Yamaha Tyros 3 User Manual

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4Enter the file name (page 34).
5Press the [8 ▲] (OK) button to save the file.
If you want to cancel the Save operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button. The 
saved file will be automatically located at the appropriate position among the files 
in alphabetical order.
Copying Files/Folders (Copy & Paste)
This operation lets you copy a file/folder and paste it to another location (folder).
1Call up the display containing the file/folder you want to copy.
2Press the [3 ▼] (COPY) button to copy the file/folder.
The pop-up window for the Copy operation appears at the bottom of the display.
3Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons corresponding to the desired 
file/folder.
To cancel the selection, press the same [A]–[J] button again.
Press the [6 ▼] (ALL) button to select all files/folders indicated on the current 
display including the other pages. To cancel the selection, press the [6 ▼] (ALL 
OFF) button again.
4Press the [7 ▼] (OK) button to confirm the file/folder selection.
To cancel the Copy operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
5Select the destination tab (USER, HD or USB) to paste the file/
folder, by using the TAB [
QQ Q Q][WW W W] buttons.
6Press the [4 ▼] (PASTE) button to paste the file/folder.
The file/folder copied and pasted appears on the display at the appropriate posi-
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Moving Files (Cut & Paste)
This operation lets you cut a file and paste it to another location (folder).
1Call up the display containing the file you want to move.
2Press the [2 ▼] (CUT) button to cut the file.
The pop-up window for the Cut operation appears at the bottom of the display.
3Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons corresponding to the desired 
file.
To cancel the selection, press the same [A]–[J] button again.
Press the [6 ▼] (ALL) button to select all files indicated on the current display 
including the other pages. To cancel the selection, press the [6 ▼] (ALL OFF) 
button again.
4Press the [7 ▼] (OK) button to confirm the file selection.
To cancel the Cut operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
5Select the destination tab (USER, HD or USB) to which the file 
is to be pasted, by using the TAB [
QQ Q Q][WW W W] buttons.
6Press the [4 ▼] (PASTE) button to paste the file.
The file moved and pasted appears on the display at the appropriate position 
among the files in alphabetical order.
Deleting Files/Folders
This operation lets you delete a file/folder.
1Call up the display containing the file/folder you want to delete.
2Press the [5 ▼] (DELETE) button.
The pop-up window for the Delete operation appears at the bottom of the dis-
play.
3Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons corresponding to the desired 
file/folder.
To cancel the selection, press the same [A]–[J] button again.
Press the [6 ▼] (ALL) button to select all files/folders indicated on the current 
display including the other pages. To cancel the selection, press the [6 ▼] (ALL 
OFF) button again.
4Press the [7 ▼] (OK) button to confirm the file/folder selection.
To cancel the Delete operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
5Follow the on-display instructions.
• YES........................ Delete the file/folder
• YES ALL................ Delete all selected files/folders
• NO........................ Leave the file/folder as is without deleting
• CANCEL............... Cancel the Delete operation
Files in the PRESET tab cannot be cut.
NOTE
Files in the PRESET tab cannot be 
deleted.
NOTE 
						

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Renaming Files/Folders
This operation lets you rename files/folders.
1Call up the display containing the file/folder you want to 
rename.
2Press the [1 ▼] (NAME) button.
The pop-up window for the Rename operation appears at the bottom of the dis-
play.
3Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons corresponding to the desired 
file/folder.
4Press the [7 ▼] (OK) button to confirm the file/folder selection.
To cancel the Rename operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
5Input the name (characters) of the selected file or folder 
(page 34).
The renamed file/folder appears on the display at the appropriate position among 
the files in alphabetical order.
Creating a New Folder
This operation lets you create new folders. Folders can be created, named and organized 
as desired, making it easier to find and select your original data.
1Call up the page of the File Selection display for which you 
wish to create a new folder.
2Press the [7 ▼] (FOLDER) button to call up the naming display 
for a new folder.
3Input the name of the new folder (see page 34).
Files in the PRESET tab cannot be 
renamed.
NOTE
A new folder cannot be made in the 
PRESET tab.
The maximum number of files/folders 
which can be stored in a folder is 500.
In the USER tab display, folder directo-
ries can contain up to four levels. The 
maximum total number of files/folders 
which can be stored differs depending 
on the file size and the length of the file/
folder names.
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
The following marks cannot be entered 
for a file/folder name.
 / : * ?  < > |
NOTE 
						

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■Entering Characters
The instructions that follow show you how to enter characters for naming your 
files/folders, inputting keywords, etc. Entering characters should be done in the 
display shown below.
1Change the type of character by pressing the [1 ▲] button.
