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Playing the PSR-320/420, Digital Effects

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Playing the PSR-320/420 Digital Effects The PSR-320/420 has four digital effects - Ambience, Ensemble, and Ambience+Ensemble, and Sustain - that can be turned ON or OFF via the [DIGITAL EFFECT] button. The individual effects are as follows: DIGITAL EFFECT DIGITAL EFFECT • Sustain does not apply to some voices. • 3: Amb+Ens is selected whenever the power switch is turned on. • Digital effect can not be turned on when a keyboard percussion kit is selected. 1: Ambience 2: Ensemble 3: Amb+Ens 4: Sustain A reverb-like effect that adds an "ambient" feel to notes played on the keyboard. This effect produces a thicker, "detuned" sound. Please note that the DUAL VOICE function (described below) cannot be used at the same time as the Ensemble effect. DUAL VOICE will be automatically turned off when the Ensemble effect is turned on, and vice versa. A combination of the Ambience and Ensemble effects described above. When Sustain is selected, all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. You can change the digital effect applied to the current voice as follows: Changing the Digital Effect 1 Select the DIGITAL EFFECT Function Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to "DIGITAL EFFECT" in the function list to the left of the display. You can also select the DIGITAL EFFECT function by pressing and holding the [DIGITAL EFFECT] button until the arrow jumps the DIGITAL EFFECT position on the display. FUNCTION VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARMONY OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT o03 Amb+Ens 19

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Playing the PSR-320/420
The PSR-320/420 has four digital effects — Ambience, Ensemble, and
Ambience+Ensemble, and Sustain — that can be turned ON or OFF via the
[DIGITAL EFFECT]
button. The individual effects are as follows:
Digital Effects
•
Sustain does not apply to some
voices.
•
3: Amb+Ens is selected when-
ever the power switch is turned
on.
•
Digital effect can not be turned
on when a keyboard percussion
kit is selected.
1:
Ambience
A reverb-like effect that adds an “ambient” feel to notes played
on the keyboard.
2:
Ensemble
This effect produces a thicker, “detuned” sound. Please note
that the DUAL VOICE function (described below) cannot be
used at the same time as the Ensemble effect. DUAL VOICE
will be automatically turned off when the Ensemble effect is
turned on, and vice versa.
3:
Amb+Ens
A combination of the Ambience and Ensemble effects de-
scribed above.
4:
Sustain
When Sustain is selected, all notes played on the keyboard
have a longer sustain.
DIGITAL
EFFECT
DIGITAL
EFFECT
You can change the digital effect applied to the current voice as follows:
1
Select the DIGITAL EFFECT Function
...............................................................
Press the
[FUNCTION]
button to the left of the display as many times
as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “DIGITAL
EFFECT” in the function list to the left of the display.
You can also select the DIGITAL EFFECT function by pressing and
holding the
[DIGITAL EFFECT]
button until the arrow jumps the DIG-
ITAL EFFECT position on the display.
Changing the Digital Effect
REGIST MEMORY
MULTI PAD
DIGITAL EFFECT
FUNCTION
Amb+Ens
o0
3
VOICE
STYLE
SONG
DUAL VOICE
SPLIT VOICE
HARMONY
OVERALL