Yamaha Portatone PSR-520, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...hestrated accompaniment to 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 wit...

Page 3: ...stering the Panel Settings 43 Recall the Registered Panel Settings 45 The Accomp Freeze Function 45 Song Recording 46 Recording a Melody Track 46 Recording Accompaniment With or Without a Melody 49 Ac...

Page 4: ...sive force 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...

Page 5: ...RD Section TOUCH RESPONSE Button page 17 DUAL VOICE Button page 17 HARMONY ECHO Button page 20 SUSTAIN Button page 22 MULTI PADS Section MULTI PADS 1 4 page 56 58 REC END TERMINATE Button page 56 58 q...

Page 6: ...NO 05 DX E PIANO 06 MIDI GRAND 07 HYPER E PNO 08 DREAM E PNO 09 BELL E PNO 10 ICE E PIANO 11 TREM E PNO 12 HARPSICHORD 13 HARPSI CPL 14 CLAVI 15 WAH CLAVI 16 CELESTA MALLETS 17 VIBRAPHONE 18 MARIMBA 1...

Page 7: ...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 a...

Page 8: ...ss for sustain release for normal sound The AUX OUT R and L R L jacks deliver the output of the PSR 520 for connection to an external amplifier mix ing console PA system or recording equipment If you...

Page 9: ...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 1...

Page 10: ...rack 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 AU...

Page 11: ...some cases Parameter Icons CART Cartridge Appears when a Music Cartridge song style or registration memory is selected page 60 BEAT Flashes at the current tempo and indicates the current beat during a...

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 46 Each track has its own icon which appears...

Page 13: ...ediately selects the VOICE function no matter what function was previ ously selected An alternative method is to press the FUNCTION button to the left of the display as many times as necessary until t...

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...

Page 15: ...ing of the keyboard percus sion drum instrument assign ments The Percussion Kits 142 Standard Kit 143 Room Kit 144 Rock Kit 145 Electronic Kit 146 Analog Kit 147 Jazz Kit 148 Brush Kit 149 Classic Kit...

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 but...

Page 17: ...right hand voices 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 t...

Page 18: ...rmally do not have 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...

Page 19: ...t ton Playing the PSR 520 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...

Page 20: ...m effect D ChoLvl Sets 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...

Page 21: ...il the arrowhead in 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 unti...

Page 22: ...ut depending on the 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...

Page 23: ...scription 15 Tremolo1 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 crea...

Page 24: ...SPOSE 0 2Set the Transposition 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 max...

Page 25: ...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 FIN...

Page 26: ...age 78 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 functi...

Page 27: ...L 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 en...

Page 28: ...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 t...

Page 29: ...SP Type 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 DIGITAL EFFECT in the function list to the left of t...

Page 30: ...select the DSP Return Level function See page 78 for more details on the Digital Effects The DSP return level can not be changed for the insertion DSP types see page 78 In this case will appear on the...

Page 31: ...E FINGERED 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...

Page 32: ...M ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT CURSOR 2If the FINGERED Mode is Selected Select the Desired Fingering Mode The PSR 520 has three fingering modes for fingered accompaniment Normal Bass and Full The NORMA...

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 inv...

Page 34: ...u play This means you can play in just about any style any where on the keyboard and the PSR 520 will automatically produce appropriate accompaniment A single note one octave lower than the lowest not...

Page 35: ...can 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 STYL...

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 STAR...

Page 37: ...ent 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 520 can recognize on the left hand secti...

Page 38: ...elect a different section the fill in will begin immedi ately 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...

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...

Page 40: ...s 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...

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 fla...

Page 42: ...t 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...

Page 43: ...emory see page 43 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 vol...

Page 44: ...mp 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 return level 2Select a Registration Ban...

Page 45: ...t character of the Registration 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...

Page 46: ...rent panel settings are differ ent from those stored in the memory No REGISTRATION MEMORY indicator will be showing when the PSR 520 is turned ON or a bank is selected FUNCTION Bank1 101 VOICE STYLE S...

Page 47: ...in the ACCOMP tracks can be recorded The SONG MELODY tracks record the following operations and data Recording a Melody Track Note ON OFF Velocity Voice number Octave Pan Dual voice ON OFF Dual Voice...

Page 48: ...er 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 SON...

Page 49: ...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 automatica...

Page 50: ...ber 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 26 33 to which you...

Page 51: ...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...

Page 52: ...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 Kei...

Page 53: ...ressing the SONG PLAY STOP button You can also start playback from any specified measure see page 53 Individual tracks can be turned OFF muted or ON by using the cursor buttons to select the icon of t...

Page 54: ...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...

Page 55: ...lear 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 vol...

Page 56: ...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 fi...

Page 57: ...ULTI PAD plays a brass chord stab When a chord match type MULTI PAD phrase is played the phrase will be automatically transposed to match chords played using the PSR 520 Auto accompaniment feature MUL...

Page 58: ...corded 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 520...

Page 59: ...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 engage...

Page 60: ...g 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...

