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...64 VIOLA 82 CHOIR OOHS 99 SOPRANO SAX 116 PAN FLUTE 132 FANTASIA 149 BOUZOUKI 166 JAZZ DISCO 32 DISCO POP 33 70S DISCO 34 DISCO SOUL 35 DISCO PARTY 36 DISCO TROP 50 B B ... KHALIGI 2 102 MAKSOUM S 121 BAMBI 139 KARSILAMAS 15 WAH CLAVI 140 5/8 16 CELESTA 801 GrandPno BEAT & * 32 ROCK ORGAN 1 49 CLEAN GTR 65 CELLO 83 SYNTH CHOIR 100 ALTO SAX 33 ROCK ORGAN 2 50 TREMOLO GTR...Jack page 7 u AUX OUT R, L+R/L Jacks page 7 i DC IN 10-12V Jack page 6 The Music Stand The PSR-A3 is supplied with a music stand that can be attached to the instrument by inserting it into the slot at the rear of ...
...64 VIOLA 82 CHOIR OOHS 99 SOPRANO SAX 116 PAN FLUTE 132 FANTASIA 149 BOUZOUKI 166 JAZZ DISCO 32 DISCO POP 33 70S DISCO 34 DISCO SOUL 35 DISCO PARTY 36 DISCO TROP 50 B B ... KHALIGI 2 102 MAKSOUM S 121 BAMBI 139 KARSILAMAS 15 WAH CLAVI 140 5/8 16 CELESTA 801 GrandPno BEAT & * 32 ROCK ORGAN 1 49 CLEAN GTR 65 CELLO 83 SYNTH CHOIR 100 ALTO SAX 33 ROCK ORGAN 2 50 TREMOLO GTR...Jack page 7 u AUX OUT R, L+R/L Jacks page 7 i DC IN 10-12V Jack page 6 The Music Stand The PSR-A3 is supplied with a music stand that can be attached to the instrument by inserting it into the slot at the rear of ...
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... turned ON when a keyboard percussion kit is selected for the Voice. • Harmony can not be used when the Auto Accompaniment Chord Cancel function (page 32) is in use . • Harmony does not apply in the NORMAL mode. • Harmony can be used in the SPLIT mode as well as ... jumps to the "HARM/ ECHO" position and the current harmony/echo name appears in the function list to the left of the display. Playing the PSR-A3 Harmony/Echo The harmony effect (01~10) automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to the melody line you play on the left hand parts. Selecting a Harmony...
... turned ON when a keyboard percussion kit is selected for the Voice. • Harmony can not be used when the Auto Accompaniment Chord Cancel function (page 32) is in use . • Harmony does not apply in the NORMAL mode. • Harmony can be used in the SPLIT mode as well as ... jumps to the "HARM/ ECHO" position and the current harmony/echo name appears in the function list to the left of the display. Playing the PSR-A3 Harmony/Echo The harmony effect (01~10) automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to the melody line you play on the left hand parts. Selecting a Harmony...
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...or OFF. • Sustain does not apply to "SUSTAIN" in the display), all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. Playing the PSR-A3 Type Description 15: Tremolo1/8 This type creates 8th-note tremolos. 3 16: Tremolo1/12 This type creates 8th-note triplet tremolos. 17: Tremolo1/16 This.... 20: Trill1/16 21: Trill1/24 This type creates 16th-note trilled repeats. 3 This type creates 16th-note triplet trilled repeats. 22: Trill1/32 This type creates 32nd-note trilled repeats. 3 Exit ...Press the [VOICE] button or select a different function to exit from the HARM/ECHO function....
...or OFF. • Sustain does not apply to "SUSTAIN" in the display), all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. Playing the PSR-A3 Type Description 15: Tremolo1/8 This type creates 8th-note tremolos. 3 16: Tremolo1/12 This type creates 8th-note triplet tremolos. 17: Tremolo1/16 This.... 20: Trill1/16 21: Trill1/24 This type creates 16th-note trilled repeats. 3 This type creates 16th-note triplet trilled repeats. 22: Trill1/32 This type creates 32nd-note trilled repeats. 3 Exit ...Press the [VOICE] button or select a different function to exit from the HARM/ECHO function....
