Voice Mode Select - Yamaha SY77 Operating Manual

Summary: The voice mode setting determines
whether a voice will consist of one two or four
AWM or AFM elements (modes 1-10), or 61
AWM waves (mode 11).
Procedure:
From: the top level of voice edit mode
(JUMP #200, #201, #230, #256)
Press: F1 (Mode) to get the following display
Specify: the desired voice mode.
This area shows the number (1, 2, or 4) and type
(AWM or AFM) of elements in the selected
voice mode.
Move the cursor to the desired voice mode 1-11.
The selected voice mode will become effective
immediately.
01: 1AFM mono: The voice consists of one
AFM element.
02: 2AFM mono: The voice consists of two
AFM elements.
03: 4AFM mono: The voice consists of four
AFM elements. (See note)
04: 1AFM poly: The voice consists of one AFM
element.
05: 2AFM poly: The voice consists of two AFM
elements.
06: 1AWM poly: The voice consists of one
AWM element.
07: 2AWM poly: The voice consists of two
AWM elements.

Voice mode select

(JUMP #200)
Mono modes (1-3): Voices which use modes 1-3
Polyphonic modes (4-10): Voices which use modes
Drum Set mode (II): Drum set voices use only the
Note: Four-element voices (modes 3, 8, and 10) can
08: 4AWM poly: The voice consists of four
AWM elements. (See note)
09: 1AFM&1AWM: The voice consists of one
AFM and one AWM element.
10: 2AFM&2AWM: The voice consists of two
AFM and two AWM elements. (See note)
11: Drum Set: The voice consists of sixty-one
AWM samples.
are monophonic. Only one note can be produced
at a time. If a note is played while the previous
note is still sounding, the previous note will be
cut off. Mono mode is useful when simulating
instruments that naturally produce only one note
at a time. Mono mode also allows you to use a
special type of Portamento; fingered Portamento.
For details refer
9. Portamento.
4-10 are polyphonic, and will allow you to play
chords of as many notes as can be produced by
the SY77's tone generator. The AWM and
AFM tone generators can each produce up to 16
simultaneous notes. For some voice modes
more than one element may be sounded by a
single key, and this will correspondingly reduce
the number of simultaneous notes you can play.
AWM tone generator, and up to 16 AWM sam-
ples can be sounded simultaneously.
be stored only in bank D.
VOICE EDIT MODE
to Voice Common
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