Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto PSR-A3 del fabbricante Yamaha
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M.D.G., EMI Division © 1995 Yamaha Corporation VT49660 509POCP1.3-01A0 Printed in Japan.
1 Congratulations! Y ou are the proud owner of a fine electronic k eyboard. The Y amaha PSR-A3 P or taT one combines the most adv anced A WM tone generation technology with state-of-the-ar t digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment.
2 Contents Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3 Panel Controls 4 The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5 Setting Up 6 Power Supply .......................
3 YAMAHA is not responsible for damage caused by improper handling or operation. ■ Location Do not expose the instrument to the following conditions to avoid deformation, discoloration, or more serious damage. ● Direct sunlight (e.g. near a window).
4 Panel Controls 1 PO WER Switch ............................................. page 8 2 MASTER V OLUME Control ........................... page 8 3 DEMO Button ................................................ page 9 4 SCALE SETTING Buttons ...........
5 Panel Controls The PSR-A3 is supplied with a music stand that can be attached to the instrument by inserting it into the slot at the rear of the control panel. ■ Rear P anel Contr ols ...............................................................
6 Power Supply Y our PSR-A3 will run either from batteries or an optional power adaptor . Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. • Never interrupt the power supply (e.g. remove the batter- ies or unplug the AC adaptor) during any PSR-A3 record operation! Doing so can result in a loss of data.
7 Connections ■ The PHONES Jack ................................................................................................................................... Setting Up ■ SUST AIN Jack ........................................................
8 POWER ON / OFF MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME The Demonstration Once y ou ’ ve set up y our PSR-A3, tr y listening to the pre-programmed demonstration songs — the y ’ ll give y ou a good idea of what t.
9 ArabSng1 8 01 DEMO 3 Press the [DEMO] Button ........................................................................................................
10 CURSOR FUNCTION ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK GrandPn o TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELODY 2 MELODY 1 11 1 ON / OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC 8 01 1 35 1 02 1 17 1 30 1.
11 MODE o REPEAT CHORD BEAT TOUCH MINUS ONE REVERB DUAL CHORUS HARMONY DSP SUSTAIN m OTS NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Basic Display Operation The Modes The MODE button to the right of the displa y selects one of the PSR-A3 ’ s f our operational modes: NORMAL, SPLIT , SINGLE, and FINGERED .
12 NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED MODE Playing the PSR-A3 Selecting & Playing V oices The PSR-A3 has 160 outstanding “pitched” voices (voice numbers 01 through 160) and 9 percussion kits (numbers 161 through 169) that you can select and play on the keyboard.
13 Playing the PSR-A3 3 Select a V oice ..................................................................................................................................................... The PSR-A3 has 169 voices that can be selected by using either the [–/ NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial.
14 Playing the PSR-A3 ● The Data Dial This is undoubtedly the easiest way to select a voice. Simply rotate the dial clockwise to increment or counter -clockwise to decrement. 4 Pla y & Adjust V olume .............................................
15 Playing the PSR-A3 The Split Mode The SPLIT mode lets you play dif ferent voices with the left and right hands. Y ou could, for example, play bass with the left hand while playing piano with the right.
16 Function Description Split Voice The split voice can be changed as required while the number and name of the current split voice appear on the top line of the display. S.Volume Sets the volume of the split voice so you can create the opti- mum blend with the right-hand voice.
17 T ouch Response This function turns the touch response of the keyboard ON or OFF . Use the KEYBOARD [T OUCH RESPONSE] button to turn T OUCH RESPONSE ON or OFF as required. The touch-response icon will appear next to “T OUCH” in the display when T OUCH RESPONSE is turned ON.
18 Changing the Dual V oice & Related Parameters 1 Select the DU AL V OICE Function ...............................................................
19 Function Description Dual Voice The dual voice can be changed as required while the number and name of the current dual voice appear on the top line of the display. The PSR-A3 has 162 (voice number 01~160 and 170~171) dual voices. Voice numbers 170~171 exclu- sively can be used as the dual voice.