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...left of the keyboard (i.e. All other inversions are interpreted as m11. * m6 chords are only recognized in root position. normally 59 while the PSR-A3 supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment in parentheses may be used with the following exceptions: * 6 chords are interpreted as sus4.... * With aug and dim7 chords the lowest note played is assumed to be the root or b7. 32 The NORMAL mode lets you play any three adjacent keys (including black keys), the chord sound will be cancelled and only the rhythm ...
...left of the keyboard (i.e. All other inversions are interpreted as m11. * m6 chords are only recognized in root position. normally 59 while the PSR-A3 supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment in parentheses may be used with the following exceptions: * 6 chords are interpreted as sus4.... * With aug and dim7 chords the lowest note played is assumed to be the root or b7. 32 The NORMAL mode lets you play any three adjacent keys (including black keys), the chord sound will be cancelled and only the rhythm ...
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Using Auto Accompaniment 4 Select a Style ...The PSR-A3 has 140 styles that style is also selected, and the tempo is displayed to the right of the instrument's control panel. The number and name ... a different style. see page 12). In this case, three-digit numbers (i.e. "100" through "280") are listed in the STYLE list printed at any value between 32 and 280 beats per minute.
Using Auto Accompaniment 4 Select a Style ...The PSR-A3 has 140 styles that style is also selected, and the tempo is displayed to the right of the instrument's control panel. The number and name ... a different style. see page 12). In this case, three-digit numbers (i.e. "100" through "280") are listed in the STYLE list printed at any value between 32 and 280 beats per minute.
Owner's Manual
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...function. The following settings are memorized by pressing and holding the [MEMORIZE] button. 47 Registration Memory The PSR-A3 Registration Memory feature can be used to the left of the 32 Registration Memory banks can be quickly selected by the Registration Memory function: q Data Stored By the Registration ...use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select the desired Registration Memory bank (01 through 32). VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM/ ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 801 Bank1 BEAT REGIST OTS 118 10 a01...
...function. The following settings are memorized by pressing and holding the [MEMORIZE] button. 47 Registration Memory The PSR-A3 Registration Memory feature can be used to the left of the 32 Registration Memory banks can be quickly selected by the Registration Memory function: q Data Stored By the Registration ...use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons, the number buttons or the data dial to select the desired Registration Memory bank (01 through 32). VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM/ ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 801 Bank1 BEAT REGIST OTS 118 10 a01...
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... Drum Kit - - - - 16 Conga & Vibraslap - - - - 17 Timbales - - - - 18 Latin Percussion1 - - - - You can be automatically transposed to match chords played using the PSR-A3 Autoaccompaniment feature. When a "chord match" type MULTI PAD phrase is pressed. The Multi Pads 2 Select a Multi Pad Kit Number Use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons... 3 Pad 4 OOOO OOOO 03 Synth Arpeggio O O O O 04 Pianist OOOO 05 Fanfare - - - OO 31 Belly Dance - - -- 32 Rik - - -- 33 Stage & Handclap - - -- 34 Rakassni - - -- 35 Tabel - - -- 36 Tabla - - -- 60
... Drum Kit - - - - 16 Conga & Vibraslap - - - - 17 Timbales - - - - 18 Latin Percussion1 - - - - You can be automatically transposed to match chords played using the PSR-A3 Autoaccompaniment feature. When a "chord match" type MULTI PAD phrase is pressed. The Multi Pads 2 Select a Multi Pad Kit Number Use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons... 3 Pad 4 OOOO OOOO 03 Synth Arpeggio O O O O 04 Pianist OOOO 05 Fanfare - - - OO 31 Belly Dance - - -- 32 Rik - - -- 33 Stage & Handclap - - -- 34 Rakassni - - -- 35 Tabel - - -- 36 Tabla - - -- 60
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...icon will appear on the display. Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Registration Presets The Music Cartridge supplied with the PSR-A3 provides 8 banks of preset registration settings (8 banks x 4 registration memories = 32 total) that provide a number of the bank you select a cartridge registration, GM voices will be ... setups (refer to go beyond the highest or lowest internal bank numbers - The individual cartridge registration memories are not the PSR-A3 panel voices but the GM voices. When you want to the SONG MEMORY or the MULTI PADS. The cartridge registration memories...
