Select A Voice And Play; Selecting A Voice; Selecting The Best Voice For The Song Or Style (One Touch Setting); Playing Various Sound Effects - Yamaha PSR-E283 Reference Manual

Select a Voice and Play!

With this instrument, you can change the sound of the keyboard to the sound of an instrument other than the piano.

Selecting a Voice

1
Press [VOICE] !3 .
2
Press the button of the desired Voice from among the
Category buttons !4 .
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Each time you press the button, it changes to a different Voice
within the same category.
3
Play the keyboard.
• There are two other ways to select a Voice. See "How to select
Voices, Songs, or Styles" (page 10).
Drum Kit
The Drum Kit is a collection of various percussion
instrument sounds. If you select a drum kit (Voice
numbers 125–133 and 387–395) as the Voice, each key
played will produce a different percussion instrument
sound.
For details on the instruments and key assignments of
each Drum Kit, see "Drum Kit List" (page 42).
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Selecting the Best Voice for the Song or
Style (One Touch Setting)
The One Touch Setting feature automatically selects
the most suitable Voice when you select a Song or Style
(excluding songs input from the [AUX IN] jack).
You can activate the One Touch Setting by holding down
!9 and pressing [VOICE] !3 . You can also activate it
by selecting Voice number "000" for the Voice.
If you select another Voice, the One Touch Setting will be
canceled.

Playing Various Sound Effects

1
Press [SFX KIT] !7 .
2
Play the keyboard.
A sound effect plays, one that corresponds to the SFX kit
illustration @0 just above the key you played.
Even if you play a key that does not have an illustration above it,
various sounds will be produced.
For the sound effects assigned to each key, see "SFX Kit List"
(page 41).

Calling up the Grand Piano Voice

1
Press [PORTABLE GRAND] !8 .
This instantly resets all of your settings, and lets you play the
piano sound with the entire keyboard.