Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A3, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...M D G EMI Division 1995 Yamaha Corporation VT49660 509POCP1 3 01A0 Printed in Japan ...

Page 2: ...back up what you play on the keyboard Large multi function LCD display panel makes it easy to select and edit parameters One Touch Setting feature instantly provides you with four types of registration settings all of which match to the selected accompaniment style Digital Effects Reverb Chorus and DSP let you freely create a variety of different sonic environments Minus One and Repeat functions a...

Page 3: ... Recall the Scale Settings 45 Accompaniment Scale Tuning 46 Registration Memory 47 Registering the Panel Settings 47 Recall the Registered Panel Settings 49 The Accomp Freeze Function 49 Song Recording 50 Recording a Melody Track 50 Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody 53 Accompaniment and Melody Playback 56 Play from a Specified Measure 57 Voice Volume Rewrite 58 Clearing the SONG TRA...

Page 4: ...orce to the controls con nectors or other parts of the instrument Always unplug cables by gripping the plug firmly not by pulling on the cable Disconnect all cables before moving the instru ment Physical shocks caused by dropping bumping or placing heavy objects on the instrument can result in scratches and more serious damage Cleaning Clean the cabinet and panel with a dry soft cloth A slightly d...

Page 5: ...4 FUNCTION s t Buttons page 10 REGISTRATION MEMORY Section MEMORIZE Button page 48 1 4 Buttons page 48 49 ACCOMP FREEZE Button page 49 MODE Button page 11 STYLE Button page 33 Top Panel Controls VOICE Button page 12 ONE TOUCH SETTING Button page 42 Music CARTRIDGE Slot page 64 q KEYBOARD Section TOUCH RESPONSE Button page 17 DUAL VOICE Button page 17 HARMONY ECHO Button page 20 SUSTAIN Button page...

Page 6: ...DAREJ 114 SOUDASSI 115 KATAKOUFTI 116 AYOUB 117 ZAFFA 118 A DANI 119 KHALIGI 1 120 KHALIGI 2 121 BAMBI 122 FALLAHI 123 MAGHRIBI 124 HAJAA 125 VALS 126 FOX 127 ZAKY N 128 SAMBA MASRI 129 RHUMBA 130 GUARACHA 131 JERK 132 SHABABY 1 133 SHABABY 2 134 TSIFTETELI 135 ZEIMBEKIKOS 136 KALAMATA 137 SIRTOS 138 TSAMIKOS 139 KARSILAMAS 140 5 8 PIANO 01 GRAND PIANO 02 BRIGHT PNO 03 HONKY TONK 04 FUNKY E PNO 05...

Page 7: ...re that it locks firmly in place When the batteries run down replace them with a complete set of six new batteries NEVER mix old and new batter ies Do not use different kinds of batteries e g alkaline and manganese at the same time To prevent possible damage due to battery leakage remove the batteries from the instru ment if it is not to be used for an extended period of time Setting Up This secti...

Page 8: ...press for sustain release for normal sound The AUX OUT R and L R L jacks deliver the output of the PSR A3 for connection to an external amplifier mix ing console PA system or recording equipment If you will be connecting the PSR A3 to a monophonic sound system use only the L R L jack When a plug is inserted into the L R L jack only the left and right channel signals are com bined and delivered via...

Page 9: ...g1 TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT CHORD BEAT TOUCH MINUS ONE REVERB DUAL CHORUS HARMONY DSP SUSTAIN RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELODY 2 MELODY 1 1 1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC OTS 801 135102117130 101101 1 118 10 a01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED 1Switch ON Turn the power ON by press...

Page 10: ...ack while the demo plays Harmony effect see page 20 can be applied when playing along with the chord progres sion of the song 5Exit When Done Press the DEMO button the SONG PLAY STOP button or the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT START STOP button to stop demo play back then press the VOICE button to exit from the SONG function and return to the normal play mode display when you ve finished playing the demo son...

Page 11: ...n some cases Parameter Icons CART Cartridge Appears when a Music Cartridge song style or registration memory is selected page 64 BEAT Flashes at the current tempo and indicates the current beat during accompaniment and song playback page 36 OTS One Touch Setting Appears when the ONE TOUCH SETTING fea ture is engaged page 42 BEAT OTS The Functions The PSR A3 has a range of functions selected via th...

Page 12: ...Icons Like the accompaniment tracks each of the 3 song tracks has ON OFF voice number MELODY tracks and volume parameters that can be set as required page 50 Each track has its own icon which appears when the track is ON REGIST Registration Memory Indicates the currently selected REGIS TRATION MEMORY number page 49 TEMPO Shows the current tempo of accompani ment song playback page 34 TRANSPOSE The...

Page 13: ... 71 in the OVERALL function group can be quickly selected by pressing and holding the VOICE button ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK GrandPno TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT CHORD BEAT TOUCH MINUS ONE REVERB DUAL CHORUS HARMONY DSP SUSTAIN RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELODY 2 MELODY 1 1 1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC OTS 801 135102117130 101101 1 118 10 a01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MUL...

