Yamaha PortaTone PSR-270, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...egulations that relate to the disposal of prod ucts that contain lead batteries plastics etc If your dealer is unable to assist you please contact Yamaha directly NAME PLATE LOCATION The name plate is...

Page 3: ...recommended by Yamaha only Using the wrong adaptor can result in damage to the in strument or overheating Before cleaning the instrument always remove the electric plug from the outlet Never insert or...

Page 4: ...Dynamic Filter which dynamically adjusts the timbre or tone of a voice accord ing to your playing strength just a like a real musical instrument Convenient footswitch control over various functions in...

Page 5: ...gered Chords 56 SETTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT SPLIT POINT 58 Function Parameter Accompaniment Split Point 59 WHAT IS A CHORD 60 WRITING CHORD NAMES 61 The Intervals of the Scale 61 Other Chords 61 CHORD G...

Page 6: ...the Sync Start function on and off See page 48 START STOP button When the Style mode is selected this alternately starts and stops the auto accompaniment See page 48 In the Song mode this alternately...

Page 7: ...RMONY button This turns the Harmony effect on and off See page 43 REVERB button This turns the Reverb effect on and off See page 40 DUAL button This turns the Dual mode on and off See page 34 TOUCH bu...

Page 8: ...other AC adaptors could result in damage to the instrument so be sure to ask for the right kind Connect one end of the adaptor to the DC IN 10 12V jack on the rear panel of your PortaTone and the othe...

Page 9: ...ootswitch functions the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano press and hold down the footswitch as you play the keyboard to sustain the sound Connecting a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo Syste...

Page 10: ...CCCCC DDDDDD EEEEEE FFFFFF GGGGGG HHHHHH Playing the Piano Voice z Press the PORTABLE GRAND button The Grand Piano voice is automatically selected x Play the keyboard Step1 Voices Want to find out mor...

Page 11: ...ck Organ 2 026 16 2 Organ 027 16 4 Organ 028 Church Organ 029 Reed Organ 030 Musette Accordion 031 Traditional Accordion 032 Bandoneon GUITAR 033 Classical Guitar 034 Folk Guitar 035 12Strings Guitar...

Page 12: ...Auto accompaniment 001 001 116 MEASURE TEMPO 8BtPop1 STYLE 0028BtPop2 STYLE ACMP ON OFF SYNC START START STOP INTRO ENDING rit MAIN A B AUTO FILL Accompaniment section ACMP ON OFF SYNC START START STO...

Page 13: ...Pop 1 22 Dance Pop 2 23 Techno 24 Eurobeat 25 Euro House 26 Hip Hop 27 Synth Boogie DISCO 28 70s Disco 29 Disco Tropical 30 Polka Pop ROCK 31 8Beat Rock Ballad 32 16Beat Rock Ballad 33 Hard Rock 34 Ro...

Page 14: ...t is shown in the display x Set the key to match that of the song you wish to play Enter the number of sharps or flats of the corresponding key v Play single note chords root note on the keyboard Want...

Page 15: ...our own custom chord progressions and play along with those if you like Want to find out more See page 68 001 116TEMPO EZ 1 STYLE ACMPON EZ 2 STYLE Accompaniment section 001 001 116 GrandPno STYLE VOI...

Page 16: ...ent of the instrument z Press the DEMO button Step 4 Songs x Select a song Playing back a single song Naturally you can also individually select and play back any of the PortaTone s songs z Enter the...

Page 17: ...Touch Setting record mode e Select the desired User bank 1 4 t Turn off the User One Touch Setting record mode Calling up a User One Touch Setting A Select Function 41 and select the desired bank 1 4...

Page 18: ...lit At the same time the Function number F02 in the example above changes automatically to the current value of the Function param eter Current value of the selected Function parameter v Use the numer...

Page 19: ...e Chorus Send Level 37 F26 S DspLvl Split Voice DSP Effect Send Level 37 F27 S Voice Split Voice 37 F28 Split Split On Off 37 F29 SplitPnt Split Point 37 Function Parameters List Step 5 Function Param...

