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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-275/273 PortaTone! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-275/273 in order to take full advantage of its various features. Main Features The PSR-275/273 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions: I Stereo Sampled Piano page 21 The PSR-275/273 has a special Portable Grand Piano Voice - created by state-of-the-art stereo sampling technology and using Yamaha's sophiscated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. I Touch Response page 27 The exceptionally natural Touch Response feature, with a convenient front panel on/off switch, gives you maximum expressive level control over the voices. It also works in conjunction with the Dynamic Filter, which dynamically adjusts the timbre or tone of a voice according to your playing strength - just a like a real musical instrument! I Yamaha Education Suite pages 40, 42, 49 The PSR-275/273 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - a set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before! I One Touch Setting page 25 One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected Style and Song. I Powerful Speaker System The built-in stereo amplifier/speaker system of the PSR-275/273 - with a special Bass Boost feature - provides exceptionally powerful, high-quality sound, letting you hear the full dynamic range of the PSR-275/273's authentic voices. I GM System Level 1 "GM System Level 1" is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is affixed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level. I XGlite As its name implies, "XGlite" is a simplified version of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. Naturally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator. However, keep in mind that some songs may play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects. 6

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha
PSR-275/273 PortaTone!
You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound
and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package.
Its outstanding features
also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument.
Read this Owner’s Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-275/273 in order
to take full advantage of its various features.
Main Features
The PSR-275/273 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:
■
Stereo Sampled Piano
..........................................................................
page 21
The PSR-275/273 has a special Portable Grand Piano Voice — created by state-of-the-art stereo sampling tech-
nology and using Yamaha’s sophiscated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system.
■
Touch Response
....................................................................................
page 27
The exceptionally natural Touch Response feature, with a convenient front panel on/off switch, gives you maxi-
mum expressive level control over the voices.
It also works in conjunction with the Dynamic Filter, which
dynamically adjusts the timbre or tone of a voice according to your playing strength — just a like a real musical
instrument!
■
Yamaha Education Suite
.........................................................
pages 40, 42, 49
The PSR-275/273 features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest tech-
nology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!
■
One Touch Setting
.................................................................................
page 25
One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected Style
and Song.
■
Powerful Speaker System
The built-in stereo amplifier/speaker system of the PSR-275/273 — with a special Bass Boost feature — pro-
vides exceptionally powerful, high-quality sound, letting you hear the full dynamic range of the PSR-275/273’s
authentic voices.
■
GM System Level 1
“GM System Level 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data
can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer.
The GM mark is
affixed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level.
■
XGlite
As its name implies, “XGlite” is a simplified version of Yamaha’s high-quality XG tone generation format.
Natu-
rally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator.
However, keep in mind that some songs
may play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.