Page 14: ...nter the number of the de sired voice thereby immediately selecting that voice without having to step through a number of other voices Two digit voice numbers i e 01 through 99 are selected simply by entering the two digits in sequence e g to select voice number 57 briefly press the 5 buttons and then the 7 button Whenever you select a new voice the appropriate voice related parameters for that vo...

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Page 16: ...can be used together In this case the dual voice plays simultaneously with the right hand voice only Changing the Split Voice Related Parameters 1Select the SPLIT VOICE 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 SPLIT VOICE in the function list to the left of the display Split Point Split Voice 2Select...

Page 17: ... the split point key is included in the left hand section of the keyboard Simply press the key you want to assign as the split point The key number of the key you press will appear to the left of S Split on the top line of the display You can also use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to enter the split point key number The lowest key on the keyboard C1 is key number 36 mi...

Page 18: ...touch response e g organ and harpsichord Dual Voice When the DUAL VOICE feature is engaged you can play two voices simul taneously across the entire keyboard the keyboard voice you select in the normal way page 12 and a dual voice selected via the DUAL VOICE func tion The DUAL VOICE feature is turned ON and OFF by pressing the DUAL VOICE button The dual voice icon overlapping keyboards will appear...

Page 19: ...ut ton FUNCTION Strings2 873 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 2Select the Function and Set As Required Use the cursor and buttons to select the desired function and then the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to set as required the name of the selected function and its current setting ap pear on the top line of the...

Page 20: ...ets the chorus send level for the dual voice The chorus send level determines the amount of signals input to the chorus effect The level range is 00 no effect to 127 maximum effect D Pan Positions the dual voice in the stereo sound field The pan range is from 7 to 7 7 is full left and 7 is full right If the Voice Set function is ON page 73 the Dual Voice param eters will change automatically whene...

Page 21: ... the display appears next to HARM ECHO in the function list to the left of the display You can also enter the HARM ECHO function by pressing and holding the HARMONY ECHO button until the arrow jumps to the HARM ECHO position and the current harmony echo name appears in the display FUNCTION Block 805 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT Ha...

Page 22: ... chords played this type will sometimes produce a more colorful sound 08 4WayOpen Four note chords with open voice large intervals between the notes The result is a very open sound Since the harmony notes can be as much as two octaves below the melody avoid playing in the lower registers 09 Octave One note is added an octave below the melody 10 Strum The notes and assignments are the same as in th...

Page 23: ...lo1 8 This type creates 8th note tremolos 16 Tremolo1 12 This type creates 8th note triplet tremolos 17 Tremolo1 16 This type creates 16th note tremolos 18 Tremolo1 32 This type creates 32nd note tremolos 19 Trill1 12 This type creates 8th note triplet trilled repeats 20 Trill1 16 This type creates 16th note trilled repeats 21 Trill1 24 This type creates 16th note triplet trilled repeats 22 Trill1...

Page 24: ...ansposition As Required Use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to set the desired degree of transposition The transpose range is from 12 to 12 allowing a maximum upward or downward transposition of 1 octave A setting of 0 produces the normal pitch Negative values can be entered by pressing the number buttons while holding the NO button NO YES 0 7 8 9 PITCH BEND Pitch Bend T...

Page 25: ...1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC OTS 801 135102117130 101101 1 118 10 a01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Selecting the Reverb Effect Type Changing the Reverb Effect The PSR A3 has three types of digital effects Reverb Chorus and DSP that can be turned ON or OFF by pressing the REVERB button CHORUS...

Page 26: ...page 82 for more details on the Digital Effects The reverb return level desig nated here affects the entire setting while the reverb send level can be applied to the voice selected via the VOICE function the split voice and the dual voice separately via the RevLevel in the OVERALL function group the S RevLvl in the SPLIT VOICE function and the D RevLvl in the DUAL VOICE function see pages 72 16 an...

Page 27: ...AL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT CURSOR FUNCTION Chorus1 101 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT CURSOR You can also enter the Chorus Type function by pressing and holding the CHORUS button until the arrow jumps to the DIGITAL EFFECT posi tion and the current chorus type name appears in the display See page 83 for a ...

Page 28: ...l can be applied to the voice selected via the VOICE function the split voice and the dual voice separately via the ChoLevel in the OVERALL function group the S ChoLvl in the SPLIT VOICE function and the D ChoLvl in the DUAL VOICE function see pages 72 16 and 19 The default chorus return level 64 can be recalled instantly by pressing both the NO and YES buttons simultaneously 2Set the Chorus Retur...

Page 29: ... DSP Types 01 04 Hall 1 4 05 08 Room 1 4 09 10 Stage 1 2 11 12 Plate 1 2 13 14 Early Reflection 1 2 15 Gate Reverb 16 Reverse Gate 17 21 Chorus 1 5 22 25 Flanger 1 4 26 Symphonic 27 Phaser 28 32 Rotary Speaker 1 5 33 34 Tremolo 1 2 35 Guitar Tremolo 36 Auto Pan 37 Auto Wah 38 Delay L C R 39 Delay L R 40 Echo 41 Cross Delay 42 Distortion Hard 43 Distortion Soft 44 EQ Disco 45 EQ Telephone 46 OFF Se...

