Yamaha PSR-EW425 PSR-E473/PSR-EW425 Owners Manual - Page 8

Table of Contents 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 Index 73 8 PSR-E473, PSR-EW425 Owner's Manual