Voice Mode Select - Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual

Summary: The voice mode setting determines
whether a voice will consist of one, two, or four
AWM or AFM elements (modes 1-10), or 76
AWM waves (mode 11).
Procedure:
From: the top level of voice edit mode
(JUMP #200, #201,#230, #256)
Press: F1 (Mode) to get the following display.
Specify: the desired voice mode.
This area shows the number (1, 2, or 4) and type
(AWM or AFM) of elements in the selected
voice mode.
Move the cursor to the desired voice mode 1—11.
The selected voice mode will become effective
immediately.
01: 1AFM mono: The voice consists of one
AFM element.
02: 2AFM mono: The voice consists of two
AFM elements.
03: 4AFM mono: The voice consists of four
AFM elements. (See note)
04: 1AFM poly: The voice consists of one AFM
element.
05: 2AFM poly: The voice consists of two AFM
elements.
06: 1AWM poly: The voice consists of one
AWM element.
07: 2AWM poly: The voice consists of two
AWM elements.
08: 4AWM poly: The voice consists of four
AWM elements. (See note)
09: 1AFM&1AWM: The voice consists of one
AFM and one AWM element.
10: 2AFM&2AWM: The voice consists of two
AFM and two AWM elements. (See note)

Voice mode select

Mono modes (1-3): Voices which use modes 1-3
(JUMP #200)
Polyphonic modes (4-10); Voices which use modes
Drum Set mode (11): Drum set voices use only the
Note: Four-element voices (modes 3, 8, and 10) can
11: Drum Set: The voice consists of seventy-six
AWM samples.
are monophonic. Only one note can be produced
at a time. If a note is played while the previous
note is still sounding, the previous note will be
cut off. Mono mode is useful when simulating in-
struments that naturally produce only one note
at a time. Mono mode also allows you to use a
special type of portamento; fingered portamento.
For details refer to Voice Common
9. Portamento.
4-10 are polyphonic, and will allow you to play
chords of as many notes as can be produced by
the SY99's tone generator. The AWM and
AFM tone generators can each produce up to 16
simultaneous notes. For some voice modes
more than one element may be sounded by a
single key, and this will correspondingly reduce
the number of simultaneous notes you can play.
AWM tone generator, and up to 16 AWM sam-
ples can be sounded simultaneously.
be stored only in bank D.
Drum voices may be stored in any of the four
banks A through D. However, since these voices
contain a large volume of data, only the data for
notes C1 to C6 will be saved if a drum voice is
stored in banks A, B, or C. Store drum voices in
bank D if you wish to save the data for the full
range of notes from E0 to G6.
A slight delay may occur in the sounding of
some notes when a large number of notes are
played simultaneously (either manually or in
response to MIDI note on messages) using four-
element voices. To avoid this delay in such cases,
you may wish to use a voice using fewer ele-
ments, or reduce the number of notes being
played simultaneously.
VOICE EDIT MODE
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