Yamaha PSR-S550 manuel d'utilisation

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    EN Owner’ s Manual DIGIT AL W ORKST A TION[...]

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    2 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an e xternal power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to an y power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate , or specifically recommended b y Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied [...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instr uctions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not e xpressly appro ved by Y amaha ma y void your authority , gr anted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this [...]

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    4 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual (3)-12 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place f or future ref erence. W ARNING 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. T[...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 5 (3)-12 2/2 • Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls[...]

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    6 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual GM System Level 1 “GM System Le vel 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that an y GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by an y GM-compatible tone generator , regardless of manufacturer . The GM mark is af fixed to all software and hardw are products that support GM System Le vel. XG XG [...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha PSR-S550! Please read this o wner’ s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to tak e full advantage of its various features. Mak e sure to k eep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you finish reading, and refer to it often when you n[...]

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    8 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Special Features of the PSR-S550 ■ Pla y a V ariety of Instrument V oices P age 17 The instrument voice that sounds when you play the k eyboard can be changed to violin, flute, harp, or any of an e xtensiv e range of V oices. Y ou can change the mood of a Song written for piano, for example, by using violin to play it[...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 9 Logos ........................................................................................ 6 Accessories .............................................................................. 7 Special Features of the PSR-S550 .......................................... 8 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements .....................[...]

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    10 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power .  Make sure that the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch of the instrument is set to ST ANDBY .  Connect the po wer adaptor’ s DC plug to the power supply jack.  Plug the A C adaptor into an A C outlet. Make all necessary connections below BEFOR[...]

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    Setting Up PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 11 Connect the instrument’ s USB terminal to the USB ter- minal of a computer , and you can transfer performance data and Song files between the two (page 96). T o use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the fol- lo wing: • First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instru- ment is set to OFF [...]

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    Setting Up 12 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This instrument allo ws you to select English or Japa- nese as the display language. The def ault display lan- guage is English, but if you switch to Japanese the lyrics, file names and some messages will be displayed in Japanese where appropriate.  Press the [FUNCTION] button.  Press the CA TEGOR Y [ [...]

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    Setting Up PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 13 ● Music Rest Inser t the music rest into the slots as shown.[...]

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    14 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals q [ST ANDBY/ON] s witch .................... page 16 w [MASTER V OLUME] control .... pages 16, 40 e [DEMO] button ................................. page 16 r [SONG MODE] button ..................... page 27 t SONG [PRESET], [USER] buttons .......... page 27 [SCORE] button .................[...]

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    Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 15 @3 CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] b uttons ..... page 41 @4 [EXECUTE] button ........................... page 68 @5 [MDB] button ................................... page 26 @6 [FILE MENU] button ........................ page 83 @7 [FUNCTION] button ......................... page 80 @8 ONE T OUCH SET[...]

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    16 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Songs This instrument include a Demonstration Song. Let’ s star t by pla ying the Demonstration Song. 1 Press the [ST ANDBY/ON] b utton until it locks in the ON position. The Main display appears in the LCD. 2 Press the [DEMO] button to start the Demo. The Demo display appears in the LCD. G[...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 17 Q u i c k G u i d e T ry playing a variety of Instrument V oices In addition to piano, organ, and other “standar d” keyboar d instruments, this instrument has a large range of realistic V oices—inc luding guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects, and a wide variety of other m usica[...]

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    Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 18 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This lets you select a second V oice which you can play in addition to the Main V oice. The second V oice is known as the “Dual” V oice. 1 Press the [DU AL] button. The [DU AL] button turns the Dual V oice on or off. When Dual V oice is turned on, the [DUAL] button is lit. [...]

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    Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 19 4 Select the V oice you want to pla y . Look at the highlighted V oice name and rotate the dial. The available V oices will be selected and displayed in sequence. The V oice selected here becomes the Dual V oice. For this example, select the “003 Marimba” V oice. 5 Play the[...]

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    Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 20 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 2 Press and hold the [LEFT] button f or long er than a sec- ond. The LEFT V oice selection display will appear. The currently selected category name, V oice number and name will be highlighted. 3 Select and press the desired V oice categor y button in the V OICE section. For th[...]

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    Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 21 Drum Kits are collections of drum and percussion instruments. When you select a violin or other normal instrument—as a Main V oice, for example—all keys produce the sound of the same violin, only at dif ferent pitches. If you select a Drum Kit as the Main V oice, ho wev er [...]

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    22 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Styles This instrument includes an auto-accompaniment f eature that plays appropriate “Styles” (rhythm + bass + chor d accompaniment) when you play left-hand c hords. Y ou can select from 176 different Styles co vering a rang e of musical genres and time signatures (see page 121 for a com[...]

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    Playing Styles PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 23 Y ou learned how to select a Style rh ythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rh ythm to produce a full, rich accom- paniment that you can play along with. 1 Select and press the desired Style category button in the Style section. Press the [EXIT] [...]

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    Playing Styles 24 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 4 Play a left-hand c hord to start the Style. Y ou can still “play” chords even if you don’t actually know any chords. This instrument will recognize even a single note as a chord. T ry play- ing from one to three notes at the same time to the left of the split point. The chord will change according[...]

