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EUBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRXStep4 SongsDT,@ACFGPQSVW Recording your own song The PSR-225 lets you record your own songs by using two different methods - Realtime and Step. Try out both of these recording methods yourself... 1 Select the desired recording mode by pressing the RECORD button. RECORD Realtime recording Step recording This method is much like using a conventional tape recorder, letting you play and record the parts of the song in real time. This method is similar to using a pencil and paper to write down each note, entering the parts of the song step by step. Want to find out more? See pages 79-90. PORTABLE GRAND zq w TEMPO TRANSPOSE TUNING ACMP/SONG VOLUME METRONOME VOLUME 001GrandPno VOICE STYLE 001 116 MEASURE TEMPO OVERALL FUNCTION SONG STYLE VOICE DEMO START METRONOME 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B 7 BWD NO 8 9 rest 3 0 velocity FWD YES 1 2 ONE TOUCH SETTING USER 3 4 A HARMONY PRESET B REVERB MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME ACMP SYNC- START/ INTRO/ MAIN A MAIN B CHORD GUIDE RECORD 1 2 ON/OFF START STOP ENDING rit. AUTO FILL DICTIONARY SMART EZ OFF x c z x e wt 1 3 4 5 SONG MEMORY r 6/CHORD DUAL TOUCH STAND BY ON Creating your own custom One Touch Settings You can also create your own One Touch Settings - letting you completely reconfigure virtually all PortaTone settings at the touch of a button! Up to 16 settings can be saved (4 User banks x 4 User buttons). q Make all desired settings on the PortaTone. w Select the User One Touch Setting record mode. RECORD STYLE 1OTS User RECORD e Select the desired User bank (1 - 4). 1 2 3 4 5 6 STYLE 2UserBank 7 8 9 rest 3 r Select the desired User button (USER 1 - 4). 1 2 BWD NO 0 velocity FWD YES ONE TOUCH SETTING USER 3 4 A PRESET B t Turn off the User One Touch Setting record mode. Calling up a User One Touch Setting A Select Function #41, and select the desired bank (1 - 4). STYLE F41UserBank FUNCTION B Press the appropriate USER button (1 - 4) to instantly call up your custom panel settings. ONE TOUCH SETTING USER PRESET 1 2 3 4 A B Want to find out more? See page 72. 17

