Yamaha PSR-K1 manual

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PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utiliz es batter ies or an e xter nal po w er supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to an y po w er supply or adapter other than one descr ibed in the man ual, on the name plate , or specifi cally recommended b y Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied or ; a car t, r ac[...]

1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not expressly approv ed by Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this product to accessories and/or anot[...]

4 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha Entertainment Station PSR-K1! 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 keep this manual in a saf e and handy place even after you fi nish reading, and refer to[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 5 • Always replace all batteries at the same time. Do not use new batteries together with old ones. Also, do not mix batter y types, such as alkaline batteries with manganese batteries, or batteries from different makers, or different types of batteries from the same maker , since this can cause overheating, fi re, or bat[...]

6 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Copyright Notice .................................................................... 7 Panel logos ............................................................................ 7 Included accessories ............................................................. 8 Display naming conventions .................................[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 7 Copyright Notice q Three of the internal songs (or compositions) included in this ke yboard are as follo ws: A Hard Day’ s Night W ords and Music by John Lennon and P aul McCartney Copyright © 1964 Son y/A TV Songs LLC Copyright Rene wed All Rights Administered by Sony/A TV Music Publish - ing, 8 Music Square W est, Nas[...]

8 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Included accessories The PSR-K1 package includes the follo wing items. Please check that you hav e them all. • Music rest • Microphone • Microphone holder cap (spare) • Accessor y CD-R OM • Smar tMedia™ card (Memory card) • Owner’ s Manual (this book) * Smar tMedia is a trademark of T oshiba Corporation ●[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 9 Main features of the PSR-K1 The PSR-K1 is much more than just a ke yboard—it pr ovides a wealth of ad vanced, con venient performance features that make it possib le f or any one to easily perf orm and sing along with. As its name says, it truly is an Entertainment Station! ■ P erf ormance assistant tec hnology .......[...]

10 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Make sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power . Power Requirements Although the instrument will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whene ver possible. An A C adaptor is more en vironmentally friendly than batteries and does not de[...]

Setting Up PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 11 ■ Using SmartMedia™ cards (memory cards) Be sure to handle SmartMedia cards with care. Follo w the important precautions below . ● Compatible SmartMedia car d T ype This instrument uses SmartMedia™ (3.3V) memory cards. 5V type SmartMedia cards are not compatible with this instrument. * Smar tMedia is a [...]

Setting Up 12 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Inserting the SmartMedia card BEFORE y ou turn on the power of this instrument, make sure to properly insert the included SmartMe - dia card in the car d slot on the rear panel. W ith the gold-plated contact side facing do wn, insert the SmartMedia card firmly b ut carefully into the card slot, as f ar as it w[...]

Setting Up PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 13 ■ Precautions concerning the micr ophone and micr ophone holder A v oid leaning or putting an y weight on the microphone holder . Doing so may dama g e the holder and the connected micr ophone. • When removing the microphone , pull it out of the handle to w ard you (as shown). • Do not pull on the microph[...]

Setting Up 14 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Make all necessary connections below before turning the po wer on. Connecting headphones (PHONES jack) Headphones are connected to the PHONES jack. Connect- ing headphones to the jack automatically cuts of f the sound coming through the internal speakers. The PHONES jack also can be used as a auxiliary stereo o[...]

Setting Up PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 15 Turn on the power T urn down the v olume by turning the [MASTER VOLUME] control to the left and press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the po wer . Pressing the switch again turns the po wer off. Backup data in the SmartMedia card (page 84) is loaded to the instrument when the po wer is turned on. If no Smar[...]

16 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals ■ Front P anel q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch .................................... page 15 w [MIC V OLUME] control ............................ pages 12, 20 e [MASTER V OLUME] control .................... pages 15, 18 r [T OUCH] button ............................................... page 43 t [HAR[...]

Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 17 @4 @6 @3 !6 !7 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @5 @7 #7 #8 V oice List $3 #9 $0 $1 $2 $4 $5 $6 $7[...]

