Changing The Voice Bank - Yamaha QS300 Owner's Manual

Changing the Voice Bank

Hold this down and press ^
or & to quickly select the XG,
SFX, Preset and User Banks.
Selecting and Playing Voices / Changing the Voice Bank
You can also change the Voice Bank of the QS300. Each Bank can contain up
to 128 different Voices. There are a total of 47 Banks: XG 001-101, SFX
(sound effects), Pre (Preset) and Usr (User). Though not all of the Banks have a
completely different set of Voices, there are 954 Voices available in the 105
Banks.
To select a Bank:
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• Use the Bank </> controls (^ and &).
• Press !, @ or # to directly select the XG, Preset or User Bank,
respectively.
• Hold down the ( button and simultaneously press one of the Bank </>
controls (^ or &) to quickly select the XG, SFX (sound effect), Preset
and User Banks.
SHIFT F1 F2
Press one of these to
directly select the corre-
sponding Bank:
• !: XG
• @: Preset
• #: User
To browse through the Voice directory and call up different Voices in a specific
Bank:
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• Press * (Dir).
Use the cursor buttons or the rotary dial to move through the list, highlighting
different Voices and then playing them. The highlighted Voice is automatically
selected for playing.
Selected Voice.
Voice Bank and number.
F3 F4 F5 F6
Press ^ or & to
step through the
Banks.
F7 F8
Press * to call up the Voice
directory (see below).
Indicates scrolling
position of displayed
Voice names.
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