Yamaha PortaTone PSR-GX76, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...TION The name plate is located on the bottom of the product The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase Model Serial No Purchase Date SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION 92 BP bottom 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT MO...

Page 3: ...erheating fire or battery fluid leakage Do not dispose of batteries in fire Do not attempt to recharge batteries that are not intended to be charged When the batteries run out or if the instrument is not to be used for a long time remove the batteries from the instrument to prevent possible leakage of the battery fluid Keep batteries away from children If the batteries do leak avoid contact with t...

Page 4: ...realistic piano performance Pressing the Piano button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic Stereo Sampled Piano voice and configures the entire PSR GX76 for optimum piano play Special Pianist styles with piano only accompaniment are also provided DJ page 22 The DJ feature is an exciting new addition to the PSR GX76 that puts a wealth of contemporary sounds and rhythms at your fingertips Pre...

Page 5: ...42 Setting the Split Point 44 Dictionary 45 Registration Memory 48 Registration Memory Presets 48 Recording a Registration Memory Preset 48 Recalling a Registration Memory Preset 49 Selecting and Playing Songs 50 Selecting and Playing a Song 50 A B Repeat 51 Melody Voice Change 52 Changing the Tempo 53 Adjusting the Song Volume 54 Song Recording 55 Recording a User Song 55 Song Clear 58 Track Clea...

Page 6: ...ose tuning and MIDI See page 29 i DEMO button This is used to play the Demo songs See page 12 o Piano button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice plus a special piano song and style See page 10 0 METRONOME button This turns the metronome on and off See page 20 1 DJ button This instantly calls up a special DJ voice song and style 2 Numeric keypad YES and NO but tons These are used for sele...

Page 7: ...36 0 SONG button This is for enabling song selection See page 50 1 STYLE button This is for enabling style selection See page 34 2 VOICE button This is for enabling voice selection See page 23 Holding down this button calls up the Melody Voice Change function See page 52 3 SONG MEMORY buttons These buttons RECORD 1 5 A are used for song recording letting you record up to six different tracks of a ...

Page 8: ...nd or function properly As soon as this happens replace them with a complete set of six new batteries Turning On the Power With the AC power adaptor connected or with batteries installed simply press the power switch until it locks in the ON position When the instrument is not in use be sure to turn the power off Press the switch again so that it pops up Never interrupt the power sup ply e g remov...

Page 9: ...e voices The footswitch functions the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano press and hold down the footswitch as you play the key board to sustain the sound Using the MIDI Terminals The PSR GX76 also features MIDI terminals allowing you to interface the PSR GX76 with other MIDI instruments and devices For more information see page 67 To prevent damage to the speakers set the volume of t...

Page 10: ...r Bass 035 Pick Bass 036 Fretless Bass 037 Slap Bass 038 Synth Bass No Voice Name 039 Techno Bass 040 Dance Bass STRINGS 041 Strings 042 Chamber Strings 043 Synth Strings 044 Slow Strings 045 Tremolo Strings 046 Pizzicato Strings 047 Orchestra Hit 048 Violin 049 Cello 050 Contrabass 051 Banjo 052 Harp No Voice Name CHOIR 053 Choir 054 Choir Aahs 055 Choir Oohs 056 Synth Choir SAXOPHONE 057 Soprano...

Page 11: ...olo 077 Pan Flute No Voice Name 078 Recorder 079 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 080 Square Lead 081 Sawtooth Lead 082 Voice Lead 083 Crystal 084 Brightness 085 Analog Lead SYNTH PAD 086 Fantasia 087 Bell Pad 088 Xenon Pad 089 Angels 090 Dark Moon No Voice Name PERCUSSION 091 Vibraphone 092 Marimba 093 Xylophone 094 Steel Drums 095 Celesta 096 Tubular Bells 097 Timpani 098 Music Box SPLIT 099 Strings Grand Pia...

Page 12: ...ngs 001 010 showcase the sophisticated fea tures and stunning sound of the PSR GX76 Let s play the Demo songs now starting with 001 z Press the DEMO button x Stop the Demo song Playing the Demo songs Carmel 001 or The PSR GX76 also has a Demo Cancel function that allows you to disable Demo playback Naturally you can also individually select and play back any of the PSR GX76 s songs 001 100 z Press...

