Yamaha V50, Authorized Product Manual

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Performances
In the V50, the word “performance” is used to mean
“a combination of several voices”. For example, playing
the keyboard might sound a piano voice and a guitar
voice at the same time, or different voices might sound
over different areas of the keyboard. As with voices, each
performance has a “performance name” and a “per-
formance number”. When using the sequencer to play
several voices at once, you will use a performance.
Performances can be divided into the following.
Preset performances
The V50 contains 100 performances, which are called
“preset performances”. It is not possible to erase or
rewrite these preset performances.
Internal performances
100 performances that you may create can be stored
in the V50. These are called “internal performances”.
It is possible to modify a preset performance and store
it as an internal performance.
Card performances
100 performances can be stored in a RAM card, and
used in the same way as preset or internal perform-
ances. These performances are called “card
performances”.
Types of performance
Types of performance
Performance
numbers
Number
Preset performances P00 ~ P99 100 performances
Used by the
third voice
Internal performance I00 ~ I99 100 performances
Card performances C00 ~ C99 100 performances
Card performances can be used only when a card is inserted in
the card slot.
Performance play mode and
maximum simultaneous notes
We have learned that playing just one voice at a time
is called “single play mode”. We have also learned that
playing preset, internal, or card performances is called
“performance play mode”.
We explained above that the maximum number of notes
that can be played simultaneously is 16. This is also the
maximum number of notes that can be played in per-
formance play mode. To put it another way, a per-
formance is a setup that determines which voices these
16 notes will play. This is illustrated in the following
figure.
Single play mode and performance play mode
If we use “o” to indicate the capability to produce
one note, single play mode would look as follows.
All note are used
by the same voice
In contrast, performance play mode can divide up
the 16 notes among more than one voice.
Example:
Divided among
two voices
Used by the
first voice
Used by the
second voice
Example:
Divided among
three voices
Used by the
first voice
Used by the
second voice
In performance play mode, the V50 uses eight
“instruments”, to which “note-producing capability” is
assigned. This means that up to eight different voices
can be used at once.
Note:
In addition to assigning "note-producing capability"
to each instrument, it is also possible to make the
V50 do this automatically. See page 24.
Note:
The preset sounds of the V50 are designed to be most
effective when played in a performance. Except when
editing a voice, we suggest that you usually play the
V50 in performance play mode.
Introducing the V50
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