Yamaha PSR-A1000

Voices

PSR-A1000

■VARIATION

This control changes the Variation effect settings, letting you alter some aspect of the effect, depending on the selected

type. For example, when the Rotary Speaker effect is selected (page 115), this lets you switch the rotor speed between

slow and fast.

■HARMONY/ECHO

This control adds Harmony or Echo effects to the voices played on the right hand section

of the keyboard (page 127).

■MONO

This control determines whether the voice is played monophonically (only one note at a

time) or polyphonically for each part (MAIN/LAYER/LEFT). This is set to MONO when the

lamp is lit, and set to polyphonic when the lamp is off. When set to MONO, only the last

note played will sound. This lets you play wind instrument voices more realistically.

Depending on the selected voice, the MONO setting also lets you effectively use the

Portamento effect, when playing in legato.

■LEFT HOLD

This function causes the left part voice to be held even when the keys are released — the

same effect as when the sustain pedal is pressed. This function is especially effective when

used with the auto accompaniment. For example, if you play and release a chord in the

auto accompaniment area of the keyboard (with the left part on and the Left voice set to

Strings), the strings part sustains, adding a natural richness to the overall accompaniment

sound.

Use the PSR-A1000 PITCH BEND wheel to

bend notes up (roll the wheel away from

you) or down (roll the wheel toward you)

while playing the keyboard. The PITCH

BEND wheel is self-centering and will

automatically return to normal pitch when

released.

The [UPPER OCTAVE] button allows the MAIN and LAYER parts to be simultaneously

transposed up or down by one octave.

You can add special empha-

sis to melody lines you play

over chords by using the

Layer function with a mono-

phonic voice. Set the Main

voice to play polyphonically

and set the Layer voice to

play monophonically

(MONO). In this case, the

melody you play — including

the top notes of any chords

— sounds monophonically.

Try this using the following

voices.

MAIN voice

: Brass Section

(polyphonic) +

LAYER voice

Sweet Trump (monophonic)

The Portamento effect creates

a smooth pitch glide between

successively played notes.

PITCH BEND Wheel

PITCH BEND

The maximum pitch bend

range can be changed

(page 114).

Adjusting the Octave setting

More detailed octave-related

settings for each part can be

made by using the Mixing

Console function

(page 114).

UPPER OCTAVE

RESET