Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A1000 Owner's Manual page 52

Voices
3
Indicates that the display is for
selecting the MAIN voice (page 25).
3
-2 Select the
various pages
in the current
voice group.
Press this to call up the display for selecting the voice group.
4
Play the keyboard to hear the
selected
voice.
Voice Characteristics
The voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the voice name.
Cool!
These voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric instruments — thanks to a huge amount
of memory and some very sophisticated programming.
Sweet!
These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha's sophisticated technology — and feature a sound so
finely detailed and natural, you'll swear you're playing the real thing!
Drum
Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the
keyboard.
SFX
Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.
Keyboard Percussion
When one of the drum of SFX kits is selected in the PERCUSSION voice group, various drum, percussion, and special
effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard. The various drums and
percussion instruments of the Standard Kit are indicated by symbols below the assigned keys. Keep in mind that even
though different kits feature different sounds, some same-named sounds in different kits are identical.
Refer to the separate Data List (Drum/key Assignment List) for a listing of the sounds in each drum/SFX kit.
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3
-3 Select the voice.
Press this to start the
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demo of the selected
voice. To stop the demo
at any time, press this
button again.
Press this to return
E
ND
to the MAIN
display.
Selecting a voice automati-
NEXT cally selects the best-suited
effect and other settings for
that particular voice. You can
3
-1 Select the
disable this so that settings
memory
are not automatically
location of
selected (page 127).
the voice
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(PRESET/
You can set how much the
USER/
volume of the voice changes
FLOPPY
according to your playing
DISK).
strength (page 125).
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For a list of the available
voices, refer to the separate
Data List.
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You can set whether the
voice bank and program
change numbers ("MSB-
LSB-Program Change num-
ber" at the right above the
voice name) are displayed or
not (page 133).
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XG is a major enhancement
of the GM System level 1 for-
mat, and was developed by
Yamaha specially to provide
more voices and variations,
as well as greater expressive
control over voices and
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effects, and to ensure com-
patibility of data well into the
future.