Page 30: ... select the DSP Return Level function See page 82 for more details on the Digital Effects The DSP return level can not be changed for the insertion DSP types see page 82 In this case will appear on the display The default DSP return level 64 can be recalled instantly by pressing both the NO and YES buttons simultaneously 3Exit Press the VOICE button or select a different function to exit from the ...

Page 31: ...hords are played as follows ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK 8BeatPop TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT CHORD BEAT TOUCH MINUS ONE REVERB DUAL CHORUS HARMONY DSP SUSTAIN RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELODY 2 MELODY 1 1 1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL REGIST REC REC REC OTS 801 134126152105 101101 1 118 10 a01 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL S...

Page 32: ...RM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT CURSOR 2If the FINGERED Mode is Selected Select the Desired Fingering Mode The PSR A3 has three fingering modes for fingered accompaniment Normal Bass and Full The NORMAL mode is automatically selected whenever the power is initially turned ON To select a different fingering mode first select the OVERALL functions by pressing the FUNCTION button to the left of the di...

Page 33: ... sions can be used with the following exceptions 6 chords are only recognized in root position All other inver sions are interpreted as m7 6 9 chords are only recognized in root position All other inver sions are interpreted as m11 m6 chords are only recognized in root position All other inver sions are interpreted as m7b5 1 2 5 chords are only recog nized in root position All other inversions are...

Page 34: ...ou play This means you can play in just about any style any where on the keyboard and the PSR A3 will automatically produce ap propriate accompaniment A single note one octave lower than the lowest note of the chord is recognized as a bass note and a single note eleven notes higher is recognized as a melody note The Harmony Echo feature page 20 has no effect in the FULL mode C on E C on G C 3Selec...

Page 35: ...an be selected by using either the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial these con trols function in the same way as for voice selection see page 12 The styles are listed in the STYLE list printed at the top of the instrument s con trol panel The number and name of the currently selected style appears on the top line of the display while the STYLE function is selected See page 65 ...

Page 36: ... Start with an introduction followed by the MAIN B section Press the INTRO button so that its indicator lights press the MAIN B button not necessary if its indicator is already flashing then press START STOP button INTRO ENDING MAIN AUTO FILL START STOP SYNC START STOP A B The INTRO button can be used to select the INTRO section even while the accompaniment is playing INTRO ENDING MAIN AUTO FILL S...

Page 37: ...iment by pressing the SYNC START STOP button a second time 7Play On the Auto accompaniment Section Of the Keyboard As soon as you play any fingering that the PSR A3 can recognize on the left hand section of the keyboard or anywhere on the keyboard if the FULL fingering mode is selected the PSR A3 will automatically begin to play the appropriate bass line and chord parts along with the selected sty...

Page 38: ...u select a different section the fill in will begin immediately and the new section will actually begin playing from the top of the next measure unless the MAIN A or B button is pressed during the last beat of the measure in which case the fill in will begin from the first beat of the next measure 9Stop the Accompaniment The accompaniment can be stopped at any time by pressing the START STOP butto...

Page 39: ...changed as required The same applies to the CHORD 1 and 2 and PHRASE 1 and 2 tracks The icons for all tracks that con tain data in any section will ap pear whenever an accompani ment style is selected What s in the Tracks ACCOMP TRACK RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE 1 1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL 135102117130 1 RHYTHM 1 2 Both these tracks provide the drum and or percussion sounds BASS The BASS track always ...

Page 40: ...ns The track icon will disappear when a track is muted For example PHRASE 1 and 2 tracks are turned ON or OFF at the same time by pressing the PHRASE track button The same applies to the RHYTHM 1 and 2 and CHORD 1 and 2 tracks RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ON OFF 1 1 1 ACCOMP LARGE SMALL ACCOMP TRACK RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE 1 1 1 ON OFF VOICE VOL 135102117130 1 TRACK ON OFF Individual accompan...

Page 41: ... Track Volume The volume of each accompaniment track can be adjusted to produce the ideal mix between tracks Use the cursor buttons to select the volume bar of the target track the volume bar will flash and then use the NO and YES buttons and the data dial to set the maximum volume of the track as required The shorter the bar the lower the volume During playback the top segment of each volume bar ...

Page 42: ...nt The key number of the key you press will appear to the left of AccSpPnt on the top line of the display You can also use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to enter the split point key number The low est key on the keyboard C1 is key number 36 middle C C3 is 60 and the highest key C6 is 96 The split point can be set at any key number from 00 through 127 allowing the split...

Page 43: ...Memory see page 47 No OTS will appear on the display if the optional cartridge styles have no one touch setting data One Touch Setting Parameter List Voice number Octave Pan Dual Voice Voice number volume octave reverb level chorus level pan Dual ON OFF Split Voice Voice number volume octave reverb level chorus level pan split point 59 DSP variation ON OFF Multi Pad Kit number Style parameters def...

