Yamaha Tyros4 User Manual

Reference Manual

This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the Tyros4 that are not explained in the
Owner’s Manual. Please read the Owner’s Manual first, before reading this Reference Manual.

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Contents

* Each chapter in this Reference Manual corresponds to the relevant chapters in the Owner’s Manual.

1 Voices – Playing the Keyboard – 4

Voice Characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 4

Selecting GM/XG or Other Voices from the Panel................................................................................... 5

Effect-Related Settings ............................................................................................................................ 6

Pitch-Related Settings ............................................................................................................................. 9

Editing Voices (Voice Set) ..................................................................................................................... 11

Editing Organ Flutes Parameters........................................................................................................... 16

Creating Custom Voices (Voice Creator)............................................................................................... 17

2 Styles – Playing Rhythm and Accompaniment – 34

Selecting the Chord Fingering Type ...................................................................................................... 34

Style Playback Related Settings ............................................................................................................ 36

Split Point Settings................................................................................................................................. 38

Memorizing the Original One Touch Setting .......................................................................................... 39

Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator) .................................................................................................. 40

3 Songs – Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs – 53

Editing Music Notation Settings ............................................................................................................. 53

Editing Lyrics/Text Display Settings....................................................................................................... 55

Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with the Song Playback ....................................................... 56

Song Playback Related Parameters (Repeat settings, Channel settings, Guide Function) .................. 57

Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator) ................................................................................................. 61

4 Multi Pads – Adding Musical Phrases to Your Performance – 77

Multi Pad Creating (Multi Pad Creator) .................................................................................................. 77

Multi Pad Editing .................................................................................................................................... 79

5 Music Finder – Calling Up Ideal Panel Settings (Voice, Style, etc.) for Each Song – 80

Creating a Set of Favorite Records........................................................................................................ 80

Editing Records...................................................................................................................................... 81

Saving the Record as a Single File........................................................................................................ 82

Viewing Record Information on the Internet (MUSIC FINDER Plus) ..................................................... 83

6 Registration Memory – Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups – 84

Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze) ........................................................................................... 84

Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order (Registration Sequence)....................................... 85

7 Audio Recorder/Player – Recording and Playback Audio Files – 87

Editing the Recorded Data (Multi Track Recording File)........................................................................ 87

Re-recording the Multi Track Recording File ......................................................................................... 89

Setting the Start/End Points of the Audio (Multi Track Recording File) ................................................. 92

Playlist Mode.......................................................................................................................................... 93

8 Vocal Harmony – Adding Harmony Vocals and Synth Vocoder to Your Singing – 96

Setting up the Vocal Harmony Control Parameters ............................................................................... 96

Editing the Vocal Harmony Types.......................................................................................................... 98

Editing the Synth Vocoder Types......................................................................................................... 103

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9 Mixing Console – Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance – 107

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Editing VOL/VOICE Parameters .......................................................................................................... 107

Editing FILTER Parameters ................................................................................................................. 108

Editing TUNE Parameters.................................................................................................................... 108

Editing EFFECT Parameters ............................................................................................................... 109

Editing EQ Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 112

Line Out Settings ................................................................................................................................. 114

10 Internet Direct Connection – Connecting the Tyros4 Directly to the Internet – 115

Editing the Browser Settings ................................................................................................................ 115

Registering Bookmarks of Your Favorite Pages .................................................................................. 116

11 Connections – Using Tyros4 with Other Devices – 118

Microphone Settings ............................................................................................................................ 118

Footswitch/Foot Controller Settings ..................................................................................................... 121

MIDI Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 124

12 Utility – Making Global Settings – 132

CONFIG1 ............................................................................................................................................. 132

CONFIG2 ............................................................................................................................................. 134

MEDIA.................................................................................................................................................. 135

OWNER ............................................................................................................................................... 136

SYSTEM RESET ................................................................................................................................. 137

Index 139

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Voices

– Playing the Keyboard –

Contents

Voice Characteristics ......................................................................................... 4

Selecting GM/XG or Other Voices from the Panel ......................................... 5

Effect-Related Settings ...................................................................................... 6

• Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard............................................. 6

• Selecting the Harmony/Echo type ................................................................ 7

Pitch-Related Settings ....................................................................................... 9

• Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument............................................. 9

• Scale Tuning................................................................................................. 9

• Changing the Part Assignment of the TRANSPOSE Buttons ................... 10

Editing Voices (Voice Set)................................................................................ 11

• Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays...................................... 12

• Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.) ...................... 15

Editing Organ Flutes Parameters .................................................................. 16

Creating Custom Voices (Voice Creator) ....................................................... 17

• Importing the Wave Data to the Optional Expansion Module ................... 17

• Creating Normal Voices (Custom Voice) ................................................... 20

• Creating Drum Voices (Custom Drum Voice) ............................................ 24

• Re-Editing a Custom Voice ........................................................................ 27

• Editing an Expansion Voice Bank—Library Edit ...................................... 28

• Saving your Custom Voices to a Library—Library Save........................... 30

• Loading a single Additional Voice to the Tyros4—Individual Load.......... 31

• Loading a Library (Expansion Voice Bank) to the Tyros4—Library Load

................................................................................................................... 32

• Editing a Custom Voice on your computer—Voice Editor ........................ 33

Voice Characteristics

The Voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Voice name in the Voice Selection display.

S.Articulation2!
S.Articulation!
MegaVoice

Live! These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a truly authentic, rich

Cool! These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric instruments—thanks

Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha’s sophisticated technology—and

Drums Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting you play the

SFX Various special effect sounds and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting

Organ Flutes! This authentic organ Voice lets you use the Voice Set to adjust the various footages and craft

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See the Owner’s Manual.

sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.

to a huge amount of memory and some very sophisticated programming.

feature a sound so finely detailed and natural, you’ll swear you’re playing the real thing!

sounds from the keyboard.

you play the sounds from the keyboard.

your own original organ sounds. See page 16 for details.

