Yamaha PSR-E233 manual

EN Thank you f or purc hasing this Y amaha Digital Keyboar d! W e recommend that you r ead this manual car efully so that you can full y tak e advantage of the advanced and con venient functions of the instrument. W e also recommend that you k eep this manual in a saf e and handy place for futur e ref erence . Bef ore using the instrument, be sure [...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 2 LIMITED 1 -YEAR W ARR ANTY ON POR T ABLE KEYBO ARDS (NP , NPV , PSRE, YP G AND YPT SERIES) Thank you f or selecting a Y amaha pr oduct. Y amaha products ar e designed and manuf actured t o provide a high l evel of defect-free performance. Y amaha Corporation of America (“Y amaha”) is pr oud of the exper ience[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 3 SPECIAL MESSA GE SECTION This product utiliz es batt eries or an e xternal power supply (adapt er). DO NO T connect this product to an y power supply or adapt er other than one descr ibed in the manual, on the n ame plate, o r specifi cally recommended b y Y amaha. W ARNIN G: Do not place this product in a posit[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 4 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual in a saf e place for future ref e rence . WA R N I N G Always follow the basic precautions listed be low to avoid the possibility of serious inju ry or even death from electrical shock , shor t- circuiting, damages, fire or other hazar[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 5 Always turn the power off when the instru ment is not in use. Even when the powe r switch is in standby s tatus, electricity is still flowing to the instru ment at the minimum level. When y ou are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the power cord from the wall AC outlet. Make sure to [...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 6 This instrument has the following documents and instructional materials.  Incl uded Documents Owner’ s Manual (this book)  Online Mater ials (Downloadab le from the w eb) The following instructional materials are av aila ble for downloading from the Y amaha website. Y amaha Manual Library http://www .yama[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 7 Contents About the Manuals... ............... ............... .............. . 6 Logos .............. .............. ............... .............. ........... 6 Supplied A ccessories ............ .......... ............. ........ 6 Using the mu sic rest ........... ........... ............. .......... 6 Introdu[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 8 Setting Up Be sure t o do the following oper a tions BEFORE t urning on the po wer . Although the instrument will run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an A C adaptor whenev er possible. An A C adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete r[...]

Setting Up PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 9 Make all necessary connections BEFORE turning the powe r on. Y ou can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jac k to a set of headphones, keyboard amplif ier , stereo system, mixer , tape recorder, or other line-le vel audio de vice to send the instrument’ s output signal to that device. The internal speakers a[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 10 Panel Controls and T erminals F ront P anel q [ ] (Standb y/On) switc h ............ ........... .............. page 9 w [MAS TER V OLUME] control ............. .............. ..... page 9 e [1 LIST EN & LEARN] but ton .......... .................... page 24 r [2 TIMING] but ton .................. ..........[...]

Panel Controls and Terminals PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 11 GrandPno 001 001 GrandPno 001 001 !4 !9 !3 !1 u !0 o i @2 @1 @0 !2 y @7 @6 @5 @4 Rear P anel Displa y (page 13) Song List (page 39) Style List (page 40) V oice List (page 33) The “Pr ess & Hold” Symbol Buttons having this indication can be used to call up an alternate functi[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 12 Basic Operation and Displays Press a button to select a basic function: V oice, Style or Song. T o change the instrument voice that sounds when you play the keyboard, press the [V OICE] button. If you want to play along with auto accompanime nt, press the [STYLE] button. If you w ant to listen to a song, press t[...]

Basic Operation and Displays PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 13 The Main display shows all of the current basic settings for Song, Style and V oice. It also includes a range of indi- cators that show the on/off status for v arious functio ns. Display GrandPno 001 003 Indicate the operating condition of the instrume nt (page 12). SONG/V OICE/STYL[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 14 T ry Playing a V ariety of Instrument V oices This instrument f eatur es a variety of r ealis tic, built-in v oices. The gr and piano V oice is automatically selected whene ver the po wer is t urned on, b ut you can easily ch ang e this to guitar , drums, or any of an e xtensiv e range of v oices. Press the [V O[...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 15 When you simply want to play a piano V oice, all you hav e to do is press one con venient b utton. Press the [POR T ABLE GRAND] button. The V oice “Grand Piano” will automatically be selected as the Main V oice. Y ou’ll be able to play v arious sound effects from[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 16 Play with a Style This instrument has an aut o accompaniment feat ure that produces accompaniment (rh ythm + bass + c hords) in the style y ou choose to match chords y ou play with y our lef t hand. Y ou can select from 1 0 0 dif fer ent styles cover ing a range of m usical genres and time signatures. Most Style[...]