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    Playing Styles PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 25 There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords: ● Easy Chords ● Standard Chords The instrument will automatically recognize the dif ferent chord types. The keyboard to the left of the split point (default: 54/F # 2) becomes the “accompaniment range.” Play the accompaniment chords in this [...]

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    26 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [MDB] button. The music database selection display will appear. The currently selected category name, MDB number and name will be highlighted. 2 Select the desired Music Database which matches the music style or type y ou want to play . Press [ ], [ ] category button when changing the MDB cate gory . Referri[...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 27 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs With this instrument the term “Song” refer s the data that makes up a piece of music. In this section we’ll learn ho w to select and play Songs. 1 Select and press one of the Song category buttons, which corresponds to the type of Song y ou want to listen to. [PRESET] : Nine preset [...]

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    Using Songs 28 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 3 Listen to the Song. Press the [ > / ■ ] button to begin playback of the selected Song. Y ou can stop playback at an y time by pressing the [ > / ■ ] button again. These are just like the transport controls on a CD player, letting you fast forward [ f ], re wind [ r ], and pause [ ] playback of th[...]

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    Using Songs PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 29 The following four types of Songs can be used by this instrument. ● Preset Songs (the nine Songs built into the instrument) .............. Preset Song numbers 001–009. ● User Songs (recordings of your own performances) ................... USER Song numbers 001–005. ● Loaded Songs (Song data loaded [...]

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    Using Songs 30 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This instrument is capable of display the scores (notation) of Songs. Scores can also be displayed for Songs loaded from USB fl ash memory or computer. 1 Select a Song. F ollo w steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 27. 2 Press the [SCORE] button and a single-staff score will appear . There are t[...]

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    Using Songs PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 31 If a Song contains lyric data, the lyrics can be made to appear on the display . No lyrics will be displayed for a Song that contains no lyric data, e ven if the [L YRICS] button is pressed. 1 Select a Song. F ollo w steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 27. T ry to select the Preset SONG 001 or 0[...]

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    32 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Recor ding Y our Own Performance Y ou can record up to five of y our own perf ormances and save them as user Songs 001 through 005. Additionall y , when a Song is playing the score will be sho wn on the dis- play . This is a great way to learn how to read m usic. If the Song contains lyric and c hor[...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 33 ■ Example: P ar t settings in Multi Recording Y ou can easily start recording your performance by simply pressing the [REC] b utton in the [SONG] mode. In this case, the track number and part number of tracks are set automatically . 1 Press the [REC] button. The User Song number for reco[...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance 34 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 2 Recording will start when y ou play the ke yboard. 3 Stop recording b y pressing the [ > > > > / ■ ] or [REC] button. T rack numbers containing recorded data are indicated with framed rect- angles. 4 Press the [ > > > > / ■ ] button to pla y back the recor din[...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 35 2 Press the [EXIT] button, then select the recording part for each trac k (P art Assign). ◆ Selecting the par t for the Melody track When Style is OFF: Y ou can select the track for recording from [1]– [16]. When changing the track function between [TR 1–8] and [TR 9–16], press the[...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance 36 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 3 Recording will start when y ou play the ke yboard. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [ > / ■ ] button. When recording is started, the display automatically returns to the Main display , and the measure number is sho wn in the Main display . 4 Stop recording b y pressing [...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 37 6 After the recording is completed: ◆ Play the User Song The operation is the same as that for Preset Songs (see page 27). 1 Press the [USER] button. 2 The current Song number/name will be highlighted—use the dial to select the user Song (001 to 005) you w ant to play . 3 Press the [ &[...]

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    Recording Your Own Performance 38 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This function lets you delete a specifi ed track from a User Song. 1 From the MAIN displa y select the User Song (001 to 005) y ou want to clear , then press the [EXIT] button. 2 Press the [REGIST/P ART [MIXER]] b utton a number of times until the desired item appears on the displa y . Th[...]

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    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 39 Backup and Initialization The following data items are automatically saved as backup data in the internal memory even if you turn the po wer off. T o recall the default settings and data, use the Initialization operation. This function erases all User Songs, User Styles, User MDB, and backup data in the instrument’ s [...]

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    40 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays Overall PSR-S550 control is based on the following simple operations. Basic Operation 1 Use the category b uttons to select a basic function or a CA TEGOR Y . 2 Use the dial to select an item or v alue. 3 Starting/stopping a Song or Style . 1 1 1 3 2 1 Display (pages 42, 43) ● V olume Adju[...]

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    Basic Operation and Displays PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 41 3 Star ting/stopping a Song or Style . Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton after selecting the Song cate- gory or Style category to start playback of the selected Song or Style (rhythm). ● Category buttons [ ], [ ] Y ou can change the cate gory after you’ ve selected a Song, Style or V oice[...]

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    Basic Operation and Displays 42 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ● Display names The display provides important, easy-to-understand indications for performing all operations. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display. Y ou can see the “MAIN” indication at the top on the display. ● MAIN Display ● FUNCTION display (page 80)[...]