Page 20: ...p Send to Save Data on pages 99 102 Playing back multi track song data up to 16 channels on the PSR 270 See page 97 PSR 270 PSR 270 MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN PSR 270 MIDI OUT MIDI IN Set Remot...

Page 21: ...and edit the data on the computer sequencer MIDI receive playback PSR 270 MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI keyboard with no tone generator MIDI receive Controlling the PSR 270 with a MIDI keyboard controller no...

Page 22: ...ion is indicated by a dark bar that appears next to its name printed on the panel Notation Keyboard These two portions of the display conveniently indicate notes When a user song with chords is being...

Page 23: ...elected song voice or style It also displays the name and current value or setting of the Overall functions and the Function parameters as well as other important operation messages PANEL DISPLAY INDI...

Page 24: ...de active and calls up style 91 Rock Ballad It also resets the footswitch to Sustain operation The Portable Grand setting is designed also for playing with the special Pianist styles 91 100 When auto...

Page 25: ...et to various quarter note based meters The time signature changes automatically when a style or song is selected Simultaneously hold down the METRONOME button and press the button on the numeric keyp...

Page 26: ...menu 2 Change the value Use the OVERALL buttons to increase or decrease the Metronome Volume value Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value PORTABLE GRAND 1 Select the...

Page 27: ...de page 36 lets you set up two different voices for playing from separate sections of the keyboard Moreover each mode features special effect sections that let you enhance the sound of the Voice or Vo...

Page 28: ...he voice This pause allows for entering three digit voice numbers such as 235 Entering the numbers 2 then 4 immediately calls up voice 24 since there are no voices 240 or higher If you want to immedia...

Page 29: ...he background as indi cated by the mode name in the display without the rectangle you can also play styles or songs respectively in the Voice mode by simply pressing the START STOP button The last sel...

Page 30: ...ASURE TEMPO M Volume STYLE FUNCTION Function Parameters Main Voice The Function parameters provide additional settings for the Main voice These settings are especially useful when using a second voice...

Page 31: ...Volume STYLE FUNCTION Function Parameters No Parameter Name Display Name Range Settings F01 Main Voice Volume M Volume 0 127 F02 Main Voice Octave M Octave 2 2 octaves F03 Main Voice Pan M Pan 7 full...

Page 32: ...1 octave 1 Select the Transpose function in the Overall menu Press one of the OVERALL buttons repeatedly if necessary until Transpos appears in the display 2 Change the value Use the OVERALL buttons t...

Page 33: ...enu Press one of the OVERALL buttons repeatedly if necessary until Tun ing appears in the display 2 Change the value Use the OVERALL buttons to increase or decrease the Tuning value Holding down eithe...

Page 34: ...step 2 above For the Dual voice to be heard properly make sure to Select a different voice 17 Dual Voice Set the volume to an appropriate level 11 Dual Volume PLAYING TWO VOICES DUAL VOICE 001 116 ME...

Page 35: ...me Display Name Range Settings F11 Dual Voice Volume D Volume 0 127 F12 Dual Voice Octave D Octave 2 2 octaves F13 Dual Voice Pan D Pan 7 full left 0 center 7 full right F14 Dual Voice Reverb D RevLvl...

Page 36: ...e to Set the volume to an appropriate level 21 Split Volume Set the octave to a musically appropriate setting 22 Split Octave For example a bass voice might best be played with a 1 setting while a str...

Page 37: ...tereo image For a spacious sounding effect set this value at or near 7 and set the Main Voice Pan page 31 at the opposite positive value This determines how much of the Split voice s signal is sent to...

Page 38: ...ND TOUCH SENSITIVITY 1 Call up the Function mode Press the FUNCTION button 2 Select the desired Function parameter number While the FUNCTION indication is flashing use the numeric keypad to select the...

Page 39: ...DSP Send Level Harmony Type On Off Volume Use the panel HARMONY and DUAL buttons to turn the respective functions on or off A setting of 1 results in limited touch response this setting produces a re...

Page 40: ...one from a MIDI device For details see page 116 3 Set the Reverb Send Level for the desired voice s The Main Dual and Split voices can each be set to have different amounts of Reverb Use the correspon...

Page 41: ...have different amounts of Chorus Use the corresponding Chorus Send Level parameters in the Function mode Main 05 Dual 15 Split 25 to control this See pages 31 35 37 If the Chorus Send Level is set to...

