Keyboard Aftertouch - Yamaha W5 Owner's Manual

KEYBOARD VELOCITY SENSITIVITY
The W5/W7 s keyboard responds to attack pressure (or speed) as you play, thus
permitting control over nuance and expression as you play. (For more informa-
tion, see Utility Mode, Velocity function, page 145.)

KEYBOARD AFTERTOUCH

Keyboard aftertouch response is most frequently used for vibrato control, i.e., the
harder you press the keys after the initial attack, the more vibrato is applied. This
makes it possible to control vibrato without having to remove one hand from the
keyboard to use the modulation wheel. For the same reason, aftertouch is also
often used for pitch control. Many of the voices provided with the W5/W7 have
preset aftertouch functions, but you can assign aftertouch to control pitch, ampli-
tude, and frequency modulation, as well as envelope generator bias and filter
cutoff frequency depth. (For more information, see Voice Edit Mode, Controller
function, page 122.)
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