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    Basic Operation and Displays PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 43 The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: Song, Style, V oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/off status of a range of functions. MAIN Display Items T empo (page 49, 51) T ranspose (page 53) Measure number (page 36) OCT A VE (page 54) REGISTRA TION m[...]

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    R e f e r e n c e 44 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Playing with the Ef fects This feature adds Harmony , T remolo or Echo effects to the Main V oice. 1 Press the [HARMONY] button to turn the Harmony function on. The [HARMONY] button lights indicating that Harmony is on. To turn Harmony off, press the [HARMONY] b utton again. 2 Press and hold the [HARMO[...]

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    Playing with the Effects PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 45 Re verb enhances the sound of the V oices with the rich ambience of a concert hall. When you select a Style or Song the optimum re verb type for the V oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different re verb type, use the operation described below . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] b[...]

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    Playing with the Effects 46 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual The Chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to man y of the same V oices being played in unison. When you select a Style or Song the optimum Chorus T ype for the V oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different Chorus T ype, use the procedure described below .[...]

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    Playing with the Effects PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 47 This function adds sustain to the k eyboard V oices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the V oices at all times, regardless of footswitch operation. The sustain function does not af fect the Left V oice. Press the [SUST AIN] button to turn the sustain function on. The [SUST AIN] button ligh[...]

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    Playing with the Effects 48 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual The pitch bend wheel can be used to add smooth pitch v ariations to notes you play on the k eyboard. Roll the wheel upward to raise the pitch, or downward to lower the pitch. If you use this feature with a V oice such as the “042 Overdriv e” guitar V oice (page 17), you can produce remarkabl[...]

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    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 49 Using V arious Functions This instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Play and set the tempo that is most comfortable for you. ■ T urn the metronome on ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Press the [METRONOME] button to star t the metronome. To stop the metronome, press [...]

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    Using Various Functions 50 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ Changing the Time Signature ● ● ● In this example we’ll set up a 3/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME] but- ton for longer than a second. The currently selected time signature is dis- played. 2 Use the dial to select the n umber of beats per measure . When the Bell sett[...]

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    Using Various Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 51 Y ou can also set the tempo by simply tapping the [T AP TEMPO] button at the required tempo—four times for time signatures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. Y ou can change the tempo during Song or Style playback by pressing the b utton just twice. ■ T urning T ouc h Response on[...]

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    Using Various Functions 52 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Fi ve pre-programmed EQ settings are available. Settings 1 and 2 are best for listening via the instrument’s b uilt-in speakers, setting 3 is for headphones, and settings 4 and 5 are ideal for listening via e xternal speak- ers or when connecting to an external mixer . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] bu[...]

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    Using Various Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 53 ◆ Large Pitch Changes (T ranspose) The ov erall pitch of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maximum of one octave in semi- tone increments. 1 Press one of the TRANSPOSE [+]/[-] buttons. The value is sho wn in the display , indicating the amount of transposition over or below the norm[...]

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    Using Various Functions 54 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Y ou can change the playing pitch of the Main and Dual V oices in octav e intervals. 1 Press the UPPER OCT A VE [+] button to raise the pitch by one octave. The newly changed v alue is shown in the LCD. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Main display . 2 Press the UPPER OCT A VE [-] button [...]

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    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 55 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (A uto Accompaniment) feature is described on page 22 of the Quick Guide. Included here is inf ormation on how y ou can play the Styles in v arious ways, how to adjust the Style v olume, how y ou can play chor ds using the Styles, and mo[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 56 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 1 Select the desired Style . (See pag e 22.) 2 Press the [A CMP] button to turn Auto Accompaniment on. 3 Press the [A UT O FILL IN] button to turn the A uto Fill In function on. The initial default setting for Auto Fill In is “on. ” 4 Press the [SYNC ST ART] button to turn Synchr[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 57 8 Press one of the MAIN V ARIA TION [A]– [D] buttons. When the fill-in is fi nished, it leads smoothly into the selected Main section A–D. 9 Press one of the ENDING/rit. [I]–[III] but- tons. This switches to the Ending section. When the Ending is fi nished, the Auto Accom- p[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 58 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Sometimes selecting the ideal V oice to play with a Song or Style can be confusing. The One T ouch Setting feature automatically selects four ideally matched V oices for the Style you’ ve selected. 1 Select the desired Style . (See pag e 22.) 2 Press one of the ONE T OUCH SETTING [[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 59 The initial default Split Point is key number 54 (the F # 2 key), b ut you can change it to another k ey using the procedure described below . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons as many times as necessar y to call up Split P oint. 3 Use the dial t[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 60 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual When Auto Accompaniment is on (ACMP button lights) and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the k eyboard while the Style is stopped and still hear the accompani- ment chords. This is called “Stop Accompaniment, ” and any of the chord [...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 61 Tw o or more notes played together constitute a “chord”. The most basic chord type is the “triad” consisting of three notes: the root, third, and fifth degrees of the corresponding scale. A C major triad, for example, is made up of the notes C (the root), E (the third note o[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 62 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ Recognized Standard Chor ds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. Chord Name/[Abbre viation] Normal V oicing Chord (C) Displa y M[...]

