The Preset Voices; The Pad Banks - Yamaha RY30 Authorized Product Manual

The RY30 has 96 preset voices that you can use in patterns and songs. The voices can be played via the
RY30's 12 instrument pads, or a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI instrument connected to the MIDI IN con-
nector. We'll discuss MIDI control in more detail on page 45. For now, let's listen to the preset voices by
playing the RY30's own instrument pads.
l The Pad Banks

The Preset Voices

1. After making the necessary connections (see page 13) and turning the RY30
on, set the [VOLUME] control about half way between its lowest and high-
est settings.
2. Tap the instrument pads. You should hear the 12 instruments currently
assigned to the pads.
If the [SENSE] key indicator is lit, you'll be able to control the loudness
(and in most cases the timbre) of the sound according to how hard you play
the pads. Press the [SENSE] key so that its indicator goes out, then play
the pads again and listen to the difference. Press the [SENSE] key again to
turn velocity sensitivity back on.
The RY30 has 12 internal "pad banks" that are essentially different sets of
instruments assigned to the instrument pads. You played one of the pad banks
if you followed the steps given above. Here's how you can select and play the
others:
1. Press the [PAD BANK] key. A display similar to the following should
appear.
The underline cursor should be under the bank number as shown in the
example display above. If it is not, move it there by pressing the
key as many times as necessary.
2. Press the [INC] key once to select the next pad bank, then play the instru-
ment pads to hear the instruments assigned to that bank. Also note that the
pad bank name appears to the right of the bank number. Use the [INC] and
[DEC] keys to select the other available pad banks and try out the voices
they contain. You can also use the [DATA] slider or the numeric keys to
select different pad bank numbers.
You should be able to select a total of 17 different pad banks — 00 through
16. Numbers 00 through 11 are the internal banks, 12 through 15 are inter-
nal/card banks that can also be loaded from external cards (see page 69),
and number 16 is a "pitch multi" bank in which the same instrument is
assigned to all 12 pads, but each pad plays the instrument at a different pitch
(the 12 pads cover an octave in semitone steps).
The PAD BANK MODE functions — described on pages 97 through 101
of the REFERENCE section of this manual — allow you to make your own
instrument-to-pad assignments to create custom drum and percussion kits
that suit your individual musical requirements.
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