Voice Types; Voice Characteristics - Yamaha PSR-S650 Reference Manual

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Use the dial or the [-/NO]/[+/YES] buttons to set the value as desired.
Play the keyboard and listen to the Voice.
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Memorize the settings here to the Registration Memory as desired.
If you select a different keyboard Voice without saving, the parameters will be
reset and the ideal settings for the selected Voice will be automatically recalled.

Voice Types

The following two types of Voices can be used by this instrument.
Preset Voices
Expansion Voices

Voice Characteristics

The Voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated in the Voice name.
• Live! .............These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a
truly authentic, rich sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.
• Cool!.............These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric
instruments—thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very sophis-
ticated programming.
• Sweet!...........These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha's sophisti-
cated technology, and feature extremely detailed, natural and authentic
sound.
• Kit.................Various drum and percussion sounds and special effect sounds are
assigned to individual keys.
• Mega.............Mega Voices make special use of velocity switching. Each velocity range
(the measure of your playing strength) has a completely different sound.
For example, a guitar Mega Voice includes the sounds of various perfor-
mance techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having
those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to
achieve the desired effect. However, now with Mega Voices, a convincing
guitar part can be played with just a single Voice, using specific velocity
values to play the desired sounds. Because of the complex nature of these
Voices and the precise velocities need to play the sounds, they're not
intended for playing from the keyboard. They are, however, very useful
and convenient when creating MIDI data—especially when you want to
avoid using several different Voices just for a single instrument part.
Voices built into the instrument
Voices saved into the instrument by installing the Expansion Pack
Preset Voices
Expansion Voice
Voice-Related Settings and Functions
NOTE
• Mega Voices are unique to
this instrument and are not
compatible with other mod-
els. Any Song or Style data
you've created on this instru-
ment using these Voices will
not sound properly when
played back on other instru-
ments.
• Mega Voices sound differ-
ently depending on the key-
board range, velocity, touch,
etc. Hence, if you apply
effects, change the trans-
pose setting or change the
Voice parameters, unex-
pected or undesired sounds
may result.
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