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    Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 63 This instrument features 11 internal Style categories, b ut it also allo ws you to import additional Styles (only those with an “.sty” extension) that you’ ve downloaded from the Internet or gotten from other sources, and load them into a User Style and use them in the same way[...]

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    R e f e r e n c e 64 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Cr eating Original Styles (Style Cr eator) This instrument has a Style Creator feature that lets y ou record and save y our own original Styles. Recorded Styles can be pla yed in the same manner as the preset Styles. Style data consists of eighteen sections, each of which has eight separate Parts. The [...]

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    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 65 * Press the [EXIT] button whene ver you want to e xit from the Style Creator (except during recording). Follow the Style Creator instructions. Select a preset Style which is most similar to the Style you want to record. * If you are creating a Style from scratch, this step is not[...]

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    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) 66 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 1 Press one of the [STYLE CA TEGOR Y] buttons. Select a [STYLE CA TEGOR Y] button which is most similar to the Style you w ant to create. 2 Select a Style which is most similar to the Style you want to create . Y ou can also select a Style from the User Styles. If you are creatin[...]

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    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 67 Select the production manner of Style Creator (refer steps 1–4 on page 66) and go on to the next instruc- tions. ■ Entire settings ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● If you change the Beat value, you will need to clear all data and then make a new Sty[...]

  • Page 68

    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) 68 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ Pa rt Settings: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 Press the CA TEGOR Y[ ]/[ ] button repeat- edly until “P ar t” appears in the display . 2 Rotate the dial and select a recorded P ar t. Range: RHYTHM 1–2, BASS, CHORD 1–2, P AD, PHRASE 1[...]

  • Page 69

    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 69 If you want to rehearse a part before recording, press the [EXECUTE] button. The REC mark for the Part in the display will turn off. In this situation, you can start rehearsing by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] button. Return to the Part record standby mode, after stopping rehearsal[...]

  • Page 70

    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) 70 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ Editing (Quantize and par t clear) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● This function allows you to automatically align the timing of all recorded notes. 1 Press the CA TEGOR Y[ ]/[ ] b[...]

  • Page 71

    Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 71 Saving the recorded data 1 Press the CA TEGOR Y[ ]/[ ] button repeat- edly until “Sa ve” appears in the display . A new user Style number is applied automati- cally and indicated in the display . 2 If y ou want to change the user Style num- ber , select the number by using th[...]

  • Page 72

    R e f e r e n c e 72 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons as many times as necessar y to call up Song V olume. 3 Use the dial to set the Song volume between 000 and 127. When playing the Song you can change the tempo as required. Press the TEMPO [+]/[-] buttons. The tempo di[...]

  • Page 73

    Song Settings PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 73 Y ou can specify a section of a Song—“ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback. The A-B Repeat function is also v ery con venient for practicing when used along with the score display fea- tures of the instrument (page 30). 1 Play the Song (page 27) and press the [A B[...]

  • Page 74

    Song Settings 74 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Each “track” of a Song plays a different part of the Song—melody, percussion, accompaniment, etc. Y ou can mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the k eyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the ones you want to listen to. Use the [REGIST/P AR T [MIXER]] button to select the TR[...]

  • Page 75

    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 75 MIXER This instrument has a MIXER feature that lets y ou control the P art V olume, P an, Reverb Level and Chorus Le vel during playing of the Song or Style. In the Song mode: Determine the group of track numbers, 1–8 or 9–16, then control the functions belo w . In the Style mode: Directly control [...]

  • Page 76

    MIXER 76 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 3 Press the desired [TRACK] b utton you want to control. The selected track will be changed to ON auto- matically . 4 Control the P arameter ON/OFF or other parameters in each track. (Refer to the following instructions.) Repeat steps 2–4 and set other tracks if neces- sary . 5 Press [EXIT] to exit from the mixe[...]

  • Page 77

    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 77 Memorize Y our Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets y ou save y our fav orite set- tings for easy recall whene ver they’ re needed. Up to 64 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of 8 setups each). Color is used to indicate the status of indi vidual memo[...]

  • Page 78

    Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 78 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Make sure that “REGIST” appears in the display (press the [REGIST/PAR T [MIXER]] button until it is shown). 1 Press the REGIST BANK [+]/[-] button to select the desired bank. Y ou can also use the dial to select the bank number . 2 Press the REGISTRA TION MEMORY button, [1]–[8[...]

  • Page 79

    Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 79 K eep in mind that groups of data cannot be deleted or cleared from the instrument at a single time. 1 Press the [REGIST/P ART [MIXER]] but- ton a number of times until the “REG- IST . ” item appears. The item changes in order from “REGIST . ” to “TR 1–8” to “TR 9–[...]

  • Page 80

    R e f e r e n c e 80 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual The Functions The “Functions” pr ovide a wide range of both detailed and o verall instrument parame- ters, such as adjusting the tuning, setting the split point, and editing the voices and effects. There are 51 function parameters in all. 1 Find the function you want to set in the list that begins [...]

