Yamaha S08 Owner's Manual - Page 21

Basics Section Quick Guide Reference Appendix Overview of Voice/Element/Multi Each Voice can consist of up to four Elements. Each Element itself is a high-quality waveform or instrument sound. Voice & Element Each Voice can consist of up to four Elements. Elements are made from waveforms, and the quality of the Elements is high enough that each can be used on its own as a voice. Since you can combine up to four Elements together in a voice, highly expressive and richly textured sounds are possible. You can also split different instrument sounds across the keyboard to be playable separately with your left and right hands - without having to specially set up a Multi program (page 42). Multi A Multi consists of up to 16 Parts, each of which can play a Normal Voice or Drum Voice Part. By assigning different Voices and MIDI channels to each part, and by using a sequencer or computer for song data playback, you can have a complete ensemble of 16 independent instrument sounds.You can also play Multis from the keyboard. This allows you to set up layers of different Voices, or special key splits in which your right and left hands can play separate Voices (page 34). One Voice Up to four elements Element 1~ 4 + Common Edit parameters (Effect settings etc.) One Multi Up to 16 Voices (Parts) Voice One Part CH1 + Part Edit parameters Different Voice for each part CH16 Element Edit parameters Oscillator Wave (AWM2) PITCH One Element LFO Low Frequency Oscillator FILTER PEG Pitch Envelope Generator FEG Filter Envelope Generator EG + Common Edit parameters AMP (Amplitude) AEG Amplitude Envelope Generator See pages 43, 44, 45 Element 1 Element 2 Element 3 Element 4 Sequencer Song File Playback (SMF Format 0) MIDI CH 1~ 16 Computer SMF Format 0 Song File Playback via MIDI/USB MIDI Included CD-ROM SMF Playback Format 1 Recording SMF Format Conversion Sequencer software (Windows) Voice Editor Card Filer Voice Edit C-2 G8 Voices & Multis 21