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2 PSR-E303/YPT-300 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 any po wer sup- ply or adapter other than one described in the man ual, on the name plate, or specifi cally recommended by Y amaha.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instr uc- tions contained in this man ual, meets FCC require- ments. Modifications not expressly appro ved by Y amaha ma y void your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product.
4 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual 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.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 5 • Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables. • Use only the stand specified for the instrument. When attaching the stand or rack, use the provided screws only. Failure to do so could cause damage to the internal components or result in the instrument falling over.
6 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Y amaha PSR-E303/YPT -300 POR T A TONE! Please read this o wner’ s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to tak e full advantage of its various features.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 7 Panel logos ................................................................ 6 Supplied Accessories ................................................. 6 Setting Up 8 Power Requirements ...............................
8 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power . Although the instrument will run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whene ver possible.
Setting Up PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 9 Make all necessary connections BEFORE turning the power on. The PSR-E303/YPT -300 speakers are automatically shut of f when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/OUTPUT jack also functions as an e xternal output.
10 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and T erminals ■ Front P anel q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch .................................... page 9, 30 w [MASTER V OLUME] control ......................... pages 9, 30 e LESSON P ART [L] button .....
P anel Controls and T erminals PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 11 GrandPno 001 001 GrandPno 001 001 r t !9 y @6 @7 !3 !2 @5 !1 u !0 o i @0 @4 @3 @2 @1 V oice List (page 65) Displa y (page 32) #1 #0 .
12 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual — Quick Guide — Step 1 Changing the V oices In addition to the piano V oice, a wide v ar iety of other instrument V oices can be selected and pla yed, including guitar , trumpet and flute. The V oice selected here becomes the Main V oice.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 13 Quick Guide Y ou can select a second V oice which will pla y in addition to the Main V oice selected on the pre vi- ous page. This second V oice is known as the Dual V oice. Press the [DU AL ON/OFF] button to turn the Dual function on.
14 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual In the Split mode you can pla y diff erent V oices to the left and right of the ke yboard “Split P oint. ” The main and Dual V oices can be play ed to the righ.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 15 Quick Guide When you simply w ant to play a piano V oice, all y ou hav e to do is press one conv enient button. Press the [PORT ABLE GRAND] button. The V oice “Grand Piano 001” will automatically be selected as the Main V oice.
16 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Tr y out each key . Y ou’ll hear bongo drums, congas, maracas, and more—a compre- hensi ve variety of drum and percussion sounds. Details on the instruments and ke y assignments of each drum kit can be found in the Drum Kit List on page 71.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 17 Quick Guide Step 2 Fun Sounds This instrument also includes a wide range of unique sound eff ects. T r y out each ke y and enjoy the sounds! As you try out the various ke ys you’ll hear the sound of a dog barking, r unning water , a creaking door and many other unique eff ects.
18 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Step 3 Play W ith The Metr onome The instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Pla y and set the tempo that is most comf or table f or you. T urn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [METR ONOME ON/ OFF] button.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 19 Quick Guide A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure, while a metro- nome click will sound on all others. Y ou can also set the time signature to “00, ” in which case the chime will not sound and the click sound will be heard on all beats.
20 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Step 4 Playing Songs This instrument has 102 built-in Songs. Listening to a Song Press the [SONG] button. The Song number and name are displayed. Select the desired Song by using the n umber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-].
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 21 Quick Guide ● Song List • Songs with an aster isk mark (*) are ones which do not have a left par t. Therefore, the lesson is applicable only for the right hand.
22 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Step 5 Play with a Style The Style f eature provides backing and rh ythm par ts in a wide variety of musical categories, including rock, b lues, techno and much more . Here’ s how to pla y a rhythm of a Style . The rh ythm sound consists of percussion instruments.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 23 Quick Guide On the pre vious page, you’v e lear ned how to select y our fa vorite rhythm of a Style . Here, y ou’ll learn how to expand on that rh ythm with bass and chord backing, and use all of it as y our accom- paniment as you pla y .
24 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual The Style will begin playing as soon as y ou pla y a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboar d. Not sure ho w to play chords? No problem! This instrument is capable of playing chords e ven if you only play one ke y .
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 25 Quick Guide Step 6 Recor d your own performance Y ou can record up to fiv e of your own perf or mances as User Songs (User 1-5: Song numbers 103- 107). Think of each User Song as a kind of basket or dr awer f or stor ing y our recording.
26 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Stop recording. Pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton stops recording and writes the data to the User Song. (A “Writing!” message is shown.) To playback the newly recorded performance, press the [ST AR T/ STOP] b utton.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 27 Quick Guide T urn A CMP (auto accompaniment) on or off, depending on what y ou want to record. If you want to record Style playback, turn ACMP on. If you want to record only your o wn keyboard performance, turn A CMP off.