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Live!Drums These are high-quality drum sounds taking full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic

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Sampling.

Live!SFX These are various high-quality special effect sounds and percussion sounds taking full advan-

tage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic sampling.

Custom! Custom Voices (including Custom Drum Voices) which you have created by using the Custom

Voice function.

CustomWA! Custom Voices (including Custom Drum Voices) which contain Wave data.

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Selecting GM/XG or Other Voices from the Panel

The GM/XG Voices cannot be directly called up from the VOICE category selection buttons. However, they can be called
up via panel operation by following the procedure below.

1 Press one of the PART SELECT button to which you want to call

up the desired Voice.

2 Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons to call up

the Voice Selection display.

3 Press the [8 ] (UP) button to call up the Voice categories.

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4 Press the [2 ] (P2) button to display Page 2.

5 Press the desired [A]–[J] button to call up the Voice Selection

display of GM/XG Voices, GM2 Voices, etc.

6 Select the desired Voice.

NOTE

You can find the “Legacy” folder in this
display. This folder contains previous
Yamaha keyboards’ Voices (such as
Tyros, Tyros2, Tyros3, etc.) for data
compatibility with other models.

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Effect-Related Settings

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Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard

You can adjust the touch response of the instrument (how the sound responds to the way
you play the keys). The touch sensitivity type becomes the common setting for all Voices.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [D] CONTROLLER  TA B [ ][] KEYBOARD/PANEL

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired parameter: “1 INI-

TIAL TOUCH” or “2 AFTER TOUCH.”

NOTE

Some Voices are purposely designed
without touch sensitivity, in order to
emulate the true characteristics of the
actual instrument (for example, conven­tional organs, which have no touch
response).

3 Use the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons to specify the touch response.

1 INITIAL TOUCH

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[4 ] TOUCH OFF

[5 ]–
[8 ]

2 AFTER TOUCH

[1 ]/
[2 ]

TOUCH Determines the Initial Touch sensitivity setting.

HARD 2: Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best for players with a

heavy touch.

HARD 1: Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.
NORMAL: Standard touch response.
SOFT 1: Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.
SOFT 2: Produces relatively high volume even with light playing strength. Best for

players with a light touch.

Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to “OFF.”

LEVEL

LEFT–RIGHT3 Turns Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part.

TOUCH Determines the Aftertouch sensitivity setting.

HARD: Relatively strong aftertouch pressure is needed to produce changes.
NORMAL: Produces a fairly standard aftertouch response.
SOFT: Allows you to produce relatively large changes with very light aftertouch pres-

sure.

[5 ]–
[8 ]

LEFT–RIGHT3 Turns Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part.

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Selecting the Harmony/Echo type

Harmony Types

These types apply the harmony effect to notes played in the right-hand section of the
keyboard according to the chord specified in the left-hand section of the keyboard.
(Note that the “1+5” and “Octave” settings are not affected by the chord.)

Multi Assign Type

This type applies a special effect to chords played in the right-hand section of the
keyboard.

Echo Types

These types apply echo effects to notes played in the right-hand section of the key­board in time with the currently set tempo.

Chord section for Style playback
and Harmony effect

Chord section for
Style playback and
Harmony effect

LEFT Voice and chord section
for Harmony effect

Split Point Split Point

RIGHT 1–3 Voices

RIGHT 1–3 Voices

LEFT Voice

Split Point

(for Style playback)

Split Point
(for the Voice)

You can select the desired Harmony/Echo effect from a variety of types.

1 Turn the [HARMONY/ECHO] button on.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [F] HARMONY/ECHO

3 Use the [1 ]–[3 ] buttons to select the Harmony/Echo

type.

The Harmony/Echo types are divided into the following groups, depending on the
particular effect applied.

NOTE

When the [MONO] button is turned to
on or you use the SA/SA2 Voices, the
Harmony/Echo effect may not work
properly.

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 Harmony Types

When one of the Harmony Types is selected, the Harmony effect is applied to the
note played in the right-hand section of the keyboard according to the type
selected above and the chord specified in the chord section of the keyboard shown
below.

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 Multi Assign Type

The Multi Assign effect automatically assigns notes played simultaneously on the
right-hand section of the keyboard to separate parts (Voices). For example, if you
play three consecutive notes, the first is played by the RIGHT 1 Voice, the second
by the RIGHT 2 Voice, and the third by the RIGHT 3 Voice. The Multi Assign
effect is not affected by the [ACMP] and LEFT part on/off status.

 Echo Types

When one of the Echo Types is selected, the corresponding effect (echo, tremolo,
trill) is applied to the note played in the right-hand section of the keyboard in time
with the currently set tempo, regardless of the [ACMP] and the LEFT part on/off
status. Keep in mind that Trill works when you hold down two notes on the key­board simultaneously (last two notes if more than two notes are held), and it plays
those notes alternately.

4 Use the [4 ]–[8 ] buttons to select various Harmony/

Echo settings.

The available settings differ depending on the Harmony/Echo type.

[4 ] VOLUME This parameter is available for all types with the exception of “Multi Assign.” It deter-

mines the level of the harmony/echo notes generated by the Harmony/Echo effect.

[5 ] SPEED This parameter is only available when Echo, Tremolo, or Trill is selected in Type

above. It determines the speed of the Echo, Tremolo, and Trill effects.

[6 ] ASSIGN This parameter is available for all types with the exception of “Multi Assign.” This

lets you determine the keyboard part via which the harmony/echo notes will be
sounded.

[7 ] CHORD NOTE

ONLY

[8 ] TOUCH LIMIT This parameter is available for all types with the exception of “Multi Assign.” It deter-

This parameter is available when one of the Harmony Types is selected. When this is
set to “ON,” the Harmony effect is applied only to the note (played in the right-hand
section of the keyboard) that belongs to a chord played in the chord section of the key­board.

mines the lowest velocity value at which the harmony note will sound. This allows
you to selectively apply the harmony by your playing strength, letting you create har­mony accents in the melody. The harmony effect is applied when you play the key
strongly (above the set value).