18 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual u Q u i c k G i d e Play like a pr o! T r y i t o u t ! Play like a pr o! This new instrument has an amazing f eature we call the performance assistant. It lets y ou can easily and instantl y sound like a professional ke yboard pla yer , even if y ou’ve never play ed a note in your life! No pre vious m usical experience[...]

Play like a pro! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 19 Selecting and playing with other songs No w, let’ s select another song and try using it with the perfor - mance assistant. V irtually any song is f air game here—from the preset internal songs to commercially av ailable song files and song data down- loaded from the Internet. 1 Pr[...]

Play like a pro! c k i u QG u i d e 20 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 3 Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSIST ANT] b utton. The [PERFORMANCE ASSIST ANT] button lights, indicating that performance assistant is enabled. 4 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button to start the song—and play the ke yboard. Play along with the song with both of your hands. Whether you can act[...]

Play like a pro! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 21 ● Changing the instrument v oice The instrument sound used for your ke yboard perfor- mance here is the same as that set for the main voice. Y ou can change this by selecting MAIN in the V OICE ro w (press the [V OICE] button), and select the desired instrument sound. (See page 26.) ?[...]

22 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual u Q u i c k G i d e Sing along—with the Karaoke featur es! Sing along—with the Karaoke featur es! One of the most enjo yab le features of this instrument is that y ou can easily play and sing along with y our fav orite songs. A micr ophone is inc luded, and both the lyrics and c hords are automaticall y shown in the d[...]

Sing along—with the Karaoke features! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 23 See next page. T r y i t o u t ! 3 Call up the L yrics display b y pressing the [KARA OKE] b utton. Credits for the selected song, including the title and the names of the composer and lyricist are sho wn. 4 Start the Karaoke function by pressing the [ST ART/ST OP[...]

Sing along—with the Karaoke features! c k i u QG u i d e 24 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Karaoke — other convenient controls and features ● Changing the key to suit y our v oice Press the [TRANSPOSE] button and use the dial or the numeric ke ypad (buttons [0] - [9], [+]/[–]) to adjust the transpose setting. This can be set in half steps, up to o[...]

Sing along—with the Karaoke features! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 25 Sing along with the “electronic” sheet music! The instrument has a special feature that sho ws the music notation of the song in the display . For songs that contain lyric data, the lyrics are displayed along with the notes—letting you read the music, play a[...]

26 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual u Q u i c k G i d e Play a variety of dif fer ent instrument sounds Play a variety of dif fer ent instrument sounds This versatile ke yboard instrument not onl y features realistic piano and organ sounds, but has a wealth of other sounds as well—inc luding guitar , bass strings, choir , sax, trumpet, drums, percussion a[...]

Play a variety of different instrument sounds c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 27 Play a drum kit from the keyboard! Unlik e the other instrument v oices, the drum kits feature a wide v ariety of drum and percussion sounds, with each indi- vidual sound assigned to a separate ke y . The drum kits (voices 115 - 126) can be called up from th[...]

Play a variety of different instrument sounds c k i u QG u i d e 28 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Other convenient functions ● Calling up y our own “por table grand” piano Simply press the [POR T ABLE GRAND] button, and you’ ve got a realistic, expressi ve grand piano v oice (001 - Grand Piano) for practicing and playing. ● Calling up the best-[...]

Play a variety of different instrument sounds c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 29 ● Raising or lowering the pitc h of the sound (T ranspose) This function lets you change the ov erall pitch of the instrument in half steps ov er a range of one octav e, up or do wn. For details, see page 24. ● Finely adjusting the tuning of the sound (T[...]

30 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual u Q u i c k G i d e T ry out the Style T ry out the Style One of the most exciting perf ormance features of the instrument, the auto accompani- ment function automatically gives y ou an entire backing band of drums, bass, guitar and other instruments—to perfectl y match the chor ds you pla y with your left hand. Tr y pl[...]