Page 44: ...LTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Setting an Arabic Scale SCALE SETTING The SCALE SETTING buttons located at the top left side of the panel simulate an one octave keyboard C through B Pressing each button turns ON and OFF the Scale Setting feature of the specific note The Scale Setting feature affects all the notes having the same note nam...

Page 45: ... Tuning Use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to adjust the desired tuning The tuning range is from 64 to 63 cents one cent is one hundredth of a semitone NO YES 6 5 4 0 7 8 9 1 2 3 1 Using Arabic Scales You can return to the previous display SclTunem by pressing the cursor button Press the NO and YES buttons simultaneously to in stantly reset the scale tuning to 00 If the...

Page 46: ...the AC adaptor is connected All OFF scale settings regular scale can also be memorized The scale settings stored to a SCALE MEMORY button can be recalled at any time simply by pressing the appropriate button The indicator of the selected button will flash as soon as any change is made to the scale settings A flashing SCALE MEMORY indicator therefore indi cates that the current scale settings do no...

Page 47: ...r and buttons to select TuneAcc the Accompaniment Scale Tuning function FUNCTION TuneAcc oFF VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 2Turn the Accompaniment Scale Tuning ON OFF Use the NO and YES buttons or the data dial to turn the Accom paniment Scale Tuning OFF or ON The tuned accompaniment will be played when turned ON The Accompaniment ...

Page 48: ...variation ON OFF Reverb ON OFF Chorus ON OFF Sustain Panel ON OFF Reverb Level Chorus Level DSP Level Pitch Bend Range ACCOMPANIMENT PARAMETERS Mode NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Style number includes cartridge styles Tempo Split point Accomp Fingering mode Accompaniment volume Track data Track ON OFF voice volume Main A B section Transpose Multi Pad Kit number Reverb type return level Chorus type ...

Page 49: ...egistration Bank name in the display A Registration Bank name can consist of up to 8 characters The position of the charac ter you want to enter or change can be selected by moving the cursor Using the NO and YES buttons or the data dial enter the de sired character listed below The number buttons can also be used to en ter the number If you want to insert an underline character at the cursor posi...

Page 50: ...rrent panel settings are differ ent from those stored in the memory No REGISTRATION MEMORY indicator will be showing when the PSR A3 is turned ON or a bank is selected FUNCTION Bank1 101 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT ACCOMP FREEZE MEMORIZE 1 2 3 4 REGIST The Accomp Freeze Function When the ACCOMP FREEZE function is engaged the acco...

Page 51: ...owing operations and data Recording a Melody Track Note ON OFF Velocity Voice number Octave Pan Dual voice ON OFF Dual Voice voice number volume octave reverb level chorus level pan Keyboard volume Pitch Bend Pitch Bend Range Reverb Level Chorus Level DSP Level MELODY 1 track only Harmony Echo ON OFF type Reverb ON OFF Chorus ON OFF DSP ON OFF DSP type MELODY 1 track only DSP variation ON OFF MELO...

Page 52: ...her track can be selected for recording at this point use the NO and YES but tons or the data dial to select the MELODY track to be recorded REC appears in the selected track position REC PLAY STOP SONG NO YES 0 7 8 9 ACCOMP MELODY 2 MELODY 1 REC The BEAT indicator dots flash at the current tempo If the Metronom function in the OVERALL function group is turned ON the metronome will also begin to s...

Page 53: ... start recording and stop it without playing the keyboard Melody Track Data Clear Recording is carried out in 1 measure increments If you stop recording in the middle of a measure rests will automatically be recorded until the end of that measure If the SONG MEMORY becomes full while recording Full will appear on the display and re cording will stop If you want to re record the Melody track which ...

Page 54: ...ing recording 1Select a SONG Number If necessary use the FUNCTION buttons to select the SONG function and then the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to select the SONG number user song numbers 30 37 to which you want to record 2Select the SINGLE or FINGERED Mode and a Style Select the SINGLE or FINGERED mode page 31 and an accompani ment style that is appropriate for the type ...

Page 55: ...cording has started Whenever you record using the SONG MEMORY any previously recorded material in the same track will be erased If the SONG MEMORY becomes full while recording Full will appear on the display and re cording will stop Recording is carried out in 1 measure increments If you stop recording in the middle of a measure rests will automatically be recorded until the end of that measure If...

Page 56: ... name move the cursor to the position other than the Song name so that the newly entered Song name will be memorized Character List ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Yamaha 130 The Song data including it s name is retained in memory even when the power switch is turned OFF as long as the batteries are installed or the AC adaptor is connected Play the required chords ...

Page 57: ...pressing the SONG PLAY STOP button You can also start playback from any specified measure see page 57 Individual tracks can be turned OFF muted or ON by using the cursor buttons to select the icon of the target track the icon and track name will flash and then using the NO and YES buttons or the data dial to turn the track OFF or ON respec tively The track icon will disap pear when a track is mute...

Page 58: ...s to select the MEASURE parameter in the display 2Enter the Desired Measure Number Use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to enter the desired measure number Three digit numbers are entered by first pressing and holding the 1 or 2 button until 1 or 2 appears in the hundreds position on the display then pressing the remaining two digits in sequence MEASURE a01 CURSOR 3Start ...

