Yamaha EZ-300 EZ-300 Owners Manual - Page 30

Playing the keyboard with two persons (Duo mode) When the Duo mode is activated on this instrument, two different players can play the instrument simultaneously, with the same sound, over the same octave range-one person on the left and the other on the right. This is useful for learning applications, in which one person (a teacher, for example) plays a model performance and the other person watches and practices while sitting at the first person's side. 1 Press a [FUNCTION] button several times until "DuoMode" (Function 051; page 63) appears on the display. 2 Use the [+/YES] button to select "on." The F#3 key becomes the Duo Split Point and the keyboard is divided into two sections: one for the left Voice and one for the right Voice. on DuoMode Appears when the Duo is turned on. Duo Split Point default setting: 066 (F#3) Equivalent to C3 Equivalent to C3 Left Voice Right Voice NOTE • The right Voice section and the left Voice section of the keyboard are both set to the same Voice (Main Voice). • The Duo Split Point can be changed via Function number 053 (page 63) by holding down the [ACMP ON/OFF] button for longer than a second. 3 One person can play the left Voice section of the keyboard while the other plays the right Voice section. 4 To exit from Duo mode, select "oFF" via "DuoMode" (Function 051; page 63) by executing steps 1. Changing the Left Voice Only the left Voice can be changed via "DuoLVc" (Function 052; page 63). NOTE • When playing different Voices between the left and right, the right Voice name is shown in the display. • Certain functions such as Lesson, Harmony/Arpeggio and Dual cannot be used in the Duo mode. How sounds are output in the Duo mode The performance sound of the left Voice will sound from the left speaker, and the performance sound of the right Voice will sound from the right speaker, in the initial Duo mode setting ("Separate"). This output setting can be changed from the "DuoType" setting (Function 058; page 63). NOTE • In the Duo mode, the pan, volume and tonal characteristics of the stereo sound may differ from those in the normal mode, due to the setting of DuoType = "Separate" (page 63). Particularly with Drum Kits, the difference may be more obvious, since each key of a Drum Kit features a different stereo pan position. Using sustain in the Duo mode Sustain can be applied to the left and right Voice sections in Duo mode just as it normally is by using one of the following methods in the Duo mode like the usual mode. • Press the footswitch (page 16) connected to the [SUSTAIN] jack. • Set "Sustain" (Function 024; page 61) to on. Sustain is applied to all notes. NOTE • Sustain cannot be applied independently to the left Voice section and the right Voice section. • While Sustain is set to on via Function 024, the setting of hold is maintained even when the power is turned off. Reference 30 EZ-300 Owner's Manual