Playing with the Effects

Panel Sustain

This function adds sustain to the keyboard Voices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the Voices at all times, regardless of footswitch operation. The sustain function does not affect the Left Voice.

Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn the sustain function on.

The [SUSTAIN] button lights indicating that Sustain is on.

NOTE

•For certain Voices, the sustain effect may not be obvious or audible, even when the panel sustain function is turned on.

Adding DSP

A total of 178 DSP effects can be added to the Main, Dual and Left Voices. These range from reverb-like ambience effects to distortion and other dynamic processing tools that let you enhance the sound, or completely transform it.

NOTE

•DSP is term of abbreviated form of Digital Signal Processor and it uses a micro processor to change the audio in various ways.

1 Use the [DSP] button to turn the DSP function on.

The [DSP] button lights indicating that DSP is on. To turn DSP off, press the [DSP] button again.

[DSP] button lights when DSP is on.

NOTE

•When DSP is turned on, the optimum DSP type for the current Voice is automatically selected.

•The volume of the currently playing Voice changes when turning DSP on or off. This is not a malfunction. The amount of change dif- fers depending on the selected Voice.

•The DSP type is an overall setting—only one type can be selected. For this reason, when you play a newly loaded Song or Style, for example, the currently playing Voices may not sound as expected. This is normal, since the Song or Style has its own DSP type which

replaces any selection you’ve made before loading. A similar phe- nomenon occurs when you use the [f], [r] buttons or A-B Repeat function during Song playback.

2 Press and hold the [DSP] button for longer than a second.

The currently selected DSP type will be dis- played.

DSP Type

Hold for longer than a second

3 Use the dial to select a DSP type.

Refer to the DSP Type List on page 128 for information about the available DSP types.

Currently selected DSP type.

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