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Yamaha Portatone PSR-410 Owner's Manual

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    Yamaha psr-410

  • Page 2: Speclal Message Section

    Speclal message section this product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). Battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes do not connect this product to any power supply or adapter other necessary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the than one ...

  • Page 3: Congratulations!

    Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a yamaha psr-410. Your psr-410 is a high-quality musical instrument that incorporates advanced yamaha digital technology and many versatile features. In order to obtain maximum performance and enjoyment from your psr-410, we urge you to read this owner's m...

  • Page 4: Panel Controls

    Panel controls top panel controls power button ................................................ Page 7 master volume control ............................ Page 7 multi display .......................................... Page 7,8 [+], [-] buttons ................................................ Page 9 ...

  • Page 5: Rear Panel Connectors

    Registration memory section • memorize button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 • [1]~[4] buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 song memory section • measure# button . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Taking care of your portatone your portatone will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the simple rules given below: nectors or other parts of the instrument. Location do not expose the instrument to the following conditions to avoid deformation, discoloration or more serious damage. • d...

  • Page 7: Preparation

    Preparation this section contains information about setting up your psr-410 and preparing to play. Be sure to go through this section carefully before using your psr-410. Power supply your psr-410 will run either from an optional power adaptor or batteries*. Follow the instructions below according t...

  • Page 8: Preparation

    Preparation using headphones or an external sound system a standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged into the rear-panel headphones/aux out jack for private practice or late-night playing. The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of head- phones is plugged into the h...

  • Page 9: Listen to The Demo!

    Listen to the demo! Once you’ve set up your psr-410, try listening to the pre-programmed demonstration songs — they’ll give you a good idea of what the psr-410 can do! Turn the power on & set the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 10: Basic Editing Procedure

    Basic editing procedure the psr-410 features a flexible-but-consistent interface that lets you edit just about all of its parameters using the same basic procedure. Once familiar with the system, you’ll be able to edit any parameter quickly and easily. Here’s the basic procedure: press a function bu...

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    2-2: the [+] and [-] buttons the [+] and [-] buttons immediately to the right of the multi dis- play can be used to increment (increase by one) or decrement (decrease by one) the currently selected parameter. Press the [+] button briefly to in- crement the parameter value, or the [-] button to decre...

  • Page 12: Orchestration

    Selecting & playing the voices the psr-410 has 128 stunning voices plus 8 different drum and percussion kits that you can select and play in a number of ways. Orchestration the unique orchestration button group in the psr-410’s voice control section lets you select and play from one to four “parts” ...

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    Dual mode split & dual modes in the dual mode both the [r1] and [r2] part voices are selected so they can be played simultane- ously across the entire keyboard. To select the dual mode, make sure that both the [l1] and [l2] indica- tors are out, then press both the [r1] and [r2] but- tons simultaneo...

  • Page 14: Voice Assignment

    Selecting & playing the voices voice assignment you can assign any of the psr-410’s 128 voices to each of the orchestration parts, whether the part is currently on or off. Press the [voice select] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 15: Volume

    Volume you can individually set the volume of each orchestration part to set up the ideal balance between parts. Select the part you want to edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 16: Pan

    Selecting & playing the voices pan the psr-410 delivers true stereo sound, and you can use this parameter to individually set the stereo (pan) position of each orchestration part to create a broad stereo image of your sound. Select the part you want to edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 17: Auto Harmony

    Auto harmony auto harmony is used with the psr-410’s auto accompaniment feature except for full fingering mode (see page 20). It automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to a single-note melody line you play on the key- board. You can choose from 10 different types of harmony that can be assigne...

  • Page 18: Keyboard Percussion

    Selecting & playing the voices keyboard percussion the psr-410 has 8 different drum and percussion “kits” that can be played on the keyboard when the key- board percussion function is turned on. The types of drum and percussion instruments played by the various keys when keyboard percussion function...

  • Page 19: Pitch Bend

    Pitch bend the pitch bend wheel to the left of the keyboard allows the note pitch to be bent up or down — roll the wheel away from you to bend up, and toward you to bend down (this situation can be reversed, as described below). When the pitch bend wheel is moved almost all the way in either directi...

  • Page 20: Overall Control

    Overall control the overall control section includes a range of parameters that, as their title suggests, apply to the overall sound of the psr-410. Split point change this function lets you set the split point (the key that separates the left-hand and right-hand orchestration parts) to any key on t...

  • Page 21: Transpose

    Transpose the psr-410 [transpose] button makes it possible to shift the pitch of the psr-410 up or down in semi- tone intervals up to a maximum of 12 semitones (one octave). Transposing the pitch of the psr-410 keyboard makes it easier to play in difficult key signatures, and you can easily match th...

