Voice Effects; Applying Harmony To Your Right-Hand Melody - Yamaha TYROS Owner's Manual

Voice Effects

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
G SUSTAIN ..................... When this feature is ON, all notes played on the keyboard with the UPPER part (RIGHT1, 2, 3) have a longer
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

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.
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 partic-
ular 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 Voice
Piano Live! Grand
Accordion Tutti Accrd
Live! Strs
Strings ChamberStrs
Harp
Reference on pages 81, 154
matter how strongly or softly you play the keyboard.
sustain.
rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary speaker effect.
Split Point
Chord section
Harmony/Echo type Category
Standard Trio
Guitar
Country Trio
Block Saxophone
4-way Open
Percussion
Strum
The TYROS features a sophisticated multi-proces-
sor 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 but-
tons.
VOICE EFFECT
HARMONY/ INITIAL POLY/
SUSTAIN
ECHO TOUCH MONO
These three effect systems are applied
to the currently selected keyboard part
(RIGHT1, 2, 3, or LEFT).
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.
Voice Harmony/Echo type
CrunchGtr RockDuet
PedalSteel Country Duet
MoonLight Full Chord
Vibraphone Trill
Timpani Tremolo
TYROS Owner's Manual
Quick Guide
DSP
DSP
VARIATION
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