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Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs - Song Creator With these powerful yet easy-to-use song creating features, you can record your own keyboard performances and store them for future recall. Several different recording methods are available: Quick Recording (page 84), which lets you record easily and quickly; Multi Recording (page 85), which lets you record several different parts; and Step Recording (page 87), which lets you enter notes one by one. Songs can include not only the voice settings for the keyboard performance (Main, Layer, Left), but also the effects and auto accompaniment parts. The recorded song can be stored to internal memory or floppy disk (page 35, 41). SONG EXTRA TRACK TRACK TRACKS 2 1 REPEAT METRONOME (STYLE) (L) (R) REC TOP START/STOP REW FF NEW SONG SYNC. START DIGITAL RECORDING About Song Recording I Quick Recording (page 84) This is the easiest recording method, and lets you quickly record the piano song you are practicing. You can select from four parts: right hand, left hand and auto accompaniment/multi pad. For example, you can record only your right hand performance, or you can simultaneously record both your right hand and the auto accompaniment. I Multi Recording (page 85) This lets you record a song with several different instrument sounds, and create the sound of a full band or orchestra. Record the performance of each instrument individually and create fully orchestrated compositions. You can also record over an existing part on an internal song or a song on disk with your own performance. I Step Recording (page 87) This method is like writing music notation on paper. It lets you enter each note individually, by specifying the pitch and length. This is ideal for making precise recordings, or for recording parts that are difficult to play. I Song Editing (page 93) The PSR-A1000 also lets you edit the songs you've recorded by the Quick Recording, Multi Recording and Step Recording methods. • The internal memory capacity of the PSR-A1000 is about 260KB. Memory capacity for 2DD and 2HD floppy disks is about 720KB and 1.44MB, respectively. When you store data to these locations, all file types of the PSR-A1000 (Voice, Style, Song, Registration, etc.) are stored together. • Songs recorded on the PSRA1000 are automatically recorded as SMF (Standard MIDI File format 0) data. For details on SMF, see page 143. • Playback of the recorded song data can be transmitted from MIDI OUT, letting you play the sounds of a connected external tone generator (page 130). • The volume level of each channel of the song can be adjusted from the Mixing Console and the settings can be saved. Moreover, even after you've set a voice for your keyboard play during recording, you can record voice selections, so that the voice changes automatically during playback (page 95). PSR-A1000 83