28 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Deleting an entire User Song Press the [SONG] button and select the User Song y ou want to delete by using the n umber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Press and hold the [REC] button f or longer than a second. The Song Delete display appears.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 29 Backup and Initialization Backup Some internal parameters will re vert to their default v alues if not saved before the po wer is turned of f. In order to backup these parameters press and hold the [FUNCTION] but- ton for longer than a second.
30 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual GrandPno 001 001 T urn down the v olume by turning the [MASTER V OLUME] control to the left and press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the po wer . Press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch again to turn the po wer OFF . T urning the power on T urn the [MASTER V OLUME] dial.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 31 Basic Operation and Displays When you select a basic function, the name and number of the currently selected Song, Style and V oice is shown. From this display , you can select the desired Song, Style or V oice. Press a button to select a basic function Press the [SONG] b utton to select a Song.
32 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays GrandPno 001 003 The Main display sho ws all of the current basic settings for Song, Style and V oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/of f status for v arious functions.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 33 Song Lesson Y amaha Education Suite 5 Y ou can select any Song y ou like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson.
Song Lesson 34 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the part you want to practice. Press the [R] button for a right-hand lesson, [L] b utton for a left-hand lesson, or press both the [R] and [L] buttons simultaneously for a both- hands lesson. The selected part is displayed.
Song Lesson PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 35 Lesson 2 (T iming) In this lesson, try playing the notes with the correct timing. Simply concentrate on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompa- niment. The correct notes sound e ven if you play wrong notes as long as you play in time with the rhythm.
Song Lesson 36 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Lesson 3 (W aiting) In this mode, try playing the correct notes. The notes you should play appear in the score and the ke yboard on the display . The Song pauses until you play the right note. 1 Select a Song for y our lesson.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 37 Song settings Changing the Melody V oice Y ou can change a Song’ s melody V oice to any other V oice you prefer . 1 Select the Song and play it. Refer to the section “Playing Songs” on page 20. 2 Select a desired V oice by using the n umber buttons [0]- [9], [+], [-].
Song settings 38 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 2 Press the [FUNCTION] button a n umber of times until “SongV ol” appears. 3 Set the Song V olume by pressing the n umber buttons [0]- [9], [+], [-]. Mute Y ou can mute T rack 1 or T rack 2 during Song playback.
Song settings PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 39 Practice Makes Perfect Y ou can repeatedly practice a section you find difficult. This function lets you specify a section of a Song you want to practice—“ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback.
40 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Play W ith a V ariety of Effects Adding Harmony This feature adds harmony notes as well as tremolo or echo ef fects to the Main V oice. 1 Press the [HARMONY] button to turn harmon y on. When you don’t w ant to add harmony notes, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again to turn Harmon y off.
Play With a V ariety of Effects PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 41 Adding Reverb Re verb adds the ambience of a room or concert hall to the sound that you play on the ke yboard. Press the [REVERB ON/OFF] button to turn Re verb on. Re verb is normally on.
Play With a V ariety of Effects 42 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the desired Re verb T ype by using the num- ber buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-]. Refer to the Re verb T ype list on page 75 for details. Y ou can adjust the Reverb depth in the Function Settings (page 56).
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 43 Handy Performance Features T ouch Response Sensitivity Press the [TOUCH ON/OFF] b utton to turn T ouch Response on. When T ouch Response is on, you can control the volume of notes accord- ing to ho w hard you play the ke ys.
Handy P erformance Features 44 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Setting the Split Point The Split Point setting can be changed as desired. The initial default Split Point is ke y number 54 (the F # 2 key), b ut you can change it to another ke y . When you change the Split Point, the auto accom- paniment range also changes.
Handy P erformance Features PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 45 T uning Y ou can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. The ov erall tuning of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maximum of 100 cents in 1- cent increments (100 cents = 1 semitone).
Handy P erformance Features 46 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Changing the tempo of the Song/Style Songs and Styles can be played at any tempo you desire—fast or slo w . 1 Press the [TEMPO/T AP] button to call up the T empo setting in the dis- play after selecting a Style/Song.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 47 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions V arious ways to start and stop Style playback The follo wing three methods can be used to start Style playback. In all cases you will need to press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on before actually starting Style playback.
Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions 48 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual The follo wing three methods can be used to stop Style playback. ■ Immediate Stop Playback will stop as soon as you press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton.
Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 49 Pattern V ariation (Sections) The instrument features a wide v ariety of Style “sections” (patterns) that allo w you to v ary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing.
Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions 50 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 4 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] b utton. 6 As soon as y ou play a chor d with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style starts. F or this e xample, play a C major chord (as shown belo w).
Style (A uto Accompaniment) Functions PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 51 Adjusting the Style V olume This procedure allo ws you to adjust the balance between Style playback and the notes you play on the keyboard by setting the v olume of the play- back sound.
52 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords Y ou’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 22 that the “feel” of the Style changes every time you pla y a chord on the left-hand side of the ke y- board.
Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 53 ● Recognized Standard Chor ds Char t * These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionar y function.
Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords 54 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord dictionary” that sho ws you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn ho w to play it.
