Chapter 9

Playing the Keyboard with an Ensemble Voice

The Disklavier’s [VOICE] button lets you assign a voice from the internal XG tone generator to accompany the piano while you play. You will hear in unison the piano sound coming from the Disklavier and an Ensemble voice produced by the internal XG tone generator. This is sometimes referred to as voice layering or unison.

The internal XG tone generator offers 480 instrumental voices (128 basic voices) and 11 drum kits for playing the keyboard.

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Chapter 9:

Playing

Playing the Keyboard with an Ensemble Voice

1 During playback or in Stop mode, press [VOICE].

VOICE

The VOICE indicator lights and the following display appears.

2 Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select a voice number.

–/NO +/YES

The voice name and number change accordingly.

See Chapter 14 “Internal XG Tone Generator Voice & Drum Kit List” for a listing of basic voices.

Setting the voice to “##” produces no sound from the internal XG tone generator for the piano parts.

3 Press [>], then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select a bank.

–/NO +/YES

The bank number of the selected voice appears temporarily in place of the Vol parameter. The bank number automatically returns to 0 when the voice number is changed.

See “XG Normal Voice List” on pages 11 and 12 in the Appendix section in the Advanced Operation Manual for a full listing of available voices.

4 To adjust the volume, press [>] until the c cursor is next to the

Vol parameter, then use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to set a value.

–/NO +/YES

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Yamaha DGC1B manual Chapter Playing the Keyboard with an Ensemble Voice, During playback or in Stop mode, press Voice

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