Calling all PSR Keyboard Experts!

Please help. On the PSR2000:

I'm able to select a built-in 'accompaniment style' and then easily MUTE any individual instrument(s) in that style, but HOW can I change the volume level (up/down) of individual instruments (drums, bass, piano, etc) in a style?

There are a number of internal 'accompaniment styles' where I want to tweak the volume level of individual parts and then save these settings to Registration Memory. Is this possible on the PSR2000? I looked thru the manual and could not find anything on this. Am I missing something here, because the Technics KN5000 easily allows you to easily (on the fly), re-adjust the volume level of indivdual instruments in a style when playing it.

Thanks in advance, - Scott

Hi,

Just a few tips:
By pressing the Mixing button several times until appear the screen for Styles. After using side buttons G ...to...J to select the desired parameters to change and the 16 buttons to choose the track and change the value.
To save the changes definitively, by storing the style in the user memory, first make the same as above and after prees Digital Recording - Styles and Save.

Regards
Carlos Rodrigues

Hi Carlos,
MANY thanks for your clear explanation and help in finding the page where the "Style Part" volume and voice (instrument) settings are located. This "Style Part" page certainly was NOT made clearly evident in the PSR2000 user manual. I'm happy that after making "Style Part" volume and voice (instrument) changes, I was easily able to save these settings in Registration Memory buttons (1-8) for instant recall later.

My only concern is that making "Style Part" voice (instrument) and volume changes via sub-menus 'on the fly' during a live performance would be rather awkward. As I mentioned earlier, the Technics KN keyboards allow you to easily perform the SAME thing while performing LIVE via the MAIN screen.

I guess next, I'll have to try saving these setting as a custom style in USER MEMORY too.

Carlos, THANKS again. You saved me hours of frustration. I assume that you are a PSR2000 owner too, right? Hope to get a chance to hear your PSR music from Portugal sometime.

- Scott

Carlos has been playing PSRs for a LONG time. He is always knowledgeable and helpful.
DonM

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DonM, Carlos, and or other PSR owners:

I'm now curious to know if the PSR9000 and 9000pro models also require you to go into a submenu (like the PSR2000 does) to access and change individual STYLE PART parameters:
1) Volume level
2) Voice (instrument) assignment

hi, here's a copy of the email I received from DonM. Don, I hope you don't mind me posting it here because it contains a valuable hint (especially for us PSR newbies) about how to easily access 'style part' instrument changes from the STYLE 'channel on/off' display, which can be setup to appear in the MAIN menu. AMAZING!

Don said:
"Yes, the 9000 requires going to a submenu to change voices. It is actually
easier to do on the 2000. I'm sure you know that on the 2000, that while in
the style part on/off display, you merely push the top of the button to
display the voice changes for that part.
Individual style part VOLUMES are easier to reach on the 9000. It is just
one "click" away at the most."