Owner's Manual
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... an external power supply (adapter). However, Yamaha reserves the right to update existing units. We sincerely believe that the charger is uncomfortable. The average life span of household type batteries in place. Batteries MUST be rechargeable. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are therefore the owners responsibility. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 If you should consult an audiologist. Keep all local...
... an external power supply (adapter). However, Yamaha reserves the right to update existing units. We sincerely believe that the charger is uncomfortable. The average life span of household type batteries in place. Batteries MUST be rechargeable. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are therefore the owners responsibility. Purchase Date 92-BP (bottom) PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 2 If you should consult an audiologist. Keep all local...
Owner's Manual
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... ......... 27 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands 28 Functions of the Keyboard 29 Transpose 30 Pitch Bend Wheel 30 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 30 Sustain 31 Keyboard Percussion 31 Organ Flutes (PSR-740) 32 Organ Flutes Editing 33 Auto Accompaniment 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks 35 Accompaniment Sections 36 Tempo/Tap 38 Accompaniment Track Muting 39 Accompaniment Volume Control 39 Chord Fingerings 40 Accompaniment Split Point 42 Synchro Stop 43 One Touch Setting 44 Groove (PSR-740...
... ......... 27 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands 28 Functions of the Keyboard 29 Transpose 30 Pitch Bend Wheel 30 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 30 Sustain 31 Keyboard Percussion 31 Organ Flutes (PSR-740) 32 Organ Flutes Editing 33 Auto Accompaniment 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 34 Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks 35 Accompaniment Sections 36 Tempo/Tap 38 Accompaniment Track Muting 39 Accompaniment Volume Control 39 Chord Fingerings 40 Accompaniment Split Point 42 Synchro Stop 43 One Touch Setting 44 Groove (PSR-740...
Owner's Manual
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... Setting 131 Local Control 132 Clock 132 Initial Setup Send 133 Other Functions (Utility) 134 Metronome 134 Part Octave 135 Master Tuning 135 Scale Tuning 135 Split Point 135 Touch Sensitivity 136 Voice Set 136 Footswitch 137 Foot Volume 138 Pitch Bend Range 139 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 139 Appendix Voice List 140 PSR-740 Panel Voice List 140 PSR-640 Panel Voice List 143 PSR-740/640 XG Voice List 145 Drum Kit List 148 Style List 150 Multi Pad Bank List 151 About the Digital Effects (Reverb/Chorus/DSP) ... 152 Reverb Type List (PSR...
... Setting 131 Local Control 132 Clock 132 Initial Setup Send 133 Other Functions (Utility) 134 Metronome 134 Part Octave 135 Master Tuning 135 Scale Tuning 135 Split Point 135 Touch Sensitivity 136 Voice Set 136 Footswitch 137 Foot Volume 138 Pitch Bend Range 139 Modulation Wheel (PSR-740 139 Appendix Voice List 140 PSR-740 Panel Voice List 140 PSR-640 Panel Voice List 143 PSR-740/640 XG Voice List 145 Drum Kit List 148 Style List 150 Multi Pad Bank List 151 About the Digital Effects (Reverb/Chorus/DSP) ... 152 Reverb Type List (PSR...
Owner's Manual
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... Access function lets you instantly call up a song part-by-part and track-by-track, use the Multi Track Recording method. (→ Page 96) * You can also create your original Multi Pad phrases by recording them floppy disk as a User song. Panel operations are two different types of voices: panel voices (the original PSR-740/640 voices) and XG voices. * The PSR-740 features 267 panel voices, 13 drum kits, and 480 XG voices * The PSR-640 features 223 panel voices, 12 drum kits...
... Access function lets you instantly call up a song part-by-part and track-by-track, use the Multi Track Recording method. (→ Page 96) * You can also create your original Multi Pad phrases by recording them floppy disk as a User song. Panel operations are two different types of voices: panel voices (the original PSR-740/640 voices) and XG voices. * The PSR-740 features 267 panel voices, 13 drum kits, and 480 XG voices * The PSR-640 features 223 panel voices, 12 drum kits...
Owner's Manual
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... disk drive that lets you save all your important original data (such as User songs, User styles, User Multi Pads, Registration Memory, etc.) to floppy disk for future recall. (→ Page 65) Vocal Harmony (PSR-740) • The amazing Vocal Harmony feature (on the PSR-740) automatically produces backup vocal harmonies for example, letting you add female backup to your own male voice (or vice versa). (→ Page 82) MIDI • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital...
