Voice Parameters; Basic Terms; Definitions - Yamaha MOX8 Manual

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Voice Parameters

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Basic Terms

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Definitions

Voice
Normal Voice
Drum Voice
Element
Drum Key
Voice Edit
GM
A Voice is a musical instrument sound that is built into an Electronic
Musical Instrument.
There are two Voice Types:
Normal Voices
Drum Voices
Normal Voices are mainly pitched musical instrument-type sounds.
You can play over the range of the keyboard at the standard pitch for each
key. Normal Voices consist of one or more Elements (see "Element").
Drum Voices are mainly percussion/drum sounds.
A Drum Voice consists of mainly percussion/drum sounds that are
assigned to individual notes on the keyboard, or a collection of assigned
percussion/drum waves. The Drum Voice is also known as a Drum Kit.
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Figure 1: Individual drum sounds, different for each key.
An Element is the smallest unit that makes up a Normal Voice.
An Element is created by applying Voice Parameters to sound material. A
single Normal Voice can be created by combining several Elements.
A Drum Key is the smallest unit that makes up a Drum Voice.
A Drum Key is assigned to individual notes on the Keyboard. The
percussion/Drum wave is assigned to a Drum Key.
A function that lets you create your own Voices.
Use Voice Edit to adjust or apply Voice Parameters to a Voice.
For Normal Voices:
Use Common Edit to edit the settings that are common to all
Elements;
Use Element Edit to edit the settings for each Element separately.
For Drum Voices:
Use Common Edit to edit the settings that are common to all keys;
Use Key Edit to edit the settings for each key separately.
General MIDI (GM) is a worldwide standard for Voice organization and
MIDI functions of synthesizers and tone generators.
This standard ensures that any song sounds virtually the same on any GM
device of any manufacturer. The GM Voice Bank on this synthesizer is
designed to appropriately play back GM song data. However, the sound
may not be exactly the same as played by the original tone generator.
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