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2 PSR-S500 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 [...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: 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 b y Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT: When connecting this pr[...]

4 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual (3)-10 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place for 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[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 5 (3)-10 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[...]

6 PSR-S500 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 manuf acturer . The GM mark is af fixed to all software and hardw are products that support GM System Le vel. XGlit[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha PSR-S500 P ortaT one! 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 ev en after you finish reading, and refer to it oft[...]

8 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Special Features of the PSR-S500 ■ 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 voices. Y ou can change the mood of a song written for piano, for example, by using vio- lin to play i[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 9 Logos ........................................................................................ 6 Accessories .............................................................................. 7 Special Features of the PSR-S500 .......................................... 8 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements .....................[...]

10 PSR-S500 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 A C adaptor (P A-300, P A-301 or other adaptor specifically recommended by Y amaha) to the po wer supply jack.  Plug the A C adaptor into[...]

Setting Up PSR-S500 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 85). T o use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the fol- lo wing: • First, make sure the PO WER switc h on the instru- ment is set to OF[...]

Setting Up 12 PSR-S500 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 [ [...]

Setting Up PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 13 ● Music Rest Inser t the music rest into the slots as shown.[...]

14 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch .................... 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], [USB] buttons .............................................[...]

Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 15 !9 Dial .................................................... page 41 @0 [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons ............. page 41 @1 CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] b uttons ... page 41 @2 [FUNCTION] button ......................... page 70 @3 [MDB] button ................................... page 26 @4 FILE M[...]

16 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Songs This instrument include a Demonstration Song. Let’ s start by pla ying the Demonstration Song. 1 Press the [ST ANDBY/ON] button until it loc ks 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. Gr[...]

PSR-S500 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, or gan, and other “standard” keyboard instruments, this instrument has a large range of realistic V oices—including guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and per cussion, sound effects, and a wide variety of other m usical[...]

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 18 PSR-S500 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] b utton. The [DU AL] button turns the Dual V oice on or off. When Dual V oice is turned on, the [DUAL] b utton is lit[...]

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 19 4 Select the V oice y ou want to play . Look at the highlighted V oice name and rotate the dial. The av ailable 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 th[...]

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices 20 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 2 Press and hold the [LEFT] button f or longer 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 category button in the V OICE section. F or thi[...]

Try playing a variety of Instrument Voices PSR-S500 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, howe ver ,[...]

22 PSR-S500 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 y ou play left-hand c hords. Y ou can select from 150 different Styles co vering a range of musical genres and time signatures (see page 107 for a com[...]

Playing Styles PSR-S500 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] [...]

Playing Styles 24 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 4 Play a left-hand c hord to start the Style . Y ou can still “play” chords e ven if you don’t actually kno w any chords. This instrument will recognize even a single note as a chord. Try play- ing from one to three notes at the same time to the left of the split point. The chord will change accordi[...]

Playing Styles PSR-S500 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 [...]

26 PSR-S500 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 pla y . Press [ ], [ ] category b utton when changing the MDB cate gory . Refer[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 27 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs With this instrument the term “Song” refers 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, whic h corresponds to the type of Song y ou want to listen to. [PRESET] : Fiv e preset[...]

Using Songs 28 PSR-S500 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 cassette deck or CD player , letting you fast forward [ f ], re wind [ r ], and pause [...]

Using Songs PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 29 The following four types of Songs can be used by this instrument. ● Preset Songs (the five Songs built into the instrument) ............... Preset Song numbers 001–005. ● User Songs (recordings of your own performances) ................... USER Song numbers 001–005. ● Loaded Songs (Song data loade[...]

Using Songs 30 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual This instrument is capable of display the scores (notation) of Songs. Scores are displayed for the preset Songs. Scores can also be displayed for Songs loaded from computer as well as Songs played back from USB fl ash memory . Although User Songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, the y can b[...]

Using Songs PSR-S500 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 001–00[...]

32 PSR-S500 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. These Songs can be play ed in the same manner as the preset Songs. Once y our performances ha ve been saved as user Songs, the y can be con verted to SMF (Standard MID [...]

Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 33 Y ou can easily start recording your performance by simply pressing the [REC] b utton. In this case, the track number and part number of tracks are set automatically. 1 Press the [REC] button. The User Song number for recording will be selected automatically and tracks [1]–[3] will be se[...]

