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,,QQ,,QQM,,QQID,,QQI Fu,,QQnct,,QQion,,QQs ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ,,QQ In the rear panel of your PSR-730/630, there are MIDI terminals (MIDI IN, MIDI OUT), a TO HOST terminal, and a HOST SELECT switch. By using the MIDI functions you can expand your musical possibilities. This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how you can use MIDI on your PSR-730/630. What's MIDI? No doubt you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument." In the world today, these are the two main categories of instruments. Let's consider an acoustic piano and a classical guitar as representative acoustic instruments. They are easy to understand. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings and plays a note. With the guitar, you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. But how does a digital instrument go about playing a note? q Acoustic guitar note production q Digital instrument note production L Tone Generator Sampling (Electronic circuit) Sampling R Note Note Playing the keyboard Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. Based on playing information from the keyboard, a sampling note stored in the tone generator is played through the speakers. As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampling note (previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is played based on information received from the keyboard. So then what is the information from the keyboard that becomes the basis for note production? For example, let's say you play a "C" quarter note using the grand piano sound on the PSR-730/630 keyboard. Unlike an acoustic instrument that puts out a resonated note, the electronic instrument puts out information from the keyboard such as "with what voice," "with which key," "about how strong," "when was it pressed," and "when was it released." Then each piece of information is changed into a number value and sent to the tone generator. Using these numbers as a basis, the tone generator plays the stored sampling note. Example of Keyboard Information Voice number (with what voice) Note number (with which key) Note on (when was it pressed) and note off (when was it released) Velocity (about how strong) 01 (grand piano) 60 (C3) Timing expressed numerically (quarter note) 120 (strong) 119

Section	Page
Cover	1
PRECAUTIONS	3
Congratulations!	4
Important Features	4
Contents	6
Panel Controls	8
The Music Stand	9
Basic Display Operation	10
The Display Icons	10
The Menus	12
Shortcuts	13
Setting Up	14
Power Supply	14
Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor	14
Using Batteries	14
Connections	15
PHONES Jack	15
SUSTAIN Pedal Jack	15
FOOT VOLUME Jack	15
AUX OUT R and L/L+R Jacks	15
MIDI IN/OUT and TO HOST Connectors	15
The Demonstration	16
Playing the PSR-730/630	18
A Word About the “R1”, “R2”, and “L” Voices	18
Selecting & Playing R1 Voices	19
Keyboard Percussion	21
The Dual Voice Mode	21
The Split Voice Mode	22
Changing the SPLIT VOICE Split Point	23
Auto Accompaniment	24
What is Auto Accompaniment?	24
Using Auto Accompaniment	24
Changing Tempo	28
The Beat Indicator	28
Accompaniment Sections	29
Accompaniment Track Muting	30
The Synchro Stop Function	30
Using Virtual Arranger	31
Accompaniment Volume Control	31
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point	32
Interaction Between the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT and SPLIT VOICE Split Points	33
The Auto Accompaniment Fingering Modes	33
The Stop Accompaniment Function	37
Groove and Dynamics (PSR-730)	37
Applying Groove & Dynamics	38
Arranging the Groove & Dynamics Effect (User Settings)	38
One Touch Setting	42
Digital Effects	44
Reverb	45
Selecting a Reverb Type	45
Reverb Return Level	45
Chorus	46
Selecting a Chorus Type	46
Chorus Return Level	46
DSP	47
Select the DSP Type	47
DSP Return Level	48
Harmony	49
Selecting a Harmony Type	49
Adjusting the Harmony Volume	50
Multi Effect (PSR-730)	50
How Multi Effect Works	50
Applying Multi Effect (PSR-730)	51
Setting Parts for Effect 1/2	51
Select the Effect Type for Effect 1/2	52
Adjust the Dry/Wet Settings for Effect 1/2	52
The Digital Equalizer (PSR-730)	53
Using the Digital Equalizer (PSR-730)	53
Selecting a Digital EQ Type.	54
Setting the Gain (User Setting)	55
The Pitch Bend Wheel	56
Setting the Pitch Bend Range	56
The Modulation Wheel (PSR-730)	57
Changing the Modulation Wheel Function	57
Transpose	58
Setting Transposition	58
Registration Memory	59
Registering the Panel Settings	59
Naming the Registration Banks	60
Recall the Registered Panel Settings	62
The Accompanient Freeze Function	62
The Multi Pads	63
Selecting a MULTI PAD Set	63
Playing the MULTI PADs	64
Turning the CHORD MATCH Function On/Off	65
Disk Operations	66
Floppy Disk Handling Precautions	66
User Song Data	67
User Style/User Pad/Registration Memory Data	67
Data that Can be Saved or Loaded with the PSR-730/630	67
Using Commercially Available Music Collections (Sold Separately)	68
The Sample Disk	68
Format	69
Save	70
Load	72
Disk Copy	74
Song Copy	75
Delete File	77
Song Playback	78
Song Playback Procedure	78
Song Volume Control	80
Play from a Specified Measure	80
Minus-one Practice	81
Repeat Play	82
Song Repeat	83
Next Song	84
Song Recording	85
Quick Recording Procedure	86
Rehearsal Mode	88
Multi Recording Procedure	90
About the Recording with the Digital Effects Applied	92
Punch In/Punch Out	94
Quantize	95
Naming User Songs	96
Clearing Song Data	96
Song Edit	98
Style Recording	100
Style Recording Procedure	100
Rehearsal Mode	103
Drum Cancel	105
Quantize	105
Naming Styles	106
Clearing User Style Data	107
Multi Pad Recording	108
Multi Pad Recording Procedure	108
Naming Pads	111
Clearing User Pad Data	111
Revoicing	112
Revoicing the R1, R2, and L Voices	112
Revoicing a Style	114
Overall Functions	116
Touch Sensitivity	117
Pitch Bend Range	117
Modulation Wheel	117
Master Tuning	117
Scale Tuning	117
Song Transpose	118
Metronome	118
Split Voice Split Point	118
Accompaniment Split Point	118
Fingering Mode	118
Voice Set	118
Pedal	119
MIDI Functions	121
What’s MIDI?	121
MIDI Terminal/TO HOST Terminal	123
What You Can Do with MIDI	123
Connecting to a Personal Computer (TO HOST Terminal/HOST SELECT Switch)	124
Connect using the PSR-730/630 MIDI terminals	124
Connect using the TO HOST terminal	126
The PSR-730/630 MIDI Functions	127
Transmit Channel & Transmit Track	127
Receive Channel & Receive Mode	128
Local Control	129
Clock	130
Initial Data Send	130
MIDI Template	131
Appendix	132
PSR-730/630 Display MENU/SUB MENU Structure	132
Voice List	135
Maximum Polyphony	135
Drum Kit List	142
Style List	144
About Digital Effects (Reverb/Chorus/DSP)	145
When DSP type Is Selected as a System Effect	145
When DSP type Is Selected as a Insertion Effect	146
Harmony Type List	149
Refining User Styles with Style File Format	150
Style File (Auto Accompaniment) Format	150
About the Source Chord Type	152
Troubleshooting	153
Data Backup & Initialization	154
Data Backup	154
Data Initialization	154
MIDI Data Format	155
MIDI Implementation Chart	170
Specifications	173

