Yamaha F01 Owner's Manual - Page 30

ENGLISH Selecting & Playing Voices Selecting Alternate Voices (VARIATION) This feature lets you call up alternate "Variation" voices for each voice, each with its own characteristic sound and effect. Refer to "Preset Voice List" on page 66 for more information on the characteristics of each variation. [VARIATION] button Operation Pressing the [VARIATION] or selected voice button toggles the variation on and off. The indicator lights (ON) each time the [VARIATION] button is pressed. Using the Pedals The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. TIP Normal setting: OFF Damper (Right) Pedal The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed, notes sustain longer. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes. When you select the G. PIANO 1 or G. PIANO 1 VARIATION voice on the F11/F01, pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument's special "Sustain Samples" to accurately recreate the unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard and strings. Sostenuto (Center) Pedal When you press the damper pedal here, the notes you play before you release the pedal have a longer sustain. If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will sustain as long as you hold the pedal (as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but all subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible to sustain a When you press the sostechord, for example, while other notes are played "staccato." nuto pedal here while holding the note, the note will sustain Soft (Left) Pedal as long as you hold the pedal. The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it is pressed. TIP In Split mode, the Damper Pedal Range function determines whether the damper pedal affects the right voice, the left voice, or both the left and right voices (page 33). TIP Organ and string voices will continue to sound for as long as the sostenuto pedal is depressed. 30 F11/F01 Owner's Manual