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This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the PSR-A5000.
Please read the Owner’s Manual first, before reading this Reference Manual.

Reference Manual

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Page 1: ...EN This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the PSR A5000 Please read the Owner s Manual first before reading this Reference Manual Reference Manual Digital Workstation ...

Page 2: ...lti Pads 51 Creating a Multi Pad via MIDI Multi Pad Creator MIDI Multi Pad Recording 51 Creating a Multi Pad with Audio files Multi Pad Creator Audio Link Multi Pad 53 Editing Multi Pads 55 4 Song Playback 56 Creating a Song List for Playback 56 Using Repeat Playback Mode 57 Editing Music Notation Score Settings 58 Displaying Lyrics and Setting Up the Display 60 Displaying Text and Setting Up the ...

Page 3: ... Installing Expansion Pack Data from a USB Flash Drive 128 Saving the Instrument Info File to a USB Flash Drive 129 15 Connections 130 Selecting the Output Destination of Each Sound Line Out 130 Index 132 The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this manual are for instructional purposes only and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument Note that all display examples shown ...

Page 4: ...ion Memory Bank Selection REGIST BANK SELECT and For selecting Registration Memory Banks 86 Registration Memory window MEMORY For registering the current panel settings Mic Setting MIC SETTING For making settings for the microphone and guitar sound 92 Menu Description Pages Owner s Manual Mixer For adjusting the parameters of each part such as volume pan and EQ It also allows you to adjust overall...

Page 5: ... or by recording a new one 51 53 Voice Setting Determines detailed settings of the keyboard parts such as the pitch for each part and Voice Set filter 40 Style Setting For making Style playback related settings such as OTS Link timing Dynamics Control etc 13 Song Setting For making Song playback related settings such as Guide function Channel settings etc 64 Chord Tutor For calling up instructions...

Page 6: ...ack is stopped Chord Looper 16 Saving and Calling up Your Custom Chord Sequences Chord Looper 17 Memorizing the Recorded Chord Looper Data 17 Saving the Recorded Data as a Bank File 18 Recalling the Chord Looper Bank File and Playing Back a Style with a Chord Sequence 18 Editing the Chord Looper Bank Export Import Clear 19 Creating Editing Styles Style Creator 20 Style Data Structure Source Patter...

Page 7: ...po is set to over 160 of the default the audio part is muted NOTE Keep in mind that the Audio Styles may take more time to load than others and that they may have certain restrictions and differ in the specific functions as described below Regardless of the setting of To Main A D in Section Change Timing section changing works based on Next Bar in the following cases page 14 During playback of an ...

Page 8: ...elect the desired files for registering to the Favorite tab 5 Touch Favorite to actually register the files to the Favorite tab The selected files are shown on the Favorite tab Removing Files from the Favorite Tab 1 In the Favorite tab of the File Selection display touch File to call up the File Edit window 2 Touch Favorite to call up the display for selecting the files 3 Select the files which yo...

Page 9: ...e allowing you to play inversions In the Fingered type 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 split the notes between your left and right hands for example playing a bass note with your left hand and chord tones with your right hand or by playing chord tones with your le...

Page 10: ... Minor seventh flatted fifth m7b5 1 b3 b5 b7 Cm7 b5 Minor add ninth m 9 1 9 b3 5 Cm add9 Minor seventh ninth m7 9 1 9 b3 5 b7 Cm7 9 Minor seventh eleventh m7 11 1 9 b3 4 5 b7 Cm7 11 Minor major seventh flatted fifth mM7b5 1 b3 b5 7 CmM7 b5 Minor major seventh mM7 1 b3 5 7 CmM7 Minor major seventh ninth mM7 9 1 9 b3 5 7 CmM7 9 Diminished dim 1 b3 b5 Cdim Diminished seventh dim7 1 b3 b5 bb7 Cdim7 Se...

Page 11: ...ed on the display called up via MENU Chord Tutor The notes you need to play are shown in the display Using the Chord Tutor Function Root Lets you select the desired chord root Type Lets you select the desired chord type Although this function shows how to play a chord only in case of Fingered the indication is useful also when a type other than Single Finger is selected Depending on the chord some...

Page 12: ...The bass part uses various appropriate instrument sounds to match the Style Chord 1 2 These parts are for rhythmic chord backing commonly consisting of piano or guitar Voices Pad This part is used for sustained instruments such as strings organ choir etc Phrase 1 2 These parts are used for punchy brass stabs arpeggiated chords and other extras that make the accom paniment more interesting Audio Th...

Page 13: ...e chord section will sound or not in the Stop Accompaniment status Off The chord played in the chord section will not sound Style The chord played in the chord section will sound via the Voices for the Pad channel and the Bass chan nel of the selected Style Fixed The chord played in the chord section will sound via the specified Pad Bass channels Voices regard less of the selected Style OTS Link T...

Page 14: ...r not repeat playback of a Multi Pad stops when Style playback is stopped Multi Pad Synchro Stop Style Ending Determines whether or not repeat playback of a Multi Pad stops when the Ending section of Style is played back Section Set Determines the default section that is automatically called up when selecting different Styles when Style playback is stopped When set to Off and Style playback is sto...

Page 15: ... to on Adjusting the Tempo q Indicates the tempo value during playback of the metronome Style and MIDI Song The tempo can be changed by using the Data dial the DEC INC buttons or the TEMPO buttons w Allows you to change the tempo by tapping this twice at the desired tempo Equivalent to the RESET TAP TEMPO but ton when the Style Section Reset setting page 38 is off e Indicates the tempo value of th...

Page 16: ... simultaneously with the first chord you play The chord sequence is recorded until you stop recording in step 3 3 Press the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button to stop recording and Style playback Recording stops and the CHORD LOOPER ON OFF button lights in blue to indicate the data is already recorded Recording a Chord Sequence when Style Playback is stopped Chord Looper When REC STOP is turned on th...

