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PSR-A1000
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................ 3
PRECAUTIONS.......................................................... 3
Accessories ............................................................... 6
About this Owner’s Manual and Data List .............. 6
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
and Floppy Disk..................................................... 7
About the Display Messages.................................... 8
Application Index................................................... 12
What can you do with the PSR-A1000?................. 14
Setting Up the PSR-A1000 ..................................... 16
Panel Controls and Terminals................................ 18
Quick Guide ........................... 20
Playing the Demos ................................................. 20
Song Playback ........................................................ 21
Playback of Songs ....................................................21
Playing Voices ........................................................ 25
Playing a Voice ........................................................25
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously ..........................26
Playing Different Voices with the Left and
Right Hands..........................................................27
Playing Styles ......................................................... 28
Playing a style..........................................................28
Style Sections...........................................................30
Playing with the Songs .......................................... 32
Playing Along with the PSR-A1000...........................32
Recording ................................................................33
Setting an Oriental Scale ....................................... 34
Basic Operations
— Organizing Your Data ....... 35
Example — Open/Save display for Voice..................36
Selecting Files and Folders..................................... 37
File/Folder-related Operations .............................. 38
Naming Files/Folders ...............................................38
Moving Files/Folders ................................................39
Copying Files/Folders...............................................40
Deleting Files/Folders...............................................40
Saving Files ..............................................................41
Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder ..............41
Displaying Upper Level pages ..................................41
Entering Characters and Changing Icons .................41
Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial................................ 43
Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays....... 44
Help Messages ....................................................... 46
Using the Metronome............................................ 47
Adjusting the Tempo ............................................. 47
Tap Tempo ..............................................................48
Reference
Playing the Demos.................49
Voices.....................................51
Selecting a Voice .................................................... 51
Layer/Left — Playing Several Sounds
Simultaneously .................................................... 53
Layer — Layering Two Different Voices ................... 53
Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and
Right Sections of the Keyboard ............................ 54
Applying Voice Effects ........................................... 54
PITCH BEND Wheel................................................ 55
Adjusting the Octave setting ................................. 55
Styles......................................56
Playing a style ........................................................ 56
Playing a Style’s Rhythm Channels only .................. 58
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting ...... 58
Chord Fingerings.................................................... 59
Arranging the Style Pattern
(SECTIONS: MAIN A/
B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK)..................................61
Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys
(SYNC. STOP) ...................................................... 62
Selecting Intro and Ending Types
(INTRO/ENDING) ................................................ 63
Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when changing
accompaniment sections — Auto Fill In................ 63
The Multi Pads .......................64
Playing the Multi Pads ........................................... 64
Chord Match .......................................................... 64
Multi Pad Edit......................................................... 65
Song Playback........................66
Compatible Song Types ......................................... 66
Song Playback ........................................................ 67
Playing the Internal Songs....................................... 67
Playing Back Songs on Disk..................................... 69
Other Playback-related Operations.......................... 69
Muting Specific Parts
— Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks............................ 70
Repeat Playback of a Specific Range ..................... 70
Displaying the Lyrics .............................................. 71