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About the Keyboard
The TYROS keyboard features various functions and performance conveniences that are simply unavailable on an acoustic
instrument. As explained in the Quick Guide for example, it allows you to play several different voices together in a layer, or
play one voice with your left hand while you play a different voice (or even three layered voices!) with your right.
Below is a summary of the keyboard-related functions and modes.
Keyboard Sections and Their Functions
Synchro Start On/Off
The convenient Synchro Start function lets you start style or song playback by simply playing a key on the keyboard. Naturally,
it should be set to on (standby) when you want to use it.
● Synchro Start — Style Playback (page 32)
Turn it on or off by pressing the [SYNC START] button in the STYLE CONTROL section. When Synchro Start is
on, style playback behaves in two different ways, depending on the [ACMP] button status:
• When [ACMP] is off —
Only the Rhythm part (channel) of the selected style starts as soon as you play any key on the keyboard.
• When [ACMP] is on —
All parts of the selected style start as soon as you play a key/chord in the Chord section of the keyboard.
(Playing in any other section does not start the style.)
● Synchro Start — Song Playback
To turn Synchro Start on or off, simultaneously hold down the [TOP] button and press the [START/STOP] button
in the SONG CONTROL section. When Synchro Start is on, the song starts from the current position as soon as
you play the keyboard.
LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER
LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER
LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER LEFT
LEFT HOLD
RIGHT1 RIGHT2 RIGHT3
PART ON/OFF
UPPERLOWER
VOICE RIGHT1
● Playing a single voice ● Playing two voices in a layer
VOICE RIGHT1 + RIGHT2
VOICE RIGHT1 + RIGHT2 + RIGHT3
● Playing three voices in a layer ● Playing separate voices with the right and left hands
VOICE RIGHT1 + RIGHT2 + RIGHT3
VOICE LEFT
Split Point...........The point on the keyboard that separates the
left-hand section and the right-hand section.
● When [ACMP] (style playback) is turned on:
ACMP
VOICE RIGHT 1 - 3
Chord section for
style playback
Split Point...........The point on the keyboard that separates
the chord section and the right-hand sec-
tion.
VOICE RIGHT 1 - 3
Chord section +
VOICE LEFT
Split Point
When the Split Point for the Chord section and the
Split Point for the Voice are set to different points
(notes):
VOICE LEFT
Chord section for
style playback
Split Point for the Chord section
VOICE RIGHT 1 - 3
Split Point for the Voice
SYNC
START
TOP START/
STOP
SYNC START
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