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Pitch-Related Settings

The tuning of each note for the currently
selected scale is shown.

Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument

You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument—useful when you play the Tyros4 along with other instruments or
CD music. Please note that the Tune function does not affect the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices and audio files.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [ ][] MASTER
TUNE

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2 Use the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to set the tuning, from

414.8–466.8 Hz.

Press the both 4 or 5’s [] and [] buttons simultaneously to reset the value to
the factory setting of 440.0 Hz.

Scale Tuning

You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [ ][] SCALE
TUNE

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.

Voices – Playing the Keyboard –

 Preset Scale types

EQUAL The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each half-step evenly

spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in music today.

PURE MAJOR,
PURE MINOR

PYTHAGOREAN This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a series of perfect

MEAN-TONE This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making the major third

WERCKMEISTER,
KIRNBERGER

ARABIC1,
ARABIC2

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These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially for triad chords
(root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies—such as choirs and a cappella
singing.

fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable, but the
4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads.

interval more “in tune.” It was especially popular from the 16th century to the 18th century. Han­del, among others, used this scale.

This composite scale combines the Werckmeister and Kirnberger systems, which were themselves
improvements on the mean-tone and Pythagorean scales. The main feature of this scale is that each
key has its own unique character. The scale was used extensively during the time of Bach and
Beethoven, and even now it is often used when performing period music on the harpsichord.

Use these tunings when playing Arabic music.

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3 Change the following settings as necessary.

NOTE

In musical terms a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone. (100 cents equal one semitone.)

To register the Scale Tune settings to the
Registration Memory, be sure to check­mark the SCALE item in the REGISTRA­TION MEMORY CONTENTS display.

[2 ] BASE NOTE Determines the base note for each scale. When the base note is changed, the pitch of

the keyboard is transposed, yet maintains the original pitch relationship between the
notes.

[3 ]–
[5 ]

[6 ]/
[7 ]

[8 ] MARK ON/OFF

TUNE Select the desired note to be tuned by using the [3 ] buttons and tune it in cents by

using the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons.

NOTE

PART SELECT Select the part to which the Scale Tune setting is applied by using the [6 ]/[7

] buttons. Then press the [8 ] button to add a checkmark or press the [8 ] but-

ton to remove the checkmark.

Changing the Part Assignment of the TRANSPOSE Buttons

You can determine to which parts the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons are applied.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [D] CONTROLLER  TA B [ ][] KEYBOARD/PANEL

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select “4. TRANSPOSE ASSIGN.”

3 Press the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to select the desired trans-

pose type.

KEYBOARD When this is selected, the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect the pitch of keyboard played Voices,

Style playback (controlled by the performance in the chord section of the keyboard), and Multi Pad
playback (when Chord Match is on, and left-hand chords are indicated)—but they do not affect
Song playback.

SONG When this is selected, the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect only the pitch of Song playback.

MASTER When this is selected, the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect the overall pitch of the instrument,

except audio playback.

You can confirm the setting here by viewing the popup window called up via the
TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons.

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Editing Voices (Voice Set)

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The Tyros4 has a Voice Set feature that allows you to create your own Voices by editing some parameters of the existing
Voices. Once you’ve created a Voice, you can save it as a User Voice to the USER drive or external devices for future
recall.

1 Select the desired Voice (other than an Organ Flutes Voice).

The editing method is different for the ORGAN FLUTES Voices compared to
other Voices. For instructions on editing the ORGAN FLUTES Voices, see

page 16.

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2 Press the [5 ] (VOICE SET) button to call up the VOICE SET

display.

3 Use the TAB [][] buttons to call up the relevant setting dis-

play.

For information on the available parameters in each display, see the “Editable
Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays” on page 12.

4 As necessary, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the item (param-

eter) to be edited and edit the Voice by using the [1 ]–[8
] buttons or sliders.

By pressing the [D] (COMPARE) button, you can compare the sound of the edited
Voice with the original (unedited) Voice.

5 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Voice as a User

Voic e .

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NOTICE

The settings will be lost if you
select another Voice or turn the
power to the instrument off with­out executing the Save operation.

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Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays

0

64 127

64

127

0

64 127

64

127

TOUCH SENSE DEPTH

Changes to velocity curve according
to VelDepth (with Offset set to 64)

TOUCH SENSE OFFSET

Changes to velocity curve according
to VelOffset (with Depth set to 64)

Actual Velocity for
tone generator

Actual Velocity for
tone generator

Depth=127 (twice)

Depth=64 (normal)

Depth=32 (half)

Depth=0

Received Velocity
(Actual KeyOn speed)

Offset=127 (+127)

Offset=64 (normal)

Offset=32 (-64)

Offset=96 (+64)

Received Velocity
(Actual KeyOn speed)

Offset=0 (-127)

Depends
on offset

Depends
on offset

The Portamento Time determines the pitch transition time. Portamento is a function that creates a smooth
transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next.

The Voice Set parameters are organized into five different displays. The parameters in
each display are described separately, below.

 COMMON Page

[1 ] VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the current edited Voice.

[2 ]/
[3 ]

TOUCH SENSE Adjusts the touch sensitivity (velocity sensitivity), or how greatly the volume

responds to your playing strength.

NOTE

The available parameters differ depend­ing on the Voice.

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DEPTH: Determines the velocity sensitivity, or how much the level of the Voice

changes in response to your playing strength (velocity).

OFFSET: Determines the amount by which received velocities are adjusted for the

actual velocity effect.

[4 ]/
[5 ]

PART OCTAVE Shifts the octave range of the edited Voice up or down in octaves. When the edited

Voice is used as any of the RIGHT 1–3 parts, the R1/R2/R3 parameter is available;
when the edited Voice is used as the LEFT part, the LEFT parameter is available.

[6 ] MONO/POLY

Determines whether the edited Voice is played monophonically or polyphonically. This
setting can also be made from the VOICE EFFECT [MONO] button on the panel.

