Pitch Bend Wheel; Adjusting The Octave Setting - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A1000 Owner's Manual

I VARIATION
This control changes the Variation effect settings, letting you alter some aspect of the effect, depending on the selected
type. For example, when the Rotary Speaker effect is selected (page 115), this lets you switch the rotor speed between
slow and fast.
I HARMONY/ECHO
This control adds Harmony or Echo effects to the voices played on the right hand section
of the keyboard (page 127).
I MONO
This control determines whether the voice is played monophonically (only one note at a
time) or polyphonically for each part (MAIN/LAYER/LEFT). This is set to MONO when the
lamp is lit, and set to polyphonic when the lamp is off. When set to MONO, only the last
note played will sound. This lets you play wind instrument voices more realistically.
Depending on the selected voice, the MONO setting also lets you effectively use the
Portamento effect, when playing in legato.
I LEFT HOLD
This function causes the left part voice to be held even when the keys are released — the
same effect as when the sustain pedal is pressed. This function is especially effective when
used with the auto accompaniment. For example, if you play and release a chord in the
auto accompaniment area of the keyboard (with the left part on and the Left voice set to
Strings), the strings part sustains, adding a natural richness to the overall accompaniment
sound.

PITCH BEND Wheel

Use the PSR-A1000 PITCH BEND wheel to
bend notes up (roll the wheel away from
you) or down (roll the wheel toward you)
while playing the keyboard. The PITCH
BEND wheel is self-centering and will
automatically return to normal pitch when
released.

Adjusting the Octave setting

The [UPPER OCTAVE] button allows the MAIN and LAYER parts to be simultaneously
transposed up or down by one octave.
UPPER OCTAVE
RESET
PITCH BEND
Voices
The Portamento effect creates
a smooth pitch glide between
successively played notes.
You can add special empha-
sis to melody lines you play
over chords by using the
Layer function with a mono-
phonic voice. Set the Main
voice to play polyphonically
and set the Layer voice to
play monophonically
(MONO). In this case, the
melody you play — including
the top notes of any chords
— sounds monophonically.
Try this using the following
voices.
MAIN voice : Brass Section
(polyphonic) + LAYER voice :
Sweet Trump (monophonic)
The maximum pitch bend
range can be changed
(page 114).
More detailed octave-related
settings for each part can be
made by using the Mixing
Console function
(page 114).
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