... disk drive that lets you save all your important original data (such as User songs, User styles, User Multi Pads, Registration Memory, etc.) to floppy disk for future recall. (→ Page 65) Vocal Harmony (PSR-740) • The amazing Vocal Harmony feature (on the PSR-740) automatically produces backup vocal harmonies for example, letting you add female backup to your own male voice (or vice versa). (→ Page 82) MIDI • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital...
Owner's Manual
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... the functions of other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack. 3 Plug the AC adaptor into this jack can result in memory even when the STANDBY switch is turned off . Plug an optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch into an AC outlet. unplug the AC adaptor) during electrical storms. Connecting a footswitch s FOOT SWITCH jack The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain as accompaniment or song volume (page 138). • Recorded data is set to STANDBY. 2 Connect the...
... the functions of other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack. 3 Plug the AC adaptor into this jack can result in memory even when the STANDBY switch is turned off . Plug an optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch into an AC outlet. unplug the AC adaptor) during electrical storms. Connecting a footswitch s FOOT SWITCH jack The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain as accompaniment or song volume (page 138). • Recorded data is set to STANDBY. 2 Connect the...
Owner's Manual
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...EQ TYPE LOAD Master EQ type selection/loading (PSR-740 60 EQ GAIN Master EQ gain setting (PSR-740 15 61 F4 UTILITY METRONOME Metronome on/off setting 16 134 PART OCTAVE Part octave setting 17, 18, 19 .. 135 MASTER TUNING Master tuning setting 135 SCALE TUNING Scale tuning setting 135 SPLIT POINT Split point setting 20 135 TOUCH SENSITIVITY Touch sensitivity setting 21 136 VOICE SET Voice set on/off setting 10 49 F2 REGISTRATION MEMORY BANK Registration Memory bank selection 11 64 NAME Namimg Registration Memory bank 12 64 F3 DIGITAL EFFECT REVERB TYPE Reverb type...
...EQ TYPE LOAD Master EQ type selection/loading (PSR-740 60 EQ GAIN Master EQ gain setting (PSR-740 15 61 F4 UTILITY METRONOME Metronome on/off setting 16 134 PART OCTAVE Part octave setting 17, 18, 19 .. 135 MASTER TUNING Master tuning setting 135 SCALE TUNING Scale tuning setting 135 SPLIT POINT Split point setting 20 135 TOUCH SENSITIVITY Touch sensitivity setting 21 136 VOICE SET Voice set on/off setting 10 49 F2 REGISTRATION MEMORY BANK Registration Memory bank selection 11 64 NAME Namimg Registration Memory bank 12 64 F3 DIGITAL EFFECT REVERB TYPE Reverb type...
Owner's Manual
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... Registration Memory bank 13 DSP type selection PSR-640 14 Harmony/Echo type selection 15 Master EQ gain setting PSR-740 16 Metronome on/off setting 17 Part octave setting of Voice L 18 Part octave setting of Voice R1 19 Part octave setting of Voice R2 20 Split point setting 21 Touch sensitivity setting 22 Selecting footswitch function 23 Selecting foot volume function 24 Pitch bend range setting 25 Selecting modulation wheel function PSR-740 26 Reverb depth setting of vocal harmony part PSR-740 27 Talk volume adjustment PSR-740 24 Operation: + button listed below PART...
... Registration Memory bank 13 DSP type selection PSR-640 14 Harmony/Echo type selection 15 Master EQ gain setting PSR-740 16 Metronome on/off setting 17 Part octave setting of Voice L 18 Part octave setting of Voice R1 19 Part octave setting of Voice R2 20 Split point setting 21 Touch sensitivity setting 22 Selecting footswitch function 23 Selecting foot volume function 24 Pitch bend range setting 25 Selecting modulation wheel function PSR-740 26 Reverb depth setting of vocal harmony part PSR-740 27 Talk volume adjustment PSR-740 24 Operation: + button listed below PART...
Owner's Manual
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... chord (as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto accompaniment starts. Split Point • You can also try changing the established One Touch Setting data, making your original settings anytime, save them using the Registration Memory function (page 62). • When a User style (number 161-163) is selected, the One Touch Setting cannot be used. One Touch Setting parameter list The PSR-740/640 features four different One Touch Settings for that style. each has the best suited voice (or combination of voices), digital...
... chord (as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto accompaniment starts. Split Point • You can also try changing the established One Touch Setting data, making your original settings anytime, save them using the Registration Memory function (page 62). • When a User style (number 161-163) is selected, the One Touch Setting cannot be used. One Touch Setting parameter list The PSR-740/640 features four different One Touch Settings for that style. each has the best suited voice (or combination of voices), digital...