20 Harmony/Echo The harmony ef fect (01~10) automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to the melody line you play on the keyboard. The harmony ef fect is derived from the chords you play on the left hand parts. The echo effect (1 1~22) adds delay-based effects to the right hand melody parts.
21 2 Select a Harmony/Ec ho T ype ............................................................................................. Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select one of the available harmony/echo types (listed below).
22 Sustain When the Sustain feature is ON (the sustain icon will appear next to “SUS- T AIN” in the display), all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. Press the [SUST AIN] button to turn the SUST AIN effect ON or OFF . • Sustain does not apply to some voices.
23 T ransposition This functions allow the overall pitch of the PSR-A3 to be transposed up or down by a maximum of one octave in semitone increments. 1 Mo ve the Cursor to the T ranspose V alue .
24 Digital Effects 1 Select the Re verb T ype Function ................................................................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as neces.
25 2 Select the Re verb T ype ................................................................................................................... Use the cursor [ > ] button to enter the Reverb T ype function and then select one of the 13 reverb types using the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial.
26 Digital Effects Changing the Chorus Effect 1 Select the Chorus T ype Function ......................................................................
27 Digital Effects 3 Exit ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Press the [VOICE] button or select a dif ferent function to exit from the DIGIT AL EFFECT function.
28 Digital Effects Changing the DSP Effect Selecting the DSP Effect T ype 2 Select the DSP T ype ......................................................
29 Digital Effects 3 Exit ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Press the [VOICE] button or select a dif ferent function to exit from the DIGIT AL EFFECT function.
30 NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED MODE Using Auto Accompaniment The PSR-A3 has 140 (including 40 oriental styles) different accompani- ment “ styles ” that can be used to provide fully-orchestr ated or rh ythm- only accompaniment.
31 Using Auto Accompaniment ● SINGLE FINGER ACCOMPANIMENT Single-finger accompaniment makes it simple to produce beautifully orchestrated accompaniment using major , seventh, minor and minor - seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the left-hand section of the keyboard.
32 Using Auto Accompaniment ● NORMAL This is the default FINGERED accompaniment mode. The NORMAL mode lets you finger your own chords on the left-hand section of the keyboard (i.
33 Using Auto Accompaniment ● BASS This is essentially the same as the NORMAL mode, above, except that the lowest note played in the auto accompaniment section of the key- board will be played by the bass part rather than the chord root.
34 TEMPO 118 TEMPO RESET Using Auto Accompaniment 5 Set the T empo ....................................................................................
35 Using Auto Accompaniment 6 Star t the Accompaniment ......................................................................................................... There are several ways to start the accompaniment: ● Straight start: Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button.
36 Using Auto Accompaniment • If you press and hold the [SYNC- START/STOP] button the “ InitSnd? ” function will be se- lected — see page 78. Pressing the [SYNC-ST AR T/ST OP] button alone causes a straight start to occur when the first note or chord is played.
37 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ The Stop Accompaniment Function While the SINGLE or FINGERED mode is selected chords played in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard are also detected and played by the PSR-A3 Auto Accompaniment system when the accompaniment is stopped (except when the FULL FINGERED mode is engaged).
38 Using Auto Accompaniment Accompaniment T rack Control The PSR-A3 has eight accompaniment tracks — RHYTHM 1/2, BASS, CHORD 1/2, P AD, and PHRASE 1/2 — that you can control to modify the “orchestration” and therefore the overall sound of the accompaniment.
39 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Large/Small Accompaniment .............................................................................................
40 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Changing Accompaniment T rack V oices ...................................................... Y ou can change the voice used for each track by moving the cursor but- ton.
41 Using Auto Accompaniment Changing the Accompaniment Split Point 1 Select the Accompaniment Split P oint Function ......................... Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “OVERALL” in the function list to the left of the display .
42 Using Auto Accompaniment One T ouch Setting One T ouch Setting lets you instantly select the appropriate panel settings suitable for the current style. Each style (140 styles) contains four variations. This means that you can freely use 560 different panel settings.
