Yamaha EMQ-1 Manuel

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PART IIBASIC FEATURESWHAT YOUR PortaSound CAN DOUsing the QUICK GUIDE and listening to the DEMO song has already given you a first impression of yourn

for totally automatic performances, or to enhance anymusic you are playing live.In addition, you can play four different sets of 8 percussioninstrumen

For instant access at the touch of a button, you can storeup to five selected voices in the Digital Synthesizer MemoryBANKS 1 thru 5 (12a).Operation1.

STEREO CHORUSStereo Chorus creates the“spacy” impression of severalinstruments being played at the same time for a warm, three-dimensional “symphonic”

rapid change, hold down either button. Pressing both– and + simultaneously resets the original value (i.e. thevalue before you started to make changes

Operation1. Press MELODY VOL. .The TEMPO/PARAMETER &VALUE display will showThis display tells you that the MELODY VOL. value isnow 8 (the nor

RHYTHM MACHINE FUNCTIONSA rhythm (or drum) machine provides a background of rhythm patterns played by various percussioninstruments. This not only mak

one measure), the PortaSound continues with the basicrhythm.The three intros available for each pattern are all dif-ferent. However, with some of the

Points to Rememberl The PortaSound will switch to the new rhythm styleat the beginning of the next measure, retaining thecurrent tempo. However, if th

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Note:If you hit a pad at the beginning of a measure while therhythm is playing, Synchro Break will become effective.However, in order to enable a more

feature allows you to add such rolls by holding downthe ROLL key (El) while hitting drum pad.By pressing ROLL and ACCENT at the same time,you can crea

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURESA)B)C)D)E)There are several basic types of AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT features available on the PSS-660. An outlineof their functio

A) Single Finger ChordsPress the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SINGLE FINGERMODE selector (3a) to turn on the Single Finger mode. (Therhythm must be off.) Now pl

Other interesting voices you may want to try for this marchare numbers 28 (TREMOLO ORGAN), 11 (CELLO) and95 (HUMAN VOICE 2). In any case, you will not

Major:Minor:Seventh:Minor seventh:Major seventh:Minor seventh flatted fifth:Seventh sustained fourth:Augmented:Diminished:Minor major seventh:Sixth:Mi

SONG MEMORYThe SONG MEMORY section (4) comprises ten memory banks in which you can digitally record melodiesand chord progressions for instant automat

Points to RememberIf several MELODY banks have been recorded sim-ultaneously, they are treated as one “set”. In otherwords, they can only be played ba

CHORD MemoryThe CHORD memory is a highly sophisticated automaticperformance feature that not only lets the PortaSound playprogrammed chord progression

If a rhythm is playing —1. Press the desired CHORD bank selector.The selector’s indicator will start to blink slowly.Playback will commence from the b

INTRODUCTIONCongratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PortaSound PSS-680!You now own one of the most sophisticated portable electronic keyboards

PART IIIADVANCED FUNCTIONSDIGITAL SYNTHESIZERLike a Yamaha DX synthesizer, the PortaSound PSS-680 uses an FM sound source — and like a digitalsynthesi

As you can see, the different ratios produce totally differentwave forms —saw-tooth waves give a bright tone color sui-table for strings and brass, wh

The attack rate for the carrier envelope is set to its maximumvalue, 63. This means that the carrier level peaks immediatelywhen a key is pressed. Now

Some voices will sound distorted if the TOTAL LEVELis raised to over 90 especially when they are used withmelody volume level 69’.If this happens, low

MIDIWhat is MIDI?If too much MIDI data is received at once, the messageMIDI stands for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface”.It is an international s

When a MIDI instrument receives information coded withits “own” channel number (the one specified for receptionon that unit), it will execute the comm

Keyboard Assign Mode Transmitted DataIn this mode, Timing Clock, Start/Stop and note on/off dataare transmitted. The 16 MIDI channels are use

