Editing Voices - Sound Creator; Operation - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-1000 Owner's Manual

Editing Voices — Sound Creator
The PSR-2000/1000 has a Sound Creator feature that allows you to create your own voices
by editing some parameters of the existing voices. Once you've created a voice, you can
save it as a USER voice for future recall.
SONG
EXTRA TRACK TRACK
TRACKS 2 1
(STYLE) (L) (R)
REC TOP START/STOP
NEW SONG SYNC. START
STYLE
SWING &
POP & ROCK JAZZ
BALLAD DANCE
TRANSPOSE
RESET
MASTER VOLUME
MULTI PAD
FADE
IN/OUT
MIN MAX
STYLE CONTROL
MAIN ENDING
ACMP BREAK INTRO / rit.
AUTO OTS
FILL IN LINK
STANDBY
ON

Operation

1
Press the [F], [G] or [H] button to select the
Part (MAIN, LAYER or LEFT) containing the
voice you wish to edit.
3
Edit the voice parameters.
The operations for each function selected in this step are covered in detail, starting on page 89 (Regular
Voice), and page 91 (Organ Flutes).
REGULAR VOICE
Can be used during editing to compare
the sound of the original voice with the
edited voice.
Select the desired menu.
The selected menu is highlighted.
4
Save the edited voice to the USER drive
(Flash ROM) as a USER voice (page 44).
METRO-
REPEAT NOME
REW FF DIGITAL
STUDIO
SOUND CREATOR
A F
DIGITAL RECORDING
MARCH & B G
BALLROOM WALTZ
MIXING CONSOLE
C H
LATIN USER
PART D I
MENU
E J
DEMO
TAP TEMPO
TEMPO
HELP
RESET
STOP
FUNCTION
BALANCE
DIRECT
ACCESS EXIT
CHANNEL ON/OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DIGITAL
STUDIO
SYNC. SYNC. PART
STOP START START/STOP
SOUND CREATOR
F
G
H
I
J
Select the desired menu by
pressing the [NEXT]/
[BACK] button.
Indicates the
parameters available
for editing in this
display. These
correspond to the
parameters/values
shown at the bottom
of the display.
Opens the Save (Voice) display for saving
the edited voice as a User voice (page 44).
VOICE EFFECT
LEFT HARMONY/ DSP
HOLD TOUCH SUSTAIN ECHO MONO VARIATION
BACK NEXT
VOICE
ORGAN &
PIANO & HARPSI. E.PIANO ACCORDION PERCUSSION
MAIN
GUITAR BASS BRASS WOODWIND
LAYER
STRINGS CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG
LEFT
USER ORGAN FLUTES
UPPER OCTAVE
MUSIC
FINDER
RESET
MIC.
VH TYPE MIC. VOCAL
SELECT SETTING HARMONY TALK EFFECT
OVER
SIGNAL
ONE TOUCH SETTING
ENTER
REGISTRATION MEMORY
FREEZE MEMORY
DATA ENTRY
2
Press the
[SOUND
CREATOR]
button.
DIGITAL
STUDIO
SOUND CREATOR
DIGITAL RECORDING
MIXING CONSOLE
PART
ORGAN FLUTES (PSR-2000 only)
A
B
C
D
E
Select or adjust the parameters.
5
Press the [USER] button to select the
edited voice, and play the keyboard.
• The Voice can be edited in
realtime while playing
back a song/style.
• Keep in mind that adjust-
ments made to the param-
eters may not make much
change in the actual
sound depending on the
original settings of the
voice.
The voice can also be
selected in the SOUND
CREATOR display.
CAUTION
The settings are lost if the
edited part's voice is
switched to another voice.
Important data should be
saved to User Drive or floppy
disk.
F
G
H
I
J
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