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Basics Section
Quick Guide
Refer
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Appendix
Playing Voices
4
Now, play the keyboard
and hear the selected
Voice. Try selecting and
playing other Voices as
well.
Selecting GM2/XG Banks
The GM2/XG Voices are divided up into several
different banks. This gives you access to an even
greater number of Voices and a wider variety of
sounds.
1
Make sure that GM2/XG memory is selected,
then call up the BK (Bank Select) display by
using the [
] button.
2
Select the desired Bank number by using the
[INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons, or by using
the data dial.
GM2/XG Bank
Normal Voice Drum Voice
The bank is now changed. Return to the GM2/
XG display by using the [
]/[
] buttons and
select the desired Voice number.
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For details about Bank types, refer to the separate
Data List.
Using Voice Category Search
With the Voice Category Search feature, you can
quickly find Voices within a specified Voice
Category. For example, by selecting the PIANO
Voice Category, you can instantly call up for
selection all and only those Voices which fall into the
“PF” (PIANO) Voice Category.
1
Press the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button in
Voice Mode. Its LED will light and Category
Search will be enabled. The Memory buttons
and the numeric keypad are used for selecting
categories.
n
Press the [EXIT] button to disable Category Search.
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The category names are printed under each button.
To switch between the “ME” and “CO” categories,
press the [OTHER] button.
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Refer to the Category List on page 50 for more
information on Voice category types.
2
Specify the desired Category using the buttons
above. The first Voice in that Category will be
automatically selected.
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In this step, the lowest numbered Voice of the
category is selected.
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The S08 searches in the following order: PRESET,
then USER, then GM2/XG.
3
Press the [INC/YES] button to increment the
Voice number in that category and press the
[DEC/NO] button to decrement it.
n
You can use the same operation as described here
in selecting Voices for Multi Part Edit (page 64).
Display
MSB
LSB
Display
MSB
LSB
BK000
0
0
BKsfx
126
0
BK001
0
1
BKdr
127
0
↓
↓
↓
GMdr
120
0
BK101
0
101
BKsfx
64
0
GM000
121
0
↓
↓
↓
GM009
121
9
KEY
ELEM
PART
PAGE
GrandPno
BK000
INC/YES
DEC/NO
DATA
EXIT
ENTER
KEYBOARD
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
PRESET
USER
GM2/XG
DRUM
GUITAR
ORGAN
PIANO
CATEGORY
SEARCH
BASS
STRINGS
BRASS
REED/PIPE
SYN LEAD
SYN COMP
DRUM/PERC
SE
OTHER
CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
SYN PAD
Select the
category