Page 17: ... 16 or refer to the Owner s Manual 2 Touch Memory on the Chord Looper display A guidance message appears on the display 3 Touch the desired number to memorize The data is memorized and the content of the memorized data is shown on the corresponding area Saving and Calling up Your Custom Chord Sequences Chord Looper If you turn the power off at this point the Memory will be cleared To save the memo...

Page 18: ...yle with a Chord Sequence 1 Select a Style 2 Load the Chord Looper Bank name to call up the Chord Looper Bank Selection display and then select the desired Bank 3 Touch the Chord Looper Memory number you wish to use first If you select a Chord Looper Bank file before saving the edited data the data will be lost Each Chord Looper Memory is named automatically for example CLD_001 but it can be renam...

Page 19: ... or Export Follow the onscreen instructions To cancel the operation at this point simply touch an empty area of the display 2 Touch the desired memory number and then execute the action selected in step 1 as described below 3 As necessary touch Save to save the edited Chord Looper Bank as a new file During loop playback On Off lights and the CHORD LOOPER ON OFF lights in orange and the ACMP button...

Page 20: ... Style as starting data the Audio part will be used as is The Audio part cannot be deleted edited or created from scratch The created Style containing the Audio part can be used only via an instrument that supports Audio Styles as well as the SFF GE format The Audio part cannot be copied from another Style or Section in the Assembly display page 26 If you want to use a specific Audio part make sur...

Page 21: ...thout settings in Section Time Signature 4 Create the Source Pattern for each channel Realtime Recording page 22 Lets you record the Style by simply playing the keyboard Step Recording page 25 Lets you enter each note individually Style Assembly page 26 Lets you copy various patterns from other preset Styles or Styles you have already created 5 Edit the already recorded channel data Channel Edit p...

Page 22: ...in section the two measures are repeatedly recorded Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition loop letting you record while hearing previously recorded material Overdub Recording This method records new material to a channel already containing recorded data without deleting the original data In Style recording the recorded data is not deleted except when using functions such as...

Page 23: ...ing the desired drum instrument touch Exit to close the message 5 Press the START STOP button to stop playback If you want to add more notes press the START STOP button again to continue recording 6 Touch and hold the Recording channel for a while until the but ton changes color to exit from the Recording mode Available Voices for recording For the Rhythm 1 channel any except Organ Flutes Voices c...

Page 24: ...nnels i e C E G and B If you observe these basics Style playback notes are appropriately converted for most chords depending on the chord changes you make during your performance Basics when recording an Intro or Ending These Sections are designed assuming that the chord is not changed during playback This is why you need not observe the basics for Main and Fill In Sections described above and you...

Page 25: ...sic Procedure on page 21 In the Step Recording Step Edit display called up by touching Step Edit at the top of the display you can record or edit notes one by one This Step Recording procedure is essentially the same as that for MIDI Song Multi Recording page 76 with the exception of the points listed below In Song recording the End mark position can be changed freely in the Style Creator it canno...

Page 26: ...ton changes to Undo letting you restore the original data if you are not satisfied with the results The Undo function only has one level only the immediately previous operation can be undone An Audio part cannot be copied from another Style If you want to use a specific Audio part make sure to select the corresponding Audio Style before calling up the Style Creator display If you select an Audio S...

Page 27: ...ses A types pro duce minimum effect B types produce medium effect and C types produce maximum effect Dynamics This changes the velocity volume or accent of certain notes in the Style playback The Dynamics settings can be applied to each channel individually or all channels of the selected Style Accent Type Determines the type of accent applied in other words which notes are emphasized Strength Det...

Page 28: ...tyle as starting data the Audio part will be used as is The Audio part cannot be deleted edited or created from scratch Set these parameters before recording Set these parameters after recording Source Pattern settings Source Root Play Root Source Chord Play Chord Determines what key and what chord type are used for playing Note Conversion from the Source Pattern NTR Conversion via the Chord Root ...

Page 29: ...voicings played with natural guitar fingering NTT Type Selects the Note Transposition Table which determines how the notes in the Source Pattern are transposed according to the Chord Type change When NTR is set to Root Trans or Root Fixed Bypass When NTR is set to Root Fixed the transposition table used does not do any note conversion When NTR is set to Root Trans the table used only converts the ...

Page 30: ...jor third sixth and seventh notes above the Source Root by a semitone When the chord changes from a minor to a major chord the minor third sixth and seventh notes above the Source Root are raised by a semitone Other notes are not changed Use this for Sections which respond only to major minor chords such as Intros and Endings according to the notes in the Source Pattern the minor key type natural ...

Page 31: ...h ranges result for each Voice set on each channel in other words this prevents unnatural pitched notes for each Voice that is played e g high bass sounds or low piccolo sounds Note Limit High RTR Retrigger Rule These settings determine how to control sounding notes to change their pitches to adapt to chord changes Stop The notes stop sounding Pitch Shift The pitch of the note bends without a new ...

Page 32: ... each section of the selected channel the sounds are set to that of the current sec tion in order to use the Drum Setup function NOTE 1 2 4 5 You can also select the note by pressing the corresponding note on the keyboard The Upper Octave is set to 1 when the Drum Setup window is opened The original amount is loaded back when closing the window NOTE NEXT PAGE Level For adjusting the volume level P...

Page 33: ... is selected as the assign part this parameter functions in the following ways When Variation Send is set to 0 No effects are applied to the instrument Insertion Off When Variation Send is set to 1 127 Effects are applied to the instrument Insertion On Rcv Note Off Determines whether note off messages are received or not Key Assign Determines the Key Assign mode This parameter is effective only wh...

