Hi. I have a style that I want to use and one of the parts in the style is a very good arpeggio that works great, apart from the fact I need it to be one octave higher. I have been into mixer and style and can make several changes but I can’t find a way to change the octave, e.g move it one octave higher. I have duplicated the Harp, saved into user area and edited it so it’s an octave higher, then select it in mixer but still, it plays in the lower octave. I am now out of ideas and wonder if it’s possible and if so how can I achieve the required results.
This is on a Genos.....
Thanks
David
Hi David,
Whether it works that the Voice of a Style Section is played an octave higher when you
shift the relevant MIDI notes up an octave (either in the Style Creator or in a suitable PC program such as "MixMaster") depends on how the CASM parameters "Lo Note" and "Hi Note" already mentioned here are set for the relevant Style. If "Hi Note" is set to the default value "C6", it will work. However, if "Hi Note" is set to a lower value (close to the currently audible octave position), an octave of the MIDI notes will
not help, since these notes are always limited to the set "Hi Note" (i.e. automatically be transposed downwards again).
So the "correct" method would be to adjust the CASM "Lo Note" and "Hi Note" parameters so that (in all keys) the playback pitch is
within the desired range. In this way you can not only "octave" the notes, but also precisely
define the range into which the notes are automatically transposed. The disadvantage of this method is that these settings have to be made
separately for each Style Section.The "simple" method is to shift the MIDI notes in the Style up one octave, as described above. In order for this to work, however, the "Hi Note" parameter (as mentioned separately for each style section) may have to be set to a higher value beforehand.
By the way, if a (Preset) Style cannot be edited as desired, it may be necessary to use the "
Style Unlocker" program first:
>>>
http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/software/stun/index.htmP.S.
Another option is to create an
Expansion Voice in the YEM that has the desired octave and use it in the relevant Style. With the Genos and Tyros5 (in contrast to PSR-S/SX models) you can also create Expansion Voices (Custom Voices) from (specific) Preset Voices in the YEM. Alternatively, you could of course also use a suitable voice from an existing (unprotected) Expansion Pack. If you change the octave here, however, the Pack in question must be reinstalled on the keyboard (depending on the installation method used, all other Packs too!). In addition, the edited Pack should also be re-saved in .ppf format (with "Export Pack" in YEM).
Creating a USER VOICE with a different octave (directly on the keyboard), on the other hand, is useless in this case because User Voices only work fully in keyboard parts. Unfortunately, when using User Voices in Styles, MIDI files or Multi Pads, only the original Preset Voice is loaded, i.e. the changed Voice Set is ignored.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris