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Yamaha PortaSound PSS-680 Authorized Product Manual

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Summary of PortaSound PSS-680

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    Yamaha authorized product manual ®.

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    Yamaha.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction congratulations on your purchase of the yamaha portasound pss-680! You now own one of the most sophisticated portable electronic keyboards available. Controlled by an advanced microcomputer, the portasound pss-680 offers far more musical enjoyment and versatility than any other instrume...

  • Page 4: Contens

    Contens precautions-taking care of your portasound.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 control panel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Keyboard assign m o d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32 transmitted data .................................................................................................. 32 memor...

  • Page 6: Control Panel

    Control panel power switch volume slider auto accompaniment group 3a mode selectors 3b orchestration buttons song memory 4a chord bank selectors 4b melody bank selectors 4c record button voice list style list effect selectors voice/style number display tempo/parameter & value display value buttons v...

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    Parameter change group 13a tempo button 13b parameter selectors demo start/stop switch midi group 15a midi out channel list pitch bend wheel custom drummer controls percussion control keys auto accompaniment section rhythm control pads 20a start/stop switch 20b synchro start/ending control 20c intro...

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    Part i getting to know the pss-680 this part of the manual first shows you how to provide the pss-680 with power, using batteries or an ac adaptor. You can then turn it on and start playing it right away. Next, listen to a demonstratlon of what the portasound pss-680 can do. Reading part ii will the...

  • Page 9: Quick Guide

    Quick guide selecting voices to choose any instrument sound you like, simply look up its name in the voice list (5) and input the corre- sponding number with the number buttons (11c). (it may be necessary to press the blue voice switch (11a) first.) effects add special effects to the instrument soun...

  • Page 10: Index Illustration

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  • Page 11: What Your Portasound Can Do

    Part ii basic features what your portasound can do using the quick guide and listening to the demo song has already given you a first impression of your new portasound’s capabilities. This chapter tells you more about them. Voices, rhythm and auto accompaniment to better understand the portasound’s ...

  • Page 12: Voice/melody Section

    For totally automatic performances, or to enhance any music you are playing live. In addition, you can play four different sets of 8 percussion instruments by hand like a drummer with the easy-to-use hand percussion pads, further enhancing the rhythm and auto accompaniment with your own solos, and r...

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    For instant access at the touch of a button, you can store up to five selected voices in the digital synthesizer memory banks 1 thru 5 (12a). Operation 1. Select the voice you want to store. 2. Hold down the red store button (12b) and simultaneously press the desired bank button (12a), for example b...

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    Stereo chorus stereo chorus creates the “spacy” impression of several instruments being played at the same time for a warm, three- dimensional “symphonic” sound. It is the only effect that influences not only the melodies you play, but also all ac- companiment sounds (except pcm percussion). Is turn...

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    Rapid change, hold down either button. Pressing both – and + simultaneously resets the original value (i.E. The value before you started to make changes). Transpose range: +/– 12 semitones overview with the exception of the pcm percussion sounds, all por- tasound voices can be transposed over a rang...

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    Operation 1. Press melody vol. . The tempo/parameter &value display will show this display tells you that the melody vol. Value is now 8 (the normal setting). 2. Adjust the melody volume with the value buttons. + raises the volume, – lowers it. L to instantly return to melody volume to value 8, pres...

  • Page 17: Rhythm Machine Functions

    Rhythm machine functions a rhythm (or drum) machine provides a background of rhythm patterns played by various percussion instruments. This not only makes most popular music sound better, it also helps you keep perfect time, just like a metronome. This section introduces the portasound’s rhythm mach...

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    One measure), the portasound continues with the basic rhythm. The three intros available for each pattern are all dif- ferent. However, with some of the simplest styles, the difference is not as pronounced as with the more complex ones. Stopping the rhythm a) start/stop (20a) hitting this pad again ...

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    Points to remember l the portasound will switch to the new rhythm style at the beginning of the next measure, retaining the current tempo. However, if the style number is altered within the first quarter of a beat, the portasound will switch styles during the same beat. (see the paragraph on single ...

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    Note: if you hit a pad at the beginning of a measure while the rhythm is playing, synchro break will become effective. However, in order to enable a more natural fill in, it will not work when a pad is hit at the beginning of the measure following such a synchro break measure. To turn off synchro br...

