Hi all, when I am setting Left and Right volumes for a certain song to save to memory which one am I saving? Let me explain, when I go to into the mixer to adjust the volume of Left it can be a different amount than when I go into Voice Edit!! So which do I adjust and save to panel, The volume in Mixer or Voice.........................Thanks
Hi shezza,
the Volume parameter in Voice Edit (called "Voice Set" in previous models) is the
volume of the Voice itself. This parameter is set to a value somewhere between 60 and 127 with most Preset Voices by default. Normally you
don't touch this parameter but set the desired volume for each Part in the
Mixer. If you have set a certain Part volume already to 120 - 127 in the Mixer, but the Voice is still "too quiet", then in most cases you can increase the volume of the respective Voice in Voice Edit.
If you save a single Voice in Voice Edit (as a so-called "User Voice"), all changes made in the Voice Set and Mixer are also saved (e.g. EQ and Effects), but NOT the relevant Part Volume set in the Mixer.
As you can see from the "Parameter Chart" (in the SX900 Data List, pages 93/94), all Voice Edit parameters can be saved in
OTS (One Touch Settings) as well as in
Registrations. On page 86/87 of the Data List you can see which parameters of the Mixer can be saved in OTS or Registrations. (Many Mixer parameters can NOT be saved in OTS!)
Some users "swear" by using
OTS, since all settings are saved directly in the Style file. However, I generally recommend working with
Registrations. They are much more flexible, and many Panel settings cannot be saved in OTS at all (e.g. fingering, split points, etc.).
It is NOT necessary to also save User Voices beforehand. But if you want to quickly combine certain edited individual Voices with other Voices later (e.g. for other registrations), it is still recommended to save the edited Voices as User Voices.
For the sake of completeness: As is well known, User Voices can only be used in
Keyboard Parts (Right, Left), i.e. NOT in Styles, MIDI files or Multi Pads, since the changed Voice Set would simply be ignored there. In order to still use User Voices in MIDI files, the "Voice File Revoicing" function of the PC program "PSRUTI" can be used. (This will write the Voice Set parameters of User Voices directly into the MIDI file.)
If you have any further questions on this topic, please just get in touch again!
Best regards,
Chris