Recording Your Own Performance 34 PSR-S500 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 bac k the recordin[...]

Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 35 2 Select the recording part for eac h track (P art Assign). ◆ Selecting the par t for the Melody track (trac ks 1–8) While holding down the [REC] button, press one of the track buttons [1]–[8] until the desired part is shown at the track button. Each time you press the button, the pa[...]

Recording Your Own Performance 36 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 3 Recording will start when y ou play the ke yboard. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [ > / ■ ] button. Press the [EXIT] button, and the measure number is shown in the Main display . When recording is started, the display automatically returns to the Main display . 4 Stop[...]

Recording Your Own Performance PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 37 This function clears an entire user Song (all tracks). 1 From the MAIN displa y , select the user Song (001 to 005) y ou want to clear . 2 Press the [REGIST/TRA CK] button a n umber of times until the “TR 1–8” item appear s on the display . 3 Press and hold the REGISTRA TION MEMOR Y [...]

Recording Your Own Performance 38 PSR-S500 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 . 2 Press the [REGIST/TRA CK] b utton a number of times until the item y ou want to clear appear s. The item changes in order from “REGIST . ?[...]

PSR-S500 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 backup data in the instrument's internal memory and restores the init[...]

40 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays Overall PSR-S500 control is based on the following simple operations. Basic Operation 1 Use the category b uttons to select a CA TEGOR Y . 2 Use the dial to select an item or v alue. 3 Starting/stopping a Song or Style . 1 1 3 2 1 Display (pages 42, 43) ● V olume Adjustment Adjusts the vol[...]

Basic Operation and Displays PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 41 3 Star ting/stopping a Song or Style . Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] button 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[...]

Basic Operation and Displays 42 PSR-S500 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 70)[...]

Basic Operation and Displays PSR-S500 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[...]

R e f e r e n c e 44 PSR-S500 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[...]

Playing with the Effects PSR-S500 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 belo w . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] [...]

Playing with the Effects 46 PSR-S500 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 type for the V oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different Chorus T ype, use the procedure described belo w .[...]

Playing with the Effects PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 47 This function adds sustain to the k eyboard V oices. Use it when you w ant 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 lig[...]

Playing with the Effects 48 PSR-S500 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 en” guitar V oice (page 17), you can produce remarkab[...]

R e f e r e n c e PSR-S500 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 [...]

Using Various Functions 50 PSR-S500 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 . A chime will sound[...]

Using Various Functions PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 51 Y ou can also set the tempo by simply tapping the [TAP 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 ouch Response on/o[...]

Using Various Functions 52 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Fi ve pre-programmed EQ settings are a v ailable. 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][...]

Using Various Functions PSR-S500 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 semitone 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 normal[...]

Using Various Functions 54 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Y ou can change the playing pitch of the Main and Dual V oices in octave interv als. 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 [...]

R e f e r e n c e PSR-S500 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 pla y the Styles in various wa ys, how to adjust the Style v olume, how y ou can play c hords using the Styles, and m[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 56 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 1 Select the desired Style . (See page 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 Synchro[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S500 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[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 58 PSR-S500 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’v e selected. 1 Select the desired Style . (See page 22.) 2 Press one of the ONE T OUCH SETTING [1[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S500 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 [ ] but- tons as many times as necessar y to call up Split P oint. 3 Use the dial[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 60 PSR-S500 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 [...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S500 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[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 62 PSR-S500 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) Display Ma[...]

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 63 This instrument features 11 internal Style categories, b ut it also allows 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 [...]

R e f e r e n c e 64 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons 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[...]

Song Settings PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 65 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 very 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] [...]

Song Settings 66 PSR-S500 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/TRACK] b utton to select the TR 1–8, [...]

R e f e r e n c e PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 67 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 sa ved (8 banks of 8 setups each). 1 Set the panel controls as required— select a V oice[...]

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 68 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Make sure that “REGIST” appears in the display (press the [REGIST/TRA CK] 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], cont[...]

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 69 K eep in mind that groups of data cannot be deleted or cleared from the instrument at a single time. 1 Press the [REGIST/TRACK] button a number of times until the “REGIST . ” item appears. The item changes in order from “REGIST . ” to “TR 1–8” to “ A CMP .TR”. This[...]

