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Chapter 5 Changing the Overall Tone of the Sound and Acoustics (TSC)
Changing the Ambience
Parameters
You can store up to eight edited Ambience
parameters.
* Unable to change the settings for the Preset Ambience,
with a “P” appended to their number.
* When the unit left the factory, the User settings (U1–U8)
contained the same settings as the Preset (P1–P8).
* If the parameters below are changed during the
performance of a style or song, the changes are nullified
when you press [EDIT], restoring the settings for the
currently selected style or song.
- Key Shift value (p. 42)
- Tempo value (p. 41)
- Sound Shape and Ambience values (p. 51, p. 52)
* Certain data cannot be changed while it is being performed.
First stop the performance, then make the changes.
■ How to Make the Settings
1. With the performance stopped, press [EDIT].
The Edit Menu screen appears.
fig.09-23d
2. Press [ ], select a , then
press [ENTER].
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3. Turn the VALUE dial to select the
Ambience number to be set.
4. Press [ ] [ ], select the parameter to
be set.
5. Turn the VALUE dial to set the value.
6. When you have finished making the
setting, press [EXIT] a number of times
until you exit Edit mode.
■ Changing the Ambience
Parameters
The values that can be set for each of the
parameters are shown below.
Parameter Value Description
Size
5.6 m–
20.5 m
This parameter adjusts the
size of the room which is sim-
ulated.
Time 0.1–32.0
This parameter adjusts the
duration (time) of the reverb.
Level 0–100
This parameter adjusts the ef-
fect level.
PreDelay
0 ms–
20 ms
This parameter adjusts the
time interval between the di-
rect sound and the beginning
of the reverb sound.
Density 0–100
Adjust the density of the
whole reverb sound.
ErLevel 0–100
This parameter adjusts the
volume level of the sound
(Early Reflections) that ar-
rives at the listener after
bouncing off the walls once
or a few times.
RelDensity 0–100
This parameter adjusts the
density of the sound that
reaches the listener after
many repeated reflections.
Low Damp
/ Gain -36.0 dB–
0.0 dB
This parameter adjusts the
amount of damping for Low
Damp. No low-frequency
damping occurs when set to
“0.”
Low Damp
/ Freq 55 Hz–
4.00 kHz
This parameter adjusts the
standard frequency at which
the low-frequencies are
damped. The reverb sound in
the band below this frequen-
cy is damped.
Hi Damp /
Gain -36.0 dB–
0.0 dB
This parameter adjusts the
amount of damping for High
Damp. No high-frequency
damping occurs when set to
“0.”