Yamaha IIs Owner's Manual - Page 43

Using an External MIDI Keyboard You can assign a note or multiple notes such as a chord using an external MIDI keyboard connected to MIDI IN on the rear panel. Select the 1st note 2 and then play the desired chord on the MIDI keyboard. The chord you play is automatically divided and programmed into individual numbered notes in played order (1st to 6th for stack modes, 1st to 9th for alternate modes). n If you select a note other than 1st, only the first note (of a chord) you play will be assigned to that note. Viewing the Current Assignments Press the SHIFT and TRIGGER buttons simultaneously to call up the following page, SHIFT TRIGGER I=10 1.C#-2 2.D-1 3.E0 4.--- 5.--altm 6.--- 7.--- 8.--- 9.--- m.E#0 Use the leftmost knob to specify the trigger input. Now you can view the Key mode setting (page 38) under the specified input, and note numbers for "1" to "9" and "m" (1st to 9th, mute) positions, by its name and octave. 2 Note Select a target note (1st to 6th). ❏ Settings: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th n You can select other notes, but cannot set the velocity crossfade value 3 when "----" is shown. 3 VelXFade Set a velocity curve (volume curve) for the note 2, to the pad playing strength (softly to hard). For example, you could set Curve 2 to the 1st note and Curve 3 to the 2nd. In this case, the 1st note will sound louder when you play more softly, and 2nd note will sound louder when you play harder. Volume 1st 2nd 0 ❏ Settings: 1~10 1 Volume Velocity 2 Volume 0 3 Volume Velocity 0 4 Volume Velocity Edit Section [TrgMIDI3] Velocity Crossfade We've seen earlier how to convert the trigger signal into a specific velocity value, and you can guess that setting when applied to chords results in each note of the chord sounding with the same volume. In this page, you can set a velocity crossfade curve for each note triggered, applying a kind of natural randomness to the velocity of the notes in the chord. [TrgMIDI3] Note VelXFade Input=16 1st 1 1 2 3 n For above reasons, settings in this page are enabled when the trigger input is set to the stack mode (page 40). In the alternate mode, each note can be triggered in turn with a different velocity value. 0 5 Volume 0 7 Volume 0 9 Volume 1 Input= Select a target trigger input (1 to 16). 0 43 Velocity 0 6 Volume Velocity 0 8 Volume Velocity 0 10 Volume Velocity 0 Velocity Velocity Velocity Velocity