Application Index; Changing The Sound; Changing The Pitch - Yamaha S08 Owner's Manual

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

This convenient, easy-to-use index is divided to general categories to help you when you want to ﬁnd information on

a speciﬁc topic or function.

■ Listening/Playing

• Listening to Demo songs ................................................................................................................................... Demo Playback (Page 16)

• Playing the voices .......................................................................................................................................................................... (Page 29)

• Calling up Voices in a desired instrument group ........................................................................ Using Voice Category Search (Page 31)

• Playing songs from memory cards ................................................................................................................................................ (Page 51)

• Assigning songs to each chain step automatically ....................................................................................................................... (Page 52)

• Converting Standard MIDI ﬁle from format 1 to format 0..... the separate Installation Guide and the Card Filer Owner's Manual (PDF)

• Performing live while playing back a Song ﬁle ........................................................................................................................... (Page 34)

• Splitting the keyboard — Setting upper and lower ranges for the Voices

- In Multi mode............................................................................................................................................................................. (Page 34)

- In Voice mode ........................................................................................................................................................... Note Limit (Page 59)

• Layering two voices (Parts together) ............................................................................................................................................ (Page 35)

• Changing the keyboard played part in the Multi mode ...............................................................................................Trans Ch (Page 66)

• Selecting the touch sensitivity (Global setting) ......................................................................................................................... (Page 57)

• Changing the volume response to your playing strength - getting high volume from soft playing or soft volume from strong playing

(for each Voice/Multi).......................................................................................................................VelSnsDpt/VelSnsOfs (Pages 58, 64)

■ Using controllers

• Connecting controllers .................................................................................................................................................................. (Page 15)

• Setting the Pitch Bend Range............................................................................................................................... PB Range (Pages 58, 65)

• Using a Foot Controller/Footswitch to control parameters ........................................................................................................ (Page 38)

• Using a Footswitch to start/stop the sequencer........................................................................................................................... (Page 38)

• Using a Footswitch to advance through Voice or Multi programs.............................................................................................. (Page 38)

• Maintaining the controller state/position when you switch between voices ................................................ Controller Reset (Page 67)

• Setting the AC1 (Assignable Controller 1) Controller .........................................................................................................(Pages 37, 38)

• Controlling the effect depth

- MW (Modulation wheel settings) ...................................................................................................................MW VarCtl (Pages 59, 64)

- AC1 (Assignable controller 1 ) settings .......................................................................................................... AC1 VarCts(Pages 59, 64)

■ Copying

• Copying the Voice Variation Effect settings to the Multi mode ............................................................. Copy Variation Effect (Page 49)

• Copying the Controller settings of the Voice mode to the Multi mode............................................................Copy Controller (Page 49)

• Copying Element parameter settings of the Voice being edited to another Element in the same Voice................................... (Page 48)

• Copying Part parameter settings of the Multi being edited to another Part in the same Multi ................................................ (Page 49)

• Backing up your S08 data ..............................................Saving S08 Settings to an External Device/Saving the Settings (Pages 36, 50)

■ Changing the sound

• Editing a Voice ............................................................................................................................................................. Voice Edit (Page 40)

• Effect structure and signal ﬂow ........................................................................................................................................Effects (Page 46)

• Editing the effect settings................................................................................................................. Example of Effect Settings (Page 46)

• Adjusting the Voice sustain..........................................................................................................................................AEGRelR (Page 61)

• Getting a brighter sound ....................................................................................................................................................Cutoff (Page 43)

• Getting a more pronounced effect ............................................................................................................................. Resonance (Page 43)

• Simulating monophonic instruments ................................................................................................................ Mono/Poly (Pages 58, 64)

• Setting the stereo pan position................................................................................................................................. Pan (Pages 59, 62, 63)

• Changing the Element/Part that is sounded according to the velocity................................................................................... VelLmt-L/H

In Voice Mode................................................................................................................................................................................ (Page 59)

In Multi Mode................................................................................................................................................................................ (Page 64)

• Getting a smooth transition in pitch from one note to the next ............................................................... Porta Sw/Time (Pages 58, 65)

■ Changing the pitch

• Transposing the sound/Adjusting the pitch (tone generator settings)

- Voice (Element ) settings ............................................................................................................................. Note Shift/Detune(Page 59)

- Multi (Part) settings.................................................................................................................................... Note Shift/Detune (Page 64)

- Multi (Common) settings ......................................................................................................................................... Transpose (Page 63)

• Transposing the keyboard.......................................................................................................................................... Kbd Trans (Page 67)

• Adjust the tuning to other instruments ..................................................................................................................MasterTune (Page 66)

• Setting the all notes (keys) to the same pitch ............................................................................................................ PchSclSns (Page 59)