Creating Original Voices - Yamaha AN1x Owner's Manual

CREATING ORIGINAL
VOICES
Following is an overview of the key procedures required to
build up your own voices from scratch. For step-by-step
examples of how to create specific types of voices,
including analog synth classics like Synth Bass and Synth
Brass, as well as traditional Electronic Organ and Electric
Piano voices and more, see page 101.
Tone Generator and
Panel Parameter Editing
By editing the tone generator parameters you can
determine the fundamental characteristics of the voice.
These are accessed by pressing a KNOB PARAMETER
GROUP switch and turning specific CONTROL knobs.
There are four key steps in the process of editing the
tone generator parameters, as follows:
1. VCO edit to select the fundamental
waveform and determine the pitch
2. VCF edit to apply filtering and determine
the tone, or timbre
3. VCA edit to apply amplification to the voice
4. LFO edit to apply modulation to the VCO,
VCF and VCA
Tone generator parameter editing affects the selected Scene (loaded in the Scene
edit buffer) or the Scene Control sound (in the Scene Control buffer). For details,
see page 20.
By editing the various panel Edit menu parameters you
can determine a voice's keyboard and Scene related
modes, configure effect types and settings, record Free
EG tracks, create and assign Step Sequencer patterns
or configure the Arpeggiator. (For details, see page
71.)
Certain panel parameters apply to individual Scenes or both Scenes equally for the
voice. For details about each menu and available parameters, see page 72.
1. VCO Edit
Pressing the [VCO1] KNOB PARAMETER GROUP
switch gives you access to the main voltage controlled
oscillator parameters, which let you select the basic
waveform and determine the fundamental pitch of the
sound. Pressing the [VCO2] switch gives you access to
the second oscillator, which contains the same set of
parameters as VCO1, and lets you add extra
dimension to the voice.
No sound will be produced if the VCO1 Level or VCO2 Level settings in the
[MIX/VCF] group are too low.
Wave
By turning CONTROL knob 1 you can select the
waveform for the VCO1 oscillator—from a list which
includes sawtooth, square (pulse) and a variety of
others—which determines the fundamental
characteristics of the voice.
Saw Wave
For details about the available waves, see page 61.
Pitch And Fine
By turning CONTROL knobs 2 (Pitch) and 3 (Fine) you
can determine the fundamental pitch of the wave.
Using both oscillators you can slightly "detune" the
pitch of each with the Fine parameter to fatten the
sound, or create intervals by setting different Pitch
parameters for each.
For details about the Pitch and Fine parameters, see pages 61, 62.
Edge, Pulse Width And Pmod
Depth
By turning CONTROL knob 4 you can adjust how
sharp or smooth the "edge" of the wave is. CONTROL
knob 5 lets you determine the width of the wave's
pulse to control the amount of harmonics present.
CONTROL knob 8 lets you adjust the Pitch Modulation
Depth to create a vibrato effect. Other parameters let
you apply modulation to the pulse width with the LFO1
and other waves.
For details about the Edge, Pulse Width and Pmod Depth parameters, see pages
62, 63.
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Pulse Wave