Yamaha 9000Pro Owner's Manual - Page 162

The 9000Pro "Functions" G INITIAL TOUCH With this function, the 9000Pro senses how strongly or softly you play the keys, and uses that playing strength to affect the sound in various ways, depending on the selected voice. This allows you to play with greater expressiveness and add effects with your playing technique. Indicates current sensitivity setting. Set the level at which touch response is turned off. Turn initial touch response control for the corresponding parts ON or OFF as required. Select the desired sensitivity curve (listed at right). HARD 2 HARD 1 NORMAL SOFT 1 SOFT 2 Requires the keys to be played very hard to produce maximum loudness. Requires the keys to be played quite hard to produce maximum loudness. Produces a fairly standard keyboard response. Although this is not as sensitive as the "SOFT 2" setting, this allows you to produce loud volume with relatively light playing strength. Allows maximum loudness to be produced with very light playing strength. G AFTER TOUCH With this function, the 9000Pro senses how much pressure you apply to the keys while playing, and uses that pressure to affect the sound in various ways, depending on the selected voice. This allows you to play with greater expressiveness and add effects with your playing technique. Indicates current sensitivity setting. HARD NORMAL SOFT Relatively strong after touch pressure is needed to produce changes. Produces a fairly standard after touch response. Allows you to produce relatively large changes with very light after touch pressure. Turn aftertouch for the corresponding parts ON or OFF as required. Select the desired sensitivity curve listed at the right side. G TRANSPOSE ASSIGN This determines the function of the [TRANSPOSE] buttons (page 61). RESET When set to "KEYBOARD" (default), the buttons transpose only the keyboard sound. When set to "SONG," the buttons transpose only the song playback. When set to "MASTER," the buttons transpose the overall pitch of the 9000Pro. 162 Reference 160