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Table of Contents

Introduction
What can you do with the PSR-3000/1500?. 12 Panel Controls.. 14 Playing the Keyboard.. 16 Power Supply.. 16 Powering Up.. 17 Setting Up the PSR-3000/1500.. 18 Music Rest... 18 Using Headphones.. 18 Changing the Display Language. 19 Display Settings.. 19 Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks.. 22 Handling SmartMediaTM*Memory Cards. 23

Basic Operation

Trying Out the Basic Features (Help). 60 The Messages Shown in the Display. 60 Instant Selection of the Displays Direct Access.. 61 Basic Displays (Main Display and File Selection Display).. 62
Main Display... 62 File Selection Display Configuration and Basic Operation.. 63 File/Folder Operations in the File Selection Display... 66
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings. 73
Restoring the Factory-programmed System.. 73 Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings Independently by Item... 73 Saving and Recalling Your Original Settings as a Single File.. 74

Quick Guide

Playing the Demos.. 24 Operations in Basic Displays.. 26
Operation of the Main Display.. 26 Operation of the File Selection Display.. 26 Operation of the Function Display. 27

Reference

Using, Creating and Editing Voices.. 76
Voice Characteristics.. 76 Playing Different Voices Simultaneously. 77
Keyboard Parts (Right 1, Right 2, Left). 77 Playing Two Voices Simultaneously (Right 1 and 2 Parts).. 78 Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands (Right 1 and Left Parts). 80

Playing Voices.. 29

Playing Preset Voices.. 29
Practicing with the Preset Songs.. 35
Playing Back and Listening to Songs Before Practicing.. 35 Muting the Right- or Left-hand Part Viewing the Score.. 39 Practicing with the Repeat Playback Function. 41 Recording Your Performance.. 42

Changing Pitch.. 81

Transpose... 81 Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument. 81 Scale Tuning.. 81
Playing Backing Parts with the performance assistant Technology.. 43 Playing Accompaniment with the Auto Accompaniment Feature (Style Playback). 45
Playing Mary Had a Little Lamb with the Auto Accompaniment Feature. 45
Adding Effects to Voices Played on the Keyboard.. 83 Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance (MIXING CONSOLE).. 86

Basic Procedure.. 86

The Multi Pads.. 51

Playing the Multi Pads.. 51 Using Chord Match... 52
Voice CreatingSound Creator. 95
Basic Procedure.. 95 Creating Your Original Organ Flutes Voices.. 99
Calling Up Ideal Setups for Each Song Music Finder.. 52 Singing Along with Song Playback (Karaoke) or Your Own Performance.. 54
Connecting a Microphone (PSR-3000 only).. 54 Singing with the Lyrics Display.. 55 Convenient Functions for Karaoke. 55 Convenient Functions for Singing Along with Your Own Performance.. 58
Using, Creating and Editing the Auto Accompaniment Styles. 102
Style Characteristics.. 102 Selecting a Chord Fingering Type. 102 Playing Only the Rhythm Channels of a Style... 103 Style Playback-related Settings. 105 Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance of the Style (MIXING CONSOLE). 107 Convenient Music Finder feature.. 107
Searching the Records.. 107 Creating a Set of Favorite Records.. 108 Editing Records.. 109 Saving the Record... 110
Connecting the PSR-3000/1500 Directly to the Internet. 165
Connecting the Instrument to the Internet. 165 Accessing the Special Website.. 166 Operations in the Special Website.. 166
Scrolling the Display.. 166 Following Links... 167 Entering Characters.. 167 Return to the Previous Web Page. 168 Refreshing a Web Page/Canceling Loading of a Web Page.. 169 Purchasing and Downloading Data.. 169 Saving Bookmarks of Your Favorite Pages. 170 Changing the Home Page.. 173 About the Internet Settings Display.. 174 Initializing Internet Settings.. 178

Style Creator.. 112

Style Structure.. 112 Creating a Style.. 112 Editing the Created Style. 118
Glossary of Internet Terms.. 179
Using a Microphone (PSR-3000). 180
Editing Vocal Harmony Parameters. 180 Adjusting the Microphone and Harmony Sound.. 183 Talk Setting... 187

The Multi Pads.. 126

Multi Pad Creating (Multi Pad Creator). 126
Multi Pad Realtime Recording.. 126 Multi Pad Step Recording (EDIT). 127
Multi Pad Editing (Multi Pad Creator). 128
Registering and Recalling Custom Panel Setups Registration Memory.. 129
Registering and Saving Custom Panel Setups.. 129 Recalling the Registered Panel Setups. 130

