Basic Operations
Combination tones

The following describes the two types of combination tones that are available.

Layered Tones (Tone Numbers: 80 through 89)

Example: 80 STR PIANO

This tone layers a strings tone with a piano tone so they both sound when a keyboard key is pressed.

Split Tones (Tone Numbers: 90 through 96)

Example: 90 BASS/PIANO

This tone splits the keyboard so one range is assigned a bass tone and another range is assigned a piano tone.

BASS PIANO

Percussion sounds

Example: 99 PERCUSSION

This tone assigns various percussion sounds to the keyboard. See the “Percussion Instrument List” on page A-4 for full details.

Sound Effect Tones

With sound effect tones 77 through 79, the type of sound produced depends on the octave where the key you press is located. When 78 PHONE is selected available sound types are PUSH TONE 1, PUSH TONE 2, RING 1, RING 2, and

BUSY SIGNAL.

Polyphony

The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 12-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto- accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the number of notes (polyphony) available for keyboard play is reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer only 6-note polyphony.

NOTE

•When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced.

Digital Sampling

A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have been recorded and processed using a technique called digital sampling. To ensure a high level of tonal quality, samples are taken in the low, mid, and high ranges and then combined to provide you with sounds that are amazingly close to the originals. You may notice very slight differences in volume or sound quality for some tones when you play them at different positions on the keyboard. This is an unavoidable result of multiple sampling, and it is not a sign of malfunction.

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