Yamaha PSR-E473 PSR-E473/PSR-EW425 Owners Manual - Page 22

Basic Operations and Display Items

PSR-E473, PSR-EW425

Owner’s Manual

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Display Items

The display shows the current instrument settings, such as Voice, Style, Song, Audio and Groove.

Indicates the battery status and the USB flash drive status.

Battery status (page 17)

USB flash drive connection status (page 57)

Appears while playing back or recording an Audio

file (page 49)

Indicates the on/off status of each function.

Microphone (page 38)

DSP effect (page 28)

Mega Boost (page 23)

Melody Suppressor (page 54)

Touch Response (page 62)

Scale Tune (page 65)

Split (page 25)

Dual (page 24)

Harmony (page 26)

Arpeggio (page 26)

Indicates the current contents, number, and setting value,

etc. Each indication at right or left shows the following sta-

tus.

S.Art Lite Voice is selected (page 27)

Numbering input is effective (page 21)

Indicates the specific content to which the

current number and name shown belongs.

For example, when a Voice is selected,

“VOICE” appears.

Indicates the playback or recording status including the

detected chord and tempo. While in the Function Setting

(page 61), the function number is shown.

The chord played in the Auto Accom-

paniment area (page 31), or the chord

specified by the Song playback

•While in the Function Setting: func-

tion number (page 61)

•During Song/Groove playback: mea-

sure number

Beat

While recording or in recording

standby (page 46)

Tempo (page 23)

A-B repeat (page 37) is on

Auto Accompaniment (page 31) is on

Synchro Stop (page 32) is on

Indicates the settings for each function.

Motion Effect type (page 29)

Function number for the LIVE CON-

TROL knobs (page 30)

Octave Shift status (page 62) for the

Main Voice

On/off status of each track for the cur-

rent Song/Style/Groove (pages 32, 37,

40)

Registration Memory status (page 51)

•Bank number

•Memory numbers which contain the

data

•Freeze on/off

Indicates which key you’ve pressed.

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Section	Page
topcover	1
PRECAUTIONS	5
NOTICE	7
Information	7
Table of Contents	8
Special Features	9
Compatible Format and Functions	10
Included Accessories	10
About the Manuals	11
Panel Controls and Terminals	12
Setting Up	16
Power Requirements	16
Turning the Power On/Off	18
Using a Keyboard Stand	19
Basic Operations and Display Items	20
Basic operations	20
Selecting Data	21
Display Items	22
Using the Common Functions	23
Using the Metronome	23
Changing the Tempo	23
Boosting the Entire Volume of the Instrument (Mega Boost)	23
Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices	24
Selecting a Main Voice	24
Adding a layer - Dual Voice	24
Playing a Split Voice in the Left- and Right-hand Areas	25
Calling Up Optimum Panel Settings—One Touch Setting (OTS)	25
Adding Harmony/Using Arpeggio	26
Adding Articulation Effects	27
Adding Effects to Performance and Playback	28
Adding DSP Effects	28
Adding Motion Effects	29
Creating Original Sounds via the Knobs	30
Assigning Functions to the Knobs	30
Using the Knobs	30
Playing with Rhythm and Auto Accompaniment (Styles)	31
Playing with Styles	31
Style Playback Variations	32
Style Sync Stop	32
Turning Each Style Track On/Off	32
Setting the Fingering Type	33
Setting the Smart Chord Key	33
Changing the Voices for Each Part of a Style (Style Revoicing)	33
Playing Back Songs or Audio Files	34
Playing Back a Demo Song	35
Playing Back a Song	35
Playing Back an Audio File	36
Song/Audio File Transport Controls: Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause	36
Playing a Specified Section of a Song Repeatedly (A-B Repeat)	37
Muting Each Track	37
Connecting and Using a Microphone	38
Connecting a Microphone	38
Disconnecting the Microphone	39
Playing with Groove Creator	40
Playing Back a Groove	40
Changing the Groove Sound	40
Using Quick Sampling	42
Playing Back a Sample	42
Looping a Sample	42
Getting Ready for Sampling	43
Sampling External Audio	43
Restoring the Default Samples	45
Sampling a WAV File from a USB Flash Drive	45
Saving a Sample to a USB Flash Drive	45
Recording Your Performance	46
Recording a New User Song	46
Track Structure of a Song	47
Recording a User Song to a Specified Track	47
Clearing a User Song (Song Clear)	48
Clearing a Specified Track from a User Song (Track Clear)	49
Recording/Saving Audio Files to a USB Flash Drive	49
Saving Your Favorite Settings (Registration Memory)	51
Saving Panel Settings to the Registration Memory	51
Recalling Panel Settings from Registration Memory	52
Specifying Panel Settings to be Maintained Across Registration Memory Changes (Freeze)	52
Connecting to External Devices	53
Connecting Headphones	53
Using a Pedal (Footswitch)	53
Playing Sound from External Speakers	53
Playing an External Audio Device with the Built-in Speakers	54
Using the Melody Suppressor	54
Using with a Computer or Smart Device	54
Connecting a USB Flash Drive	56
Using USB Flash Drives	57
Exiting the File Control Display	58
Formatting a USB Flash Drive	58
Saving Data to a USB Flash Drive	59
Loading User Data from a USB Flash Drive	59
Deleting Data in a USB Flash Drive	59
File-related Message List	60
The Functions	61
Basic Procedure in the Function Display	61
Backup and Initialization	68
Backup Data	68
Initializing the Instrument	68
Troubleshooting	69
Specifications	71

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