Yamaha PSR-A1000 Owner's Manual - Page 52
Voice Characteristics, Sweet, Keyboard Percussion, Play the keyboard to hear the, selected, voice
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Voices 3 Indicates that the display is for selecting the MAIN voice (page 25). A B C D E BACK NEXT 3-1 Select the memory location of F the voice G (PRESET/ USER/ H FLOPPY I DISK). J 3-3 Select the voice. 3-2 Select the various pages in the current voice group. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Press this to call up the display for selecting the voice group. Press this to start the demo of the selected voice. To stop the demo at any time, press this button again. 4 Play the keyboard to hear the selected voice. E Press this to return ND to the MAIN EXIT display. Selecting a voice automatically selects the best-suited effect and other settings for that particular voice.You can disable this so that settings are not automatically selected (page 127). n You can set how much the volume of the voice changes according to your playing strength (page 125). n For a list of the available voices, refer to the separate Data List. n You can set whether the voice bank and program change numbers ("MSBLSB-Program Change number" at the right above the voice name) are displayed or not (page 133). n XG is a major enhancement of the GM System level 1 format, and was developed by Yamaha specially to provide more voices and variations, as well as greater expressive control over voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility of data well into the future. Voice Characteristics The voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the voice name. Cool! These voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric instruments - thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very sophisticated programming. Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha's sophisticated technology - and feature a sound so finely detailed and natural, you'll swear you're playing the real thing! Drum Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard. SFX Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard. Keyboard Percussion When one of the drum of SFX kits is selected in the PERCUSSION voice group, various drum, percussion, and special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard. The various drums and percussion instruments of the Standard Kit are indicated by symbols below the assigned keys. Keep in mind that even though different kits feature different sounds, some same-named sounds in different kits are identical. Refer to the separate Data List (Drum/key Assignment List) for a listing of the sounds in each drum/SFX kit. 52 PSR-A1000
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