Yamaha Electone EL-900 Owner's Manual page 39

Lead Voice 2 (VA)
page Voice Name
Feet
VA Acoustic V-Flute
8
V-Oboe
8
V-Clarinet
8
V-Sopra. Sax.
8
Alto Sax.
8
Tenor Sax.
16
Breath Sax.
16
V-Trumpet
8
V-Trombone
16
V-Shakuhachi
8
V-Kokyu
8
V-Sitar
8
VA Virtual Pan Pipe
8
Air Reed
8
Thin Reed
8
Grass Reed
4
Soft Reed
8
Buzz String
8
Bow Strings
8
Waspy Horn
8
VA Electronic Jazz Guitar
16
Picked Guitar
16
Saw Lead
8
Edge Lead
16
Dist.Lead
16
Woody Lead
8
Muted Lead
8
Talken Lead
16
VA Custom Custom1
16
Custom2
8
Custom3
8
Custom4
8
Custom5
8
Custom6
8
*1 Each acoustic instrument has its own suited range. Be aware that exceeding the range may create an unexpected and unrealistic (non-musical) sounds.
*2 Embouchure indicates the tightness of the lips against the reed or against each other in the wind instruments, and the force of the bow against the string.
Notices for VA Voices
Different from the AWM/FM voices the VA voices have unprecedented unique characteristics since they are
closer to acoustic instruments, and thus, you should take care the following things when playing them.
･ Some voices may not sound as you expected in the register lower /or higher than the recommended range.
･ Pitch may be affected by the Initial touch and/or After touch on some voices.
･ Pitch change may not smooth on some voices when Horizontal touch is applied.
･ Portament (Lead Slide) effects may not be smooth on some voices.
･ The lower keys may become unstable when a pattern with one octave pitch change is played.
Preset
Recommended
Horizontal
Range *1
Effect
Pitch G2~A6
Pitch C3~F5
Pitch D2~F5
Pitch A 2~D5
Pitch D 2~G4
Pitch A 2~C4
Pitch A 2~C4
Embouchrue *2 A 2~A 4
Embouchure E1~G3
Embouchure
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch E2~G5
Pitch A2~C5
Pitch E2~G5
Pitch E2~G5
Embouchure A2~G5
Pitch A2~F5
Pitch E1~E6
Embouchure C1~G4
Pitch E1~E5
Pitch E1~E5
Pitch C1~C5
Pitch C1~C4
Pitch G1~C5
Dist.
Pitch C2~G5
Pitch C2~C5
Pitch C1~C5
Pitch —
Embouchure —
Pitch —
Pitch —
Pitch —
Pitch —
Remarks
Flute, containing noise factors, which may squeak in the high register. Setting the Touch
Tone (After) higher and applying keyboard pressure can result in flutter tonguing.
Wider dynamic range with the Touch Tone effect.
Breath noise in pianissimo and brighter sound with the pitch a little bit lowered in fortissimo.
Rounder and softer soprano saxophone.
A bright alto saxophone for contemporary music.
Multipurpose tenor saxophone. Softer in pianissimo and brighter in fortissimo.
Softer tenor saxophone with much breath noise suited for music in slow tempo.
Softer trumpet. Lip-slide can be obtained with the Horizontal touch.
Lip-slide can be obtained with the Horizontal touch. Also, cracking image with the After touch.
Higher Touch Tone (After) setting increases breath noises and then squeaks the sounds.
Palying with softer touch produces hoarse sounds.
Palying with harder touch squeaks the sounds.
Setting the Touch Tone (After) higher and applying keyboard pressure can result in flutter tonguing.
An image of adopting an oboe reed to a saxophone.
An image of adopting a clarinet mouthpiece to a flute.
An image of adopting a bassoon reed to a brass wind instrument. After touch changes the pitch.
An image of adopting a clarinet mouthpiece to a brass wind instrument.
An image of bowed-wind instrument.
Artificially synthesized strings.
An image of adopting a brass wind instrument mouthpiece to a wind instrument. After touch
affects the muted condition. Lip-slide can be obtained with the Horizontal touch.
Softer and warm Jazzy sounds.
Plucked guitar sounds with a pick.
Multipurpose lead sounds. After touch affects to change the filter.
Sound suited for synthe. bass with a sharp attack portion. After touch affects to change the filter.
Distorted lead sounds. Setting the Touch Tone (After) higher and applying keyboard
pressure can raise the pitch one octave.
Lead sound with woody quality.
Lead sound with wah-wah effect. After touch affects the wah-wah effect.
Talkative lead sound. Setting the Touch Tone (After) higher and applying keyboard pressure
can result in hum noises.
Sounds tapping an opening of a pipe with your palm.
Sounds scraping a metalic plate. After touch affect the degree of scraping.
Sounds hitting a metalic plate with a wood block. Initial touch affects to change the
hardness of the wood block.
Softer playing results in sounds of wind. Applying the keyboard pressure (After touch)
produces a distorted guitar sounds.
Jet noise sounds. Applying the keyboard pressure produces lead sounds.
Sounds colliding a metalic plate with another.
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