Changing Detailed Settings For Metronome Or Tap Tempo; Voice Types (Characteristics); Selecting Gm, Xg And Gm2 Voices - Yamaha PSR-SX600 Reference Manual

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Use the Cursor buttons [][][E][F] to select the desired Voice, and then press the
[ENTER] button.

Voice Types (Characteristics)

The particular type of a Voice is classified into nine kinds (Owner's Manual, chapter 1). The MegaVoice is
covered here.
MegaVoice
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Selecting GM, XG and GM2 Voices

GM & XG voices, as well as GM2 voices, are also available on the instrument—playable by MIDI messages
from sequencer software, etc. Songs that correspond to these formats can be properly reproduced by
sequence software, and suitable voices will be selected automatically.

Changing Detailed Settings for Metronome or Tap Tempo

The detailed settings for METRONOME (such as volume, sound, or beat) or TAP TEMPO can be accessed
in the display below.
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Call up the operation display.
[MENU] → TAB [E] Menu1 → Cursor buttons [][][E][F] Metronome Setting → [ENTER]
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Use the Cursor buttons [][] to select the page to make the settings described
below.
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PSR-SX600 Reference Manual
With normal Voices, you can control the volume of notes or change the timbre or tone of a sound,
depending on key velocity (how strongly or softly you play). However, MegaVoices respond com-
pletely differently to velocity and make special use of velocity switching. Each velocity range has a
completely different sound. For example, a guitar MegaVoice includes the sounds of various perfor-
mance techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having those sounds would be
called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired effect. In contrast, MegaVoices
lets you play a convincing guitar part with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play
the desired sounds. Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise velocities need to
play the sounds, they're not intended for actual performance from the keyboard. They are, however,
very useful and convenient when creating MIDI data—especially when you want to avoid using sev-
eral different Voices just for a single instrument part. Actual sound maps for the Mega-Voices are
provided in the "Mega Voices Map" in the Data List on the website.
MegaVoices are not compatible with other instrument models. For this reason, any Song or Style you've created on this
instrument using these Voices will not sound properly when played back on the instruments which do not have these types of
Voices.
MegaVoices sound differently depending on keyboard range, velocity, touch, etc. Hence, if you turn on the [HARMONY/
ARPEGGIO] button or change the Voice Set parameters, unexpected or undesired sounds may result.
Use the Cursor
buttons [][].