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AUTHORIZED

PRODUCT MANUAL

Summary of Contents for PortaTone PSR-210

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Page 3: ...ousehold type batteries in your area for battery disposal information Disposal Notice Should this product become damaged beyond repair or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end please observe all local state and fed eral regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead batter ies plastics etc If your dealer is unable to assist you please contact Yamaha d...

Page 4: ...hones 6 Connecting an Amplifier 6 Connecting a Foot Pedal 6 Inserting a Music Stand 6 The Basics 7 Switching the Keyboard On and Off 7 Adjusting the Master Volume 7 Listening to a Demonstration Song from the Song Book 7 Selecting and Playing Voices 8 Keyboard Percussion 8 Auto Harmony 9 Sustain 9 Touch Response 10 Dual Voice 10 Split 11 Transpose 12 Playing with Accompaniment 13 Selecting an Accom...

Page 5: ...The PSR 210 at a glance SUSTAIN jack DC IN jack Connects a sustain pedal Connects a power such as the Yamaha FC 4 adaptor such as the or FC 5 Yamaha PA 3 PA 4 or PA 40 2 ...

Page 6: ...ee page 18 VOICE EFFECT section OVERALL CONTROL section Controls the Auto Harmony Sus TEMPO buttons tain Touch Response and Dual Controls the tempo of the Accom Voice aspects of the voices gener paniment Song Book and Mel ody and Chord Memory see MIDI ports ated when the keyboard is played MIDI IN see page 9 and 10 page 15 TRANSPOSE buttons Receives data from HEADPHONES AUX OUT jack Transposes the...

Page 7: ...he other appliance Handling Protect your PortaTone from strong impact Be careful not to drop it or place heavy objects on top of it Avoid applying excessive force to the con trols keys and connections When not Using the PortaTone After use always turn off the POWER switch When not using your PortaTone for a long time remove the batteries to avoid damage through bat tery leakage 4 When Using a Powe...

Page 8: ...rned off and that the power adaptor is not plugged into a wall outlet or power strip 2 Plug the power adaptor s DC IN plug into the DC IN jack at the rear of the PSR 210 or PSR 310 To insert batteries 1 Make sure that the POWER switch is turned off 2 Open the battery compartment cover located on the keyboard s bottom panel 3 Insert the six batteries being careful to follow the polarity markings on...

Page 9: ...der To amplifier To connect an amplifier Plug the cable from the amplifier s input jack into the HEAD PHONES AUX OUT jack at the rear of your PSR 210 or PSR 310 Connecting a Foot Pedal A connected foot pedal can be used to function as a damper pedal controlling sustain To connect a foot pedal Connect the foot pedal s plug into the SUSTAIN PEDAL jack at the rear of your PSR 210 or PSR 310 Holding t...

Page 10: ...o adjust the master volume Listening to a Demonstration Song from the Song Book To give you an idea of the PSR 210 or PSR 310 s sophisticated capabilities it comes with 15 internal demon stration songs that you can select and play back To play back demonstration songs 1 Press the DEMO START STOP button The demo songs will play back one after the other from the selected song number To jump to the n...

Page 11: ...nd SELECTION buttons can also be used to increase or de crease the current voice number Holding down either button increases or decreases the voice number continuously 4 Play one or more keys on the keyboard to hear the selected voice Voice number 01 ACOUSTIC PIANO is automatically When using the and SELECTION buttons the voice selected as the default voice when the PortaTone is turned on numbers ...

Page 12: ...Finger Fingered or Split mode the left hand In the Normal mode all harmony types are based on a C chords determine the harmony notes that will be applied to major chord the right hand melody Also Auto Harmony is not applied to the left hand voice in the Split mode and to the Accompani The default Auto Harmony type 00 OFF can be recalled ment sounds at any time by pressing both the AUTO HARMONY and...

Page 13: ...with a second Dual Voice Any voice can be selected as the Dual Voice while the DUAL VOICE is on Dual Voice can be turned off by pressing the DUAL VOICE button again When the Dual Voice function is used in the Split mode see page 11 dif ferent 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 th...