[7 ] PORTAMENTO

TIME

Sets the portamento time (pitch transition time) when the edited Voice is set to
“MONO” above.

NOTE

1 MODULATION

The MODULATION wheel can be used to modulate the parameters below as well
as the pitch (vibrato). Here, you can set the degree to which the MODULATION
wheel modulates each of the following parameters.

[2 ] FILTER Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the Filter Cut-

[3 ] AMPLITUDE Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the amplitude

[5 ] LFO PMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the pitch, or

[6 ] LFO FMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the Filter mod-

[7 ] LFO AMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the amplitude,

off Frequency. For details about the filter, see page 13.

(volume).

the vibrato effect.

ulation, or the wah effect.

or the tremolo effect.

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2 AFTER TOUCH

Vol um e

Cutoff Frequency

Frequency
(pitch)

Cutoff
range

These frequencies are
“passed” by the filter.

Vol um e

Resonance

Frequency (pitch)

Level

Sustain
Level

Time

RELEASEDECAYATTA C K

Key offKey on

Aftertouch can be used to modulate the parameters below. Here, you can set the
degree to which Aftertouch modulates each of the following parameters.

[2 ] FILTER Determines the degree to which Aftertouch modulates the Filter Cutoff Frequency.

[3 ] AMPLITUDE Determines the degree to which Aftertouch modulates the amplitude (volume).

[5 ] LFO PMOD Determines the degree to which Aftertouch modulates the pitch, or the vibrato effect.

[6 ] LFO FMOD Determines the degree to which Aftertouch modulates the Filter modulation, or the

[7 ] LFO AMOD Determines the degree to which Aftertouch modulates the amplitude, or the tremolo

 SOUND Page

FILTER

Filter is a processor that changes the timbre or tone of a sound by either blocking
or passing a specific frequency range. The parameters below determine the overall
timbre of the sound by boosting or cutting a certain frequency range. In addition to
making the sound either brighter or mellower, Filter can be used to produce elec­tronic, synthesizer-like effects.

See below for details about Filter.

wah effect.

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effect.

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[1 ] BRIGHT

(Brightness)

Determines the cutoff frequency or
effective frequency range of the filter
(see diagram). Higher values result in a
brighter sound.

[2 ]HARMO.

(Harmonic
content)

Determines the emphasis given to the
cutoff frequency (resonance), set in
BRIGHT above (see diagram). Higher
values result in a more pronounced
effect.

EG

The EG (Envelope Generator) settings determine how the level of the
sound changes in time. This lets you reproduce many sound character­istics of natural acoustic instruments—such as the quick attack and
decay of percussion sounds, or the long release of a sustained piano
tone.

[3 ] ATTACK Determines how quickly the sound reaches its maximum level after the key is played.

The lower the value, the quicker the attack.

[4 ] DECAY Determines how quickly the sound reaches its sustain level (a slightly lower level than

maximum). The lower the value, the quicker the decay.

[5 ] RELES.

(Release)

Determines how quickly the sound decays to silence after the key is released. The
lower the value, the quicker the decay.

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VIBRATO

Pitch

Time

DEPTH

SPEED

DELAY

Vibrato is a quavering, vibrating sound effect that is produced by regu­larly modulating the pitch of the Voice.

[6 ] DEPTH Determines the intensity of the Vibrato effect. Higher settings result in a more pro-

[7 ] SPEED Determines the speed of the Vibrato effect.

[8 ] DELAY Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key and the start

 EFFECT/EQ Page

1 REVERB DEPTH/CHORUS DEPTH/DSP DEPTH/PANEL SUSTAIN

nounced Vibrato.

of the Vibrato effect. Higher settings increase the delay of the Vibrato onset.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ] DSP ON/OFF Determines whether the DSP is on or off.

[6 ] DSP DEPTH Adjusts the DSP depth.

[7 ] PANEL SUSTAIN Determines the sustain level applied to the edited Voice when the VOICE EFFECT

REVERB DEPTH Adjusts the reverb depth.

CHORUS DEPTH Adjusts the chorus depth.

This setting can also be made from the VOICE EFFECT [DSP] button on the panel.

If you want to re-select the DSP type, you can do so in the “2 DSP” menu explained
below.

[SUSTAIN] button on the panel is turned on.

2 DSP

[1 ]–
[4 ]

[5 ]–
[8 ]

[5 ] ON/OFF Turns the DSP Variation on or off for the selected Voice. This setting can also be made

DSP TYPE Selects the DSP effect category and type. Select a type after selecting a category.

VARIATION Two variations are provided for each DSP type. Here, you can edit the VARIATION

on/off status and variation’s parameter value setting.

from the VOICE EFFECT [VARIATION] button on the panel. (This button is effec­tive only when the [DSP] button is on.)

PARAMETER Displays the variation parameter. (This differs depending on the effect type and can-

not be changed.)

[6 ]

–[8 ]

3 EQ

Determines the Frequency and Gain of the Low and High EQ bands. For informa­tion about EQ, refer to page 112.

 HARMONY Page

Same as in the [FUNCTION]  [F] HARMONY/ECHO display. See “Selecting
the Harmony/Echo type” on page 7.

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VALUE Adjusts the value of the DSP variation parameter.

Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.)

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3

Each Voice is linked to its default VOICE SET parameter settings. Usually these settings are automatically called up
when a Voice is selected. However, you can also disable this feature by the operation in the relevant display as explained
below.
For example, if you want to change the Voice yet keep the same Harmony effect, set the HARMONY/ECHO parameter
to OFF (in the display explained below).

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [E] REGIST SEQUENCE/FREEZE/VOICE SET  TAB
[][] VOICE SET

1

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a keyboard part.

3 Use the [4 ]–[7 ] buttons to enable/disable automatic

calling up of the settings (ON or OFF) independently for each
parameter group.

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Editing Organ Flutes Parameters

Same as the
FOOTAGE Page.