Section	Page
PRECAUTIONS	3
Accessories	6
PA-300 AC Adaptor*	6
Floppy Disk [includes style files, song files and MIDI Driver (page138)]	6
Music Stand (page17)	6
Data List	6
Owner’s Manual	6
About this Owner’s Manual and Data List	6
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disk	7
Compatible Disk Type	7
Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks	7
To insert a floppy disk into the disk drive:	7
To eject a floppy disk:	7
Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head	7
About the Floppy Disks	8
To handle floppy disks with care:	8
To protect your data (Write-protect Tab):	8
Data backup	8
About the Display Messages	8
Application Index	12
Multi Pads	15
LCD	15
SCALE TUNING	15
TO HOST terminal	15
VOICE	15
Setting Up the PSR-A1000	16
2 Adjusting the display contrast	17
3 Setting the volume	17
Panel Controls and Terminals	18
Quick Guide	20
Playing the Demos	20
Song Playback	21
Playback of Songs	21
Playing Voices	25
Playing a Voice	25
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously	26
Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands	27
Playing Styles	28
Playing a style	28
Style Sections	30
Accompaniment Structure	31
Playing with the Songs	32
Playing Along with the PSR-A1000	32
Recording	33
Setting an Oriental Scale	34
Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data	35
Example — Open/Save display for Voice	36
Selecting Files and Folders	37
File/Folder-related Operations	38
Naming Files/Folders	38
Moving Files/Folders	39
Copying Files/Folders	40
Deleting Files/Folders	40
Saving Files	41
Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder	41
Displaying Upper Level pages	41
Entering Characters and Changing Icons	41
Entering Characters	42
Entering special character marks (umlaut, accent)	42
Entering miscellaneous characters (marks)	42
Entering numbers	42
Changing the Icon	43
Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial	43
Adjusting values	43
Selecting items	43
Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays	44
Help Messages	46
Using the Metronome	47
Adjusting the Tempo	47
Tap Tempo	48
Tempo Indications — MAIN Display	48
Reference	49
Playing the Demos	49
Voices	51
Selecting a Voice	51
Layer/Left — Playing Several Sounds Simultaneously	53
Layer — Layering Two Different Voices	53
Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard	54
Applying Voice Effects	54
TOUCH	54
SUSTAIN	54
DSP	54
VARIATION	55
HARMONY/ECHO	55
MONO	55
LEFT HOLD	55
PITCH BEND Wheel	55
Adjusting the Octave setting	55
Styles	56
Playing a style	56
Playing a Style’s Rhythm Channels only	58
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting	58
Chord Fingerings	59
Arranging the Style Pattern (SECTIONS: MAIN A/B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK)	61
Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys (SYNC. STOP)	62
Selecting Intro and Ending Types (INTRO/ENDING)	63
Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when changing accompaniment sections — Auto Fill In	63
The Multi Pads	64
Playing the Multi Pads	64
Chord Match	64
Multi Pad Edit	65
Song Playback	66
Compatible Song Types	66
Song Playback	67
Playing the Internal Songs	67
Playing Back Songs on Disk	69
Other Playback-related Operations	69
Repeat / Rewind / Fast forward	69
Adjusting the Volume Balance / Muting Specific Channels	69
Muting Specific Parts — Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks	70
Repeat Playback of a Specific Range	70
Displaying the Lyrics	71
Using Oriental Scales – Scale Setting/Scale Tuning/Scale Memory	72
Setting an Oriental Scale — Scale Setting	72
Adjusting the Scale Tuning — Scale Tuning	72
Scale	73
Equal Temperament	73
Bayat/Rast	73
Pure Major/Pure Minor	73
Pythagorean	73
Mean-Tone	73
Werckmeister/Kirnberger	73
Memorizing the Scale Setting – Scale Memory	74
Saving Your Scale Settings	74
Recalling the Scale Setting	75
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups — Registration Memory	76
Registering Panel Setups — Registration Memory	76
Saving Your Registration Memory Setups	77
Recalling a Registration Memory Setup	78
Recalling the Registered Settings	78
Selecting the Freeze Settings	78
Editing Voices — Sound Creator	79
Operation	79
Sound Creator Parameters	80
COMMON	80
SOUND	81
FILTER	81
EG	81
VIBRATO	82
EFFECT	82
HARMONY	82
Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs — Song Creator	83
About Song Recording	83
Quick Recording (page84)	83
Multi Recording (page85)	83
Step Recording (page87)	83
Song Editing (page93)	83
Quick Recording	84
When creating a new song:	84
Play back your new song	84
Multi Recording	85
When creating a new song:	85
Recording Individual Notes — Step Record	87
Operation	87
Measure/Beat/Clock	88
Velocity	88
Gate Time	88
Recording Melodies — Step Record (Note)	89
Play back the newly created melody	89
Recording Chord Changes for the Auto Accompaniment — Step Record (Chord)	90
Entering Chords and Sections (Chord Step)	90
Play back the newly created chord progression	91
Select the Recording Options: Starting, Stopping, Punching In/Out — Rec Mode	92
Editing a Recorded Song	93
Editing Channel-related Parameters — Channel	93
Quantize	93
About Quantize Size	93
Delete	94
Mix	94
Channel Transpose	95
Set Up	95
Editing Note Events — 1 - 16	96
Editing Chord Events — CHD	97
Editing System Events — SYS/EX. (System Exclusive)	97
Inputting and Editing Lyrics	98
