Equal Temperament - Yamaha EMT-1 User Manual

Changing the Velocity Mode
Depending on the keyboard you use, the dynamics of the EMT-1 voice may not properly match those of the keyboard voices.
For example, if you play a mezzo-forte (mf = moderately loud) note on the keyboard, the EMT-1 voice might sound too
loud in relation to the keyboard voice. This situation can be easily remedied by changing the EMT-1 VELOCITY MODE.
1. While holding the MIDI button down, press the DRUMS/SYNTH voice selector once. This will display the current
velocity mode:
e If the MELLOW LED is lit, the velocity mode is normal (the EMT-1 produces mf volume when it receives a MIDI
velocity value of 64).
¢ If the BRIGHT LED is lit, the EMT-1 produces mf volume when it receives a MIDI velocity value of 96—i.e. you have
to play the keyboard harder to produce mf volume.
2. To change the current setting, press the DRUMS/SYNTH voice selector a second time (while still holding the MIDI
button). Each time you press the DRUMS/SYNTH selector the velocity mode will alternate between mf = 64 and mf = 96.
3. Release the MIDI button.
| The Odd and Even Note Modes
Although a single EMT-1 can produce a maximum of 8 notes simultaneously, two EMT-1 units can be used together to pro-
vide 16-note polyphony if one is set to respond only to even-numbered MIDI note numbers and the other is set to respond
only to odd-numbered notes.
1. While holding the MIDI button down, press the ALIEN/ELEC. voice selector once. This will display the current note mode:
* If both the MELLOW and BRIGHT LEDs are lit, the EMT-1 is in the normal note mode, and will respond to all
received MIDI note numbers.
e If the MELLOW LED is lit, the note mode is EVEN, and the EMT-1 will respond only to even MIDI note numbers.
¢ If the BRIGHT LED is lit, the note mode is ODD and the EMT-1 will respond only to odd MIDI note numbers.
2. To change the current setting, press the ALIEN/
ELEC. voice selector a second time (while still holding EMT-1 EMT-1
the MIDI button). Each time you press the ALIEN/ MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI THRU MIDI IN
ELEC. selector the note mode will alternate between
normal, odd and even.
3. Release the MIDI button.
Alternate Tunings
In addition to the standard ""egual temperament" keyboard tuning, the EMT-1 can be set to provide three other tunings:
1. EQUAL TEMPERAMENT
Developed toward the end of the 19th century, this tuning features perfectly equal 1/2-tone intervals permitting complete
freedom in transposition and key changes.
2. PIANO CURVE
This type of tuning is frequently employed in acoustic pianos, and may sound best when the EMT-1 is used with a Yamaha
keyboard that features this type of tuning—such as the piano voices on a Yamaha Clavinova.
3. WERCKMEISTER
4, KIRNBERGER
Both these tunings were favored from the days of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin right up to the age of the romanticists.
1. While holding the MIDI button down, press the WAH/UPRIGHT voice selector once. This will display the current
tuning mode:
© If the MELLOW LED is lit, the current tuning is EQUAL TEMPERAMENT.
© If the SLOW LED is lit, the current tuning is PIANO CURVE.
è If the BRIGHT LED is lit, the current tuning is WERCKMEISTER.
* If the FAST LED is lit, the current tuning is KIRNBERGER.
2. To change the current setting, press the WAH/UPRIGHT voice selector a second time (while still holding the MIDI
button). Each time you press the WAH/UPRIGHT selector the note mode will alternate between EQUAL TEMPERA-
MENT, PIANO CURVE, WERCKMEISTER and KIRNBERGER.
3. Release the MIDI button.