Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 44

BASIC CONCEPTS 5. The tone generator block About the tone generator block • The tone generator block is what actually produces sound in response to the MIDI messages received from the sequencer block, the controller block, and from the MIDI IN connectors. • The tone generator block always functions as a 32 part multitimbral tone generator. • The tone generator block of the QY700 is GM and XG compatible. It is able to playback any song data bearing the GM logo or XG logo, including extension voices and effect settings. external MIDI device, MIDI tone generator external MIDI device, MIDI keyboard MIDI IN MIDI OUT Sequencer block Tone Generator block Effect block MIDI messages audio signals audio signals MIDI messages Controller block Voices • "Voices" are the individual sound programs that you can edit, which are used by the tone generator to produce sound. • There are two types of voices: normal voices which change their pitch as you play different notes on the keyboard, and drum voices which produce a different rhythm instrument sound for each note of the keyboard. • Normal voices consist of 1 or 2 "elements." By using two elements you can produce a richer sound, or create a voice that produces different sounds depending on the pitch or velocity. • Drum voices are special voices in which different sounds are assigned to each note. You can make detailed modifications to the sound of each note. • Elements are the building blocks that each voice is made of, and are made from sampled waveforms. You can make detailed modifications to the pitch, tone and volume. all elements sound Element AF G BG A CA B ( DC D ) ED E F 7( 5) G 7( 9) H 7( 13) 7( 5) 7( 9) 7 (13) a I 7sus4 sus4 J m7(11) 7( 11) c c _ ! ? # S % & _ / K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z E F G A B C D add9 M M7(9) M7 6(9) 6 7(9) add9 m7(9) mM7 dim 7 m m7 m6 m7( 5) aug SECTION A B C D E F G H keyboard performance Normal Voice specific element sounds 1 Element AF G BG A CA B ( DC D ) ED E F 7( 5) G 7( 9) H 7( 13) 7( 5) 7( 9) 7 (13) a I 7sus4 sus4 J m7(11) 7( 11) c c _ ! ? # S % & _ / K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z E F G A B C D add9 M M7(9) M7 6(9) 6 7(9) add9 m7(9) mM7 dim 7 m m7 m6 m7( 5) aug SECTION A B C D E F G H keyboard performance Drum Voice Voice Category, Program Number, and Bank Number • The QY700 contains 480 normal voices and 11 drum voices. This is more voices than can be selected by a program number of 1 - 128. Thus, voices are selected on the QY700 using a combination of the Voice Category, Program Number, and Bank Number. Voice Category • The Voice Category is a broad classification of the type of voice. The QY700 uses four voice categories: normal voices , SFX voices , SFX kits and drum voices . In addition to these four voice categories, you can select drum setup 1 and drum setup 2 in Voice mode, and drum setup 3 in Pattern mode. These three categories are used to select drum setups, and are used in a different way than the first four categories. • Normal voice is the voice category that specifies normal voices. • SFX voice is a voice category that specifies sound effects. The sound effects in this category have the same element structure as normal voices, and their pitch will change as different notes of the keyboard are played. • SFX kit is a voice category that specifies sound effect. The sound effects in this category have the same element structure as drum voices, and will produce different types of sound effect as different notes of the keyboard are played. Chapter 1 43