Applying Effects To A Voice - Yamaha PSR-S650 Owner's Manual

Applying Effects to a Voice

You can apply effects to a Voice played on the keyboard by pressing the Voice Control buttons. To turn the effect
off, press the button again.
Adding Harmony
This feature adds har-
mony notes as well as
tremolo or echo effects to
the Main Voice. A suit-
able Harmony type is
automatically selected
when you select a Main
Voice.
You can see the on/off status for the Harmony and Sustain in the Main display.
How to Play Each Harmony Type
The Harmony behaves differently depending on the type. Check the current Har-
mony Type on the display by holding the [HARMONY] button for longer than a sec-
ond.
Harmony types 01 to 10, 13
Press the right-hand keys while playing chords in the
Auto Accompaniment range of the keyboard when the
Auto Accompaniment is on (page 29).
Harmony types 15 to 18 (Echo)
Hold the keys.
Reverb and Chorus
The other effects provided are Reverb and Chorus. Reverb lets you play with a rich
concert hall type ambience, and Chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to
many of the same voices being played in unison. A suitable Reverb type and Chorus
type are automatically selected when you select a Style or Song.
Adding Sustain
This function adds sus-
tain to the keyboard
voices. Use it when you
want to add sustain to the
voices at all times, regard-
less of footswitch opera-
tion. The sustain function
does not affect the Left
Voice.
Appears when Sustain is on
Appears when Harmony is on
1. Voices – Playing the Keyboard –
The button lights when
DSP is ON.
Adding DSP
A huge variety of DSP
effects are available for
applying to the Main,
Dual and Left Voices. A
suitable DSP type is
automatically selected
when you select a Main
Voice.
Harmony types 19 to 22 (Tremolo)
Play the keys.
Harmony types 23 to 26 (Trill)
Hold down two keys.
NOTE
• You can specify the Har-
mony type. For details, refer
to the Reference Manual.
NOTE
• For some Voices, sustain
may not be audibly affected
when the Sustain is turned
on.
NOTE
• You can specify the DSP
type. For details, refer to the
Reference Manual.
NOTE
• You can specify the Reverb
type and Chorus type. For
details, refer to the Refer-
ence Manual.
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