Voice Effects; Other Keyboard-Related Functions - Yamaha PSR-9000 Owner's Manual

Voice Effects

The [VOICE EFFECT] buttons turn the corresponding effects on (indicator lit) or off
(indicator out).
Touch
The keyboard of the PSR-9000 is equipped with a touch response feature that lets you
dynamically and expressively control the level of the voices with your playing strength — just
as on an acoustic instrument.
Two types of keyboard touch affect this function: Initial Touch and After Touch.
• Initial Touch ..... With this function, the PSR-9000 senses how strongly or softly you play
the keys, and uses that playing strength to affect the sound in various
ways, depending on the selected voice. This allows you to play with
greater expressiveness and add effects with your playing technique.
• After Touch ...... With this function, the PSR-9000 senses how much pressure you apply
to the keys while playing, and uses that pressure to affect the sound in
various ways, depending on the selected voice. This allows you to play
with greater expressiveness and add effects with your playing technique.
Sustain
When this Sustain feature is ON, all notes played on the keyboard other than the Left part
have a longer sustain.
DSP (4~7) and Slow/Fast
With the digital effects built into the PSR-9000 you can add ambiance and depth to your
music in a variety of ways—such as adding reverb that makes you sound like you are playing
in a concert hall.
• The DSP (4~7) buttons turn independent effects on or off for the Right 1 (DSP4), Right
2 (DSP5), Right 3 (DSP6) and Left (DSP7) parts.
• The [SLOW/FAST] button can switch between variations of the DSP effect. For exam-
ple, this lets you change the rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary speaker effect.
Harmony/Echo
See pages 35 and 140.
Poly/Mono
This determines whether the part's voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time)
or polyphonically (up to 126 notes at a time).
When this is set to "MONO," the Portamento effect can be used (depending on the selected
voice) by playing legato. The degree of the Portamento effect applied differs depending on
the voice. The Portamento Time can be adjusted from the Mixing Console (page 123).

Other Keyboard-related Functions

Left Hold
This function causes the Left part voice to be held even when the keys are released. Non-decaying
voices such as strings are held continuously, while decay-type voices such as piano decay more
slowly (as if the sustain pedal has been pressed).
This function is especially effective when used with the auto accompaniment. For example, if you
play and release a chord in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard (with the Left part on
and the Left voice set to Strings), the strings part sustains, adding a natural richness to the overall
accompaniment sound.
Keyboard Transpose
This function allows the keyboard pitch of the PSR-9000 to be transposed up or down over a range
of ±2 octaves in semitone steps.
Note that the transposition is applied from the next note (or accompaniment chord) played, after one of the
[KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE] buttons has been pressed. Keep in mind that it affects the accompaniment
pitch, as well as the pitch of the Multi Pads for which Chord Match has been set to on.
Normal pitch (transpose value "0") can be recalled at any time by pressing both the [<] and [>] but-
tons simultaneously.
The overall or song transposition can be adjusted from the Mixing Console (page 123) or can be
assigned to the [KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE] buttons (page 138).
Octave Change
Refer to the Quick Guide on page 18.
Voices
Quick Guide
on page 35
VOICE EFFECT
TOUCH SUSTAIN
DSP(4~7) SLOW/ FAST
HARMONY/ECHO POL Y/ MONO
• For details about how to select
a DSP effect type or set related
parameters, refer to page 124.
• For details about how the effect
blocks are connected, refer to
the "Effect Signal Flow Chart"
on page 125.
LEFT HOLD
KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE
RESET
UPPER OCTAVE
RESET
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