Page 14: ...on is held For example if the Split Point is C3 the MULTI DISPLAY shows C 3 if at F 2 the MULTI DIS PLAY shows F 2 2 While holding down the SPLIT POINT CHANGE button press a keyboard key to select the new Split Point Split Points for the Split Single Finger and Fingered modes are separately retained in memory and will be recalled separately whenever a certain mode is selected The memory is retaine...

Page 15: ...efault voice to the left hand section of the keyboard The left hand voice is octave shifted to provide the best sound in the left hand range Transpose The PSR 210 and PSR 310 TRANSPOSE buttons make 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 210 or PSR 310 keyboard makes it easier...

Page 16: ... selection is made but the new style will begin playback from the next measure The tempo will not change when the new style begins playing Style number 01 is automatically selected as the default style when the Porta Tone is turned on Selecting an Accompaniment Mode There are two different Accompaniment modes Single Finger and Fingered See below To select an Accompaniment mode Select Single Finger...

Page 17: ...Point in Fingered mode is G2 An octave i e two notes played exactly one octave apart will produce Accompaniment using only that root note Full accompaniment can be canceled if you press three at joining keys including a black key At that point only the rhythm accompaniment will continue The accompaniment will continue playing even if you lift your fingers from the left hand section of the keyboard...

Page 18: ...rd the chord and bass of the selected accompaniment will sound for as long as the chord is held A _ before the style number in the MULTI DISPLAY indicates that the Intro Ready mode is selected In Normal or Split mode only rhythm patterns can be played Setting the Tempo The tempo of the Accompaniment can be adjusted from 40 to 240 beats per minute To adjust the tempo 1 Press the TEMPO or button The...

Page 19: ...utton A Fill in pattern that matches the selected style will be produced The normal Accompaniment will then continue from the beginning of the next measure If the INTRO FILL IN button is pressed after the last beat of the measure the Fill in will start at the beginning of the next measure Stopping the Accompaniment An Accompaniment in progress can be stopped immediately or it can be stopped with a...

Page 20: ...lume Transpose Split Only the Normal and Split modes can be used during play Point Change and Auto Harmony applies to notes played back of a song When you press the DEMO START STOP on the keyboard button while the Fingered or Single Finger mode is active the Normal mode will automatically be selected Minus One The Minus One feature removes the melody part of a demonstration song allowing you to pl...

Page 21: ...case the rhythm will begin without bass and chord accompaniment until a chord is detected in the left hand section of the keyboard 4 Play the required chords and melody The melody is recorded by the PSR 310 only 5 Press either the START STOP button or the SYNCHRO START ENDING button to stop recording Sequences recorded with the MELODY AND CHORD MEMORY are retained in memory even when the POWER swi...

Page 22: ...ady mode The metronome will sound and the three dots along the top of the MULTI DISPLAY will flash at the currently selected tempo You can disengage the Chain Ready mode by pressing the CHAIN button 2 Press the BANK 1 BANK 2 and BANK 3 buttons in the order that you want them to play back up to 8 steps can be pro grammed A synthesized voice will announce the order of the programmed Banks each time ...

Page 23: ... 1 Name 2 Name 3 Name 4 Name No Sound Effect 01 SAFARI 02 CAR Elephant Brake 3 6 C1 Lion 4 0 E1 Horn 37 C 1 Monkey 38 D1 Percussion 41 F1 Start Idle 42 F 1 Accelerate 39 D 1 43 G1 47 B1 C 2 D o g 50 D2 Rooster 51 D 2 55 G2 59 B2 63 D 3 67 G3 71 B3 75 D 4 03 FOREST Chirp 4 4 G 1 Bird 1 4 5 A1 Bird 2 46 A 1 Brook 04 PET Cat 4 8 C2 Dog 1 4 9 2 05 OCEAN Boat 5 2 E2 Marine Horn 53 F2 Seagull 54 F 2 Wav...

Page 24: ... PSR 310 s voice numbers 01 through 00 MIDI START STOP and CLOCK messages In Split mode both the left and right hand keyboard sec tions are transmitted over one MIDI channel The following data is not transmitted Transpose settings ACCOMPANIMENT SONG BOOK MELODY AND CHORD MEMORY perfomance data Performance data from the left hand section of the key board in Single Finger or Fingered mode The follow...

