Selecting & Playing Voices; Selecting Voices - Yamaha Arius YDP-140 Owner's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Procedure
Press and release the [PIANO/VOICE]
Press and release the
[PIANO/VOICE]
ferent voice.
If you wish to select a particular voice directly, press and hold down the
button, then press one of the C1–A1 (YDP-160) or C1–F1 (YDP-140) keys.
VOICE]
Turn the
[MASTER VOLUME]
board.
The lowest key
YDP-160
Key Voice Name
C1 Grand Piano 1 Recorded samples from a full concert grand piano. Perfect for classical
compositions as well as any other style that requires acoustic piano.
C 1 Grand Piano 2 Spacious and clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular music.
D1 E.Piano 1 An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. Good for popular music.
D 1 E.Piano 2 The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck metallic "tines." Soft
tone when played lightly, and an aggressive tone when played hard.
E1 Harpsichord 1 The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since the strings of a harpsi-
chord are plucked, there is no touch response.
F1 Harpsichord 2 Mixes the same voice an octave higher for a more brilliant tone.
F 1 Vibraphone The sound of a vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets.
G1 Church Organ 1 This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good for
sacred music from the Baroque period.
G 1 Church Organ 2 This is the organ's full coupler sound, often associated with Bach's "Toc-
cata and Fugue".
A1 Strings Spacious and large-scale string ensemble. Try combining this voice with
piano in DUAL mode.
YDP-140
Key Voice Name
C1 Grand Piano 1 Recorded samples from a full concert grand piano. Perfect for classical
compositions as well as any other style that requires acoustic piano.
C 1 Grand Piano 2 Spacious and clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular music.
D1 E.Piano An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. Good for popular music.
D 1 Harpsichord The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since the strings of a harpsi-
chord are plucked, there is no touch response.
E1 Church Organ This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good for
sacred music from the Baroque period.
F1 Strings Spacious and large-scale string ensemble. Try combining this voice with
piano in DUAL mode.
button to select the Grand Piano 1 voice.
button, press the
[+]
control to adjust the volume level while playing the key-
C 1 D 1 F 1 G 1
C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1
Description
Description
or button to select a dif-
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[PIANO/
Selecting & Playing Voices
To understand the characteris-
tics of various voices, listen to
demo songs for each voice
(page 16).
Voice:
On this instrument, a voice
means a "tone" or "tonal
color."
Selecting a voice automatically
engages the best-suited reverb
type and depth (page 21) for
that particular voice.
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