Yamaha PSR-8000 Owner's Manual - Page 88

,,QQ,,,QQQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQSa,,Q,QQm,,QQp,,Q,QQli,,QQng,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ,,QQ,,Q,QQ The PSR-8000 SAMPLING feature lets you "sample" sounds via a microphone or line source which can be saved as "waves" within "waveforms" to be used in original custom voices (see "PSR-8000 Waves & Waveforms", below). The SAMPLING mode also includes a range of wave and waveform editing features which can be used to "fine tune" your samples for optimum sound. During use sampled sounds are kept in the internal wave RAM memory. The PSR-8000 comes with a 1-megabyte wave memory which can be expanded up to a maximum of 33 megabytes by installing optional SIMM memory modules - see page 152 for details. Sampled waveforms can be saved to floppy or hard disk. Wave files in standard WAV or AIFF format produced using other equipment can also be used by the PSR-8000. • The supplied audio CD includes sound sources for sampling. • No MIDI or TO HOST transmission or reception occurs in the SAMPLING mode. PSR-8000 Waves & Waveforms The terms "wave" and "waveform" have distinct meanings in PSR-8000 sampling terminology, as follows: q WAVE A "wave" is the raw audio data created whenever you sample a new sound or import a WAV or AIFF format wave file. The PSR-8000 WAVE EDIT mode includes functions which allow you to edit this basic data: e.g. resampling to change the sampling frequency, trimming and looping, normalization for maximum level and minimum noise, etc. q WAVEFORM All PSR-8000 waves are contained in a "waveform", which is basically a set of parameters which define the keyboard range over which the wave or waves it contains will play. A waveform can contain one or more waves, and waves can be shared by more than one waveform. Waves in a waveform can be assigned to different ranges of the keyboard, but they cannot be layered (i.e. they will not sound simultaneously when a single key is played). The PSR-8000 WAVEFORM EDIT mode lets you add or delete waves from a waveform, and assign the waves to different keyboard ranges. • When you sample a new sound or import a WAV or AIFF format wave, a new waveform which contains the new sampled or imported wave is automatically created. The PSR-8000 saves your edited data as a waveform file. q WAVEFORMS & VOICES Waveforms created by the PSR-8000 SAMPLING feature can be used in voices in two different ways: Sampling Sound WAV AIFF WAVE EDIT WAVE WAVE WAVE WAVEFORM WAVE1 WAVE2 WAVE3 WAVEFORM 2 CUSTOM VOICE CREATOR 1 2 CUSTOM VOICE 88