Page 13: ...hi ACCOMPANIMENT 036 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 037 Beautiful Dreamer 038 Battle Hymn Of The Republic 039 Home Sweet Home 040 Valse Des Fleurs From The Nutcracker 041 Aloha Oe 042 I ve Been Working On The Railroad 043 My Darling Clementine 044 Auld Lang Syne 045 Grandfather s Clock 046 Amazing Grace 047 My Bonnie 048 Yankee Doodle 049 Joy To The World 050 O Du Lieber Augustin No Song Name PIANIST...

Page 14: ...roduces appro priate bass chord and rhythm backing Use your right hand to play melo dies and you ll sound like an entire band Accompaniment section Left hand Auto accompaniment for example bass guitar drums Right hand Melody For more infomation on playing proper chords for the auto accompa niment see Using Auto Accompaniment Multi Fingering on page 42 and Looking up Chords in the Dictionary on the...

Page 15: ... chord type of the chord in this case M7 v Play the notes of the chord as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the display The chord name flashes when the chord is played prop erly b To leave the Dictionary function press the Dict button again Want to find out more See page 45 Accompaniment section v Turn the Sync Start function on b Play a chord with your left hand The auto accompaniment starts a...

Page 16: ... right hand parts of each song individually simply press the appropriate button L left or R right The practice steps below apply to either hand Lesson 1 Timing This lesson step lets you practice just the timing of the notes Lesson 2 Waiting In this lesson step the PSR GX76 waits for you to play the correct notes before continuing playback of the song Lesson 3 Minus One This lesson step plays back ...

Page 17: ...convenient Tap Tempo function that allows you to tap a new tempo in real time See page 36 This step lets you work on the timing of the notes In Les son 1 the particular note you play on the keyboard is unimportant The PSR GX76 checks your timing and how rhythmically tight your playing is Want to find out more See page 62 In Lesson 2 you practice playing the notes correctly as they appear in the di...

Page 18: ...sing the START STOP button starts song playback Using the numeric keypad selects style numbers Pressing the START STOP button starts style playback w Overall indicator The Overall buttons on either side of the LCD let you access the Function operations and settings of the PSR GX76 The currently selected setting is indi cated by a dark bar that appears next to its name printed on the panel e Notati...

Page 19: ...ameters as well as other important operation messages When the tempo setting is active the value is shown o Song track indicators In song recording and playback these indicate the sta tus of the tracks See page 56 0 Touch indicator This appears when the Touch function is turned on See page 28 1 Harmony indicator This appears when the Harmony effect is turned on See page 31 2 Sync Stop indicator Th...

Page 20: ...s designed also for playing with the special Pianist styles 086 100 When auto accompaniment is turned on these provide piano only accompaniment in a variety of music styles Using the Metronome 1 Call up the Tempo setting Press the TEMPO TAP button 2 Change the value Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value or use the buttons to increase or decrease the value When the Piano button is p...

Page 21: ...all high clicks 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 6 4 7 7 4 8 8 4 9 9 4 0 Plays no 1 beats all low clicks Indicates current beat number TIME SIG 2 Adjusting the Metronome Volume You can adjust the volume of the Metronome sound independently of the other PSR GX76 sounds The volume range is 000 127 1 Call up the Metronome Volume setting Press the right Overall button until MTR VOL appears in the display 2 C...

Page 22: ... display When Talking is on the blocks are also announced in Lesson 2 When the DJ teacher is playing the block numbers appear in the display one after another according to the rhythm 3 Press the START STOP button to stop the song DJgame 1 000 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block number 1 32 33 r1 If two sixteenth notes are to be played the appropriate block numbers appear successively at the same...

Page 23: ...sic styles The Voice mode also features special effect sections that let you enhance the sound of the voice These include Reverb and Harmony as well as a DSP section that provides miscellaneous effects such as tremolo echo delay equalization and wah See page 29 There s also a Touch Sensitivity control page 28 which determines how the voices respond to your playing technique The PSR GX76 also inclu...

Page 24: ...s the button to select the next voice number and press the button to select the previous voice Holding down either button continuously scrolls up or down through the numbers 3 Play the selected voice Since either the Style or Song mode is active in the background as indicated by the illustration in the display you can also play styles or songs respec tively in the Voice mode by simply pressing the...

Page 25: ...M General MIDI Voices The GM Voices can also be used for optimum playback of GM compatible song data This means that any GM song data played from a sequencer or other MIDI device will sound just as the composer or programmer intended Drum Kit Voice Chart voices 119 128 When one of the 10 panel Drum Kit voices are selected you can play different drums and percussion instru ments on the keyboard Std...