Page 59: ...Clear confirmation prompt on the dis play press NO if you decide not to erase the data The volume of each track can be rewritten during playback in the same way Use the cursor buttons to select the volume bar of the target track the volume bar will flash and then use the NO and YES buttons or the data dial to set the maximum volume of the track as required The shorter the bar the lower the volume ...

Page 60: ...ng the REC END button FUNCTION Arpeggio 101 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 1Select the MULTI PAD Function To select a multi pad kit first select the MULTI PAD function by press ing one of the FUNCTION buttons until the arrowhead in the display ap pears next to MULTI PAD in the function list to the left of the display The PSR A3 has ...

Page 61: ...zamir O O O 31 Belly Dance 32 Rik 33 Stage Handclap 34 Rakassni 35 Tabel 36 Tabla NO YES 0 7 8 9 3Play the Multi Pad Simply tap any of the MULTI PADS at any time to play back the corre sponding phrase MULTI PAD playback begins as soon as the button is pressed You can even play two three or four MULTI PADS at the same time Also you can create retriggered sample effects by repeatedly pressing a pad ...

Page 62: ...recorded data will be lost if the power is turned OFF the AC adaptor is unplugged or the batteries fail during recording Up to approximately 800 notes for 4 User Pad Kits can be recorded in the PSR A3 2Select a Multi Pad Kit Number Use the NO and YES buttons the number buttons or the data dial to select one of the 4 available multi pad kits user pad kit numbers 37 40 NO YES 0 7 8 9 1Select the MUL...

Page 63: ... SINGLE FINGERED mode the NORMAL mode will automatically be selected when the MULTI PAD record ready mode is en gaged If a non user multi pad kit number is selected when the record ready mode is engaged user multi pad kit number 37 will automatically be selected The recorded multi pad volume depends on the current Keyboard Volume setting see page 71 DSP button is disabled when the MULTI PAD is in ...

Page 64: ...ng the cursor Using the NO and YES buttons or the data dial enter the desired character listed below The number buttons can also be used to enter the number If you want to insert an underline character at the cursor position press the cursor button If you want to delete a character at the cursor position press the cursor button When you ve finished entering the Multi Pad Kit name move the cursor t...

Page 65: ...ious damage to the instrument Never attempt to insert or remove a cartridge when the power switch is ON Doing so can result in loss of the PSR A3 memory data song data registration memory data multi pad data or complete lack of control The Music Cartridge data may not be selected or played back correctly if the electrical contacts on the Music Cartridge are affected with dust If this happens inser...

Page 66: ...to the left of the display as many times as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to STYLE in the function list to the left of the display Selecting Cartridge Styles 2Select and Use a Cartridge Style To select a cartridge style first press and hold the number 3 button below the cartridge icon on the panel until the cartridge icon appears to the left of the style name in the dis...

Page 67: ...by pressing the SONG PLAY STOP button NO YES 6 5 4 0 7 8 9 1 2 3 1 AåTRAIN 802 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY Playback can be started from any measure page 57 The volume bars of the song tracks at the bottom of the dis play will move in response to the data in each track while the cartridge song plays About the cartridge songs cre ated by the cartridge accompani ment styles Chord names will appear...

Page 68: ...the number buttons in the normal way page 47 The cartridge registration memories can also be se lected by using the NO and YES buttons or the data dial to go be yond the highest or lowest internal bank numbers e g pressing the YES button while internal bank number 32 is selected will select cartridge registration bank number 01 the cartridge icon will appear The individual cartridge registration m...

Page 69: ...ction group determines which part or parts are turned OFF when the Minus One mode is engaged To turn the Minus One function ON thus cancelling the specified parts press the MINUS ONE button The MINUS ONE icon will appear in the display when the Minus One function is engaged See page 74 for information on using the Minus One mode with the specified channel With songs you record yourself the MELODY ...

Page 70: ...ng cartridge or internal for continuous repeat playback While the song is playing press the REPEAT PLAY button once at the beginning of the section to be repeated the A repeat icon will appear on the display and again at the end of the section to be repeated the B repeat icon will appear Repeat playback will begin automatically from the A point as soon as the B point has been specified and will co...

Page 71: ...SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Function Display Settings Page Keyboard Volume Kybd Vol 00 127 71 Octave Octave 2 0 2 71 Reverb Level RevLevel 00 127 72 Chorus Level ChoLevel 00 127 72 DSP Level DspLevel 00 127 72 Pan Pan 7 0 7 72 Voice Set VoiceSet oFF on 73 Fingering FngrngMd nor bAS Full 31 Accompaniment Volume AcompVol 00 127 73 Accompaniment Split Poi...

Page 72: ... down two octaves 1 and 2 are up one and two octaves respectively Negative values can be entered by pressing the number buttons while holding the NO button The default setting 0 can be recalled by pressing the NO and YES buttons simultane ously Kybd Vol function can be quickly selected by pressing and holding the VOICE button The default setting 100 can be recalled by pressing the NO and YES butto...