Section	Page
Cover	1
SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION (U.S.A.)	2
PRECAUTIONS	3
Congratulations	4
Main Features	4
Contents	5
PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS	6
Front Panel	6
Rear Panel	7
SETTING UP	8
POWER REQUIREMENTS	8
TURNING ON THE POWER	8
ACCESSORY JACKS	9
Quick Guide -- How to Use Your New PSR-225 PortaTone	10
Step 1 Voices	10
Step 2 Auto Accompaniment	12
Step 3 Chord Guide	14
Step 4 Songs	16
Step 5 Function Parameters	18
Step 6 MIDI	20
PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS	22
Music Stand	23
PORTABLE GRAND	24
PLAYING THE PORTABLE GRAND	24
USING THE METRONOME	24
Setting the Metronome Time Signature	25
Adjusting the Metronome Volume	26
PLAYING VOICES -- THE VOICE MODE	27
PLAYING A VOICE -- MAIN VOICE	27
About Panel Voices and GM Voices	29
Drum Kit Voice Chart (voices 101 - 110)	30
Function Parameters -- Main Voice	30
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING	32
Transpose	32
Tuning	33
PLAYING TWO VOICES -- DUAL VOICE	34
Function Parameters -- Dual Voice	35
PLAYING TWO VOICES -- SPLIT VOICE	36
Function Parameters -- Split Voice	37
ADDITIONAL VOICE FUNCTIONS -- VOICE SET AND TOUCH SENSITIVITY	38
Function Parameters -- Voice Set and Touch Sensitivity	38
EFFECTS	40
REVERB	40
CHORUS	41
DSP	42
HARMONY	43
Function Parameters -- Effects	44
Effect Types	45
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE	47
SELECTING A STYLE AND PLAYING THE ACCOMPANIMENT	47
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROLS	52
USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES	52
CHANGING THE TEMPO	53
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS (MAIN A, MAIN B AND FILL-INS)	54
ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME	55
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- MULTI FINGERING	56
Single Finger Chords	56
Fingered Chords	56
SETTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT SPLIT POINT	58
Function Parameter -- Accompaniment Split Point	59
WHAT IS A CHORD?	60
WRITING CHORD NAMES	61
The Intervals of the Scale	61
Other Chords	61
CHORD GUIDE	62
Dictionary	62
Smart	64
Smart Chord List	65
EZ Chord	66
EZ Chord -- Playback	66
Bank Chain	67
EZ Chord -- Recording	68
Recording a Space	69
Playing the Accompaniment During EZ Chord Recording	69
HINT -- Using Spaces	70
Clearing an EZ Chord Bank	71
ONE TOUCH SETTING (OTS)	72
ONE TOUCH SETTING -- USER	72
Recording a User One Touch Setting	72
Recalling a User One Touch Setting	73
Selecting a User Bank	73
ONE TOUCH SETTING -- PRESET	74
Selecting a Preset One Touch Setting	74
SELECTING AND PLAYING SONGS -- THE SONG MODE	75
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG	75
CHANGING THE TEMPO	76
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY	77
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME	78
SONG RECORDING	79
RECORDING A USER SONG -- REALTIME RECORDING	80
Using the Metronome	81
Additional Operations	83
RECORDING A USER SONG -- STEP RECORDING	84
Recording Notes	85
Additional Operations	87
Replacing a Note or Rest	88
Entering Velocity Curves	89
Velocity Curve Chart	89
CLEARING A SONG	90
FOOTSWITCH	91
Footswitch Assign Functions	92
MIDI FUNCTIONS	93
WHAT IS MIDI?	93
Channel Messages	94
System Messages	94
MIDI Terminals	94
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER	95
FUNCTION PARAMETERS -- MIDI	96
USING BULK DUMP SEND TO SAVE DATA	99
Saving Bulk Data	99
Loading Bulk Data	101
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND WITH A SEQUENCER	102
Sending Initial Setup Data	102
TROUBLESHOOTING	104
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION	105
INDEX	106
SONG SCORES (EZ Chord banks 1, 2)	107
VOICE LIST	108
STYLE LIST	111
DRUM KIT LIST	112
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART	114

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Recording your own song

The PSR-225 lets you record your own songs by using two different methods — Realtime and Step.

Try

out both of these recording methods yourself...

Select the desired

recording mode by

pressing the RECORD

button.

Realtime recording

Step recording

This method is much like using a

conventional tape recorder, letting

you play and record the parts of

the song in real time.

Creating your own custom One Touch Settings

You can also create your own One Touch Settings — letting you completely reconfigure virtually all

PortaTone settings at the touch of a button!

Up to 16 settings can be saved (4 User banks x 4 User

buttons).

Make all desired settings on the PortaTone.

Select the User One Touch Setting

record mode.

Select the desired User

bank (1 - 4).

Turn off the User One Touch Setting record

mode.

Calling up a User One Touch Setting

Select Function #41, and select the desired bank

(1 - 4).

Press the appropriate USER button (1 - 4) to

instantly call up your custom panel settings.

Select the desired User

button (USER 1 - 4).

Want to find out more?

See page 72.

This method is similar to using a

pencil and paper to write down each

note, entering the parts of the song

step by step.

RECORD

OTS User

STYLE

RECORD

ONE TOUCH SETTING

PRESET

USER

F41

UserBank

STYLE

FUNCTION

ONE TOUCH SETTING

PRESET

USER

MIN

MAX

MASTER VOLUME

AUTO FILL

MAIN

INTRO/

ENDING rit.

START/

STOP

SYNC-

START

MAIN

ACMP

ON/OFF

CHORD

GUIDE

DICTIONARY

SMART

OFF

RECORD

SONG MEMORY

6/CHORD

ONE TOUCH SETTING

PRESET

USER

PORTABLE GRAND

STAND

REVERB

DUAL

FUNCTION

SONG

STYLE

VOICE

HARMONY

TOUCH

METRONOME

YES

FWD

BWD

velocity

rest

DEMO START

001

001 116

MEASURE

TEMPO

GrandPno

VOICE

STYLE

OVERALL

METRONOME

VOLUME

ACMP/SONG

VOLUME

TUNING

TRANSPOSE

TEMPO

UserBank

STYLE

YES

FWD

BWD

velocity

rest

Step 4

Songs

Want to find out more?

See pages 79-90.