Specifications

Quick Guide
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TYROS Owner’s Manual
Reference on pages 81, 154
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Voice Effects
● HARMONY/ECHO....... See below.
● INITIAL TOUCH .......... This button turns the touch response of the keyboard on or off. When OFF, the same volume is produced no
matter how strongly or softly you play the keyboard.
● SUSTAIN ..................... When this feature is ON, all notes played on the keyboard with the UPPER part (RIGHT1, 2, 3) have a longer
sustain.
● POLY/MONO............... This determines whether the Part’s Voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphonically.
● DSP ............................. This button turns effects on or off independently for the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 , RIGHT 3 and LEFT parts.
● DSP VARIATION......... This button can be used to switch between variations of the DSP effect. For example, this lets you change the
rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary speaker effect.
Applying Harmony to Your Right-hand Melody
Among the Voice Effects, Harmony is one of the most impressive. It automatically adds harmony parts to the notes you play with
your right hand — immediately giving you a more full and professional sound.
1 Turn the [Harmony/Echo] button on.
2 Turn on both the [ACMP] button and [SYNC START] button (page 32) and make
sure that the RIGHT 1 part is on (page 26).
3 Play a chord with your left hand to start the style (page 33) and play some
notes in the right-hand range of the keyboard.
You can also use the Harmony effect with the style stopped (with the Stop Accompaniment function;
page 33). Simply hold down a chord with your left hand and play a melody with your right.
Try out Harmony/Echo with some of the voices below...
Many of the voices have been automatically set to play certain Harmony/Echo types that match the partic-
ular voice. Try out some of the voices below — playing chords with your left hand and melodies with your
right — and listen to the various Harmony and Echo effects.
Category Voice Harmony/Echo type Category Voice Harmony/Echo type
Piano Live! Grand Standard Trio
Guitar
CrunchGtr RockDuet
Accordion Tutti Accrd Country Trio PedalSteel Country Duet
Strings
Live! Strs Block Saxophone MoonLight Full Chord
ChamberStrs 4-way Open
Percussion
Vibraphone Trill
Harp Strum Timpani Tremolo
DSP
DSP
VARIATION
POLY/
MONO
INITIAL
TOUCH
SUSTAIN
VOICE EFFECT
HARMONY/
ECHO
The TYROS features a sophisticated multi-proces-
sor effect system which can add extraordinary depth
and expression to your sound. This effect system
can be turned on or off by using the following but-
tons.
These three effect systems are applied
to the currently selected keyboard part
(RIGHT1, 2, 3, or LEFT).
In this example, harmony notes in the scale of
C major (the chord played in the left hand) are
automatically added to the notes played in the
right-hand range of the keyboard.
Chord section
Split Point