Yamaha PSR-170 Owner's Manual - Page 51

Selecting and Playing Styles Multi Pads These convenient pads let you instantly trigger various musical and rhythmic phrases as you play the PSR-172/170. There are a total of 40 different sounds or phrases (10 banks, with four pad sounds for each bank). The phrases play back at the same speed as the Tempo setting, and they also change harmonically along with the accompaniment chords (both in the Style and Song modes). 1 Select the Pad function in the Overall menu. Press the [OVERALL] button, repeatedly if necessary, until MULTI PAD is selected in the display. Current Pad bank number 01 Pianist Indicates Multi Pad function is selected TEMPO 116 2 Select the desired bank. Use the numeric keypad to select the desired bank number (1 - 10). You can also use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value. For a complete list of the available banks and their contents, see page 57. 3 Play the Multi Pads. Press one of the Pads. The phrase plays uninterrupted until it is finished. Pressing it repeatedly (before the phrase completely plays back) creates a "stutter" effect. In the Style mode, melodic-type sounds correctly follow the chord changes. All sounds play back in perfect time with the current Tempo setting. When One Touch Setting (page 26) is on, appropriate Multi Pad banks for the selected style are automatically called up. This applies to the DJ and Portable Grand features as well. • In the DJ GAME, you can play the Multi Pads as well as the keyboard. 51