Yamaha PSR-450 Owner's Manual - Page 8

Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-450 ! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-450 in order to take full advantage of its various features. Main Features The PSR-450 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions: ■ Music Database page 16 The Music Database automatically selects the optimum style and voice for the type of music you want to play. ■ Floppy Disk Drive page 54 Recordings of your own keyboard performances (user songs) and other data created on the PSR-450 can be saved to floppy disk (page 55). User songs can also be saved as GM-compatible SMF (Standard MIDI File) format files that will play back with the correct voice assignments on any GM-compatible instrument (page 57). Furthermore, commercially available GM songs can be played directly from floppy disk without having to be loaded into the instrument's memory (page 54). ■ Grand Piano page 24 Voice, style and song selections can optimized for piano practice at the touch of a button. ■ Easy Performer page 50 When you want to play a certain song but can't yet manage to play it properly, the Easy Performer can help you play quickly. ● [L] Left Hand, [R] Right Hand page 50 Select the part you want to practice - press the [L] button for left-hand or the [R] button for right-hand - and play the keyboard with the correct rhythm. As long as you play with the correct rhythm the correct chords and melody will sound ... even if you play wrong notes. ● Dictionary page 46 Easy access to graphic chord fingering displays. ● 61-keyboard with touch response for delicate dynamic nuances. ● 135 high-quality voices + 12 drum kits + 480 XG voices. Maximum polyphony of 32 notes. ● 140 superb styles covering a wide range of musical genres. ● Up to 16 complete panel setups (voice and style selections, etc.) can be stored in "registration memory" and instantly recalled while playing. ● Sound-enhancing digital effects including reverb, DSP, and harmony built in. ● Song memory allows you to record your own performances - up to 5 songs with 6 tracks each (5 melody tracks + 1 style track). ● Large LCD panel shows panel settings, chord displays, and other data. ● MIDI functions for expanded musical capabilities (GM System Level 1 compliant). ● Tap tempo feature lets you set tempos the way you feel them. 8 PSR-450 Owner's Manual