Yamaha 640 Owner's Manual - Page 85

Vocal Harmony (PSR-740) About the parameters q Vocal Harmony Type A total of 50 Vocal Harmony types are available, letting you select from a wide range of harmony effects that can be applied to your voice. For details, see the Vocal Harmony Type List on page 158. q Lead Gender Type This determines the vocal character (or gender) of the harmony effect, selectable from the following types: • OFF The voice character of the harmony does not change. • UNISON ......... The harmony voice is changed in gender to some point between male and female. • MALE The gender of the harmony voice is changed to male. • FEMALE ........ The gender of the harmony voice is changed to female. q Pitch Correction Even if the pitch of your voice is slightly "off," you can use this to automatically correct the pitch of your voice, ensuring that it matches with the harmony notes. Pitch Correction cannot be set when the Lead Gender Type is off, or when the Vocal Harmony mode is set to Detune. q Pitch to Note This function allows you to have a selected instrument voice sound along with and at the same pitch as your own voice. Select the part you wish to be controlled by your voice. q Harmony Part The Vocal Harmony effect is controlled by the notes you play. This parameter lets you determine which notes (keyboard position, accompaniment or song data) will control the harmony. Harmony Part can only be set when the Vocal Harmony mode is set to Vocoder. • OFF No harmony is applied. • UPPER .......... Notes played on the right side of the keyboard from the split point control the harmony. • LOWER ......... Notes played on the left side of the keyboard from the split point control the harmony. q Song Track When playing back a song from disk, the note data recorded to the assigned song track control the harmony. Vocal Harmony Modes All of the Vocal Harmony types fall into one of four basic categories, or "modes," which produce harmony in different ways. Although the mode cannot be set directly, since it is fixed for each Vocal Harmony type, the appropriate mode is selected automatically when the type is selected. The harmony effect is dependent on the selected harmony mode and part, and this parameter determines how the harmony is applied to your voice. The four modes are described below. q Chordal In the Style mode, chords played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard control the harmony. In the Song mode, chords contained in song data control the harmony. q Vocoder The harmony notes are determined by the notes you play on the keyboard (VOICE R1, R2, L). q Chromatic This mode automatically produces a harmony at a fixed pitch interval from that of your voice, and is applied regardless of the harmony part or the notes you play on the keyboard (or song data). q Detune This mode automatically produces a slightly "detuned" pitch compared to your voice, creating a rich chorusing effect. It is applied regardless of the harmony part or the notes you play on the keyboard (or song data). • When selecting and playing back a song containing Vocal Harmony data, the Vocal Harmony type is selected automatically. However, if you change the type from the panel while the song is selected, the manually selected harmony type overrides the type specified in the song data. 85 83