Yamaha TYROS - page 81

Voices

Reference

TYROS Owner’s Manual

Voice Effects Quick Guide on page 39

■ Harmony/Echo...............................................................................................................................

See page 39 in “Quick Guide” and page 154 in “Reference.”

■ Initial Touch.....................................................................................................................................

The keyboard of the TYROS is equipped with a touch response feature that lets you dynamically and expres-

sively control the level of the voices with your playing strength — just as on an acoustic instrument. There

are two types of touch response on the TYROS keyboard (described below): Initial Touch and Aftertouch.

Initial Touch can be turned on or off from the panel.

Two types of touch response equipped with the keyboard of the TYROS

● Initial Touch

With this function, the TYROS senses how strongly or softly you play the keys, and uses that playing

strength to affect the sound in various ways, depending on the selected voice. This allows you to play

with greater expressiveness and add effects with your playing technique.

You can set the keyboard parts to which Initial Touch is applied from the [FUNCTION] → CON-

TROLLER → PANEL CONTROLLER display (page 154).

● Aftertouch

With this function, the TYROS senses how much pressure you apply to the keys while playing, and

uses that pressure to affect the sound in various ways, depending on the selected voice. This also

gives you more expressive control over the sound and effects.

You can set the keyboard parts to which Aftertouch is applied from the [FUNCTION] → CON-

TROLLER → PANEL CONTROLLER display (page 154).

The default settings for Aftertouch and how it affects a voice can be changed from the Sound Creator

function (page 85) and saved along with a User voice.

■ Sustain..............................................................................................................................................

When this feature is ON, all notes played on the upper section of the keyboard (RIGHT1 - 3 parts) have a

longer sustain. The Sustain level for each voice can be adjusted via the Sound Creator function (page 85)

and can be saved as a User voice.

■ Poly/Mono........................................................................................................................................

This determines whether the part’s voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphoni-

cally. When this is set to “MONO,” the Portamento effect can be controlled (depending on the selected

voice) by playing legato.

The Poly/Mono setting and the degree of the Portamento effect (Portamento Time) are pre-programed for

each voice. These can be changed via the Sound Creator function (page 86) and saved as a User voice.

Portamento Time can also be adjusted from the Mixing Console (page 134).

■ DSP and DSP Variation...............................................................................................................

With the digital effects built into the TYROS you can add ambience and depth to your music in a variety of

ways — such as adding reverb that makes you sound like you are playing in a concert hall.

•The [DSP] button turns the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) effect on or off for the currently selected

keyboard part.

•The [DSP VARIATION] button lets you switch between two variations of the DSP effect. You

could use this while you play, for example, to change the rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary

speaker effect.

DSP DSP

VARIATION

POLY/

MONO

INITIAL

TOUCH SUSTAIN

VOICE EFFECT

HARMONY/

ECHO

These buttons turn the corresponding effects on or

off for the currently selected part (page 78).

This button turns the Sustain effect on or off for the RIGHT1 - 3 parts.

This button turns the Initial Touch on or off for the keyboard parts

speciﬁed from the [FUNCTION] → CONTROLLER → PANEL

CONTROLLER display (page 154).

This button turns the Harmony/Echo effect on or off for any of the RIGHT1 -

3 parts. You can specify the keyboard parts to which this effect is applied

from the [FUNCTION] → HARMONY/ECHO display (page 154).