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About MIDI, What is MIDI?, What You Can Do With MIDI

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About MIDI The instrument features a MIDI terminals that can be connected to other MIDI instruments and devices for expanded musical functionality. What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-standard interface for communication between electronic musical instruments and music devices. When MIDI-equipped instruments are connected via a MIDI cable, it becomes possible to transfer performance and setting data between them for signiﬁcantly enhanced performance and production potential. CAUTION • Connect the PSR-A300 to external equipment only after turning off power for all devices. Then, turn on the power, ﬁrst to the PSR-A300, then to the connected external equipment. What You Can Do With MIDI • Transferring performance and setting data between the PSR-A300 and MIDI-equipped instruments or computers. (page 63) • Transferring the Song or Style data between the PSR-A300 and computers. (page 65) 62 PSR-A300 Owner's Manual 60

Section	Page
Cover	1
PRECAUTIONS	4
Panel logos	6
Supplied Accessories	6
Setting Up	8
Power Requirements	8
Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack)	9
Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack)	9
Using the MIDI Terminals	9
Turn on the power	9
Panel Controls and Terminals	10
Front Panel	10
Rear Panel	10
- Quick Guide -	12
Step 1 Changing the Voices	12
Try playing a variety of instrument Voices	12
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously-Dual	13
Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands-Split	14
Playing the Grand Piano Voice	15
Drum kits & Oriental Percussion kits	15
Step 2 Fun Sounds	17
Step 3 Play With The Metronome	18
Start the metronome	18
Step 4 Playing Songs	20
Select and Listen to a Specific Song	20
Step 5 Play with a Style	22
Selecting a rhythm of a Style	22
Playing with a Style	23
Step 6 Record your own performance	25
Recording Your Performance	25
Recording to a specified track	26
Deleting User Songs	28
Step 7 Using Oriental Scales	29
Setting an Oriental Scale-Scale Setting	29
Registering the Scale settings	30
Recall the Scale settings	31
Set the Accompaniment Tuning on	31
Step 8 Play with the Pitch Bend Wheel	32
Adding pitch variations with the Pitch Bend Wheel	32
Adjust the pitch bend range	32
Backup and Initialization	33
Backup	33
Initialization	33
Basic Operation and Displays	34
Basic Operation	34
Display	36
Song Lesson	37
Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn)	37
Lesson 2 (Timing)	39
Lesson 3 (Waiting)	40
Song settings	41
Changing the Melody Voice	41
Song Volume	41
Mute	42
Practice Makes Perfect	43
Play With a Variety of Effects	44
Adding Harmony	44
Adding Reverb	45
Adding Chorus	46
Adding Panel Sustain	46
Handy Performance Features	47
Touch Response Sensitivity	47
Setting the Split Point	48
Transpose	48
Tuning	49
One Touch Setting	49
Changing the tempo of the Song/Style	50
Adjusting the Voice Parameters	50
Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions	51
Various ways to start and stop Style playback	51
Pattern Variation (Sections)	53
Adjusting the Style Volume	55
Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords	56
Easy Chords	56
Standard Chords	56
Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary	58
Function Settings	60
Select the item and change the value	60
About MIDI	62
What is MIDI?	62
What You Can Do With MIDI	62
Transferring Performance Data To and From Another Instrument	63
Transferring data between the PSR-A300 and a computer	65
Troubleshooting	68
Index	69
Voice List	71
Maximum Polyphony	71
Drum Kit & Oriental Perussion Kit List	78
Style List	83
Effect Type List	84
MIDI Implementation Chart	86
MIDI Data Format	88
Effect map	90