Page 34: ... 40 Voice Set Filter 40 Arpeggio 40 Transposing the Pitch in Semitones 41 Fine Tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument Master Tune 41 Making Detailed Settings for Harmony Arpeggio 42 Editing Voices Voice Edit 44 Editable Parameters in the Voice Edit display 45 Editing Organ Flutes Voices Voice Edit 49 The Voice Part Setup display is called up via MENU Voice Part Setup and provides easy to unders...

Page 35: ...In addition to legato while holding down one key rapidly press and release another key to play trills Press the key strongly Press the key strongly while moving a controller to which Modulation is assigned Move a controller to which Articulation 1 is assigned Press the key strongly while moving a controller to which Articulation 1 is assigned w Mono Poly Determines whether the Voice is played mono...

Page 36: ... Opens the page with the currently selected Voice Voice Number Determines whether or not the Voice bank and number are shown in the Voice Selection display This is useful when you want to check which bank select MSB LSB values and program change number you need to specify when selecting the Voice from an external MIDI device The Voice Edit Mixer and Voice Setting menus are the same as those in the...

Page 37: ...on sounds that take full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic Sampling Revo Drums These Voices recreate the natural sound of real drums by producing different instrument sound sam ples or waveforms when playing the same key multiple times Revo SFX These Voices recreate the natural sound of real percussion instruments by producing different sound samples or waveforms when playing the same key m...

Page 38: ...patibility with other models Registering Files to the Favorite Tab Metronome Settings On Off For turning the metronome on or off Volume Determines the volume of the metronome sound Bell Sound Determines whether a bell accent is sounded or not at the first beat of each measure Time Signature Determines the time signature of the metronome sound Volume Adjusts the volume of the sound triggered when t...

Page 39: ...o Touch Response Touch Curve Determines the Initial Touch response type Make sure to enter checkmarks to the boxes of the desired keyboard parts Normal Standard Touch Response Soft 1 Produces high volume with moderate playing strength Lower volume is harder to be pro duced Soft 2 Produces high volume even with light playing strength Best for players with a light touch Hard 1 Requires moderately st...

Page 40: ...h keyboard part Octave Determines the range of the pitch change in octaves over two octaves up or down for each key board part Portamento Time Portamento is a function that creates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next The Portamento Time determines the pitch transition time Higher values result in a longer pitch change time Setting this to 0 results i...

Page 41: ...ay can be called up via MENU Master Tune To restore the default initial setting 440 0 Hz touch and hold down the setting value for a while Transposing the Pitch in Semitones Master Transposes the pitch of the entire sound excepting audio sounds such as Audio Songs Keyboard Transposes the keyboard pitch including the chord root for triggering Style playback Song Transposes the pitch of the MIDI Son...

Page 42: ... by in the list below can be set None of the parameters in the list below are available when the Harmony category Multi Assign type is selected Making Detailed Settings for Harmony Arpeggio Volume Determines the volume level of the Harmony Arpeggio notes generated by the Harmony Arpeggio function Speed This parameter is only available when the Echo category Echo Tremolo or Trill is selected It det...

Page 43: ...cted When this is set to On the Harmony effect is applied only to the note played in the right hand section of the keyboard that belongs to a chord played in the chord section of the keyboard Minimum Velocity Determines the lowest velocity value at which the Harmony Echo Tremolo or Trill note will sound This allows you to selectively apply the harmony by your playing strength let ting you create h...

Page 44: ...iginal unedited Voice 4 Touch Save to save the edited Voice Editing Voices Voice Edit The display can also be called up via MENU Voice Edit NOTE The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power to the instrument off with out carrying out the Save opera tion If you want to edit another Voice touch the Voice name at the top of the Voice Edit display to select the keyboard part...

Page 45: ...f the Right 1 3 parts the Right 1 Right 2 Right 3 parameter is available when the edited Voice is used as the Left part the Left parameter is available Left Panel Sustain Determines the sustain level applied to the edited Voice when the SUSTAIN button on the panel is turned on Kbd Harmony Arpeggio Basically the same as in the display called up via MENU Kbd Harmony Arp except that Setting is locate...

Page 46: ...is used instead of the original Portamento Time This helps you play fast passages like trills or glissando with a specialized Portamento Time for the purpose Portamento Time Determines the Portamento Time for when the time between one note and the next is shorter than the Time Threshold parameter above Velocity to Portamento Time Velocity Sensitivity Adjusts the Portamento Time by velocity With a ...

Page 47: ...ameters below determine the overall timbre of the sound by boosting or cutting a certain fre quency range In addition to making the sound either brighter or mellower Filter can be used to produce elec tronic synthesizer like effects Cutoff Determines the cutoff frequency or effective fre quency range of the filter see diagram Higher values result in a brighter sound Resonance Determines the emphas...

Page 48: ...er the decay Vibrato Vibrato is a quavering vibrating sound effect that is produced by regularly modulating the pitch of the Voice Depth Determines the intensity of the Vibrato effect Higher settings result in a more pronounced Vibrato Speed Determines the speed of the Vibrato effect Delay Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key and the start of the Vibrato effect H...

Page 49: ... Vintage and Home type The type of the selected Organ Flutes Voice can be distinguished by the Voice Edit display design as described above Editing Organ Flutes Voices Voice Edit Vintage Home Euro The Voice Edit display for the Organ Flutes Voices can also be called up by touching the Organ Flutes icon at the lower right of the Organ Flutes Voice name in the Home display or the Voice Part Setup di...

Page 50: ... no attack applied In the Each mode attack is applied equally to all notes The Attack length produces a longer or shorter decay immediately after the initial attack The longer the value the lon ger the decay time y Footage Determines the basic sound of the Organ Flutes The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power to the instrument off with out carrying out the Save opera...

