Yamaha Portatone PSR-225, Owner'S Manual

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PLAYING VOICES — THE VOICE MODE
The Voice mode features 228 authentic voices (including 128 General MIDI
voices), plus 10 special drum kits — all of which have been created with
Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system.
The Voice mode gives you many powerful and versatile tools for playing and
enhancing these Voices.
The voices are divided into various instrument
categories, all of which are printed on the panel
for convenience. For a complete list of the
available voices, see page 109.
The Voice mode is actually divided into three
separate modes: Main, Dual and Split. In the
Main Voice mode (see below), you can play a
single voice over the entire range of the key-
board. The
Dual Voice mode (page 34) allows
you to “layer” two different voices together for
rich, complex sounds. The
Split Voice mode
(page 36) lets you set up two different voices for
playing from separate sections of the keyboard.
Moreover, each mode features special effect
sections that let you enhance the sound of the
Voice or Voices. These include Reverb, Chorus,
and Harmony, as well as a “DSP” section that
provides miscellaneous effects such as tremolo,
echo, delay, distortion, equalization, and wah.
(See page 40.)
Other voice-related functions include Voice Set
(page 38), which lets you automatically call up
the ideal settings for each voice, and Touch
Sensitivity (page 38), which determines how the
voices respond to your playing technique.
The PortaTone includes special Drum Kit voices
— #101 - #110 — that let you play various drum
and percussion sounds from the keyboard.
(Refer to the Drum Kit Voice chart on page 30.)
Symbols are also printed above the keyboard,
conveniently indicating which sounds are played
from which keys.
PLAYING A VOICE — MAIN VOICE
1
Select the Voice mode.
Press the VOICE button.
FUNCTION SONG STYLE VOICE
Indicates Voice mode is selected
001
GrandPno
VOICE
STYLE