Yamaha TYROS Owners Manual - Page 39

Voice Effects Reference on pages 81, 154 Quick Guide The TYROS features a sophisticated multi-processor effect system which can add extraordinary depth and expression to your sound. This effect system can be turned on or off by using the following buttons. HARMONY/ ECHO INITIAL TOUCH VOICE EFFECT SUSTAIN POLY/ MONO DSP DSP VARIATION These three effect systems are applied to the currently selected keyboard part (RIGHT1, 2, 3, or LEFT). G HARMONY/ECHO ....... See below. G INITIAL TOUCH .......... This button turns the touch response of the keyboard on or off. When OFF, the same volume is produced no matter how strongly or softly you play the keyboard. G SUSTAIN When this feature is ON, all notes played on the keyboard with the UPPER part (RIGHT1, 2, 3) have a longer sustain. G POLY/MONO This determines whether the Part's Voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphonically. G DSP This button turns effects on or off independently for the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 , RIGHT 3 and LEFT parts. G DSP VARIATION......... This button can be used to switch between variations of the DSP effect. For example, this lets you change the rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary speaker effect. Applying Harmony to Your Right-hand Melody Among the Voice Effects, Harmony is one of the most impressive. It automatically adds harmony parts to the notes you play with your right hand - immediately giving you a more full and professional sound. 1 Turn the [Harmony/Echo] button on. 2 Turn on both the [ACMP] button and [SYNC START] button (page 32) and make sure that the RIGHT 1 part is on (page 26). 3 Play a chord with your left hand to start the style (page 33) and play some notes in the right-hand range of the keyboard. Split Point Chord section In this example, harmony notes in the scale of C major (the chord played in the left hand) are automatically added to the notes played in the right-hand range of the keyboard. You can also use the Harmony effect with the style stopped (with the Stop Accompaniment function; page 33). Simply hold down a chord with your left hand and play a melody with your right. Try out Harmony/Echo with some of the voices below... Many of the voices have been automatically set to play certain Harmony/Echo types that match the particular voice. Try out some of the voices below - playing chords with your left hand and melodies with your right - and listen to the various Harmony and Echo effects. Category Piano Accordion Strings Voice Live! Grand Tutti Accrd Live! Strs ChamberStrs Harp Harmony/Echo type Standard Trio Country Trio Block 4-way Open Strum Category Guitar Saxophone Percussion Voice CrunchGtr PedalSteel MoonLight Vibraphone Timpani Harmony/Echo type RockDuet Country Duet Full Chord Trill Tremolo 39 TYROS Owner's Manual 37