Style Recording; Reverb Type And Settings; Chorus Type And Settings - Yamaha Portatone PSR-640 Owner's Manual

Style Recording

The PSR-740/640 lets you record up to three original User styles which can be used for auto accompani-
ment in the same way as the preset styles. User Style data can also be saved to and loaded from floppy
disk (page 65).
You can create a User styles by using the internal style data as a starting point. Select a preset style that
is closest to the type of style you want to create, and record the auto accompaniment pattern to one track
of the section.
The PSR-740/640 provides two basic ways to record styles:
• Style Recording — Rhythm Track .................................................................................... page 112
• Style Recording — Bass/Phrase/Pad/Chord Tracks ........................................................ page 114
The four editing features below allow you to edit already recorded style data.
• Quantize ........................................................................................................................... page 116
This function aligns the timing of the recorded note data to a specified value.
• Naming User Styles ......................................................................................................... page 118
This function lets you name your original styles.
• Clearing User Style Data ................................................................................................. page 118
This function is for clearing (deleting) or part of the recorded style.
• CTAB Parameters ............................................................................................................ page 119
These parameters determines how the pitch of the accompaniment is converted
when you play chords in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard.
User Style Tracks
The tracks which can be recorded to the User styles are organized as shown in the chart below.
PSR-740
Section
COUNT
INTRO
INTRO
MAIN A
MAIN B
MAIN C
MAIN D
FILL IN A
FILL IN B
FILL IN C
FILL IN D
SIMPLE
ENDING
ENDING
On the PSR-740, a total of 96 tracks (12 sections x 8 tracks) can be recorded to a
one track; on the PSR-640, a total of 80 tracks (10 sections x 8 tracks) can be
recorded to one track.
Data that can be recorded to User styles
• Note on/off (key press and release)
• Pitch bend, pitch bend range
• Mixer settings*
• Tempo

• Chorus type and settings

• Modulation wheel (PSR-740)
Up to approximately 1,950 notes for a section (a total of about 7,150 notes) can be
recorded to the PSR-740/640 style tracks.
Only one event of the item marked with * can be recorded for each track of the
sections.
110
Track
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
RHYTHM SUB CHORD1 PHRASE1
RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2 PHRASE2
PSR-640
Section Track
BASS INTRO RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS MAIN A RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS MAIN B RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS MAIN C RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS MAIN D RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS FILL IN A RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS FILL IN B RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS FILL IN C RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS FILL IN D RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS ENDING RHYTHM SUB
PAD RHYTHM MAIN CHORD2
BASS
PAD
BASS
PAD
• Velocity (strength of key press)
• Voice number (drum kit number)*
• Parameter Edit settings*

• Reverb type and settings

• DSP type and settings (PSR-740)
• Foot Volume on/off (expression)
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
CHORD1 PHRASE1 BASS
PHRASE2 PAD
• Material recorded data is
retained in memory even
when the STANDBY switch is
turned off if an AC adaptor is
connected (page 159). It is
nevertheless a good idea to
save important data to floppy
disk so that you can keep
them indefinitely and build up
your own data library (page
65).
• User Style data is recorded
by playing voice R1 from the
keyboard. Voice R2, voice L
and the auto accompaniment
cannot be used.