The Organ Flutes Voices selected from the [ORGAN FLUTES] button can be edited by
adjusting the footage levers, adding the attack sound, applying effect and equalizer, etc.

 FOOTAGE Page

Refer to the Owner’s Manual, chapter 1.

 VOLUME/ATTACK Page

NOTICE

After editing, go to the Voice
Selection display by pressing the
[I] (PRESETS) button and save the
setting. The settings will be lost if
you select another Voice or turn
the power to the instrument off
without executing the Save opera­tion.

[1 ] VOL (Volume) Adjusts the overall volume of the Organ Flutes. The longer the graphic bar, the greater

[2 ] RESP (Response) Affects both the attack and release (page 13) portion of the sound, increasing or

[3 ] VIBRATO

[4 ] MODE The MODE control selects between two modes: FIRST and EACH. In the FIRST

[5 ]–
[7 ]

[8 ] LENG (Length) Affects the attack portion of the sound producing a longer or shorter decay immedi-

 EFFECT/EQ Page

Same parameters as in the VOICE SET “EFFECT/EQ” Page explained on

page 14.

the volume.

decreasing the response time of the initial swell and release, based on the FOOTAGE
controls. The higher the value, the slower the swell and release.

Determines the speed of the vibrato effect controlled by the Vibrato On/Off ([F]/[G]

SPEED

4’, 2 2/3’, 2’ These determine the attack sound volume of the ORGAN FLUTES Voice. The 4’, 2-

buttons) and Vibrato Depth ([H] button).

mode, attack (percussive sound) is applied only to the first notes played and held
simultaneously; while the first notes are held, any subsequently played notes have no
attack applied. In the EACH mode, attack is applied equally to all notes.

2/3’ and 2’ controls increase or reduce the volume of attack sound at the correspond­ing footages. The longer the graphic bar, the greater the attack sound volume.

ately after the initial attack. The longer the graphic bar, the longer the decay.

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Creating Custom Voices (Voice Creator)

The powerful Voice Creator feature lets you create your own original Voices, Normal Voices (page 20) and Drum Voices
(page 24) by using your favorite Wave files (audio samples in WAV or AIFF format).
In Drum Voice creating, you can also use the instruments (drum/percussion) sound assigned to each key of the Preset
Drum Voices.

First, import Wave files from a USB storage device or hard disk drive to the optional flash memory expansion module.
Second, assign the Wave to the Element (Normal Voice) or Key (Drum Voice).
Finally, store the Voice as a Custom Voice.

1

If you want to create Drum Voices by using the instruments of Preset Drum Voices, you can skip the next section
“Importing the Wave Data to the Optional Expansion Module” and proceed to “Creating Drum Voices (Custom Drum
Voice)” on page 24.

Importing the Wave Data to the Optional Expansion Module

1 Install the expansion module to the Tyros4.

For information on installation, refer to the Appendix section in the Owner’s Man­ual.

2 Prepare the Wave data you’ll be using for the new Voice.

Only WAV or AIFF format data can be used for the Voice Creator.
We recommend that you store the files to a single folder of a USB storage device
or hard disk drive.

Notes for Available Wave Files

• This instrument cannot recognize the extension .aiff. When you use an AIFF
file, change the extension to .aif.

• Only use uncompressed files.

• Wave data used for the Voice Creator can be of any sample rate or bit resolu­tion. However, all Wave data of a resolution other than 16-bit is automati­cally converted to 16-bit resolution after being loaded.

• Only use Wave data having a frequency of 44100 Hz. Otherwise, the data
may not play back at the correct pitch.

• Voice Creator supports and recognizes loops in the Wave data, letting you
use up to one loop in each Wave file. (Some sample libraries have loops
already programmed into the data; you can also use Wave (audio) editing
software to program loops yourself. Keep in mind however, that multiple
loops are not supported.)

• Audio files recorded with Multi Track recording of the Audio Recorder/
Player function (.aud) cannot be used as is with the Voice Creator. If you
want to use an .aud file, mix down the file in .wav data format. For informa­tion on the mixdown operation, refer to Chapter 7 in the Owner’s Manual.

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3 Select the Wave file(s) on the USB or HD drive.

3-4

3-3

3-6

Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator Menu.

3-1
3-2 Press the [E] button to call up the Expansion Module display (page 19).
3-3 Press the [F] button to call up the Category popup window (page 19), then

select the desired Category as Import destination. The popup window disap­pears automatically after a while.

3-4 Press the [H] (IMPORT) button to call up the Wave display.
3-5 Press the TAB [][] buttons to select the location (USB or HD) then use

the [A]–[J] buttons to select the folder in which the WAV/AIFF files are
stored.

NOTE

If the expansion module is not installed
properly, the [E] (EXPANSION MOD­ULE) button is grayed out.

NOTE

You can call up the information for the
selected file by pressing the [7 ]
(INFO) button.

3-6 Press the [6 ] (IMPORT) button to call up the popup window for the

Import operation.

3-7 Select the desired files by using the [A]–[J] buttons.

Press the same button again to cancel the selection.
Press the [6
Press the [6

] (ALL) button to select all files of the current folder.
] (ALL OFF) button to cancel the selection.

3-8 Press the [7 ] (OK) button to confirm the selection.

4 Press the [F] (OK) button to actually start importing the

selected Wave files.

As soon as the Import operation is finished, the “Completed” dialog appears.

5 Press the [G] (OK) button to return to the Expansion Module

display.

The Wave files imported from the USB or HD drive are shown.

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6 Press the [EXIT] button several times to call up the Main dis-

[F] CATEGORY Calls up a popup window for categorizing the Wave files.

[G]/[H]

Selects the desired category, CATEGORY01–20, NO CATEGORY or PRE­MIUM PACK.

[J]

Changes the name of the selected category. Pressing this button calls up the
display for entering characters.

[H] IMPORT Imports the Wave files from the USB or HD drive to the expansion module,

as done in steps 3–4 (page 18). You can also import files after starting to
assign files to the keys.