Try out the Style c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 31 T r y i t o u t ! 5 Press the [SYNC ST ART] b utton. The [ST AR T/STOP] b utton flashes. (Synchro Start is set to stand-by .) 6 Start the style and accompaniment by playing a c hor d (in the “auto accompaniment” area of the ke yboar d). Ev en if you don’ t know ho w to play a ch[...]

Try out the Style c k i u QG u i d e 32 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Other useful functions ■ Starting the style Y ou can use one of four ways to start the style. In all of these types, make sure to first press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to enable the auto accompaniment. Y ou may also want to have an intro play to start the style. T o do this, press t[...]

Try out the Style c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 33 ■ Stopping the style The style can be stopped in the follo wing three dif ferent ways. ● Stopping right a way Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton to immediately stop the style. ● Stopping right a way and enab ling Synchro Start Press the [SYNC ST AR T] button. This instantly stops t[...]

34 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Impr ove your playing skills — with Song Lesson! u Q u i c k G i d e Impr ove your playing skills — with Song Lesson! Do you ha ve a song you’ ve always wanted to pla y? The built-in Lesson features of the instrument make it easy and fun to master y our fav orite tunes. Y ou can learn on your own at y our own pace, [...]

Improve your playing skills — with Song Lesson! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 35 T r y i t o u t ! 3 Start playing the Lesson. The timing for playing the k e ys is indicated in the display—keep your e yes on it, and play along. As long as you play within the specific range, any k ey you play is fine. Just con- centrate on playing[...]

Improve your playing skills — with Song Lesson! c k i u QG u i d e 36 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Lesson 2 — playing the correct notes The display sho ws a ke yboard and piano-style notation, indicating the particular key or k eys you should play along with the notes in the score. The accompaniment w aits for you, continuing when you play the corre[...]

Improve your playing skills — with Song Lesson! c k i u QG u i d e PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 37 2 Start the Lesson. The accompaniment sounds, ho we ver the part you w ant to practice is muted (of f). Listen to the song carefully as you play along. The notes and k eys you should play are properly indicated in the display . Once you practice the song[...]

38 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Basic operations and the LCD display The [MASTER V OLUME] control affects both the volume of the speak ers and and the v olume of headphones connected to the PHONES jack. T ur n it to the left to decrease the volume . T ur n it to the right to increase the volume . Adjusting the volume MAIN display T empo T ranspose Repea[...]

Basic operations and the LCD display PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 39 Making settings and changing values P anel controls — operation ● Select one of the basic functions of the instrument by pressing the [SONG], [EASY SONG ARRANGER], [STYLE] and [V OICE] buttons. (The b utton of the selected function lights.) ● Certain buttons ha ving the printed i[...]

40 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Playing V oices — Related Functions In this section, we’ll describe the various functions used when selecting and pla y- ing v oices. For basic information and instructions, refer to the sections “Play a variety of diff er - ent instrument sounds” (page 26) and “Basic operations and the LCD displa y” (page 38)[...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 41 ■ Selecting the Dual V oice  Press and hold the [V OICE] button until the V oice List appears.  Then press [V OICE] so that “Dual” appears at the top.  Select the desired voice’ s number and name. ■ Dual V oice settings The settings belo w related to the Dual V oice [...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions 42 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual ■ Split V oice settings The settings belo w related to the Split V oice are set in the FUNCTION display . (page 77). • V olume (S. V olume) * Hold down the [SPLIT] b utton to call up this setting. • Octa ve (S. Octav e) • Pan (S. P an) • Rev erb send level (S. Re verb Lev el)[...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 43 ■ Setting the time signature  Call up the T ime Signature page in the FUNCTION display by holding down the [METR ONOME] button.  Set the beat v alue (00 – 15). ■ Setting the v olume of the Metronome  Enter the FUNCTION display by pressing the [FUNCTION] button and call u[...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions 44 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Adding harmony sounds (Harmony) This function automatically adds appropriate harmony sounds to the v oices you play on the ke yboard (Main V oice). It also features special performance embellishments such as trill, tremolo and echo. The particular ef fects and use of Harmony dif fers d[...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 45 Applying the Reverb effect This lets you add natural ambience and re verberation to the sound of the instrument. For details on the Re verb types, see the Effect T ype List on page 46. ■ Selecting the Reverb type  Enter the FUNCTION display by pressing the [FUNCTION] button and ca[...]