Play with a Style PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 17 Here we’ll see ho w to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rhythm to produce a full, rich accompani- ment that you can play along with. 1 Pr ess the [STYLE] b ut ton and selec t the desired Style . For instructions on ho w to select a Style, see page 12. 2 P ress the [A CMP ON/OFF][...]

Play wi th a Style PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 18 The instrument features a wide variety of Style “Sections” (patterns) that allow you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing. Pattern V ariation (Sections) Adding an Intro P ressin g the [INTRO/ENDING/r it.] but ton bef ore pla ying bac k the Styl e a[...]

Play with a Style PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 19 For users who are ne w to chords, this chart conv eniently shows common chords for your reference. Since there are many useful chords and many different w ays to use th em musically , refer to commercially av ailable chord books for further details. Y ou can also look up chords u sing the Chor[...]

Play wi th a Style PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 20 The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord di ctionary” that shows you the individual notes of chords. This is con venient when you know the name of a certain chord and want to qu ickly learn how to play it. 1 Pr ess and hold the [3 W AITING] b utt on for longer than a s econ[...]

Play with a Style PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 21 Let’ s try out the Song “ Aura Lee. ” For information on how to play Styles using chords, see pages 17 and 18. T ry playing chords with your left hand and play a melody with your right hand. Practice A ura Lee Composer: G. Poulton T ry Playing a Song with a Style! Recommended Style: 018 [...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 22 Playing Songs This instrument has 1 02 built-in Songs. For this instrumen t, the term “Song” r efers t o the data that makes up a piece of music. T ry selecting a nd listening t o the various Songs. Press the [SONG] button and then select the desired Song, referring to the se ction “Basic Operation” on p[...]

Playing Songs PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 23 Press the [DEMO] button. Songs 001, 002, 003 play in sequen ce, and playback will continue repeatedly sta rting again from the first Song 001. Y ou can stop playback at any time by pres sing the [DEMO] or [ST AR T/STOP] button. W ith the default setting only a fe w of the internal songs are played[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 24 Using the Lesson Feature Y ou can select any Song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song Lesson lets you learn how to play Songs in three easy steps. The Lesson modes:  Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) There’ s no need to play the keyboard in this mode. The model melody/cho[...]

Using the Lesson Feature PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 25 Lesson Oper ation 1 Select the d esired Song for your lesson. For instructions on ho w to select a Song, see page 12. 2 Select the part you w ant to pr actice . Press the [R] button for a right-hand lesso n, [L] b utton for a left-hand lesson, or press both the [R] and [L] buttons simul[...]

Using the Lesson Featur e PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 26 This function lets you specify a section of a Song—“ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point— for repeat playback. Play the Song and press the [A-B REPEA T] button at the beginning of the section you want to repeat (the “ A” point), then p ress the [A-B REPEA T] b[...]

Using the Lesson Feature PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 27 The instrument features a built-in metro nome (a de vice that keeps an accurate tempo) that is con venient for prac- ticing. Press the [METR ONOME] button to start the metronome. T o stop the metronome, press the [METR ONOME] button again. Y ou can adjust the metronome tempo by pressing[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 28 Function Settings The [FUNCTION] but ton giv e s y ou access to a v ariety of oper ations relat ed to adjusting or enhancing the sound and making set ti ngs for connection t o exter nal devices. F or more about the a vailable functions, see the following F unction Set ting List. 1 Pr ess the [FUNCTION] but ton a[...]

Function Settings PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 29 Function Setting List No. Item Display Range/ settings Defaul t set ting Description Vo l u m e 00 1 Style V olume StyleVol 000–127 1 00 Det er mines the vo lume of the Style. 002 Song V olume SongVol 000–12 7 1 00 Determines the v olume of the Song. Ov erall 003 T ranspose Transpos -1 2?[...]

Function Settings PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 30 * Dif fer ent for each v oice combination. ** Dif fer ent for each Song or Style combination. Lesson 020 Y our T empo YourTemp ON/OFF ON Determines whether the song pla yback t empo matches the speed at which you ar e play ing (ON) or not (OFF), when using the “W aiting” Lesson mode. Demo 0[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 31 About MIDI The instrument feat ures a MIDI ter minals that can be connected t o other MIDI instru- ments and devices f or expanded musical functionality . MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interf ace) is a world-standard interface for communication between electronic musical instruments and music devices. When M[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 32 T roubleshooting Probl em Possib le Cause and Solution When the instrument is turned on or off , a popping sound is temporar ily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical po wer . When using a m obile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in close pro ximity to t[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 33 Maximum P ol yphony The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 3 2 notes at once, rega rdless of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the a vailable notes, so when auto accompaniment is used the total number of a vailable notes for play[...]