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    Feature allows you to add such rolls by holding down the roll key (el) while hitting drum pad. By pressing roll and accent at the same time, you can create loud rolls. F) damping the open hi-hat when programming the custom pattern, you can’ damp the sound of open hi-hat notes by hitting the closed h...

  • Page 22: Auto Accompaniment Features

    Auto accompaniment features a) b) c) d) e) there are several basic types of auto accompaniment features available on the pss-660. An outline of their functions is given here, along with an explanation of the mode (3a) and orchestration (3b) controls. A detailed operation guide for features a) throug...

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    A) single finger chords press the auto accompaniment single finger mode selector (3a) to turn on the single finger mode. (the rhythm must be off.) now play single keys in the auto accompaniment section (19) of the keyboard with one finger and notice how the portasound produces complete major chords ...

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    Other interesting voices you may want to try for this march are numbers 28 (tremolo organ), 11 (cello) and 95 (human voice 2). In any case, you will notice that the selection of a suitable voice and style is very important to bring out the atmosphere of a piece. Note: basically, all of the steps exp...

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    Major: minor: seventh: minor seventh: major seventh: minor seventh flatted fifth: seventh sustained fourth: augmented: diminished: minor major seventh: sixth: minor sixth: seventh flatted fifth: points to remember the inverted forms of chords (in the case of a major chord for instance 3—5—l and 5—l—...

  • Page 26: Song Memory

    Song memory the song memory section (4) comprises ten memory banks in which you can digitally record melodies and chord progressions for instant automatic playback. Difficult (fast) or complicated passages can be memorized at a comfortable low speed and played any time with the correct tempo at the ...

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    Points to remember if several melody banks have been recorded sim- ultaneously, they are treated as one “set”. In other words, they can only be played back together. As soon as any of the memory selectors of such a set is pressed for playback, the led indicators of the other selectors in this set wi...

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    Chord memory the chord memory is a highly sophisticated automatic performance feature that not only lets the portasound play programmed chord progressions and rhythm arrangements, but also memorized melodies and custom drum patterns with the desired timing. The following kind of data can be stored i...

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    If a rhythm is playing — 1. Press the desired chord bank selector. The selector’s indicator will start to blink slowly. Playback will commence from the beginning of the next measure following the one during which you pressed the selector. As soon as playback begins, the chord indicator will stop fla...

  • Page 30: III

    Part iii advanced functions digital synthesizer like a yamaha dx synthesizer, the portasound pss-680 uses an fm sound source — and like a digital synthesizer, it lets you, adjust various voice settings (parameters) in order to create your own original sounds. Five of these custom voices can be store...

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    As you can see, the different ratios produce totally different wave forms — saw-tooth waves give a bright tone color sui- table for strings and brass, while square waves sound milder and “simpler”, having fewer harmonics (overtones), and are good for woodwinds like clarinet and oboe. To generate the...

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    The attack rate for the carrier envelope is set to its maximum value, 63. This means that the carrier level peaks immediately when a key is pressed. Now set the value to 01 and press any key, holding it down for several seconds. Notice how long it takes the volume to reach its peak. The two things y...

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    Some voices will sound distorted if the total level is raised to over 90 especially when they are used with melody volume level 6 9’. If this happens, lower the total level for that voice. This completes the explanation of the digital syn- thesizer section. You will still need a bit of practice to b...

  • Page 34: Midi

    Midi what is midi? If too much midi data is received at once, the message midi stands for “musical instrument digital interface”. It is an international standard interface system that allows musical instruments such as your portasound pss-680, synthesizers, drum machines, sequence recorders, compute...

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    When a midi instrument receives information coded with its “own” channel number (the one specified for reception on that unit), it will execute the command. If the data is coded with a different midi channel number, the command will simply be ignored and the instrument will wait for the next message...

  • Page 36: Keyboard Assign Mode

    Keyboard assign mode transmitted data in this mode, timing clock, start/stop and note on/off data are transmitted. The 16 midi channels are used to send the following information: channel 1 to 16 (assignable) information manual performance data any of the 16 channels can be assigned for transmission...

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    D#2 51 rim shot rim shot e2 52 snare low snare low f2 53 hi tom hi tom f#2 54 hand clap hand clap g2 55 cowbell cowbell g#2 56 cabasa cabasa a2 57 hi-hat closed hi-hat closed a#2 58 brush hit brush hit b2 5 9 hi-hat open hi-hat open c3 60 crash cymbal crash cymbal c#3 61 splash cymbal splash cymbal ...