Page 51: ...IDI Before starting operation note the following points Since only the Right 1 part performance will be recorded as a Multi Pad phrase you should select the desired Voice for the Right 1 part beforehand The Super Articulation Voices and the Organ Flutes Voices cannot be used for Multi Pad Recording If one of these Voices is set for the Right 1 part it will be replaced with the Grand Piano Voice wh...

Page 52: ...o your newly recorded phrase by pressing the appropriate MULTI PAD CONTROL 1 4 button To re record the phrase repeat steps 6 8 10 Touch Repeat On Off for each pad to turn it on or off If the Repeat parameter is on for the selected pad playback of the corresponding pad will continue until the MULTI PAD CONTROL STOP button is pressed When you press a Multi Pad for which Repeat is turned on during So...

Page 53: ... on this instrument as well as commercially available ones Multi Pads to which audio files have been linked are called Audio Link Multi Pads The new Audio Link Multi Pads can be saved to the User drive or USB flash drive 1 If you want to use audio files WAV in a USB flash drive con nect the USB flash drive containing the data to the USB TO DEVICE terminal 2 Call up the operation display via MENU M...

Page 54: ...ough you can play via the same operations as the Multi Pad which has no links with audio files note the following limitations Make sure to connect the USB flash drive that includes the corresponding audio files Automatic repeat playback is not available Chord Match cannot be applied To confirm the information of the selected audio file By touching Menu then Audio Information on the File Selection ...

Page 55: ...button to call up the confirmation window touch Save to call up the User drive and then touch Save here to carry out the Save operation For details refer to Basic Operations in the Owner s Manual Editing Multi Pads If you select a Preset Multi Pad Bank and edit the Multi Pads make sure to save your edits to User drive as a User Bank NOTE Rename Changes the name of each Multi Pad Copy Copies the se...

Page 56: ...Practice Using the Guide Function 64 Part Ch 65 Lyrics 65 Play 65 By adding your favorite Songs to the Song List you can arrange desired Songs to be played back continuously in whatever order you specify 1 Press the PLAYER button to call up the Song Playback display Make sure that Song List mode is selected 2 Touch New to create a new Song List 3 Touch Add Song to call up the Song Selection displa...

Page 57: ...t will be lost if you select another Song List or turn off the power to the instru ment without carrying out the Save operation NOTICE Using Repeat Playback Mode Common for MIDI and Audio Songs Turns the Single Repeat mode on or off When turned on the selected Song plays back repeatedly Touching here switches the Repeat mode Off The Repeat mode is off All Songs in the selected Song List play back ...

Page 58: ...ed to playback Parts of the MIDI Song For details refer to Play Setting page 58 e For setting the notation indication parameters including notation size chord display etc For details refer to View Set ting page 59 r For setting detailed parameters related to the notation indication Refer to Detail Setting page 59 The Score display can also be called up via MENU Score Extra Turns playback of all Ch...

Page 59: ...el in the MIDI Song data is used for the right hand left hand part This setting returns to Auto when a different Song is selected Auto The MIDI channels in the MIDI Song data for the right and left hand parts are assigned automatically setting each part to the channel which has been specified at the Part Ch page 65 on the Song Setting display 1 16 Assigns a specified MIDI channel 1 16 to each of t...

Page 60: ...d the entire page If you want to look through the entire lyrics touch or when Song is stopped e MIDI Song Lets you set the parameters related to playback Parts of the MIDI Song For details refer to Play Setting page 58 Audio Song Lets you turn the Vocal Cancel function on or off For details refer to the Owner s Manual r Allows you to change the background picture of the Lyrics display and Text dis...

Page 61: ...ayed in its entirety because of limitations in the screen space enter line breaks manually on your computer by using a text editor etc beforehand Information about Text File selection can be memorized to the Registration Memory For details refer to the Owner s Manual NOTE q Clears the text from the display This operation does not delete the text file itself but simply leaves the display empty of a...

Page 62: ...on the auto accompaniment function and then press the STYLE CONTROL SYNC START button to enable synchronized start of the accom paniment 5 Press the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button or play chords in the chord section The Song and Style starts playing When you play chords turning on Chord on the Score display page 59 allows you to see the chord information When Song playback is stopped Style playba...

Page 63: ...er name until it turns purple To cancel solo simply touch the purple channel again Turning Each Channel of a MIDI Song On Off In general each part is recorded to the following channels Channels 1 4 keyboard parts Right 1 Left Right 2 Right 3 Channels 5 8 Multi Pad parts Channels 9 16 Style parts You can also turn the channels on off on the Mixer display To change the Voice for each channel Touch t...

Page 64: ... selected Song playback pauses waiting for you to play the notes correctly When you play the correct notes Song playback continues Follow Lights was developed for the Yamaha Clavinova series This function is used for practic ing purposes with built in lamps on the keyboard indicating the notes to be played Even though the PSR A5000 does not have these lamps you can use the same function by fol low...

Page 65: ...esponding to the specified Phrase Mark number is repeatedly played back This parameter is available only when the MIDI Song containing Phrase Mark settings is selected Quick Start On some commercially available MIDI Song data certain settings related to the MIDI Song such as Voice selection volume etc are recorded to the first measure before the actual note data When Quick Start is set to On the i...

Page 66: ... it is played With Step Recording you can compose your performance by writing it down one event at a time MIDI Song Data Structure A MIDI Song consists of 16 MIDI channels You can create data of a MIDI Song by recording your performance to a specific channel or channels in realtime or by executing Step Recording Overview of MIDI Song Recording Channel 1 Song Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5...

Page 67: ...r display or setting the playback volume of the currently recorded Song for adjusting the balance when recording other channels y Song name Indicates the current Song name Touching this calls up the Song Selection display for selecting a MIDI Song u Bar Beat Indicates the current measure number and the beat i Rec Mode Indicates the Recording Mode page 70 which can be set from the display called up...

