Yamaha MO6 Owner's Manual page 130

Internal Structure (System Overview)
The illustration below shows the structure and interrelationship of the Voices, Performances, and Mixings.
One Voice
VOICE
Up to four elements (Normal Voice)
Up to 73 keys (Drum Voice)
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This synthesizer has two types of Voices—Voices created in the
Voice mode and Mixing Voices (dedicated for the Song/Pattern)
created in the Mixing Voice mode.
One Part
Voice
Common Edit parameters
Set in the Voice Edit mode (page 153)
Element Edit parameters
or Key Edit parameters
OSC
(Oscillator)
Waveform
(AWM2)
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The Drum Voice Key Edit parameters do not contain LFO settings.
Keyboard Mega Voices
Normal Voices use velocity switching to make the sound quality and/or level of a Voice change according to how
strongly or softly you play it. This makes the Voices sound authentic and natural. However, with Keyboard Mega Voices,
each velocity range (the measure of your playing strength) has a completely different sound. For example, a guitar
Voice includes the sounds of various performance techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having
those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired effect. Now with Keyboard
Mega Voices, a convincing guitar Part can be played with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play the
desired sounds.
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The Keyboard Mega Voice names are indicated as "Mega **" in the display.
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One Performance
PERFORM
Up to four parts
Part Edit parameters
Different Voice for each part
LFO
Low Frequency
Oscillator
PITCH FILTER
PEG
FEG
Pitch Envelope
Filter Envelope
Generator
Generator
Element 1 – 4
or Key C0 – C6
Common Edit parameters
Arpeggio, Effects, Controller Set, etc.
SONG
PATTERN
One Part
Voice
Common Edit parameters
AMP
AEG
Amplitude Envelope
Generator
One Mixing
MIXING
1 –16 parts (of the internal tone
generator)
MIXING
Part Edit parameters
Different Voice for each part