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Contents
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Taking Care of Your PortaTone ................................................. 3
Panel Controls 4
The Music Stand ......................................................................... 5
Setting Up 6
Power Supply .............................................................................. 6
■Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor .................................. 6
■Using Batteries ..................................................................... 6
Connections ................................................................................ 7
■The PHONES Jack ............................................................... 7
■SUSTAIN Jack...................................................................... 7
■AUX OUT R and L+R/L Jack ................................................ 7
■MIDI IN and OUT Connectors .............................................. 7
The Demonstration 8
Basic Display Operation 10
Playing the PSR-520 12
Selecting & Playing Voices ...................................................... 12
■Keyboard Percussion ......................................................... 14
The Split Mode .......................................................................... 15
Changing the Split Voice & Related Parameters ................... 15
Touch Response ....................................................................... 17
Dual Voice.................................................................................. 17
Changing the Dual Voice & Related Parameters................... 18
Harmony/Echo........................................................................... 20
Selecting a Harmony/Echo Type ........................................... 20
Sustain ....................................................................................... 22
Transposition ............................................................................ 23
Pitch Bend ................................................................................. 23
Digital Effects 24
Using the Digital Effects........................................................... 24
Changing the Reverb Effect..................................................... 24
Selecting the Reverb Effect Type .......................................... 24
Setting the Reverb Return Level............................................ 25
Changing the Chorus Effect .................................................... 26
Selecting the Chorus Effect Type .......................................... 26
Setting the Chorus Return Level............................................ 27
Changing the DSP Effect.......................................................... 28
Selecting the DSP Effect Type .............................................. 28
Setting the DSP Return Level ................................................ 29
Using Auto Accompaniment 30
■The Stop Accompaniment Function ................................... 37
Accompaniment Track Control................................................ 38
■Large/Small Accompaniment.............................................. 39
■Muting Individual Tracks ..................................................... 39
■Changing Accompaniment Track Voices............................ 40
■Adjusting Accompaniment Track Volume ........................... 40
Changing the Accompaniment Split Point ............................. 41
One Touch Setting .................................................................... 42
Registration Memory 43
Registering 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
Accompaniment and Melody Playback................................... 52
Play from a Specified Measure .............................................. 53
■Voice & Volume Rewrite ..................................................... 54
■Clearing the SONG TRACKS ............................................. 54
The Multi Pads 55
Playing the MULTI PADS .......................................................... 55
Recording the MULTI PADS..................................................... 57
Using Music Cartridges 60
■Inserting a Music Cartridge................................................. 60
■Music Cartridge Handling Precautions ............................... 60
Cartridge Accompaniment Styles ........................................... 61
Selecting Cartridge Styles ..................................................... 61
Cartridge Songs ........................................................................ 62
Cartridge Song Playback ....................................................... 62
Cartridge Registration Presets ................................................ 63
Selecting Cartridge Registration ............................................ 63
Practice Features 64
The Minus One Mode ................................................................ 64
■Specifying the Parts To Be Turned On or Off ..................... 64
Repeat Play................................................................................ 65
Overall Functions 66
General Functions .................................................................... 67
■Keyboard Volume ............................................................... 67
■Octave ................................................................................ 67
■Reverb Level ...................................................................... 68
■Chorus Level ...................................................................... 68
■DSP Level........................................................................... 68
■Pan ..................................................................................... 68
■Voice Set ............................................................................ 69
■Accompaniment Volume..................................................... 69
■Touch Sensitivity ................................................................ 69
■Minus-one Right/Left-hand Channel ................................... 70
■Pitch Bend Range............................................................... 70
■Metronome ......................................................................... 70
■Tuning................................................................................. 70
MIDI Functions .......................................................................... 71
■Remote Channel................................................................. 72
■Keyboard Out ..................................................................... 73
■Song Out ............................................................................ 73
■Accompaniment Out ........................................................... 73
■Local Control ...................................................................... 74
■External Clock .................................................................... 74
■Initial Data Send ................................................................. 74
■Bulk Data Send................................................................... 75
■Receiving Bulk Data ........................................................... 75
Appendix
PSR-520 Function Tree ......................................................... 76
About Digital Effect ................................................................ 78
Troubleshooting ..................................................................... 80
Data Backup & Initialization ................................................... 81
■Data Initialization ................................................................ 81
Index........................................................................................... 82
Specifications......................................................................... 83
Voice List ............................................................................... 84
Percussion Kit List ................................................................. 88
MIDI Implementation Chart .................................................... 90
MIDI Data Format .................................................................. 93
■GM System Level 1 ............................................................ 97