Producing Reference Tones For Playing Harmony (Voice, Temperament, Hold, Octave, Transpose); Basic Operation; Voice Buttons; Temperament Buttons - Yamaha Harmony Director HD-300 Owner's Manual

Producing Reference Tones for Playing Harmony (Voice,
Temperament, Hold, Octave, Transpose)

Basic Operation

The HD-300 can be used to produce reference tones to play along with as a way of developing your sense for playing your
instrument in the correct pitch.
This chapter provides detailed instructions for the necessary operations shown below:
Preparation
• Selecting a Voice
• Setting the temperament
• Setting hold on/off
• Selecting an octave
• Setting transpose
Selecting a Voice
You can select the sounds produced when playing the keyboard.
Press one of the VOICE buttons to select a category, and then select the
desired Voice within the category by using the dial, or the [-]/[+]
buttons.
Available Voices are divided into two types: one using FM tone
generation and the other using the PCM tone generation. The VOICE
buttons correspond to the following tone generation systems.
[WOOD]/[BRASS]/[ORGAN] buttons:
•
[PIANO/OTHERS] button:
•
FM tone generation Voices are compatible with the Equal, Pure, and
Individual temperaments in the temperament setting function, and so are suitable for producing reference tones for
harmony. PCM tone generation Voices can only be used Equal temperament, but are useful since there are a variety of
available sounds.
For details on the Voices of each category, refer to page 41.
Voice settings for tuning
While there is no specific rule-of-thumb on which reference sound to use, you should select a Voice that is easily
recognizable for both the conductor and performers. (Generally, organ or string-type sounds are ideal for
distinguishing slight differences in pitch, due to their rich harmonic tone.)
Setting the Temperament
You can configure advanced settings, such as the root key and temperament (Equal/Pure/Individual temperament) of the
song.
Setting the root key:
•
Setting the temperament:
•
select a temperament mode out of the three available. The lamp of the selected temperament mode will light. The
corresponding screen displays are listed below.
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Producing the reference tone(s)
Playing the keyboard
FM tone generation
PCM tone generation
See the page 20.
Use the TEMPERAMENT [EQUAL]/[PURE]/[INDIVIDUAL VOL/PITCH] buttons to
Playing the instrument(s)
Playing wind instrument(s) etc.
to match the reference tone