Yamaha VL-1 Feature Reference - ● Voice Name
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Feature Reference
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Edit Mode
● Voice Name
≤
A name of up to 10 characters.
To enter a new voice name position the cursor at the “
Voice Name
” parameter
and press [ or • (“
Name
” — “
Name
” only appears above the • button when
the cursor is positioned at the “
Voice Name
” parameter). The VOICE NAME display
will appear.
•
Use the cursor , and . buttons to move the cursor to the character in the
voice name at the top of the display that you want to change.
•
Use the = and - buttons or data dial to select a new character by
moving through the character list row by row.
•
Press the ™ button (“
Spc
”) to enter a space at the current cursor position.
•
Press the £ button (“
Clr
”) to clear the entire voice name.
•
Press ] or [ when the voice name is complete.
● E1 Name, E2 Name
≤
A name of up to 10 characters.
These parameters allow independent names to be entered for the E1 and E2 ele-
ments of the current voice (only E1 is available in a single-element voice). To enter a
new element name position the cursor at the “
E1 Name
” or “
E2 Name
” parameter and
press [ or • (“
Name
”). The ELEMENT NAME display will appear. Procedure is
the same as for the Voice Name parameter, above, except for the function of the ¢
button, below.
•
Press the ¢ button to copy the voice name to the element name (suffixes
“
_A
” and “
_B
” will be appended to the E1 and E2 names respectively).
● Key Mode
≤
Mono, Poly, Unison.
In conjunction with the Voice Mode parameter, below, the Key Mode parameter
determines how the VL1’s two elements are used to produce sound.
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Mono
Only a single note can be played at a time.
Poly
Two different notes may be played simultaneously.
Unison
Playing a single key produces two notes in unison.