Yamaha A3000 Owner's Manual - Page 53

Chapter 2 Next Step 6. Turn Knob 2 to set the OrigKey (original key) value to C2. Then turn Knob 3 to set Low to C2, and turn Knob 4 to set High to B2. w As you can see, the "original key" is now set to C2, while the key range is C2 to B2. 7. Press Knob 1, and then turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to select Voice EE for editing. Then press Knob 1 again. 8. Turn Knob 2 to set OrigKey to C3. Then turn Knob 3 to set Low to C3, and turn Knob 4 to set High to B3. • Note that in actual recording work you would want to set the original key to the sample's true pitch. In this practice session, however, we will set an imprecise value for the sake of convenience. w The "original key" is now set to C3. The key range is C3 to B3. 9. Press Knob 1, and then turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to select Voice OH for editing. Then press Knob 1 again. 10. Set OrigKey to C4; set Low to C4; and set High to B4. w The "original key" is now set to C4. The key range is C4 to B4. 11. Now try playing at the MIDI keyboard. w Notice that each key in the C2 - B2 octave produces the ahhhh sound. Keys C3 to B3 produce the eeeee sample, while keys C4 to B4 play the ohhhh sample. Memo Notice how this procedure lets you map the different samples in a program to specific areas of the keyboard. In the next section we will proceed to try out more sophisticated editing of your three samples. If you wish to stop here for a while and switch off the power, please save your edited data to floppy disk (64 to 66). When you are ready to resume operation, please reload the data from the disk (67) and then proceed to the next page. Chapter 2 Trying It Out 51