Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual - Page 26

Selecting and Playing Voices Selecting Voices 2 1 Voice group buttons 2 MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME SONG KEYBOARD SONG BALANCE DEMO TRACK 1 TRACK 2 EXTRA TRACKS FILE METRONOME START/STOP SETTING A SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG SETTING DOWN UP NEW SONG SYNCHRO START SONG C TEMPO B NO YES D CONTRAST EXIT GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 E.PIANO E.PIANO 1 2 HARPSI- E.CLAVICHORD CHORD VIBRAPHONE VOICE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH. WOOD ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION REVERB CHORUS BRILLIANCE MELLOW BRIGHT VOICE EFFECT MIDI SETTING OTHER SETTING Procedure 1. Select a voice group. Press a voice group button. 2. Select a voice. Use VARIATION [M][L] or A [-][+] to select a voice. If you select XG If you select XG, you can select the XG voice group first, then select the desired voice. 2-1. Simultaneously press the [-][+] screen buttons located beside the XG voice name display, to access a screen where you can select XG voices. 2-2. Use A [-][+] to select the voice group. 2-3. Use C [-][+] to select the desired voice. Voice group GRANDPIANO1 GRANDPIANO2 E.PIANO1 E.PIANO2 HARPSICHORD E.CLAVICHORD VIBRAPHONE GUITAR Voice name GrandPiano1 MellowPiano RockPiano HonkyTonkPiano GrandPiano2 BrightPiano E.Piano1 SynthPiano E.Piano2 Vintage E.Piano Harpsichord8' Harpsichord8'+4' E.Clavichord Wah Clavi. Vibraphone Marimba Celesta NylonGuitar SteelGuitar Voice group CHURCHORGAN JAZZORGAN STRINGS CHOIR SYNTH.PAD WOOD BASS E.BASS XG Voice name PipeOrganPrincipal PipeOrganTutti PipeOrganFlute1 PipeOrganFlute2 JazzOrgan RotaryOrgan MellowOrgan Strings SynthStrings SlowStrings Choir SlowChoir Scat SynthPad1 SynthPad2 WoodBass Bass&Cymbal ElectricBass FretlessBass XGVoice • For details on XG voices, refer to "XG voice list" (the separate data list booklet). 26 PF-500 TERMINOLOGY Voice On the PF-500, a voice means "tone" or "tonal color." TIP You can also switch between voices in the same group by pressing a voice group button repeatedly. TIP To learn characteristics of the voices, listen to demo songs for each voice group (page 20). Refer to "Preset Voice List" on page 97 for more information on characteristics of each preset voice. TIP You can control the loudness of a voice by how hard you play the keyboard, although different playing styles (touch sensitivities) have little or no effect with the sound of certain musical instruments. Refer to "Preset Voice List" on page 97. TIP XG is a major enhancement of the GM System level 1 format, and was developed by Yamaha specially to provide more voices and variations, as well as greater expressive control over voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility of data well into the future. TIP If you select XG and then simultaneously press the VARIATION [M][L] buttons, the XG voice select screen will appear.