Synthesizer Mode

Creating a User Tone

Parameters and Their Settings

Use the following procedure to select a preset tone and change its parameters to create a user tone.

1. First, select the preset tone you want to use as a basis for your user tone.

2. Press the SYNTH button.

•This enters the Synthesizer Mode, which is indicated by the pointer next to SYNTH on the display screen.

 

 

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1Parameter setting value

2Currently selected parameter

3.Use the [ ] and [ ] CURSOR buttons to display the parameter whose setting you want to change.

The following describes the function of each parameter and provides its setting range.

zAttack Time (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)

Time it takes before the tone sounds after a key is pressed

A t k T i me

zRelease Time (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)

Time the tone continues to sound after a key is released

R e l . T i me

zCutoff Frequency (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)

High-band cutoff for the harmonic components of the tone

V i b D e l a y

•Each press of the [ ] or [ ] CURSOR buttons changes to the next parameter. See “Parameters and Their Settings” on page E-43 for information on setting range for each parameter.

4.Use [+] and [–] to change the setting of the currently selected parameter.

•You can also use the number buttons to input a value to change a parameter setting. See “Parameters and Their Settings” on page E-43 for information on setting range for each parameter.

5.After you are finished editing the sound, press the SYNTH button to exit the Synthesizer Mode.

•See “Storing a User Tone In Memory” on page E-45 for details on saving user tone data to memory so it is not deleted.

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zResonance (Range: –64 to 00 to +63) Resonance of the tone

R e s o n a n .

zVibrato Waveform (Range: See below.) Specifies the vibrato waveform.

V i b . T y p e

Value

Meaning

Waveform

Sin

Sine Wave

 

tri

Triangle Wave

 

SAU

Sawtooth Wave

 

Sqr

Square Wave

 

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