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Yamaha PortaTone PSR-150 Product Manual

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Summary of PortaTone PSR-150

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    Yamaha authorized product manual.

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    Yamaha contents owner’s manual main features ...................... 1 precautions ......................... 1 getting started ................... 2 playing your new portatone .................... 3 voice ............................... 4 style ............................... 5 song ....................

  • Page 3: Precautions

    Congratulations on your purchase of the yamaha portatone! You now own a portable keyboard that packs advanced functions and great sound in a highly compact size. Its outstanding features also make it an exceptionally expressive and versatile instrument. Read this owner’s manual carefully while playi...

  • Page 4: Power Requirements

    Getting started power requirements your portatone can run either on batteries (sold separately) or on normal household current by using one of the optional yamaha pa-3/4/40 power adaptors. Using an ac power adaptor to connect your portatone to a wall socket, you will need the optionally available ya...

  • Page 5: Selecting Modes

    Playing your new portatone this section briefly shows you how to select from among the various voices and styles by using the numeric keypad. Selecting modes your portatone can be made to operate in three different ways or “modes”: style, voice and song. You should select the mode according to how y...

  • Page 6: Selecting A Voice

    Voice the voice mode features 100 authentic voices. Many of these voices have special preset characteristics or embellishments. Dual voices have two voices layered to- gether for ensemble sounds. As with dual, split voices have two voices, but rather than being layered, each is played from a differe...

  • Page 7: Selecting A Style

    Style the style mode provides an ideal combi- nation of a voice and rhythm/accompani- ment pattern for various popular music styles, as listed on the panel. The auto accomp. Function adds excitement to your performance, and it effectively splits the keyboard into two sections: the upper for playing ...

  • Page 8: Using The Auto Accomp.

    Style using the auto accomp. Function/multi fingering the auto accomp. Function automatically generates bass and chord accompaniment for you to play along with, by using multi fingering operation. You can change the chords of the accompaniment by either using a “single finger” technique in the auto ...

  • Page 9: Fingered Chords

    Style fingered chords using the key of c as an example, the chart below shows the types of chords that can be recognized in the fingered mode. Examples for “c” chords notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them. Note: if the chord is inverted (i.E., c-e-g i...

  • Page 10: Selecting A Song Or Jam

    Song the song mode features demonstration songs and jam track patterns that have been specially created using the rich sounds and sophisticated accompaniment functions of the portatone. The songs in the song mode are gener- ally for your listening enjoyment; however, you can also play along with the...

  • Page 11: (Psr-150)

    Drum pads (psr-150) the drum pads let you play selected drum and percussion sounds. The pads can be played in any of the modes. You can play them alone to try out your own rhythms, or play them along with the rhythm patterns. Four different sounds or sets are available for each pad, represented by t...

  • Page 12: Troubleshooting

    Voice list for the style/jam track mode * the default voices change to other voices during the chord progressions. Style troubleshooting problem cause solution when the portatone is turned on or off, a buzzing sound is tempo- rarily produced. Power current is flowing into the portatone. This is not ...

  • Page 13: Original Song 1

    Song scores v= voice number original song 1 original song 2 11.

  • Page 14: Original Song 3

    Original song 3 house of the rising sun american folk song 12.

  • Page 15: The Last Rose of Summer

    The last rose of summer t. Moore sur le pont d'avignon french folk song 13.

  • Page 16: Waltz of The Flowers

    Waltz of the flowers tchaikovsky air on the g string j. S. Bach 14.

  • Page 17: Beautiful Dreamer

    Beautiful dreamer s. C. Foster londonderry air irish folk song 15.

  • Page 18: Symphony No. 40

    Symphony no. 40 mozart 16 deck the halls sacred song.

  • Page 19: Auld Lang Syne

    Auld lang syne scottish folk song silent night f. Gruber 17.

  • Page 20: Tannenbaum

    Tannenbaum german folk song la cucaracha mexican folk song 18.

  • Page 21: Oh! Susanna

    Oh! Susanna s. C. Foster song of joy beethoven 19.

  • Page 22: 0, Vreneli

    0, vreneli swiss folk song troika russian folk song 20

  • Page 23: Special Message Section

    Special message section this product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). Do not connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by yamaha. This product should be used only with the compon...

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    Specifications psr-150 psr-75 number of keys 61 49 keyboard key size regular register tone generation c 1 ~c 6 c 1 ~c 5 awm voice number of voices polyphony (maximum) 100 12 style number of styles 50 25 auto accompaniment o chord detection multi bass chord hold o number of songs i 20 15 song i (demo...

  • Page 25: Yamaha

    For details of products, please contact your nearest yamaha or the authorized distributor listed below. Head office yamaha corporation, electronic musical instrument division nakazawa-cho 10-1, hamamatsu, japan 430 tel: 81(country code)-53-460-3273 yamaha ©1992 yamaha corporation vn83840 jcafromwi.4...

  • Page 26: Yamaha

    Psr75/150 om 8/26/98 29553 yamaha ® yamaha corporation of america 6600 orangethorpe avenue, p.O. Box 6600, buena park, ca 90622-6600