LINKING THE YAMAHA PSR ARRANGER TO THE KORG MICRO ARRANGER.

MIDI:

YAMAHA:
Go to: FUNCTION : MIDI : select KBD +STYLE
Now change to the following settings:
Lower : channel 4
ALL OTHERS : off

SAVE THIS SET
(move righthand top corner button from preset to user, than SAVE)


KORG MICRO ARRANGER:
GLOBAL EDIT MODE >> PAGE 4 : MIDI SET UP: DEFAULT
GLOBAL EDIT MODE>> PAGE 7: MIDI IN CONTROLS: chord 1 : midi channel 4
All other channels: off

SAVE THIS MIDI SET.


Now START playing by pushing the START/STOP button ON THE KORG, but play your chords on the Yamaha. Alternatively if you want to play a style from the Yamaha you simply push the START/STOP button on the Yamaha. In other words whichever style engine you use, you will only be needing the Yamaha keys for the left hand.
As to your right hand playing you can now vary the sounds on either the Yamaha and/or Korg without having to push any more buttons



AUDIO

Starting on the assumption that to begin with you want to have the sound of the KMA through the Yamaha PSR speakers you can do two things for best results. ( if you are using
external amplification during gigs you may use a mixing console and all this does not necessarily apply).

Connecting the line-out of the KMA to the “auxiliary Line-in “ of the PSR generally does NOT do the trick for the simple reason that the signal is too weak. To circumnavigate this minor problem the best (but one) solution is to connect the KMA HEADPHONES to the PSR “aux. line-in “. (go easy on the KMA volume slider to sort out best settings).
The most ideal solution however is another one and that is adding one of the smallest mixers(and cheapest) that you can find in between the line out ( or headphones) of the KMA and the line in of the PSR950. Personally I can recommend the Behringer Xenyx 802, on sale for approx. 50 bucks.
You need the TWO microphone connections on the mixer as they enable you to do two things:

1. You can fine-tune the input sensitivity for each channel. ( only the two mikes do that)
2. You can master EQ the sound of the KMA,. Adding a bit of high EQ does miracles here.

Recommended !!!

regards,
John