  • Page 81

    The Functions PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 81 ■ Function Setting List Group Function Item Displa y Indication Range/Settings Description V OLUME Style V olume Style V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song V olume Song V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song. O VERALL T uning T uning 415.3–466.2 Sets the pitch of the [...]

  • Page 82

    The Functions 82 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual * All these settings can be conv eniently reset to their initial def ault values by pressing the [+/YES] and [-/NO] b uttons simultaneously . (The exception to this is Initial Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) EFFECT Rev erb T ype Rev erb T ype 01–36 Deter mines the Rev erb type, including of[...]

  • Page 83

    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 83 Using USB Flash Memory USB flash memory is a memory medium used for storing data. When a USB flash mem- ory device is inserted in this instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, user Songs and user Styles created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the de vice .[...]

  • Page 84

    Using USB Flash Memory 84 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual A new USB flash memory device must be formatted before it can be used by this instrument. 1 After connecting the USB fl ash memor y to be formatted to the instrument’ s USB TO DEVICE terminal, check that the “CONNECT” messag e is shown in the MAIN display . 2 Press the [FILE MENU] button. [...]

  • Page 85

    Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 85 The re gistration data you created in the instrument can be sa ved to a USB flash memory de vice. 1 Make sure that a appropriately format- ted USB flash memor y device has been properl y connected to the instrument’s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that a “CONNECT” messag e is shown in the MA[...]

  • Page 86

    Using USB Flash Memory 86 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This operation saves user Songs (Song numbers 001–005) or user Styles to USB fl ash memory . Songs are sav ed in SMF Format 0. 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memor y device has been properl y connected to the instrument’s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the “CONNECT” m[...]

  • Page 87

    Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 87 Registration files, Style files, Song fi les and MDB files residing on a USB fl ash memory can be loaded to the instrument. Y ou can also play the Song or Style fi le directly without loading (see page 89). 1 With the USB flash memor y device con- taining the file you want to load con- nec[...]

  • Page 88

    Using USB Flash Memory 88 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual This procedure deletes selected Re gistration files, Song fi les and Style files from a USB fl ash memory de vice. 1 Make sure that the USB fl ash memor y device containing the file(s) you want to delete has been properly connected to the instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE termi- nal, and that t[...]

  • Page 89

    Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 89 1 Make sure that the USB fl ash memor y device containing the Song or Style you want to play has been properly con- nected to the instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the “CON- NECT” is shown in the MAIN display . 2 To play a Song file, press the [SONG MODE] button so that it li[...]

  • Page 90

    R e f e r e n c e 90 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Connections q USB T O HOST terminal This terminal allows direct connection to a per- sonal computer . Refer to “ Connecting a Per- sonal Computer” on page 92 for more information. w USB T O DEVICE terminal This terminal allows connection to USB stor- age devices. Refer to “Connection to a USB Sto[...]

  • Page 91

    Connections PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 91 Bac king up the instrument data to a computer Once you’ ve sav ed data to a USB fl ash memory de vice, you can copy the data to the hard disk of your computer , then archive and or ganize the files as desired. Simply reconnect the device as shown below . Copying fi les fr om a computer har d disk to USB[...]

  • Page 92

    Connections 92 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual The following functions become av ailable when this instrument is connected to a computer. ● Perf ormance data can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 94). ● Files can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 96). The connection procedure is as follows: 1 Inst[...]

  • Page 93

    Connections PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 93 ■ Precautions when using the [USB T O DEVICE] terminal This instrument features a built-in [USB TO DEVICE] terminal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB de vice with care. Follo w the important precautions below . ● Compatible USB de vices • USB storage de vices (fl[...]

  • Page 94

    Connections 94 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument’ s performance data can be used on the com- puter , and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument. ● When the instrument is connected with computer, it transmits/receives performance data. ■ MIDI settings ● ● ● ?[...]

  • Page 95

    Connections PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 95 ■ PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you want to transfer performance data between the computer and the instrument. The PC Mode item can con veniently make multiple settings for you in one operation. Three setti[...]

  • Page 96

    Connections 96 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual MIDI Songs and Style fi les stored to a computer can be transferred to the instrument. Backup data can also be transferred from the instrument to the computer and back. In order to transfer Songs between your computer and the instrument you will need to install the USB MIDI Driv er included on the Accessory[...]

  • Page 97

    Connections PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 97 5 A copy of the selected MIDI Song fi le will appear in the “List of fi les stored temporarily” at the top of the window. The memor y medium will also be dis- play ed at the bottom of the windo w to specify the destination for the transfer . Click “Instrument, ” and then “Flash memory . ” “Fl[...]

  • Page 98

    Connections 98 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ T ransf erring Bac kup data from the Instrument to a Computer ● ● Y ou can use the Musicsoft Downloader to transfer Backup data (page 39 ) to a computer . If you click “Electronic Musical Instruments” in the Musicsoft Do wnloader display , and then “System Drive, ” a file named “PSR-S550.B[...]