43 The PSR-A3 ’ s Arabic Scale f eature lets y ou simply and easily raise or low er the pitch of the specific note(s) and create y our own scale (ar abic scale).
44 2 Select a Note to Set the T uning ...................................................................................... Use the cursor [ > ] button to enter the Scale T uning function and then select one of the notes using the cursor [ ▲ ] and [ ▼ ] buttons (the selected note name appears on the top line of the display).
45 Using Arabic Scales Registering the Scale Settings • Scale Tuning • Scale Setting ON/OFF 1 Set Up the Scale Settings as Required ........................................................... Make the desired scale settings. The following settings are memorized by the Scale Memory function: 2 Register the Settings .
46 Accompaniment Scale T uning The Scale Setting feature of the specific note for the accompaniment can also be turned ON by press- ing the [SCALE SETTING] button. If you want to change the tuning of the accompaniment with playing the tuned melody , turn the Accompaniment Scale T uning to ON in the OVERALL function group.
47 2 Select a Registration Bank (if necessary) ................................................. Any of the 32 Registration Memory banks can be selected via the REGIST MEMOR Y function.
48 Registration Memory 3 Register the Settings .......................................................................................................................... While holding the [MEMORIZE] button, press one of the REGISTRA- TION MEMOR Y buttons.
49 Registration Memory Recall the Registered Panel Settings • Music Cartridge registration settings can be recalled in the same way — see page 67. • If the Accomp Freeze function is ON when a REGISTRATION MEMORY is recalled, the regis- tration number will flash.
50 Song Recording The PSR-A3 SONG TRACKS allows y ou to record and pla y back com- plete songs including chord sequences created using the A uto Accompa- niment f eature and a melody line you pla y on the keyboard. The SONG TRA CKS include one A CCOMP track and tw o MELOD Y trac ks .
51 FUNCTION UserSng1 8 30 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL DIGIT AL EFFECT Song Recording 1 Select a SONG Number ...................................................................................
52 Song Recording 4 Recor d ...........................................................................................................................
53 NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED MODE Song Recording The SONG ACCOMP track records the following operations and data: Recording Accompaniment W ith or W ithout a Melody • Section changes • Style nu.
54 Song Recording 3 Engage the A CCOMP/MELOD Y T rac k Record Read y Mode .............................................................................
55 Song Recording ● Enter a New Name for the Song If you want to enter a descriptive name for the user songs numbered 30 through 37, enter your original Song name, this is recommended. Use the cursor [ > ] button to move the cursor to the first (left most) char - acter of the Song name in the display .
56 Song Recording Accompaniment and Melody Playback 1 Select a SONG Number ............................................................................
57 Song Recording Play fr om a Specified Measur e Y ou can start SONG playback from any specified measure, as long as the specified measure is within the range of measures that has already been re- corded: 1 Select the MEASURE P arameter .............
58 Song Recording ■ V oice & V olume Re write Y ou can rewrite the last recorded voice change in any individual track during playback by using the cursor buttons to select the voice number of th.
59 The Multi Pads The PSR-A3 MUL TI P ADS can be used to pla y 144 shor t pre-recorded rhythmic and melodic sequences , that can be used to add impact and v ar iety to y our ke yboard perf or mances.
60 The Multi Pads 2 Select a Multi P ad Kit Number ......................................................................................... Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select one of the 36 available multi pad kits.
61 The Multi Pads The MUL TI P ADS record the following data: Recording the MUL TI P ADS • Note ON/OFF • Velocity • Voice number • Octave • Pan • Dual voice ON/OFF, Dual voice (voice numbe.
62 The Multi Pads 3 Select a V oice and Other Parameter s ................................................................. Select a voice and related parameters you want to record on the MUL TI P ADS. Y ou might also want to set a tempo that will be easy to record at.
63 The Multi Pads 7 Play the Multi P ads ................................................................................................................................. T ap any of the MUL TI P ADS. Y our recorded data will be played in ex- actly the same way as the preset data.
