PSR-S910/S710 Owner’s Manual
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• Voice Characteristics
The Voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Voice
name—Live!, Cool!, Sweet!, etc. For detailed explanation, refer to the Reference
Manual.
In this section, only MegaVoice and Super Articulation Voice are explained. These
Voices have special characteristics you should be aware of, and they require specific
performance techniques to bring out all of their expressive qualities.
MegaVoices
What makes MegaVoices special is their use of velocity switching. Each velocity
range (the measure of your playing strength) has a completely different sound.
For example, a guitar MegaVoice includes the sounds of various performance
techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having those sounds
would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired
effect. However, now with MegaVoices, a convincing guitar part can be played
with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play the desired sounds.
Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise velocities need to
play the sounds, they’re not intended for playing from the keyboard. They are,
however, very useful and convenient when creating MIDI data—especially when
you want to avoid using several different Voices just for a single instrument part.
Super Articulation Voices (S.Art!) (PSR-S910)
The Super Articulation Voices provide many of same benefits as the MegaVoices,
but with greater playability and expressive control in real time.
For example, with the Saxophone Voice, if you play a C and then a D in a very
legato way, you will hear the note change seamlessly, as though a saxophone
player played it in a single breath. Similarly with the Concert Guitar Voice, the D
note would sound as a “hammer on,” without the string being plucked again.
Depending on how you play, other effects such as shake or breath noises (for the
Trumpet Voice), or finger noises (for the Guitar Voice) will be produced.
For details on how to best play each Super Articulation Voice, call up the
information window (pressing the [7
▲
] (INFO) button in the Voice Selection
display).
Voice Types
Percussion/Drum Voices
When one of the Voices is selected
from this button, you can play vari-
ous drums and percussion instru-
ments or SFX (sound effects)
sounds on the keyboard. Details
are given in the Drum List provided
in the Data List on the website.
Preset Voices
[USER] button (page 30)
Organ Flutes Voices
(page 37)
NOTE
MegaVoices and Super Articulation
Voices are only compatible with other
models which have those types of
Voices installed. Any Song, Style or
Multi Pads data you’ve created on the
instrument using these Voices will not
sound properly when played back on
other instruments.
NOTE
MegaVoices and Super Articulation
Voices sound differently depending
on the keyboard range, velocity,
touch, etc. Hence, if you apply HAR-
MONY/ECHO effect, change the
transpose setting or change the Voice
Set parameters, unexpected or undes-
ired sounds may result.
