Yamaha PSR-450 Owner's Manual - Page 40

Basic Operation and LCD Display

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Displays the melody and chord notes of a song when the

Easy Performer function is in use, or the notes of chords

you specify when the Dictionary function is in use. At

other times the notes you play on the keyboard are dis-

played.

Notation

•

Any notes occurring below or above the staff are indicated

by “8va” in the notation.

•

For a few specific chords, not all notes may be shown in

the notation section of the display. This is due to space lim-

itations in the display.

NOTE

Indicates the current song or style mea-

sure number, or the metronome beat.

“

Ft

” appears when a free-tempo

song is selected.

Shows the name of the chord currently

being played back, or the name of the

chord being played on the keyboard.

Indicates the current style or song beat

with flashing arrows.

The “OVER” indicator and an

arrow will flash when notes higher

or lower than the instrument’s key-

board range are played during disk song playback. When you

have shifted the pitch of the keyboard up or down for playback,

the selected octave shift will also be shown: +1, +1, –1, or –2.

Measure Display

Chord Display

Beat Display

Octave Display

Information related to the song tracks is shown here.

•

You can press the SONG MEMORY [1] ~ [5], [A] buttons to turn

playback of the corresponding tracks on or off.

• When

~

or

is showing, the corresponding

track contains data.

• When

~

or

is not showing, the corresponding

track either contains no data or is turned off (muted).

• When

~

or

is flashing, the corresponding

track is selected for recording.

Song Track Display

This appear when battery power

is too low to ensure proper oper-

ation. (see page 10)

Indicates that the Touch is turned

on.

Indicates that the Harmony is

turned on.

Indicates that the Dual voice is

turned on.

Indicates that the SYNC STOP

is turned on.

Battery Level Indicator

TOUCH

HARMONY

DUAL

SYNC STOP

Indicates that the Accompani-

ment is turned on.

Accompaniment On (ACMP ON)

Section	Page
Cover	1
Special Message Section	2
FCC Information	3
Precautions	4
Handling the floppy disk drive (FDD) and floppy disks	6
The Panel Logos	7
Congratulations	8
Main Features	8
Contents	9
Setting Up	10
Power Requirements	10
Turning On the Power	11
Accessory Jacks	11
Panel Controls and Terminals	12
Quick Guide	14
STEP 1 - Playing Songs	14
Listen To the Demo Songs	14
Select and Play One Song	14
STEP 2 - Play Using the Music Database	16
Music Database	16
Settings Included In the Music Database	17
STEP 3 - Play Using a Style	18
Rhythm-only Accompaniment	18
Full Accompaniment With Left-hand Chords	19
Adding Variations To the Style (Sections)	20
Handy Style Playback Functions	22
Ways To Start Style Playback	22
Ways To Stop Style Playback	23
Setting the Style Volume	23
STEP 4 - Try Out the Various Instrument Voices	24
Play the Grand Piano Voice	24
Play With the Metronome	24
Starting and Stopping the Metronome	24
Setting the Metronome Tempo	24
Setting the Metronome Time Signature	25
Setting the Metronome Volume	25
Select and Try Out a Variety Of Voices	26
Use One-touch Setting To Automatically Select Voices	27
Try Out the Drum Kits	27
Play Different Voices With the Left and Right Hands	28
One-touch Split Voice Selection	28
Changing the Split Point	28
Play Two Voices At the Same Time (Dual Voice)	29
Main and Dual Voice Settings	29
STEP 5 - Play With a Variety Of Effects	30
Pitch Variation With the Pitch bend Wheel	30
Adjust the Pitch bend Range	30
Add Harmony To the Right-hand Melody	31
Select the Harmony Type	31
Play With Harmony	32
Add Reverb	32
Add DSP Effects	33
STEP 6 - Record Your Performance	34
Recording Procedure	34
Clearing User Song Data	36
Song Clear	36
Track Clear	37
Basic Operation and LCD Display	38
Data Backup & Initialization	41
Data Backup	41
Data Initialization	41
Performance Features	42
Touch Response for Keyboard Dynamics Control	42
Touch response On/Off	42
Touch Response Sensitivity Adjustment	42
Transpose Pitch up or Down in Semitone Increments	43
Fine Pitch Tuning	43
Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords	44
Simple Chords Using 1 ~ 3 Fingers	44
Full Chords	44
Looking Up Chords Using the Dictionary	46
Song Playback Functions	48
Changing the Melody Voice of a Song	48
Song Volume	48
Repeat Playback	49
Easy Performer	50
Play With Easy Performer	50
Save the Panel Settings (Registration Memory)	52
Saving the Current Panel Settings	52
Recall the Save panel Settings	53
Floppy Disk Save and Load	54
Playing Disk Songs	54
Change the Playback Octave Of a Track	55
Save	55
Load	57
Delete	58
Format	59
MIDI Functions	62
What Is MIDI?	62
Things You Can Do With MIDI	63
Connecting to a Personal Computer	64
Local On/Off	64
PSR-450 Panel Setting Transmission (Initial Send)	65
Clock Settings	66
Voice List	67
Maximum Polyphony	67
Drum Kit List	74
Style List	76
Music Database List	77
Effect Type List	78
MIDI Implementation Chart	80
MIDI Data Format	81
Effect map	82
Troubleshooting	83
Specifications	84

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