Effect-Related Settings; Setting The Touch Sensitivity Of The Keyboard - Yamaha Tyros4 Reference Manual

Effect-Related Settings

Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard

You can adjust the touch response of the instrument (how the sound responds to the way
you play the keys). The touch sensitivity type becomes the common setting for all Voices.
1
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION]  [D] CONTROLLER  TAB [][] KEYBOARD/PANEL
2
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired parameter: "1 INI-
TIAL TOUCH" or "2 AFTER TOUCH."
2
3
Use the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons to specify the touch response.
1 INITIAL TOUCH
[1 ]/
TOUCH
[2 ]
[4 ]
TOUCH OFF
LEVEL
[5 ]–
LEFT–RIGHT3
[8 ]
2 AFTER TOUCH
[1 ]/
TOUCH
[2 ]
[5 ]–
LEFT–RIGHT3
[8 ]
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Determines the Initial Touch sensitivity setting.
HARD 2: Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best for players with a
heavy touch.
HARD 1: Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.
NORMAL: Standard touch response.
SOFT 1: Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.
SOFT 2: Produces relatively high volume even with light playing strength. Best for
players with a light touch.
Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to "OFF."
Turns Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part.
Determines the Aftertouch sensitivity setting.
HARD: Relatively strong aftertouch pressure is needed to produce changes.
NORMAL: Produces a fairly standard aftertouch response.
SOFT: Allows you to produce relatively large changes with very light aftertouch pres-
sure.
Turns Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part.
NOTE
Some Voices are purposely designed
without touch sensitivity, in order to
emulate the true characteristics of the
actual instrument (for example, conven-
tional organs, which have no touch
response).