Yamaha PSR-240 Owner's Manual - Page 17

Selecting and Playing Voices - The Voice Mode Play the selected voice. To change to another voice, repeat step 2 above. If the Song or Style mode is active in the background (indicated by a C-shaped bar in the display), you can also play songs or styles, respectively, in the Voice mode by simply pressing the START/STOP (>/s) button. The last selected song or style will be played. NOTE: The PortaTone is polyphonic up to a maximum of 16 notes. (Depending on the voice selected - such as split voices and dual voices - fewer notes may be available.) This includes not only the notes played from the keyboard, but also the notes in a style pattern, the notes played by a Pad (page 40), and so on. Thus, if you play too many notes at one time, some may not sound and/or others may be cancelled. Harmony voices (#61 - #70) automatically add a one-, two- or three-note harmony to the original voice. Split voices (#71 - #80) feature two separate voices, each playable from opposite sections of the keyboard - the lower voice playable up to B2 and the upper voice from C3 (middle C). Echo voices (#81 - #90) provide an echo effect that adds delayed repeats to the original voice. Dual voices (#91 - #99) blend two voices together for a rich, layered sound. Also included are special Percussion voices - #90 (with Echo) and #100 - that let you play various drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to the Percussion Voice chart below.) Symbols are also printed above the keyboard, conveniently indicating which sounds are played from which keys. NOTE: About the Harmony voices Since Harmony voices are designed to automatically play two or more notes with the notes you play on the keyboard, only one note can be played on the keyboard at a time. If several notes are played together, only the last note or highest note played will be used for the harmony effect. The type of harmony used depends on the particular voice that is selected. s Percussion Voice Chart (voices 90 and 100) Rim SBhoast s DBrausms DH1ri-uhmatS2CnlaorseeHDi-rhuamtSP1neadraeHlDi-rhuamtTO2ompeBnTaosms LCorwashTCoymmMbSaipdllashToCmymHSbigyahnlthCBoaswsbDeSlyrlunmthCSnlaavreesSDyrnutmhSThoamkeBSraysnsthSTyonmthLTToiomwmbaMSleyidnHthTTiommbaHAleiggLohgoAHgogoCLongaBHonMguoCteHongaBHonOgpoCeLonngaGLuiroGSuhiorortLong 1 2 M m aug dim sus4 7 m7 M7 mM7 7 5 m7 5 7sus4 m6 (9) C C D D D E E F F G G G A A A B B 1 2 B L C M S H S B L M H H L H L H H L L 17