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Voices
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Voice EffectsQuick Guide on page 39
 Harmony/Echo...............................................................................................................................
See page 39 in “Quick Guide” and page 154 in “Reference.”
 Initial Touch.....................................................................................................................................
The keyboard of the TYROS is equipped with a touch response feature that lets you...

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Voices
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Changing Pitch on the TYROS
The TYROS has a variety of pitch-related controls and functions, as described below.
 PITCH BEND Wheel............................................................................................................
Use the TYROS PITCH BEND wheel to bend notes up (roll the wheel away from you) or down (roll 
the wheel toward you) while playing the keyboard. The Pitch Bend is applied to all the keyboard 
parts (RIGHT1 - 3 and LEFT). The...

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The TYROS features a variety of lush, dynamic organ voices that you can call up with the [ORGAN FLUTES] button.  
It also gives you the tools to create your own original organ sounds by using the Sound Creator (called up with the 
[SOUND CREATOR] button).
Just as on a traditional organ, you can create your own sounds by adjusting the levels of the flute footages.
Sound Creator Parameters (Organ Flutes Voices)
The Organ Flutes parameters are organized into three different...

Page 84

Organ Flutes (Sound Creator)
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 VOL/ATTACK
 EFFECT/EQ
VOL (Volume)Adjusts the overall volume of the Organ Flutes. The longer the graphic bar, the greater the 
volume.
RESP (Response)Affects both the attack and release (page 87) portion of the sound, increasing or 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. 
VIBRATO SPEEDDetermines the speed of the vibrato effect...

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Voice Creating (Sound Creator)
The TYROS has a Sound Creator 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 Disk drive for 
future recall.
On the TYROS, you can create your own original voices (by editing the built-in Preset voices) in one 
of two ways.  This section shows you how to create voices with the Sound Creator function.
User...

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Voice Creating (Sound Creator)
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Sound Creator Parameters (Normal Voices)
The Sound Creator parameters are organized into five different pages, and can be set as described in step #3 of the 
“Basic Procedure” above.  These can also be programmed as part of the Voice Set parameters (page 151), to be 
automatically called up when the voice is selected. 
Keep in mind that these parameters do not apply to the Organ Flutes voices, which have their own set of parameters 
(page...

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Voice Creating (Sound Creator)
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 SOUND
 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 more mellow, Filter can be used 
to produce electronic, synthesizer-like effects. 
 EG (Envelope Generator)
The EG (Envelope Generator)...

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Song Playback
The song playback features of the TYROS let you play MIDI song (sequence) data.  This includes commercially 
available song data on floppy disk (GM- or XG-compatible), and performances you’ve recorded yourself with the Song 
Recording features (page 54) and saved to one of the drives.  In addition, the TYROS can display music notation and 
lyrics, and you can use the sophisticated Guide functions to practice the keyboard and your singing as well.
This...

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Song Playback
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 Notation View parameters (Step #4 on the previous page)
 Notation View detailed parameters (Step #5 on the previous page)
LEFTEnables/disables display of the left-hand key range. Depending on other settings, 
this parameter may be unavailable and may appear grayed out. If this is the case, 
go to the detailed setting display (described below; step #4 on the previous page) 
and set the LEFT CH. parameter below to any channel except “AUTO.” Or, go to 
the...

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Song Playback
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Displaying Lyrics
If the selected song has lyric data, you can have the lyrics shown in the display by pressing the [Lyrics] LCD button 
in the Main display.  The Lyrics feature offers a number of useful possibilities:
• The phrases to be sung are highlighted in time with the music, making it easy to follow the words and sing 
along with the song.  Connect a microphone and you can even have your voice mixed with the song 
accompaniment as it plays.
•...
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