Select the desired Language.
Press the [HELP] button to call up the language selection display.
Press the [6]/[7] buttons to select the desired language.
Press the [DEMO] button to start the Demos.
Demos will play back continuously until stopped.
Press the [EXIT] button to stop the Demo playback.
When the Demo stops, the display returns to the MAIN display.
Showing Specic Demo Topics
Press the [7]/[8] buttons in the Demo display to call up the specic Demo menu.
Press one of the [A][I] buttons to show a specic Demo.
To return back to the previous display, press the [J] button.
When the Demo has more than one screen. Press a [] button corresponding to the screen number.
Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Demos.
Operations in Basic Displays
To start with, you should know a little about the basic displays that appear in the Quick Guide. There are three basic displays: Main display File selection display Function display See below. See below. page 27
Operation of the Main Display
The Main display shows the basic settings and important information for the instrument (It is the same display that appears when the instrument is turned on.).You can also call up display pages related to the displayed function from the Main display.
n About information in the Main display See page 62.
1 [A][J] buttons The [A][J] buttons correspond to the settings indicated next to the buttons. For example, press the [F] button, and the Voice (RIGHT 1) selection display will appear in the display. 2 [1][8] buttons The [1][8] buttons correspond to the parameters which are indicated above the buttons. For example, pressing the [1] button will increase the Song (page 35) volume. 3 [DIRECT ACCESS] and [EXIT] buttons Heres a convenient way to return to the Main display from any other display: Simply press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button, then the [EXIT] button.
Operation of the File Selection Display
In the File Selection display, you can select the Voice (page 29)/Song (page 35)/Style (page 45), etc. In the example here, well call up and use the Song Selection display.

1 3, 3, 5

Press the [SONG SELECT] button to call up the Song Selection display.
Press the TAB []/[] buttons to select the desired drive (PRESET/USER/CARD). About PRESET/USER/CARD PRESET. Internal memory to which the preprogrammed data are installed as preset data. USER.. Internal memory that allows both reading and writing of data. CARD. For transferring data to and from SmartMedia, with the PSR-3000/1500s card slot.
n When the USB storage device such as the Floppy Disk drive will be connected to the USB [TO DEVICE] connector, USB1 will be displayed on the File Selection display.

Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop recording.
A message prompting you to save the recorded performance appears. To close the message, press the [EXIT] button.
Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded performance.
Save the recorded performance.
Press the [SONG SELECT] button to call up the Song selection display. Press the TAB []/[] buttons to select the appropriate tab (USER, CARD, etc.) to which you want to save the data. Select USER to save the data to internal memory, or select CARD to save the data to a SmartMedia card. Press the [6] (SAVE) button to call up the le naming display. Enter the le name (page 71). Press the [8] (OK) button to save the le. To cancel the Save operation, press the [8] (CANCEL) button.
CAUTION The recorded song will be lost if you change to another Song or you turn the power off without executing the Save operation.
When the following message appears: Song changed. Save?/Song speichern?/ Song modi. Sauv.?/Song cambiado. Guardar?/Salvare Song? The recorded data has not yet been saved. To save the data, press the [G] (YES) button to open the Song selection display and save the data (see above). To cancel the operation, press the [H] (NO) button.
Playing Backing Parts with the performance assistant Technology
This feature makes it exceptionally easy to play the backing parts along with Song playback.
n Before using performance assistant technology To use the performance assistant technology, the Song must contain chord data. If the Song contains this data, the current chord name will be displayed in the Main display during Song playback, letting you easily check whether the Song contains chord data or not.
In these example instructions, use the Songs in the SampleSongs folder.
Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button to turn the feature on.
The instrument automatically matches your performance on the keyboard to the Song playback and chords, no matter what keys you play. It even changes the sound according to the way you play. Try playing in the three different ways below.
Playing the left and right hand together Playing the left and right hand together Playing the left hand and right hand (method 1). (method 2). alternately.
Play three notes at the same time with your right hand.
Play several notes one after the other with different ngers of your right hand.
Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button again to turn the feature off.

