Yamaha EL-17 Owner's Manual - Page 19

3. Effects The effects equipped with your Electone can be applied to each voice. Touch Tone The Touch Tone function gives you expressive control over the volume and timbre of a voice. All voices are provided with this expressive function, making it possible to perfectly reproduce the subtle dynamic and tonal changes of actual instruments. Two types of keyboard touch affect this function: Initial Touch and After Touch. The Initial Touch controls volume and timbre according to the velocity at which you strike the keys. The harder you strike the keys, the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become. The After Touch controls volume and timbre according to the pressure you apply to the keys after playing them. The harder you press down on the keys, the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become. However, these are preset to each voice and cannot be adjusted. The volume or timbre will change depending on how hard you press down the keys. The Touch Tone cannot be applied to the Pedal voices. It is also ineffective for the Organ voice. The After Touch cannot be applied to the Percussive voices such as Piano and Vibraphone. Reverb Reverb adds an echo-like effect to the sound, giving the impression of a performance in a large room or concert hall. The effect is applied equally and simultaneously to all voice sections. To adjust the reverb effect: REVERB MAX 6 Press one of the REVERB buttons, located at the far left of the panel. These controls determine the depth of the reverb effect. There are seven settings, from a minimum of 0, or no reverb, to the maximum. MIN 0 Sustain Sustain is selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices and makes the sound gradually fade out when the keys are released. The sustain on/off settings are independent for each keyboard, providing maximum expressive control. SUSTAIN UPPER LOWER PEDAL These buttons will be lit, when selected. Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead voices. The Sustain length depends on the selected voices. To add Sustain to the voices: Press the desired button in the SUSTAIN section. The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that Sustain is on. Press the button again to turn Sustain off. 15