Voice Name; Key Mode - Yamaha VL-1 Feature Reference

Feature Reference

Voice Name

To enter a new voice name position the cursor at the "Voice Name" parameter
and press [ or • ("Name" — "Name" only appears above the • button when
the cursor is positioned at the "Voice Name" parameter). The VOICE NAME display
will appear.
Use the cursor , and . buttons to move the cursor to the character in the
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voice name at the top of the display that you want to change.
Use the = and - buttons or data dial to select a new character by
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moving through the character list row by row.
Press the ™ button ("Spc") to enter a space at the current cursor position.
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Press the £ button ("Clr") to clear the entire voice name.
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Press ] or [ when the voice name is complete.
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E1 Name, E2 Name
These parameters allow independent names to be entered for the E1 and E2 ele-
ments of the current voice (only E1 is available in a single-element voice). To enter a
new element name position the cursor at the "E1 Name" or "E2 Name" parameter and
press [ or • ("Name"). The ELEMENT NAME display will appear. Procedure is
the same as for the Voice Name parameter, above, except for the function of the ¢
button, below.
Press the ¢ button to copy the voice name to the element name (suffixes
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"_A" and "_B" will be appended to the E1 and E2 names respectively).

Key Mode

In conjunction with the Voice Mode parameter, below, the Key Mode parameter
determines how the VL1's two elements are used to produce sound.
Mono Only a single note can be played at a time.
Poly Two different notes may be played simultaneously.
Unison Playing a single key produces two notes in unison.
Edit Mode