Page 26: ...negative value You can also use the buttons to increase or decrease the value Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value Tuning Tuning determines the fine pitch setting of both the main voice and the bass chord accompaniment of the selected style It also determines the pitch of the songs This allows you to accurately match the tuning with that of other instruments The...

Page 27: ...CH BEND wheel up or down changes the pitch by a maximum of 1 semitone or half step in either direction At the max imum setting of 12 pitch is changed over a range of one octave 12 semitones The PITCH BEND wheel affects the voices played in the right hand section of the keyboard It has no effect on the auto accompaniment 1 Select the Pitch Bend Range parameter Press the left Overall button repeated...

Page 28: ...lue Use the numeric keypad or buttons to set the desired setting 1 2 or 3 explained below Settings When Touch is turned off a constant volume corresponding to a velocity value of 80 is produced 1 Soft This results in limited touch response and produces a relatively narrow dynamic range no matter how lightly or strongly you play the keys 2 Medium This lets you play over a normal dynamic range soft ...

Page 29: ...e avail able 1 Select the Reverb function 2 Set the Reverb Type if desired Use the numeric keypad or buttons to set the desired Reverb Type For a list of the available Reverb Types see page 32 To turn the Reverb effect off select Reverb Type 9 Indicates Reverb is selected Current Reverb Type name and number Hall1 1 Twelve additional Reverb Types are available when controlling the PSR GX76 from a M...

Page 30: ... the dark bar indi cation appears next to DSP 2 Set the DSP Type if desired Use the numeric keypad or buttons to set the desired DSP Type For a list of the available DSP Types see page 32 To turn the DSP effect off select DSP Type 39 Indicates DSP is selected Current DSP Type name and number Stage2 06 Each voice of the PSR GX76 has its own independent DSP setting Fifty one additional DSP Types are...

Page 31: ...cessary until the dark bar indi cation appears next to HARMONY 3 Set the Harmony Type if desired Use the numeric keypad or buttons to set the desired Harmony Type For a list of the available Harmony Types see page 33 Indicates that Harmony is on Indicates Harmony is selected Current Harmony Type name and number Block 03 For the first five Harmony Types Duet Trio Block Country and Octave chords mus...

Page 32: ...2 Rotary2 21 Tremolo 1 Tremolo1 Rich Tremolo effect with both volume and pitch modulation 22 Tremolo 2 Tremolo2 23 Guitar Tremolo Guitar Tremolo Simulated electric guitar tremolo 24 Auto Pan AutoPan Several panning effects that automatically shift the sound position left right front back 25 Auto Wah AutoWah Repeating filter sweep wah effect 26 Delay Left Center Right DelayLCR Three independent del...

Page 33: ... the rhythm Triplet settings are also available 1 6 quarter note triplets 1 12 eighth note triplets 1 24 sixteenth note triplets The Trill effect Types 6 12 create two note trills alternating notes when two notes are held The Tremolo effect Types 13 19 repeat all held notes up to four The Echo effect Types 20 26 create delayed repeats of each note played 7 Trill 1 6 note Tril1 6 8 Trill 1 8 note T...

Page 34: ...ed for playing a melody line and the lower set by default to keys F 2 and lower is for the auto accompaniment function The PSR GX76 also features the convenient Dictionary function page 45 Dictionary provides you with a built in chord encyclopedia that teaches you how to play any chord you specify by showing you the appropri ate notes in the display Selecting a Style 1 Press the STYLE button 2 Sel...

Page 35: ...B section will play Pressing this button alter nately enables and can cels the Sync Stop function See page 39 Pressing this button switches between the Main A and Main B sec tions automatically add ing a fill in pattern before changing the section See page 40 Pressing this button alter nately enables and can cels the bass and chord accompaniment See below Pressing this button alter nately starts a...

Page 36: ...g Sync Start The PSR GX76 also has a Sync Start function that allows you to start the rhythm accompaniment by simply pressing a key on the keyboard To use Sync Start first press the SYNC START button the beat marks all flash to indicate Sync Start stand by then press any key on the keyboard When auto accompaniment is on play a key or chord in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard MAIN A I...

Page 37: ...o section 1 Press the MAIN AUTO FILL button to select which section A or B is to follow the Intro 2 Press the INTRO ENDING button 3 Press the SYNC START button to enable Sync Start and start the Intro section and accompaniment by play ing any key on the keyboard When auto accompaniment is on play a key or chord in the auto accompani ment section of the keyboard INTRO A Indicates Intro standby MAIN...