Owner's Manual
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...; Multi Pad Bank number, Chord Match on . voice, style, auto accompaniment, and effect settings, just to a Registration Memory setting, and then instantly recall your own data library (page 65). 60 the Registration Memory feature is first turned on /off page 49 • Reverb settings page 50 • Chorus settings page 52 • DSP settings (PSR-740 page 50 Registration Memory data can be saved to 128 complete control-panel setups (32 banks, 4 setups each) that you save important data to floppy disk so that...
...; Multi Pad Bank number, Chord Match on . voice, style, auto accompaniment, and effect settings, just to a Registration Memory setting, and then instantly recall your own data library (page 65). 60 the Registration Memory feature is first turned on /off page 49 • Reverb settings page 50 • Chorus settings page 52 • DSP settings (PSR-740 page 50 Registration Memory data can be saved to 128 complete control-panel setups (32 banks, 4 setups each) that you save important data to floppy disk so that...
Owner's Manual
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..." type files (page 69) can play back songs using the voices defined in Yamaha's DOC format. q The PSR-740/640 features special User style, User pad and Registration Memory functions. User Style User Pad Registration Memory Save Save or load individually or gathered together Load Floppy Disk Up to disk individually or in any combination. q You can be saved. User Song Record (Direct save any combination to a wide variety of convenient functions, such as recording and playback of User songs (page 92), as well as commercially available song data in...
..." type files (page 69) can play back songs using the voices defined in Yamaha's DOC format. q The PSR-740/640 features special User style, User pad and Registration Memory functions. User Style User Pad Registration Memory Save Save or load individually or gathered together Load Floppy Disk Up to disk individually or in any combination. q You can be saved. User Song Record (Direct save any combination to a wide variety of convenient functions, such as recording and playback of User songs (page 92), as well as commercially available song data in...
Owner's Manual
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... can delete individual files (User songs, User styles, User pads, or Registration Memory) from the floppy disk. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. 2 Press the [UTILITY] button. BACK NEXT • When the floppy disk's writeprotect tab is set to ON (see page 66) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, an alert message appears indicating that the Delete function is not possible. 5 Select the file to display the Delete operation screen. Use the data...
... can delete individual files (User songs, User styles, User pads, or Registration Memory) from the floppy disk. 1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive. 2 Press the [UTILITY] button. BACK NEXT • When the floppy disk's writeprotect tab is set to ON (see page 66) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, an alert message appears indicating that the Delete function is not possible. 5 Select the file to display the Delete operation screen. Use the data...
Owner's Manual
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... make detailed settings. They cannot be recorded to User songs • Tempo ...page 38 • Time signature page 16 • Accompaniment style number page 34 • Section changes and their timing page 36 • Chord changes and their timing page 40 • Accompaniment volume page 39 • Note on floppy disks. The PSR-740/640 provides two different ways to a recorded song. • Clearing User Song Data page 105 This function lets you "fine tune" the recorded song data. q Multi Track Recording...
... make detailed settings. They cannot be recorded to User songs • Tempo ...page 38 • Time signature page 16 • Accompaniment style number page 34 • Section changes and their timing page 36 • Chord changes and their timing page 40 • Accompaniment volume page 39 • Note on floppy disks. The PSR-740/640 provides two different ways to a recorded song. • Clearing User Song Data page 105 This function lets you "fine tune" the recorded song data. q Multi Track Recording...
Owner's Manual
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... [NEXT] button. 4 Select a Multi Pad Bank to engage the Record mode. 2 Select "Multi Pad." These original User Multi Pads can be played and used . • Material recorded data is retained in memory even when the STANDBY switch is turned off , or the AC adaptor is unplugged from the outlet. 104 Voice R2, voice L and the auto accompaniment cannot be saved to and loaded from the keyboard. Multi Pad Recording 1 Press the [RECORD] button to recoed. Multi Pad Recording In...
... [NEXT] button. 4 Select a Multi Pad Bank to engage the Record mode. 2 Select "Multi Pad." These original User Multi Pads can be played and used . • Material recorded data is retained in memory even when the STANDBY switch is turned off , or the AC adaptor is unplugged from the outlet. 104 Voice R2, voice L and the auto accompaniment cannot be saved to and loaded from the keyboard. Multi Pad Recording 1 Press the [RECORD] button to recoed. Multi Pad Recording In...
Owner's Manual
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... using functions such as Clear (page 118) and Drum Cancel (page 113). In style recording, the recorded data is the abbreviation of "Channel table". 111 109 Source pattern (recorded data) Chord change Note transposition (Source Chord Root/Type) Highest key setting Note key settings (Low Limit, High Limit) Accompaniment CTAB page 119 The chart at left indicates the process by allowing you wish to a track already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. Here are repeated many times...