Page 68: ...en the Song List mode is selected a User Song selected on Song Player is set for recording instead of a Song currently selected on a Song List 2 If you want to re record an existing Song select the desired Song by touching the Song name and then press the EXIT button to return to the Multi Recording display If you want to record from scratch skip this step 3 Touch the instrument icon of the target...

Page 69: ...ady recorded channels on or off by touching the channel number 5 After you finish your performance touch Stop to stop recording 6 To hear the recorded performance touch o Play Pause 7 Record your performance to another Channel by repeating steps 3 6 8 Touch Save to save the recorded performance The recorded Song will be lost if you change to another Song or you turn the power off without car rying...

Page 70: ... The Song plays back normally up to the beginning of the beginning of the Bar measure specified here then starts overwrite recording at that point Rec Stop Determines the recording stop behavior or how data is handled after recording is stopped Replace All This deletes all data after the point at which recording is stopped Punch Out The Song position at which recording is stopped is regarded as th...

Page 71: ...1 2 3 4 5 7 Rec Start setting Rec Stop 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 Replace All Punch In At 003 Punch Out Punch In At 003 Punch Out At 006 Original data Start overwrite recording 1 Start overwrite recording 1 Start overwrite recording 1 Play back original data Play b...

Page 72: ...n to return to the Multi Recording display 2 Touch Stop to move the Song position to the top of the Song 3 Touch Setup to call up the Setup window 4 Checkmark the items of playback features and functions that you wish to automatically be called up along with the selected Song 5 Touch Execute to record the data and then touch Close 6 Touch Save to carry out the Save operation Recording Panel Setups...

Page 73: ...her function touch the function again For details of the functions and available settings see page 74 3 Touch Execute for the current function to actually enter the edits When execution is completed this button changes to Undo letting you restore the original data if you are not sat isfied with the results The Undo function only has one level only the previous operation can be undone 4 Touch Save ...

Page 74: ...ed with asterisks are exceptionally convenient 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 straight eighth notes all notes in the channel are quantized to straight eighth notes completely eliminating any triplet feel However if you use the eig...

Page 75: ...ents of the channel specified here are copied to the destination channel Source 2 Determines the MIDI channel 1 16 to be mixed Only note events of the channel specified here are copied to the destination channel Destination Determines the channel into which the mix results will be placed Source Determines the MIDI channel 1 16 to be copied All MIDI events of the channel specified here are copied t...

Page 76: ...t to record Style playback Chord change and Section change events select Chord 4 According to your selection in step 3 carry out Step Recording or edit the data When one of Ch1 Ch16 is selected For instructions on editing already recorded data refer to page 82 For instructions on inputting melodies via Step Recording touch Step Rec at the bottom left of the display then refer to page 77 When SysEx...

Page 77: ... move the cursor position y Step Rec Turning this on shows the Step Recording display and turning it off shows the Step Edit display u Velocity Determines the velocity loudness of the note to be entered The velocity value can be specified within a range from 1 to 127 The higher the velocity value the louder the sound becomes Kbd Vel Actual resulting velocity 127 111 95 79 63 47 31 15 i Length Dete...

Page 78: ...to select 99 Tenuto 1 3 Touch Note Type once or twice to call up the dotted note type 1 4 Touch the dotted quarter note length to turn it on 1 5 Press the C3 key With the operations above the first note has been entered Next enter the second note 1 6 Touch Note Type once or twice to call up the normal note indications 1 7 Touch the eighth note length to turn it on 1 8 Press the D3 key The first an...

Page 79: ...the Song Position 4 Enter the next notes and apply a tie 4 1 Touch Velocity to select 4 2 Touch Length to select 80 Normal 4 3 While holding G3 key on the keyboard touch quarter note Do not release the G3 key yet Keep holding it while executing the following steps 4 4 While holding the G3 key press the C4 key Do not release the G3 and C4 keys yet Keep holding the notes while executing the followin...

Page 80: ... Time Signature differ q Event List Indicates events such as Chord and Section changes which have been input For details refer to page 82 w Song Position Measure Beat Clock Indicates the current Song position Events such as Chord and Section change you have input are recorded at the position indicated here You can change the current position Measure Beat Clock by using the Data dial Clock Smallest...

Page 81: ...he Song and then listen to the newly entered Song by touching o Play Pause 5 Touch and turn off Step Rec to call up the Step Edit display 6 Touch Expand at the upper left of the Step Edit display to convert the Chord Section change events to Song data With the operations above steps 1 3 only Chord and Section change events are recorded meaning that the actual Song data has not been created and the...

Page 82: ...e edited Each line shows one event Each event can be selected by using the Cursor buttons u on the display and can be edited by using the Data dial Depending on the Editing Target above q the listed and editable events differ as described below When the Editing Target is set to one of Ch1 Ch16 Note An individual note within a Song Includes the note name which corresponds to the key which was playe...

Page 83: ...rd root Chord type On Bass Chord Sect Section Style Section Intro Main Fill In Break Ending OnOff On off status for each part channel of the Style CH Vol Channel Volume Volume for each part channel of the Style S Vol Style volume Overall volume of the Style r Song Position Measure Beat Clock Indicates the current Song position The events you input are recorded at the position indicated here You ca...

Page 84: ...Song is playing back between the top of the Song and SPJ 02 playback will loop between SPJ 01 and SPJ 02 3 If the Song is playing back between the second SPJ 01 and SPJ 03 and Loop is turned on playback jumps back to SPJ 02 and loops between SPJ 02 and the second SPJ 01 Loop End Marker In the examples above the actual data of the Loop End Marker is identical to the event it was copied from only th...

Page 85: ...Registration Memory setups For example you may want to switch Voice settings while keeping the same Style This is where the Freeze function comes in handy It lets you maintain the settings of certain items and leave them unchanged even when selecting other Registration Memory buttons The operation display can be called up via MENU Regist Freeze 1 Enter the checkmark of the item or group to be froz...

