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Playing the PSR-320/420, Touch Response, Dual Voice

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Playing the PSR-320/420 Touch Response This function turns the touch response of the keyboard on or off. Use the KEYBOARD [TOUCH RESPONSE] button to turn touch response ON or OFF as required. The touch-response icon will appear next to "TOUCH" in the display when touch response is turned ON. The actual touch response sensitivity of the keyboard can be adjusted via the "Touch Sensitivity" function in the OVERALL function group (page 54). When OFF (i.e. when the touch-response icon is not showing) the same volume is produced no matter how hard you play on the keyboard. Touch response can be turned OFF to produce a more realistic effect with voices that normally do not have touch response: e.g. organ and harpsichord. • Touch Response is turned on whenever the power switch is turned on. • "Touch Sensitivity" function in the OVERALL function group can be quickly selected by pressing and holding the [TOUCH RESPONSE] button. TOUCH TOUCH RESPONSE DUAL VOICE HARMONY KEYBOARD Dual Voice When the DUAL VOICE feature is engaged you can play two voices simultaneously across the entire keyboard - the keyboard voice you select in the normal way (page 12), and a "dual" voice selected via the DUAL VOICE function. The DUAL VOICE feature is turned on and off by pressing the [DUAL VOICE] button. The dual-voice icon (overlapping keyboards) will appear next to "DUAL" in the display when DUAL VOICE is turned on. DUAL TOUCH RESPONSE DUAL VOICE HARMONY KEYBOARD 17

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Playing the PSR-320/420
Touch Response
This function turns the touch response of the keyboard on or off. Use the
KEYBOARD
[TOUCH RESPONSE]
button to turn touch response ON or
OFF as required. The touch-response icon will appear next to “TOUCH” in the
display when touch response is turned ON. The actual touch response sensitiv-
ity of the keyboard can be adjusted via the “Touch Sensitivity” function in the
OVERALL function group (page 54). When OFF (i.e. when the touch-response
icon is not showing) the same volume is produced no matter how hard you play
on the keyboard. Touch response can be turned OFF to produce a more realistic
effect with voices that normally do not have touch response: e.g. organ and
harpsichord.
TOUCH
RESPONSE
DUAL VOICE
HARMONY
KEYBOARD
TOUCH
Dual Voice
When the DUAL VOICE feature is engaged you can play two voices simul-
taneously across the entire keyboard — the keyboard voice you select in the
normal way (page 12), and a “dual” voice selected via the DUAL VOICE func-
tion.
The DUAL VOICE feature is turned on and off by pressing the
[DUAL
VOICE]
button. The dual-voice icon (overlapping keyboards) will appear next
to “DUAL” in the display when DUAL VOICE is turned on.
TOUCH
RESPONSE
DUAL VOICE
HARMONY
KEYBOARD
DUAL
•
Touch Response is turned on
whenever the power switch is
turned on.
•
“Touch Sensitivity” function in the
OVERALL function group can be
quickly selected by pressing and
holding the [TOUCH RE-
SPONSE] button.