Portatone Owner's Manual

Styles
PSR-A1000
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Playing a Style’s Rhythm Channels only
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting
ACMP INTRO START/STOP
MAIN
ENDING
/ rit.
AUTO
FILL IN
FADE
IN/OUT
SYNC.
STOP
SYNC.
START
BREAK
STYLE CONTROL
Rhythm starts.
1
Select a style (page 56).
The Rhythm channels are
part of the styles. Each style
has different rhythm pat-
terns.
Set to off.
3
Play along with the rhythm playback.
The Tempo can be adjusted using the TEMPO [ ][ ] or [TAP TEMPO] buttons.
If you tap the [TAP TEMPO] button, the tempo will adjust to the same speed that
you tapped.
2
Press the STYLE [START/STOP] button
again to stop the rhythm playback.
END
You can also start the
rhythm simply by playing a
key on the keyboard, if Sync
Start is enabled (turn on the
[SYNC.START] button).
BALANCE
PART
CHANNEL ON/OFF
BALANCE display
Adjust the output level of the Part.
Parts played from the
keyboard (MAIN/LAYER/
LEFT)
STYLE part (Auto
Accompaniment area)
SONG part
MULTI PAD part
CHANNEL ON/OFF display
Call up the STYLE display by pressing the [CHANNEL ON/OFF]
button, then turn the instrument you want to cancel off. To listen to
only one instrument by itself, hold down the appropriate button for
the channel to set the channel to SOLO. To cancel SOLO, simply
press the appropriate channel button again.
Channel
Refers to the MIDI channel
in the song data
(page 141). The channels
are assigned as shown
below.
Song
1 - 16
Accompaniment Style
9 - 16
Call up the
BALANCE
display.
Call up the
Channel ON/
OFF display.