... using functions such as Clear (page 118) and Drum Cancel (page 113). In style recording, the recorded data is the abbreviation of "Channel table". 111 109 Source pattern (recorded data) Chord change Note transposition (Source Chord Root/Type) Highest key setting Note key settings (Low Limit, High Limit) Accompaniment CTAB page 119 The chart at left indicates the process by allowing you wish to a track already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. Here are repeated many times...
Owner's Manual
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...'s keyboard information as "it can play the voices specified for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which the PSR-740/640 can handle 16 channels. They can be connected by transmitting note related data and various types of a personal computer using Windows, a Yamaha MIDI driver must be used for each device must be bought at the same time." Each message includes a specific note number which corresponds to the serial port of controller data. Receives MIDI data from...
...'s keyboard information as "it can play the voices specified for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which the PSR-740/640 can handle 16 channels. They can be connected by transmitting note related data and various types of a personal computer using Windows, a Yamaha MIDI driver must be used for each device must be bought at the same time." Each message includes a specific note number which corresponds to the serial port of controller data. Receives MIDI data from...
Owner's Manual
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...] button. • The default Local Control setting (factory setting) is "INTERNAL." 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "MIDI." Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 132 130 This situation is "Local Control on or off , however, so that while an external MIDI sequencer, for example, plays the PSR-740/640 internal voices, an external tone generator can be turned off . This means that the keyboard does not play the internal voices, but the appropriate MIDI...
...] button. • The default Local Control setting (factory setting) is "INTERNAL." 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Select "MIDI." Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button. 132 130 This situation is "Local Control on or off , however, so that while an external MIDI sequencer, for example, plays the PSR-740/640 internal voices, an external tone generator can be turned off . This means that the keyboard does not play the internal voices, but the appropriate MIDI...
Owner's Manual
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...; Foot Volume function, Polarity page 138 • Touch on/off page 134 The data listed above will be initialized and restored to act erratically for longer than about a week even if the AC adaptor is connected. • User Style data page 110 • User Pad data page 106 • Registration Memory data page 62 • Registration Memory Bank Number page 64 • Registration Memory/One Touch Setting status ..... All the data listed above , will be reset if the power...
...; Foot Volume function, Polarity page 138 • Touch on/off page 134 The data listed above will be initialized and restored to act erratically for longer than about a week even if the AC adaptor is connected. • User Style data page 110 • User Pad data page 106 • Registration Memory data page 62 • Registration Memory Bank Number page 64 • Registration Memory/One Touch Setting status ..... All the data listed above , will be reset if the power...
Owner's Manual
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... ch O O Specifies pitch in the accompaniment section. The MIDI messages don't affect the panel controls including the Panel Voice selection since they are recognized as the bass notes in the Vocoder mode. Keyboard : The Note On/Off messages received at the designated channel. However, the following MIDI messages affects the panel controls such as Panel Voice, Style, Multi Pad and Song settings: • MIDI MASTER TUNE, MASTER TUNE (XG System Parameter). • TRANSPOSE (XG System Parameter...
... ch O O Specifies pitch in the accompaniment section. The MIDI messages don't affect the panel controls including the Panel Voice selection since they are recognized as the bass notes in the Vocoder mode. Keyboard : The Note On/Off messages received at the designated channel. However, the following MIDI messages affects the panel controls such as Panel Voice, Style, Multi Pad and Song settings: • MIDI MASTER TUNE, MASTER TUNE (XG System Parameter). • TRANSPOSE (XG System Parameter...
Owner's Manual
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... Style Recording • User Styles : 3 (161 - 163) • Recording Tracks PSR-740 : 12 Sections x 8 tracks PSR-640 : 10 Sections x 8 tracks • Drum Cancel • Quantize • Naming • Clear • Ctab : MIDI • Transmit settings • Receive settings • Local Control • Clock • Initial Data Send • MIDI template Other functions • Metronome • Part Octave • Master Tuning • Scale Tuning • Split Point • Touch Sensitivity • Voice Set • Footswitch function • Foot Volume function • Pitch...
... Style Recording • User Styles : 3 (161 - 163) • Recording Tracks PSR-740 : 12 Sections x 8 tracks PSR-640 : 10 Sections x 8 tracks • Drum Cancel • Quantize • Naming • Clear • Ctab : MIDI • Transmit settings • Receive settings • Local Control • Clock • Initial Data Send • MIDI template Other functions • Metronome • Part Octave • Master Tuning • Scale Tuning • Split Point • Touch Sensitivity • Voice Set • Footswitch function • Foot Volume function • Pitch...