Page 42: ...ed voices These settings are not saved when you turn off the power If you wish to save them save them to a User bank in the One Touch Setting feature page 72 Eighteen additional DSP Types are availabl...

Page 43: ...is set to a value near or at 000 the Harmony effect may not be heard Restoring the Default Value If you ve changed the parameter setting you can instantly restore the default setting by pressing both...

Page 44: ...Type DspType See DSP Type list below F37 Harmony On Off Harmony on off F38 Harmony Type HarmType See Harmony Type list below F39 Harmony Volume HarmVol 000 127 Description This turns the Reverb effec...

Page 45: ...ross Delay CrossDly 30 Distortion Hard D Hard 31 Distortion Soft D Soft 32 EQ Disco EQ Disco 33 EQ Telephone EQ Tel 34 Off Off Description Concert hall reverb Small room reverb Reverb for solo instrum...

Page 46: ...es 1 5 are pitch based and add one two or three note harmonies to the single note melody played in the right hand These types only sound when chords are played in the auto accompaniment section of the...

Page 47: ...set by default to keys F 2 and lower is for the auto accompaniment function The Style mode also has the powerful Chord Guide features which include three sophisticated learn ing and performance tools...

Page 48: ...etter of the selected section A or B Using Sync Start The PortaTone also has a Sync Start function that allows you to start the rhythm accompaniment by simply pressing a key on the key board To use Sy...

Page 49: ...or B to indicate that the selected Main section is currently playing Using Sync Start with an Intro section You can also use the Sync Start function with the special Intro section of the selected sty...

Page 50: ...the above methods Simply press the ACMP ON OFF button to turn on the auto accompaniment This can be done at any point in the operation When using Sync Start with the auto accompaniment only keys in th...

Page 51: ...hm accompaniment stops playing immediately Using an Ending section Press the INTRO ENDING button The accompaniment stops after the Ending section is finished This function can also be controlled by us...

Page 52: ...PON Indicates that auto accompa niment is on DICTIONARY SMART EZ OFF CHORD GUIDE ACMP ON OFF SYNC START START STOP INTRO ENDING rit MAIN A B AUTO FILL Pressing this button alternately enables and canc...

Page 53: ...nt section to start the accompaniment again This is especially effective when you press the SYNC START button at the end of a musical phrase Chords played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyb...

Page 54: ...BB This function can also be controlled by using a connected footswitch See page 91 If you press the MAIN A or B button the Fill in will begin immediately and the newly selected section A or B will a...

Page 55: ...or decrease the Accompaniment Volume value Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value Restoring the Default Value To restore the default Accompaniment Volume value 100 p...

Page 56: ...derstands what chord you indicate and then automatically generates the accompaniment Single Finger Chords Chords that can be produced in Single Finger operation are major minor seventh and minor seven...

Page 57: ...aug 1 3 5 Major seventh augmented M7aug 1 3 5 7 Minor m 1 b3 5 Minor add ninth m 9 1 2 b3 5 Minor sixth m6 1 b3 5 6 Minor seventh m7 1 b3 5 b7 Minor seventh ninth m7 9 1 2 b3 5 b7 Minor seventh add e...

Page 58: ...s set to the same key as the Accompaniment Split Point 1 Call up the Function mode Press the FUNCTION button 2 Select the Accompaniment Split Point parameter While the FUNCTION indication is flashing...

Page 59: ...000 127 Split Point Description This determines the highest key for the accompani ment section and sets the accompaniment split point in other words the key that separates the accompaniment section a...

Page 60: ...is four semitones higher than the first and the third is three semitones higher than the second Keeping our root note fixed and changing these notes by a semitone up or down sharp or flat we can crea...

Page 61: ...e indicated in the chord name of the chord type as a number the number being the distance of the note from the root See the keyboard diagram below For example the minor 6th chord includes the 6th note...

Page 62: ...GUIDE button so that a style name is shown in the display instead of Dict Smart or EZ Dictionary The Dictionary type is essentially a built in chord book that shows you the individual notes of chords...

