Synthesizer Mode

SYNTH

CURSOR

Number buttons

[+]/[–]

Creating a User Tone

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

1First, select the preset tone you want to use as a basis for your user tone.2Press the SYNTH button.

This causes the SYNTH indicator to appear on the display.

Parameter setting value

Currently selected parameter

0 0 A t k T i m e

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

0 0 V i b D e l a y

Each press of [￿] or [￿] CURSOR button changes to the next parameter. See “Parameters and Their Settings” on this page for information on setting range for each parameter.

4Use [+] 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 this page for information on setting range for each parameter.

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

NOTE

See “Storing a User Tone In Memory” on page E-48 for details on saving user tone data to memory so it is not deleted.

Parameters and Their Settings

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

Attack Time (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)

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

- 0 1 A t k T i m e

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

Time the tone continues to sound after a key is released

- 0 7 R e l . T i m e

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

High-band cutoff for the harmonic components of the tone

-0 6 C - o f f F r q

Resonance (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)

Resonance of the tone

- 0 8 R e s o n a n .

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