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Polyphony

The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can

play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-note polyphony, which

includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accom-

paniment patterns that are played by the keyboard. This means that

when a rhythm or auto-accompaniment pattern is being played by

the keyboard, the number of notes (polyphony) available for key-

board play is reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer only 16-

note polyphony.

Digital Sampling

A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have

been recorded and processed using a technique called digital sam-

pling. To ensure a high level of tonal quality, samples are taken in the

low, mid, and high ranges and then combined to provide you with

sounds that are amazingly close to the originals. You may notice very

slight differences in volume or sound quality for some tones when

you play them at different positions on the keyboard. This is an un-

avoidable result of multiple sampling, and it is not a sign of malfunc-

tion.

Using Layer

With layer you can assign two different tones (a main tone and a lay-

ered tone) to the keyboard, both of which play whenever you press a

key. For example, you could layer the FRENCH HORN tone on the

BRASS tone to produce a rich and brassy sound.

To layer two tones

Select the main tone and layered tone.

• Use the Mixer to select the tones, following the procedure

under “Changing the Parameters of a Channel” on page E-

30. The main tone is UPPER1, while the layered tone is UP-

PER2.

• If you don’t want to use the Mixer, select a keyboard tone as

you normally would (page E-16). This is the main tone. Next,

proceed to step 2.

Press LAYER to turn on tone layering.

• This causes the LAYER indicator to appear on the display.

• The layered tone name and number appear on the display

for about five seconds. During this time you can use the num-

ber keys to input a tone number to change the layered tone if

you want. After about five seconds, the display changes to

the main tone name and number.

Now try playing something on the keyboard.

• Both tones are played at the same time.

Press LAYER to unlayer the tones and return the key-

board to normal.

• This causes the LAYER indicator to disappear.

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NOTE

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Layering is produced by sounding Mixer internal mode CH 1 (UPPER1)

and CH 2 (UPPER2) at the same time. This means you can use the Mixer

to change the volume balance and stereo pan position parameters for both

the main tone and layered tone. See “Mixer Function” on page E-28 for

details.

Main tone (UPPER1) + Layered tone (UPPER2)

Using Split

With split you can assign two different tones (a main tone and a split

tone) to either end of the keyboard, which lets you play one tone

with your left hand and another tone with your right hand. For ex-

ample, you could select STRINGS as the main (high range) tone and

PIZZICATO as the split (low range) tone, putting an entire string

ensemble at your fingertips.

To split the keyboard

Select the main tone and split tone.

• Use the Mixer to select the tones, following the procedure

under “Changing the Parameters of a Channel” on page E-

30. The main tone is UPPER1, while the split tone is LOW-

ER1.

• If you don’t want to use the Mixer, select a keyboard tone as

you normally would (page E-16). This is the main tone. Next,

proceed to step 2.

Press SPLIT.

• This causes the SPLIT indicator to appear on the display.

• The split tone name and number appear on the display for

about five seconds. During this time you can use the num-

ber keys to input a tone number to change the split tone if

you want. After about five seconds, the display changes to

the main tone name and number.

Now try playing something on the keyboard.

• The lower range (left side) of the keyboard is assigned the

split tone, while the upper range (right side) is assigned the

main tone.

• The location on the keyboard where the changeover between

the two tones occurs is called the split point. See “To change

the location of the split point” on page E-18 for details on

changing the location of the split point.

Press SPLIT again to unsplit the keyboard and return

it to normal.

• This causes the SPLIT indicator to disappear.

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Main tone (UPPER1)

Split tone (LOWER1)

Split point

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