Yamaha G50 - Manual (Page 14)

1 1 Play Mode
Any of the G50’s 128 “programs” can be selected and
played in the PLAY mode. Each program includes a range
of settings which determine, for example, how the G50
responds to notes you play on the guitar, which voice is
selected on your tone generator, split modes, and more.
The actual settings for each program can be individually
edited by you via the EDIT mode, described in the
following section.
If you want to start playing right away, before editing any
of the programs, you will be using the default settings
(listed with each parameter in the “Edit Mode” section, beginning on page 22). With the default settings each G50
program selects the correspondingly numbered voice on
the tone generator. The default settings are designed to
provide basic playability with most tone generators, but
they may not be ideal for your particular system. You may
have to do a little editing to get the best sound and
response. You will definitely have to read the “Edit
Mode” section and do a little editing if you want to use
many of the G50’s advanced features … such as string or
position based voice splitting.
Selecting Programs & Playing In the PLAY Mode
1 . Check Your G1D Settings
Make sure your guitar’s volume control and the G1D
volume control are set appropriately (the G1D volume
control affects only the synthesized sound), and that the
G1D GUITAR/MIX/SYNTH selector is set to the desired
position:
3 . Select a Program
You can select any of the G50’s 128 programs via either
the G50 [-1] and [+1] buttons or the [DOWN] and [UP]
buttons on the G1D Divided Pickup Unit. Press either
button briefly to select the next program number in the
corresponding direction ([+1] or [UP] to increment; [-1]
or [DOWN] to decrement), or hold either button for
continuous scrolling in the corresponding direction. When
using the G50 panel buttons it is also possible to skip in
tens (e.g. “010”
→
“020”
→
“030”
→
etc. or the reverse)
by pressing the opposite button while holding the button
corresponding to the direction in which you want to
increment/decrement.
■ NOTES
• The G1D [UP] and [DOWN] buttons can also be set to
directly transmit MIDI program change numbers, or shift
pitch up or down in octave steps. See “G1D [UP]/[DOWN]
Button Functions”, below.
4 . Play
Assuming that everything is set up properly you should
now be able to play the selected program and voice. Try
selecting and playing different voices to get a feel for
how they respond when played via the G50.
■ NOTES
• The LED indicator above the [INPUT] button acts as an input
indicator in the PLAY mode, flashing whenever a signal is
detected from any of the guitar’s strings.
● GUITAR
Only the direct guitar sound will be sent to the G50 (i.e. no
synthesizer sound will be produced).
● MIX
Both the direct guitar sound and individual-string synthe-
sizer output are sent to the G50.
● SYNTH
Only the individual-string synthesizer output is sent to the
G50 (no direct guitar sound will be heard).
Refer to your G1D Owner’s Manual for details.
2 . Make sure the PLAY Mode is Engaged
The PLAY mode is automatically selected whenever the
G50 power is turned on. If another mode is currently
engaged, press the [PLAY] button to return to the PLAY
mode. The number of the last program selected will
appear on the display.
GUITAR
MIX
SYNTH
G1D
Play Mode