Yamaha V50, Authorized Product Manual

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Performance play mode display
In performance play mode, the display will show the
following information.
Voice numbers assigned to the eight instruments
(In this example, only two instruments are used.)
Performance play mode LEDs
When you play the keyboard in performance play mode,
the LED to the left of will briefly (about
0.5 seconds) blink green, to indicate the corresponding
instrument 1 – 8 that is sounding.
Switching instruments on/off
In performance play mode it is possible to switch an
instrument on or off. While pressing press the
function key below the instrument that you want
to switch off. The voice display will change to “xxx”,
and that instrument will no longer sound. When you
play the keyboard while an instrument is turned off, the
corresponding LED to the left of will
blink red. Turn the instrument back on again in the same
way that you turned it off.
Note:
Turning an instrument on/off is temporary, and se-
lecting another performance will turn the instruments
back on.
If you turn all the instruments in a performance
off, there will be no sound.
When to use single play or
performance play mode
By now you probably understand the difference between
single play mode and performance play mode. Here are
a few points to help you decide when to use each mode.
Single play mode
(1) When you want to use just one voice
(2) When you are using a sequencer or external key-
board to play just one voice
Performance play mode
(1) When you want several voices to sound when a single
key is pressed
(2) When you want to play different voices from dif-
ferent areas of the keyboard (This is known as
“keyboard split”.)
(3) When you are using a sequencer to play several
voices at once.
There are many other ways to use the two modes, de-
pending on your setup and musical needs.
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