PSR-A300 Owner’s Manual 7
Panel logos ................................................................6
Supplied Accessories.................................................6
Setting Up 8
Power Requirements .................................................8
Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) .9
Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack) .................9
Using the MIDI Terminals ..........................................9
Turn on the power......................................................9
Panel Controls and Terminals 10
Front Panel ..............................................................10
Rear Panel ...............................................................10
— Quick Guide —
Step 1
Changing the Voices 12
Try playing a variety of instrument Voices ...............12
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously—Dual .............13
Playing Different Voices with the Left and
Right Hands—Split ...............................................14
Playing the Grand Piano Voice ................................15
Drum kits & Oriental Percussion kits........................15
Step 2
Fun Sounds 17
Step 3
Play With The Metronome 18
Start the metronome ................................................18
Step 4
Playing Songs 20
Select and Listen to a Specific Song .......................20
Step 5
Play with a Style 22
Selecting a rhythm of a Style ...................................22
Playing with a Style..................................................23
Step 6
Record your own performance 25
Recording Your Performance ..................................25
Recording to a specified track..................................26
Deleting User Songs ................................................28
Step 7
Using Oriental Scales 29
Setting an Oriental Scale—Scale Setting ................29
Registering the Scale settings .................................30
Recall the Scale settings..........................................31
Set the Accompaniment Tuning on..........................31
Step 8
Play with the Pitch Bend Wheel 32
Adding pitch variations with the Pitch Bend Wheel..32
Adjust the pitch bend range .....................................32
Backup and Initialization 33
Backup .....................................................................33
Initialization ..............................................................33
Basic Operation and Displays 34
Basic Operation....................................................... 34
Display..................................................................... 36
Song Lesson 37
Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) ....................................... 37
Lesson 2 (Timing).................................................... 39
Lesson 3 (Waiting) .................................................. 40
Song settings 41
Changing the Melody Voice .................................... 41
Song Volume........................................................... 41
Mute ........................................................................ 42
Practice Makes Perfect ........................................... 43
Play With a Variety of Effects 44
Adding Harmony...................................................... 44
Adding Reverb......................................................... 45
Adding Chorus......................................................... 46
Adding Panel Sustain .............................................. 46
Handy Performance Features 47
Touch Response Sensitivity .................................... 47
Setting the Split Point .............................................. 48
Transpose ............................................................... 48
Tuning ..................................................................... 49
One Touch Setting .................................................. 49
Changing the tempo of the Song/Style.................... 50
Adjusting the Voice Parameters .............................. 50
Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 51
Various ways to start and stop Style playback ........ 51
Pattern Variation (Sections) .................................... 53
Adjusting the Style Volume ..................................... 55
Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords 56
Easy Chords............................................................ 56
Standard Chords ..................................................... 56
Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary ...... 58
Function Settings 60
Select the item and change the value ..................... 60
About MIDI 62
What is MIDI?.......................................................... 62
What You Can Do With MIDI................................... 62
Transferring Performance Data To and
From Another Instrument..................................... 63
Transferring data between the PSR-A300
and a computer.................................................... 65
Troubleshooting ...........................................................68
Index ..............................................................................69
Voice List.......................................................................71
Maximum Polyphony ............................................... 71
Drum Kit & Oriental Percussion Kit List.....................78
Style List........................................................................83
Effect Type List .............................................................84
MIDI Implementation Chart ..........................................86
MIDI Data Format ..........................................................88
Effect map ............................................................... 90
Specifications ...............................................................91
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