Playing Voices — Related Functions

In this section, we’ll describe the various functions used when selecting and playing voices.

For basic information and instructions, refer to the sections “Play a variety of different instrument sounds” (page 26) and “Basic operations and the LCD display” (page 38).

Playing the grand piano settings (Portable Grand)

For those times when you simply want to play or practice the piano, all you have to do is press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. This automatically calls up the grand piano voice (001 Grand Piano) for the Main Voice.

NOTE

•Pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button sets the instru- ment to the following settings:

Set to ON :

Touch Sensitivity Set to OFF :

Auto Accompaniment (ACMP), Dual, Split, Harmony, Perfor- mance Assistant, Metronome

Selecting and playing a voice

The basic instrument sound used for your keyboard performance is called the Main Voice.

■Selecting the Main Voice

Press the [VOICE] button so that “MAIN” appears in the VOICE row in the dis- play.

Select the desired voice’s number and name.

■Main Voice settings

The settings below related to the Main Voice are set in the FUNCTION display (page 77).

•Volume (M. Volume)

•Octave (M. Octave)

•Pan (M. Pan)

•Reverb send level (M. Reverb Level)

•Chorus send level (M. Chorus Level)

NOTE

•To call up the voice list, hold down the [VOICE] button.

Playing two different voices together (Dual)

When you play the keyboard with this function, the Main Voice and another separate voice (Dual Voice) are mixed together in a layer.

■Turning Dual Voice on/off

Turn the Dual Voice on or off by pressing the [DUAL] button.

When the Dual Voice is on, the Dual Voice icon in the display lights up. When Dual is off, the icon goes out.

NOTE

•Dual Voice cannot be used with the Song Lesson features.

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