Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-OR700 - Manual (Page 12)

PSR-OR700 Owner’s Manual 12
Introduction
What can you do with the PORTATONE?
SONG
Playback previously
recorded songs
(page 36, 57, 137)
Enjoy a wide variety of
preset songs as well as
songs on commercially
available disks.
DEMO
Explore the Demos (page 24)
These not only showcase the
stunning voices and styles of the
instrument, they introduce you to
the various functions and features —
and give you hands-on experience
using the PSR-OR700!
STYLE
Back up your performance with Auto
Accompaniment (page 46, 103)
Playing a chord with your left hand automati-
cally plays the auto accompaniment backing.
Select an accompaniment style — such as pop,
jazz, Latin, etc. — and let the PORTATONE be
your backing band!
SCALE SETTING/SCALE
MEMORY
Using oriental scales (page 99)
The Scale Setting feature lets you easily
lower the pitches of specific notes by 50
cents to create your own oriental scales.
Up to six scale settings can be stored for
instant recall (Scale Memory), whenever
you need them.
LCD
The large LCD (together with the
various panel buttons) provides
comprehensive and easy-to-
understand control of the
instrument’s operations.
The lyrics, music scores can also
be displayed in the LCD.
DIGITAL RECORDING
Record your performances (page 43, 143)
With the powerful and easy-to-use song
recording features, you can record your own
keyboard performances, and create your own
complete, fully orchestrated compositions —
which you can then save to the USER drive or a
USB storage device for future recall.
And since the recorded data is MIDI, you can
easily edit your songs, too.