Deleting characters Move the cursor to the character you wish to delete by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial, and press the [7] (DELETE) button. To delete all characters on the line at once, press and hold the [7] (DELETE) button. Actual entry of characters Move the cursor or press another letter-input button. Canceling the character-entering operation Press the [8] (CANCEL) button. Entering special character marks (umlaut, accent, Japanese and ) Select a character to which a character mark is to be added and press the [6] button before actual entry of the character. Entering marks 1 After actually entering a character by moving the cursor, press the [6] button to call up the mark list. 2 Use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to move the cursor to the desired mark, then press the [8] (OK) button. Entering numbers First, select one of the following: A B C (full-size alphabet), ABC CASE (half-size capital alphabet) and case (half-size lowercase alphabet). Then, press and hold down the appropriate button, [2] [5], [6] and [7] button, for a while, or press it repeatedly until the desired number is selected. Converting into Kanji (Japanese language) When the input hiragana characters are shown in reverse display (highlighted), press the [ENTER] button one or several times to convert the characters into the appropriate kanji. To actually enter the change, press the [8] (OK) button or enter the next character. When the input hiragana characters are shown in reverse display (highlighted): Re-converting the characters into other kanji Press the [ENTER] button. Changing the reversed area Use the [DATA ENTRY] dial. Changing the converted kanji back to hiragana Press the [7] (DELETE) button. Clearing the reversed area at once Press the [8] (CANCEL) button. Entering the hiragana itself (without converting it) Press the [8] (OK) button.
Press the [8] (OK) button to actually enter the new name and return to the previous display.
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings
Restoring the Factory-programmed System
While holding the C6 key (right-most key on the keyboard), turn the [POWER] button ON. This operation has the same result as and is a shortcut for the System Setup restore operation explained in step 2 of the following section.
The operation of restoring the factory-programmed settings does not affect the Internet Settings. To reset the Internet Settings, refer to page 178.
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings Independently by Item

Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save the effect (page 67). When recalling the saved effect, use the same procedure as in step 8. If you want to change the effect name, press the [H] (NAME) button.
Equalizer (also called EQ) is a sound processor that divides the frequency spectrum into multiple bands that can be boosted or cut as required to tailor the overall frequency response. Usually an equalizer is used to correct the sound from speakers to match the special character of the room. For example, you can cut some of the low range frequencies when playing in large spaces where the sound is too boomy, or boost the high frequencies in rooms and close spaces where the sound is relatively dead and free of echoes. The PSR-3000/1500 possesses a high-grade ve-band digital EQ. With this function, a nal effecttone control can be added to the output of your instrument. You can select one of the ve preset EQ settings in the EQ display. You can even create your own custom EQ settings by adjusting the frequency bands, and save the settings to one of two User Master EQ types.
Gain Bandwidth (also called Shape or Q)

Freq (Frequency)

5 bands
LOW LOW MID MID HIG MID HIGH EQ1 EQ2 EQ3 EQ4 EQ5

Select a Preset EQ type

Same operation as in the Basic Procedure on page 86. In step 2, select the EQ tab.
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a preset EQ type to suit your performance (music style or environment).
If you want to edit the EQ parameters, go on to the next operation. Editing and Saving the selected EQ
Press the [F] (EDIT) button to call up the MASTER EQ EDIT display.
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a preset EQ type.
Use the [3][7] buttons to boost or cut each of the ve bands. Use the [8] button to boost or cut all the ve bands at the same time. Adjust the Q (bandwidth) and the FREQ (center frequency) of the band selected in step 7. Bandwidth (also called Shape or Q) Use the [1]button. The higher the value of Q, the narrower the band width. FREQ (center frequency) Use the [2]button. The available FREQ range is different for each band.