Playing Voices — Related Functions 46 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual ■ Effect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes No. Harmon y T ype Description 01 Duet Harmony types 01 – 05 are pitch-based and add one-, two- or three-note harmonies to the single-note melody play ed in the r ight hand. These types only sound when chords are play ed in the auto accompanim[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 47 Style Functions In the section “T r y out the Style” (page 30 ) of the Quick Guide, we introduced y ou to the basic operations of the auto accompaniment styles. Here, we’ ll explain some interesting and useful ways of sounding the styles, and wa ys to adjust the accom - paniment level and the c hords. Sounding only [...]

Style Functions 48 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Playing accompaniment chords There are two basic ways of playing chords for the accompaniment: Single Finger and Fingered. This instrument uses a sophisticated function called Multi Fingering, which automatically recognizes the chord played, no matter which way of fingering you use. • Single Finger ....[...]

Style Functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 49 ● Fingered chords that are recognized * These chords are not shown in the Dictionary function. Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal V oicing Chord (C) Display Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C 9 Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C 6 Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 C 6 9 * Major sev enth [M[...]

Style Functions 50 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that sho ws you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you kno w the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn ho w to play it.  Press the [DICTION AR Y] button. The Dictionary display appears.  As an exam[...]

Style Functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 51 ■ About chor ds Playing two or more notes together simultaneously creates a “chord. ” Playing a note together with two other notes spaced three notes (steps) apart — such as the notes C, E and G — creates a harmonious sound. Chords like these are called “triads” and they play an important rol[...]

52 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Memorizing your panel settings This instrument has a special Registration Memor y feature that lets y ou save y our custom panel settings—up to sixteen sets (eight banks of two eac h). These Regis - tration Memory sets include selection of v oices and accompaniment styles from both internal memory and Smar tMedia car d,[...]

Memorizing your panel settings PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 53  Simultaneously hold do wn the [MEMOR Y] b utton and press the appropriate REG- ISTRA TION MEMOR Y button ([1] or [2]). The current panel settings are no w stored both to internal memory and also to the inserted SmartMedia card.  If desired, you can sav e the Registration Memory data t[...]

54 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Song playback functions In the Quick Guide, we introduced y ou to the basic song-related operations, such as Karaoke, performance assistant, and the Lesson features. Here , we’ll sho w you ho w to load and call up external songs, and how to pla y back the song together with a style . Song types The songs of this instrum[...]

Song playback functions PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 55 Song Lesson • User songs (101 – 105) cannot be directly selected for the Song Lesson features. Ho wev er, if you con vert the songs to Standard MIDI File format and store them to SmartMedia card (page 64), they can be used with Song Lesson. • The Split Point is fixed during the Song Lesson. [...]

Song playback functions 56 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Listen repeatedly to a section of the song Y ou can repeatedly play back any section of a song, specifying the beginning and end points for the section (A and B).  Play back the song and press the [ ] button at the point you w ant the repeat to start (A).  Press the [ ] button again at the en[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 57 Making your own song arrangements (Easy Song Arranger) Easy Song Arranger is an exciting new feature that lets y ou easily change the feel of a song by appl ying your fa v orite accompaniment styles. For example, you could spice up a ballad b y giving it a house arrangement, or trans- f orm a jazz standar d into a hip-hop[...]

