Yamaha PF-500, Owner'S Manual

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PF-500
Selecting and Playing Voices
Combining two voices (Dual mode)
You can play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. In this way, you can simulate
a melody duet or combine two similar voices to create a thicker sound. Refer to “Voice Combination Exam-
ples (Dual and Split)” on page 99 for examples of effective voice combinations.
Dual mode using voices in different voice groups
Procedure
1.
Enter Dual mode.
If you want to select Dual
mode for the left-hand area
when the entire keyboard is
divided into left and right
areas (page 32), hold down
[SPLIT] and simultaneously
press two voice group but-
tons.
You can also use the VARIA-
TION [
▼
]/[
▲
] buttons to
select the voice 1.
Refer to page 26 for details
on how to select XG voices.
Press two voice group buttons simultaneously.
2.
Select a voice.
Use the A [–]/[+] buttons and B [–]/[+] buttons to select a
voice.
The voices listed in the upper row in “Preset Voice List” on page 97 are
called voice 1, and those listed in the bottom row are called voice 2.
3.
Exit Dual mode and return to normal play mode.
Press any voice group button.
SONG KEYBOARD
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN
E.PIANO
1
STRINGS
E.PIANO
2
CHOIR
GRAND
PIANO 2
JAZZ
ORGAN
HARPSI-
CHORD
SYNTH.
PAD
VIBRA-
PHONE
E.BASS XG
GUITAR
E.CLAVI-
CHORD
WOOD
BASS
SONG SELECT
NEW SONG
SONG
SETTING
FILE
TRACK
1
TOP
TRACK
2
START/STOP
EXTRA
TRACKS
REC
UP DOWN
SETTING START/STOP
METRONOME
D
B
C
A
EXIT EXIT
CONTRAST VOICE
SETTING SPLIT
VARIATION BRIGHT MELLOW
BRILLIANCE
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
REVERB CHORUS
DEMO TEMPO SONG BALANCE MASTER VOLUME
NO YES
VOICE
SYNCHRO START
SONG
MAX MIN
EFFECT
2
1 3
1 4 3
2
2
Voice
The numbers on the upper row indicate the steps
The numbers on the bottom row indicate the steps
group buttons
in Dual mode using voices from different groups.
in Dual mode using voices from the same group.
Voice
group buttons
TIP
TIP
TIP
C
A
D
B
Voice 1 Voice 2
NO YES