Yamaha PSR-9000 Owner's Manual - Page 84

Custom Voice Creating q E2: EG An acronym for Envelope Generator, a block that modifies the level of the tone generator from the moment that a note is played until the sound decays to silence. The Amplitude EG controls the volume level, the Pitch EG controls the pitch, and the Filter EG controls the filter cutoff frequency. Indicates the EG settings as a diagram. Resets the currently selected EG parameters to their most basic settings. Amplitude (volume), pitch or filter cutoff frequency LEVEL ATTACK RATE DECAY1 RATE DECAY2 RATE DECAY3 RATE RELEASE RATE SUSTAIN RATE DECAY2 LEVEL DECAY1 LEVEL SUSTAIN LEVEL INITIAL LEVEL TIME RELEASE LEVEL KEY ON KEY OFF * Higher rate values produce faster variation. • AMP. RATE and AMP. LEVEL (Amplitude EG settings) The AMP. RATE parameters are time-related; they determine how long it takes for the sound volume to change from level to level (as set in AMP. LEVEL). The AMP. LEVEL parameters are volume-related; they determine how loud or soft the volume changes are over time (as set in AMP. RATE). AMP.RATE AMP.LEVEL ATTACK DECAY1 DECAY2 DECAY3 RELEASE SUSTAIN INITIAL DECAY1 DECAY2 Sets the rate of variation from key-on to the maximum attack level. Set the rate of variation between the maximum attack level and the levels set by the AMP LEVEL DECAY1 and DECAY2 parameters and the final level, respectively. Sets the rate of variation from the level at key-release to level 0 when SUSTAIN is off. Sets the rate of variation from the level at key-release to level 0 when SUSTAIN is on. Sets the initial level of the envelope. Set the levels following the elapsed time of DECAY 1 and DECAY 2, respectively. • PITCH RATE and PITCH LEVEL (Pitch EG settings) The PITCH RATE parameters are time-related; they determine how long it takes for the sound's pitch to change from level to level (as set in PITCH LEVEL). The PITCH LEVEL parameters are pitch-related; they determine how much the sound deviates from normal pitch over time (as set in PITCH RATE). PITCH RATE PITCH LEVEL DECAY1 DECAY2 DECAY3 RELEASE INITIAL DECAY1 DECAY2 DECAY3 RELEASE Set the rate of variation between the initial pitch envelope level and the levels set by the PITCH LEVEL DECAY1, DECAY2, and DECAY3 parameters, respectively. Sets the rate of variation from the level at key-release to the level set by the PITCH LEVEL RELEASE parameter. Sets the initial pitch of the envelope. Set the amounts of pitch change following the elapsed time of DECAY 1 and DECAY 2, respectively. Sets the final pitch of the envelope; the pitch goes to this point (at the RELEASE rate) after the key is released. 84 Reference q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q 82