  • Page 22: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto accompaniment the psr-410 has 80 accompaniment styles that can be used to provide fully-orchestrated auto accompaniment. When the auto accompaniment function is turned on, the psr-410 creates fully-orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment based on chords you play with the left hand in...

  • Page 23: Auto Accompaniment Fingering

    Setting the auto accompaniment split point to set the auto accompaniment split point, first turn auto accompani- to set the auto accompaniment split point, first turn auto accompani- ment on — press the [auto accomp] button so that its indicator lights — then proceed with steps 2 and 3 as described ...

  • Page 24: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto accompaniment mode 1: chord 1 the chord 1 mode is ideal if you already know how to play chords on a keyboard, since it allows you to supply your own chords for the auto ac- companiment feature. The psr-410 will accept the following chord types: example for "c" chords • notes in parentheses can ...

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    Mode 2: chord 2 this is essentially the same as the chord 1 mode, above, except that the lowest note played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard will be played by the bass part rather than the chord root. Mode 3: single single mode fingering makes it simple to produce beautifully orches...

  • Page 26: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto accompaniment mode 5: full in this mode chords played anywhere on the keyboard are detected and used for auto accompaniment. Otherwise the keyboard functions normally, and the entire range is available for playing. Chord recognition is the same as in the chord 1 mode. Please note that in this m...

  • Page 27: Accompaniment Control

    Accompaniment control the psr-410 provides a range of accompaniment “sections” — introduction, fill-ins, variations on the main pattern, ending — that you can select to control the “flow” of the accompaniment to achieve the desired musical results. Accompaniment start/stop and sections are controlle...

  • Page 28: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto accompaniment starting the accompaniment with an introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Any of the psr-410 accompaniment patterns can be started with an ap- propriate ...

  • Page 29: Accompaniment Volume

    Stopping the accompaniment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An accompaniment in progress can be stopped immedia...

  • Page 30: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto accompaniment the track buttons the psr-410 auto accompaniment system includes eight track buttons which allow you to control the accompaniment arrangement in real time. You can turn tracks on or off while playing for extra ac- companiment variety. The various tracks are turned on or off by pre...

  • Page 31: Re-Voicing The Tracks

    Re-voicing the tracks to make the track buttons even more versatile, the psr-410 features a revoice function that lets you individually change the voices and several related voice section parameters assigned to each track. The param- eters that can be changed using the revoice function are as follow...

  • Page 32: One Touch Setting

    One touch setting each psr-410 accompaniment style has a suitable preset voice and other settings that can be instantly recalled by pressing the [one touch setting] button in the voice control section. This makes it simple to recall the optimum settings for each style in one quick operation. To use ...

  • Page 33: Registration Memory

    Registration memory the psr-410 registration memory can be used to store four complete sets of voice and auto accompaniment settings that can be recalled anytime at the touch of a button. The registration memory stores the following parameters: voice 1. Voice numbers for all four orches- tration par...

  • Page 34: Record Functions

    Record functions the psr-410 recording section controls two recording functions: the song memory: record complete songs including an accompaniment track and melody track. Each page memory holds a different song. Multi pads: record short chord, melody, or rhythm sequences that can be played back anyt...

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    Accompaniment track recording the song memory accomp track records the following operations and data: • chord changes. • tempo. • intro, main, fill in, & ending sections. • style number. • accompaniment volume. • revoice. • auto accompaniment track button operations. Select a page memory . . . . . ....

  • Page 36: Record Functions

    Record functions record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 37: Melody Track Recording

    Melody track recording the song memory melody track records the following operations and data: • key on/off • pan. (i.E. Notes played on the keyboard). • harmony on/off & harmony type. • key velocity. • sustain (footswitch) on/off. • voice number (percussion kit number). • pitch bend. • volume. • oc...

  • Page 38: Record Functions

    Record functions accompaniment and melody playback select a page memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 39: The [Reset] Button

    The [reset] button press the song [reset] button to go directly to the first measure of the song and turn on all tracks that contain data. Measure number “001” will appear on the multi display. The [reset] button also functions during playback or recording. Record or play from a specified measure yo...

  • Page 40: Record Functions

    Record functions the psr-410 multi pads can be used to record short rhythmic or melodic sequences, percussion fill-ins, or single percussion sounds that can be played at any time simply by pressing the appropriate pad. Pads [1] and [2] play back exactly as recorded, while pads [3] and [4] are “chord...

  • Page 41: Playback

    Engage the multi pad record ready mode press one of the multi pad buttons — [1] through [4] — while holding the [rec] button. The [rec] button indicator and the selected multi pad indictor will flash to indicate that the record ready mode is engaged, and the metronome will begin to sound at the curr...

  • Page 42: Record Functions

    Record functions the [clear] button can be used to completely erase the following data: all data after the current measure in the specified song memory track. All data from the specified multi pad. For a song memory track, set the start measure use the [measure #] button to set the first measure to ...