Page 38: ... ON OFF button can also be used to turn off and on the bass chord accompaniment while playing allowing you to create dynamic rhythmic breaks in your performance You can use the Sync Stop func tion to create a similar yet even more dramatic break With Sync Stop on page 39 you can con trol breaks in the rhythm and accompaniment simply by releas ing your fingers from the keys As long as you play and ...

Page 39: ...nd 1 Press the SYNC STOP button Setting Sync Stop to on before starting the auto accompaniment automati cally sets Sync Start to on as well letting you immediately start the accom paniment by playing the keyboard 2 Play a chord on the keyboard in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard The auto accompaniment starts as soon as you play a chord 3 Stop the auto accompaniment by releasing the c...

Page 40: ... automatically plays a fill in pattern followed by the Main B section See illustration on page 41 You can also select either the Main A or B section to start by pressing the MAIN AUTO FILL button before starting the style When accompaniment playback is stopped and a different style is selected the tempo returns to the default setting of the new style When switching styles dur ing playback the last...

Page 41: ...2 3 1st measure 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2nd measure 3rd measure 3 3 a fill in pattern plays immediately until the end of the measure and the Main A or B section begins here If you press the MAIN AUTO FILL button before beat 4 a fill in pattern plays from here and the Main A or B section begins here If you press the MAIN AUTO FILL button here after beat 4 About the Fill in Patterns ACMP VOL 100 Indic...

Page 42: ...or seventh The illustration shows how to produce the four chord types The key of C is used here as an example other keys follow the same rules For example Bb7 is played as Bb and A Fingered Chords Using the key of C as an example the chart below shows the types of chords that can be recognized in the Fingered mode C Cm C7 Cm7 To play a major chord Press the root note of the chord To play a minor c...

Page 43: ...7 Seventh 7 1 3 5 b7 or 1 3 5 b7 C7 C7 Seventh flatted ninth 7 b9 1 b2 3 5 b7 C7 b9 C7 b9 Seventh add flatted thirteenth 7 b13 1 3 5 b6 b7 C7 b13 C7 b13 Seventh ninth 7 9 1 2 3 5 b7 C7 9 C7 9 Seventh add sharp eleventh 7 11 1 2 3 4 5 b7 or 1 2 3 4 5 b7 C7 11 C7 11 Seventh add thirteenth 7 13 1 3 5 6 b7 C7 13 C7 13 Seventh sharp ninth 7 9 1 2 3 5 b7 C7 9 C7 9 Seventh flatted fifth 7b5 1 3 b5 b7 C7b...

Page 44: ...play 2 Change the value Use the numeric keypad or buttons to set the desired value 0 C 2 127 G8 This setting also affects the split point for the special Split voices Split Point Auto accompaniment section Current Split Point value The current Split Point is also shown in the key board section of the display S POINT 054 Restoring the Default Split Point Value If you ve changed the Split Point sett...

Page 45: ... minor seventh etc Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord type as printed on the panel Pressing the Dict button auto matically turns on the auto accompaniment Dict Pressing this key selects the root G Dict Individual notes of chord keyboard Pressing this key selects the major seventh chord type M7 The display shows the name of the chord and the individual notes both in...

Page 46: ...and are the most basic and common chords in most music In this triad the lowest note is the root The root is the most important note in the chord because it anchors the sound harmonically by determining its key and forms the basis for how we hear the other notes of the chord The second note of this chord is four semitones higher than the first and the third is three semitones higher than the secon...

Page 47: ...ld be indicated to the right as well Exam ples for the key of C are shown below One important point Chords are made up of notes stacked on top of each other and the stacked notes are indicated in the chord name of the chord type as a number the number being the dis tance of the note from the root See the keyboard diagram below For example the minor 6th chord includes the 6th note of the scale the ...

Page 48: ...egistration Memory can have different settings for the following parameters Voice number Tempo Transpose Reverb Type DSP Type Harmony On Off setting and Type Split Point Style number and style related settings Accompaniment On Off and Split Point Recording a Registration Memory Preset 1 Make all desired settings for the PSR GX76 Virtually all of the PSR GX76 s settings can be saved to a Registrati...

Page 49: ...Registration Memory 49 Recalling a Registration Memory Preset 1 Select the appropriate Registration Memory bank 2 Press the desired Registration Memory preset button 1 or 2 BANK 1 REGIST1 1 ...