R e f e r e n c e 70 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual The Functions The “Functions” pro vide a wide range of both detailed and overall instrument parame- ters, such as adjusting the tuning, setting the split point, and editing the v oices and effects. There are 49 function parameters in all. 1 Find the function you want to set in the list that begins [...]

The Functions PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 71 ■ 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 Deter mines the volume of the Song. O VERALL T uning T uning 415.3–466.2 Sets the pitch of the[...]

The Functions 72 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual * All these settings can be con veniently reset to their initial def ault v alues by pressing the [+/YES] and [-/NO] b uttons sim ultaneously . (The exception to this is Initial Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) EFFECT Reverb T ype Rev erb T ype 01–26 Determines the Reverb type , including of[...]

R e f e r e n c e PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 73 Using USB Flash Memory USB flash memory is a memory medium used for storing data. When a USB flash memory device is inserted in this instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE ter- minal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the de vice. USB flash memor[...]

Using USB Flash Memory 74 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 1 Connect a USB fl ash memor y to the USB T O DEVICE terminal, being careful to inser t it in the proper direction. (Do not try to force an improper connec- tion.) 2 Check that the “CONNECT” messag e is shown in the MAIN display . Y ou can go to the FILE CONTROL display from which you can acc[...]

Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 75 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 [MENU] b u[...]

Using USB Flash Memory 76 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Three types of data are sa v ed to one “User File” by this operation: user song, style fi le, and re gistration mem- ory data. When you sa ve a “User File” the style fi le and re gistration memory are also sa ved automatically . 1 Make sure that a appropriately format- ted USB flash mem[...]

Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 77 This operation conv erts a user song (song numbers 001–005) to SMF F ormat 0 and saves the file to USB flash memory . 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” messag e [...]

Using USB Flash Memory 78 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual User files and style fi le residing on a USB fl ash memory can be loaded to the instrument. 1 With the USB flash memor y device con- taining the file you want to load con- nected to the USB T O DEVICE connector , chec k that the “CONNECT” message is shown in the MAIN display . 2 Press the[...]

Using USB Flash Memory PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 79 This procedure deletes selected user fi les and SMF fi les from a USB fl ash memory device. 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 the “CONNECT” is show[...]

R e f e r e n c e 80 PSR-S500 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 82 for more information. w USB T O DEVICE terminal This terminal allows connection to USB stor- age devices. Refer to “Connection to a USB Stor[...]

Connections PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 81 Bac king up the instrument data to a computer Once you’ ve sa ved data to a USB flash memory de vice, you can cop y the data to the hard disk of your computer , then archive and organize the files as desired. Simply reconnect the device as shown below . Copying fi les from a computer har d disk to USB ?[...]

Connections 82 PSR-S500 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 83). ● Files can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 85). The connection procedure is as follows: 1 Inst[...]

Connections PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 83 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 ● ● ● ?[...]

Connections 84 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual ■ 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[...]

Connections PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 85 MIDI songs and Style fi les stored to a computer can be transferred to the instrument. Backup files 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 Musicsoft Downloader application and the[...]

Connections 86 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 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[...]

Connections PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 87 ■ T ransferring Bac kup files from the Instrument to a Computer ● ● Y ou can use the Musicsoft Do wnloader to transfer Backup files containing backup data (page 39 ), including the five User Songs stored on the instru- ment, to a computer . If you click “Electronic Musi- cal Instruments” in the [...]