Page 61: ...an result in serious 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 520 memory data song data registration me...

Page 62: ...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 Us...

Page 63: ...pressing the SONG PLAY STOP button NO YES 6 5 4 0 7 8 9 1 2 3 1 A TRAIN 802 VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY Playback can be started from any measure page 53 The volume bars of the song tracks at the b...

Page 64: ...he number buttons in the normal way page 43 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...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...g 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 d...

Page 67: ...TI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED Function Display Settings Page Keyboard Volume Kybd Vol 00 127 67 Octave Octave 2 0 2 67 Reverb Level RevLev...

Page 68: ...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 pres...

Page 69: ...orus 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 de...

Page 70: ...an 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...

Page 71: ...l settings In this case will appear on the display and you can not change it Regardless of the Minus one channel settings with songs you record yourself the MELODY 1 track corresponds to the right han...

Page 72: ...DI keyboards including the PSR 520 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 con...

Page 73: ...d or an AC adaptor is connected The PSR 520 is capable of receiving the same MIDI data so a second MIDI keyboard connected to the PSR 520 MIDI IN connector can be used to remotely play the PSR 520 and...

Page 74: ...ansmitted 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 Voic...

Page 75: ...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 adv...

Page 76: ...matically 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 and the...

Page 77: ...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...

Page 78: ...e 64 MinusChR Selecting Minus One Right hand Channel page 70 MinusChL Selecting Minus One Left hand Channel page 70 PBRange Setting Pitch Bend Range page 70 Metronom Metronome ON OFF page 70 Tuning Fi...

Page 79: ...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 effect...

Page 80: ...m 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...

Page 81: ...Volume Split Voice Volume and or Dual Voice Vol ume parameters are set at an appropriate level pages 67 15 and 18 Turn the power OFF and turn the power ON again The appropriate default vol ume settin...

Page 82: ...re reset to their initial settings whenever the power is turned ON The data listed below are backed up i e retained in memory as long as an AC adaptor is connected or a set of batteries is installed B...

Page 83: ...lume 8 Measure 53 Melody track song 46 Metronome 70 MIDI 71 MIDI data format 93 MIDI implementation chart 90 Minus one 64 Minus one left hand channel 70 Minus one right hand channel 70 Mode 11 Multi p...

Page 84: ...rdion 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 U...

Page 85: ...Flute 2 116 0 0 115 Pan Flute 2 117 0 0 116 Recorder 1 118 0 0 117 Blown Bottle 2 119 0 0 118 Shakuhachi 1 120 0 0 119 Whistle 1 121 0 0 120 Ocarina 1 Bank Select MIDI Number Voice Program Voice Name...

Page 86: ...d Trumpet 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 En...

Page 87: ...Mid Tom L Room Tom 4 Rock Tom 4 Electronic Tom 4 60 C3 Mid Tom H Room Tom 5 Rock Tom 5 Electronic Tom 5 61 C 3 Crash Cymbal 1 62 D3 High Tom Room Tom 6 Rock Tom 6 Electronic Tom 6 63 D 3 Ride Cymbal...

Page 88: ...t Closed 5 Dark Hi Hat Closed 6 55 G2 Analog Tom 2 Natural Tom 2 Brush Tom 2 Natural Tom 2 56 G 2 Analog Hi hat Closed 2 3 Dark Hi Hat Pedal 4 Dark Hi Hat Pedal 5 Dark Hi Hat Pedal 6 57 A2 Analog Tom...

Page 89: ...ustain 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 Choru...

Page 90: ...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 7F...

Page 91: ...ssage is ignored by the remote channel Bulk Dump Song Memory F0H 43H 76H 1CH bl bh DATA cs F7H Multi Pad F0H 43H 76H 1DH bl bh DATA cs F7H Registration Memory F0H 43H 76H 1EH bl bh DATA cs F7H bl and...

Page 92: ...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...

Page 93: ...R 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 typ...

Page 94: ...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...

Page 95: ...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 1...

Page 96: ...ncy 8 40 50Hz 2 0kHz 3 EQ Low Gain 52 76 12 12dB 4 LPF Cutoff 34 60 1 0k Thru 5 Output Level 0 127 7 EQ Mid Frequency 28 54 500Hz 10 0kHz 8 EQ Mid Gain 52 76 12 12dB 9 EQ Mid Width 10 120 1 0 12 0 10...

Page 97: ...FC5 Music Cartridge Specifications subject to change without notice Keyboards 61 standard size keys C1 C6 with touch response Display Large multi function LCD display Setup Power ON OFF Master Volume...

Page 98: ...Measure 53 Melody track song 46 Metronome 70 MIDI 71 MIDI data format 91 MIDI implementation chart 88 Minus one 64 Minus one left hand channel 70 Minus one right hand channel 70 Mode 11 Multi pad kit...

Page 99: ...maha 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 phone...

Page 100: ...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 explanatio...

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Page 102: ...M D G EMI Division 1995 Yamaha Corporation VT95500 506POCP5 3 01A0 Printed in Japan...