Page 50: ...ng number or use the buttons to step up and down through the songs Song Playback Display These display the notes and name of the current chord Indicates the tracks currently playing back These can be alternately muted and sounded during playback by pressing the corresponding SONG MEMORY buttons About the Beat Display The arrow marks in the beat display flash in time with the rhythm of the song or ...

Page 51: ...lected phrase repeats indefinitely until stopped You can play along with the song using the currently selected voice or even select a different voice for playing along Simply call up the Voice mode while the song is playing back and select the desired voice See page 23 REPEAT A The A and B points can only be specified at the beginning of a measure beat 1 and not at any point in the middle of a mea...

Page 52: ...convenient Melody Voice Change feature takes this one step further it lets you replace the original voice used for the melody of the song with the panel voice of your own selection For example if the current voice selected on the panel is piano but the song s melody is being played by a flute voice using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to piano 1 Select the desired song Pres...

Page 53: ...to set the desired Tempo value or use the buttons to increase or decrease the value Also the tempo of a song returns to the default setting when selecting a dif ferent song The set tempo remains however when switching styles during playback MELODY V Current Tempo value TEMPO 120 Restoring the Default Tempo Value Each song has been given a default or standard Tempo setting If you ve changed the Tem...

Page 54: ...ng Volume value 000 127 You can also use the buttons to increase or decrease the value Hold ing down either button continuously increases or decreases the value SONG VOL 100 Indicates Song Volume is selected Current Song Volume value Song Volume cannot be changed unless the Song mode is active This function becomes Accom paniment Volume when the Style mode is active Restoring the Default Song Vol ...

Page 55: ...timing Changing sections Intro Main A B etc Accompaniment Volume Tempo Time Signature 1 Make all desired PSR GX76 settings Before you actually start recording you ll need to make various settings for the song such as selecting a style setting the Tempo and selecting a voice See pages 34 40 and 23 If desired also make other settings Refer to the list above for settings that can be recorded to a son...

Page 56: ...User 2 rEC Keep in mind that all recording operations replace the data In other words if you record to a track that already has recorded data all previous data in the track will be erased and replaced by the newly recorded data Muting Tracks During Playback While recording is enabled you can selectively mute different tracks This is useful for when you want to clearly hear certain tracks and not o...

Page 57: ...ing the Chord track With Sync Start on play the first chord of the song in the auto accompani ment section of the keyboard The accompaniment starts automatically and you can continue recording playing other chords in time with the accompa niment 5 Stop recording After you ve finished playing the part press the START STOP or RECORD button 6 Record to other tracks as desired To do this simply repeat...

Page 58: ...lect the desired song Press the SONG button then use the numeric keypad or buttons to select the desired song 101 105 2 While holding down the A button press SONG MEMORY button 1 All track indications in the display flash indicating that all tracks are to be erased 3 Press the YES button 4 At the Sure prompt press the YES button or press the NO button to abort Pressing the YES button executes the ...

Page 59: ...the desired song Press the SONG button then use the numeric keypad or buttons to select the desired song 101 105 2 Press and hold down the button corresponding to the track to be erased Press and hold down the appropriate SONG MEMORY button 1 5 A for at least one second 3 Press the YES button 4 At the Sure prompt press the YES button or press the NO button to abort Pressing the YES button executes...

Page 60: ...you practice just the timing of the notes any note can be used as long as you play in rhythm Lesson 2 Waiting In this lesson step the PSR GX76 waits for you to play the correct notes before continuing playback of the song Lesson 3 Minus One This lesson step plays back the song with one part muted letting you play and master the missing part yourself in rhythm and at the proper tempo Lesson 4 Both ...

Page 61: ...ction is turned on page 65 After a short pause the Lesson begins again automati cally 4 Press the START STOP button to stop the Lesson The PSR GX76 exits from the Lesson feature automatically when the START STOP button is pressed MinusOne r3 Waiting r2 Timing r1 Virtual 002 Song Lesson off MinusOne L 3 Waiting L 2 Timing L 1 Virtual 002 Song Lesson off When the Talking function page 66 is on the P...

Page 62: ...is indi cated 3 Play the appropriate melody or chord with the song After the lead in the song starts automatically and the appropriate notes appear in the display In Lesson 1 simply play one note repeatedly in time with the music Regarding chords and the use of the left hand the PSR GX76 actually has two different types of songs 1 songs with normal left hand chords and 2 songs in which the left ha...