R e f e r e n c e 88 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide This CD-R OM is cop y-protected. Y amaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to an y problems while attempting to copy the CD-R OM or software and cannot be held responsible for the results of attempts to copy the data. • The software and this o wner[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 89 ■ Using the CD-R OM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Please read the Software License Agreement on page 94 before opening the CD-ROM pack- age. 1 Check the system requirements to make sure that the software will run on y our computer . 2 Inser t the included CD-ROM into t[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 90 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual ■ Installing the USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ● In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI devices connected to your computer, the appropriate driv er software must be properly installed on your computer . The USB-MIDI driver allo ws sequence software and similar applicat[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 91 Installing the driver on Windows 98/Me 1 Start the computer . 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. A start window will appear automatically . 3 First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instrument is set to OFF , then use a USB cable to connect the USB terminal of the [...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 92 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Installing the driver on Windows XP 1 Start the computer and use the “Adminis- trator” account to log into Windows. 2 Select [Start] ➔ [Control P anel]. If the control panel appear s as “Pick a cate- gory”, clic k “Switch to Classic View” in the upper left of the window [...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 93 ■ Tr oubleshooting • Is the USB cable connected corr ectly? Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it ag ain. • Is the USB function enabled on y our com- puter? When you connect the instrument to the computer for the first time, if the “ Add Ne[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 94 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 4 Disconnect the USB cable. 5 Restart the computer . 6 Re-install the driver . A TTENTION SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (“ AGREE- MENT”) CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THIS SOFTW ARE. YOU ARE ONL Y PERMITTED TO USE THIS SOFTW ARE PURSUANT TO THE[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 95 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 instr u[...]

96 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the f ailure in reading or wr iting from/to the media or the flash memor y . All Memor y Clearing... Displa yed while erasing all data in the flash memory . Nev er turn the power off during data transmission. Are you sure? Confirms whether Song Clear or T rack Clea[...]

Messages PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 97 Saving... Displa yed while sa ving data in the memor y . Ne ver turn the power off while saving. Doing so may result in data loss. Send OK? Confirms whether the data transmission is ex ecuted or not. Sending... Displa y ed while transmitting data. Since the media is in use now , this function is not av ailable[...]

98 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, re gard- less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av ailable notes, s[...]

Voice List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 99 14 0 114 62 FullHor ns 15 0 118 58 SmoothT romb 16 0 115 62 HighBrass 17 0 113 64 OberBrass 18 0 122 62 T rumpetEns 19 0 119 62 MellowHorns 20 0 113 62 BigBandBrs 21 0 118 62 P opBrass 22 0 112 64 AnalogBrs 23 0 113 58 T rb .Section 24 0 117 62 SmallBrass 25 0 114 64 SoftAnalog 26 0 115 63 FunkyAnalog 27 0 11[...]

Voice List 100 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 20 127 0 26 AnalogKit 21 127 0 28 DanceKit 22 127 0 49 SymphonyKit 23 126 0 41 CubanKit 24 126 0 44 P opLatinKit 25 126 0 36 ArabicKit 26 126 0 1 SFXKit1 27 126 0 2 SFXKit2 Accordion 10 112 22 Musette 20 117 22 Steirisch 30 113 22 T uttiAccrd 40 115 22 SmallAccrd 50 116 22 Accordion 60 112 24 T angoAccrd 70 [...]

Voice List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 101 ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List V oice No. Bank Select MIDI Program Change# (1–128) V oice Name MSB (0–127) LSB (0–127) XG 100 1G r and Piano 201 1G r and Piano KSP 30 40 1 Piano Strings 40 41 1 Dream 500 2B r ight Piano 601 2B r ight Piano KSP 700 3 Electric Grand Piano 801 3 Electric G[...]

Voice List 102 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 139 0 0 48 Timpani 140 0 0 49 Str ings 1 141 0 3 49 Stereo Str ings 142 0 8 49 Slow Strings 143 0 35 49 60's Strings 144 0 40 49 Orchestra 145 0 41 49 Orchestra 2 146 0 42 49 T remolo Orchestra 147 0 45 49 V elocity Strings 148 0 0 50 Str ings 2 149 0 3 50 Stereo Slow Strings 150 0 8 50 Legato Str ings [...]

Voice List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 103 The voice n umber with an aster isk (*) is XGlite optional voice . 279 0 28 106 Muted Banjo 280 0 96 106 Rabab 281 0 97 106 Gopichant 282 0 98 106 Oud 283 0 0 107 Shamisen 284 0 0 108 K oto 285 0 96 108 T aisho-kin 286 0 97 108 Kanoon 287 0 0 109 Kalimba 288 0 0 110 Bagpipe 289 0 0 111 Fiddle 290 0 0 112 Sha[...]

104 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Drum Kit List Voice No. 13 14 17 18 19 20 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/002 127/000/009 127/000/017 127/000/025 127/000/026 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Note Standard Kit 1 Standard Kit 2 Room Kit Rock Kit Electronic Kit Analog Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mu[...]

