Using, Creating And Editing Voices; Voice Characteristics - Yamaha 301 Owner's Manual

Using, Creating and Editing Voices

Mega Voices Compatibility
(CVP-305)
Mega Voices are unique to the
Clavinova and are not compati-
ble with other models. Any song/
style data you've created on the
Clavinova using the Mega Voices
will not sound properly when
played back on other instru-
ments.
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Reference to Quick Guide pages
Playing Voices ................................................................................ page 28
Playing the Piano Voice ........................................................... page 28
Playing Various Voices ............................................................. page 31

Voice Characteristics

The Voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Preset Voice
name.
Natural! These rich and luscious Voices are comprised mostly of keyboard instru-
ment sounds and are especially intended for playing piano and other
keyboard parts. They also take full advantage of Yamaha's advanced
sampling technology such as Stereo Sampling, Dynamic Sampling, Sus-
tain Sampling, and Key-off Sampling.
Live! These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a
truly authentic, rich sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.
These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of elec-
Cool!
tric instruments—thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very
sophisticated programming.
Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha's sophisti-
cated technology—and feature a sound so finely detailed and natural,
you'll swear you're playing the real thing!
Drums Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys,
letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.
Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you
SFX
play the sounds from the keyboard.
Organ Flutes! This authentic organ Voice lets you use the Sound Creator to adjust the
various footages and craft your own original organ sounds. See page 93
for details.
Mega Voice The Mega Voices are not intended to be played from the keyboard. They
(CVP-305) are primarily designed for use with recorded MIDI sequence data (such
as songs and styles). Some of the guitar and bass Voices in particular
have been created as Mega Voices for the Clavinova, and are easily dis-
tinguished from the normal Voices by their icons in the Voice Selection
display.
What makes Mega Voices special is their use of velocity switching. Nor-
mal Voices use velocity switching, too—to make the sound quality and/
or level of a Voice according to how strongly or softly you play it. This
makes the Clavinova Voices sound authentic and natural. However,
with Mega Voices, each velocity range (the measure of your playing
strength) has a completely different sound.
For example, a Mega guitar Voice 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. However, now with Mega Voices, a con-
vincing guitar part can be played 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 veloci-
ties need to play the sounds, they're not intended for playing from the
keyboard. They are, however, very useful and convenient when creating
MIDI data—especially when you want to avoid using several different
Voices just for a single instrument part.