Page 63: ...116 MEASURE TEMPO Dict STYLE ACMPON M7 Indicates notes to be played Flashes when correct notes are held Pressing this key selects the major seventh chord type M7 The display shows the name of the cho...

Page 64: ...ibed in steps 1 2 on page 47 2 Select the Smart Chord Guide Press the CHORD GUIDE button so that Smart appears briefly in the display 3 Set the desired key Use the buttons on the numeric keypad to ste...

Page 65: ...y of F F Dm Gm Dm No Display Root note indication C C Db D Eb D E F F Gb G Ab G A Bb A B 01 b 0 C C dim Dm Eb Em F F dim G Ab Am Bb Bm 02 1 C C dim D Eb Em F F m G Abdim Am Bb Bm 03 2 C C m D Ebdim Em...

Page 66: ...the next without breaking up your chord progression 2 Select the EZ Chord function Press the CHORD GUIDE button repeatedly if necessary until EZ appears The auto accompaniment is automatically turned...

Page 67: ...the position to the first chord in the bank simply select the same bank again by pressing the corresponding number button of the numeric keypad The accompaniment Split Point can be freely set letting...

Page 68: ...EZ Chord bank For instructions on doing this see Clearing an EZ Chord Bank on page 71 2 At the selected block record the desired chord You can do this in one of two ways Play Multi Fingering chords in...

Page 69: ...ecord mode When finished recording the chords press the RECORD button This exits from the record mode and lets you playback your newly re corded chords See page 66 Playing the Accompaniment During EZ...

Page 70: ...akes it easier to perform the chord changes Regardless of the musical genre rock pop country jazz and even much contemporary music the structure of most songs and music in terms of length in measures...

Page 71: ...hold down the 0 button until the Clear prompt appears 4 Execute the Clear function At the Clear prompt press the button YES to actually clear the bank or press the button to cancel 5 Continue recordi...

Page 72: ...in A or B and Accompaniment Split Point Overall menu settings Tempo Transpose Tuning and Accompaniment Volume Footswitch assignment Touch Sensitivity setting Recording a User One Touch Setting 1 Make...

Page 73: ...indicate that settings have been saved to OTS User button 1 4 Select the desired User number Press the corresponding USER ONE TOUCH SETTING button 1 4 Doing this records the settings to the selected b...

Page 74: ...reset One Touch Setting 1 Select a style Select one of the styles as described in steps 1 2 on page 47 2 Press the appropriate ONE TOUCH SETTING PRESET button Press the PRESET button A B corresponding...

Page 75: ...ng enjoyment however you can also play along with them on the keyboard The User songs are empty and cannot be played until something has been recorded to them For instructions on recording your own so...

Page 76: ...ing a connected footswitch See page 91 CHANGING THE TEMPO The tempo of song and style playback can be adjusted over a range of 32 280 bpm beats per minute 1 Select the Tempo function in the Overall me...

Page 77: ...ting a different song or style The set tempo remains however when switching styles during playback When you turn on the power of the PortaTone the tempo is automatically set to 116 bpm ABOUT THE BEAT...

Page 78: ...ng down either button continuously increases or decreases the value Restoring the Default Value To restore the default Song Volume value 100 press both OVERALL buttons simultaneously when Song Volume...

Page 79: ...l of a performance since it allows you to record as you are playing and simultaneously hear what you are recording Which method you use depends partly on the type of music you wish to create and partl...

Page 80: ...te bass and chord back ing For more information on auto accompaniment see page 52 If desired also make other settings Refer to the list above for settings that can be recorded to a song SONG RECORDING...

Page 81: ...ng but not the same track SONG RECORDING RECORD RECORD indication flashes briefly then stays lit to indicate record standby 004 001 116 MEASURE TEMPO RealTime RECORD STYLE Using the Metronome You can...

Page 82: ...earse your part before recording press the SYNC START button to turn Sync Start off After rehearsing press SYNC START again to return to the above condition If you wish to cancel recording at this poi...

Page 83: ...p 5 above Alternately simply press the START STOP button to start recording Clearing a Single Track If you wish to erase a single track without clearing the entire song in the Song Clear operation pag...

