Velocity Switching; Split Keyboard - Yamaha EX5 Owner's Manual

Split Keyboard

Instead of layering voice parts over the same keyboard range, different parts can be assigned to
different areas of the keyboard for split keyboard setups. A simple example would be to assign a
bass voice to the left-hand section of the keyboard and a piano voice to the right-hand section.
The Note Limit parameters in the Performance Edit mode are used to assign the various parts to the required
note ranges (page 166).
Example: simple 2-way split keyboard.
PART 1

Velocity Switching

Velocity switching takes layering a step further by assigning the layered voices to different velocity
ranges. As an example, let's consider how a slap bass voice could be created using two layers: the
first a smooth fingered bass sound, and the second a snappy slapped bass sound. If we assign the
first layer — the fingered bass — to the velocity range from, say, 1 through 64, and the slapped
layer to velocities from 65 through 128 (the total keyboard velocity range is from 1 to 128), then
when we play the keyboard gently we have the fingered sound, and when we play harder we get
the slapped sound.
Velocity switching can be accomplished by using the Velocity Limit parameters in the Performance Edit mode
(page 166).
Example: velocity switched layers.
PART 2
PART 2 (Velocity 65...128)
PART 1 (Velocity 1...64)
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