[I] DELETE Calls up a popup window for the Delete operation.

[5 ]

Selects the desired Wave files to be deleted.

[6 ]

Confirms the selection. To cancel the selection, press the button again.

[7 ]

Selects all files of the current category. To cancel the selection, press the
button again.

[8 ]

Executes the Delete operation.

[8 ]

Cancels the Delete operation.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

PAGE Up/Down Selects the next or previous page in the list.

[3 ]–
[5 ]

Up/Down Selects the next or previous file.

[6 ] AUDITION Allows you to listen to the currently selected file.

[7 ]/
[8 ]

PROPERTY Shows the Property display (page 29).

You can also change the name after the Wave files are imported.

NOTE

play.

Now, you can start creating your own original Voices, Normal Voices (page 20)
and Drum Voices (page 24) by using your own Waves.

Expansion Module display

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Creating Normal Voices (Custom Voice)

Flash Memory Expansion Module

Wave files (WAV or AIFF)

Expansion Voice Bank (Library)

Tyros4

Element 8

Element 1

Wave 1 Wave 2

q Assign to Element(s)

(steps 1–8 below)

e Store the created Normal Voice.

(step 12)

w Edit each element and entire Voice

(steps 9–11)

r (If necessary) Re-edit each element

and entire Voice

(page 27)

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By assigning Wave files, you can create your original Voices—not only create from scratch, but also add Waves to the
existing Voices. A Voice consists of eight elements and you need to assign Wave files to each element (more than two
Waves can be assigned to one element).
The resulting Voice is called a Custom Voice and can be selected and played in the same way as all other Tyros4 Voices.

1 Turn the PART SELECT [RIGHT 1] button to on, then select a

Voic e .

When you are creating a Custom Voice from scratch, select an “empty” Voice
from the [EXPANSION] button. If you are creating a Voice by adding Wave files
to an existing Voice, press the desired VOICE button and select the desired Voice.

2 Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator

Menu.

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NOTE

S.Articulation2!, S.Articulation!, Mega­Voice and Organ Flutes! Voices cannot
be selected for creation of Custom
Voices.

NOTE

If you have selected the [PERC./SFX
KIT] category, make sure NOT to select
Drum Voice (“Drums/SFX/Live!Drums/
Live!SFX” is displayed above the Voice
name).

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3 Press the [G] (CUSTOM VOICE ASSEMBLY) button to call up the

NOTE

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Assembly display.

4 Use the [A]–[D] and [F]–[I] buttons to select the desired Ele-

ment to which Wave file(s) will be assigned.

The Key Mapping display of the selected Element will appear.

5 Assign the desired Wave to the selected Element.

Press the [F] button to call up the Add Wave display.

5-1
5-2 Press the [F] button to call up the Select Wave display.
5-3 Use the [F] button to select the category which contains the desired Wave

file.
For information on category, refer to page 19.

5-4 Select the desired Wave file by using the [1 ]–[5 ] buttons, then

press the [ENTER] button to confirm your selection.

You cannot assign Waves to preset Ele­ments (instrument icon is shown).

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6 Set the parameters for the assigned Wave in the Add Wave dis-

7

play.

From this display, you can set a number of parameters related to how the sound
will be mapped to the keyboard.

[1 ] FIXED PITCH When this is set to ON, all keys will play the Wave sound at the same pitch. When set

to OFF, the pitch of the Wave sound changes according to the key played, based
around the original pitch (set at Center Key below).

[2 ]/
[3 ]

[4 ]/
[5 ]

[6 ] WAVE VOLUME This determines the playback volume for the specific Wave. Normally, this should be

7 Press the [H] (EXECUTE) button to actually assign the Wave.

Completion of the Assign operation will return to the Key Mapping display.

8 If you want to assign another Wave to this Element, repeat

steps 5–7.

CENTER KEY This determines the key to which the original pitch of the sound is assigned. When

Fixed Pitch (above) is set to OFF, keys below the Center Key play the sound progres­sively lower in pitch, while keys above play the sound progressively higher. Normally,
you’ll want to make sure that this is the same as the original sound; for example, if the
original pitch of the audio was at C3, set Center Key to C3 for best results. When
Fixed Pitch (above) is set to ON, this has no effect. You can specify this setting
directly from the keyboard by simultaneously holding down the [2 ] (DIRECT
KEY) button and pressing the desired key on the keyboard.

START KEY This determines the lowest key at which the Wave will sound. Use this with End Key

(see step 9 on page 23) to set the key range for the Wave. You can specify this setting
directly from the keyboard by simultaneously holding down the [4 ] (DIRECT
KEY) button and pressing the desired key on the keyboard.

set to the maximum (127); however, you can use it to adjust the level balance among
multiple sounds in the Element.

NOTE

If you want to store the Voice at this
point, press the [J] (STORE) button. The
Custom Voice display will appear. Refer
to step 12 on page 23 about the Custom
Voice display. Each time you make
some change (e.g., add a Wave to the
Element or add an Element to the
Voice), you should store the Voice.

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9 Set the parameters for the currently selected Element in the

Key Mapping display.

[G] DELETE WAVE Deletes the Wave selected with the [1 ]–[3 ] (WAVE) buttons below.

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[1 ]–
[3 ]

[4 ]/
[5 ]

[6 ]/
[7 ]

WAVE When more than one Wave has been assigned, select the desired one for editing.

To select the Wave which is assigned to the key, simultaneously hold down the [1
] (DIRECT KEY) button and press the appropriate key on the keyboard.

START KEY This determines the lowest key at which the Wave will sound. Use this with End Key

(below) to set the key range for the Wave. You can specify this setting directly from
the keyboard by simultaneously holding down the [4 ] (DIRECT KEY) button
and pressing the desired key on the keyboard.

END KEY This determines the highest key at which the Wave will sound. Use this with Start Key

(above) to set the key range for the Wave. You can specify this setting directly from
the keyboard by simultaneously holding down the [6 ] (DIRECT KEY) button
and pressing the desired key on the keyboard.

