Voices - Yamaha TNR-W Manual

Voices

The various sounds that can be played by the TENORI-ON are called "voices." The TENORI-
ON can use up to 256 voices, 253 of which are built in and play via the internal MIDI tone
generator. A wide range of voices including piano, strings, drums, percussion, sound
effects, and voices developed specifically for use with the TENORI-ON are provided.
The remaining three voice numbers are reserved for voice samples provided by the user.
Samples you have created using your computer or downloaded can be converted and
assigned for use with the TENORI-ON by using the supplied TENORI-ON User Voice
Manager software, saved to an SD Memory Card, and then loaded into the TENORI-ON.
User voice can be played in the same way as the internal MIDI tone generator voices.
A different voice can be assigned to each layer, and all notes played on a given layer will be
played using the same voice. Multiple layers with different voices assigned to each can be
played simultaneously. But of course you could also assign the same voice to multiple
layers. Maximum polyphony (the maximum number of notes that can be played
simultaneously) is 32. If more than 32 notes are played at the same time, only the last
(newest) 32 notes will be played.
The voices can be varied by adjusting gate time (the length of the notes), transposition,
octave shift, and other parameters. There's also a Master Tuning parameter that can be used
to tune the MIDI tone generator voices.
The ionian C scale is assigned to layer pitches by default (i.e. the LED buttons produces
pitches corresponding to the white keys on a piano). The default scale can be changed via
the menu.
MIDI drum voices have no pitch variation. Each LED button produces the sound of a different
drum or percussion instrument. For this reason scale, octave shift, and transpose settings
have no effect on drum voices.
Reverb and chorus effects can be applied to the voices. The effect type and depth can be
set as required.
A number of other variations can be applied to voices. Refer to the items listed below for
more information.
[Reference]
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Changing Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instrument
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Adjusting Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Volume
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Changing Note Length (Gate Time) . . . . . . . . . . Sound Length
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Octave Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Octave
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Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Transpose
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Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Tuning
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Changing Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Scale
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Page 24, 49
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Page 43
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Volume Page 33, 50
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Page 25, 52
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Page 26
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Page 32, 45
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Page 60
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