About Microtuning; Microtuning (Octave Edit); Microtuning (Octave Initialize) - Yamaha V50 Authorized Product Manual

The upper line of the display shows the key (C3 in this
example) for the chord you are setting. The lower line
shows the notes that will be played when you press the
specified key. For example, in the next example if you
pressed C3, the notes E3 and G3 would sound.
Use the below "
the upper line. Use the data entry slider or
modify the notes in the lower line. Also, after selecting
the key in the upper line, move the cursor to " > KBD",
and the chord you play on the keyboard will be set as
the chord in the lower line.
Repeat this to set a chord for each of the twelve
keys C3 – B3.
Note:
When a preset or card performance is selected, mo-
difying a performance effect parameter will only affect
the internal data, so the effect will not change. When
you want to change these settings for preset or card
performances, temporarily store that performance to
internal memory before changing the effect settings.

About microtuning

Microtuning allows you to specify the pitch of each note.
Normally, most music of today divides the octave into
twelve steps. This is known as equal temperament. There
are many other temperaments, and most music of pre-
vious centuries was written using one of these other
temperaments. Also, 20th century music sometimes di-
vides a half-step into two or even four smaller intervals.
The V50 has 11 preset tunings including equal
temperament. In addition, two user memories are pro-
vided for you to create your own temperaments.
The 11 preset tunings are shown on page 29.
To use a micro tuning in single play mode, enter the
micro tuning edit function we will be explaining in this
section.
To use a micro tuning in performance play mode,
set the (OTHERS) micro tuning select to the
temperament you want to use.
The following two user micro tunings are provided.
(1) Octave
Set the pitch for the twelve notes C3 - B3. Other octaves
will automatically be adjusted to the same relative pitch
steps.
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" and " " to select the key in
(2) Full keyboard
Set the pitch for each note C-2 – G8 in the MIDI note
range. (This is a broader range than the V50 61- note
keyboard covers.)
Note:
The micro tuning you set will be remembered even
when the power is turned off. However only two
memories are provided for your own original micro
tunings (one "octave", one "full"). If you want to
create more tunings than this, you will have to save
t o
the data for each to a card (see page 97).

Microtuning (octave edit)

This is where you set the pitch for each of the twelve
notes C3 – B3. Other octaves will be automatically
adjusted to the same relative pitch steps.
If desired, you can use the initialization function
explained next to initialize the user octave microtuning
to one of the 11 presets, and then use this octave edit
function to adjust the data as needed.
Press , press the
press the
display.
The note in the center of the upper row is the note whose
pitch you are specifying. The center of the lower row
shows the actual pitch that is produced when you play
that note. For example, in the above display, the pitch
produced when the note "C3" is played will be + 10 steps
above the "C3" of equal temperament. One step is 1/64th
of a note (1.5625 cents). The parentheses show the pitch
of the note in steps starting from C#-1.
When the cursor is at "CRS", modify the note name
in the lower line. When the cursor is at "FINE", increase
or decrease the step units in the lower line.
To change the note displayed in the upper line, press
a key C3 – B3 on the keyboard, or press the
" " or " " .

Microtuning (octave initialize)

To simplify creating your own octave micro tuning, this
function allows you to copy a preset micro tuning into
the user octave micro tuning memory. You can then
modify it as desired.
below " > Micro", then
below "OCT. Edit" to get the following
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