Yamaha PSR e413 61 Key Portable Keyboard – Accompaniment Does Not Start / Play Back

by Lisa
(Michigan, US)

Hi,

I have recently bought a brand new Yamaha PSR e413 61 Key Portable Keyboard and am trying out the various features that are available on this psr keyboard.

I have observed a couple of problems with the way the accompaniment works on this keyboard. I am not sure if it is the keyboard's problem or if I am pressing some wrong buttons.

The first observation is that the auto accompaniment on my Yamaha PSR e413 61 Key Portable Keyboard does not start consistently in the "Synchro Start" mode, when I press a key.

I mean, if the Synchro Start mode is engaged, and if I press a key, sometimes the accompaniment starts and sometimes it doesn't.

This is really frustrating since I love using the Synchro-Start mode feature.

The second thing is that for certain accompaniments, the psr keyboard seems to skip some notes that I play. It doesn’t skip the melody notes but it seems to be skipping certain notes of the chords that I play; the keyboard doesn’t play some notes of the chords.

This seems bad because I get a feeling that there is some problem with this particular keyboard that I got.

Am I doing something wrong here or is there any limitation to the Yamaha PSR e413 61 Key Portable Keyboard?