10 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Assembly display.

If you want to edit another Element, repeat steps 4–9.

11 Press the [8 ] (VOICE SET) button and edit the Voice Set

parameters (page 12).

After you finish editing the Voice Set parameters, press the [EXIT] button to show
the Assembly display again.

12 Store the created Normal Voice.

Press the [J] (STORE) button to call up the Custom Voice display, then press the
[6 ] (STORE) button to store the Voice.

13 Press the [EXIT] button.

If you want, you can continue adding Waves. Repeat steps 4–12.

NOTICE

The created Voice will be lost if
you change to another Voice or
you turn the power off without
executing the Store operation.
Make sure to execute the Store
operation.

(If necessary) You can re-edit the element and the entire Voice. For details, refer to
the section “Re-Editing a Custom Voice” (page 27).

NOTE

Do not use any special characters
(umlaut, accent, etc.) in the Voice name.

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Creating Drum Voices (Custom Drum Voice)

Flash Memory Expansion Module

Wave files (WAV or AIFF)

Expansion Voice Bank (Library)

Tyros4

Drum Voice

q Assign to specific key(s)

(steps 1–5 below)

e Store the created

Drum Voice. (step 9)

w Edit the entire Drum Voice

(steps 6–8)

r (If necessary) Re-edit

the entire Drum Voice

(page 27)

q Assign to specific key(s)

(steps 1–5 below)

The instrument (drum/percussion) of Preset Drum Voice

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By assigning the instruments (drum/percussion) of Preset Drum Voices and Wave files to each key, you can create your
original Drum Voices—not only by creating the Voice from scratch, but also by adding/replacing the instruments within
existing Drum Voices with other instruments of Preset Drum Voice and your own Wave files, and by editing selected
parameters of each key. The resulting Voice is called a Custom Drum Voice and can be selected and played in the same
way as all other Tyros4 Voices.

Drum Voice (Custom Drum Voice)

Creating
from

Scratch  Add instrument from Preset Drum Voice

 Add your own Waves from Flash Memory Expansion Module

Existing
Vo i c e

 Replace with instrument from Preset Drum Voice

 Replace with your own Waves from Flash Memory Expansion

Module

NOTE

To create your original Drum Voices
from Kit Edit of the Mixing Console
function (Owner’s Manual, Chapter 9),
proceed to step 3.

1 Turn the PART SELECT [RIGHT 1] button to on, then select a

Drum Voice.

When you are creating a Custom Drum from scratch, select an “empty” drum
Voice by pressing the [EXPANSION] button, then pressing the [8 ] (UP) button
and selecting the “CustomDrum” category. If you are creating a Drum Voice by
adding Wave files to an existing Drum Voice, press the [PERC./DRUM KIT] but­ton and select the desired drum Voice.

2 Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator

Menu.

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3 Press the [G] (CUSTOM VOICE ASSEMBLY) button to call up the

5

4

Drum Mapping display.

4 Specify the key to be edited.

Press the desired key on the keyboard or use the [1 ]/[2 ] (TARGET) but­tons.

5 Select the desired instrument (drum/percussion) of Preset

Drum Voice or Wave to be assigned by following the procedure
below.

5-1

Press the [F] (SELECT WAVE) button.

5-2 Use the TAB [][] buttons to select the desired tab page: PRESET or

EXP.

• PRESET: contains the instrument of Preset Drum Voice

• EXP.: contains the Wave files in the expansion module

5-3 If you selected Preset tab on step 5-2, use the [F] and [G] buttons to select

the category which contains the desired instrument.

5-4 Select the desired audio (instrument/Wave) files by using the [1 ]–

[5 ] buttons, then press the [ENTER] button to confirm your selection.

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PRESET

[F] CATEGORY Calls up a popup window, allowing you to select the desired instrument (drum/per-

cussion) category, if INST. is selected in KIT  INST. below, or the Drum Kit
Voice, if KIT is selected. While the popup window appears, use the [G]/[H] buttons
to make the selection.

[G] KIT  INST. KIT: Sorts the sounds according to the containing Drum Kit Voice.

INST.: Sorts the sounds according to the instrument (drum/percussion) type.

[J] EMPTY Disables the selection.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]–
[5 ]

[6 ] AUDITION

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EXP.

This button appears only when using Kit Edit of the Mixing Console function.

When the [DSP] button is on, a setting of “0” here results in no panning.

[F] CATEGORY See page 19.

[J] EMPTY Disables the selection.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]–
[5 ]

[6 ]AUDITION

PAGE Up/Down See page 19.

Up/Down

6 Set the parameters for the selected key in the Drum Mapping

display.

8

9

[A] ALL SOUND

OFF

[C] VIEW NOTE When this button is held down, the notes which are currently performed by the Style

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ] VOLUME Adjusts the volume.

[4 ] PAN Sets the stereo pan position: 0 (Random), 1 (Left)–64 (Center)–127 (Right).

[5 ] REVERB Adjusts the applied reverb effect.

[6 ] RECEIVE NOTE

[7 ] ALTERNATE

TARGET Selects a key to be edited.

OFF

GROUP

Stops all sounds.

function are shown.

NOTE

NOTE

Determines whether the key receives Note Off events or not. When this parameter is
set to ON, Note Off events will be received. When this is set to OFF, Note Off events
will not be received.

Assigns the key (TARGET) to a specific group. This lets you separate certain sounds,
such as open and closed hi-hat sounds, so that one will cancel the other.

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7 Repeat steps 4–6 to edit each key.

8 Press the [8 ] (VOICE SET) button and edit the Voice Set

parameters (page 12).

After you finish editing the Voice Set parameters, press the [EXIT] button to show
the Drum Mapping display again.

9 Store the created Drum Voice.

Press the [J] (STORE) button to call up the Custom Voice display, then press the
[6 ] (STORE) button to store the Voice.

10 Press the [EXIT] button.

If you want, you can continue adding waves. Repeat steps 3–8.