• CASE..................... capital letters, numbers, marks 
• case........................ lowercase letters, numbers, marks
2Use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to move the cursor to the desired 
position.
3Press the [2 ▲▼]–[6 ▲▼] and [7 ▲] buttons, corresponding to 
the character you wish to enter.
Several different characters are assigned to each button, and the characters change 
each time you press the button. To actually enter the selected character, move the 
cursor or press another letter-input button. Alternately, you can wait for a short 
time and the characters will be entered automatically.
4Repeat steps 2–3 to enter the entire name.
●Deleting characters
Move the cursor to the character you wish to delete by using the [DATA ENTRY] 
dial, and press the [7 ▼] (DELETE) button. To delete all characters on the line at 
once, press and hold the [7 ▼] (DELETE) button.
●Entering marks or space
1
Press the [6 ▼] (SYMBOL) button to call up the mark list.
2Use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to move the cursor to the desired mark or 
space, then press the [8 ▲] (OK) button.
●Canceling the character-entering operation
Press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
5Press the [8 ▲] (OK) button to actually enter the new name and 
return to the previous display.
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2
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When inputting lyrics in the Song Cre-
ator function, you may also enter Japa-
nese characters (kana and kanji).
NOTE
When entering a password for a website 
or the WEP key for wireless LAN con-
nection, the characters are converted to 
asterisks (*) for security purposes.
NOTE
Selecting custom icons for files (shown at left of file name)
You can select custom icons for files (shown at the left of file name).
1Press the [1 ▼] (ICON) button to call up the ICON SELECT display.
2Select the icon by using the [A]–[J] buttons, [3 ▲▼]–[5 ▲▼] buttons 
or [DATA ENTRY] dial. 
The ICON display includes several pages. Press the TAB [
QQ Q Q][WW W W] but-
tons to select different pages. 
To cancel the operation, press the [8 ▼] (CANCEL) button.
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While holding the C6 key (right-most key on the keyboard), turn the [POWER] button 
ON. This restores the all settings (except Internet Settings) to the factory default. 
This operation does not affect the Internet Settings. To reset the Internet Settings, call up 
the operation display: [INTERNET] → [5 ▼] SETTING → TAB [
QQ Q Q][WW W W] OTHERS 
(see page 87).
You can also restore a specified setting to the factory default value, or save/load your own 
reset settings. Call up the operation display: [FUNCTION] → [I] UTILITY → TAB 
[
QQ Q Q][WW W W] SYSTEM RESET. For details, refer to the Reference Manual on the website.
For maximum data security Yamaha recommends that you copy or save your important data to a USB storage device. 
This provides a convenient backup if the internal memory is damaged.
1Insert/connect the backup USB storage device (destination).
2Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] → [I] UTILITY → TAB [QQ Q Q][WW W W] OWNER
3Press the [D] (BACKUP) button to save the data to the USB 
storage device.
To restore the data, press the [E] (RESTORE) button in this display.
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings
If you want to initialize only the Regis-
tration Memory settings, turn the 
[POWER] button on while holding the 
B5 key.
NOTE
C6
Data Backup
Completing the backup/restore opera-
tion may take a few minutes.
Move the Protected Songs which 
are saved to the USER display 
before restoring. If the songs are 
not moved, the operation deletes 
the data.
To save the Song, Style, Multi Pad, 
Registration Memory Bank and Voice 
independently, execute the Copy & 
Paste operation from the File Selection 
display (page 31).
To save the Music Finder Record, Effect, 
MIDI Template and System File, call up 
the operation display: [FUNCTION] → 
[I] UTILITY → TAB [
QQ Q Q][WW W W] SYSTEM 
RESET. For more information, refer to 
the Reference Manual on the website.
NOTE
CAUTION
NOTE
NOTE
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Voices – Playing the Keyboard –
Voices
– Playing the Keyboard –
The Tyros3 features a wide variety of exceptionally realistic instrumen-
tal Voices, including piano, guitar, strings, brass, wind instruments and 
more. These include special MegaVoices and Super Articulation Voices. 
In particular, the ultra-natural Super Articulation 2 Voices provide a 
level of expressive capability and subtle performance nuances previously 
unavailable in keyboard instruments.
Selecting a Voice (RIGHT 1) and playing the keyboard
1Press the PART SELECT [RIGHT 1] button.
Make sure that the PART ON/OFF [RIGHT1] button is also turned on. If it is 
turned off, the right-hand part will not sound.
2Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons to select a 
Voice category and call up the Voice Selection display.
