Yamaha PSR-EW410 PSR-E463 PSR-EW410 Owners Manual - Page 33

Playing

w

ith Q

u

ick Sampling

PSR-E463/PSR-E

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ner’s Man

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Qui

c

k Gui

d

e

2-2

W

hen “Loop?Y/N” appears on the display,

press the [+/YES]

bu

tton to select “Loop”

sampling, or press [-/NO] to select “One-

shot” sampling. Yo

u

cannot change the type

after sampling.

W

hen “PressREC” appears on the display, go

on to step 3.

3

Pause playback on the external device at

the be

g

innin

g

of the sound or phrase

you want to sample.

4

Press the [REC] button, and then start

playback on the external device to start

samplin

g

.

W

hile sampling the so

u

nd, “REC” appears and

glo

w

ing icon of selected the Sample Zone on the

display.

Do not disconnect the USB flash dri

v

e d

u

ring the

sampling operation. The operation may

b

ecome

u

nsta

b

le, and sampling may not

b

e performed

properly.

5

Stop playback on the external device at

the end of the sound or phrase you want

to sample.

6

Press the [REC] button to stop samplin

g

.

“

W

riting!” appears

b

riefly on the display, and then

the sample is stored to the instr

u

ment.

7

Check if the sample is assi

g

ned suc-

cessfully.

For “Normal” types, press the C3 key. For “Loop”

and “One-shot” types, press any one key in the

Sample Zone to

w

hich yo

u

assigned the sample.

Any silence at the

b

eginning and end of the sam-

ple can

b

e a

u

tomatically c

u

t

b

y the Blank C

u

t

f

u

nction (page 69).

If yo

u

are not satisfied

w

ith the sample, ret

u

rn to

step 2 and try sampling again.

To sample and assign to another Sample Zone,

go on to step 2 again.

8

Press the [QUICK SAMPLING] button to

exit from the Quick Samplin

g

mode.

9

Try playin

g

the samples.

Exiting from the Q

u

ick Sampling mode a

u

tomati-

cally selects the Voice n

u

m

b

er 759 “Smpl Vce”

for the Main Voice. Try playing it on the key

b

oard.

• If the input volume from the external device is too low,

“LowInput” appears on the display and cannot sample

the sound. Raise the external device’s volume to maxi-

mum, and then adjust the output volume on this instru-

ment by rotating the [MASTER VOLUME] control. After

that, try sampling again from step 3.

• Sampling time is limited to a maximum of 9.6 seconds.

When the time limit is reached, sampling stops automati-

cally and the recorded sample (up to that point) is stored

to the instrument.

Sampling

pEC

NOTE

To avoid damage to the external device, disconnect the

device in this way:

1

Set the volume levels to minimum for both this instrument

and the external device.

2

Disconnect the audio cable from the instrument, and

then from the external device.

To sample durin

g

audio playback

Once yo

u

are familiar

w

ith the sampling operation,

try starting and stopping sampling

w

hile the so

u

nd

of the external de

v

ice is playing

b

ack.

1. Exec

u

te steps 1–2 in “Sampling the External

A

u

dio So

u

nd” on page 32.

2. Pa

u

se play

b

ack on the external de

v

ice at a fe

w

meas

u

res

b

efore the so

u

nd or phrase yo

u

w

ant

to sample.

3.

Start play

b


v

ice.

4.

Press the [REC]

bu

tton at the desired point to

start sampling.

5.

Press the [REC]

bu

tton again at the desired

point to stop sampling.

6.

Stop play

b


v

ice, and then

check

w

hat yo

u

ha

v

e j

u

st sampled.

NOTICE

• If there is silence in the audio that is cut automatically but

you want to keep it, turn off the Blank Cut function (page

69).