Page 73: ...nction is ON page 73 the Chorus Level will change automatically whenever a different voice is selected via the VOICE function DSP Level Sets the DSP send level for the voice selected via the VOICE function The DSP send level determines the amount of signals input to the DSP ef fect The range is from 00 to 127 The DSP return level can be adjusted via the DspRtnLv function in the DIGITAL EFFECT func...

Page 74: ...n can be quickly selected by pressing and holding the STYLE button The default setting 100 can be recalled by pressing the NO and YES buttons simultane ously AcompVol 100 Touch Sensitivity This function sets the keyboard touch sensitivity when the TOUCH RE SPONSE function page 17 is ON The range is from 00 to 127 The higher the value the higher the sensitivity The default setting 100 can be recall...

Page 75: ...f will appear on the display and you cannot change the Minus One channel settings Overall Functions Tuning Sets the pitch of the PSR A3 to match other instruments Tuning can be accomplished over a 100 cent range that s 200 cents total or a tone The tuning range is from 100 to 100 00 is the normal tuning value The normal tuning value 00 can be recalled instantly by pressing both the NO and YES butt...

Page 76: ...MIDI keyboards including the PSR A3 of course transmit note and velocity touch response information via the MIDI OUT connector whenever a note is played on the keyboard If the MIDI OUT connector is connected to the MIDI IN connector of a second keyboard synthe sizer etc or a tone generator essentially a synthesizer with no key board the second keyboard or tone generator will respond precisely to n...

Page 77: ...alled or an AC adaptor is connected The PSR A3 is capable of receiving the same MIDI data so a second MIDI keyboard connected to the PSR A3 MIDI IN connector can be used to remotely play the PSR A3 and select voices as required RemoteCh oFF Overall Functions MIDI Keyboard MIDI OUT MIDI IN PSR A3 MIDI Sequence Recording Although the PSR A3 features a built in sequencer the SONG re corder is a type ...

Page 78: ...ransmitted via the MIDI OUT connector Song data is transmitted when this function is turned ON The default setting is OFF When set to ON the song data is transmitted on the following MIDI channels Voice Channel Right hand main voice 1 Dual voice 11 Left hand voice Split voice 2 Track voice Channel Melody 1 main voice 13 Melody 1 dual voice 14 Melody 2 main voice 15 Melody 2 dual voice 16 KybdOut o...

Page 79: ...s been transmitted End will appear momentarily on the display and return to the InitSnd The song data will not be played back correctly if the panel set tings for the song has not been recorded in advance To record the panel settings to an external device engage the external device in the record mode and execute the Initial Data Send operation The InitSnd function can be quickly selected by pressi...

Page 80: ...lly receive compatible bulk data from an external MIDI device as long as no style playback or song recording play back operation is in progress BkRcv Sg song data BkRcv Pd multi pad data BkRcv Rg registration data and then BkRcv Sl scale data will appear on the display during reception When the data has been received End will appear momentarily on the display and return to the previously selected ...

Page 81: ...ce Octave page 18 D RevLvl Changing Dual Voice Reverb Send Level page 18 D ChoLvl Changing Dual Voice Chorus Send Level page 18 D Pan Changing Dual Voice Panning page 18 SPLIT VOICE Aco Bass Selecting Split Voices page 15 Split Voice Name S Volume Changing Split Voice Volume page 15 S Octave Changing Split Voice Octave page 15 S RevLvl Changing Split Voice Reverb Send Level page 15 S ChoLvl Changi...

Page 82: ...hannel page 74 MinusChL Selecting Minus One Left hand Channel page 74 PBRange Setting Pitch Bend Range page 74 Metronom Metronome ON OFF page 74 Tuning Fine Tuning page 74 SclTune Changing the Scale Tuning page 43 TuneAcc Accompaniment Scale Tuning ON OFF page 46 RemoteCh Setting Remote Keyboard Channel page 76 KybdOut Transmitting Keyboard Data page 77 SongOut Transmitting Song data Melody track ...

Page 83: ...ct a variety of effect types such as Distortion Equalizer Reverb and Chorus All the digital effects are connected or routed in one of two ways System or Insertion All types of Reverb and Chorus effects classified as System effects DSP on the other hand can be configured as either System or Insertion effects DSP configuration varies depending on the type selected System or Insertion illustrated bel...

Page 84: ...em Exceptionally rich deep chorusing 27 Phaser System Pronounced metallic modulation with periodic phase change 28 32 Rotary Speaker 1 5 Insertion Rotary speaker simulation 33 34 Tremolo 1 2 Insertion Rich Tremolo effect with both volume and pitch modulation 35 Guitar Tremolo Insertion Simulated electric guitar tremolo 36 Auto Pan Insertion Several panning effects that automatically shift the soun...

Page 85: ...Volume Split Voice Volume and or Dual Voice Vol ume parameters are set at an appropriate level pages 71 15 and 18 Turn the power OFF and turn the power ON again The appropriate default vol ume setting for the voice is automatically selected The selected voice does not sound when the keyboard is played Some sections of some styles do not use the accompaniment rhythm track Rhythm doesn t sound when ...

