Effect-Related Settings; Setting The Touch Sensitivity Of The Keyboard - Yamaha Tyros3 Reference Manual

Effect-Related Settings

Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard

You can adjust the touch response of the instrument (how the sound responds to the
way you play the keys). The touch sensitivity type becomes the common setting for all
Voices.
1
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] → [D] CONTROLLER → TAB [
2
1 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired parameter: INITIAL
1
TOUCH or AFTER TOUCH.
2
3
Use the [1 ▲▼]–[8 ▲▼] buttons to specify the touch response.
● 1 INITIAL TOUCH
[1 ▲▼]/
[2 ▲▼]
[4 ▲▼]
[5 ▲▼]–
[8 ▲▼]
● 2 AFTER TOUCH
[1 ▲▼]/
[2 ▲▼]
[5 ▲▼]–
[8 ▲▼]
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TOUCH Determines the Initial Touch sensitivity setting.
HARD 2: Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best for players
with a heavy touch.
HARD 1: Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.
NORMAL: Standard touch response.
SOFT 1: Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.
SOFT 2: Produces relatively high volume even with light playing strength.
Best for players with a light touch.
TOUCH OFF Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to "OFF."
LEVEL
LEFT–RIGHT3 Turns Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part.
TOUCH Determines the Aftertouch sensitivity setting.
HARD: Relatively strong aftertouch pressure is needed to produce changes.
NORMAL: Produces a fairly standard aftertouch response.
SOFT: Allows you to produce relatively large changes with very light
aftertouch pressure.
LEFT–RIGHT3 Turns Aftertouch on or off for each keyboard part.
Q Q Q Q ][ W W W W ] KEYBOARD/PANEL
NOTE
Some Voices are purposely designed
without touch sensitivity, in order to
emulate the true characteristics of the
actual instrument (for example, conven-
tional organs, which have no touch
response).