Page 86: ...f you intend to use the ASSIGNABLE button to switch the Registration Memory number assign Registration Sequence or Registration Sequence in the dis play called up via MENU Assignable page 104 6 Program a Sequence order in which the Registration Memory numbers are to be called up Basically press the desired Registration Memory number button on the panel then touch Insert to enter the selected numbe...

Page 87: ... programmed here is shown in the Registration Memory Bank area of the Home display Press the ASSIGNABLE button or the pedal to check whether or not the Registration Memory number is called up in the order as programmed 9 Touch Save to call up the File Selection display then save the sequence program as a Registration Memory Bank file Insert Inserts the number of the currently selected Registration...

Page 88: ... you want to narrow the search touch Filter and enter the search options in the box Tag Enter tags page 89 to the box or select tags from the list by touching Existing Tag List If you want to enter multiple tags to the box insert a space between each tag Song Enter the Song name Style Enter the Style name Style Tempo Enter the Style tempo range To clear each search query touch Clear To clear all t...

Page 89: ... 2 On the Registration Bank Selection display touch Menu then Regist Bank Tag Edit to call up the operation display 3 Touch New Tag to enter the desired text on the Character Entry window If you have already added any tags to another Registration Memory Bank file existing tags appear in the list and can be selected by entering checkmarks It may take some time for the list to be shown 4 Touch Save ...

Page 90: ... message 4 Touch Yes to start importing The imported Music Finder Records will be converted to Registration Memory Bank files and saved to a folder with the same name as the imported file in the User drive of this instrument At the same time a Playlist of the converted Registration Memory Bank files with the same name as the imported file will be created in the USB flash drive The Music Finder set...

Page 91: ...display and load the settings contained in the Music Finder data Searching for Records Since Music Finder data is saved to Registration Memory you can search for Records on the Registration Bank Selection display The keyword and genre of the Music Finder are saved as tag information ...

Page 92: ...c Setting Making the Microphone or Guitar Settings Mic Setting q Microphone On Off Turns the microphone guitar sound on or off When set to On the microphone guitar sound will be input to the instrument w Vocal Talk Guitar Switch When you sing into the microphone for your performance set this to Vocal When you talk normally or need to make announcements between songs of your performance set this to...

Page 93: ...resses the signal making loud parts softer or vice versa On Off Turns Compressor on or off Threshold Adjusts the input level above which compression begins to be applied Ratio Adjusts the compression ratio Higher ratios result in a more compressed sound with a reduced dynamic range Out Adjusts the final output level u Talk Mixing only when Talk is selected For making settings for speech e g talkin...

Page 94: ...ure recall you should assign a sufficiently descriptive name or one that matches your performance To call up the microphone guitar settings touch the setting name at left of Save and then select the desired file If you want to save the microphone guitar settings to a USB flash drive save them as a User Effect file To do this on the display called up via MENU Utility Fac tory Reset Backup page 2 2 ...

Page 95: ... adjust the sound for each corresponding part while Master lets you make overall sound adjustments for the entire instrument For a visual indication of the signal flow and configuration of the Mixer refer to the Block Diagram on page 103 This function modifies the tonal characteristics brightness etc of the sound by cutting the output of a specific frequency portion of the sound This is not availa...

Page 96: ...d This instrument possesses a high quality eight band digital EQ With this function a final effect tone control can be applied to the output of your instrument You can select one of the five preset EQ types in the Master display You can even create your own custom EQ settings by adjusting the frequency bands and save the settings to one of 30 User Master EQ types Editing EQ Parameters EQ High Boos...

Page 97: ... KS SW100 sold separately User1 30 Your own custom EQ settings saved in step 4 2 Adjust the Q bandwidth and the Center Frequency of each band The available Frequency range is different for each band The higher the value of Q the narrower the bandwidth 3 Adjust the Gain level to boost or cut each of the eight bands as desired 4 Touch Save to save the settings as a User Master EQ type Up to 30 EQ ty...

Page 98: ...ach part by touching the area above each knob You can adjust the degree to which each Effect is applied by using the knobs If you want to assign each of the Insertion Effects to a specific Part and select an Effect Type touch Assign Part Setting at the upper right of this area and make necessary settings in the window The assignable Parts for each Insertion Effect are as follows Insertion Effect 1...

Page 99: ... available parameters differ depending on the Effect type 4 Touch Save to save the settings as a User Effect type Up to 30 Effect types can be stored for each of the Reverb Chorus Variation and Insertion Effect Blocks 2 Parameter controllers corresponding to the selected Effect type will be shown here Parameters that are grayed out cannot be edited NOTE The settings will be lost if you turn the po...

Page 100: ... Chorus Touch the Chorus type name at the top right of this row to select the desired Chorus type After selecting return to the Mixer display then use each knob to adjust the Chorus depth for each part Reverb Touch the Reverb type name at the top right of this row to select the desired Reverb type After selecting return to the Mixer display then use each knob to adjust the Reverb depth for each pa...

Page 101: ... are optimally enhanced This is good for enhancing acoustic instruments jazz music etc Punchy Highly exaggerated Compressor settings This is good for enhancing rock music Electronic Compressor settings for enhancing the characteristics of electronic dance music Loud Powerful Compressor settings This is good for enhancing energetic music such as rock or gospel music User1 30 Your own custom Compres...

Page 102: ...gs will be lost if you turn the power to the instrument off without carrying out the Save operation If you want to save the Master Com pressor settings to a USB flash drive save them as a User Effect file To do this from the display called up via MENU Utility Factory Reset Backup page 2 2 touch Save of User Effect to carry out the Save oper ation page 127 NOTICE NOTE ...