  • Page 99

    R e f e r e n c e PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 99 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide • The software and this Installation Guide are e xclusiv e copyrights of Y amaha Corporation. • Use of the software and this guide is go verned by the SOFTW ARE LICENSE A GREEMENT which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software packagin[...]

  • Page 100

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 100 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual The start window as sho wn below will appear automatically when you insert the included CD-R OM. (Users of W indows V ista will need to click [Start.ex e] to open the Start window after inserting the CD-R OM.) By clicking each menu on the Start window , you can access the User Regist[...]

  • Page 101

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 101 ■ USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● To operate the instrument from your computer via USB, you’ll need to install the appropriate dri ver software. The USB-MIDI driv er is software that transfers MIDI data back and forth between sequence softw[...]

  • Page 102

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 102 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Installing the driver on Windows 2000 1 Start the computer and use the “Administra- tor” account to log on to Windows 2000. 2 Select [My Computer] ➔ [Control P anel] ➔ [System] ➔ [Hard ware] ➔ [Driver Signing] ➔ [File Signature V erification], and c heck the radio butt[...]

  • Page 103

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 103 ■ Digital Music Notebook ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 Insert the included CD-ROM into the CD-R OM drive of the computer . The Start window appears on the screen. Each menu on the windo w indicates the application or data con- tained in the Accessory CD-R OM. 2 Click “DIGIT A[...]

  • Page 104

    Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 104 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ■ Tr oubleshooting ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The driver cannot be installed. • Is the USB cable connected correctly? Check[...]

  • Page 105

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 105 A TTENTION SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENSE A GREEMENT (“ AGREEMENT”) C AREFULL Y BEFORE USING THIS SOFTW ARE. Y OU ARE ONL Y PERMITTED TO USE THIS SOFTW ARE PURSU ANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS A GREEMENT . THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN Y OU (AS AN INDIVIDU AL OR LEGAL ENTITY) AN[...]

  • Page 106

    106 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual SIBELIUS SCORCH LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing and/or using this Product y ou (an individual or legal entity) agree with the Licensor to be bound by the terms of this License which will govern y our use of the Product. If y ou do not accept these terms, do not install or use this Product. The Product is cop yright © [...]

  • Page 107

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 107 Tr oubleshooting Prob lem P ossible Cause and Solution When the instrument is tur ned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instr ument is receiving electrical power . When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in close pro ximity to the instru[...]

  • Page 108

    108 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the f ailure in reading or writing from/to the media, USB flash mem- or y or the internal flash memor y . All Memor y Clearing... Displa yed while erasing all data in the flash memory . Nev er tur n the power off during data transmission. Are you sure? Confirms w[...]

  • Page 109

    Messages PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 109 OverCurrent Communication with the USB de vice has been shut down because of the ov ercurrent to the USB de vice. Disconnect the device from the USB TO DEVICE terminal, then tur n on the power of the instrument. Overwrite ? Confirms whether overwriting is e xecuted or not. Please W ait... Displa yed when e x [...]

  • Page 110

    110 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The instrument has 64-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 64 notes at once, re gard- less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av ailable notes, [...]

  • Page 111

    Voice List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 111 105 44 0 112 33 Aco.Bass 106 45 0 112 35 PickBass 107 46 0 112 36 Cool! F retless 108 47 0 112 37 SlapBass 109 48 0 114 40 SubBass 110 49 0 114 39 HardBass 111 50 0 112 39 ResoBass 112 51 0 113 36 SuperF retless 113 52 0 113 37 FusionBass 114 53 0 114 33 Bass&Cymbal 115 54 0 112 40 AnalogBass 116 55 0 11[...]

  • Page 112

    Voice List 112 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ● GM&XG V oice List 242 15 0 115 89 GoldenAge 243 16 0 114 95 Solaris 244 17 0 117 89 Millennium 245 18 0 114 90 Dunes Synth.&FX 246 1 0 122 82 Oxygen 247 2 0 123 82 Matrix 248 3 0 120 82 WireLead 249 4 0 113 81 HipLead 250 5 0 117 81 HopLead 251 6 0 116 82 FireWire 252 7 0 115 82 Analogon 253 8 0 [...]

  • Page 113

    Voice List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 113 373 57 0 35 16 Dulcimer2 374 58 0 96 16 Cimbalom 375 59 0 97 16 Santur 376 60 0 0 17 Dra wbarOrgan 377 61 0 32 17 DetDrawOrgan 378 62 0 33 17 60sDrawOrg1 379 63 0 34 17 60sDrawOrg2 380 64 0 35 17 70sDrawOrg1 381 65 0 36 17 DrawbarOrg2 382 66 0 37 17 60sDrawOrg3 383 67 0 38 17 EvenBarOrg 384 68 0 40 17 16+2&a[...]

