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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes nec- NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than essary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the re- one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recom- placement. mended by Yamaha. This product may also use “household” type batteries. Some of these This product should be used on
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PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts the power switch, disconnect the adaptor plug from
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Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a fine electronic keyboard. The Yamaha PSR-730/630 PortaTone combines the most advanced tone generation technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment. A large graphic display and easy-to-use interface also greatly enhance the operability of this advanced instrument. In order to make the most of your PortaTone’s features and extensive performance potential, we urge you
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PSR-730 Multi Pads record and play short rhythmic With the Digital Equalizer you can fine and melodic sequences that can be used to add tune the sound of your performance on five differ- impact and variety to your performances (page ent frequency bands (page 51). 106). User Song recording feature makes it easy to record and playback four melody tracks with an The floppy disk drive plays XG disks and accompaniment track (page 83). lets you easily manage User Song, User Style, User Pad and Registr
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Contents Panel Controls 6 Digital Effects 42 The Music Stand ........................................................ 7 Reverb ...........................................................................43 Selecting a Reverb Type ..............................................43 Reverb Return Level ....................................................43 Basic Display Operation 8 Chorus ...........................................................................44 The Display Icons...................
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Using Commercially Available Music Collections Overall Functions 114 (Sold Separately) ................................................... 66 Touch Sensitivity........................................................ 115 The Sample Disk ........................................................... 66 Pitch Bend Range ..................................................... 115 Format ........................................................................... 67 Modulation Wheel........................
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Panel Controls QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ PSR-730 STYLE PANEL VOICE XG VOICE 001 ~ 011 8BEAT 042 ~ 047 RHYTHM&BLUES 082 ~ 083 CARIBBEAN 001 ~ 019 PIANO 082 ~ 096 BASS 169 ~ 176 PIPE 228 ~ 266 PIANO 394 ~ 405 STRINGS 529 ~ 557 SYNTH PAD 012 ~ 019 16BEAT 048 ~ 051 ROCK&ROLL 084 ~ 087 BALLROOM LATIN 020 ~ 031 CHROMATIC 097 ~ 108 SOLO STRINGS 177 ~ 194 SYNTH LEAD 267 ~ 286 CHROMATIC 406 ~ 439 ENS
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Panel Controls QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Top Panel Controls n !4 GROOVE & DYNAMICS Button (PSR-730) ......................................... page 36 q STAND BY/ON Switch ......................... page 14 !5 NUMBER Buttons ................................ page 10 w MASTER VOLUME Control.................. page 14 !6 + and – Buttons .................................... page 10 e DEMO Button .................................
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Basic Display Operation QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ The PSR-730/630 LCD panel is a large multi-function type that simultaneously displays and provides access to a number of important parameters. Basic operation of the display as well as the MENU and SUB MENU buttons, and the meaning of the icons which appear in the display, are summarized briefly below. The Display Icons Voice Number (R1 Voice) Style/Song Number The currently
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Basic Display Operation QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ DIGITAL EQ (PSR-730) TEMPO Appears when the DIGITAL EQUALIZER is 116 Shows the current tempo of accompani- turned on (page 51). ment/song playback (page 26). TRANSPOSE MULTI EFFECT (PSR-730) 0 The current transpose value (page 56). Appears when the MULTI EFFECT is turned on (page 49). ACMP/SONG VOLUME In Song/Style Mode (page 11), the ac- 100 REVERB companiment or song volum
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Basic Display Operation QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ The Menus MENU Main Menu Selection (VOICE/STYLE/SONG Buttons) You can select one of the three main VOICE/STYLE/SONG menus by pressing the appropriate button to the right of the display. The menu icon will move to indicate the menu you have selected. Selecting Other Menus (MENU [s ], [t ] Buttons) You can select one of the seven “DISK” “MULTI PAD” “REGIST MEMORY” “MIDI” “DIGI
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Basic Display Operation QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ There are two modes in the PSR-730/630: Style Mode and Song Mode, and normally one of them is selected. Pressing the STYLE button selects Style Mode, lighting the STYLE icon, while pressing the Song button selects Song Mode and lights the SONG icon, displaying the current mode. STYLE Style Mode * Pressing the START/STOP button will start accompaniment playback. Currently s
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Setting Up QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ This section contains information about setting up your PSR-730/630 and preparing to play. Be sure to go through this section carefully before using your PSR-730/630. Power Supply • Never interrupt the power supply (e.g. remove the batteries or unplug the Although the PSR-730/630 will run either from an optional AC adaptor or AC adaptor) during any PSR-730/630 record op- batteries, Yamaha
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Setting Up QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Connections n PHONES Jack A standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged in here for private practice or late-night playing. The internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of head- phones is plugged into the PHONES jack. Do not listen with the headphones at high vol- ume for long periods of time. Doing so may cause hearing loss. n SUSTAIN Pedal Jack The sust
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ The Demonstration QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Once you’ve set up your PSR-730/630, try listening to the pre-programmed demonstration songs. A total of 15 demo songs are provided. Switch ON 1 Turn the power ON by pressing the [STAND BY/ON] switch. • Even when the switch is in STAND BY the “STAND BY” position, ON electricity is still flowing to the instrument at the mini- mum level. When you are not using the PSR-730/630 for a
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ The Demonstration QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Skip to the Beginning Of a Different Demo Song 4 While the demonstration is playing you can select any of the demo songs by using the [–] and [+] buttons. Playback will skip to the beginning of the selected song. 123 456 R&B d 789 – / NO 0 + / YES Stop When Done 5 Press the [DEMO] button or the [START/STOP] button to stop demo playback. • Stopping demo song playback, then start
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Playing the PSR-730/630 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ The PSR-730/630 actually includes two voice sets: the “panel” voices and percussion kits, and the XG voices. The panel voices include 215 “pitched” voices (200 “pitched” voices for PSR-630) and 12 drum kits, while the XG voice set includes 480 voices. When an XG voice is selected, an XG icon is displayed under the voice number at the top of the display. PSR-730 PSR-630 Panel
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Playing the PSR-730/630 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Selecting & Playing R1 Voices Select the VOICE Menu 1 Press the [VOICE] button so that the triangular indicator appears in the display next to “VOICE” to the right of the display. The number and name of the currently selected “R1” voice appears on the top right of the display panel when the VOICE menu is selected. p1 Grand Piano 001 VOICE VOICE VOICE Select a Panel Voice 2 T
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QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ Playing the PSR-730/630 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ One- or two-digit voice numbers can be entered without leading zeros. To select voice number “23”, for example, simply press the [2] button and then the [3] button. The bars below the voice number on the display will flash for a few seconds, and then disappear when the selected voice number has been recognized by the PSR- 730/630. 123 456 p1 Xylophone 023 789 * The above ill