The preset Voices are categorized and contained in appropriate folders. Voice but-
tons on the panel correspond to the categories of the preset Voices. For example, 
press the [PIANO] button to display various piano Voices.
For more information on the VOICE category selection buttons, refer to page 39.
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3Press one of the [A]– [J] buttons to select the desired Voice.
To call up the other display pages, press one of the [1 ▲]–[4 ▲] buttons or press 
the same VOICE button again. 
4Play the keyboard.
Playing Two  or Three Voices  Simultaneously
1Make sure that PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 1] button is turned on.
2Press the PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 2] button to turn it on. 
3Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons to call up 
the Voice Selection display for the Right 2 part.
4Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Voice.
5Play the keyboard.
The Voice selected for RIGHT 1 (page 36) and the Voice selected here are 
sounded simultaneously in a layer.
Voice RIGHT 3 can be set in the same way described above, by using the 
[RIGHT 3] button instead.
The Voice type and its defining charac-
teristics are indicated above the Preset 
Voice name. For details on the charac-
teristics, see page 39.
You can call up the information for the 
selected Voice by pressing the [6 ▲] 
(INFO) button. To close the information 
display, press the [EXIT] button or [F] 
(OK) button.
NOTE
NOTE
3
To listen to the demo songs for each Voice
Press the [8 ▼] (DEMO) button to start the Demo for the selected Voice. To 
stop the demo, press the [8 ▼] button again.
Recalling your favorite Voices easily 
The Tyros3 has a huge amount of high-quality Voices, covering an exceptionally broad range of instrument 
sounds—making it perfect for virtually every musical application. However, the sheer number of Voices may 
seem overwhelming at first. By using the [USER DRIVE] button, you can easily recall your favorite Voice. 
1Copy your favorite Voice from the Preset drive to the User drive. 
Refer to page 31 for details on the copy operation.
2Press the [USER DRIVE] button to call up the User drive of the Voice Selection display, then press one 
of the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Voice.
You can save the settings to Registra-
tion Memory. See page 68.
NOTE 
						

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Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands
1Make sure that some of PART ON/OFF [RIGHT 1]–[RIGHT 3] 
buttons are turned on.
2Press the PART ON/OFF [LEFT] button to turn it on.
3Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons to call up 
the Voice Selection display for the Left part.
4Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Voice.
5Play the keyboard.
The notes you play with your left hand sound one Voice (LEFT 1 Voice selected 
above), while the notes you play with your right sound a different Voices 
(RIGHT 1–3 Voices).You can save the settings to Registra-
tion Memory. See page 68.
NOTE
Voice RIGHT 1, 2, 3
(UPPER)
Split Point
Voice LEFT
(LOWER)
Keyboard Parts
Voices can be assigned independently to each of the four keyboard parts: Right 1, Right 2, Right 3 and Left. 
You can combine these parts by using the PART ON/OFF buttons to create a rich, ensemble sound.
When the LEFT part is off, the RIGHT 1–3 Voices can be played over the entire keyboard. When the LEFT 
part is on, keys lower than F#2 (the Split Point) are set for playing the LEFT part and those higher than the 
Split Point are set for playing the RIGHT 1–3 parts.
You can confirm the currently selected part by checking which 
lamp of the PART SELECT buttons is lit. To select the desired 
keyboard part, press the corresponding part button.
Lower section of
the keyboardUpper section of 
the keyboard
Split Point (F#2)
If you want to turn a specified part on, press the 
desired PART ON/OFF button.
To change the Split Point, press: [FUNCTION] → [C] STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING →TAB [QQ Q Q][WW W W] SPLIT 
POINT. For more information, refer to the Reference Manual on the website.
NOTE 
						

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Voice Types
■Voice Characteristics
The Voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Voice name—
Live!, Cool!, Sweet!, etc.. For detailed explanation, refer to the Reference Manual.
In this section, only Mega Voice and Super Articulation Voices (SA and SA2) are 
explained. These Voices have special characteristics you should be aware of, and they 
require specific performance techniques to bring out all of their expressive qualities. 
●MegaVoices
What makes MegaVoices special is their use of velocity switching. Each velocity 
range (the measure of your playing strength) has a completely different sound.
For example, a guitar MegaVoice includes the sounds of various performance 
techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having those sounds 
would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired 
effect. However, now with MegaVoices, a convincing guitar part can be played 
with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play the desired sounds.
Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise velocities need to 
play the sounds, they’re not intended for playing from the keyboard. They are, 
however, very useful and convenient when creating MIDI data—especially when 
you want to avoid using several different Voices just for a single instrument part.
