Yamaha PSR-300m - Manual (Page 6)

SELEGING AND PLAYING VOICES
1. Press the [POWER] button to turn the power ON. The
MULTI DISPLAY will light when the power is ON.
2. Slide the [MASTER VOLUME] control to a position
about half way between the “MIN” and “MAX” setting.
You can set this control for the most comfortable vol­
ume level after you begin playing.
MASTER VOLUME
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3.
If the VOICE indicator is not lit, press the [VOICE/
STYLE] button once so that it does light. The number of
the currently selected voice will appear on the MULTI
DISPLAY when the VOICE indicator is lit.
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Select any of the PSR-300M’s 100 voices by using one of
the following methods:
Voice Selection Method 1:
Choose one of the 100 voices — numbered “00”
through “99” — shown on the VOICE LIST then enter its
number using the numeric VOICE SELECT buttons. To
select “ELECTRIC ORGAN 1” (number 12), for example,
first press “1” and then “2.” The number “12” should then
appear on the MULTI DISPLAY.
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Voice Selection Method 2:
The [+] and [-] buttons in the numeric button group can
be used to increment (increase by one) or decrement (de­
crease by one) the current voice number. Press the [-i-]
button briefly to select the voice one number higher than
the current voice, or the [-] button to select the voice one
number lower than the current voice. If you hold the [-
1 -] or
[-] button down, the voice number will increment or dec­
rement continuously — simply release the button when
the desired voice number has been reached.
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5. The selected voice can now be played on the instrument’s
keyboard.
• Note that the PSR-300M‘s keyboard is “touch response" — tfiat
is, you can control the loudness of the sound to a certain
degree according to how hard you play the keys. The degree of
touch sensitivity is different for each voice.
• The PSR-300M features a maximum polyphony of 28-notes
(depending in some cases on the selected voice), so up to 28
notes can be played simultaneously, including extra notes
played when the automatic accompaniment, split, or dual voice
features of this instrument are used. “Full” will appear on the
MULTI DISPLAY if the 28-note limit is exceeded.
• When the power is initially turned ON, the PIANO voice is auto­
matically selected and its number (“ 00") is shown on the MULTI
DISPLAY.
Keyboard Percussion
When the DRUMS voice is selected (voice number 99), you
can play 25 different drum and percussion instruments on the
black keys. The percussion instruments played by the various
keys are marked by symbols above the black keys (the white
keys produce no sound).
• The TRANSPOSE function described on page 5 does not affect the
DRUMS sound.
DRUM & PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT KEY
ASSIGNMENTS
Key Instrument Symbol Key Instrument Symbol
Citi BD Reverb B
Gita Hi-Hat Foot m
Diti Bass Drum E
Atta Crash Cymbal
Fih Bass Tom [E Ctt4 Splash Cymbal H
Giti Lo Tom m D U Ride Cymbal H
Atti Mid Tom E
Ftt4 Synth Lo Tom S3
Ctt2 Hi Tom (E
Gtt4 Synth Mid Tom s
Dtt2 Snare Reverb m
Att4 Synth Hi Tom S3
Fi2 Snare Lo m
Cits Synth Snare S3
Gtt2 Snare Hi m
Dits Voice "One” H
M 2 Snare Open Rim a
Fits Voice "Two" B
Cita Srtare Closed Rirri m
Gits Voice "Three"
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Dits Hi-Hat Closed e Atta Voice "Four" H
Fit3 Hi-Hat Open
Adjusting the Volume
Adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control while playing to
set the desired overall volume level.