Using Voice Category Search; Selecting Gm2/Xg Banks - Yamaha S08 Owner's Manual

4 Now, play the keyboard
and hear the selected
Voice. Try selecting and
playing other Voices as
well.

Selecting GM2/XG Banks

The GM2/XG Voices are divided up into several
different banks. This gives you access to an even
greater number of Voices and a wider variety of
sounds.
1 Make sure that GM2/XG memory is selected,
then call up the BK (Bank Select) display by
using the [ ] button.
DATA
DEC/NO INC/YES
2 Select the desired Bank number by using the
[INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons, or by using
the data dial.
GM2/XG Bank
Normal Voice
Display
MSB LSB
BK000 0 0
BK001 0 1
↓ ↓ ↓
BK101 0 101
BKsfx 64 0
GM000 121 0
↓ ↓ ↓
GM009 121 9
The bank is now changed. Return to the GM2/
XG display by using the [
select the desired Voice number.
n For details about Bank types, refer to the separate
Data List.
GrandPno
BK000
PAGE PART ELEM KEY
Drum Voice
Display
MSB LSB
BKsfx 126 0
BKdr 127 0
GMdr 120 0
]/[ ] buttons and

Using Voice Category Search

With the Voice Category Search feature, you can
quickly find Voices within a specified Voice
Category. For example, by selecting the PIANO
Voice Category, you can instantly call up for
selection all and only those Voices which fall into the
"PF" (PIANO) Voice Category.
1 Press the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button in
Voice Mode. Its LED will light and Category
Search will be enabled. The Memory buttons
and the numeric keypad are used for selecting
categories.
7 8
CATEGORY
DRUM
SEARCH
PIANO ORGAN
4 5
PRESET
DRUM/PERC BASS STRINGS
USER 1 2
SE REED/PIPE SYN LEAD
0 —
GM2/XG
OTHER SYN COMP CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
n Press the [EXIT] button to disable Category Search.
n The category names are printed under each button.
To switch between the "ME" and "CO" categories,
press the [OTHER] button.
n Refer to the Category List on page 50 for more
information on Voice category types.
2 Specify the desired Category using the buttons
above. The first Voice in that Category will be
automatically selected.
n In this step, the lowest numbered Voice of the
category is selected.
n The S08 searches in the following order: PRESET,
then USER, then GM2/XG.
3 Press the [INC/YES] button to increment the
Voice number in that category and press the
[DEC/NO] button to decrement it.
n You can use the same operation as described here
in selecting Voices for Multi Part Edit (page 64).
9
GUITAR
6
Select the
BRASS
category
3
SYN PAD
ENTER EXIT
KEYBOARD
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Playing Voices