Synthesizer Mode

The Synthesizer Mode of this keyboard provides the tools for creating your own original tones. Simply select one of the built-in tones and change its parameters to create your own original sound. You can even store your sounds in memory and select it using the same procedure as that used to select a preset tone.

Synthesizer Mode Functions

The following describes how to use each of the functions available in the Synthesizer Mode.

Synthesizer Mode Parameters

The preset tones that are built into this keyboard consist of a number of parameters. To create a user tone, you first recall a General MIDI tone (100 to 227) or a preset tone (000 to 099) and then change its parameters to change it to your own tone. Note that drum set tones (228 through 237) cannot be used as the basis of a user tone.

The illustration below shows the parameters that make up the preset tones and what each parameter does. As can be seen in the illustration, these parameters can be divided into four groups, each of which is described in detail below.

 

 

 

Volume Characteristic

 

 

 

 

 

Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

￿Attack Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿Release Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿Resonance

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿Cutoff Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone Pitch Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone Characteristic

 

￿Vibrato Type

 

 

 

 

￿Vibrato Delay

 

 

 

Waveform

 

 

 

 

 

￿Vibrato Depth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone Setting

 

 

￿Vibrato Rate

 

 

Output

 

 

 

￿Octave Shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone Characteristic

Setting Parameters

￿Level

￿Touch Sense ￿Reverb Send ￿Chorus Send ￿DSP Line ￿DSP Type ￿DSP Parameter

❚NOTE

•Synthesizer Mode operations affect the tone selected for Chan- nel 1.

(1) Tone Characteristic Waveform
■Tone Setting

Specifies which of the preset tones should be used as the original tone.

(2) Volume Characteristic Parameters

These parameters control how the tone changes over time, from when the keyboard key is pressed until the tone de- cays. You can specify changes in volume and sound charac- teristics.

■Attack time

This is the rate or time it takes for the tone to reach its highest volume level. You can specify a fast rate, where the tone reaches its highest volume level immediately, a slow rate where it gradually rises, or something in between.

■Release time

This is the rate or time it takes for the tone volume to fall to zero. You can specify a release that ranges from a sudden fall to zero, to one that gradually falls to zero.

 

Envelope

Note ends

 

 

 

 

Time

A

 

R

Key pressed

Key released

A:Attack time

R:Release time

■Cutoff Frequency

The cutoff frequency is a parameter for adjusting timbre by cutting any frequency that is higher than a specific frequen- cy. A larger cutoff frequency produces a brighter (harder) tim- bre, while a smaller frequency produces a darker (softer) tim- bre.

Level

Frequency

Cutoff frequency

E-38

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