Page 63: ...the lead in the song starts automatically and the appropriate notes appear in the display In Lesson 2 play the correct notes at your own pace until you can master playing them in rhythm Lesson 3 Minus One This lesson step lets you practice one part of the song in rhythm at the proper tempo The PSR GX76 plays back the song accompaniment with one part muted either the left part or the right letting ...

Page 64: ...d master both hands at the same time Go on to this lesson step after you ve mastered each hand s part in the previous three lesson steps Practice both hands in time with the rhythm along with the notation in the display 1 Select one of the Lesson songs 2 Select Lesson 4 Press the L and R buttons simultaneously so that Lesson 4 is indicated 3 Play both the left and right hand parts with the song Af...

Page 65: ... Good and Excellent When the Talking function page 66 is on the PSR GX76 also announces your grade 1 Select the Grade function Press the left Overall button repeatedly if necessary until GRADE appears in the display 2 Set Grade to on or off as desired Use the buttons to set Grade to on or off Excellen on GRADE on Indicates Grade function is selected Current Grade function setting Grade is automati...

Page 66: ...ions 1 Select the Talking function Press the left Overall button repeatedly if necessary until TALKING appears in the display 2 Set Talking to on or off as desired Use the buttons to set Talking to on or off TALKING on TALKING oFF Indicates Talking function is selected TALKING on Talking on Talking off Talking is automatically set to on as the default setting ...

Page 67: ...using the grand piano sound on the PSR GX76 keyboard Unlike an acoustic instrument that puts out a resonated note the electronic instrument puts out information from the keyboard such as with what voice with which key about how strong when was it pressed and when was it released Then each piece of information is changed into a number value and sent to the tone generator Using these numbers as a ba...

Page 68: ...xclusive Messages that transmit data unique to each instrument manufacturer and Realtime Messages that control the MIDI device The messages transmitted received by the PSR GX76 are shown in the MIDI Implementation Chart on page 84 Message Name PSR GX76 Operation Panel Setting Note ON OFF Messages which are generated when the keyboard is played Each message includes a specific note number which cor...

Page 69: ... gram below MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN PSR GX76 Computer sequencer software MIDI IN RS 422 MIDI OUT PSR GX76 Computer sequencer software When using a Macintosh series computer set the MIDI interface clock setting in the application software to match the setting of the MIDI interface you are using For details refer to the owner s manual for the software you are using Viewing the Notation for...

Page 70: ...a sepa rate MIDI keyboard or controller When you want to control playback of the PSR GX76 s styles or songs from an external MIDI device you ll have to change the clock setting on the PSR GX76 to external 1 Press the TEMPO TAP button then enter 000 External Clock for the Tempo value ECL TEMPO is shown in the display indicating that the PSR GX76 is waiting for an external clock signal Any value oth...

Page 71: ...data Saving Bulk Data 1 First set up the connected MIDI device for recording the data The actual procedure may differ depending on your particular equipment and software For example if you are using theYamaha MDF3 MIDI Data Filer 1 Make the appropriate MIDI connections 2 Set up the MDF3 for recording MIDI data Refer to the MDF3 Owner s Manual 2 Select the MIDI operations Press the right Overall bu...

Page 72: ...DI Data Filer 2 Start sending the data from the connected MIDI device Send the data from the connected device Refer to the owner s manual of the device for details The PSR GX76 automatically receives the data The following display is shown while the data is being received BulkSend End When the Bulk Dump operation is completed the PSR GX76 auto matically returns to the previous panel condition This...

Page 73: ...tings for the next section of the song Sending Initial Setup Data 1 First set up the sequencer for recording The actual procedure may differ depending on your particular equipment and software Ideally you should leave two or more measures of silence no performance data before the song begins The Initial Setup data should then be recorded to this space in the song 2 Select the MIDI operations Press...

Page 74: ...measure fol lowing the Initial Setup data Local Control This function lets you enable or disable keyboard control over the PSR GX76 s voices This would come in handy for example when recording notes to MIDI sequencer If you are using the sequencer to play back the voices of the PSR GX76 you would want to set this to off in order to avoid getting double notes both from the keyboard and from the seq...

Page 75: ... the Accompaniment Volume page 41 is set to an ap propriate level Make sure that the Split Point page 44 is set to an appropriate value When playing back one of the Pianist styles 086 100 the rhythm cannot be heard This is normal The Pianist styles have no drums or bass only pi ano accompaniment The accompaniment of the style can only be heard when accompaniment is set to ON and keys are played in...

