Yamaha PSR-SX900, Owner'S Manual

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PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual
Playback Operations exclusively for Audio Song
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Vocal Cancel
This let you cancel or attenuate the center position of the stereo sound in Audio Song play-
back. This lets you sing “karaoke” style with just instrumental backing, or play the melody
part on the keyboard, since the vocal sound is usually at the center of the stereo image in
most recordings.
To turn the Vocal Cancel function on/off, first select an Audio Song, then turn on/off
(Vocal Cancel).
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Time Stretch
Like Tempo adjustment of a MIDI Song, this lets you adjust the playback speed of an
Audio Song by stretching or compressing it. To do this, touch
(Time Stretch) to call
up the setup window. Touch [

]/[

] in this window to set the value (from 70% to 160%).
Higher values result in a faster tempo.
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Pitch Shift
Like the Transpose function of the MIDI Song, this lets you shift the pitch of an Audio
Song in semitone steps (from -12 to 12).
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A-B Repeat Playback
This lets you repeatedly play back a specified range (between points A and B).
1
Touch (Play/Pause) to start playback.
2
Specify the repeat range.
When playback reaches the point you want to specify as the starting point (A), turn
on
(A-B Repeat). When playback reaches the point you want to specify as
the ending point (B), touch (A-B Repeat) again. The range from Point A to
Point B will be played back repeatedly.
3
To cancel A-B repeat playback, turn off (A-B Repeat).
The time of point A and B are cleared, and Repeat Playback is canceled.
Though the Vocal Cancel function is
highly effective on most audio record-
ings, the vocal sound on some songs
may not be completely cancelled.
NOTE
Specifying only Point A results in
repeat playback between Point A and
the end of Song.
NOTE
Top of the Song End of the Song A B
Specifying the repeat range while Song playback is stopped
1. Fast-forward the Song to Point A then turn on (A-B Repeat).
2. Fast-forward the Song to Point B then touch (A-B Repeat) again.