Programming Your Own Performance Combinations - Yamaha SY85 Owner's Manual

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Programming Your Own Performance Combinations

A single SY85 "performance combination" can have one, two, three, or four
"layers," each having a different voice and several other important attributes.
In addition to the individual attributes that can be programmed for each
layer, overall characteristics such as volume, effects, and the performance name
can also be programmed.
Layers can be played simultaneously across the entire keyboard, limited to
specific ranges to create split keyboard setups, or overlapped in any way re-
quired. It's also possible to use "velocity switching" to assign different velocity
ranges to different layers so that, for example, one voice sounds when you play
softly and a completely different voice takes over (or overlaps the first voice)
when you play harder.
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3. The Performance Mode