How To Edit A Drum Voice - Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual

A drum voice is a special type of voice which plays a different AWM wave on each key of the SY99's 76-
note keyboard. This is normally used to assign drums and percussion sounds to the keyboard when
creating rhythm accompaniments.
Set the voice mode to
Drum Voice
Drum voice parameters
Wave Data Set — select
a wave for each key
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How to edit a drum voice

In the top level of voice edit mode, press F1 (Mode) to get the voice mode job
and select 11:Drum Set.
Press F2 (Com) to get the voice common data job directory. All drum voice
parameters are contained in this job directory.
As when editing a normal voice, a drum voice allows you to set the overall vol-
ume of the voice (01:Voice volume), make settings for the DSP effect units
(03:Effect Set), specify the controller which will regulate the volume of the voice
04:Controller Set), and assign a name (05:Drum Set Name).
A drum voice differs from other voices mainly in the second parameter job,
02:Wave Data Set.
From the voice common data job directory, select 02:Wave Data Set.
This job is where you specify the AWM wave played by each key. Adjustments
for level, pan, etc. can also be made independently for each key.
Press the C1 key or use F1 (K-Dn) and F2 (K-Up) to select C1 (two octaves
below the C3 mark on the SY99 keyboard). Move the cursor to Waveform and
select preset wave number 86 BD 1 (bass drum).