Synthesizer Mode; Synthesizer Mode Functions - Casio PX-410R User Manual

Synthesizer Mode

The Synthesizer Mode of this digital piano provides the tools
for creating your own original tones. Simply select one of the
built-in tones and change its parameters to create your own
original sound. You can even store your sounds in memory
and select it using the same procedure as that used to select a
preset tone.

Synthesizer Mode Functions

The following describes how to use each of the functions
available in the Synthesizer Mode.
Synthesizer Mode Parameters
The preset tones that are built into this digital piano consist
of a number of parameters. To create a user tone, you first
recall a advanced tone (000 to 399) or a preset tone (400 to
599) and then change its parameters to change it to your own
tone. Note that drum set tones (600 through 619) cannot be
used as the basis of a user tone.
The illustration nearby shows the parameters that make up
the preset tones and what each parameter does. As can be
seen in the illustration, parameters can be divided into four
groups, each of which is described in detail below.
Volume Characteristic
Parameters
Tone Pitch Parameters
Tone Characteristic
Waveform
Tone Setting
Tone Characteristic
Setting Parameters
NOTE
• Note that the tone whose parameter you can edit is the
one assigned to the channel (1 through 4) that is currently
selected with the Synthesizer Mode.
bAttack Time
bRelease Time
bCutoff Frequency
bResonance
bVibrato Type
bVibrato Delay
bVibrato Rate
bVibrato Depth
bOctave Shift
bLevel
bTouch Sense
bReverb Send
bChorus Send
bDSP Line
bDSP Type
bDSP Parameter
(1) Tone Characteristic Waveform
I Tone Setting
Specifies which of the preset tones should be used as the
original tone.
(2) Volume Characteristic Parameters
These parameters control how the tone changes over time,
from when the keyboard key is pressed until the tone decays.
You can specify changes in volume and sound characteristics.
I Attack time
This is the rate or time it takes for the tone to reach its highest
volume level. You can specify a fast rate, where the tone
reaches its highest volume level immediately, a slow rate
where it gradually rises, or something in between.
I Release time
This is the rate or time it takes for the tone volume to fall to
zero. You can specify a release that ranges from a sudden fall
to zero, to one that gradually falls to zero.
A
Key pressed
A: Attack time
R: Release time
Output
I Cutoff Frequency
The cutoff frequency is a parameter for adjusting timbre by
cutting any frequency that is higher than a specific frequency.
A larger cutoff frequency produces a brighter (harder) timbre,
while a smaller frequency produces a darker (softer) timbre.
Level
Envelope
Note ends
R
Key released
Frequency
Cutoff frequency
Time
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