...icon will appear on the display. Using Music Cartridges Cartridge Registration Presets The Music Cartridge supplied with the PSR-A3 provides 8 banks of preset registration settings (8 banks x 4 registration memories = 32 total) that provide a number of the bank you select a cartridge registration, GM voices will be ... setups (refer to go beyond the highest or lowest internal bank numbers - The individual cartridge registration memories are not the PSR-A3 panel voices but the GM voices. When you want to the SONG MEMORY or the MULTI PADS. The cartridge registration memories...
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... of the keyboard? For normal operation turn OFF the power then turn ON the power or plug in the Auto-Accompaniment section of the PSR-A3. The selected voice does not sound when the keyboard is automatically selected. Turn the power OFF and turn the power ON again. Are ...multi pad notes. Make sure that can be turned ON when the FINGERED FULL mode is not selected (page 31). The PSR-A3 can recognize (see chord types on page 32)? Not all simultaneously-played notes sound. No lower keyboard sound. Some sections of these functions can be reversed if you '...
... of the keyboard? For normal operation turn OFF the power then turn ON the power or plug in the Auto-Accompaniment section of the PSR-A3. The selected voice does not sound when the keyboard is automatically selected. Turn the power OFF and turn the power ON again. Are ...multi pad notes. Make sure that can be turned ON when the FINGERED FULL mode is not selected (page 31). The PSR-A3 can recognize (see chord types on page 32)? Not all simultaneously-played notes sound. No lower keyboard sound. Some sections of these functions can be reversed if you '...
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... with the Panel Voices (voice numbers 01~171) and GM Voices (voice numbers 01~137). Polyphony The PSR-A3 can play up to the GM Voice List on page 91 for the accompaniment. Refer to 32 individual notes at once, as shown in the voice list below. GM Voices are used. • The... voice list includes the MIDI program numbers and MIDI bank select numbers (Panel Voice List only) that some PSR-A3 voices actually use two voices at the same...
... with the Panel Voices (voice numbers 01~171) and GM Voices (voice numbers 01~137). Polyphony The PSR-A3 can play up to the GM Voice List on page 91 for the accompaniment. Refer to 32 individual notes at once, as shown in the voice list below. GM Voices are used. • The... voice list includes the MIDI program numbers and MIDI bank select numbers (Panel Voice List only) that some PSR-A3 voices actually use two voices at the same...
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... Keyboard] Model: PSR-A3 MIDI Implementation Chart Date: 1995. 5. 18 Version: 1.00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed 1~16 CH 1~16 CH Mode Default Messages Altered Mode 3 X Note Number : True voice 0~127 Velocity Note on Note off O 9nH, v=1~127 X 9nH, v=0 After key's X Touch Ch's X Pitch Bender Control Change 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10...
... Keyboard] Model: PSR-A3 MIDI Implementation Chart Date: 1995. 5. 18 Version: 1.00 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed 1~16 CH 1~16 CH Mode Default Messages Altered Mode 3 X Note Number : True voice 0~127 Velocity Note on Note off O 9nH, v=1~127 X 9nH, v=0 After key's X Touch Ch's X Pitch Bender Control Change 0, 32 1 6, 38 7 10...
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... DISCO [45]EQ TEL 4D 2-BAND EQ 4E AUTO WAH2 [37]AUTO WAH 4F THRU : : 7F THRU *No effect or Thru is determined by the PSR-A3 settings. The blank indicates the content is the same as that of 00H. The numbers in the boxes can be controlled by either Variation connection... is system or insertion. 0AH [4]HALL4 [7]ROOM3 [17]CHORUS1 [24]FLANGER3 [31]ROTARY SP4 [30]ROTARY SP3 0BH [8]ROOM4 [32]ROTARY SP5 [34]TREMOLO2 0CH [35]GTR TREMOLO 99 MIDI Data Format / Effect map The following types in the brackets are...
... DISCO [45]EQ TEL 4D 2-BAND EQ 4E AUTO WAH2 [37]AUTO WAH 4F THRU : : 7F THRU *No effect or Thru is determined by the PSR-A3 settings. The blank indicates the content is the same as that of 00H. The numbers in the boxes can be controlled by either Variation connection... is system or insertion. 0AH [4]HALL4 [7]ROOM3 [17]CHORUS1 [24]FLANGER3 [31]ROTARY SP4 [30]ROTARY SP3 0BH [8]ROOM4 [32]ROTARY SP5 [34]TREMOLO2 0CH [35]GTR TREMOLO 99 MIDI Data Format / Effect map The following types in the brackets are...