Page 84: ...g but not the same track Data that can be recorded to the normal melody tracks Note on off Velocity Main voice settings Voice Number Volume Octave Pan Reverb Send Level Chorus Send Level DSP Send Leve...

Page 85: ...ther track SONGTRACK 4 5 3 2 1 6 16 5 Start recording When the RECORD indication stops flashing and the track number starts flashing you can start recording Record each note or chord and rest individu...

Page 86: ...u can use the keys to move backward and forward in the track When material has been recorded this steps through and sounds each note in succession SONG RECORDING q 96 Clicks q 96 Clicks q 96 Clicks q...

Page 87: ...to three equal units Each note or rest of a triplet must be entered separately Dotted notes extend the length of a note by half in other words the length of a dotted eighth note is an eighth note plus...

Page 88: ...ired 4 At the Delete prompt press the button To cancel press the button 6 Listen to your new recording You can listen to the entire step recorded track at any time by pressing the START STOP button Th...

Page 89: ...ty at the selected note and ending with a velocity increase of 10 Display Type Description Diminuendo 1 This creates a two measure diminuendo starting with the current velocity at the selected note an...

Page 90: ...can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the number use the keys to step up and down through the param eters or press the FUNC TION button to advance through the parameter numbers Since the FUNCT...

Page 91: ...ON indication is flashing use the numeric keypad to select Footswitch Assign 71 Function parameter numbers can be selected in the same way as with the voices see page 28 with the numeric keypad keys o...

Page 92: ...see pages 48 Each press of the footswitch alternately starts and stops song or accompaniment playback When the Style mode is active this provides the same function as the INTRO ENDING button see page...

Page 93: ...So then what is the information from the keyboard that becomes the basis for note production For example let s say you play a C quarter note using the grand piano sound on the PSR 270 keyboard Unlike...

Page 94: ...ransmit data unique to each instrument manufacturer and Realtime Mes sages that control the MIDI device The messages transmitted received by the PSR 270 are shown in the MIDI Implementation Chart on p...

Page 95: ...the MIDI termi nals of the personal computer Computer sequencer software Computer sequencer software When using a MIDI interface with a Macintosh series com puter connect the RS 422 terminal of the c...

Page 96: ...y after step 1 above 3 Change the parameter setting or value After the FUNCTION indication stops flashing use the numeric keypad to change the value or setting Restoring the Default Value If you ve ch...

Page 97: ...is determines whether Auto Accompaniment data is transmitted via MIDI OUT or not When set to on Auto Accompaniment data is transmitted over channels 3 10 as listed below The default setting is on Acco...

Page 98: ...ta and settings to another device such as a sequencer computer or MIDI data filer The saved settings are User One Touch Setting banks 1 4 User Songs 1 3 and EZ Chord banks 1 8 which you can then reloa...

Page 99: ...g MIDI data Refer to the MDF3 Owner s Manual 2 On the PortaTone select the Bulk Dump Send function Do this in the normal way 1 Press the FUNCTION button 2 Select parameter 86 with the numeric keypad 3...

Page 100: ...e Sure prompt start sending the data Press the button to actually start transmitting the data or press the button to cancel the operation and return to step 3 YESSure STYLE FUNCTION End STYLE FUNCTION...

Page 101: ...e and that it is not in the middle of an operation such as song recording or playback accompaniment playback EZ Chord recording Bulk Dump Send etc 3 Start sending the data from the connected MIDI devi...

Page 102: ...the song you could also do this in the middle of a song for example completely changing the PortaTone settings for the next section of the song USING INITIAL SETUP SEND WITH A SEQUENCER Sending Initi...

Page 103: ...mit ting the data An End message briefly appears in the display when the operation is complete followed by the InitSnd prompt 5 Stop recording on the sequencer Stop recording on the sequencer in the n...

Page 104: ...97 is set to off the PortaTone voices will not sound even when playing the keyboard If Keyboard Out Function 82 page 97 is set to off the connected MIDI device will not sound when playing the PortaTon...

Page 105: ...rom note to note The sound of the voice changes from note to note Problem Possible Cause and Solution TROUBLESHOOTING DATA BACKUP INITIALIZATION Except for the data listed below all PSR 270 panel sett...

