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This documentation file is actually for the PSR500.
We don't have a DOC file for the PSS680, but we do have
a Drum/Patch kit file for the 680. Hopefully the DOC file
is of some help. Load in the PSS680.DK drum kit file, and
then read this DOC file.
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NOTES ON HOW TO USE A PSR-500 WITH BAND IN A
BOX
Hardware requirements
=====================
The minimum requirement is of course to have a MIDI
interface recognized
by Band-In-A-Box (I use a MPU-401 compatible from Music
Quest) and the
cables to connect the interface and the synthsizer.
On the PSR-500
==============
Make sure you turn on the PSR-500 and configure for multi-
timbral
operation before running BIAB. This isdone by pressing twice
the "mode"
button in the upper right part of the PSR-500 control panel.
The PSR
returns to 'remote' (i.e. mono timbral operation) every time it
is
switched off. The right two digits of the LED display should
read '99'.
If you have loaded BIAB before turning on the PSR, you can
nevertheless
correct the situation (after you have switched the PSR on and
set it to
multimbral mode) simply by going to the MIDI SETTINGS
menu and
exiting immediately by pressing the escape key. This should
send the
necessary midi data to the synthesizer.
In Band-In-A-Box
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The MIDI SETTINGS menu should be set as follows (there
are other
possibilities, but this is the one I use)
Channel Octave Patch
Bass 3 0 33
Piano 1 0 1
Drums 2 0 99
Guitar 4 1 27
Horns 5 0 63
Strings 6 0 54
Melody 7 1 83
Through channel 0 0 0
The through channel should never be used since the PSR
cannot operate
with local off, i.e. notes played on the keyboard always
generate a
sound. If through channel is used, 2 notes will sound when a
key is
pressed (usually with a little delay)
General Midi implementation
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The PSR 500 has only 100 sounds whilst GM provides 128.
Numbering is also
different: the PSR uses numbers from 0 to 99 and GM from 1
to 128. The PSR
has only one set of drums while GM has more.
I have not attempted to find an equivalent on the PSR for the
'exotic'
instruments since most of the time I don't even know how
these instruments
are supposed to sound.
PSR 400 compatibility
=====================
Although I could not test it on a PSR 400, I expect that the
configuration
file for the PSR 500 will work as well with PSR 400 since the
Yamaha
documentation I have concerns the 2 instruments and they
have the patch
numbers. The only differences between the two being in the
size of song
memory and the reverb effect available on the 500 but not on
the 400.
I hope this information will be useful for fellow users of these
very good
machines. I find they offer a very good value for money. If
you find anything
incorrect or have any question or suggestion, you can leave me
a message
on Compuserve:
User ID: Denis Wetzel
User # : 100120,355