Voice Categories; Category Listing - Yamaha VP-1 Owner's Manual

Voice Categories

Voices are grouped into categories that indicate the general sound type. Referring to categories can help you keep
track of what each voice sounds like.

Category Listing

Each category is expressed as a name of four characters or less. The following table
lists and describes the available categories.
4-character display 10-character display
4-character display 10-character display
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No Assign
AcPf Aco.Piano
ElPf Ele.Piano
MKey Misc.Kbd
AGtr Aco.Guitar
EGtr Ele.Guitar
MGtr MiscGuitar
Bass Bass
Eth Ethnic
CPrc ChromPerc
Perc Percussive
Drum Drum set
Org Organ
Bowd BowedStrgs
Pluk PluckStrgs
Orch Misc.Orch
OEns OrchEnsmbl
Chor Choir
MEns MiscEnsmbl
Brs Brass
Reed Reed
Pipe Pipe
Voce Voice
SLd SynthLead
SPad SynthPad
SCmp SynthComp
SSFx SynthSE
MSFx MusicalSE
NSFx NaturalSE
Smpl PhraseSmpl
When you store a voice to memory, you are free to change its category setting. (
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Description
(No category)
Acoustic piano
Electric piano
Misc. keyboard
Acoustic guitar
Electric guitar
Misc. guitar
Bass
Ethnic
Chromatic percussion
Nonchromatic percussion
Drum voice
Organ
Bowed strings
Plucked strings
Misc. string solo
Orchestra ensemble
Choir
Misc. ensemble
Brass
Reed Pipe
Human
Voice
Synth lead
Synth pad
Synth comp
Synth sound effect
Musical sound effect
Natural sound effect
Phrase sample
Voice Categories
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