AI FULL KEYBOARD When this advanced ngering type is engaged, the PSR-3000/1500 will automatically create appropriate accompaniment while you play just about anything, anywhere on the keyboard using both hands. You dont have to worry about specifying the Style chords. Although the AI Full Keyboard type is designed to work with many songs, some arrangements may not be suitable for use with this feature. This type is similar to Full Keyboard, with the exception that less than three notes can be played to indicate the chords (based on the previously played chord, etc.). 9th, 11th and 13th chords cannot be played. This type is available only for Style playback.
AI: Articial Intelligence
Rhythm is one of the most important parts of a Style. Try to play the melody along with just the rhythm. You can sound different rhythms for each Style. Keep in mind, however, that not all Styles contain rhythm channels.
Starting the rhythm with Sync Start You can also start the rhythm simply by playing a key of the chord section of the keyboard, if Sync Start is enabled (turn on the [SYNC START] button).
Select a Style (page 46). Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] to turn Auto Accompaniment off. Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to play back the rhythm channels.
Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to stop the rhythm. Turning channels of the Style on/off A Style contains eight channels: RHY1 (Rhythm 1) PHR2 (Phrase 2). You can add variations and change the feeling of a Style by selectively turning channels on/off as the Style plays. 1 Press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button to call up the CHANNEL ON/ OFF display. When the STYLE tab is not selected, press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button again.
2 Press the [1][8] buttons to turn the channels on or off. To listen to only one instrument by itself, hold down the appropriate button for the channel to set the channel to SOLO. To cancel SOLO, simply press the appropriate channel button again.
Playing the chords in free tempo (without Style playback) You can have the accompaniment chords sound without playing back the Style, by setting [ACMP ON/OFF] to on, and [SYNC START] to off. For example, if MULTI FINGER is selected (page 103), you can perform with your own pace while sounding the chord by pressing the chord section of the keyboard with your one nger.
Setting the fade in/out time You can set the time of the fade in and fade out (page 48). 1 Call up the operation display. [FUNCTION] [I] UTILITY TAB[] CONFIG 1 [A] FADE IN/OUT/ HOLD TIME 2 Set the parameters related to fade in/out by using the [3] [5] buttons.
FADE IN TIME FADE OUT TIME FADE OUT HOLD TIME Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade in, or go from minimum to maximum. Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade out, or go from maximum to minimum. Determines the time the volume is held at 0 following the fade out.

Searching the Records

You can search the records by specifying a song name or keyword, using the Search function of the Music Finder. You can also save your favorite records in the FAVORITE display.
Press the [MUSIC FINDER] button to call up the MUSIC FINDER display. Press the TAB [] button to select the ALL tab. The ALL tab display contains all the preset Records. Press the [I] (SEARCH 1) button to call up the Search display.
Enter the search criteria.
Clear the search criteria To clear the entered Music/Keyword/Style, press the [F]/[G]/[H] (CLEAR) button.
Search by song title or music genre (MUSIC) or keyword
Entering several different keywords You can search several different keywords simultaneously by inserting a separator (comma) between each.
1 Press the [A] (MUSIC)/[B](KEYWORD) button to call up the character entry display. 2 Enter the song title or music genre, or the keyword (page 71). Search by Style name 1 Press the [C] (STYLE) button to call up the Style selection display. 2 Use the [A][J] buttons to select a Style. 3 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the search display. Adding other Search Criteria You can specify other search criteria in addition to the song name/keyword/Style name. BEAT..Select the beat (time signature) you want to use in your performance by pressing the [D] button. All beat settings are included in the search if you select ANY. SEARCH AREA.Select the pages to be included in the search by pressing the [E] button. (These correspond to the tabs at the top of the Music Finder display.) TEMPO..Set the range of the tempo you want to use in your performance by using the [1]/[2] (TEMPO) buttons. GENRE..Select the desired music genre by using the [5]/ [6] (GENRE) buttons.
Press the [8] (START SEARCH) button to start the search. The Search 1 display appears, showing the results of the search. To cancel searching, press the [8] (CANCEL) button. Detailed Search When you want to search the records further based on the results of the above search or search other music genres, press the [J] (SEARCH 2) button in the Music Finder display. The search result is displayed in the SEARCH 2 display.

Edit the selected Style.

Changing the Rhythmic Feel (GROOVE)
The explanation here applies when you select the GROOVE tab in step 4 of Basic Operation for Editing Styles (page 118).
Press the [A]/[B] button to select the edit menu (page 120).
Use the [1][8] buttons to edit the data. For details on editable parameters, see page 120. Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the edits for each display. After the operation is completed, you can execute the edition and this button changes to UNDO, letting you restore the original data if youre not satised with the Groove or Dynamics results. The Undo function only has one level; only the previous operation can be undone. Press the [I] (SAVE) button to call up the Style Selection display to save your data. Save the data in the Style Selection display (page 67).
CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or you turn the power off without executing the Save operation (page 67).
GROOVE This lets you add swing to the music or change the feel of the beat by making subtle shifts in the timing (clock) of the Style. The Groove settings are applied to all channels of the selected Style.
ORIGINAL BEAT Species the beats to which Groove timing is to be applied. In other words, if 8 Beat is selected, Groove timing is applied to the 8th notes; if 12 Beat is selected, Groove timing is applied to 8th-note triplets. Actually changes the timing of the beats (specied in the ORIGINAL BEAT parameter above) to the selected value. For example, when ORIGINAL BEAT is set to 8 Beat and BEAT CONVERTER is set to 12, all 8th notes in the section are shifted to 8th-note triplet timing. The 16A and 16B Beat Converter which appear when ORIGINAL BEAT is set to 12 Beat are variations on a basic 16th-note setting. Produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of the back beats, depending on the ORIGINAL BEAT parameter above. For example, if the specied ORIGINAL BEAT value is 8 Beat, the Swing parameter will selectively delay the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th beats of each measure to create a swing feel. The settings A through E produce different degrees of swing, with A being the most subtle and E being the most pronounced. Selects a variety of Groove templates to be applied to the selected section. The PUSH settings cause certain beats to be played early, while HEAVY settings delay the timing of certain beats. The numbered settings (2, 3, 4, 5) determine which beats are to be affected. All beats up to the specied beatbut not including the rst beatwill be played early or delayed (for example, the 2nd and 3rd beats, if 3 is selected). In all cases, A types produce minimum effect, B types produce medium effect, and C types produce maximum effect.