Playing A uto Accompaniment Chords PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 55 ■ About chor ds Playing two or more notes together simultaneously creates a “chord. ” Playing a note together with two other notes spaced three notes (steps) apart—such as the notes C, E and G—creates a harmonious sound.
56 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Function Settings The [FUNCTION] button gives y ou access to a variety of operations related to adjust- ing or enhancing the sound and making settings for connection to e xternal devices. Select the item and change the value There are 32 dif ferent items that can be set.
Function Settings PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 57 T ouch Sensitivity TouchSns 1 (Soft) 2 (Medium) 3 (Hard) When T ouch Response is on, this determines the sensitivity of the f eature. Main V oice V olume M.Volume 000-127 Deter mines the v olume of the Main V oice.
58 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual About MIDI The instrument features a MIDI terminals that can be connected to other MIDI instru- ments and devices f or expanded musical functionality .
About MIDI PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 59 T ransferring Performance Data T o and From Another Instrument By connecting the PSR-E303/YPT -300 to other MIDI devices or a computer , the performance.
About MIDI 60 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual These settings determine whether the instrument is synchronized to its own internal clock (OFF), or to a clock signal from an external de vice (ON). On ......... The instrument’ s time based functions will be synchronized to the clock from an external de vice connected to the MIDI terminal.
About MIDI PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 61 Y ou can also use this instrument as a remote control device for the Digital Music Notebook application on your computer (via the MIDI connection) —controlling playback, stop and transport functions from the panel.
About MIDI 62 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Y ou can download the “Musicsoft Do wnloader” application from the fol- lo wing website. Make sure that your computer has an Internet connection.
About MIDI PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 63 Y ou can transmit Song files from your computer to your PSR-E303/YPT -300’ s Flash Memory . F or details about ho w to transmit Song data using the M.
64 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual T roubleshooting Problem 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 .
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 65 V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used.
V oice List 66 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List SAXOPHONE 063 0 112 67 Tenor Sax 064 0 112 66 Alto Sax 065 0 112 65 Soprano Sax 066 0 112 68 Baritone Sa.
V oice List PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 67 CHROMATIC 145 0 0 9 Celesta 146 0 0 10 Glockenspiel 147 0 0 11 Music Box 148 0 64 11 Orgel 149 0 0 12 Vibraphone 150 0 1 12 Vibraphone KSP 151 0 0 13 M.
V oice List 68 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 237 0 32 37 Punch Thumb Bass 238 0 0 38 Slap Bass 2 239 0 43 38 Velocity Switch Slap 240 0 0 39 Synth Bass 1 241 0 40 39 Techno Synth Bass 242 0 0 40 S.
V oice List PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 69 329 0 65 81 Solo Sine 330 0 66 81 Sine Lead 331 0 0 82 Sawtooth Lead 332 0 6 82 Sawtooth Lead 2 333 0 8 82 Thick Sawtooth 334 0 18 82 Dynamic Sawtooth .
V oice List 70 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual The voice number with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice. 423 0 96 116 Castanets 424 0 0 117 Taiko Drum 425 0 96 117 Gran Cassa 426 0 0 118 Melod.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 71 Drum Kit List Voice No. 109 110 111 112 113 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 127/0/2 127/0/9 127/0/17 127/0/25 Keyboard MIDI Key off Alternate assign St.
Drum Kit List 72 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Voice No. 109 114 115 116 117 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 127/0/26 127/0/28 127/0/33 127/0/41 Keyboard MIDI Key off Alternate assign .
Drum Kit List PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 73 Voice No. 109 118 119 120 121 MSB(0-127) / LSB(0-127) / PC(1-128) 127/0/1 127/0/49 126/0/1 126/0/2 126/0/113 Keyboard MIDI Key off Alternate assign S.
74 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8 Beat 001 8BeatModern 002 60’sGtrPop 003 8BeatAdria 004 60’s8Beat 005 8Beat 006 OffBeat 007 60’sRock 008 HardRock 009 RockSh.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 75 Effect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes ● Chorus T ypes No. Harmony Type Description 01 Duet If you want to sound one of the harmony types 01-05, play keys to the right side of the Split Point while playing chords in the left side of the keyboard after turning Auto Accompani- ment on.
76 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ PORTATONE ] Date:15-Nov-2004 Model YPT-300/PSR-E303 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.
MIDI Implementation Chart PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 77 Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o o : Song Pos.
78 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual NO TE: 1 By default (f actor y settings) the instrument ordinar ily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. Howev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices, auto accompaniment, and songs.
PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 79 Specifications Ke yboards • 61 standard-size ke ys (C1-C6), with T ouch Response Display • LCD display (bac klit) Setup •S T ANDBY/ON • MASTER V OLUME: MI.
80 PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual Index A-B REPEAT button ................................................. 39 ACMP ON/OFF button .............................................. 23 DEMO button ........................................................
Index PSR-E303/YPT-300 Owner’s Manual 81 I Initial Send ................................................................. 57 Initialization ............................................................... 29 Intro ....................................
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