64 Using Music Cartridges The PSR-A3 f eatures a car tr idge slot which accepts pre-prog rammed Y amaha Music Car tr idges containing style, song and/or registr ation data. One sample Music Car tr idge is supplied with the PSR-A3. Others are a vailab le from your Y amaha dealer .
65 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ● Different Number of Sections Some cartridge styles, for example, have A and B intro and ending sections as well as A and B main sections.
66 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Songs 1 Select the SONG Function ....................................................................................................... Use the FUNCTION [ ▲ ] and [ ▼ ] buttons to select the SONG function. 2 Select a Cartridge Song Number .
67 Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Registration Presets The Music Cartridge supplied with the PSR-A3 provides 8 banks of preset registration settings (8 banks x 4 registration memories = 32 total) that provide a number of useful registration setups (refer to page 47 for details on the registration memory).
68 Practice Features The PSR-A3 includes two f eatures that can be a g reat aid in lear ning to pla y and practicing on the ke yboard. ■ Specifying the P arts T o Be T urned On or Off .
69 Practice Features FUNCTION MinusMod __r VOICE STYLE SONG REGIS T MEMORY MUL TI P AD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM / ECHO O VERALL DIGIT AL EFFECT CURSOR – /NO + / YES 0 789 Mode Part Turned Off __r Right hand. L__ Left hand. L_r Left and right hands.
70 Some of the functions in the OVERALL function group have already been described in appropriate sections of this manual. Others will be intro- duced for the first time in this section. Refer to the chart below for the page numbers on which each function is described.
71 Octave 10 0 T o access an OVERALL function press either of the [FUNCTION] buttons to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to “OVERALL” in the function list to the left of the display .
72 ChoLevel 1 70 DspLevel 1 26 Overall Functions ■ Reverb Level ....................................................................................................................................................... Sets the reverb send level for the voice selected via the VOICE function.
73 Overall Functions ■ V oice Set ...................................................................................................................
74 ■ Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel .................................................................... Y ou can practice the specific part (in the Minus One mode) by selecting the demo/cartridge song you want to practice and by assigning the appropri- ate channel to the desired part.
75 MIDI Functions 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 .
76 ■ Remote Channel .......................................................................................................................................... Sets the MIDI channel on which data from a remote keyboard will be received. Any of the standard MIDI channels — 1 through 16 — can be specified.
77 ■ Ke yboar d Out ..................................................................................................................................................... Determines whether keyboard data will or will not be transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector .
78 ■ Local Contr ol .................................................................................................................................
79 ■ Bulk Data Send ............................................................................................................................................... This function causes the contents of the registration, song, multi pad and scale data to be transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector .
80 Appendix: PSR-A3 Function T ree V OICE GrandPno Selecting Voices ....................................................................... page 12 (Voice Name) STYLE 8BeatPop Selecting Accompaniment Styles ............................................
81 Appendix: PSR-A3 Function T ree Kybd Vol Changing Keyboard volume ................................................................... page 71 Octave Changing Octave (VOICE function voice and dual voice) ...................... page 71 RevLevel Changing Reverb Send Level (VOICE function voice) .
82 Appendix: About Digital Effect Sound Module CHORUS (System) DSP (System) DSP (Insertion) Reverb Send Level Reverb Send Level Dual Normal Dry Reverb Send Level Split Reverb Return Level DSP Return L.
83 Appendix: About Digital Effect No. Effect Type Features REVERB 01~04 Hall1~4 System Concert hall reverb. 05~08 Room1~4 System Small room reverb. 09, 10 Stage1, 2 System Reverb for solo instruments. 11, 12 Plate1, 2 System Simulated steel plate reverb.
84 Appendix: T r oub leshooting POSSIBLE CA USE/SOLUTION PROBLEM The speakers produce a “ pop ” sound whenever the power is turned ON or OFF . This is normal and is no cause for alarm. T ur n the power OFF and turn the pow er ON again. The default setting “ Local ON ” is automatically selected.