Making your own song arrangements (Easy Song Arranger) 58 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual ■ Selecting V oices  From the Easy Song Arranger MAIN display , press the [V OICE] button.  Press and hold the [V OICE] button until the V oice Select display appears.  Press the [V OICE] button repeatedly to step through the v arious voice cate gories. [...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 59 Recor ding your performances The powerful recor ding features let you recor d your o wn performances and original songs and save them as User songs (songs #101 – 105). Naturally , these can be play ed back the same as the preset songs. Recording • Y ou can record your keyboard performance in real time, just as if you [...]

Recording your performances 60 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual  Check the tracks sho wn in the display and select the track to be recorded. ● When sim ultaneously recor ding both a melody track and the accompaniment track Simultaneously hold do wn the [REC] button and press the desired b utton ([1] – [5]) for the melody track. Continue holding do wn[...]

Recording your performances PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 61 ● Recording ad ditional tracks T ry adding to your recording by repeating steps  –  abo ve. Y ou can record other tracks while playing back and listening to previously recorded tracks (the track numbers light) by pressing the appropriate SONG MEMOR Y [1] – [5], [A] b uttons. Pre vio[...]

62 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual SmartMedia car d file operations This section describes how to save, load and delete Smar tMedia car d data, as well as format SmartMedia cards f or use with the instrument. * This instrument uses Smar tMedia™ (3.3V) memor y cards. About the SmartMedia card file operations Call up the file operations and the FILE CONT[...]

SmartMedia card file operations PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 63 File Load This operation loads data of User files or style files on SmartMedia card to the internal memory .  W ith a SmartMedia card containing the files to be loaded inserted and press the [FILE CONTR OL] button.  Call up the Load page by using the CA TEGOR Y buttons [ ]/[ ]. [...]

SmartMedia card file operations 64 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual  Press the [EXECUTE] button. The cursor appears under the first letter of the file name. If desired, change the file name. •M ove the cursor left and right by using the [–] and [0] b uttons. • Select the characters by using the dial. • Delete the character at the cursor by usi[...]

SmartMedia card file operations PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 65  Press the [EXECUTE] button. The Destination File ro w is highlighted and the file name (automatically set) of the to-be-con verted file is shown. ● Replacing (overwriting) an e xisting file If you want to replace an existing User data file in the SmartMedia card with ne w data, se[...]

66 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual About MIDI Nearl y all of the electr onic musical instruments made today—particularly synthesiz- ers, sequencers and computer m usic related devices—use MIDI. MIDI is a world- wide standard that allo ws these devices to send and receive performance and setting data. Naturally , this instrument lets y ou save or send y[...]

About MIDI PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 67 ● Channel Messa ge s This instrument is capable of handling 16 MIDI channels simultaneously—meaning it can play up to sixteen dif ferent instruments at the same time. Channel messages transmit information such as Note ON/OFF , Program Change, for each of the 16 channels. ● System Messa ge s This is data t[...]

About MIDI 68 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual ■ External Cloc k ON/OFF (External Clock) This determines whether the instrument is synchronized to its o wn internal clock (OFF) or by an external clock signal (ON). • ON (e xternal clock) ..... Song and style playback synchronize to clock signals recei ved from the external de vice connected to the USB te[...]

About MIDI PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 69 MIDI settings for computer connections (PC Mode) This con venient function lets you instantly reconfigure the instrument settings for use with a sequencer and computer . Simply press the [PC] button on the panel and turn the PC Mode ON, and the MIDI settings necessary for sequencer/com- puter operation are aut[...]

