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Editing a Custom Voice on the Tyros2—Voice Set
Once you’ve imported audio data and created a Custom voice with the Voice Creator features, 
you can use the Voice Set function on the Tyros2 to finish editing your new voice. While Voice 
Creator lets you import audio data and create the Elements for the voice, Voice Set provides all 
of the other parameters that you need to customize the voice and make it ready for playing.
1Select a Custom voice.
Press the [CUSTOM VOICE] button and select the desired voice.
2Press the [VOICE SET] LCD button (upper [5] button), and use the 
Voice Set controls to edit the voice.
For details on using Voice Set, see page 91.
•  If you have a computer, you can 
also use the Voice Editor software 
to edit Custom voices. (For details, 
see page 111.)
NOTE
•  If you save the data after setting 
the Voice Set parameters, the 
saved file contains only the Voice 
Set parameter settings and the 
path of the original voice—and 
does not contain the voice data 
itself. This means that if you 
change the location of the original 
voice, the saved file will sound a 
different voice.
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Editing a Custom Voice Bank—Custom Voice Bank Edit
This function lets you organize the voices in the Custom voice bank, renaming them, changing 
their location within in the bank, or even deleting them if desired.
1Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator.
2Call up the CUSTOM VOICE BANK EDIT menu by pressing the [B] 
button.
3Select the NORMAL or DRUM tab, and select the desired page 
within the Custom voice bank.
All available Custom voices will be shown. Use the [TAB] buttons to select the voice 
type (Normal or Drum), and use the LCD buttons to select the desired page, if necessary. 
The Normal folder contains the voices which are used to play the keyboard. The Drum 
folder contains the voices which are used in playing back styles. You cannot create the 
DRUM voices by editing the Wave data; you can only create them by editing the drum 
voices in the PRESET drive. You can use the DRUM voices by replacing them in styles 
from the CHANNEL ON/OFF display (page 37).
4Use the controls in the display to rename and reorganize the voices 
in the bank as desired.
When you reorganize voices in this display, you are simply organizing the paths of the 
voices, not copying or moving the voices themselves.
See pages 74–76.Calls up the Property popup display for the selected voice. 
(Page 103) For reloading the Custom voice bank.
This is used when the links of the voices are broken. For 
example, when you open this display without connecting the 
USB storage device which contains the assigned Custom 
voice, a “Not Found!” message appears along with the voice 
name. If this happens, connect the appropriate USB stor-
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■ Property display............................................................................................................
When the “memory full” prompt appears, use this Property display to find out which 
voices are taking up large amounts of memory space and should be deleted or moved.
● Memory Status
● File Property
WAVE RAMMemory size of the optionally installed DIMMs. After installing the 
DIMMs, the pre-installed memory (4 MB) is invalid and cannot be ac-
cessed.
VOICE EDIT RAMSize of the internal memory for the Voice Creator. Since this is used for 
the structure of the Custom voices, voices which contain many ele-
ments or wave data will greatly decrease this amount. This memory 
cannot be expanded. A maximum of 1,024 KB is available.
WAVE COUNTTotal number of the wave files. A maximum of 4,096 mono files or 
2,048 stereo files is available.
WAVEFORM COUNTTotal number of Waveforms. The term Waveform refers to a set of 
wave assignment information. A maximum of 512 waveforms is avail-
able.
NAMEName of the file.
PATHLocation of the file.
VOICE SIZESize of the Custom voice.
WAVE SIZETotal wave size in the voice.
WAVE COUNT
See Memory Status list above.
WAVEFORM COUNT
This closes the Property display and returns to 
the Custom Voice Bank Edit display.
This optimizes the DIMMs by defragmenting the wave file infor-
mation in the memory. After defragmenting, the WAVE RAM 
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Loading a single Custom Voice to the Tyros2—Individual Load
This operation allows you to load a single Custom voice to the Custom voice bank in the instru-
ment for playing or editing.
1Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator.
2Call up the INDIVIDUAL LOAD menu by pressing the [C] button.
3Select the location or device containing the desired Custom voice 
by using the [TAB] buttons.
If, for example, you have a hard disk drive installed and a USB storage device connected 
to the Tyros2, there will be three choices: USER, HD1, and USB1.
4Select the desired Custom voice by pressing the corresponding 
LCD button.
All available Custom voices at the location will be shown. Use the LCD buttons to select 
the desired page, if necessary. The selected voice name is highlighted. 
						

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5Select the destination for the voice.
The Custom voice bank appears, letting you select a specific location for the individual 
voice. Use the upper LCD buttons to select the desired page, if necessary.
6Press the [ASSIGN] LCD button (lower [6] button).
7Enter a name for the voice, if desired.
If a Custom voice with the same name already exists in the bank, you’ll need to enter a 
new name for the voice. For specific instructions on naming, see page 76.
8Press the [OK] LCD button (upper [8] button).
To cancel, press the [CANCEL] LCD button (lower [8] button).
9When you press the [CUSTOM VOICE] button, the newly loaded 
Custom voice will be available.
•  File loading may take as little as a 
couple of seconds or as long as a 
few minutes, depending on how 
much data is contained in the 
voice. 
