Yamaha PortaTone, Owner'S Manual

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SUSTAIN
Press the [SUSTAIN] button once
(the indicator will light) and notes
played on the keyboard will decay
gradually after you lift your fingers
from the keys. Press the [SUSTAIN]
button a second time (the indicator will
go out) to turn the sustain effect off.
DUAL
(PSR-300 only)
The SUSTAIN effect cannot be applied to accompaniment or rhythm,
When the PSR-300 DUAL function is engaged, sustain is applied to
both voices.
Sustain can be applied independently to the left- and right-hand
voices in the split mode (see “The Split Mode” on page 6). Press a
key to the right of the split point to select the right-hand voice, then
turn sustain on or off for that voice. Press a key to the left of the split
point to select the left-hand voice, then turn sustain on or off for that
voice.
Sustain can be turned on or off for the melody voice during DEMO
playback.
Sustain does not affect voice 97 (VOICE BOX) and voice 99
(DRUMS).
The PSR-300 DUAL feature makes it possible to select and
play two different voices simultaneously.
To activate the DUAL feature press the [DUAL ON/OFF]
button (the indicator will light). When ON, the voice selected
prior to turning the DUAL feature ON will sound simultane-
ously with a second “dual” voice. When the PSR-300 is ini-
tially turned ON, the STAR LIGHT 2 voice (number 80) is
assigned as the dual voice. Any other voice can be selected as
the dual voice while the DUAL feature is ON.
The DUAL feature can be turned
OFF by pressing the [DUAL ON/OFF]
button again.
When the DUAL function is used with the SPLIT mode (see page 6)
different dual voices can be assigned to the left- 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 only to the right-hand section of
the keyboard.
The PSR-200/PSR-300 [TRANSPOSE] buttons makes it
possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in
semitone intervals up to a maximum of 12 semitones (one
octave). Transposing the pitch of the PSR-200/PSR-300 key-
board makes it easier to play in difficult key signatures, and
you can simply match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of
a singer or other instrumentalist.
both the TRANSPOSE
and
The TRANSPOSE
and buttons are used for trans-
position. The first time the TRANSPOSE
pressed the current transpose value will appear on the MULTI
DISPLAY. While the current transpose value is still showing
on the display, press the TRANSPOSE
the pitch of the keyboard, or the
The selected degree of transposition will be displayed on the
MULTI DISPLAY while the TRANSPOSE
is pressed, and for approximately 2 seconds after either
TRANSPOSE button is released.
The transposition range is from -12 to +12, with -12 corre-
sponding to downward transposition by 12 semitones (one
octave, and +12 corresponding to upward transposition by 12
semitones. 0 is the “normal” keyboard pitch value. The normal
transpose value (0) can be recalled at any time by pressing
buttons at the same time.
or button is
button to increase
button to lower the pitch
or
The transpose value is automatically set to 0 whenever the power
switch is turned ON. button
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