Voices
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PSR-2000/1000
Voice Characteristics
The voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the voice name.
Live! (PSR-2000 only)
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 electric instruments — thanks to a huge amount
of memory and some very sophisticated programming.
Sweet!
These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha’s sophisticated technology — and feature a sound so
finely detailed and natural, you’ll swear you’re playing the real thing!
Drum
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! (PSR-2000 only)
This authentic organ voice lets you use the Sound Creator to adjust the various footages and craft your own
original organ sounds.
Keyboard Percussion
When one of the drum of SFX kits is selected in the PERCUSSION voice group, various drum, percussion, and special
effect sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.The various drums and
percussion instruments of the Standard Kit are indicated by symbols below the assigned keys.Keep in mind that even
though different kits feature different sounds, some same-named sounds in different kits are identical.
Refer to the separate Data List (Drum/key Assignment List) for a listing of the sounds in each drum/SFX kit.
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EXIT
4Play the keyboard to hear the
selected
voice.
Press this to return
to the MAIN
display.
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3-3 Select the voice.
3-1 Select the
memory
location of
the voice
(PRESET/
USER/
FLOPPY
DISK).
Press this to start the
demo of the selected
voice. To stop the demo
at any time, press this
button again.
Press this to call up the display for selecting the voice group.
Indicates that the display is for
selecting the MAIN voice (page 25).
3-2 Select the
various pages
in the current
voice group.
3Selecting a voice automati-
cally selects the best-suited
effect and other settings for
that particular voice. You can
disable this so that settings
are not automatically
selected (page 143).
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You can set how much the
volume of the voice changes
according to your playing
strength (page 141).
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For a list of the available
voices, refer to the separate
Data List.
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You can set whether the
voice bank and program
change numbers (“MSB-
LSB-Program Change num-
ber” at the right above the
voice name) are displayed or
not (page 149).
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XG is a major enhancement
of the GM System level 1 for-
mat, and was developed by
Yamaha specially to provide
more voices and variations,
as well as greater expressive
control over voices and
effects, and to ensure com-
patibility of data well into the
future.