Editing Voices - Sound Creator; Operation - Yamaha PF-1000 Owner's Manual

Editing Voices — Sound Creator
The PF-1000 has a Sound Creator feature that allows you to create your own voices by
editing some parameters of the existing voices. Once you've created a voice, you can
save it as a USER voice for future recall.
MARCH &
FADE IN/OUT POP & ROCK POP BALLADS DANCE SWING & JAZZ R & B COUNTRY LATIN WORLD WALTZ BALLROOM PIANIST USER
STYLE
ACMP AUTO FILL IN OTS LINK
BREAK INTRO MAIN ENDING/rit. SYNC.STOP SYNC.START START/STOP
START/STOP A B C D
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME STYLE CONTROL
METRONOME

Operation

1
Press the [F], [G] or [H] button to select the
Part (MAIN, LAYER or LEFT) containing the
voice you wish to edit.
3
Edit the voice parameters.
The operations for each function selected in this step are covered in detail, starting on page 87.
NATURAL VOICE
Indicates the parameters available for editing in
this display. These correspond to the parameters/
values shown at the bottom of the display.
4
Save the edited voice to the USER drive
(Flash ROM) as a USER voice (page 44).
SOUND
CREATOR LCD
CONTRAST
BACK NEXT
MENU
DEMO
VOICE
PART
A F
ON/OFF
LAYER
HELP
B G
LEFT
C H
FUNCTION
D I
MUSIC
FINDER
E J
DIGITAL
STUDIO ENTER
SOUND
CREATOR
DATA ENTRY
DIGITAL
RECORDING
EXTRA TRACKS TRACK2 TRACK1
STYLE L R
MIXING
CONSOLE
REC TOP START/STOP REW FF BALANCE
REPEAT
DIRECT
ACCESS EXIT
PART
NEW SONG SYNC.START
SONG CHANNEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ON/OFF
TAP TEMPO
RESET RESET
TRANSPOSE PART
TEMPO
F
G
H
I
J
Select the desired menu by
pressing the [NEXT]/
[BACK] button.
Select the desired menu.
The selected menu is highlighted.
Can be used during editing to
compare the sound of the original
voice with the edited voice.
Opens the Save (Voice) display
for saving the edited voice as a
User voice (page 44).
HARMONY/
REVERB DSP VARIATION ECHO MONO LEFT HOLD 1 2 3 4
VOICE EFFECT ONE TOUCH SETTING
PIANO & ORGAN &
HARPSI. E.PIANO ACCORDION PERCUSSION GUITAR BASS PIANO
BRASS WOODWIND STRINGS CHOIR & PAD SYNTH. XG USER FREEZE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MEMORY
VOICE REGISTRATION MEMORY
2
Press the
[SOUND
CREATOR]
button.
DIGITAL
STUDIO
SOUND
CREATOR
DIGITAL
RECORDING
MIXING
CONSOLE
PART
REGULAR VOICE
5
Press the [USER] button to select the
edited voice, and play the keyboard.
• The Voice can be edited in
realtime while playing
back a song/style.
• Keep in mind that adjust-
ments made to the param-
eters may not make much
change in the actual sound
depending on the original
settings of the voice.
The voice can also be
selected in the SOUND
CREATOR display.
CAUTION
The settings are lost if the
edited part's voice is
switched to another voice.
Important data should be
saved to User Drive or floppy
disk.
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