Yamaha D-85 - Custom Voice Tone Adjustments; Brightness Control for Custom Voices; Playing and Mixing Custom Voices

m BRIGHT control:
This can be used to make the tone color mellow or
brilliant. This control does not modify the
harmonic content of the vocal ensemble voices
(tenor, soprano).
MELLOW
The sound mellows.
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The sound takes on
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BRIGHT
BRILLIANT
= The custom voice tones can be produced with the
keys on the upper or lower keyboards.
a) To produce the sound from the upper keyboard:
Set the CUSTOM VOICE preset ensemble tablet
to ON. The custom voice tone color can now be
produced by playing the upper keyboard.
b) To produce the sound from the lower keyboard:
Set the CUSTOM VOICE and UPPER/LOWER
CUSTOM VOICE preset ensemble tablets to ON.
The custom voice tone color can now be produced
by playing the lower keyboard. In cases like this,
however, the sound of one octave above is pro-
duced when the key in the same position as the
upper keyboard.
SPECIAL
PRESETS
LOWER
®The custom voice sound when the lower key-
board keys are depressed even if the A-B-C
function switches are operated. (Refer to the
table on page 14.)
* The sound of the lower keyboard's tone levers
is mixed.
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The
sound
of
other
tone
levers
on
the
upper
key-
board
can
be
mixed
with
the
custom
voice
tone
colors.
Set the rightmost UPPER ENSEMBLE preset
ensemble tablet to ON.
You
can
now
mix
the
upper
keyboard
tone
levers'
tone
colors
with
the
custom
voice
tone
colors.
(Refer
to
the
table
on
page
14.)
There's a special volume control, too.
This control can be used to adjust the volume of
the tone colors selected with the custom voice
tablets. Attain a balance in the volume with the
other tone colors.
* When the custom voice sound is produced from
the upper keyboard, the volume will be at its
maximum when the manual balance volume
control is rotated to the upper keyboard side as
far as it will go. The maximum volume is
obtained with sound from the lower keyboard
when this control is rotated to the lower key-
board side as far as it will go.
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