Page 103: ...dio Wireless LAN Audio Right3 Multi Pad Style Audio Audio Link Multi Pad Ins 1 5 Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Part EQ Mic Setting Vocal Guitar Talk Ins 6 Ins 7 8 Var Insertion System Variation Effect Connection Depth Variation Chorus System Effect Reverb Main Aux Out Chorus Reverb Return Level Return Level Return Level Mic Setting Mic Setting Audio Song Sub Out ...

Page 104: ...polarity of the pedal by touching Menu Depending on the pedal you ve connected to the instrument it may work in the opposite way i e pressing it has no effect but releasing it does If such a case occurs use this setting to reverse the polarity Assigning Specific Functions to the Foot Pedals and Panel Buttons Assignable 3 1 As described in the Owner s Manual shortcuts can also be assigned to the AS...

Page 105: ...old a controller to which this function is assigned all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sus tain Releasing the pedal immediately stops dampens any sustained notes Panel Sustain On Off Control Type Same as the VOICE EFFECT SUSTAIN button Sostenuto Control Type Controls the Sostenuto effect If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press a controller to which this function is assign...

Page 106: ... a slight variation on Modulation above in which the effects wave form can be alternately turned on off Initial Touch On Off Control Type Turns the Initial Touch setting of each keyboard part on the Keyboard dis play on off Left Hold On Off Control Type Same as the LEFT HOLD button Pedal Control Wah Applies a wah effect to notes played on the keyboard Organ Rotary Slow Fast Control Type Switches t...

Page 107: ...On Off Same as the CHORD LOOPER ON OFF button Chord Looper Rec Stop Same as the CHORD LOOPER REC STOP button Style Style Start Stop Same as the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button Synchro Start On Off Same as the SYNC START button Synchro Stop On Off Same as the SYNC STOP button Intro1 3 Same as the INTRO I III buttons Main A D Same as the MAIN VARIATION A D buttons Fill Down Plays a fill in which is ...

Page 108: ... PAD CONTROL 1 4 buttons Multi Pad Select Same as the MULTI PAD CONTROL SYNC START SELECT button Multi Pad Stop Same as the MULTI PAD CONTROL STOP button Song Song MIDI Play Pause Same as the SONG MIDI PLAY PAUSE button Song MIDI Previous Same as the SONG MIDI PREV button Song MIDI Next Same as the SONG MIDI NEXT button Song MIDI Synchro Start On Off Same as MIDI Sync Start on the Song Playback di...

Page 109: ...n the Scale Tune display Selecting and or Creating a Temperament Scale Tune in the Owner s Manual Disables all Scale Tune settings temporarily letting you hear the sound for comparison pur poses Scale Tune Memory Same as the SCALE TUNE MEMORY MEMORY button Scale Tune Memory 1 5 Control Type Same as the SCALE TUNE MEMORY 1 5 buttons Scale Tune Setting C B Control Type Same as the SCALE TUNE SETTING...

Page 110: ...dow called up by touching Kit Category or Instrument In the Drum Kit Instrument Selection window you can also use the keyboard to select an instrument Voice Guide On Off Turns the Voice Guide function on or off page 125 No Assign No function is assigned Functions Assignability Category Function Description P A S When you select the percussion instrument by pressing a key on the keyboard the veloci...

Page 111: ...Assign Type 1 Assign Type 2 Assign Type 3 Assign Type 1 Assign Type 2 Assign Type 3 Assign Type 1 Assign Type 2 Assign Type 3 Hiding the pop up window when the knob or joystick is operated When you press the LIVE CONTROL ASSIGN button button to which Assignable is assigned or move the knobs joystick the Live Control pop up window displaying the status of the parameter is shown You can set the pop ...

Page 112: ...s Reverb Chorus Adjusts both Reverb and Chorus depth of the selected parts Insertion Effect Depth Adjusts the Insertion Effect depth of the selected parts EQ High Gain Range Boosts or attenuates the high EQ band for the selected parts EQ Low Gain Range Boosts or attenuates the low EQ band for the selected parts Cutoff Range Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter for the selected parts Resonanc...

Page 113: ... Unit Multiply Range Adjusts the Arpeggio speed The value shown in the pop up window is indicated as a percentage of the default value for each Arpeggio type Style Style Retrigger Rate Adjusts the Style Retrigger length This is shown as 1 2 4 8 16 or 32 on the pop up window indicating the note lengths The first part of the current Style is repeated in the specified length Style Retrigger On Off Tu...

Page 114: ... of ten pre programmed templates that let you instantly and easily reconfigure the instrument to match your particular MIDI application or external device Also you can edit the pre programmed templates and save up to ten of your original templates The operation display can be called up via MENU MIDI 1 Touch the box shown at top of the display then select a pre programmed MIDI tem plate If you have...

Page 115: ...Main and Layer and the left hand part is handled as Lower Master KBD Master Keyboard In this setting the instrument functions as a master keyboard playing and controlling one or more connected tone generators or other devices such as a computer sequencer Song All transmit channels are set to correspond to Song channels 1 16 This is used to play Song data with an external tone generator and to reco...

Page 116: ...s affect Song or Style play back Local Control Turns the Local Control for each part on or off When Local Control is set to On the key board of the instrument controls its own local internal tone generator allowing the internal Voices to be played directly from the keyboard If you set Local to Off the keyboard and controllers are internally disconnected from the instrument s tone generator section...

Page 117: ...he Split Point for the Voices This is not affected by the on off status of the ACMP button 2 Touch to call up the other page and then select which MIDI messages are to be transmitted for each Part The following MIDI messages can be set on the Transmit Receive display Note Note events page 82 CC Control Change page 82 PC Program Change page 82 PB Pitch Bend page 82 AT After Touch page 82 Transmit M...