Drum Kit List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 105 Voice No. 13 21 15 16 22 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/28 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate Note Standard Kit 1 Dance Kit* Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C # -1 3 Surdo Mute Kick Dance 1 26 D 0 14 D -1 3[...]

Drum Kit List 106 PSR-S500 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. 13 26 27 25 23 24 MSB (0–127) / LSB [...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 107 Style List Style No. Style Name Pop&Rock 1 FunkPopRock 2 AcousticRock 3 Cool8Beat 4 60'sRock1 5 60'sRock2 6 VintageGtrPop 7 60'sGuitarPop 8 70's8Beat 9 90'sGuitarPop 10 KoolShuffle 11 BubblegumPop 12 BritPopSwing 13 JazzPop 14 HardRock 15 RootRock 16 RockShuffle 17 Unplugged Ballad 1 8BeatA[...]

108 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Music Database List No. MDB Name Christmas 1 Manger Away 2 Noel First 3 Rednosed Rudolph 4 Silent Christmas 5 Wonderful Time Traditional 6 Abide This Hymn 7 Ave Maria NoMore 8 Can Can Orpheus 9 Moulin Heart 10 Texas YellowRose Showtime 11 Dance Lord 12 For Cabaret! 13 Night Time 14 NoBusiness Like! 15 The Cat's Me[...]

Music Database List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 109 251 Espana Viva 252 Eyes Of Green 253 Face Dance Music 254 Free Best Things 255 Green Mountain 256 Hear Music 257 Heaven Blue 258 He's Got To Go 259 High Moon 260 Holiday Home 261 I Won't Be Cruel 262 Jealous Tango 263 Jeeps Creepers 264 Knife, Mack 265 Lift Yourself Up 266 Moon Waltz 267 [...]

110 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes No. T ype Description 01 Duet Harmony types 01–05 are pitch-based and add one-, tw o- or three-note harmonies to the single- note melody pla yed in the right hand. These types sound when chords are pla yed in the auto accompaniment range of the k eyboard. These [...]

Effect Type List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 111 ● Chorus T ypes ● DSP T ypes No. T ype Description MSB LSB 1 CHOR US1 Conv entional chorus program with rich, w ar m 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 GM CHOR US1 65 3 10 GM CHOR US2 65 4 11 GM CHOR US[...]

Effect Type List 112 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 41 SYMPHONIC1 Adds more stages to the modulation of Celeste . 68 16 42 SYMPHONIC2 68 0 43 ENS DETUNE Chorus eff ect without modulation, created b y adding a slightly pitch-shifted sound. 87 0 44 KARA OKE1 Echo f or karaoke . 20 0 45 KARA OKE2 20 1 46 KARA OKE3 20 2 47 ER1 This eff ect isolates only the[...]

Effect Type List PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 113 113 PHASER1 Cyclically modulates the phase to add modulation to the sound. 72 0 114 PHASER2 72 8 115 EP PHASER1 72 17 116 EP PHASER2 72 18 117 EP PHASER3 72 16 118 D YN PHASER 111 0 119 PITCH CHG1 Changes the pitch of the input signal. 80 16 120 PITCH CHG2 80 0 121 PITCH CHG3 80 1 122 RO T AR Y SP1 Sim[...]

114 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Keyboard ] Date: 18-Jul-2006 Model PSR-S500 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 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-S500 Owner’s Manual 115 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[...]

116 PSR-S500 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. Ho w- ev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices , auto accompaniment, and songs. ?[...]

PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 117 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-USB, SONG-SCORE, SONG-LYRICS, SONG-REC • STYLE C[...]

118 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual +/YES, -/NO button ...................... 15, 41 > / ■ button .............................. 14, 28, 41 button ........................................ 14, 28 AB button................................. 14, 65 f button...................................... 14, 28 r button ..................................... 14, 2[...]

Index PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 119 PAUSE ................................................ 28 PC ........................................................ 84 PHONES/OUTPUT jack ............... 10, 15 Pitch Bend ........................................... 48 Pitch Bend Range ................................ 71 PITCH BEND wheel ..................... 1[...]

120 PSR-S500 Owner’s Manual 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 [...]

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