26 PF-500
Selecting and Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Procedure
Voice
On the PF-500, a voice
means “tone” or “tonal color.”
You can also switch between
voices in the same group by
pressing a voice group but-
ton repeatedly.
To learn characteristics of
the voices, listen to demo
songs for each voice group
(page 20). Refer to “Preset
Voice List” on page 97 for
more information on charac-
teristics of each preset voice.
You can control the loudness of
a voice by how hard you play
the keyboard, although differ-
ent playing styles (touch sensi-
tivities) have little or no effect
with the sound of certain musi-
cal instruments. Refer to “Pre-
set Voice List” on page 97.
XG is a major enhancement
of the GM System level 1
format, and was developed
by Yamaha specially to pro-
vide more voices and varia-
tions, as well as greater
expressive control over
voices and effects, and to
ensure compatibility of data
well into the future.
If you select XG and then
simultaneously press the
VARIATION [▼][▲] buttons,
the XG voice select screen
will appear.
1. Select a voice group.
Press a voice group button.
2. Select a voice.
Use VARIATION [▼][▲] or A [–][+] to select a voice.
If you select XG
If you select XG, you can select the XG voice group first, then select the
desired voice.
2-1. Simultaneously press the [–][+] screen buttons located
beside the XG voice name display, to access a screen
where you can select XG voices.
2-2. Use A [–][+] to select the voice group.
2-3. Use C [–][+] to select the desired voice.
•For details on XG voices, refer to “XG voice list” (the separate data list booklet).
SONG KEYBOARD
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN
E.PIANO
1
STRINGS
E.PIANO
2
CHOIR
GRAND
PIANO 2
JAZZ
ORGAN
HARPSI-
CHORD
SYNTH.
PAD
VIBRA-
PHONE
E.BASS XG
GUITAR
E.CLAVI-
CHORD
WOOD
BASS
SONG SELECT
NEW SONG
SONG
SETTING
FILE
TRACK
1
TOP
TRACK
2
START
/
STOP
EXTRA
TRACKS
REC UPDOWN
SETTINGSTART/STOP
METRONOME
D
B
C
A
EXITEXIT
CONTRAST VOICE
SETTING SPLIT
VARIATION BRIGHTMELLOW
BRILLIANCE
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
REVERB CHORUS
DEMO TEMPO
SONG BALANCEMASTER VOLUME
NO YES
VOICE
SYNCHRO START
SONG
MAXMIN
EFFECT
212
Voice
group buttons
TERMINOLOGY
TIP
TIP
TIP
TIP
TIP
Voice group Voice name Voice group Voice name
GRANDPIANO1
GrandPiano1
CHURCHORGAN
PipeOrganPrincipal
MellowPiano PipeOrganTutti
RockPiano PipeOrganFlute1
HonkyTonkPiano PipeOrganFlute2
GRANDPIANO2 GrandPiano2
JAZZORGAN
JazzOrgan
BrightPiano RotaryOrgan
E.PIANO1 E.Piano1 MellowOrgan
SynthPiano
STRINGS
Strings
E.PIANO2 E.Piano2 SynthStrings
Vintage E.Piano SlowStrings
HARPSICHORD Harpsichord8'
CHOIR
Choir
Harpsichord8'+4' SlowChoir
E.CLAVICHORD E.Clavichord Scat
Wah Clavi. SYNTH.PAD SynthPad1
VIBRAPHONE
Vibraphone SynthPad2
Marimba WOOD BASS WoodBass
Celesta Bass&Cymbal
GUITAR NylonGuitar E.BASS ElectricBass
SteelGuitar FretlessBass
XG XGVoice