Yamaha VL-1 Owner's Manual - Voice Selection

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Feature Reference

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Play Mode

Voice Selection

The VL1’s 128 voices are organized into 8 banks of 16 voices each (8 x 16 = 128).

Any voice can be selected by specifying its bank using the bank keys (a through h),

and its number using the voice number keys (1 through ^).

To select voice “A7”, for example, first press the bank a key and then the voice

number 7 key. The bank a key indicator will flash until the voice number 7 key is

pressed and the D7 voice is actually engaged.

A

1

E1

9

ALL

B

2

E2

10

HE

C

3

E1

11

DF

D

4

E2

12

EQ

E

5

ALL

13

IE

F

6

MOD

14

RSN

G

7

FBD

15

H

8

REV

16

EFFECT  ON / OFF

ELEMENT  ON / OFF

ELEMENT  SELECT

MODIFIER  ON / OFF

Note that when you select a different bank (or press the same bank button)

 the voice directory for the selected bank will appear on the display, showing the names

of all voices in that bank with the cursor located at the currently selected voice number.

The VL1 returns to the normal voice display as soon as you specify the voice number.

You can also press the [ button if you want to stay with the same voice number.

To select a different voice within the same bank it is only necessary to press the

appropriate voice number key. To select a different bank, however, you’ll always have to

press both a bank key and a voice number key (or the [ key). This prevents un-

wanted voices from being selected until you’ve actually specified both the bank and

number of the voice you want to use.