Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000, Owner'S Manual

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OCTAVE CHANGE
Transposition, Tuning, Octave Change, & Key Velocity
KEY VELOCITY
This function allows the ORCH. 1 and ORCH. 2 voices to be independently transposed up or down by one octave.
The
OCTAVE
LCD button to the right of the ORCH.1.
voice name changes the octave of the ORCH.1. voice,
while the
OCTAVE
LCD button to the right of the ORCH.2
voice affects the ORCH.2. voice. Pressing either of these
buttons changes the corresponding octave setting to “
+1
”,
“
-1
”, and then “
0
”, in sequence. “
+1
” shifts the voice up
one octave “
-1
” shifts the voice down one octave, and
“
0
” sets the voice to its normal octave.
NOTES
• Some voices may suddenly shift octaves when played at the
extreme ends of the keyboard if they are set to a lower or
higher octave than normal. This can also occur when the
PITCH BEND wheel is used on extremely low or high notes.
• If you change the transpose, octave change, or tuning
settings while playing one or more notes on the keyboard,
the new transpose and octave change settings will take
effect from the next notes played while tune settings take
effect immediately.
The key velocity function turns the PSR-6000’s key-
board velocity response on or off. Normally, key velocity
should be turned ON to allow normal dynamic control via
the keyboard (i.e. the harder the keys are played, the
louder the sound). In some cases, however, you might
want to turn key velocity OFF. For example, most organs
have no keyboard velocity response, so key velocity can
be turned OFF for greater realism when playing organ
type voices. Key Velocity can also be turned off to create
a constant-volume sound with any voice.
Use the
KEY VELOCITY
LCD button to turn key
velocity ON or OFF as required.