(If necessary) You can re-edit the entire Voice. For details, refer to the section “Re­Editing a Custom Voice” below.

Re-Editing a Custom Voice

1 Turn the PART SELECT [RIGHT 1] button to on, then press the

[EXPANSION] button.

NOTE

When you start creating a Drum Voice
from Kit Edit of the Mixing Console
function, the Voice Set button is not
shown.

NOTICE

The created Voice will be lost if
you change to another Voice or
you turn the power off without
executing the Store operation.
Make sure to execute the Store
operation.

NOTE

Do not use any special characters
(umlaut, accent, etc.) in the Voice name.

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2 Use the [A]–[J] buttons to select a Custom Voice to be re-

edited.

When you are selecting a Custom Drum Voice, press the [8 ] (UP) button and
select the “CustomDrum” category.

3 Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator

Menu.

4 Press the [G] (CUSTOM VOICE ASSEMBLY) button to call up the

operation display.

The subsequent steps are the same as for creating the Custom Voice (Normal
Voice: page 20, Drum Voice: page 24).

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Editing an Expansion Voice Bank—Library Edit

Shows the property display
(see below).

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This function lets you organize the Voices in the Expansion Voice bank, renaming them, changing their location within in
the bank, or even deleting them if desired.

1 Call up the operation display.

[VOICE CREATOR]  [B] LIBRARY EDIT

2 Use the TAB [][] buttons to select the desired tab page: Cus-

tom Voice, Custom Drum or Premium.

3 Select the desired Voice in the display and use the [1 ]–[5 ]

buttons to edit the selected Voice.

3

4 When you’ve finished editing, press the [EXIT] button.

NOTE

The Premium page is reserved for
Voices obtained from the Internet web­site. The Voices in the Premium page
cannot be edited but only deleted.

NOTE

When you reorganize Voices in this dis­play, you are simply organizing the
paths of the Voices, not copying or
moving the Voices themselves.

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Property display

The format operation deletes any previously existing data. Make sure that the module you are formatting does not
contain important data.

NOTICE

If the expansion module is not installed the Defrag and Format buttons does not appear.

NOTE

When the available memory space has been taken up with large amounts of audio data, you may want to delete
large Custom Voices to create space, yet not know which Voices are large and taking up much space. In the
Property display, you can check the Memory Status, as well as the Voice/Wave Property of the currently
selected Expansion Voice/Wave file.

 Memory Status

• EXP. MODULE: Memory size of the optionally installed flash memory expansion module. By optimizing

the expansion module, you may be able to increase the memory capacity (depending on how fragmented
the Wave files are). Press the [A] (DEFRAG) button to optimize the expansion module. By formatting the
expansion module, you can have all the space available. Press the [C] (FORMAT) button to format the
expansion module.

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• VOICE R AM: Size of the internal memory for the Expansion Voices. This memory cannot be expanded. A

maximum of 6,144 KB is available.

• WAVE COUNT: Total number of the wave files. A maximum of 8,192 mono files or 4,096 stereo files is

available.

• WAVEFORM COUNT: Total number of Waveforms. The term Waveform refers to a set of wave assignment

information. A maximum of 1,280 waveforms is available.

 Voice Property

• NAME: The name of the focused Custom Voice

• PATH: The path of the focused Custom Voice

• VOICE SIZE (KB): The size of the focused Custom Voice

• WAVE SIZE (MB): The Wave size of the focused Custom Voice

• WAVE COUNT: The number of Waves used in the focused Custom Voice

• WAVEFORM COUNT: The number of Waveforms in the focused Wave

 Wave Pro p erty

• NAME: The name of the focused Wave

Pressing the [I] (NAME) button calls up the display for entering characters.

• CATEGORY: The category name which the focused Wave belongs to.

By pressing the [J] (CATEGORY) button then the [ENTER] button, you can change the category.

• USING: If the focused Wave is used to the Custom Voice, “USE” is shown. If not, nothing is shown.

• WAVE SIZE (MB): The size of the focused Wave

• WAVE COUNT: For the focused Wave, the number of Waves which uses the expansion module memory

space.

• FREQUENCY (kHz): The sampling frequency of the focused Wave

• CHANNEL: The number of channels of the focused Wave, MONO or STEREO

• TIME: The playback time of the focused Wave

To close the Property display, press the [F] (OK) button.

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Saving your Custom Voices to a Library—Library Save

NOTE

Once you’ve created some Custom Voices (including Custom Drum Voices), you’ll want
to keep them together in a Library file. Library Save lets you create a Library file for stor­ing your Custom Voices and keeping them organized for future use.

1 Call up the operation display.

[VOICE CREATOR]  [C] LIBRARY SAVE

2 Use the TAB [][] buttons to select the desired tab page:

CUSTOM VOICE or CUSTOM DRUM.

3 By using the [A]–[J] buttons and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons, select the

desired Voices.

You can continue to select additional Voices here, as many as desired—even a
mixture of Normal and Drum Voices. To select all Voices in all tab pages, press the
[6 ] (ALL) button.

4 Press the [7 ] (OK) button.

5 By using the TAB [][] buttons, select the destination for sav-

ing the data.

If necessary, create a folder by pressing the [7 ] (FOLDER) button.

6 Press the [6 ] (SAVE) button.

NOTE

The Library file contains the path of the
Custom Voices. Therefore, if you move
or delete the Voices after creating the
Library file, the Voices cannot be
recalled from the Library file.

NOTE

Even though the User drive can be
selected here, there is not enough mem­ory space in the drive for storing Voice
Creator data. Make sure to use one of
the other destinations.

7 Enter the desired name for the Library file and press the [8 ]

(OK) button.

A message appears prompting you to select the method for saving.

8 Press the [G] (OK) button to save the Library file.

To cancel, press the [H] (CANCEL) button.

You can check the available memory
space of the selected storage location/
device by pressing the [8 ] (PROP­ERTY) button here.

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