Yamaha PSR-S550 Owner's Manual - Page 9

Contents Logos 6 Accessories 7 Special Features of the PSR-S550 8 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements 10 Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack 10 Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack 10 Connecting to a Computer (USB Terminal 11 Turning the Power On 11 Changing the Display language 12 Adjusting the LCD CONTRAST control 12 Panel Controls and Terminals 14 Front Panel 14 Rear Panel 15 Quick Guide Playing Songs 16 Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 17 Select and Play a Voice 17 Playing Two Voices Simultaneously-DUAL 18 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands -LEFT 19 Playing Drum Kits 21 Playing Styles 22 Select a Styles Rhythm 22 Playing Along with a Style 23 Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords 25 Playing with the Music Database 26 Using Songs 27 Selecting and Listening to a Song 27 Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause 28 Types of Songs 29 Displaying the Song Score 30 Displaying the Lyrics 31 Recording Your Own Performance 32 Track Configuration 32 Quick Recording Procedure 33 Multi-track Recording Procedure 34 Song Clear-Deleting User Songs 37 Track Clear-Deleting a Specified Track From a User Song . 38 Backup and Initialization 39 Backup 39 Initialization 39 Basic Operation and Displays 40 Basic Operation 40 The Displays 42 MAIN Display Items 43 Reference Playing with the Effects 44 Adding Harmony 44 Changing the Reverb Type 45 Changing the Chorus Type 46 Panel Sustain 47 Adding DSP 47 Pitch Bend 48 Using Various Functions 49 Playing with the metronome 49 Using Tap Start 51 Touch Response 51 EQ settings 52 Pitch Controls 53 Changing the pitch of the instrument in octaves 54 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 55 Pattern Variation (sections 55 One Touch Setting 58 Variation Change and OTS (OTS LINK 58 Setting the Split Point 59 Playing a Style with Chords but without Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment 60 Adjusting the Style Volume 60 Chord Basics 61 User Style 63 Playing Styles Using the Entire Keyboard 63 Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) 64 Style Structure 64 Main Display of the Style Creator 64 Follow the Style Creator instructions 65 Basic Operation 66 Parameter Settings, Recording and Saving 67 Song Settings 72 Song Volume 72 Changing the Tempo 72 A-B Repeat 73 Muting Independent Song Parts 74 MIXER 75 Mixer Display 75 Basic operation 75 Track ON/OFF and other parameter controls 76 Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 77 Saving to the Registration Memory 77 Recalling a Registration Memory 78 Registration Clear-Deleting a Specified Registration Memory 79 The Functions 80 Selecting and Setting Functions 80 Using USB Flash Memory 83 Using USB Flash Memory 83 Formatting USB Flash Memory 84 Saving the Registration Data 85 Saving a User Song or User Style 86 Loading Registration Files, Style Files, Song Files or MDB Files 87 Deleting Data from USB Flash Memory 88 Playing Songs or Styles Saved to USB Flash Memory .......... 89 Connections 90 Connectors 90 Connection to a USB Storage Device 90 Connecting a Personal Computer 92 Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer ....... 94 Initial Send 95 Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument ..... 96 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 99 Important Notices about the CD-ROM 99 Contents of the CD-ROM 100 Software Installation 101 Appendix Troubleshooting 107 Messages 108 Voice List 110 Drum Kit List 116 Style List 121 Music Database List 122 Voice Effect Type List 125 MIDI Implementation Chart 132 MIDI Data Format 134 Specifications 135 Index 136 PSR-S550 Owner's Manual 9