Playing The Keyboard With Two People (Duo Mode) - Yamaha PSR-E283 Reference Manual

Playing the Keyboard with Two People (Duo Mode)

When the Duo mode is turned on, the keyboard is divided into left and right player sides, allowing two people to play in the
same octave range at the same time. This is useful for learning situations, in which one person (a teacher, for example) plays a
model performance and the other person watches and practices while sitting at the first person's side.
1
Press [FUNCTION] !6 repeatedly to call up "DuoMode
(024)."
2
Press [+] !5 to turn it to "on."
on
on DuoMode
024
Equivalent to C3
Left player
The keyboard is divided into left and right sections with the F#3 key
as a boundary, and you can play the same range of notes on the
left and right.
• The left and right player sides of the keyboard are both
set to the same Voice. However, this does not apply if you
select a Voice from the "DUAL" category (Voice numbers
396–410).
• The boundary between the left and right players' keys
cannot be changed from F#3.
3
Play with two people, one on the left player side and
one on the right player side.
Selecting a Voice
Select a Voice by executing Steps 1 and 2 in "Selecting a Voice"
on page 14.
• If you select a Voice from the "DUAL" category (Voice
numbers 396–410), only the right player's side will have a
sound that is a combination of two sounds (dual).
• The Lesson function cannot be used in the Duo mode.
F#3
Equivalent to C3
Right player
How sounds are output in the Duo mode
Notes played on the left player side sound from the left-side
speaker, while notes played on the right player side sound
from the right-side speaker in the initial Duo mode setting. You
can change the way the speakers sound by following the steps
below.
1)
Call up "DuoType" (page 33, Function number 025)
in "Function Settings."
2)
Select the output method for the left and right
speakers by selecting either "1 Balance" or
"2 Separate."
• Balance: The performance sounds on the left player
side and right player side will sound from both the
left and right speakers.
• Separate: The performance sounds on the left
player side will sound from the left speaker, and the
performance sounds on the right player side will
sound from the right speaker.
The default setting in the Duo mode is "2 Separate."
• If "DuoType" is "2 Separate," the pan, volume, and tonal
characteristics of the stereo sound may differ from normal.
Particularly with Drum Kits, the difference may be more
obvious, since each key of a Drum Kit features a different
stereo pan position.
Sustain effect in the Duo mode
As with the conventional mode, the Duo mode lets you apply a
lingering sound (sustain effect) to the keyboard performance
using either of the methods below. With either method, you can
apply a sustain effect to both the left and right player's keyboard
sounds.
• Press the foot switch (page 7) connected to the [SUSTAIN]
jack.
• If you want the sustain effect to always be applied, set
"Sustain" (page 33, Function number 016) to "on" in
"Function Settings."
• Sustain effects cannot be applied separately to the sound
on the left and right player sides.
Style Playback in the Duo mode
Only the rhythm part of a Style can be played back. Other parts
cannot be played back.
Phrase recording in the Duo mode
The sounds played on the left and right player sides are
recorded to the same track.
For details on phrase recording, see "Recording Your
Performance (Phrase Recording)" (page 29).
4
To cancel the Duo mode, call up "DuoMode (024)" (see
Step 1) and press [-] !5 to set it to "oFF (off)."
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