Customizing the Event List — Filter	98
Creating Accompaniment Styles — Style Creator	99
About Creating Accompaniment Styles	99
Realtime Recording (page101)	99
Step Recording (page102)	99
Assembling an Accompaniment Style (page103)	99
Editing the created Accompaniment Style (page104)	99
Style File Format	100
Operation	100
Realtime Recording — Basic	101
Step Recording	102
Assembling an Accompaniment Style —Assembly	103
Edit the Created Accompaniment Style	104
Change the Rhythmic Feel — Groove and Dynamics	104
Groove	104
Dynamics	105
Editing the Channel Data	106
Quantize	106
Velocity Change	106
Bar Copy	106
Bar Clear	106
Remove Event	106
Making Style File Format Settings —Parameter	107
Source Root/Chord	107
NTR (Note Transposition Rule) and NTT (Note Transposition Table)	107
High Key/Note Limit	108
RTR (Retrigger Rule)	108
Creating Multi Pad — Multi Pad Creator	109
Operation	109
Multi Pad Realtime Recording — Record	110
Start recording	110
Stop recording	110
Step Recording or Editing Multi Pads — Edit	111
Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices — Mixing Console	112
Operation	112
About the parameters	112
Setting the Level Balance and Voice — Volume/Voice	113
Changing the Tone of the Voice — Filter	114
Changing Pitch-related Settings — Tune	114
Adjusting the Effects	115
Effect Structure	117
Making Global and Other Important Settings — Function	118
Operation	118
Adjusting the Pitch — Master Tune	118
Master Tune (page120)	118
Setting Song-related Parameters — Song Settings (page121)	118
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters — Style Setting, Split Point, and Chord Fingering	118
Style Setting / Split Point (page122)	118
Chord Fingering (page123)	118
Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard — Controller	119
Pedal (page123)	119
Keyboard / Panel (page125)	119
Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze, and Voice Set	119
Registration Sequence (page126)	119
Freeze (page126)	119
Voice Set (page127)	119
Setting Harmony and Echo (page127)	119
Making MIDI Settings	119
System (page129)	119
Transmit (page130)	119
Receive (page131)	119
Root (page131)	119
Chord Detect (page131)	119
Other Settings — Utility	119
Config 1 (page132)	119
Config 2 (page133)	119
Disk (page134)	119
Owner (page135)	119
System Reset (page135)	119
Fine Tuning the Pitch — Master Tune	120
Tuning the Overall Pitch — Master Tune	120
Setting Song-related Parameters — Song Settings	121
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters — Style Setting, Split Point, and Chord Fingering	122
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters — Style Setting and Split Point	122
Setting the Fingering Method — Chord Fingering	123
Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard — Controller	123
Making Settings for the Pedals	123
Pedal-controllable Functions	124
Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose — Keyboard/Panel	125
Keyboard Touch	125
Transpose Assign	125
Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze, and Voice Set	126
Specifying the Order for Calling Up Registration Memory Presets — Registration Sequence	126
Maintaining Panel Settings — Freeze	126
Changing the Automatically Selected Voice Settings — Voice Set	127
Setting Harmony and Echo	127
About the Harmony Types	128
When a normal Harmony type (“Standard Duet” through “Strum”) is selected	128
When “Multi Assign” is selected	128
When “Echo” is selected	128
When “Tremolo” is selected	128
When “Trill” is selected	128
About the Harmony Assignments	128
Setting the MIDI Parameters	129
Making Overall System Settings (Local Control, Clock, etc.) — System	129
Local Control	129
Clock, Transmit Clock, Receive Transpose, Start/Stop	130
Clock	130
Transmit Clock	130
Receive Transpose	130
Start/Stop	130
Message Switch	130
Transmitting MIDI Data — Transmit	130
Receiving MIDI Data — Receive	131
Setting Root Note Channels — Root	131
Setting Chord Channels — Chord Detect	131
Other Settings — Utility	132
Making Settings for Fade In/Out, Metronome, Parameter Lock, and Tap — CONFIG 1	132
Fade In Time, Fade Out Time, Fade Out Hold Time	132
Metronome	132
Parameter Lock	133
Tap Count	133
Making Settings for the Display and Voice Number Indication — CONFIG 2	133
Copying and Formatting Disks — Disk	134
Entering Your Name and Language Preference — Owner	135
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings of the PSR-A1000 — System Reset	135
Using Your PSR-A1000 with Other Devices	136
1 Using the Headphones (PHONES jack).	136
2 Playing the sounds of the PSR-A1000 through an external audio system, and recording the sounds ...	136
3 Using the Pedal (footswitch) or Foot Controller (FOOT PEDAL 1/2 jack)	137
4 Connecting external MIDI devices (MIDI terminals)	137
5 Connecting to a Computer (MIDI terminals/TO HOST terminal)	138
Using the TO HOST terminal	138
IBM-PC/AT (Windows)	138
Macintosh	138
Using the MIDI terminals	139
Using the USB terminal on your computer with a USB/MIDI interface (UX256/UX96, etc.)	139
What’s MIDI?	139
Example Keyboard Data	141
Channel Messages	141
MIDI channels	141
System Messages	142
What You Can Do With MIDI	142
Data Compatibility	142
Disk format	142
Sequence Format	143
SMF (Standard MIDI File)	143
ESEQ	143
XF	143
Style File	143
Voice Allocation Format	143
GM System Level 1	143
XG	143
DOC	143
Troubleshooting	144
Specifications	146