Press the [1] (OK) button to actually enter the characters. To cancel the operation, press the [2] (CANCEL) button.
Return to the Previous Web Page
To return to a previously selected web page, press the [1] (BACK) button. To return to the page selected before pressing the [1] (BACK) button, press the [2] (FORWARD) button.
Refreshing a Web Page/Canceling Loading of a Web Page
To refresh a web page (to make sure you have the latest version of the page, or to try reloading), press the [3] (REFRESH) button. To cancel loading of a page (if the page is taking too long to open), press the [4] (STOP) button. Monitoring the Internet Connection Status The three icons at the bottom right of the Internet display indicate the current Internet connection status.

2 Status bar 3

1 Ofine indicator This is shown when the instrument is not connected to the Internet. When this appears, you cannot view any web pages. 2 Communication Status indicator These indicate that communication with the site is in progress. 3 SSL indicator This is shown when the opened website uses SSL, and it indicates that data is encrypted before transmission.
SSL: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is an industry-standard method for protecting web communications by using data encryption and other tools. When downloading data to the SmartMedia card, use a SmartMedia with ID.
Purchasing and Downloading Data
You can purchase and download Song data (for playback on this instrument) and other types of data from the special PSR-3000/1500 website. For details on purchasing and downloading data, refer to the instructions on the site itself. Operation after purchase and download When downloading is completed, a message appears asking you whether or not to open the File Selection display. Select YES to call up the File Selection display, from which you can select the downloaded data. To return to the Internet display, select NO. When the File Selection display is open, press the [8] (UP) button to call up the next highest level folder.
CAUTION The Purchased data will be lost if you turn the power to the instrument off during download.
Download Destination The download destination depends on the use of storage media, as described below. When a SmartMedia card is inserted to the instrument during purchase: The downloaded data is saved in the MyDownloads folder in the Card tab display of the File Selection display. To close the folder and call up the next highest level folder, press the [8] (UP) button in the File Selection display. When a SmartMedia card is not inserted to the instrument during purchase: The downloaded data is saved in the MyDownloads folder in the User tab display of the File Selection display. To close the folder and call up the next highest level folder, press the [8] (UP) button in the File Selection display.

Acoustic guitar note production Digital instrument note production

Internal amp L

Tone generator (Electric circuit)

Internal amp R

Playing the key board
USB storage device Computer Instrument Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. Based on playing information from the keyboard, a sampled note stored in the tone generator is played through the speakers.
Disconnect the USB storage device from the computer and connect it to the instrument Reading les on the USB storage device from the instrument
As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampled note (previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is played based on information received from the keyboard. Now, lets examine what happens when we playback a recording. When you play back a music CD (for example, a solo piano recording), youre hearing the actual sound (vibration in air) of the acoustic instrument. This is called audio data, to distinguish it from MIDI data.
Recording and playing back the performance of an acoustic instrument (audio data) Recording Playback
USB storage device [USB TO DEVICE] termina Instrument
In the above example, the actual acoustic sounds of the pianists performance are captured in the recording as audio data, and this is recorded to CD. When you play back that CD on your audio system, you can hear the actual piano performance. The piano itself is not necessary, since the recording contains the actual sounds of the piano, and your speakers reproduce them.
Recording and play back the performance of a digital instrument (MIDI data) Recording Playback

