Yamaha G50 - Manual (Page 17)

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Guitar Setup
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The “Guitar Setup” parameters (“A” through “G”) deter-
mine how the G50 responds to what you play on the
guitar. These settings are important for achieving opti-
mum response with your own instrument and playing
style.
A: Playing Style
Settings: Pic, Fin (or Pic, SLP for bass), ---
Set according to the playing style you intend to use: “Pic”
for normal pick-style playing, or “Fin” for finger-picking
guitar styles. When using a bass pickup you can select
either “Pic” for normal pick-style or finger-style playing,
or “SLP” for slap styles. You may have to experiment
with different settings to achieve optimum sensitivity,
depending on the type of guitar you use.
If the G50 is being used in the monophonic mode, “---”
appears on the display and this parameter is not available.
B: Note On Level
Settings: 1 … 10
Sets the note-on trigger level of the G50 — i.e. how loud
a note must be played on the guitar before it triggers the
corresponding note on the G50. The range is from 1 to
10, with lower values corresponding to lower trigger
levels (i.e. higher sensitivity). In other words, low values
allow softer notes played on the guitar to trigger the G50.
If the setting is too low, however, the G50 may be trig-
gered by noise from the guitar. The ideal setting will
depend on your guitar’s pickup, noise levels, and the G50
input level settings. It may be necessary to readjust the
Note On Level setting if you change the G50 input level
settings.
continuously. The ideal setting will depend on your
guitar’s pickup, noise levels, and the G50 input level
settings. It may be necessary to readjust the Note Off
Level setting if you change the G50 input level settings.
D: Velocity
Settings: Nar, Nor, uui, 1 … 127
Specifies the dynamic range of notes produced by the
G50 — i.e. the range from the softest to loudest notes
produced.
•
“Nar” sets a narrow dynamic range.
• “Nor” is the normal setting, setting the normal dy-
namic range.
• “uui” (this represents “w”) produces the widest
dynamic range.
A value between “1” and “127” produces fixed velocity
(volume) at the specified velocity value. The higher the
value, the louder the notes.
E: Chromatic
Settings: off, on, Au
The G50 converts slides and string bends to the corre-
sponding MIDI pitch bend data which is then transmitted
to the connected tone generator. This parameter deter-
mines whether the bend data is transmitted at full resolu-
tion (smooth bends), or in chromatic semitone steps for
glissando type effects.
When “off” pitch bend data is transmitted at full resolu-
tion over the range specified by the Pitch Bend Range
parameter (parameter “G”, below).
When “on” pitch bend data is transmitted in chromatic
semitone steps.
When “Au” is selected the “on” and “off” modes are
switched automatically according to whether a chord
(chromatic “on”) or single-note line (chromatic “off”) is
being played.
F: Transpose
Settings: -24 … 0 … 24
Transposes the pitch of notes played up or down in
semitone steps over a
±
2-octave range. The range is from
“-24” (down 2 octaves) through “0” (no transposition) to
“24” (up 2 octaves).
Chromatic: on
(chromatic semitone steps)
Glissando range
4 semitones
3 semitones
2 semitones
1 semitone
C: Note Off Level
Settings: 1 … 10
Sets the note-off level of the G50 — i.e. the level at
which a triggered note stops playing as the guitar note
decays. The range is from 1 to 10, with lower values
corresponding to lower note-off levels. Set this parameter
carefully to match your instrument and playing style: if
set at too high a value, notes may cut off unnaturally,
while too low a setting may result in notes playing
Note off
level
Note on
level
● Input Signal ● Recognized signal
note on
no sound
note off