Page 118: ...ng and playing MIDI data Normally these parts are not used by the instrument itself 2 Touch to call up the other page and then select which MIDI messages are to be received for each Channel Receive MIDI Receive Channel Settings MIDI transmission reception via the USB terminal Wireless LAN and MIDI terminals The relationship between the MIDI terminals Wireless LAN and the USB TO HOST terminal which...

Page 119: ...gain to remove the checkmark The explanations here apply when you call up the Chord Detect display in step 2 on page 115 The settings here let you determine the chord type for Style playback based on the note messages received via MIDI The note on off messages received at the channel s set to on are recognized as the notes for detecting chords in Style playback The chords to be detected depend on ...

Page 120: ...e https www yamaha com kbdapps Infrastructure Mode Wireless LAN Settings Do not connect this product to a public Wi Fi and or Internet service directly Only connect this product to the Internet through a router with strong password protections Consult your router manufacturer for information on optimum security practices q Networks Connecting to a network listed on the display From the Networks li...

Page 121: ...Yes in the window called up by touching here press the WPS button of the desired wireless LAN access point within two minutes r Initialize Initializes the connection setup to the default factory status t Detail For setting detailed parameters such as the static IP address After setting touch OK y Mode Switches to the Access Point mode q Initialize Initializes the connection setup to the default fa...

Page 122: ...y if the USB Wireless LAN adaptor is connected to the instrument and the wireless LAN mode setting is set to Infrastructure mode page 120 When the PSR A5000 is in infrastructure mode in wireless LAN settings the connection status is shown at the top of the display the same as in the Wireless LAN display Making the Time Settings q Date Indicates the date w Time Indicates the time e Time Zone Select...

Page 123: ...settings that affect the entire instrument as well as detailed settings for specific functions It also explains data reset functions and storage media control such as disk formatting The operation display can be called up via MENU Utility Speaker Speaker Determines how the sound is output to the speaker of this instrument Headphone Switch Speaker sounds normally but is cut off when headphones are ...

Page 124: ...n touch the center of the plus marks in order Brightness Screen Adjusts the brightness of the display Button Lamps Adjusts the brightness of the button lamps Display Pop upDisplay Time Determines the time that elapses before the pop up windows close Pop up windows appear when you press buttons such as TEMPO TRANSPOSE or UPPER OCTAVE etc When Hold is selected here the pop up window is shown until y...

Page 125: ...ermines the language used in the display for messages Touch this setting to call up the language list and then select the desired one Owner Name For inputting your name which appears in the opening display called up when the power is turned on Touch here to call up the Character Entry window and then input your name Auto Power Off For setting the amount of time that elapses before the power is tur...

Page 126: ... in the internal User memory to the original factory settings User Effect Restores the User Effect settings including the following data to the original factory settings User Effect types page 99 User Master EQ types page 96 User Master Compressor types page 101 User microphone guitar settings page 92 Registration Turns off all the REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 8 lamps indicating that no Registration Mem ...

Page 127: ...call up the setup file Touch Load of the desired item and then select the desired file You can restore the factory programmed status by selecting the Setup file in the Preset tab Before using a USB flash drive be sure to read Connecting USB Devices in the Owner s Manual System Parameters set on the various displays such as Utility are handled as a single System Setup file Refer to the Data List Pa...

Page 128: ... Follow the onscreen instructions This installs the selected Pack data to the Expansion folder in the User drive Installing Expansion Pack Data from a USB Flash Drive You will need to restart the instrument after installation has been completed Make sure to save all data currently being edited beforehand other wise it will be lost If an Expansion Pack already exists you can overwrite it with the n...

Page 129: ...the accompanying manual 1 Connect the USB flash drive to the USB TO DEVICE terminal 2 Call up the operation display via MENU Expansion 3 Touch Export Instrument Info 4 Follow the onscreen instructions This saves the Instrument Info file to the root directory in the USB flash drive The saved file is named PSR A5000_InstrumentInfo n27 Saving the Instrument Info File to a USB Flash Drive Before using...

Page 130: ...on Switches the displayed page Panel parts or Drum Percussion instruments w Sub1 2 AUX Out Switches the displayed menu Sub1 2 or AUX This also actually switches the role of the SUB OUTPUT 1 2 jacks or AUX OUTPUT jacks accordingly e Depends on Part Drum Percussion page only When this is checked the selected drum instrument will be output via the jacks set from the Panel page r Main L L R R When thi...

Page 131: ...the selected SUB OUTPUT jack s y AUX Out L L R R This is automatically checked when Main is checked The selected part drum instruments will be output from the AUX OUTPUT jacks Only the Insertion Effect can be applied to the sound output from the SUB OUTPUT jacks The System Effect Cho rus Reverb and when the Variation Effect is set to System will not be applied NOTE ...

Page 132: ...8 Mic Setting 92 Microphone 92 MIDI 114 MIDI Multi Pad Recording 51 MIDI Multi Recording 67 MIDI Settings 114 MIDI Song 56 MIDI Song Recording 66 Mix 75 Mixer 95 Modulation 47 Mono 35 Multi Pad 51 Multi Pad Creator 51 53 Music Finder 90 N Network 120 Note Limit 28 31 NTR Note Transposition Rule 28 29 NTT Note Transposition Table 28 29 O Octave 40 On Bass Note 119 Organ Flutes 49 OTS Link Timing 13...

Page 133: ...n Memory 89 Tap Tempo 38 Tempo 15 Text 61 Time 122 Touch Response 39 Touch Screen 124 Touch Sensitivity 45 Transmit Channel 117 Transpose 41 75 Tremolo 49 Tuning 40 U Utility 123 V Variation Effect 98 Velocity 27 Version 125 Vibrato 48 49 Voice 34 Voice Edit 44 49 Voice Guide 125 Voice Part Setup 34 Voice Set 44 Voice Set Filter 40 Voice Setting 40 Volume 100 W Wireless LAN 120 Manual Development ...

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