Page 76: ...e Touch On Off Tuning Grade On Off Talking On Off Data Initialization All data can be initialized and restored to the factory preset condition by turning on the power while holding the highest rightmost white key on the keyboard CLr Backup will appear briefly on the display All Registration Memory and User song data plus the other settings listed above will be erased and or changed when the data i...

Page 77: ...cordion 021 0 112 21 Musette Accordion 022 0 113 23 Bandoneon 023 0 112 22 Harmonica GUITAR 024 0 112 24 Classical Guitar 025 0 112 25 Folk Guitar 026 0 113 25 12Strings Guitar 027 0 112 26 Jazz Guitar 028 0 113 26 Octave Guitar 029 0 112 27 Clean Guitar 030 0 112 28 Muted Guitar 031 0 112 29 Overdriven Guitar 032 0 112 30 Distortion Guitar BASS 033 0 112 32 Acoustic Bass 034 0 112 33 Finger Bass ...

Page 78: ... Kit 128 127 0 48 Symphony Kit Voice Bank Select MIDI Program Change Voice Name MSB LSB Voice Bank Select MIDI Program Change Voice Name MSB LSB PIANO 129 0 0 0 Acoustic Grand Piano 130 0 0 1 Bright Acoustic Piano 131 0 0 2 Electric Grand Piano 132 0 0 3 Honky tonk Piano 133 0 0 4 Electric Piano 1 134 0 0 5 Electric Piano 2 135 0 0 6 Harpsichord 136 0 0 7 Clavi CHROMATIC 137 0 0 8 Celesta 138 0 0 ...

Page 79: ...2 Pad 5 bowed 222 0 0 93 Pad 6 metallic 223 0 0 94 Pad 7 halo 224 0 0 95 Pad 8 sweep SYNTH EFFECTS 225 0 0 96 FX 1 rain 226 0 0 97 FX 2 soundtrack 227 0 0 98 FX 3 crystal 228 0 0 99 FX 4 atmosphere 229 0 0 100 FX 5 brightness 230 0 0 101 FX 6 goblins 231 0 0 102 FX 7 echoes 232 0 0 103 FX 8 sci fi Voice Bank Select MIDI Program Change Voice Name MSB LSB ETHNIC 233 0 0 104 Sitar 234 0 0 105 Banjo 2...

Page 80: ...081 A4 0 123 118 SFX BLJ Trill 082 A 4 0 123 118 Talking Voice Good 083 B4 0 123 118 SFX FMTB1 084 C5 0 123 118 Human Voice Yeah 085 C 5 0 123 118 Talking Voice Very Good 086 D5 0 123 118 Human Voice Uhh 087 D 5 0 123 118 Talking Voice Excellent 088 E5 0 123 118 Human Voice Go 089 F5 0 123 118 Human Voice GetUp 090 F 5 0 123 118 Talking Voice Dictionary 091 G5 0 123 118 Human Voice Come On 2 092 G...

Page 81: ...Funk 2 043 Soul 044 Gospel Shuffle 045 6 8 Gospel 046 4 4 Blues JAZZ 047 Cool Jazz 048 Jazz Ballad 1 049 Jazz Waltz 1 050 Fusion 051 Swing 1 052 Big Band Swing 053 Big Band Ballad 054 Jazz Quartet 055 Dixieland COUNTRY WESTERN 056 Bluegrass 057 Country 2 4 058 Country Rock 059 Country Ballad 060 Country Shuffle 061 Country Waltz BALLROOM 062 Cha Cha 063 Rhumba 064 Pasodoble 065 Tango Continental 0...

Page 82: ...Analog 4 49 C 2 37 C 1 Side Stick Analog Side Stick 50 D 2 38 D 1 Snare L Snare L2 SD Room L SD Rock SD Elec M SD Analog 1H SD Analog 3 51 D 2 39 D 1 Hand Clap 52 E 2 40 E 1 Snare H Hard Snare H Hard2 SD Room H SD Rock Rim SD Elec H SD Analog 1L SD Analog 4 53 F 2 41 F 1 Floor Tom L Room Tom 1 Rock Tom 1 E Tom 1 Analog Tom 1 54 F 2 42 F 1 1 Hi Hat Closed Analog HH Closed1 Dance HH Closed1 55 G 2 4...

