Yamaha 301, 303, CVP-305

Using, Creating and Editing Voices Reference

CVP-305/303/301 Owner’s Manual

Using, Creating and Editing Voices

Voice Characteristics

The Voice type and its deﬁning characteristics are indicated above the Preset Voice

name.

Reference to Quick Guide pages

Playing Voices................................................................................ page 28

Playing the Piano Voice...........................................................page 28

Playing Various Voices.............................................................page 31

Mega Voices Compatibility

(CVP-305)

Mega Voices are unique to the

Clavinova and are not compati-

ble with other models. Any song

style data you’ve created on the

Clavinova using the Mega Voices

will not sound properly when

played back on other instru-

ments.

Natural! These rich and luscious Voices are comprised mostly of keyboard instru-

ment sounds and are especially intended for playing piano and other

keyboard parts. They also take full advantage of Yamaha’s advanced

sampling technology such as Stereo Sampling, Dynamic Sampling, Sus-

tain Sampling, and Key-off Sampling.

Live! These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a

truly authentic, rich sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.

Cool! These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of elec-

tric instruments—thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very

sophisticated programming.

Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also beneﬁt from Yamaha’s sophisti-

cated technology—and feature a sound so ﬁnely detailed and natural,

you’ll swear you’re playing the real thing!

Drums Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys,

letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.

SFX Various special effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you

play the sounds from the keyboard.

Organ Flutes! This authentic organ Voice lets you use the Sound Creator to adjust the

various footages and craft your own original organ sounds. See page 93

for details.

Mega Voice

(CVP-305)

The Mega Voices are not intended to be played from the keyboard. They

are primarily designed for use with recorded MIDI sequence data (such

as songs and styles). Some of the guitar and bass Voices in particular

have been created as Mega Voices for the Clavinova, and are easily dis-

tinguished from the normal Voices by their icons in the Voice Selection

display.

What makes Mega Voices special is their use of velocity switching. Nor-

mal Voices use velocity switching, too—to make the sound quality and/

or level of a Voice according to how strongly or softly you play it. This

makes the Clavinova Voices sound authentic and natural. However,

with Mega Voices, each velocity range (the measure of your playing

strength) has a completely different sound.

For example, a Mega guitar Voice includes the sounds of various perfor-

mance techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having

those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination

to achieve the desired effect. However, now with Mega Voices, a con-

vincing guitar part can be played with just a single Voice, using speciﬁc

velocity values to play the desired sounds.

Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise veloci-

ties need to play the sounds, they’re not intended for playing from the

keyboard. They are, however, very useful and convenient when creating

MIDI data—especially when you want to avoid using several different

Voices just for a single instrument part.