Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual - Page 91

Voice Editing (Voice Set) Reference The Tyros2 has a Voice Set feature that allows you to create your own voices by editing some parameters of the existing voices. Once you've created a voice, you can save it as a User voice to the User drive or external devices for future recall. Basic Procedure 1 Select the desired voice (other than an Organ Flutes voice). NOTE • User voices can also be created by editing Custom voices (created on a computer). You can also edit any previously created User voice to make a new voice. 3 Select the desired menu with the [TAB] buttons and set the appropriate parameters. 2 Press the [VOICE SET] LCD button (upper [5] button) to call up the Voice Set display. You can compare the sound of the original (unedited) voice with the edited voice. 4 Press the [SAVE] LCD button to call up the Open/Save display of the User drive and save the settings here as a User voice to the drive. For details, see page 75. CAUTION If you select another voice without saving the settings, the settings will be lost. If you wish to store the settings here, make sure to save the settings as a User Voice before selecting another voice or turning the power off. Parameters The Voice Set parameters are organized into five different pages, and can be set as described in step #3 of the "Basic Procedure" above. These can also be programmed as part of the Voice Set parameters (page 188), to be automatically called up when the voice is selected. Keep in mind that these parameters do not apply to the Organ Flutes voices, which have their own set of parameters (page 89). ■ COMMON VOLUME TOUCH SENSE OCTAVE MONO/POLY PORTAMENTO TIME Determines the volume of the current edited voice. Depth determines the degree to which velocity affects the voice. Higher values make the voice more sensitive to changes in velocity. Offset determines the volume range over which velocity is effective. For lower values, the velocity affects a volume range from minimum to medium-loud. For higher values, velocity affects a range from medium-soft to maximum. Level Velocity curve on some depth. (Offset = 64) Depth = 127 Offset = 64 Velocity Depth = 64 Depth = 32 Depth = 0 NOTE • This determines the volume range over which velocity is effective. For lower values, the velocity affects a volume range from minimum to medium-loud. For higher values, velocity affects a range from medium-soft to maximum. Shifts the octave range of the edited voice up or down in octaves. When the edited voice is used as any of the RIGHT 1-3 parts, the R1/R2/R3 parameter is available; when the edited voice is used as the LEFT part, the LEFT parameter is available. Determines whether the edited voice is played monophonically or polyphonically (page 87). Sets the portamento time when the edited voice is set to "MONO" above. 91 Tyros2 Owner's Manual