Yamaha PSR-290 Guia Do Utilizador

MIDI Functions

This function lets you enable or disable keyboard control over the PSR-290’s 
voices in the Function mode (page 76).  This would come in handy, for example, 
when recording notes to MIDI sequencer.  If you are using the sequencer to play 
back the voices of the PSR-290, you would want to set this to “off” — in order to 
avoid getting “double” notes, both from the keyboard and from the sequencer.  
Normally, when playing the PSR-290 by itself, this should be set to “on.”

The most common use for the Initial Setup Send function is in recording a song 
on a sequencer that is intended for playback with the PSR-290.  Essentially, this 
takes a “snapshot” of the PSR-290 settings and sends that data to the sequencer.  
By recording this “snapshot” at the start of the song (before any actual perfor-
mance data), you can instantly restore the necessary settings on the PSR-290 in 
the Function mode (page 76).  Provided there is a pause in the song, you could 
also do this in the middle of a song — for example, completely changing the PSR-
290 settings for the next section of the song.

This determines whether the style and song playback functions are controlled by 
the PortaTone’s internal clock (off) or by MIDI clock data from an external 
sequencer or computer (on).
This should be set to on when you want to have style or song playback follow the 
external device (such as a rhythm machine or a sequencer). The default setting is 
off.

This lets you save important PortaTone data and settings to another device (such 
as a sequencer, computer, or MIDI data filer).

● Bulk Data Receive
Send the Bulk Data from computer or sequencer to the PSR-290.

Local Control

Using Initial Setup Send with a Sequencer

External Clock

Bulk Data Send