  • Page 114

    Voice List 114 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 515 199 0 0 52 SynStrings2 516 200 0 0 53 ChoirAahs 517 201 0 3 53 StereoChoir 518 202 0 16 53 ChoirAahs2 519 203 0 32 53 MellowChoir 520 204 0 40 53 ChoirStr ings 521 205 0 0 54 V oiceOohs 522 206 0 0 55 SynthV oice 523 207 0 40 55 SynthV oice2 524 208 0 41 55 Choral 525 209 0 64 55 AnalogV oice 526 210 0 0[...]

  • Page 115

    Voice List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 115 657 341 0 14 99 Popcorn 658 342 0 18 99 TinyBells 659 343 0 35 99 RoundGlocken 660 344 0 40 99 GlockenChime 661 345 0 41 99 ClearBells 662 346 0 42 99 Chor usBells 663 347 0 64 99 SynthMallet 664 348 0 65 99 SoftCr ystal 665 349 0 66 99 LoudGlocken 666 350 0 67 99 Chr istmasBel 667 351 0 68 99 VibeBells 668 [...]

  • Page 116

    116 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Drum Kit List Voice No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/002 127/000/005 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/009 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Group Standard Kit 1 Standard Kit 2 Hit Kit* Jazz Kit Brush Kit Room Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mute 26 D 0 14[...]

  • Page 117

    Drum Kit List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 117 Voice No. 1 7 8 9 10 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/017 127/000/025 127/000/026 127/000/28 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Group Standard Kit 1 Rock Kit Electronic Kit Analog Kit Dance Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mute Kick Dance 1 26 D 0 14 D -1 3 [...]

  • Page 118

    Drum Kit List 118 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual E1 F1 F # 1 G1 G # 1 A1 A # 1 B1 C1 D # 1 D1 C # 1 E2 F2 F # 2 G2 G # 2 A2 A # 2 B2 C2 D # 2 D2 C # 2 E3 F3 F # 3 G3 G # 3 A3 A # 3 B3 C3 D # 3 D3 C # 3 E4 F4 F # 4 G4 G # 4 A4 A # 4 B4 C4 D # 4 D4 C # 4 E5 F5 F # 5 G5 G # 5 A5 A # 5 B5 C5 D # 5 D5 C # 5 C6 Voice No. 1 11 12 13 14 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0?[...]

  • Page 119

    Drum Kit List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 119 Voice No. 1 15 16 17 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 126/000/037 126/000/065 126/000/115 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Group Standard Kit 1 Arabic Kit 2 Arabic Mix Kit Alternate Group Indian Kit Alternate Group Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mute Zarb Back mf Co[...]

  • Page 120

    Drum Kit List 120 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual Voice No. 1 18 19 28 29 30 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 126/000/125 127/000/127 126/000/001 126/000/002 126/000/112 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Group Standard Kit 1 Chinese Kit Alternate Group Chinese Mix Kit Alternate Group SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Animal Kit Note# Note Note# N[...]

  • Page 121

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 121 Style List Style No. Style No. (Category) Style Name Pop&Rock 11 FunkPopRock 22 AcousticRock 33 Cool8Beat 44 60’sRock1 55 60’sRock2 66 VintageGtrPop 77 60’sGuitarPop 88 70’s8Beat 99 90’sGuitarPop 10 10 KoolShuffle 11 11 BubblegumPop 12 12 BritPopSwing 13 13 JazzPop 14 14 HardRock 15 15 RootRock 16 16 Rock[...]

  • Page 122

    122 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual No. MDB Name All Time Hits 1A Bridge To Cross Troubled Water 2 All Of My Loving 3 All OK Now 4A Song For New England 5 Blowing In The Folk 6 Boots For Walking 7 Call Me When You Rock 8 Don’t Be Bad To Me 9 Get Back To Where You Belong 10 Guitar Wheels 11 Heaven? Nobody Gets Too Much 12 I Was Born Smiling 13 I Watch M[...]

  • Page 123

    Music Database List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 123 208 The Music Is Rock&Roll 209 What A Day That Will Be 210 You Got Me Going, Really! Oldies 211 All I Need Is The Air 212 Are You Sorry Now? 213 Breaking Up Isn’t Easy To Do 214 Diana’s Twist 215 Final Waltz 216 Girl From Uptown 217 Going Down Town 218 Golden Silence 219 Guitar For An Apache[...]

  • Page 124

    Music Database List 124 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 414 Rushing Fools 415 Say No More In Brazil 416 Start The Beguine 417 Swaying Rumba 418 Taxi In Tijuana 419 Thirty Second Bossa 420 Three Times Perhaps 421 Vida De Los Caminos Latin Pop 422 Dance In The Morning 423 You’re Mine Baby Ballroom 424 Cumparsita Tango 425 He’s Got To Go 426 Moon Waltz [...]

  • Page 125

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 125 V oice Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes No. Harmony T ype Description 1 01(Standard Duet) Har mony types 01–14 are pitch-based and add one-, tw o- or three-note harmonies to the sin- gle-note melody pla yed in the right hand. These types sound when chords are pla yed in the auto accompaniment range of the k eybo[...]

