Yamaha RM50 Owner's Manual page 24

Entering Setup Edit Mode
Selecting a Note
Assigning Voices
There is one setting which affects all of the notes in the kit rather than indi-
vidual notes: the pitch bend range parameter. It is possible to turn the pitch bend
function on or off for each note using the pitch bend switch parameter. However,
all notes that are switched to "on" will be bent by the same amount in response
to pitch bend messages, since the pitch bend range setting operates at the chan-
nel level.
To get an idea how you can go about modifying these settings, let's try editing
rhythm kit J-5, "Studio 2", which we selected in the preceding tutorial. Check to
make sure the name of this kit is still displayed.
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Now press the [EDIT] key. The red EDIT lamp to the left of the VOLUME
control will light up, and a display like the following will appear in the LCD. (If
the word "KIT" in the upper left corner of the display is followed by a parameter
name, press the [PAGE-] key and hold it until the display stops changing.)
This is the display for the Note Assign function, which lets you assign voices to
notes. You must begin by selecting the note you wish to change. Let's try
changing C1, one of the notes in the range with two voice slots.
First, use the [>] key to move the blinking pointer to the note number in the
upper right corner of the LCD, if it is not there already. Then, press the
[+1/YES] key to change the note number in the upper right corner to "C1 (36)".
(If a higher note number is displayed, you will have to press the [-1/NO] key
rather than the [+1/YES] key to lower it.)
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Next, press the [>] key to move the pointer to the name of the currently selected
voice slot. This should be set to Vcel; if it isn't, press the [-1/NO] key.
The lower line of this display tells us that preset bass drum voice P-BD 5,
"DR Danc2", has been assigned to voice slot 1 of note C1. (The letters DR
beginning the name of this voice indicate that it is a "dry" voice — that is, it
lacks reverb.)
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