Yamaha PSR-I500, Owner'S Manual

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Try Playing a Variety of Instr u ment Voices
PSR-I500 O w ner’s Man u al
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2
Rotate the dial to select the number of
beats per measure.
A chime w ill so u nd on the first b eat of each mea-
s u re w hile a click so u nds the other b eats. If “0” is
selected, a click so u nds for all b eats w ith no
chime accent. Select 6 for this example.
3
Press the CATEGORY [>>] button once
to call up “TimeSi
g D” (Time Si g nature
Denominator).
The length of one b eat is sho w n on the display.
4
Rotate the dial to select the len g th of
one beat, from 2
nd
, 4
th
, 8
th
and 16
th
note
values.
Select “08” (8
th
note) for this example.
5
Confirm the settin g by playin g the Metro-
nome.
Settin g the Metronome Volume
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button.
2
Use the CATEGORY [<<] and [>>] but-
tons to call up “MtrVol” (Function 062).
3
Rotate the dial to set the volume.
Yo u can add effects s u ch as Harmony, Tremolo and
Echo to the Main Voice. For a list of the effects, refer to
the Harmony Type List in the online material Data List.
1
Press the [HARMONY/ARPEGGIO] but-
ton to turn Harmony or Arpe
gg ios on.
The HARMONY or ARPEGGIO icon appears on
the display and the Harmony effect or the Arpeg-
gio f u nction t u rns on.
Altho u gh t u rning on the Harmony or the Arpeggio
w ill select a Harmony type or an Arpeggio type
s u ita b le for the c u rrent Main Voice, yo u can
select a different Harmony type or Arpeggio type
(page 22).
2
Press a note or notes to add a Harmony
or tri
gg er an Arpe gg io.
The operation differs depending on the Harmony
type. Try playing the key b oard b y referring to “Play-
ing each Harmony Type” (see next page), and the
Harmony Type List on the Data List (online).
The Arpeggio phrase differs depending on the n u m-
b er of pressed notes and the area of the key b oard.
3
Press the [HARMONY/ARPEGGIO] button
a
g ain to turn the Harmony or Arpe gg io off.
• This parameter cannot be set during playback of a Style,
Song or Riyaz.
NOTE
TimeSigD
08
The length of
one
b eat.
MtrVol
100
062
Metronome v ol u me
Adding Harmony/Triggering
Arpeggios
• When Split (page 20) is on, Arpeggio is applied only to
the Split Voice. When Split is off, Arpeggio is applied to
the Main and Dual Voices. Arpeggio cannot be applied to
the Split and Main/Dual Voices simultaneously.
• Selecting a Voice number between 330 and 339 will turn
on Split automatically, as well as Arpeggio. When one of
those Voices is selected, Arpeggio is applied only to the
Split Voice and is triggered only by playing a key to the
left of the Split Point.
• By assigning the Arpeggio Hold function to the foot-
switch, the Arpeggio will continue to play after the note is
released (page 56).
Appears w hen the Har-
mony f u nction is on.
Appears w hen the
Arpeggio f u nction is on.
NOTE