Table Of Contents - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-550 Owner's Manual

Contents
Packing List
How to use the manual
Important Features
Panel logos ................................................... 9
Music stand ................................................ 10
Panel Controls and Terminals
FOOTSWITCH jack .................................... 10
PHONES/OUTPUT jack ............................. 10
Top Panel Controls ................................................. 11
Rear Panel Controls ............................................... 11
Setting Up
Power supply connections ..................................... 12
Demo Song Playback
Using the Music Database
Panel Display Indications
Basic Operation
Calling up the Operation Displays .......................... 17
How to Read the Menu/Message Display and
"Easy Navigator" ............................................... 18
Menu Selection ...................................................... 19
Changing (Editing) Values ..................................... 20
Naming .................................................................. 21
Direct Access ......................................................... 21
Function Tree
Direct Access Chart
Mode
Style Mode ............................................................. 25
Song Mode ............................................................ 25
Record Mode ......................................................... 25
Disk Mode .............................................................. 25
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4 Playing Voices
Selecting a Voice ................................................... 26
Playing Two Voices (R1, R2) Simultaneously ......... 27
5
Playing Different Voices with
the Left (L) and Right (R1, R2) Hands ............. 28
Functions of the Keyboard ..................................... 29
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Transpose .............................................................. 30
Pitch Bend Wheel .................................................. 30
Sustain ................................................................... 30
Keyboard Percussion ............................................. 31
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Auto Accompaniment
Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 32
Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks) ................. 33
Accompaniment Sections ...................................... 34
Tempo/Tap ............................................................. 36
Accompaniment Track Muting ................................ 37
12
Accompaniment Volume Control ............................ 37
Chord Fingerings ................................................... 38
Accompaniment Split Point .................................... 40
Synchro Stop ......................................................... 41
One Touch Setting ................................................. 42
13
The Multi Pads
14
Playing the Multi Pads ........................................... 43
Chord Match .......................................................... 43
Selecting a Multi Pad Bank .................................... 44
16
Turning Chord Match On/Off .................................. 44
Multi Pad Bank List ..................................... 45
17
Digital Effects
Reverb ................................................................... 46
Chorus ................................................................... 48
DSP ....................................................................... 49
System Effects and Insertion Effects ..................... 50
Harmony/Echo ....................................................... 50
Registration Memory
22
Registering the Panel Settings .............................. 55
Recalling the Registered Panel Settings ............... 55
Selecting a Registration Bank ................................ 56
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Naming the Registration Banks ............................. 56
Disk Operations
25
Using the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and
Floppy Disks ......................................... 58
Included Data Disk ................................................. 59
Format ................................................................... 60
Save ....................................................................... 60
Load ....................................................................... 62
Song Copy ............................................................. 64
Delete .................................................................... 67
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