniment style in the normal way Although you can select the melody upper key board voice you intend to use the PSR 200 PSR 300 automatically determines the voices to be used for the accompaniment part according the accomp...

Page 12: ...nts The corresponding split point is automatically recalled when one of these modes is selected 3 Select the desired accompaniment style in the normal way Although you can select the melody upper keyboard voice you intend to use the PSR 200 PSR 300 automati cally determines the voices to be used for the accompani ment part according the accompaniment style you select 4 Press the START STOP button ...

Page 13: ...to the second dual voice If the synchro start mode is turned off by pressing the SYNCHRO START ENDING button prior to playing right hand melody and harmony without accompaniment can be produced but the left hand chords will still have to be fingered to pro duce the appropriate harmony The PSR 200 PSR 300 CHORD MEMORY allows you to record and play back chord sequences created using the Auto Accompa...

Page 14: ... of the next measure 2 Play along on the PSR 200 PSR 300 keyboard if you like You can also add fill ins using the INTRO FILL IN button or change the tempo during playback 3 Playback will stop automatically when the end of the re corded sequence is reached if the SYNCHRO START ENDING button was used to stop recording otherwise the chord sequence will be repeated until stopped by ei ther the START S...

Page 15: ...ng number is still showing on the display press the SONG SELECT briefly to increment increase by one the song number or button to decrement decrease by one the song number Holding either button causes continuous incrementing or decrementing The selected song number will be shown on the MULTI DISPLAY while the SONG button is pressed d appears before the demonstration song number PSR 200 PSR 300 Dem...

Page 16: ...ies to notes played on the keyboard The Demo Tunes of this keyboard are Demonstration purposes only It may not be possible to reproduce the Demo Tunes 100 manually 14 MIDI the Musical Instrument Digital Interface is a world standard communication interface that allows MIDI compat ible musical instruments and equipment to share musical infor mation and control one another This makes it possible to ...

Page 17: ...unction is running OMNI ON means that reception can occur simultaneously on all available channels 1 through 16 When a single receive channel is selected reception only occurs on the specified channel In addition to note and velocity data the PSR 300 responds to program change sustain ON OFF start stop and MIDI clock messages Transpose settings affect received MIDI note numbers button is pressed d...

Page 18: ... for approximately 2 seconds The program change number is the same as the voice number 00 99 Program change messages on channel 16 are ignored MIDI start stop and clock data will be ignored confirm that the desired Refer to the Multi Mode MIDI Implementation Chart on page 35 for more details Multi Mode Transmission The default transmit channel in the Multi mode is the same as that in the Remote Co...

Page 19: ...LEM Rhythm won t start or no rhythm sound CHECK Is the accompaniment volume turned up high enough Are you sure you pressed the START button Perhaps the PSR 200 PSR 300 is in the SYNCHRO START mode so all you have to do is start playing 4 PROBLEM Auto accompaniment won t function No lower key board sound CHECK Auto accompaniment won t function if the FINGERED mode is selected and you re using SINGL...

Page 20: ...s 50 styles Song Book 15 songs Other Controls OVERALL CONTROL POWER ON OFF MODE NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGER FINGERED MASTER VOLUME ACCOMP VOLUME TRANSPOSE TEMPO SPLIT POINT CHANGE ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL INTRO FILL IN SYNCHRO START ON OFF ENDING START STOP VOICE STYLE STYLE VOICE 0 9 DUAL VOICE ON OFF PSR 300 only SUSTAIN ON OFF AUTO HARMONY CHORD MEMORY REC BANK 1 BANK 2 BANK 3 CHAIN SONG BOOK SONG ...

Page 21: ...FINGERING CHART All fingerings shown are simple root position types Major Minor Minor seventh Seventh 19 ...

Page 22: ...FINGERING CHART Major seventh Minor major seventh Augmented Diminished 20 ...

Page 23: ...Suspended fourth Minor seventh flatted fifth Minor sixth Seventh suspended fourth 21 ...

Page 24: ...FINGERING CHART Seventh flatted fifth 22 ...

Page 25: ...te ON O 9nH v 1 127 O 9nH v 1 127 Note OFF 9nH v 0 9nH v 0 8nH After Key s X X Touch Ch s X X Pitch Bender X X Control Change Common O Program O 0 99 O 0 99 Change True 0 99 System Exclusive X X System Song Pos X X Song Sel X X Tune X X System Clock O 1 Real Time Commands O Aux Local ON OFF X X All Notes OFF Messages Active Sense O O Notes 1 External clock sync selected when external clock signal ...

Page 26: ... Pitch Bender X 1 16 1 16 1 l X X 24 127 24 127 O 9nH v 1 127 9nH v 0 8nH X X X X X Control Change X X O Program O 0 99 0 99 2 Change True 0 99 System Exclusive X X System Song Pos X X Song Sel X X Tune X X Common System Clock Real Time Commands Aux Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Messages Active Sense Notes X X X X X X O O X X l 16 channel multi timbre Dynamic Voice Allocation 2 Not received on channe...

Page 27: ...according to the instructions found in the users manual may cause interference harmful to the operation of other elec tronic devices Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations If this product is found to be the source of interference which can be determined by turning the unit OFF and ON please try to eliminate the problem by using one ...

Page 28: ... PK ...

Page 29: ...CE BELOW MODEL PSR 200 MODEL PSR 300 SERIAL NO THE SERIAL NUMBER IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT RETAIN THIS OWNER S MANUAL IN A SAFE PLACE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE YAMAHA CORPORATION P O Box 1 Hamamatsu Japan 1991 YAMAHA CORPORATION VL76120 JCBBR12P06 3CP Printed in Japan ...

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