Yamaha 9000 Pro

Vocal Harmony

This extraordinarily powerful feature uses advanced voice-processing technology to automatically pro-

duce vocal harmony based on a single lead vocal. In addition to straightforward harmony, the 9000Pro

also lets you change the apparent gender of the harmony and/or lead vocal sound. For example, if you

are a male singer, you can have the 9000Pro automatically generate a two-part female backup. A com-

prehensive set of parameters gives you exceptionally precise and ﬂexible control over the vocal harmony

sound.

Setting Up

1Set the INPUT VOLUME control to “MIN.”

2Set the MIC/LINE panel switch to “MIC 1” or “MIC 2.”

This is a gain control for the microphone input signal. The “MIC 1” set-

ting boosts the signal, while the “MIC 2” setting reduces it.

3Connect a microphone to the MIC/LINE IN jack of the

9000Pro.

The MIC/LINE jack accepts either 1/4” phone plugs or XLR connectors.

4Adjust the INPUT VOLUME control while singing into

the microphone.

Use the SIGNAL and OVER indicators to determine the appropriate setting.

With the INPUT VOLUME control at the minimum, sing or talk into

the microphone at the highest expected volume.

Gradually bring the control up toward “MAX” so that the SIGNAL indi-

cator is lit and the OVER indicator ﬂashes occasionally.

Then reduce the INPUT VOLUME just enough to keep the OVER indi-

cator from ﬂashing. This should be the optimum level setting. To hear

the microphone input, make sure to set the “MIC” fader in the MAIN

VOLUME display to an appropriate level.

Vocal Harmony with Accompaniment Playback

1Turn AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT on and start the accompani-

ment (page 20).

2Press the VOCAL HARMONY [V.H.(9)] button to turn the Vocal

Harmony effect on.

MIC/LINE IN buttons

VOCAL HARMONY buttons

CAUTION

Pickup of extraneous sounds from

the microphone can cause distorted

Vocal Harmony sound.

• Separate the microphone from the

speakers as much as possible.

• Refer to the important notes and caution

message on page 80.

• Turn the INPUT VOLUME control all the

way down when disconnecting a micro-

phone.

• Since the MIC/LINE IN jack is highly

sensitive, it may pick up and produce

noise when nothing is connected. To

avoid this, always set the INPUT VOL-

UME to minimum when nothing is con-

nected to the MIC/LINE IN jack.

Vocal Harmony

Reference

on page 80