Overview Of The S03; Controller; Tone Generator - Yamaha S03 Owner's Manual

Overview of the S03

The S03 has a wide variety of advanced and convenient features. This section gives you an overview of these
features.
The following diagram shows the various component sections or "blocks" of the S03.

Controller

This block consists of the keyboard, Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels and so on. The keyboard itself doesn't
generate sounds, but instead sends note, velocity and other information to the S03's tone generator section for the
notes you play. The controllers also send non-note performance data. Information from the keyboard and
controllers can be transmitted to other external MIDI devices through the MIDI OUT connector.

Tone Generator

This block plays back sounds according to information received from the keyboard and controllers. The following
example illustrates the path taken by the signal from an Element in the Voice Mode.
Tone Generator
OSC
(Oscillator)
Outputs the waveform of each Element.
Each Voice consists of up to four Elements.
Controller
keyboard
Tone Generator
Controls the pitch of each Element output
from the OSC section.
PITCH FILTER
Changes the tonal quality of each Element
output from the PITCH section.
controllers
Effect
Controls the output level (amplitude) of each
Element output from the FILTER section. The
signals are then sent at this level to the
Effects Units.
AMP
To Effects Units
(Amplitude)
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