  • Page 126

    Voice Effect Type List 126 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ● Reverb T ypes No. T ype Description MSB LSB 1 HALL1 Rev erb simulating the acoustics of a hall. 10 2 HALL2 11 6 3 HALL3 11 7 4 HALL4 11 8 5 HALL5 11 6 HALL M 16 7 HALL L 17 8 BASIC HALL 13 0 9 LARGE HALL 13 1 10 A TMO HALL 12 3 11 ROOM1 Rev erb simulating the acoustics of a room. 21 6 12 ROOM[...]

  • Page 127

    Voice Effect Type List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 127 ● Chorus T ypes No. T ype Description MSB LSB 1 CHOR US1 Conv entional chorus program with rich, w arm chorusing. 66 17 2 CHOR US2 66 8 3 CHOR US3 66 16 4 CHOR US4 66 1 5 CHOR US5 65 2 6 CHOR US6 65 0 7 CHOR US7 65 1 8 CHOR US8 65 8 9 CHORUS F AST 65 16 10 CHOR US LITE 65 17 11 GM CHOR US1 65 3[...]

  • Page 128

    Voice Effect Type List 128 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual ● DSP T ypes No. T ype Description MSB LSB 1 HALL1 Rev erb simulating the acoustics of a hall. 10 2 HALL2 11 6 3 HALL3 11 7 4 HALL4 11 8 5 HALL5 11 6 HALL M 16 7 HALL L 17 8 BASIC HALL 13 0 9 LARGE HALL 13 1 10 A TMO HALL 12 3 11 ROOM1 Rev erb simulating the acoustics of a room. 21 6 12 ROOM2 2[...]

  • Page 129

    Voice Effect Type List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 129 68 ST 3BAND EQ Stereo EQ with adjustab le LOW , MID and HIGH equalization. 76 18 69 HM ENHANCE1 Adds new harmonics to the input signal to mak e the sound stand out. 81 16 70 HM ENHANCE2 81 0 71 FLANGER1 Creates a sound reminiscent of a jet airplane. 67 8 72 FLANGER2 67 16 73 FLANGER3 67 17 74 FLA[...]

  • Page 130

    Voice Effect Type List 130 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 135 V_DST H+TDL1 V Distotion and T empo Delay are connected in series . 103 0 136 V_DST H+TDL2 103 17 137 V_DST S+TDL1 103 1 138 V_DST S+TDL2 103 16 139 COMP MED Holds down the output le vel when a specified input le vel is e xceeded. A sense of attack can also be added to the sound. 83 16 140 C[...]

  • Page 131

    Voice Effect Type List PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 131 203 T_TREMOLO T empo synchroniz ed tremolo . 120 0 204 AUT O W AH1 Cyclically modulates the center frequency of a w ah filter. 78 16 205 AUT O W AH2 78 0 206 A T W AH+DST1 The output of an A uto W ah can be distor ted by Distortion. 78 17 207 A T W AH+DST2 78 1 208 A T W AH+OD1 The output of an [...]

  • Page 132

    132 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Digital Keyboard ] Date: 11-APR-2008 Model PSR-S550 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 Channel Changed 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default 3 3 Mode Messages x x Altered ************** x Note 0 - 127 0 - 127 Number : True voic[...]

  • Page 133

    MIDI Implementation Chart PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 133 Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. x x Common : Song Sel. x x : Tune x x System : Clock o o Real Time: Commands o o Aux :All Sound OFF x o(120,126,127) : Reset All Cntrls x o(121) :Local ON/OFF x o(122) :All Notes OFF x o(123-125) Mes- :Act[...]

  • Page 134

    134 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By default (f actory settings) the instr ument ordinarily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. How- ev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices , auto accompaniment, and songs. •[...]

  • Page 135

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 135 Specifications Ke yboards • 61 Standerd-size keys (C1–C6), with Touch Response. Display • 320 x 240 dots LCD display (backlit) Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN–MAX • LCD CONTRAST P anel Controls • DEMO, SONG MODE • SONG-PRESET, SONG-USER, SONG-SCORE, SONG-LYR- ICS, SONG-REC • USB • STYLE C[...]

  • Page 136

    136 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual +/YES, -/NO button ...................... 14, 41 > / ■ button .............................. 14, 28, 41 button ........................................ 14, 28 AB button................................. 14, 73 f button...................................... 14, 28 r button ..................................... 14, 2[...]

  • Page 137

    Index PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 137 Pitch Bend ........................................... 48 Pitch Bend Range ................................ 81 PITCH BEND wheel ..................... 15, 48 Power Adaptor .................................... 10 PRESET button ............................. 14, 27 Preset Song ........................................[...]

  • Page 138

    138 PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual[...]

  • Page 139

    PSR-S550 Owner’s Manual 139 Information f or Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment This symbol on the products, pac kaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with gener al household waste . F or proper treatment, recov er y and recycling of old products, please tak e t[...]

  • Page 140

    For details of products, please contact your nearest Y amaha representativ e or the authorized distributor listed belo w . Pour plus de détails sur les produits, v euillez-vous adresser à Y amaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de v ous figurant dans la liste suiv ante. Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgeführten Niederlas[...]

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