85 Appendix: T roub leshooting / Data Backup & Initialization POSSIBLE CA USE/SOLUTION PROBLEM A CCOMP FREEZE function is turned ON. The rev erb and chorus types are memoried as accompaniment parameter . Press the [ACCOMP FREEZE] button to turn OFF it.
86 Inde x A AC power adaptor ................................... 6 Accomp large/small ............................... 39 Accomp out (MIDI transmission) ........... 77 Accompaniment scale tuning ................ 46 Accompaniment split point ...........
87 Keyboards: 61 standard-size keys (C1~C6) with touch response. Display: Large multi-function LCD display Setup: Power: ON/OFF Master Volume: MIN-MAX Control & Ten Keys: CURSOR ▲▼ < > ,.
88 V oice List / The PSR-A3 is provided with the Panel V oices (voice numbers 01~171) and GM V oices (voice numbers 01~137). GM V oices are used for the accompaniment. Refer to the GM V oice List on page 91 for the accompaniment track voice editing. Polyphony The PSR-A3 can play up to 32 individual notes at the same time (i.
89 Panel Voice List / Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Piano 01 0 0 0 Grand Piano 1 02 0 0 1 Bright Piano 1 03 0 0 2 Honky-tonk Piano 2 04 0 0 3 Fun.
90 V oice List / Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Brass 86 0 0 85 Trumpet 2 87 0 0 86 Flugel Horn 2 88 0 0 87 Muted Trumpet 2 89 0 0 88 Trombone 2 9.
91 GM Voice List / MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number Number Used Piano 01 0 Acoustic Grand Piano 1 02 1 Bright Acoustic Piano 1 03 2 Electric Grand Piano 2 04 3 Honky-tonk Piano 2 0.
92 Note# Note 161/129: Standard Kit (0) 162/130: Room Kit (8) 163/131: Rock Kit (16) 164/132: Electronic Kit (24) 165/133: Analog Kit (25) 25 C # 0 Surdo Mute < —— < —— < —— < .
93 Note# Note 166/134: Jazz Kit (32) 167/135: Brush Kit (40) 168/136: Classic Kit (48) 169: Panel Arabic Kit (64) 137: GM Arabic Kit (64) 25 C # 0< —— < —— < —— — 26 D0 < —.
94 MIDI Implementation Char t / [Portable Keyboard] Date: 1995. 5. 18 Model: PSR-A3 MIDI Implementation Char t Version: 1.00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default 1~16 CH 1~16 CH (*1) .
95 *1 PSR-A3 ordinarily functions as 16 MIDI channel multi-timbral tone generator controlled by MIDI reception data. Panel voices and the other panel settings are not affected by the MIDI message, exc.
96 *10 Exclusive The following system exclusive parameters are supported. <GM system ON> F0H, 7EH, 7FH, 09H, 01H, F7H All parameters except MIDI master Tuning and Dsp setting are reset to their default values. Remote Channel setting is canceled.
97 <Table-1> Parameter Change SYSTEM Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 00 00 00 4 0000 - 07FF MASTER TUNE -102.
98 Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 4A 2 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 5 MSB Refer to Table-3 Depends on variation type 00-7F VARIATION PARAMETER 5 LSB Refer to Table-3.
99 <Table-2> Effect map The following types in the boxes can be controlled by the PSR-A3 settings. The numbers in the brackets are PSR-A3 panel effect numbers.
100 <Table-3> Effect Parameter List Only the following parameter numbers are effective. Parameter values consists of 2-bytes. Enter 00H for MSB and appropriate value for LSB. * Parameter number 10 Dry/Wet is effective only when Variation connection is insertion.
101 TYPE Type Parameter Parameter Value Description MSB(H) Number 46 TREMOLO 1 LFO Frequency 0-127 0.00~39.7Hz 2 AM Depth 0-127 3 PM Depth 0-127 6 EQ Low Frequency 8-40 50Hz~2.
103 FCC INFORMA TION (U .S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.
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