About MIDI 70 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Downloading song data If you’ ve do wnloaded song files from the Internet to your computer or used your computer to create your own songs, you can load them to this instrument and sav e the to SmartMedia card for future use. In this way , virtually any song file can be used with the versatile functions of t[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 71 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide SPECIAL NOTICES • The software and this Installation Guide are exclusi ve copyrights of Y amaha Corporation. • Use of the software and this guide is gov erned by the SOFTW ARE LICENSING AGREEMENT which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software packaging. ([...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 72 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Minimum System Requirements For Windows For Macintosh Data Name OS CPU Memory Hard Disk Display Other Song Filer Windows 95/98/98SE/Me/2000/ XP Home Edition/XP Professional 100 MHz or higher; Intel® P entium®/Cele - ron® processor family 8 MB or more 2 MB or more 800 x 600, 256 color[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 73 Installation f or Windo ws 98/Me/2000/XP  Start the computer . For Windows 2000/XP ex ecute the following steps after the computer is started. In Windo ws 2000 , use the “ Administrator” account to log in, then select [My Computer] → [Control Panel] → [System] → [Hardware] [...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 74 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual For Macintosh Users Software Installation ■ Acrobat Reader In order to view the electronic (PDF) manuals included with each application, you’ll need to install Acrobat Reader .  Double-click on the “ Acroread_” folder . Four dif ferent language folders will be displayed: Engl[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 75  The installation starts. If the dri v er has already been installed, the following message appears. T o return to step  , press [Continue]. T o complete the installation, click [Quit].  When the installation is complete, the system displays the fol- lowing message: “Installa[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 76 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual SOFTW ARE LICENSING AGREEMENT The following is a le gal agreement between you, the end user, and Y amaha Corporation (“Y amaha”). The enclosed Y amaha soft - w are program is licensed by Y amaha to the original purchaser for use only on the terms set forth herein. Please read this l[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 77 Function settings The Function pa g es (found in the FUNCTION displa y) contain detailed controls and settings for the v oices, effects, split point, tuning of the instrument, and so on. Commonly used settings can be called up b y a button shortcut: Simply hold do wn a button (f or about a second) to directly call up the [...]

Function settings 78 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual ■ FUNCTION Settings List Category Setting Pa ge title Range / Settings Description V OLUME Style V olume Style V olume 000 – 127 This determines the volume of the Style. Song V olume Song V olume 000 – 127 This determines the volume of the Song. O VERALL Tuning T uning -100 – 100 This deter mines[...]

Function settings PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 79 * All these settings can be conv eniently reset to their initial def ault values b y pressing the [+] and [–] buttons simultaneously . (The exception to this is Initial Setup Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) MIDI Local On/Off Local ON/OFF This determines whether the instrument’s keyboard[...]

80 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Appendix T r oubleshooting ■ For the PSR-K1 Prob lem P ossible Cause and Solution When the instrument is tur ned on or off , a pop- ping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instr ument is receiving electri- cal power . When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in[...]

Troubleshooting PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 81 ■ For the inc luded software The driver cannot be installed. • Is the USB cab le connected correctly? → Check the USB cab le connection. → Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it again. Windows • Is the USB function enab led on your computer? → When you connect the MIDI instrument to the comp[...]

82 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Messages Display Access error ! Are you sure ? Backup Loading Backup Loading Error Cancel Can’t use Clearing... Com Mode Completed Data Error ! Delete File Delete OK ? Deleting... Do you clear T rack1 ? Do you clear T rack2 ? Do you clear T rack3 ? Do you clear T rack4 ? Do you clear T rack5 ? Do you clear T rackA ? Do [...]

Messages PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 83 Media is not inser ted. Media Mounting Memor y capacity is fulll. Memor y Full MIDI receive b uffer ov erflow . Now e xecuting... Now e xecuting... (Don’t turn off the power now , otherwise the data ma y be damaged.) Now Writing... (Don’t turn off the power now , otherwise the data ma y be damaged.) Overwrit[...]

84 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Saving backup data to SmartMedia car d The panel settings of this instrument are reset to their original default settings e very time you turn po wer off and on ag ain, which means your original settings are lost. Ho we ver , with a SmartMedia card, you can sav e your custom panel settings for recall by holding do wn the [...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 85 Specifications Ke yboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6), with Touch Response. Display • 320 x 240 dots backlit graphic LCD Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN - MAX • MIC VOLUME: MIN - MAX • LCD CONTRAST Control P anel Controls • SONG, VOICE, STYLE, EASY SONG ARRANGER, FILE CONTROL, EXECUTE, DICTION[...]