Tone Generator Sequencer

Controller (keyboard, etc.)
SmartMedia card SmartMedia card
Finally, well take a look at the actual data that gets recorded and that serves as the basis for playing the sounds. For example, lets say you play a C quarter note using the grand piano sound on the PSR-3000/ 1500 keyboard. Unlike an acoustic instrument that puts out a resonated note, the electronic instrument puts out information from the keyboard such as with what voice, with which key, about how strong, when was it pressed and when was it released. Then each piece of information is changed into a number value and sent to the tone generator. Using these numbers as a basis for sound generation, the tone generator plays the stored sampled note. Example Keyboard Data

Even though it is a single musical instrument, the PSR-3000/1500 can be thought of as containing several electronic components: a controller, a tone generator, and a sequencer.
MIDI messages can be divided into two groups: Channel messages and System messages.
Channel Messages The PSR-3000/1500 is an electronic instrument that can handle 16 MIDI channels (or reception of 32 channels for MIDI data reception when using the [USB] terminal). This is usually expressed as it can play 16 instruments at the same time. Channel messages transmit information such as Note ON/OFF, Program Change, for each of the 16 channels.

Message Name Note ON/OFF

PSR-3000/1500 Operation/Panel Setting Messages which are generated when the keyboard is played. Each message includes a specic note number which corresponds to the key which is pressed, plus a velocity value based on how hard the key is played. For selecting Voices (with control change bank select MSB/LSB settings) Volume, panpot (Mixing Console), MODULATION Wheel operation etc. PITCH BEND Wheel operation
Example: Recording a performance with the auto accompaniment (Style playback) sound of the PSR-3000/1500 to an external sequencer
PSR-3000/1500 track (channnel) RIGHT 1 RIGHT 2 LEFT STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument STYLE instrument
MIDI cable Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Channel 8 Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11
External sequencer Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Track 11

Program Change

Control Change

Pitch Bend

The performance data of all Songs and Styles is handled as MIDI data.
MIDI Channels MIDI performance data is assigned to one of sixteen MIDI channels. Using these channels, 116, the performance data for sixteen different instrument parts can be simultaneously sent over one MIDI cable. Think of the MIDI channels as TV channels. Each TV station transmits its broadcasts over a specic channel. Your home TV set receives many different programs simultaneously from several TV stations and you select the appropriate channel to watch the desired program.

Tx MONITOR The dots corresponding to each channel (1-16) ash briey whenever any data is transmitted on the channel(s).
When different parts are assigned to the same transmit channel If the same transmit channel is assigned to several different parts, the transmitted MIDI messages are merged to a single channel resulting in unexpected sounds and possible glitches in the connected MIDI device.
KEYBOARD The received note messages control the PSR-3000/ 1500s keyboard performance. EXTRA PART 1-5 There are ve parts specially reserved for receiving and playing MIDI data. Normally, these parts are not used by the instrument itself. The PSR-3000/1500 can be used as a 32-channel multi-timbral tone generator by using these ve parts in addition to the general parts (except for the microphone sound). Rx MONITOR The dots corresponding to each channel (116) ash briey whenever any data is received on the channel(s).
About the protected Songs Write-protected Songs and GS songs cannot be transmitted even if the proper Song channels 116 are set to be transmitted.
MIDI messages which can be transmitted or received (recognized) The following MIDI messages can be set on the TRANSMIT/RECEIVE display. Note (Note events)..page 162 CC (CONTROL CHANGE).page 162 PC (PROGRAM CHANGE)..page 162 PB (Pitch Bend)..page 162 AT (Aftertouch)..page 162
MIDI transmission/reception via the USB terminal and MIDI terminals The relationship between the [MIDI] terminals and the [USB] terminal which can be used for transmitting/ receiving 32 channels (16 channels x 2 ports) of the MIDI messages is as follows:
MIDI reception MIDI transmission [USB TO [MIDI OUT] jack HOST] jack

RECEIVE display

MIDI Receive Settings

[MIDI IN] jack

[USB TO HOST] jack

Port handling USB1 USB2

MIDI/USB1 0116

USB2 0116

MIDI/USB 0116
The explanations here apply to the RECEIVE display to be called up in step 4 of the Basic Operation on page 201. This determines which parts will receive MIDI data and over which MIDI channels the data will be received.

BASS display

Setting the Bass Note for Style Playback via MIDI Receive
The explanations here apply to the BASS display to be called up in step 4 of the Basic Operation on page 201. These settings let you determine the bass note for Style playback, based on the note messages received via MIDI. The note on/off messages received at the channel(s) set to ON are recognized as the bass note of the chord of Style playback. The bass note will be detected regardless of the [ACMP ON/OFF] or split point settings. When several channels are simultaneously set to ON, the bass note is detected from merged MIDI data received over the channels.