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    Operation 1. Press transmit ch/memory bulk dump twice. • if the portasound is already in transmit channel select mode (indicated by an on the tempo/ pa- rameter & value display), press this button only once. The tempo/parameter & value display will start to blink, showing that the portasound is read...

  • Page 39: Sound Source Mode 99

    Sound source mode 99 transmitted data points to remember all normal (manual) keyboard performance data is trans- mitted, but no corresponding sound is produced by the portasound ("local off"). This means that you can control external midi sound sources from the pss-680 keyboard even while the portas...

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    Midi receive channel filter overview this function allows you to choose on which of the 16 midi channels the portasound will receive data in either midi receive mode, keyboard assign 00 or sound source 99. It also lets you determine whether the pss-680 will be controlled by external or internal cloc...

  • Page 41: Midi Connection Examples

    Midi connection examples the following hook-ups are suggestions that will help you make the most of your portasound’s sophis- ticated midi functions. The first three examples show how you can play the pss-680 via external midi equipment, while example four gives you ideas for controlling other sound...

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    Set the pss-680 midi mode to 00, and make sure the portasound transmission channels and the tone generator/ rhythm machine reception channels correspond. It is also a good idea to adjust the tone generator voice numbers (e.G. Setting p.Change to “individual” on the txs1z) so that choosing a portasou...

  • Page 43: Additional Informatlon

    Additional informatlon all reset overview static electricity and other factors can very rarely cause the portasound’s internal microcomputer to “lock up” so that it is no longer possible to use the instrument’s controls. When this happens, you can reset all internal settings to their default values....

  • Page 44: Specifications

    Specifications weight key board 61 keys (c 1 ~ c 6 ) voice ("00 ~ 99”) synth brass, jazz organ, pipe organ 1, piano 1, harpsichord 1, electric piano 1, celesta, vibraphone, marimba 1, steel drum 1, violin 1, cello, jazz guitar, rock guitar 1, wood bass 1, trumpet, trombone, horn, soprano sax, clarin...

  • Page 45: Exclusive Data Format

    Exclusive data format notice following data: bytes are to be divided into 4bit data and sent as less significant 4bits of data part. Significant 4bits are sent first. M: modular c: carrier bank number: indicates the number of bank to which following data have to be sent. 0~4 means bank #1~5. Any dat...

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    2. Format no. = (01h). Format name = (melody memory 5banks) header & eox status =f0h id =43h inst. Class = 76h format no. =01h data (described below) check sum data = two's complement of 7bits sum of all data bytes. Eox = f7h data contents notice: following data bytes are to be divided into 4bit dat...

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    3. Format no. = (02h), format name = (chord memory data) header & eox status =f0h id =43h inst. Class =76h format n. =02h data (described below) check sum data = two's complement of 7bit sum all data bytes. Eox = f7h data contents notice: following data bytes are to be divided into 4bit data and sen...

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    4. Format no. = (03h), format name = (rhythm pattern data) header & eox status = f0h id = 43h inst. Class = 76h format no. = 03h data (described below) check sum data = two's complement of 7bits sum of all data bytes. Eox = f7h data contents notice: following data bytes are to be divided into 4bit d...

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    1-16 [portable keyboard] model pss-680 function basic default channel changed default mode messages altered note number: true voice velocity note on note off mode 00 midi implementation chart version: 1.0 manual/ transmitted recognized remarks melody memory orchestra play chord 1 2 3 base rhythm 12 ...

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    [portable keyboard] model pss-680 mode 99 midi implementation chart version: 1.0 function transmitted recognized remarks basic default 1-16 (*1) 1-16 (*2) channel changed 1-16 1-16 default 3 3 (*9) mode messages x x altered * * * * * * * * * * * x note 24-108(*3) 24-108 number: true voice * * * * * ...

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    • this applies only to products distributed by yamaha music corp. Attention users in the u.S.A. Portasound pss-680 prepared in accordance with fcc rules. The portasound pss-630 uses frequencies that appear in the radio frequency range, and if installed in the immediate proximity (within three meters...

  • Page 52: Yamaha

    Yamaha yamaha corporation p.O. Box 1, hamamatsu, japan.

  • Page 53: Yamaha

    Yamaha pss680 om yamaha corporation of america 6600 orangethorpe avenue, p.O. Box 6600, buena park, ca 90622-6600 pss680 om 9/10/98 29645.