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In the rear panel of your PSR-730/630, there are MIDI terminals (MIDI IN, MIDI OUT), a TO

HOST terminal, and a HOST SELECT switch. By using the MIDI functions you can expand

your musical possibilities. This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as

how you can use MIDI on your PSR-730/630.

MIDI Functions

What’s MIDI?

No doubt you have heard the terms “acoustic instrument” and “digital instrument.”

In the world today, these are the two main categories of instruments. Let’s consider an

acoustic piano and a classical guitar as representative acoustic instruments. They are

easy to understand. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some

strings and plays a note. With the guitar, you directly pluck a string and the note

sounds. But how does a digital instrument go about playing a note?

As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampling note

(previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is

played based on information received from the keyboard. So then what is the

information from the keyboard that becomes the basis for note production?

For example, let’s say you play a “C” quarter note using the grand piano sound on

the PSR-730/630 keyboard. Unlike an acoustic instrument that puts out a resonated

note, the electronic instrument puts out information from the keyboard such as “with

what voice,” “with which key,” “about how strong,” “when was it pressed,” and “when

was it released.” Then each piece of information is changed into a number value and

sent to the tone generator. Using these numbers as a basis, the tone generator plays the

stored sampling note.

●

Acoustic guitar note production

●

Digital instrument note production

Pluck a string and the body resonates the

sound.

Based on playing information from the keyboard, a

sampling note stored in the tone generator is played

through the speakers.

Example of Keyboard Information

Voice number (with what voice)

01 (grand piano)

Note number (with which key)

60 (C3)

Note on (when was it pressed) and

Timing expressed numerically (quarter note)

note off (when was it released)

Velocity (about how strong)

120 (strong)

Tone Generator

(Electronic circuit)

Playing the keyboard

Sampling

Note

Sampling

Note