Holding the LEFT part Voice (Left Hold)
This function causes the LEFT part Voice to be held even when the keys are released. Non-
decaying Voices such as strings are held continuously, while decay-type Voices such as piano 
decay more slowly (as if the sustain pedal has been pressed). 
Expansion Voices
This is used for calling up Custom Voices (your origi-
nal Voices created with the Voice Creator function) or 
Premium Voices (obtained via Internet website). Organ Flutes Voices 
(page 46) Percussion/Drum Voices
When one of the Voices is selected from this button, 
you can play various drums and percussion instru-
ments or SFX (sound effects) sounds on the key-
board. Details are given in the Drum List provided in 
the Data List on the website. Preset Voices
[USER DRIVE] button 
(page 37)
MegaVoices, SA and SA2 Voices are 
only compatible with other models 
which have those three types of Voices 
installed. Any Song, Style or Multi Pads 
data you’ve created on the Tyros3 using 
these Voices will not sound properly 
when played back on other instruments.
MegaVoices, SA and SA2 Voices sound 
differently depending on the keyboard 
range, velocity, touch, etc. Hence, if you 
apply HARMONY/ECHO effect, change 
the transpose setting or change the 
Voice Set parameters, unexpected or 
undesired sounds may result. 
NOTE
NOTE 
						

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●Super Articulation Voices
The word “articulation” in music usually refers to the transition or continuity 
between notes. This is often reflected in specific performance techniques, such as 
staccato, legato and slur. Two types of Voices—Super Articulation (SA) Voices 
and Super Articulation 2 (SA2) Voices—enable you to create these subtle musical 
expressions, simply by how you play.
SA Voices  (S.Articulation!)
The SA Voices provide many of same benefits as the MegaVoices, but with 
greater playability and expressive control in real time.
For example, with the Saxophone Voice, if you play a C and then a D in a 
very legato way, you will hear the note change seamlessly, as though a saxo-
phone player played it in a single breath. Similarly with the Concert Guitar 
Voice, the D note would sound as a “hammer on”, without the string being 
plucked again. 
Depending on how you play, other effects such as shake or breath noises (for 
the Trumpet Voice), or finger noises (for the Guitar Voice) will be produced.
SA2 Voices (S. Articulation2!)
Mainly for wind instrument Voices, a special Yamaha technology called 
AEM has been used, which features detailed samples of special expressive 
techniques used on those specific instruments—to bend or slide into notes, 
to “join” different notes together, or to add expressive nuances at the end of a 
note, etc. 
You can add these articulations by playing legato or staccato, or by jumping 
in pitch by around an octave. For example, using the Clarinet Voice, if you 
hold a C note and play the Bb above, you’ll hear a glissando up to the Bb. 
Some “note off ” effects are also produced automatically when you hold a 
note for over a certain time. 
Each SA2 Voice has its own default vibrato setting, so that when you select a 
SA2 Voice, the appropriate vibrato is applied regardless of the Modulation 
wheel position. You can adjust the vibrato by moving the Modulation wheel.
You can also use the [ART. 1]/[ART. 2] buttons to add articulations to the SA and 
SA2 Voices (page 42). 
For details on how to best play each SA and SA2 Voice, call up the information 
window (pressing the [6 ▲] (INFO) button in the Voice Selection display.)
For more information on AEM technol-
ogy, see below.
NOTE
The characteristics of SA2 Voices 
(default vibrato setting and articulation 
effects applied by the [ART] buttons) are 
effective for real-time performance; 
however, these effects may not be com-
pletely reproduced when you play back 
a Song which has been recorded using 
SA2 Voices.
NOTE
AEM Technology
When you play the piano, pressing a “C” key produces a definite and relatively fixed C note. When you play a 
wind instrument, however, a single fingering may produce several different sounds depending on the breath 
strength, the note length, the adding of trills or bend effects, and other performance techniques. Also, when 
playing two notes continuously—for example “C” and “D”—these two notes will be smoothly joined, and not 
sound independent as they would on a piano.
AEM (Articulation Element Modeling) is the technology for simulating this characteristic of instruments. 
During performance, the most appropriate sound samples are selected in sequence in real time, from huge 
quantities of sampled data. They are smoothly joined and sounded—as would naturally occur on an actual 
acoustic instrument. 
This technology to smoothly join different samples enables the application of realistic vibrato. Conventionally 
on electronic musical instruments, vibrato is applied by moving the pitch periodically. AEM technology goes 
much further by analyzing and disaggregating the sampled vibrato waves, and smoothly joins the disaggre-
gated data in real time during your performance. If you move the Modulation wheel when you play the SA2 
Voice (using AEM technology), you can also control the depth of the vibrato, while maintaining its realistic 
quality.