Page 106: ...g Clear Recording Song User Song 3 Songs Real Time Recording Step Recording Recording Tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 CHORD EZ Chord 8 Banks Bank Chain OTS One Touch Setting User 4 Setups x 4 Banks MIDI Transmit S...

Page 107: ...107 SONG SCORES EZ Chord banks 1 2 105 The Entertainer Style No 93 Swing EZ Chord Bank 2 Menuet Style No 1 8Beat Pop 1 EZ Chord Bank 1...

Page 108: ...total number of available notes for playing on the keyboard is correspondingly reduced The same applies to the Dual Voice Split Voice and Song functions The Voice List includes MIDI program change nu...

Page 109: ...ss 047 0 112 38 Synth Bass 048 0 113 38 Techno Bass 049 0 113 39 Dance Bass ENSEMBLE 050 0 112 48 Strings 051 0 112 49 Chamber Strings 052 0 112 50 Synth Strings 053 0 113 49 Slow Strings 054 0 112 44...

Page 110: ...0 104 Sitar 216 0 0 105 Banjo 217 0 0 106 Shamisen 218 0 0 107 Koto 219 0 0 108 Kalimba 220 0 0 109 Bagpipe PIANO 111 0 0 0 Acoustic Grand Piano 112 0 0 1 Bright Acoustic Piano 113 0 0 2 Electric Gran...

Page 111: ...2 Country 2 4 063 Country Rock 064 Country Ballad 065 Country Shuffle 066 Country Waltz BALLROOM LATIN 067 Cha Cha 068 Rhumba 069 Pasodoble 070 Tango Continental BALLROOM STANDARD 071 Foxtrot 072 Jive...

Page 112: ...1 F 1 Floor Tom L Room Tom 1 Rock Tom 1 E Tom 1 42 F 1 1 Hi Hat Closed 43 G 1 Floor Tom H Room Tom 2 Rock Tom 2 E Tom 2 44 G 1 1 Hi Hat Pedal 45 A 1 Low Tom Room Tom 3 Rock Tom 3 E Tom 3 46 A 1 1 Hi H...

Page 113: ...4 Brush Tom 4 Jazz Tom 4 48 C 2 Analog Tom 5 Analog Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5 Brush Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5 49 C 2 Analog Cymbal Analog Cymbal Hand Cym L Open 50 D 2 Analog Tom 6 Analog Tom 6 Jazz Tom 6 Brush Tom 6 J...

Page 114: ...Control Change 0 32 O O Bank Select 1 X 2 O Modulation 7 10 O O 11 X 2 O Expression 6 38 X 2 O Data Entry 64 O O Sustain 84 X 2 O Portamento Control 91 93 94 O O Effect Depth 96 97 X O Data Inc Dec 10...

Page 115: ...eously Universal System Exclusive The values of mm is used for MIDI Master Tuning Values for ll are ignored MIDI Master Tuning F0H 43H 1nH 27H 30H 00H 00H mm ll cc F7H This message simultaneously chan...

Page 116: ...NO EFFECT 065 CHORUS 2 CHORUS2 066 CELESTE 1 CHORUS1 067 FLANGER 3 FLANGER1 4 FLANGER2 068 127 NO EFFECT TYPE TYPE LSB MSB 00 01 02 08 16 17 18 19 20 000 NO EFFECT 001 1 HALL1 2 HALL2 002 ROOM 3 ROOM...

Page 117: ...nome 24 MIDI 93 MIDI channels 97 MIDI Implementation Chart 114 MIDI terminals 94 MIDI about 93 mode indicator 22 Multi Fingering 56 music stand 23 N numeric keypad 6 28 O One Touch Setting 72 One Touc...

Page 118: ...contact Yamaha directly at the address provided below 2 Deliver the unit to be serviced under warranty to the retailer selling the product an authorized service center or to Yamaha with an explanation...

Page 119: ...ng Yamaha Music Center Jalan Jend Gatot Subroto Kav 4 Jakarta 12930 Indonesia Tel 21 520 2577 KOREA Cosmos Corporation 131 31 Neung Dong Sungdong Ku Seoul Korea Tel 02 466 0021 5 MALAYSIA Yamaha Music...

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