Yamaha PF-1000 User Manual

Editing the voice — Sound Creator
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SOUND CREATOR Parameters
The following parameters are linked to the ones in each display.
PIANO Determines the parameters unique to piano sounds, such as tuning curve or sustain
sampling. This page is available only when the Natural piano voice is selected.
COMMON Determines the common settings such as voice volume or octave.
SOUND Determines the timbre/EG (Envelope Generator)/vibrato of the voice (Regular voice only).
EFFECT Determines the effect depth or type.
HARMONY Determines the Harmony/Echo settings.
Common parameter Other location
MONO VOICE EFFECT (TOP PANEL) page 58
PORTAMENTO TIME MIXING CONSOLE page 118
LEFT PEDAL TYPE CONTROLLER (FUNCTION) page 128
LEFT PEDAL SETTING CONTROLLER (FUNCTION) page 128
FILTER BRIGHTNESS MIXING CONSOLE page 118
FILTER HARMONIC CONTENT MIXING CONSOLE page 118
REVERB DEPTH MIXING CONSOLE page 119
CHORUS DEPTH MIXING CONSOLE page 119
DSP ON/OFF VOICE EFFECT (TOP PANEL) page 57
DSP DEPTH MIXING CONSOLE page 119
DSP TYPE/VARIATION MIXING CONSOLE/VOICE EFFECT (TOP PANEL) page 57,119
HARMONY/ECHO TYPE HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
HARMONY/ECHO VOLUME HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
HARMONY/ECHO SPEED HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
HARMONY/ECHO ASSIGN HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
HARMONY/ECHO CHORD NOTE ONLY HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
HARMONY/ECHO TOUCH LIMIT HARMONY/ECHO (FUNCTION) page 132
Natural Voices and Regular Voices
Built into the PF-1000 are two different tone generation sources, Natural and XG. The
Natural tone generation source and its voices feature a huge amount of wave
memory, giving you enormous and finely detailed expressive power over the sound.
The XG source (which powers the Regular voices) provide maximum compatibility
with a wide variety of devices and song data.
The maximum amount of polyphony for each tone generation source is set up to best
enhance your performance. In general, the songs and styles are played back using the
XG source, while the Natural voices are played from the keyboard — allowing you to
play the Natural voices with full polyphony, even if the song and style data exceeds the polyphonic limit.
* Depending on the particular style selected, a Natural voice may be used for the accompaniment. Usually, songs are played back using the
XG voices (page 149); however, you can have them automatically “re-voiced” — using the exceptionally rich and realistic sounds exclusive
to the PF-1000 (page 117).
The available parameters
differ depending on the
selected voice type, Regular
or Natural (see below).
Keep in mind that there are
certain parameters whose
Sound Creator settings
affect only the Main part’s
voice.
Voices sounded with the XG
source are divided into two
groups. One is the original
set of PF-1000 voices
(Cool!, Sweet!, Live!), and
the other is the conventional
XG set.
Natural! Cool! Sweet! Live! XG
PF-1000-exclusive voices GM/XG-compatible voices
Natural voices (sounded by Natural tone
generation source)
Regular voices (sounded by XG tone generation source)
Used mainly for keyboard-played voices For keyboard-played voices, song/style playback*

Yamaha PF-1000 Specifications

General

Brand	Yamaha
Model	PF-1000
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English