Page 83: ...F 1 1 Hi Hat Closed 55 G 2 43 G 1 Floor Tom H Jazz Tom 2 Brush Tom 2 Jazz Tom 2 56 G 2 44 G 1 1 Hi Hat Pedal 57 A 2 45 A 1 Low Tom Jazz Tom 3 Brush Tom 3 Jazz Tom 3 58 A 2 46 A 1 1 Hi Hat Open 59 B 2 47 B 1 Mid Tom L Jazz Tom 4 Brush Tom 4 Jazz Tom 4 60 C 3 48 C 2 Mid Tom H Jazz Tom 5 Brush Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5 61 C 3 49 C 2 Crash Cymbal 1 Hand Cym L Open 62 D 3 50 D 2 High Tom Jazz Tom 6 Brush Tom 6 ...

Page 84: ...0 32 o o Bank Select 1 x 2 o Modulation wheel 6 38 x 2 o Data Entry 7 o o Part Volume Control 10 x o Pan 11 x 2 o Expression Change 64 o o Sustain 91 93 94 x o Effect Depth 96 97 x o RPN Inc Dec 100 101 x 2 o RPN LSB MSB 84 x 2 o Portamento Cntrl Prog o 0 127 o 0 127 Change True System Exclusive o 3 o 3 Song Pos x x Common Song Sel x x Tune x x System Clock o o Real Time Commands o 4 o 4 Aux All S...

Page 85: ...lues for ll are ignored MIDI Master Tuning F0H 43H 1nH 27H 30H 00H 00H mm ll cc F7H This message simultaneously changes the tuning value of all chan nels The values of mm and ll are used for MIDI Master Tuning The default value of mm and ll are 08H and 00H respectively Any values can be used for n and cc Bulk Dump This is used for saving recording User data User songs and Regis tration Memory Thes...

Page 86: ...o Effect TYPE MSB TYPE LSB 00 01 02 08 16 17 18 19 20 000 064 No Effect 065 Chorus Chorus2 066 Celeste Chorus1 067 Flanger Flanger1 Flanger2 068 127 No Effect TYPE MSB TYPE LSB 00 01 02 08 16 17 18 19 20 000 No Effect 001 1 Hall1 2 Hall2 002 Room 3 Room1 4 Room2 003 Stage 5 Stage1 6 Stage2 004 Plate 7 Plate1 8 Plate2 005 Delay L C R 26 Delay L C R 006 27 Delay L R 007 28 Echo 008 29 Cross Delay 00...

Page 87: ...7 types Harmony 26 types Song 100 Songs 5 User Songs Song Clear Track Clear Recording Song User Song 5 Songs Real Time Recording Recording Tracks 1 2 3 4 5 CHORD MIDI Clock Bulk Send Receive Initial Send Auxiliary jacks PHONES OUTPUT DC IN 10 12V MIDI IN OUT SUSTAIN Amplifier 3 0W 3 0W Speakers 12cm x 2 3cm x 2 Power Consumption 15 W when using PA 3B power adaptor Power Supply Adaptor Yamaha PA 3B...

Page 88: ...ing bulk data 72 Local Control 74 M Main A B 40 Metronome 20 MIDI 67 MIDI channels 68 MIDI Implementation Chart 84 MIDI terminals 68 Multi Fingering 42 music stand 19 N numeric keypad 24 O One Touch Setting 25 Overall buttons 21 P PHONES OUTPUT jack 7 Pitch Bend Range 27 PITCH BEND wheel 7 Portable Grand 20 Q Quick Guide 10 R RECORD button 56 recording song 55 Registration Memory 48 Reverb 29 Reve...

Page 89: ... You may also 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 toYamaha with an explanation of the problem Please be prepared to provide proof purchase date sales receipt credit card copy etc when requesting service and or parts under warranty 3 Shipping and or insurance costs ...

Page 90: ... Tel 91 577 7270 GREECE Philippe Nakas S A Navarinou Street 13 P Code 10680 Athens Greece Tel 01 364 7111 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J A Wettergrens Gata 1 Box 30053 S 400 43 Göteborg Sweden Tel 031 89 34 00 DENMARK YS Copenhagen Liaison Office Generatorvej 8B DK 2730 Herlev Denmark Tel 44 92 49 00 FINLAND F Musiikki Oy Kluuvikatu 6 P O Box 260 SF 00101 Helsinki Finland Tel 09 618511 NORWAY Nors...

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Page 92: ...M D G EMI Division Yamaha Corporation 2000 Yamaha Corporation V544030 00 PO 01A0 Printed in Malaysia 00 PO 03C0 ...