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Loading a Custom Voice Library to the Tyros2—Library Load
This operation lets you recall the Custom voices you’ve saved to a Library file (in Library Save 
on page 108), and load them to the Tyros2.
1Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator.
2Call up the LIBRARY LOAD menu by pressing the [D] button.
3Select the location or device containing the desired Custom voice 
Library by using the [TAB] buttons.
If, for example, you have a hard disk drive installed and a USB storage device connected 
to the Tyros2, there will be three choices: USER, HD1, and USB1.
4Select the desired Library file by pressing the corresponding LCD 
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5Load the library file. 
If the instrument does not contain library files, the selected file is automatically loaded. 
If the instrument contains library files, a “Load” prompt appears.
6Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly to return to the MAIN display.
7When you press the [CUSTOM VOICE] button, the newly loaded 
Custom voices will be available.
YESCurrent Custom voices are replaced with the ones in the library file one 
by one.
YES ALLCurrent Custom voices are replaced with all of the voices in the library 
file. You can use this after replacing some voices one by one by using 
“YES” and replace all the rest.
NOThe displayed voice in the prompt will not be replaced.
CANCELCancels loading the library file.
•  File loading may take several min-
utes, depending on how many 
Custom voices are in the Library 
and how much data they contain. 
Do not turn off the power or dis-
connect any devices during this 
operation.
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Saving your Custom Voices to a Library—Library Save
Once you’ve created some Custom 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.
1Press the [VOICE CREATOR] button to call up the Voice Creator.
2Call up the LIBRARY SAVE menu by pressing the [E] button.
3Select the NORMAL or DRUM tab.
The Normal folder contains the voices which are used to play the keyboard. The Drum 
folder contains the voices which are used in playing back styles. You cannot create the 
DRUM voices by editing the Wave data; you can only create them by editing the drum 
voices in the PRESET drive. You can use the DRUM voices by replacing them in styles 
from the CHANNEL ON/OFF display (page 37).
4Select the desired Custom voice.
All available Custom voices will be shown. Use the LCD buttons to select the desired 
page, if necessary. The selected voice name is highlighted. 
You can continue to select additional Custom voices here, as many as desired—even a 
mixture of Normal and Drum voices. If multiple pages (tabs) are shown at the bottom, 
you can select voices from these displays, too.
To select all available Custom voices, press the [ALL] LCD button (lower [6] button).
When you select [ALL], all voices both in the NORMAL and DRUM tabs will be 
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5Press the [OK] LCD button (lower [7] button).
6Select the destination for saving the data by using the [TAB] but-
tons.
If, for example, you have a hard disk drive installed and a USB storage device connected 
to the Tyros2, there will be three destination choices: USER, HD1, and USB1. Create a 
folder if necessary by pressing the [FOLDER] LCD button (lower [7] button). 
7Press the [SAVE] LCD button (lower [6] button).
8Enter the desired name for the Library file and press the [OK] LCD 
button (upper [8] button).
For specific instructions on naming, see page 76.
•  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.
NOTE
Checking the storage capacity
•  Before attempting to store data to 
the selected storage destination, 
you may want to check to see if 
there is enough available memory 
space for the operation. Pressing 
the [PROPERTY] LCD button 
(lower [8] button) here calls up the 
Property display for the selected 
storage location/device, and 
shows the overall capacity as well 
as the amount of free space avail-
able for storing your data.
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9At the “Save” prompt, press the [ALL DATA] LCD button ([F] button) 
to save all selected Custom voices to the specified destination.
Alternately, press the [ALIAS] LCD button ([G] button) to save an Alias marker for the 
data (see below), or press the [CANCEL] LCD button ([H] button) to cancel the opera-
tion.
● ALL DATA........ Saves all of the selected data to the specified location. In this opera-
tion, two kinds of data are saved—that of Library files and the 
selected Custom voices. These two kinds of files are saved to the 
same drive but are shown in different Open/Save displays.
● ALIAS............... Saves only Alias markers (shortcuts) of the selected data to the 
specified location. This lets you save multiple Libraries of your voice 
data and make multiple folders containing different collections of your 
voices, without taking up additional memory space on the drive. As 
long as the voice data exists in one location on the drive, you can 
save an Alias that will recall that data. 
● CANCEL........... Cancels the save operation.
•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. Moving the library file, 
however, does not affect the 
recalling of voices.
NOTE
•When you save the library file 
using ALL DATA, you should make 
a new folder to save the library 
because the Custom voices are 
mixed with the existing voices in 
the destination drive.
NOTE
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Example of saving a library file with the “ALL DATA” selection to hard disk, 
using the Custom voices in a USB storage device
•When you save a voice to some 
libraries by using ALIAS and edit 
the voice, the edit you perform 
affects all libraries which include 
the edited voice.
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Example of saving a library file with the “ALIAS” selection, using the Custom 
voices in a USB storage device
To confirm whether or not the Library data was properly saved:
1) Go to the main Voice Creator display (press the [VOICE CREATOR] button if necessary).
2) Call up the LIBRARY LOAD menu by pressing the [D] button.
3) Select the appropriate storage location with the [TAB] buttons. (For example, if you saved the data to 
a USB device, make sure the device is connected and select “USB1.”)
The Library file you saved should appear in the display.