D#2 51 RIM SHOT RIM SHOTE2 52 SNARE LOWSNARE LOWF2 53 HI TOM HI TOMF#2 54 HAND CLAP HAND CLAPG2 55 COWBELL COWBELLG#2 56 CABASA CABASAA2 57 HI-HAT CLO

Operation1. Press TRANSMIT CH/MEMORY BULK DUMP twice.• If the PortaSound is already in TRANSMIT CHANNELselect mode (indicated by an on the TE

Sound Source Mode 99Transmitted DataPoints to RememberAll normal (manual) keyboard performance data is trans-mitted, but no corresponding sound is pro

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MIDI RECEIVE CHANNEL FILTER OverviewThis function allows you to choose on which of the 16 MIDIchannels the PortaSound will receive data in ei

MIDI CONNECTION EXAMPLESThe following hook-ups are suggestions that will help you make the most of your PortaSound’s sophis-ticated MIDI functions. Th

Set the PSS-680 MIDI MODE to 00, and make sure thePortaSound transmission channels and the tone generator/rhythm machine reception channels correspond

ADDITIONAL INFORMATlONALL RESETOverviewStatic electricity and other factors can very rarely cause thePortasound’s internal microcomputer to “lock up”

SPECIFICATIONSWeightKey board61 keys (C1 ~ C6)Voice ("00 ~ 99”)Synth Brass, Jazz Organ, Pipe Organ 1, Piano 1,Harpsichord 1, Electric Piano 1, Ce

EXCLUSIVE DATA FORMATNOTICE FOLLOWING DATA: BYTES ARE TO BE DIVIDED INTO 4BIT DATA AND SENT AS LESS SIGNIFICANT4BITS OF DATA PART. SIGNIFICANT 4BITS A

2. FORMAT NO. =(01H). FORMAT NAME = (MELODY MEMORY 5BANKS)HEADER & EOXSTATUS =F0HID =43HINST. CLASS = 76HFORMAT NO. =01HDATA(DESCRIBED BELOW)CHECK

3. FORMAT NO. =(02H), FORMAT NAME =(CHORD MEMORY DATA)HEADER & EOXSTATUS =F0HID =43HINST. CLASS =76HFORMAT N. =02HDATA(DESCRIBED BELOW)CHECK SUM D

4. FORMAT NO. =(03H), FORMAT NAME= (RHYTHM PATTERN DATA)HEADER & EOXSTATUS = F0HID = 43HINST. CLASS = 76HFORMAT NO. = 03HDATA(DESCRIBED BELOW)CHEC

1-16[PORTABLE KEYBOARD]Model PSS-680FunctionBasic DefaultChannel ChangedDefaultMode MessagesAlteredNoteNumber: True voiceVelocity Note ONNote OFFMode

KeyboardAssignMODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[PORTABLE KEYBOARD]Model PSS-680 Mode 99 MIDI Implementation Chart Version: 1.0Function Transmitted Recognized RemarksBasic Default 1-16 (*1) 1-16 (*2

• This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Music Corp.Attention users in the U.S.A.PortaSound PSS-680 prepared inaccordance with FCC rules.

YAMAHAYAMAHA CORPORATIONP.O. Box 1, Hamamatsu, Japan

YAMAHAPSS680 OMYamaha Corporation of America6600 OrangeThorpe Avenue, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600PSS680 OM9/10/98 29645

CONTROL PANELPOWER switchVOLUME sliderAUTO ACCOMPANIMENT group3a MODE selectors3b ORCHESTRATION buttonsSONG MEMORY4a CHORD bank selectors4b MELODY ban

PARAMETER CHANGE group13a TEMPO button13b Parameter selectorsDEMO START/STOP switchMIDI group15a MIDI OUT CHANNEL listPITCH BEND wheelCUSTOM DRUMMER c

PART IGETTING TO KNOW THE PSS-680This part of the manual first shows you how to provide the PSS-680 with POWER, using batteries or anAC adaptor. You c

QUICK GUIDESelecting VoicesTo choose any instrument sound you like, simply lookup its name in the VOICE LIST (5) and input the corre-sponding number w