NOTE

Section	Page
Special Features	8
Compatible Format and Functions	10
Included Accessories	10
About the Manuals	11
Setting Up	12
Panel Controls and Terminals	12
Setting Up	14
Power Requirements	14
Turning the Power On/Off	16
Adjusting the Master Volume	16
Using a Keyboard Stand	17
Quick Guide	18
Basic Operation and Display Items	18
Basic Operation	18
Display Items	19
Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices	20
Selecting a Main Voice	20
Playing the “Grand Piano”	20
Layering a Dual Voice	20
Playing a Split Voice in the Left Hand area	21
Using the Metronome	21
Adding Harmony/Triggering Arpeggios	22
Changing the Harmony and Arpeggio types	23
Adding DSP Effects	24
Creating Original Sounds via the Knobs	25
Assigning Functions to the Knobs	25
Switching the Target	25
Using the Knobs	25
Playing Styles	26
Playing Songs	27
Listening to a Demo Song	28
Selecting and Playing Back a Song	28
Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause	28
Playing a Specified Section of a Song Repeatedly (A-B Repeat)	29
Turning Each Track On/Off	29
Playing with Groove Creator	30
Playing with Quick Sampling	31
Playing back the Samples	31
Getting Ready for Sampling	31
Sampling External Audio Sound	32
Restoring the Default Samples	34
Saving a Sample to a USB Flash Drive	34
Loading a Sample from a USB Flash Drive	35
Deleting a Sample in the USB Flash Drive	35
Playing Like a DJ!	36
Creating an Intro Part with the Track On/Off Controls	36
Building Excitement and Interest by Changing Sections	36
Adding Effects to the Groove with the Live Control Knobs	36
Creating Greater Excitement with the Retrigger Function	37
Switching to Another Groove with Musical Climax	37
Recording Your Performance	38
Track Structure of a Song	38
Quick Recording	38
Recording to a Specified Track	39
Clearing a User Song	40
Clearing a Specified Track from a User Song	40
Audio Playback and Recording	41
Playing back an Audio File in a USB Flash Drive	41
Recording/Saving Audio Files to a USB Flash Drive	42
Deleting Audio Files from the USB Flash Drive	43
Memorizing Your Favorite Settings (Registration Memory)	44
Memorizing Panel Settings to the Registration Memory	44
Recalling Panel Settings from the Registration Memory	44
Connecting to Other Devices	45
Connecting Headphones or an External Device	45
Using a Pedal (Sustain)	45
Playing an External Audio Device with the Built-in Speakers	46
Using the Melody Suppressor	46
Using with Computer or Smart Device	47
Using an External Stereo System for Playback (OUTPUT [L/L+R]/[R] jacks) (PSR-EW410)	48
Speaker Mute On/Off Setting (PSR-EW410)	48
Backup and Initialization	49
Backup Parameters	49
Initializing the Instrument	49
Reference	50
Handy Performance Features	50
Selecting a Reverb Type	50
Selecting a Chorus Type	50
Pitch Controls—Transpose	51
Pitch Controls—Fine Tuning	51
Pitch Controls—the [PITCH BEND] wheel	51
Calling Up Optimum Panel Settings—One Touch Setting (OTS)	51
Changing the Touch Response of the Keyboard	52
Selecting an EQ Setting for the Best Sound	52
Scale Tuning	53
Selecting a Scale	53
Setting the Base Note for Each Scale	53
Tuning Each Note to Create an Original Scale	54
Voice Settings	55
Selecting a Dual Voice	55
Selecting a Split Voice	55
Voice Editing	55
Arpeggio Settings	56
Synchronizing an Arpeggio to Song/Style/Groove Playback— Arpeggio Quantize	56
Holding the Arpeggio Playback via the Footswitch	56
Parameters Assigned to the Knobs	57
Style and Groove Settings	59
Style Variations—Sections	59
Style Synchro Stop	60
Turning Each Style Track On/Off	60
Groove Variations—Sections	61
Groove Retrigger Function	61
Changing the Tempo	61
Tap Start	61
Adjusting the Volume of the Style or Groove	62
Setting the Split Point	62
Playing Chords Without Style Playback (Stop Accompaniment)	62
Chord Types for Style Playback	63
Song Settings	64
Background Music Playback	64
Random Song Playback	64
Tempo Setting of the Song	65
Tap Start	65
Song Volume	65
Melody Voice Setting of the Preset Song	65
The Functions	66
Basic Procedure in the Function Display	66
USB Flash Drive Operations	70
Connecting a USB Flash Drive	71
Formatting a USB Flash Drive	72
Saving User Data to a USB Flash Drive	72
Saving a User Song as SMF to a USB Flash Drive	73
Loading User Data from a USB Flash Drive	74
Loading a Style File	75
Deleting a User File in the USB Flash Drive	76
Deleting an SMF File in the USB Flash Drive	76
Exiting from a File Control Display	77
Message List	77
Appendix	78
Troubleshooting	78
Specifications	79

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