  • Page 43: Page Memory

    In addition to the registration memory described on page 31, the psr-410 has a page memory that stores panel control and parameter settings plus the con- tents of the song memory, and multi pads. There are four page memory locations, each holding a com- plete set of parameters and recorded data. The...

  • Page 44: Midi

    Midi midi, the musical instrument digital interface, is a world-standard communication interface that allows midi-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another. This makes it possible to create "systems" of midi instruments and equip- ment that off...

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    Midi bulk dump operations allow large amounts of midi data to be transmitted from one device to another. The entire contents of the currently selected psr-410 page memory (multi pads, song memory, registration memory) can be dumped to a second psr-410 or to a bulk storage device such as a midi data ...

  • Page 46: Midi

    Midi bulk dump reception the psr-410 will automatically receive bulk dump data from another psr-410 or midi data storage de- vice as long as the midi out terminal of the external device is properly connected to the midi in connector of the psr-410, and psr-410 midi reception is enabled. When this oc...

  • Page 47: Channel Reception Modes

    The [receive ch/cl/com] button is used to specify the reception mode for each of the 16 midi channels, the internal or external clock mode, and midi start/stop command reception mode. Channel reception modes the psr-410 allows any of five reception modes to be individually assigned to midi channels ...

  • Page 48: Midi

    Midi clock mode reception of an external midi clock signal can be enabled or disabled as required. When disabled, all of the psr-410's time-based functions (auto accompaniment, song memory, etc.) are controlled by its own inter- nal clock, the speed of which is set by the psr-410 [tempo] button. Whe...

  • Page 49: Midi Transmit Channels

    The psr-410 allows any of the 16 midi transmit channels to be assigned to the r orchestration voices. Midi transmit channels the r orchestration voices can be set to transmit on any of the 16 midi channels as follows: press the [transmit ch] button press the [transmit ch] button to set the r voice t...

  • Page 50: Appendix

    Appendix voice & polyphony list the psr-410 can play up to 28 individual notes at the same time (i.E. It has a maximum "polyphony" of 28). This number includes all voices used: dual, split, auto accompaniment, song memory, and multi pads. If the maximum polyphony of the psr-410 is exceeded, the exce...

  • Page 51: Style List

    Style list.

  • Page 52: Appendix

    Appendix style list.

  • Page 53: System Reset

    Reset procedures & page memory default settings all psr-410 page memory settings are retained in memory even when the power switch is turned off as long as the psr-410 is powered by batteries or an ac adapter. You can, however, restore the factory default set- tings for all four page memories or a s...

  • Page 54: Appendix

    Appendix page memory default settings * the song memory has no default data, so all data it contains will be erased when a reset operation is executed. * the default [edit] button indicator setting is r1..

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting something not working as it should? In many cases what appears to be a malfunction can be traced to a sim- ple error that can be remedied immediately. Before assuming that your psr-410 is faulty, please check the fol- lowing points. Problem the psr-410 speakers produce a "pop" sound ...

  • Page 56: Percussion Kit List

    Percussion kit list * indicates the content is the same as that of standard kit. * only 1 note can be played at a time when keyboard percussion is engaged. * the number in parentheses () after the percussion kit name is the midi program number. * the corresponding midi note numbers for the notes lis...

  • Page 58: Midi Implementation Chart

    Midi implementation chart [portable keyboard] date: 1993. 6 . 1 5 model: psr-410 midi implementation chart version: 1.00 function basic default channel changed default mode messages altered note number : true voice velocity note on note off after key's touch ch's pitch bender control change 0, 32 1 ...

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    *1. The following modes can be set individually for each channel via the panel control: mode 00: reception off. Mode 01: direct tone generator control. Mode 02: same as keyboard note on/off operation. Mode 03: same as auto-accompaniment chord fingering. Mode 04: same as the lowest-note (bass note) p...

  • Page 60: Specifications

    Specifications keyboards: 61 standard-size keys (c1~c6) with touch response. Voice: awm128 voices: 01~128 polyphony: 28 keyboard percussion: 1~8 vol:00~24 octave: -2~2 pan:-7~7 one touch setting orchestration: r1/r2/l1/l2 harmony: type 01 ~10, on/off setup: power: on/off master volume: min~max page ...

  • Page 61: Index

    Index + and - buttons 9 a ac power adaptor 5 accompaniment control 25 accompaniment track recording 33 are you sure? 9,40,41 auto accompaniment 20 auto harmony 15 b batteries 5 beat indicator 25 bulk dump, midi 43 c cleaning 4 clearing tracks 40 connectors, midi 42 d demo song dual mode 7 11 e edit ...

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    Memo.

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    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: 053-460-3273 [pk] 1.

  • Page 64: Yamaha

    Yamaha yamaha corporation m.D.G., emi division 1993 yamaha corporation vq37490 jdair0po1.4cp printed in japan.