Advanced Operations; Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices); Selecting A Voice - Yamaha ARIUS YDP-S34 Owner's Manual

Advanced Operations

Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices)

Selecting a Voice

To select "CFX Grand":
Simply press [PIANO/VOICE].
To select another Voice:
After pressing [PIANO/VOICE], press [+R] or [–L] to select the next or previous
Voice.
To select a specific Voice:
While holding down [PIANO/VOICE], press one of the C1 – A1 keys. For details
on which Voice is assigned to each key, see the list below.
Voice List
Key Voice Name
C1 CFX Grand
C#1 Mellow Grand
D1 Pop Grand
D#1 Stage E.Piano
E1 DX E.Piano
F1 Harpsichord
F#1 Vibraphone
G1 Pipe Organ
G#1 Jazz Organ
A1 Strings
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C#1 D#1 F#1 G#1
Lowest key C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1
Voice description
Yamaha's CFX flagship concert grand piano sound with a wide
dynamic range for maximum expressive control. Suitable for
playing in any music genre and style.
Grand piano sound with a soft and warm tone. Good for playing
ballads.
Bright piano sound. Good for clear expression and "cutting
through" other instruments in an ensemble.
The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck metallic
"tines." Soft tone when played lightly, and an aggressive tone
when played hard.
An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. Good for
standard popular music.
The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since harpsichord
uses plucked strings, there is no touch response. There is,
however, a characteristic additional sound when the keys are
released.
Vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets. The tone becomes
more metallic the harder you play.
This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good
for sacred music from the Baroque period.
The sound of a "tonewheel" type electric organ. Often heard in
jazz and rock music. The rotary speed of the rotary speaker
effect can be switched by using the left pedal.
Stereo-sampled, large-scale strings ensemble with realistic
reverb. Try combining this Voice with piano in the Dual mode.
NOTE
To hear the characteristics of
the Voices, play back the
Demo Songs (page 19).