Page 86: ...r song user pad scale memory data transmitted via bulk dump from an external sequencer or other device is not received by the PSR A3 Transmit the data with no more than a 2 second break between blocks or trans mit as entirely separate data Make sure that an appropriate Yamaha Music Cartridge is properly plugged into the cartridge slot page 64 The electrical contacts on the Music Cartridge are affe...

Page 87: ...lume 8 Measure 57 Melody track song 50 Metronome 74 MIDI 75 MIDI data format 97 MIDI implementation chart 94 Minus one 68 Minus one left hand channel 74 Minus one right hand channel 74 Mode 11 Multi pad kit 59 Multi pad kit list preset 60 Multi pads 59 Music cartridge 64 Music stand 5 N Naming multi pad 63 Naming song 55 Naming registration 48 Normal fingered 32 Normal mode 12 Number buttons 9 13 ...

Page 88: ... types Chorus Return Level DSP 45 types DSP Return Level DSP Variation Scale Setting One octave keyboard buttons Scale Tuning Accompaniment Scale Tuning Scale Memory 1 6 Registration Memory 32 Registration Bank 1 4 Accomp Freeze Multi Pads 36 Preset Multi Pad Kits 4 User Multi Pad Kits 4 Pads Terminate Song Song 8 User Songs Recording Tracks ACCOMP MELODY 1 2 Edit Volume Voice MELODY TRACK Song Cl...

Page 89: ... and multi pads If the maxi mum polyphony of the PSR A3 is exceeded the excess notes will be truncated they will not sound Another feature affecting polyphony is the fact that some PSR A3 voices actually use two voices at once as shown in the voice list below The effective maximum polyphony of the PSR A3 is correspondingly reduced when these voices are used The voice list includes the MIDI program...

Page 90: ...ordion 2 39 0 0 38 Traditional Accordion 2 40 0 0 39 Soft Accordion 2 41 0 0 40 Tango Accordion 2 42 0 0 41 Bandoneon 2 Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Guitar 43 0 0 42 Classical Guitar 1 44 0 0 43 Folk Guitar 2 45 0 0 44 12Strings Guitar 2 46 0 0 45 Jazz Guitar 2 47 0 0 46 Octave Guitar 2 48 0 0 47 Hawaiian Guitar 2 49 0 0 48 Clean Guitar 2 50 ...

Page 91: ...oice Lead 2 125 0 0 124 Crystal 2 126 0 0 125 Brightness 2 127 0 0 126 Sub Aqua 2 128 0 0 127 Analog Lead 2 129 0 1 0 Rain Hold 2 130 0 1 1 70 s Lead 2 131 0 1 2 Synth Clavi 2 Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name of Notes Number MSB LSB Number Used Synth Pad 132 0 1 3 Fantasia 2 133 0 1 4 Bell Pad 2 134 0 1 5 Xenon Pad 2 135 0 1 6 Angels 2 136 0 1 7 Transform 2 137 0 1 8 Atmosphere 2 1...

Page 92: ... 1 61 60 French Horn 1 62 61 Brass Section 1 63 62 Synth Brass 1 2 64 63 Synth Brass 2 2 Reed 65 64 Soprano Sax 1 66 65 Alto Sax 1 67 66 Tenor Sax 1 68 67 Baritone Sax 1 69 68 Oboe 1 70 69 English Horn 1 71 70 Bassoon 1 72 71 Clarinet 1 Pipe 73 72 Piccolo 1 74 73 Flute 1 75 74 Recorder 1 76 75 Pan Flute 1 77 76 Blown Bottle 2 78 77 Shakuhachi 1 79 78 Whistle 1 80 79 Ocarina 1 Synth Lead 81 80 Lead...

Page 93: ...om Room Tom 6 Rock Tom 6 Electronic Tom 6 Analog Tom 6 63 D 3 Ride Cymbal 1 64 E3 Chinese Cymbal 65 F3 Ride Cymbal Cup 66 F 3 Tambourine 67 G3 Splash Cymbal 68 G 3 Cowbell 69 A3 Crash Cymbal 2 70 A 3 Vibraslap 71 B3 Ride Cymbal 2 72 C4 Bongo H 73 C 4 Bongo L 74 D4 Conga H Mute 75 D 4 Conga H Open 76 E4 Conga L 77 F4 Timbale H 78 F 4 Timbale L 79 G4 Agogo H 80 G 4 Agogo L 81 A4 Cabasa 82 A 4 Maraca...

Page 94: ...nd Cymbal Short L Ride Cymbal 1 64 E3 Crash Cymbal 2 65 F3 Duhulla Dom 66 F 3 Tambourine 67 G3 Duhulla Tak 68 G 3 Cowbell 69 A3 Hand Cymbal Long H Duhulla Sak 70 A 3 Claves 71 B3 Hand Cymbal Short H Doff Dom 72 C4 Katem Dom 73 C 4 Katem Tak 74 D4 Katem Sak 75 D 4 Katem Tak 76 E4 Doff Tak 77 F4 Tabla Dom 78 F 4 Tabla Tak1 79 G4 Tabla Tik 80 G 4 Tabla Tak2 81 A4 Tabla Sak 82 A 4 Tabla Roll of Edge 8...