86 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maxim um P olyphon y • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y. This means that it can play a maxi- mum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used. Auto accompani- ment [...]

Voice List PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 87 ● XG V oice List SYNTH PAD 102 0 112 89 F antasia 103 0 113 101 Bell P ad 104 0 112 92 Xenon P ad 105 0 112 95 Equino x 106 0 113 90 Dark Moon PERCUSSION 107 0 112 12 Vibraphone 108 0 112 13 Marimba 109 0 112 14 Xylophone 110 0 112 115 Steel Drums 111 0 112 9 Celesta 112 0 112 15 Tu b ular Bells 113 0 112 48 [...]

Voice List 88 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 227 0 45 33 V elocity Crossfade Upright Bass 228 0 0 34 Finger Bass 229 0 18 34 Finger Dark 230 0 40 34 Bass & Distor ted Electric Guitar 231 0 43 34 Finger Slap Bass 232 0 45 34 Finger Bass 2 233 0 65 34 Modulated Bass 234 0 0 35 Pick Bass 235 0 28 35 Muted Pick Bass 236 0 0 36 F retless Bass 237 0 32 36 F[...]

Voice List PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 89 362 0 0 95 Halo Pad 363 0 0 96 Sweep P ad SYNTH EFFECTS 364 0 0 97 Rain 365 0 65 97 Afr ican Wind 366 0 66 97 Carib 367 0 0 98 Sound T rack 368 0 27 98 Prologue 369 0 0 99 Cr ystal 370 0 12 99 Synth Drum Comp 371 0 14 99 P opcorn 372 0 18 99 Tiny Bells 373 0 35 99 Round Glock en 374 0 40 99 Glock en Chime 375 0[...]

90 PSR-K1 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 Drum Kit List • “ ” indicates that the drum sound is the sa[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 91 Drum Kit List 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. 115 121 122 123 124 125 126 MSB (0 - 127)[...]

92 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8BEAT 001 8BeatModer n 002 60’ sGtrPop 003 8BeatAdria 004 60’ s8Beat 005 8Beat 006 OffBeat 007 60’ sRock 008 HardRock 009 RockShuffle 010 8BeatRock 16BEAT 011 16Beat 012 P opShuffle1 013 P opShuffle2 014 GuitarP op 015 16BtUptempo 016 K oolShuffle 017 JazzRoc k 018 HipHopLight BAL[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 93 Song List No. Song Name F A V ORITES (Lyrics) 001 Against All Odds (A. J amal/R. Mcnair) 002 Englishman In New Y ork (Sting) 003 Can’t Help F alling In Love (G.D .Weiss ,H.P eretti and L.Creatore) 004 A Hard Day’ s Night (J.Lennon and P .McCar tney ) 005 Stella By Star light (V .Y oung) F A V ORITES 006 Bill Bailey (W[...]

94 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Keyboard ] Date: 06-Feb-2003 Model PSR-K1 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 *1 Channel Changed x x Default 3 3 Mode Messages x x Altered ************** x Note 0 - 127 0 - 127 Number : True voice *******[...]

MIDI Implementation Chart PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 95 NOTE: *1 By default (f actor y settings) the instrument ordinar ily functions as a 16-channel mu lti-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel vo ices or panel settings. Ho we ver , the MIDI messages listed below do affect the panel voices, auto accompaniment, and songs[...]

96 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual +/– ............................................ 16, 19, 39 .................................................. 16, 21 .................................................. 16, 21 ..................................................... 16, 21 ......................................................... 39 .......................[...]

PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual 97 Index Messages .............................................. 82 Metronome ..................................... 28, 42 Metronome Volume ....................... 43, 79 Mic Echo .................................. 20, 24, 79 Mic Volume ................................... 24, 79 Microphone .................... 8, 12, 13, 20,[...]

L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P AR TS Y amaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below , that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This warranty is applicable to all models in[...]

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