Trying Some Voices - Yamaha VP-1 Owner's Manual

Trying Some Voices

The VP1's internal memory comes loaded with 64 voices: four banks (A to D) of 16
voices each. The next procedure illustrates the various methods for switching to
different voices. Try playing a few of the voices to see how they sound. When you
select a voice, the voice's category and name appear in large letters at the center of the
display.
Procedure
1. Press bank button
The LED above the button begins flashing.
2. Press program button
The Quick Edit panel lights up briefly. The LCD then changes to the display
illustrated below — indicating that the selected voice is B02, "Jody."
Now try selecting other voices by pressing the appropriate bank button
( to
A D
switching between voices in the same bank, you do not need to press the bank
button.
3. Press the button.
INC/YES
The voice number increases by 1.
In the same way, pressing the
that the INC/YES and
pressing when the current voice is A16, for example, switches the
INC/YES
voice to B1. The
INC/YES
voices.
4. Turn the dial.
Turn the dial clockwise to continuously increment the voice number, or
counterclockwise to decrement the number.
Now spend some time practicing the different voice-selection methods and
familiarizing yourself with the sounds of some of the voices.
FYI
• Some voices display a comment window when you first switch into them. You can close the
window by pressing the
REFERENCE: 1-4)
• The bottom line of the LCD displays a menu of the functions accessible from the current
screen ( REFERENCE: 1-3, 1-9)
.
B
.
2
) followed by the appropriate program button. If you are
decreases the voice number by 1. Notice
DEC/NO
DEC/NO buttons are not restricted by bank boundaries —
and buttons for switching between nearby
DEC/NO
EXIT button, and reopen it by pressing the
First Try
ENTER button. (
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