Page 95: ...1 X 3 O Expression 64 O O Sustain 66 X 3 O Sostenuto 67 X 3 O Soft pedal 71 X 3 O Harmonic content 72 X 3 O Release time 73 X 3 O Attack time 74 X 3 O Brightness 84 X 3 O Portamento control 91 O O Reverb send level 93 O O Chorus send level 94 O O DSP send level 96 97 X 3 O Data increment decrement 98 99 X 3 O NRPN LSB MSB 4 100 101 O O RPN LSB MSB 5 120 O 6 O All sound off 121 X O Reset all contro...

Page 96: ...Freq 40H mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 01H 21H mmH Filter Resonance 40H mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 01H 63H mmH EG Attack Time 40H mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 01H 64H mmH EG Decay Time 40H mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 01H 66H mmH EG Release TIme 40H mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 14H rrH mmH Drum Filter Cutoff Freq 40H rr drum instrument note number mm 00H 40H 7FH 64 0 63 15H rrH mmH Drum Filter Resonance 40H rr drum instrument...

Page 97: ...yte using bits 0 3 of mm as the MSB and bits 0 3 of ll as the LSB The default values of mm and ll are 08H and 00H resprectively n and cc are also recognized This value is not reset by a GM System ON or Reset All Con trollers message This value affects not only MIDI reception part but the entire system of the PSR A3 Panel Voice F0H 43H 76H 1BH cc vv F7H This message alternately selects Panel voice ...

Page 98: ... CHORUS1 00 7F CHORUS TYPE LSB Refer to Table 2 00 22 1 00 7F CHORUS PARAMETER 1 Refer to Table 3 Depends on chorus type 23 1 00 7F CHORUS PARAMETER 2 Refer to Table 3 Depends on chorus type 24 1 00 7F CHORUS PARAMETER 3 Refer to Table 3 Depends on chorus type 25 1 00 7F CHORUS PARAMETER 4 Refer to Table 3 Depends on chorus type 26 1 00 7F CHORUS PARAMETER 5 Refer to Table 3 Depends on chorus type...

Page 99: ...ER 13 Refer to Table 3 Depends on variation type 73 1 00 7F VARIATION PARAMETER 14 Refer to Table 3 Depends on variation type 74 1 00 7F VARIATION PARAMETER 15 Refer to Table 3 Depends on variation type 75 1 00 7F VARIATION PARAMETER 16 Refer to Table 3 Depends on variation type VARIATION means PSR A3 Dsp effect MULTI PART Address Size Data Parameter Description Default H H H value H 08 nn 07 1 00...

Page 100: ...B 00H NO EFFECT 01H 1 HALL1 HALL2 2 HALL2 3 HALL3 4 HALL4 02H ROOM5 ROOM6 ROOM7 5 ROOM1 6 ROOM2 7 ROOM3 8 ROOM4 03H STAGE3 STAGE4 9 STAGE1 10 STAGE2 04H PLATE3 11 PLATE1 12 PLATE2 05H DELAY L C R2 38 DELAY LCR 06H 39 DELAY L R 07H 40 ECHO 08H 41 CROSS DELAY 09H 13 EARLY REF1 14 EARLY REF2 0AH 15 GATE REVERB 0BH 16 REVERSE GATE 0CH NO EFFECT or THRU 3FH NO EFFECT or THRU 40 THRU 41 CHORUS6 CHORUS7 ...

Page 101: ...4 Input Select 0 2 L R L R L R is mono mix 5 High Damp 1 10 0 1 1 0 10 Dry Wet 1 127 D63 W D W D W63 13 EQ Low Frequency 8 40 50Hz 2 0kHz 14 EQ Low Gain 52 76 12 12dB 15 EQ High Frequency 28 58 500Hz 16 0kHz 16 EQ High Gain 52 76 12 12dB TYPE Type Parameter Parameter Value Description MSB H Number 09 EARLY REF 1 Type 0 5 S H L H Rdm Rvs Plt Spr 2 Room Size 0 127 3 Diffusion 0 10 0 10 4 Initial Del...

Page 102: ...cy 28 54 500Hz 10 0kHz 3 EQ Mid Gain 52 76 12 12dB 4 EQ Mid Width 10 120 1 0 12 0 5 EQ High Gain 52 76 12 12dB 6 EQ Low Frequency 8 40 50Hz 2 0kHz 7 EQ High Frequency 28 58 500Hz 16 0kHz 4D 2 BAND EQ 1 EQ Low Frequency 8 40 50Hz 2 0kHz 2 EQ Low Gain 52 76 12 12dB 3 EQ High Frequency 28 58 500Hz 16 0kHz 4 EQ High Gain 52 76 12 12dB 4E AUTO WAH 1 LFO Frequency 0 127 0 00 39 7Hz 2 LFO Depth 0 127 3 C...

Page 103: ...ual is believed to be correct at the time of printing However Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update existing units This product either alone or in combination with an amplifier and head phones or speaker s may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss DO NOT operate for long periods of time ...