Page 25: ...s that are set to that channel receive the messages A MIDI device can also be set to receive MIDI messages on all channels this is known as the OMNI ON mode MIDI Transmission Channel The PSR 310 can be set to transmit on any of its 16 MIDI channels Tab set the MIDI transmit channels 1 Hold down the REC button and press the NUMERIC SELECTION 1 button The current MIDI channel will appear on the MULT...

Page 26: ...3 PAN FLUTE 1 04 CLAVl 1 29 EL ACC GUITAR 2 2 54 OCARINA 1 05 CELESTA 1 30 BANJO 2 55 SOPRANO SAX 1 06 CHURCH ORGAN 2 31 HARP 1 56 ALTO SAX 1 07 REED ORGAN 1 32 PIZZICATO STRINGS 2 57 TENOR SAX 1 08 ACCORDION 2 33 VIOLIN 2 58 BARITONE SAX 1 09 BANDONEON 2 34 CELLO 2 59 OBOE 1 10 ELECTRIC PIANO 1 2 35 CONTRABASS 1 60 ENGLISH HORN 1 11 ELECTRIC PIANO 2 2 36 STRINGS 1 FAST 2 61 BASSOON 1 12 ELECTRIC ...

Page 27: ...onstration Minus One Melody and Chord Memory PSR 310 Chord Memory PSR 210 Sound Effects PSR 310 MIDI PSR 310 Built in ports Maximum amplifier output Dimensions Weight Speaker Optional Accessories Supplied Accessories Maximum polyphony 28 PSR 210 50 Accompaniment Styles PSR 310 100 Accompaniment Styles POWER switch ON OFF MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX PSR 210 VOICE STYLE SELECTION button PSR 310 VOICE STYL...

Page 28: ...Song Book 01 Lazy Afternoon V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 25 ...

Page 29: ...02 Sunset GIow V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 03 Tailspin V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 26 ...

Page 30: ...04 Who s My Hero V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 05 Mambo Step V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 27 ...

Page 31: ...06 Purple Minds V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 28 ...

Page 32: ...07 Funky Tower V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 08 Grooving High V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 29 ...

Page 33: ...09 Dear Friend V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 30 ...

Page 34: ...10 Stepping Out V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 31 ...

Page 35: ...11 After Dark V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 32 ...

Page 36: ...12 Quiet Shore V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 33 ...

Page 37: ...13 Modern Times V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 14 Someday V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 34 ...

Page 38: ...15 Bonjour V VOICE H AUTO HARMONY 35 ...

Page 39: ...locity Note ON O 9nH v 1 127 O 9nH v 1 127 Note OFF X 9nH v 0 X 9nH v 0 8nH After K e y s X X Touch C h s X X Pitch Bend X X Control 10 Change 64 X O O O PAN SUSTAIN Program O 0 99 O 0 99 Change True 0 99 System Exclusive X X System Song Pos X X Song Sel X X X Common Tune X System Clock O O O Real Time Commands O A u x Local ON OFF X X All Notes OFF X X Messages Active Sense O O Reset X X Notes Mo...

Page 40: ...O 9nH v 1 127 Note OFF X 9nH v 0 X 9nH v 0 8nH After Key s X X Touch Ch s X X Pitch Bend X X Control 10 X O PAN Change 64 O X SUSTAIN Program O 0 99 O 0 99 2 Change True 0 99 System Exclusive X X System Song Pos X X Song Sel X X Common Tune X X System Clock X X Real Time Commands X X Aux Local ON OFF X X All Notes OFF X X Messages Active Sense O O Reset X X Notes 1 16 channel Multi Timbre 2 Except...

Page 41: ...orized distributor listed below HEAD OFFICE Yamaha Corporation Electronic Musical Instrument Division Nakazawa cho 10 1 Hamamatsu Japan 430 Tel 053 460 3273 PK 1 YAMAHA YAMAHA CORPORATION M D G EMI Division C 1993 Yamaha Corporation VQ28050 JDAGR1HB1 4CP Printed in Japan ...

Page 42: ...YAMAHA PSR210 310 OM 10 22 98 98058 Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue P O Box 6600 Buena Park CA 90622 6600 ...

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