Yamaha EZ-300 EZ-300 Owners Manual - Page 27

Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices  Articulation Articulation is an effect that reproduces the playing methods that are unique to specific instruments. The Articulation effect is applied to notes you play only while holding down the [ARTICULATION] button. The Voice to which the Articulation effect is applied is called "S. Art Lite Voice" (Super Articulation Lite Voice). The S. Art Lite Voices have the added indication "***" in the Voice List (page 76). Examples of the Articulation effect If you select a guitar Voice, you can realistically reproduce the following guitar-specific playing techniques. Example: Voice number 044 "S.Art Lite Nylon Guitar Harmonics" Playing the keyboard while holding down the [ARTICULATION] button produces harmonics sounds. Example: Voice number 048 "S.Art Lite Distortion Guitar" Pressing the [ARTICULATION] button produces a scratching noise. Only when an S. Art Voice is selected, the most suitable Articulation effect is automatically applied to the Voice. When other Voices are selected, the modulation effect is applied to the Voices. 1 Select the desired S. Art Lite Voice. Appears when the S.Art Lite Voice is selected 044NylnGtrH 2 Press the [ARTICULATION] button while playing the keyboard. Adding the Articulation effect by using the pedal If you assign the Articulation function to the pedal (footswitch) with "PdlFunc" (Function 029; page 61), you can apply the effect by pressing the pedal. NOTE • The Articulation effect is applied only to a Main Voice. • S.Art Lite Voices sound differently depending on the velocity, etc.  Reverb Adds the ambience of a club or concert hall to the sound. Although the best-suited Reverb type is called up by selecting a Song or Style, you can select another one via Function number 020 (page 61). When you select "oFF," the Reverb effect is turned off. And you can also set the Reverb level via Function number 021 (page 61).  Chorus Makes the Voice sound richer, warmer and more spacious. Although the best-suited Chorus type is called up by selecting a Song or Style, you can select another one via Function number 022 (page 61). When you select "oFF," the Chorus effect is turned off. You can also set the Chorus depth for Voices via Function numbers 007 (page 60), 011, 015 (page 61). The Chorus depth cannot be applied to the Styles or Songs.  Sustain By turning on the Sustain parameter of Function number 024 (page 61), you can add a fixed, automatic sustain to the Main/Dual Voices played on the keyboard. Or, you can produce a natural sustain as desired with the footswitch (sold separately; page 16). NOTE • Even if you turn on Sustain, there are some Voices to which sustain is not applied. Reference Release the [ARTICULATION] button to turn Articulation off. EZ-300 Owner's Manual 27