Voice List PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 34 77 0 0 85 Charan g Lead 78 0 0 86 V oice Lead 79 0 0 87 F if ths Lead 80 0 0 88 Bass & Lea d 81 0 0 89 Ne w Age P ad 82 0 0 90 W ar m Pad 83 0 0 91 P oly Synth P ad 84 0 0 92 Choir P a d 85 0 0 93 Bo wed P ad 86 0 0 94 Metallic P ad 87 0 0 95 Halo P ad 88 0 0 96 S weep P ad 89 0 0 97 Ra in 90 0 0 [...]

Voice List PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 35 1 97 0 35 20 Church Or gan 2 1 98 0 40 20 Notre D ame 1 99 0 64 20 Org an Flute 200 0 65 20 T r emolo Organ Flute 20 1 0 40 21 P uf f Org an 202 0 32 23 Harmonica 2 203 0 64 24 T ango Accor dion 2 204 0 43 25 V elocity Guitar Harmonics 205 0 96 25 Ukulele 206 0 35 26 12 -string Guita r 207 0 40 26 Ny[...]

Voice List PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 36 323 0 35 1 05 Sitar 2 324 0 97 1 05 T amboura 325 0 28 1 06 Mut ed Banjo 326 0 96 1 06 Rabab 327 0 97 1 06 Gopichant 328 0 98 1 06 Oud 329 0 96 1 08 T aisho-kin 330 0 97 1 08 Kanoon 331 0 96 1 13 B onang 332 0 97 1 13 Alt air 333 0 98 1 13 Gamelan Gong s 334 0 99 1 13 St ereo Gamelan Gongs 335 0 1 00 [...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 37 Drum Kit List • “ ” indicates th at the drum sound is the same as “Standard Kit 1”. • Each percussion voice uses one note. • The MIDI Note # and Note are act ually one octave lo wer than keyboard Note # and Note. For exampl e, in “140: Standard Kit 1”, t he “Seq Click H” (Note# 36/Note C1)[...]

Drum Kit List PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 38 146 147 148 149 150 15 1 152 127/0/28 127/0/33 127/0/41 127/0/49 126/0/1 126/0/2 126/0/1 13 Dance Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Sound Ef fect Kit Drum Loop Re verse C ymbal Hi Q 2 AnSD Snappy SD Jazz H Light Brush Slap L AnBD Dance-1 Bass Drum L AnSD OpenRim AnBD Dance-2 G[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 39 Song List Song No. Song Name T op Picks 00 1 Demo 1 002 Demo 2 003 Demo 3 ORCHESTRA 004 Danse des Mirlitons fr om “The Nutcracker” (P .I. Tchaikovsky) 005 “Orph ée aux Enfer s” Ouverture (J. Of fenbach) 006 Slavonic Dances No .10 (A. Dvo ř ák) 007 La Pr imavera (fr om Le Quattro St agioni) (A. Vivald[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 40 Style List Style No. Style Name 8Beat 00 1 8BeatModern 002 60'sGtrP op 003 8BeatA dria 004 60's8Beat 005 8Beat 006 Of fBeat 007 60'sR ock 008 HardR ock 009 Roc kShuf fle 0 1 0 8BeatRoc k 16B e a t 0 1 1 1 6Beat 0 12 P opSh uff le 013 G u i t a r P o p 0 14 1 6BtUptempo 0 15 K oolShuffle 0 16 HipHo[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 41 Effect T ype List Reverb T ypes Chorus T ypes No. Reverb T yp e Description 0 1–03 Hall 1–3 Conce r t hall re verb . 04–05 Room 1–2 Small room r ev erb . 06–07 Stage 1–2 Re verb f or solo instruments. 08–09 Plat e 1–2 Simulat ed steel plat e re verb . 1 0 Of f No ef fect. No. Chorus T ype Descri[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 42 Specifications * Specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to c hange or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equip ment or options may not be the same in every loca le, please c[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-23 0 Owner’s Manual 43 Index A A-B Repeat .................. ........... ...... 26 A CMP ON/OFF ........ ........... ........ 17 Auto Accompaniment ....... .......... 17 Auto accompaniment range .... .... 17 Auto Po wer Of f ......... ........... .... 9, 30 B Battery ........... ......... ............ ........ .... 8 Beat Display ...[...]

PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner’s Manual 44 Information f or Users on Collection and D isposal of Old Equipment and used Batteries These s ymbols on the pr oducts, pac kaging , and/or accompany ing documents me an that used electr ical and electr onic prod ucts and b at teri es should not be mix ed with gen eral household waste. For p roper tr eatment, re[...]

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