Rhythm Style Section; Basic Operations; A) Selecting A Rhythm Style - Yamaha PortaSound PSS-590 Owner's Manual

Rhythm Style Section
The PSS-590 has 50 kinds of realistic pre-set Rhythm
Styles. Each Rhythm Style has a variety of patterns such
as Normal, Bridge, Intro., Ending, and two kinds of Fill-in
patterns. So you have a storehouse of Styles and patterns
to work with in varying your playing. Plus, the PSS-590
provides 23 kinds of percussion sounds, which you can
play along with a selected Rhythm Style on the keyboard, in
a flexible way that fits to the mood you wish to create.
If you utilize the Song Memory function (explained in the
Song Memory Section) it's possible to memorize the
original Rhythm. We hope you enjoy the many options
available for a variety of Rhythm Styles.
The following diagram shows the various patterns which
one Rhythm Style contains, you can use it for reference as
you learn more about each Style selection.
= One Rhythm Style
‚Introduction pattern ~~
(When starting Rhythm play wi
— INTRO LED on) ^
——
a "Normal pattern N "Bridge pattern ^
M With BRIDGE LED otf) \with BRIDGE LED on)
M M Se ini
-7 Fill-in pattern 1 — ^ Filkinpattern2 `
(ivi leading Normal pater) (Fai leading Bridge pater)
~ Ending pattern ~~
(Curing Rhythm piay tones SYNCHRO
V .START/ENDING button pressed)
Every pattern is provided for you to construct a song as you
wish. That is, each pattern is taken as a section of a song,
so that you have various combination possibilities.
Following are typical examples for song construction:
Ex.1
Introduction — Normal — Fill-in 2 — Bridge — Ending
BRIDGE off INTRO FILL TO BRIDGE SYNCHRO START/ENDING
Ex.2
introduction — Bridge — Fill-in 1 — Normal — Ending
BRIDGE on INTRO FILL TO NORMAL SYNCHRO START/ENDING
Ex.3
Normal ~ Bridge > Fill-in 1 ~ Normal — Bridge
BRIDGE off FILL TO NORMAL FILL TO BRIDGE
Ex.4
Bridge — Fill-in 1— Normal — Fill-in 2 — Bridge — Ending
BRIDGE on FILL TO NORMAL FILL TO BRIDGE SYNCHRO START/ENDING
You can easily order the patterns to press each
corresponding button. Now, you learn about the operations
about the Rhythm Style.
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a. Basic Operations
a) Selecting a Rhythm Style
Step 1: Press the STYLE button.
Press the STYLE button of STYLE/VOICE select.
The Style LED in the STYLE/VOICE NUMBER Display will
light.up. The Number displayed indicates the Style
number.
Step 2: Select a Rhythm Style.
Consult the Style List on the Control Panel and enter the 2
digit number using the buttons «0» thru «9» of the STYLE/
VOICE select. For example, if you want ROCK, which is
Style NO.06, you first press «0», then «6». You can
increase or decrease the Number selected by using the
increment <+>/decrement <-> buttons.
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P 8 9
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* By pressing and holding the <+>/<-> buttons you will increase or
decrease the number at an accelerated rate.
Step 3: Assigning NORMAL/BRIDGE:
Decide which you want, NORMAL pattern or BRIDGE
pattern, of the selected Rhythm Style.
* Normal pattern offers a basic pattern of the Style (including its Auto
Accompaniment). And Bridge pattern offers additional sounds or little
complicated pattern. Actually, you can take Normal pattern is pre-made
intended to fit the introduction of a Song. Oppositely, a Bridge pattern
is pre-made to fit the most interesting part of a song, in other words a
climax.
How you assign NORMAL/BRIDGE is: Press the
BRIDGE button located in the Orchestration. The BRIDGE
LED lights up and indicates the BRIDGE pattern has been
assigned. Oppositely, when this LED is not lit, assigned is
the NORMAL pattern.
* |nitial value pre-assigned is NORMAL pattern.