Yamaha DS55 Operation Manual page 10

THE SPLIT PLAY The SPLIT PLAY mode allows you to play two different voices from any of the
MODE DS55 voice banks on different sections of the keyboard. You could, for example,
play a bass voice on the left-hand (lower) section and a piano voice on the right-
hand (upper) section of the keyboard. You can also specify the "split point" — the
key at which the lower and upper sections of the keyboard are separated. Up to 4
notes can be played simultaneously on the upper and lower sections of the key-
board {a total of 8 notes).
SPLIT POINT
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LOWER VOICE UPPER VOICE
Press the SPLIT button in the PLAY MODE group to enter the SPLIT PLAY mode.
SPLIT mode selected.
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PLAY SPLIT
U45/U23 PNT- C3
| | Split point set at C3 (Middle C).
Voice number 'U23' assigned to the upper section.
Voice number "U45" assigned to the lower section.
Assigning Voices to the After you've selected the SPLIT PLAY mode by pressing the SPLIT button, as
Lower and Upper Keyboard
described above, pressing the SPLIT button again causes a display similar to the
Sections and Specifying following to appear:
the Split Point
Assign lower SPLIT mode voice.
PLAY SPLIT lower
U12 ELEC-BASSI
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Currentiv selected lower voice name.
Currentiv selected lower voice bank and number.
Vou can now select a new voice for the lower section of the kevboard: select the
desired voice bank using the PRESET or USER buttons, then use the -1 and +1 or
number (0 through 9) buttons to select a voice as described in "Selecting Voices"
on page 7.
After selecting a new lower voice, press the SPLIT button again to move ahead to
the upper voice assignment display:
Assign upper SPLIT mode voice.
PLAY SPLIT upper
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Currentiv selected upper voice name.
8 Currentiv selected upper voice bank and number.