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Editing the Grand Piano Tone
You can adjust various aspects of the grand piano's tone, including the string and pedal resonances, and the sound of the hammers striking the strings.
* Only tones belonging to the "Grand" group can be adjusted.
1
Press the [
] button.
2
Press the [–] [+] buttons to access the "Piano Tone Edit" screen.
3
Press the [ ] knob to confirm.
4
Press the [–] [+] buttons to access the screen of the item that
you want to adjust.
5
Press the [ ] button to confirm, and press the [–] [+] buttons
to select the value of the setting.
6
When you are finished editing the piano tone, press [
button.
A confirmation message appears.
Items
Lid
Key Off Noise
Hammer Noise
Duplex Scale
Full Scale String Res.
Piano Tone Edit
Damper Resonance Off, 1–10
Key Off Resonance
Cabinet Resonance
Soundboard Type
Damper Modeling
Single Note Tuning
(*)
Single Note Volume
(*)
Single Note
Character (*)
Reset Setting
Single Note settings (*)
1
Select the Single Note settings screen, and press the [
2
Press the key on the keyboard that you want to select, and press the [–] [+] buttons to edit the value
3
Press the [ ] button to exit the screen of that item
]
Value
Explanation
Adjusts the extent to which the top lid of the grand piano is open.
0–6 (default value: 4)
The sound will become more mellow as you close the top lid of the piano in the screen.
The sound will become brighter as you open the top lid of the piano in the screen.
Adjusts the action noise that is heard when you release a key.
Off, 1–10
(default value: 3)
Higher settings produce a louder action noise.
Adjusts the sound produced when the hammer of an acoustic piano strikes the string.
-2–0–+2
(default value: 0)
Higher settings will produce a louder sound of the hammer striking the string.
Adjusts the sympathetic vibrations of an acoustic piano's Duplex Scale.
Higher settings will make the sympathetic vibration louder.
The Duplex Scale is a system of sympathetically vibrating strings sometimes included in grand pianos.
Off, 1–10
These sympathetically vibrating strings are not struck directly with hammers, but sound by vibrating in sympathy
(default value: 2)
with the vibrations of other strings. By resonating with the overtones, these strings add richness and brilliance to the
sound. These sympathetic strings are added only to the high register above approximately C4. Since they do not have
a damper (a mechanism that stops them from sounding), they will continue sounding even after you play a note and
then release it to stop the sound of the string that was actually struck.
Adjusts the resonant sound of an acoustic piano (the sound produced by the strings of previously-pressed keys
Off, 1–10
vibrating in sympathy with newly played notes, or the sound of other strings vibrating in sympathy with the notes you
(default value: 4)
play while pressing the damper pedal). Higher settings produce louder sympathetic resonance.
Adjusts the overall resonance of the acoustic piano when its damper pedal is pressed (the sound of other strings
vibrating in sympathy when you press the damper pedal, and the resonance of the entire instrument).
Higher settings produce louder sympathetic resonance.
Adjusts the resonance of the subtle sounds that occur when a key of an acoustic piano is released.
Off, 1–10
(default value: 3)
A higher value produces a larger tonal change during the decay.
Adjusts the body resonance of the grand piano itself.
Off, 1–10
(default value: 4)
Higher values will produce a larger body resonance.
Selects how the soundboard of the acoustic piano will resonate.
1–5 (default value: 1)
You can choose from five different types of resonance.
Off, 1–10
Adjusts the damper noise of the acoustic piano sound (the sound of the damper releasing the strings when you press
(default value: 5)
the damper pedal).
-50.0–0–+50.0
Adjusts the tuning of each individual key. For example, you can adjust the width of stretched tuning, which tunes the
(per key)
higher register slightly higher and the lower register slightly lower.
-50–0 (per key)
Adjusts the volume of each key. Lower settings decrease the volume.
Adjusts the tonal character of each key. Higher settings produce a harder sound, and lower settings produce a softer
tone.
-5–0–+5 (per key)
* The result of this effect will differ depending on the pitch range.
Resets the "Piano Tone Edit" settings of the selected tone to their factory settings.
] button to confirm
Creating Your Own Piano Tone (Piano Designer)
If you decide to cancel, press the [
7
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select "Yes", and press the [ ]
button to execute.
The Grand Piano tone settings are saved.
] button.
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