PSR-450 Owner’s Manual
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Setting Up 10
Power Requirements.........................................................10
Turning On the Power .......................................................11
Accessory Jacks................................................................ 11
Panel Controls and Terminals 12
Quick Guide
STEP 1
Playing Songs
..................................................................14
• Listen To the Demo Songs
.............................................14
• Select and Play One Song
..............................................14
STEP 2
Play Using the Music Database
.........................16
• Music Database
.................................................................16
• Settings Included In the Music Database
..................17
STEP 3
Play Using a Style
........................................................18
• Rhythm-only Accompaniment
......................................18
• Full Accompaniment With Left-hand Chords
...........19
• Adding Variations To the Style (Sections)
................20
• Handy Style Playback Functions
.................................22
Ways To Start Style Playback...........................................22
Ways To Stop Style Playback ...........................................23
Setting the Style Volume...................................................23
STEP 4
Try Out the Various Instrument Voices......24
• Play the Grand Piano Voice...........................................24
• Play With the Metronome ...............................................24
Starting and Stopping the Metronome...............................24
Setting the Metronome Tempo..........................................24
Setting the Metronome Time Signature............................. 25
Setting the Metronome Volume.........................................25
• Select and Try Out a Variety Of Voices......................26
• Use One-touch Setting
To Automatically Select Voices
....................................27
• Try Out the Drum Kits......................................................27
• Play Different Voices With
the Left and Right Hands
................................................28
One-touch Split Voice Selection........................................28
Changing the Split Point....................................................28
• Play Two Voices At the Same Time (Dual Voice) ....29
• Main and Dual Voice Settings.......................................29
STEP 5
Play With a Variety Of Effects............................30
• Pitch Variation With the Pitch bend Wheel ...............30
Adjust the Pitch bend Range.............................................30
• Add Harmony To the Right-hand Melody ..................31
Select the Harmony Type..................................................31
Play With Harmony............................................................32
• Add Reverb.........................................................................32
• Add DSP Effects................................................................33
STEP 6
Record Your Performance .....................................34
• Recording Procedure ......................................................34
• Clearing User Song Data................................................36
Song Clear ........................................................................36
Track Clear........................................................................37
Basic Operation and LCD Display 38
Data Backup & Initialization 41
Data Backup......................................................................41
Data Initialization ...............................................................41
Performance Features 42
• Touch Response for Keyboard Dynamics Control.42
Touch response On/Off .....................................................42
Touch Response Sensitivity Adjustment ...........................42
• Transpose Pitch up or Down
in Semitone Increments
..................................................43
• Fine Pitch Tuning..............................................................43
Playing Style (Accompaniment) Chords 44
• Simple Chords Using 1 ~ 3 Fingers.............................44
• Full Chords .........................................................................44
• Looking Up Chords Using the Dictionary..................46
Song Playback Functions 48
• Changing the Melody Voice of a Song .......................48
• Song Volume......................................................................48
• Repeat Playback................................................................49
Easy Performer 50
• Play With Easy Performer ..............................................50
Save the Panel Settings
(Registration Memory) 52
• Saving the Current Panel Settings...............................52
• Recall the Save panel Settings .....................................53
Floppy Disk Save and Load 54
• Playing Disk Songs ..........................................................54
Change the Playback Octave Of a Track ..........................55
• Save ......................................................................................55
Load...................................................................................57
Delete ................................................................................58
Format ...............................................................................59
MIDI Functions 62
• What Is MIDI? .....................................................................62
• Things You Can Do With MIDI.......................................63
• Connecting to a Personal Computer...........................64
• Local On/Off .......................................................................64
• PSR-450 Panel Setting Transmission (Initial Send) 65
• Clock Settings....................................................................66
Voice List..................................................................................67
Maximum Polyphony .........................................................67
Drum Kit List ...........................................................................74
Style List...................................................................................76
Music Database List..............................................................77
Effect Type List.......................................................................78
MIDI Implementation Chart..................................................80
MIDI Data Format....................................................................81
Effect map .........................................................................82
Troubleshooting.....................................................................83
Specifications .........................................................................84
Index ..........................................................................................85
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