Yamaha PSR-1700 Owner's Manual - Page 20

Selecting & Playing the Voices s Keyboard Percussion The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 have 8 different drum and percussion "kits" that can be played on the keyboard when the Keyboard Percussion function is turned ON. The types of drum and percussion instruments played by the various keys when Keyboard Percussion function is selected are marked by symbols above the keys. ZTurn Keyboard Percussion ON ... VOICE Press the [KEYBOARD PERCUSSION] button so that its indicator SELECT lights to turn Keyboard Percussion ON. The percussion kit number will appear on the LCD display panel. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION PSR-1700 VCE=1-:STANDARD PSR-2700 08:Showtune 1:STANDARD AccOff VCE=1-:STANDARD XSelect a Percussion Kit ... -+ RESET 012 Use the [+] and [-] buttons, the number buttons, the data dial, or the [VOICE SELECT] button to select the desired percussion kit (1 through 8). See page 338 for a complete list of the percussion kit instruments. The Percussion Kits 1 Standard 2 Room 3 Rock 4 Electronic 5 Analog 6 Jazz 7 Brush 8 Classic NOTES • The HARMONY, EFFECT, and TRANSPOSE functions (pages 16, 17, and 21) do not affect the percussion sounds. The HARMONY and EFFECT functions will be canceled when Keyboard Percussion is turned ON. • The ORCHESTRATION [EDIT] button does not function when Keyboard Percussion is turned ON. s Pitch Bend + - PITCH BEND The PITCH BEND wheel to the left of the keyboard allows the pitch of notes played on the keyboard to be bent up or down - roll the wheel away from you to bend up, and toward you to bend down (this situation can be reversed, as described below). When the PITCH BEND wheel is moved almost all the way in either direction, the current pitch bend range value will appear on the LCD display panel (see below). q Setting the Pitch Bend Range The maximum amount of pitch bend produced by the PITCH BEND wheel can be set anywhere from ±1 semitone to ±12 semitones (i.e. plus or minus one octave). 18