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The PSR-530 Voices

The PSR-530 actually includes two voice sets: the “panel” voices and percussion kits, and the XG voices. The panel voices include 200 “pitched” voices (voice numbers 1 through 200) and 12 percussion kits (numbers 201 through 212), while the XG voice set includes 480 voices (voice numbers 213 through 692).

Panel voices

1

… 200

 

 

 

Panel drum kits

201

… 212

 

 

 

XG voices

213

… 692

 

 

 

See the “Voice List” on page 99.

A Word About the “R1”, “R2”, and “L” Voices

The PSR-530 allows up to three voices to be selected at the same time: “R1” (Right- hand 1), “R2”, (Right-hand 2) and “L” (Left-hand). Only the “R1” voice is used when you’re playing a single voice over the entire range of the keyboard. When you’re using the DUAL VOICE and/or SPLIT VOICE modes (decribed on pages 19 and 20), however, the “R2” and/or “L” voice will be used as well. The numbers of the currently selected R1, R2, and L voices are all shown on the display panel.

VOICE L 76 VOICE R2 101 VOICE R1 1

VOICE VOICE VOICE

L

R2

R1

SPLIT

 

DUAL

R1 Voice

VOICE VOICE VOICE

L

R2

R1

SPLIT

 

DUAL

R1 Voice + R2 Voice

VOICE VOICE VOICE

L

R2

R1

SPLIT

 

DUAL

L Voice R1 Voice

VOICE VOICE VOICE

L

R2

R1

SPLIT

 

DUAL

L Voice R1 Voice + R2 Voice

(Split Voice Mode + Dual Voice Mode)

The R2 and L voices will be discussed in more detail in the DUAL VOICE and SPLIT VOICE sections. For now we’ll describe how to select and play the main R1 voice.

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