Yamaha TYROS - page 79

Voices

Reference

TYROS Owner’s Manual

Voice Types

The buttons of the VOICE section (excepting USER) are used to call up the relevant voice selection (Open/Save) display for the

Preset drive. Pressing one of the buttons calls up the voice selection display corresponding to the selected category, and the last

selected voice in the category is automatically called up. Five of these voice categories (below) are slightly different from the

others and deserve special explanation.

■ Organ Flutes Voices............................................................................................

Press the [ORGAN FLUTES] button to call up the Open/Save display for selecting among

the special organ voices. You can also use the Sound Creator features to create your own

original organ sounds.

Just as on a traditional organ, you can create your own sounds by adjusting the levels of

the ﬂute footages.

■ Percussion/Drum Kit Voices............................................................................

When one of the Drum Kit or SFX Kit voices in the [PERC./DRUM] group is selected,

you can play various drums and percussion instruments or SFX (sound effects) sounds on

the keyboard. The drum and percussion instruments played by the various keys are

marked by symbols below the keys. Some of the instruments in the different drum kit

voices sound different even though they have the same name, while others are essentially

the same.

See the separate Data List for a complete listing of the Drum Kit and SFX Kit assign-

ments.

■ GM&XG Voices and GM2 Voices....................................................................

You can select the GM/XG/GM2 voices (page 8) directly via panel operations. Press one

of the VOICE buttons to call up the Open/Save display for voices, then press the [UP]

LCD button (lower [8] buttons) and call up the P2 page containing the “GM&XG” folder

and the “GM2” folder.

■ Custom Voices......................................................................................................

Normally, data cannot be stored to the Preset drive; however, voice data created with the

Voice Editor software (pages 59, 85) can be saved to the Preset drive as Custom Voice

data. Custom Voices saved to the Preset drive can be called up via the [CUSTOM VOICE]

button.

STRINGS TRUMPET

CHOIR SAXOPHONE

SYNTH

GUITAR

BASS

BRASS

PIANO

E.PIANO

ORGAN USER

ORGAN

FLUTES

CUSTOM

VOICE

ACCORDION

PAD

PERC. /

DRUM KIT

FLUTE /

CLARINET

VOICE

The [USER] button lets you directly

access those voices saved to drives other

than the Preset drive. Press this button

and the voice last selected from the User

drive or disk drive will be called up, along

with the appropriate Open/Save display.

Custom Voices

Organ Flutes

Voices

Percussion/Drum Voices

Preset Voices

• The Transpose functions (page

82) do not affect the Drum Kit or

SFX Kit voices.

Seq Click H

Bell Tree

Jingle Bell

Triangle Open

Cuica Open

Wood Block L

Wood Block H

Guiro Long

Samba Whistle L

Samba Whistle H

Cabasa

Agogo H

Timbale H

Conga L

Conga H Mute

Bongo H

Ride Cymbal 2

Crash Cymbal 2

Splash Cymbal

Ride Cymbal Cup

Chinese Cymbal

High Tom

Mid Tom H

Mid Tom L

Low Tom

Floor Tom H

Floor Tom L

Snare Tight

Snare

Kick

Kick Tight

Kick Soft

Snare Soft

Snare Roll

Brush Tap Swirl

Brush Swirl

Brush Tap

Shaker

Triangle Mute

Cuica Mute

Claves

Guiro Short

Maracas

Agogo L

Timbale L

Conga H Open

Bongo L

Vibraslap

Cowbell

Tambourine

Ride Cymbal 1

Crash Cymbal 1

Hi-Hat Open

Hi-Hat Pedal

Hi-Hat Closed

Hand Clap

Side Stick

Open Rim Shot

Sticks

Castanet

Brush Slap

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

When “Standard Kit 1” is selected: