An1X Quick Tour; Exploring The Factory-Set Voices - Yamaha AN1x Owner's Manual

AN1x Quick Tour

This section provides a "hand's on" journey through the key features you'll access regularly as you
select voices, tweak sounds and adjust settings for the various parameters.

Exploring The Factory-set Voices

Taking the time to systematically explore various aspects of the 128 factory-set voices is an excellent way to get a thorough
understanding of the AN1x's sonic range and power. It's also a natural way to quickly familiarize yourself with some of the
fundamental operations you'll use during performance as well as in voice, Arpeggiator, Step Sequencer and Free EG creation
and editing sessions.
Try the simple operations which follow as you select and play each preset voice, and take note of what happens to the sound
as you change the various settings. If, along the way, you stumble upon a sound you want to keep, simply perform a Voice
Store operation (see page 98). If, however, you mess up a sound too much, there's no need to worry: Just reselect the same
voice to retrieve the original sound data and start over again! Unless you perform a Voice Store operation, no changes you
make will be permanent. Even if you do decide to store a voice, you need not worry about losing any of the factory-set
voices permanently, because the entire bank can be recalled (see page 100).
Algorithm PEG Decay
Wave
Attack
Attack
VOLUME
ASSIGN 1
Sync
LFO1 Wave
Pmod Sw
PW
CTRL
VCF
Cutoff
Feedback
SCENE
ASSIGN 5
1 Select a voice.
Use the PROGRAM CHANGE keypad to select a
voice (1 - 128).
For information about selecting voices, see Basic Operation, page 14.
2 Check LCD status.
When you select a voice, first take a look at the
information which appears in the LCD, such as Poly
mode ("POLY", "MONO", "LEGATO"), Layer mode
("SINGLE", "UNISON", "DUAL", "SPLIT", etc.), and
whether the Arpeggiator ("ARP") or Sequencer
("SEQ") is on. This reveals the fundamental nature
of a voice at-a-glance.
This area displays Poly mode status
This area displays Layer mode status
PHONES L / MONO R DC IN POWER FOOT FOOT FOOT
VOLUME CONTROLLER SWITCH
OUTPUT
Sync Pitch Sync Pitch
Sync Pitch PEG Depth PEG Sw Port Time
Depth Src
Wave Pitch Pitch Fine Fine Edge Edge
VCO1 VCO2 Ring Noise KNOB PARAMETER GROUP
Decay Sustain Release
Level Level Mod Level
SYNC/FM PEG/ LFO
Decay Sustain Release
ASSIGN 2 ASSIGN 3 ASSIGN 4
VCO1 VCO2
FM Depth LFO1 Spd FM Src1 LFO1 Dly FM Src2 LFO2 Spd
VCF MIX / VCF
PW PWM Depth PWM Depth PWM Src PWM Src PmodDepth PmodDepth
Reso VCF FEG Fmod Vel Key
HPF
nance Type Depth Depth Sens Track
VCA ASSIGN
Volume Amod Depth Vel Sens
ASSIGN 6 ASSIGN 7 ASSIGN 8
This area displays Arpeggiator/
Sequencer on/off and hold status
IN OUT THRU
MIDI
PROGRAM CHANGE Track Common
Trigger
VWX YZ OTHERS
7 8 9
MNO PQR STU
4 5 6
Mstr Tune
DEF GHI JKL DEMO
1 2 3
PORTAMENTO LAYER
ABC
0 –
NO YES/ ENTER STORE ARPEGGIO /SEQ
3 Compare Scenes, and morph between Scenes
using Scene Control.
When you select a voice, the LED beside the
[SCENE 1] or [SCENE 2] switch (or both LEDs) will
be lit, indicating the Scene status which was stored
as voice data. Press each switch to compare the
difference between the sound of Scene 1 and
Scene 2.
Press both [SCENE] switches simultaneously to
activate the Scene Control function, then roll the
[MODULATION] wheel forward and back to
morph, or cross-fade between Scenes as you play.
For more information about Scenes and Scene morphing, see page 19.
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Mode Ctrl Matrix Layer Unison VOICE
Poly Port LFO Rst Set No Param Source Depth Pan Separate Detune SCENE SETUP
Vari EF/ EQ Vari EF Dly/Rev EF EF Name VOICE
COMMON
Tempo Split Pnt Param Data Dry:Wet Param Data Bypass Cursor Char
VOICE
Track Track Job
LoopType Length Key Track Track No Param Scene Sw Rec Copy Undo FREE EG
Common MIDI Arpeggio Play EF VOICE
Arp /SEQ Type/No KbdMode Hold SceneSw Ptn Tx Ch Subdivide Swing Velocity GateTime ARPEGGIO /SEQ
SEQ
Knob Pattern SEQ
Event 1-8 / 9 -16 Step Hold Bank No Base Unit Length LoopType Ctrl No Store EDIT /SETUP
System MIDI Ctrl UTILITY
Kbd Trans Kbd Vel Tx Ch Rx Ch DeviceNo Local BulkDump Device Ctrl No SETUP