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PSR-I455 Owner’s Manual
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Special Features ..............................................................5
Compatible Format and Functions ...................................8
About the Manuals ...........................................................9
Included Accessories .......................................................9
Power Requirements......................................................12
Connecting Headphones or External Audio Equipment...13
Connecting a Footswitch to the SUSTAIN jack ..............13
Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices
Selecting a Main Voice...................................................16
Playing the “Grand Piano” ..............................................16
Layering a Dual Voice ....................................................16
Playing a Split Voice in the Left Hand area ....................17
Using the Metronome .....................................................18
Adding Harmony ............................................................19
Creating Original Sounds via the Knobs
Using the Music Database .............................................22
Listening to a Demo Song ..............................................24
Selecting and Playing Back a Song ...............................24
Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause ..............25
A-B Repeat.....................................................................25
Turning Each Track On/Off ............................................25
Three Types of Song Lesson .........................................26
Practicing with Song Lesson ..........................................26
Making Practice Perfect—Repeat & Learn.....................27
Track Structure of a Song ..............................................28
Quick Recording.............................................................28
Recording to a Specified Track ......................................29
Clearing a User Song .....................................................30
Clearing a Specified Track from a User Song ................30
Memorizing Your Favorite Panel Settings
Backup Parameters and Initialization
Selecting a Reverb Type................................................33
Selecting a Chorus Type................................................33
Pitch Controls—Transpose ............................................34
Pitch Controls—Tuning ..................................................34
Pitch Controls—the PITCH BEND wheel .......................34
Calling up Optimum Panel Settings ...............................34
Changing the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard ...........35
Selecting an EQ Setting for the Best Sound ..................35
Parameters Assigned to the Knobs
Synchronizing an Arpeggio to Song/Style/Tabla
Playback—Arpeggio Quantize ...................................39
Holding the Arpeggio Playback via the Footswitch ........39
Styles (Auto Accompaniment) and
Tabla/Tanpura patterns
Style Variations—Sections.............................................40
Synchro Stop .................................................................41
Tabla/Tanpura Variations...............................................42
Changing the Tempo .....................................................42
Tap Start ........................................................................42
Adjusting the Volume of the Style or Tabla/Tanpura......42
Setting the Split Point.....................................................43
Playing Chords Without Style Playback .........................43
Chord Types for Style Playback.....................................44
Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary ............45
BGM (Background Music) Playback ..............................46
Random Song Playback ................................................46
Tempo Setting of the Song ............................................47
Tap Start ........................................................................47
Song Volume .................................................................47
Melody Voice Setting of the Preset Song ......................47
Basic Procedure in the Function Display .......................48
Connecting a USB Flash Memory..................................52
Formatting a USB Flash Memory...................................53
Saving User Data to a USB Flash Memory....................54
Saving a User Song as SMF to a USB Flash Memory...55
Loading User Data from a USB Flash Memory..............56
Loading a Style File .......................................................57
Deleting a User File in the USB Flash Memory..............58
Deleting a SMF File in the USB Flash Memory..............58
Exiting from a File Control display..................................59
Troubleshooting ............................................................. 60
Voice List ....................................................................... 61
Drum Kit List .................................................................. 67
Style List ........................................................................ 74
Tabla/Tanpura Pattern List ............................................ 75
Song List ........................................................................ 76
Arpeggio List .................................................................. 77
Music Database List....................................................... 78
Effect Type List .............................................................. 80
Specifications................................................................. 81
Index .............................................................................. 82