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PSR-A1000

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs

— Song Creator

With these powerful yet easy-to-use song creating features, you can record your own keyboard performances and store

them for future recall. Several different recording methods are available: Quick Recording (page 84), which lets you

record easily and quickly; Multi Recording (page 85), which lets you record several different parts; and Step Recording

(page 87), which lets you enter notes one by one. Songs can include not only the voice settings for the keyboard

performance (Main, Layer, Left), but also the effects and auto accompaniment parts. The recorded song can be stored to

internal memory or ﬂoppy disk (page 35, 41).

About Song Recording

■

Quick Recording (page 84)

This is the easiest recording method, and lets you quickly record the piano

song you are practicing. You can select from four parts: right hand, left hand

and auto accompaniment/multi pad. For example, you can record only your

right hand performance, or you can simultaneously record both your right

hand and the auto accompaniment.

■

Multi Recording (page 85)

This lets you record a song with several different instrument sounds, and create

the sound of a full band or orchestra. Record the performance of each

instrument individually and create fully orchestrated compositions. You can

also record over an existing part on an internal song or a song on disk with

your own performance.

■

Step Recording (page 87)

This method is like writing music notation on paper. It lets you enter each note

individually, by specifying the pitch and length. This is ideal for making precise

recordings, or for recording parts that are difﬁcult to play.

■

Song Editing (page 93)

The PSR-A1000 also lets you edit the songs you’ve recorded by the Quick

Recording, Multi Recording and Step Recording methods.

REC

REW

START/STOP

TOP

NEW SONG

SYNC. START

SONG

METRO-

NOME

EXTRA

TRACKS

(STYLE)

(R)

(L)

TRACK

REPEAT

DIGITAL RECORDING

•

The internal memory capacity of

the PSR-A1000 is about 260KB.

Memory capacity for 2DD and 2HD

ﬂ

oppy disks is about 720KB and

1.44MB, respectively. When you

store data to these locations, all

ﬁ

types of the PSR-A1000 (Voice,

Style, Song, Registration, etc.) are

stored together.

•

Songs recorded on the PSR-

A1000 are automatically recorded

as SMF (Standard MIDI File format

0) data. For details on SMF, see

page 143.

•

Playback of the recorded song

data can be transmitted from MIDI

OUT, letting you play the sounds of

a connected external tone genera-

tor (page 130).

•

The volume level of each channel

of the song can be adjusted from

the Mixing Console and the set-

tings can be saved. Moreover, even

after you

’

ve set a voice for your

keyboard play during recording,

you can record voice selections, so

that the voice changes automati-

cally during playback (page 95).