Yamaha PSR-OR700 Using, Creating and Editing Voices

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Reference Using, Creating and Editing Voices

Reference

Using, Creating and Editing Voices

Voice Characteristics

The Voice type and its deﬁning characteristics are indicated above the Preset Voice

name.

Reference to Quick Guide pages

Playing Voices................................................................................ page 30

Playing Preset Voices...............................................................page 30

Using the Pitch Bend Wheel.................................................... page 33

Using the Modulation Wheel................................................. page 34

Using the Metronome ............................................................ page 34

Voice Effects.................................................................................. page 53

MegaVoices Compatibility

MegaVoices are not compatible

with other models. Any song/style

data you’ve created on the PSR-

OR700 using the MegaVoices

will not sound properly when

played back on other instruments.

MegaVoice The MegaVoices are not intended to be played from the keyboard. They

are primarily designed for use with recorded MIDI sequence data (such

as songs and styles). Some of the guitar and bass Voices in particular

have been created as MegaVoices.

What makes MegaVoices special is their use of velocity switching. Nor-

mal Voices use velocity switching, too — to make the sound quality

and/or level of a Voice according to how strongly or softly you play it.

This makes the instrument’s Voices sound authentic and natural. How-

ever, with MegaVoices, each velocity range (the measure of your play-

ing strength) has a completely different sound.

For example, a Mega guitar Voice includes the sounds of various perfor-

mance techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having

those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination

to achieve the desired effect. However, now with MegaVoices, a con-

vincing guitar part can be played with just a single Voice, using speciﬁc

velocity values to play the desired sounds.

Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise veloci-

ties need to play the sounds, they’re not intended for playing from the

keyboard. They are, however, very useful and convenient when creating

MIDI data — especially when you want to avoid using several different

Voices just for a single instrument part.

Live! 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 elec-

tric instruments — thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very

sophisticated programming.

Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also beneﬁt from Yamaha’s sophisti-

cated technology — and feature a sound so ﬁnely detailed and natural,

you’ll swear you’re playing the real thing!

Drums 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! This authentic organ Voice lets you use the Voice Set to adjust the vari-

ous footages and craft your own original organ sounds. See page 96 for

details.