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Touch Sensitivity (

TchSense

)

(–64 to +63) — Controls changes in
the volume of the tone depending
on how hard you strike the keys.
You can specify more volume for
stronger striking and less volume for
lighter striking, or you can specify 00
to set the same volume regardless
of how hard you strike the keys.

Pan (

Pan

) (–64 to +63) — Controls

the relative position of the tone
between the left and right speaker
channels. A greater positive value
moves the center point further to the
right, a negative value moves it to
the left.

4. Use

+

or

to change the parame-

ter’s setting. You can also use the
number buttons to directly enter a
value for the parameter.

Notes:

• If you want to change another

parameter, repeat Steps 3 and 4.

• If you selected a layered preset

tone, press

to recall the DCO2

parameters (

d Co2

appears), and

repeat Steps 3 and 4 to set the
parameters. Press

again to

return to the DCO1 parameters.

5. Press

SYNTH

.

Save?

appears.

To exit the Custom Tone Synthe-
sizer mode without storing a new
tone, press twice so

Delete?

appears, then press

.

To store the settings, press

to

display the tone number where you
want to save the user tone.

6. Use

+

or

until the tone number you

want appears on the display. If you
do not want to assign a name, skip
to Step 10.

7. To give a name to your tone, press

. The first character of the tone

name flashes.

8. Repeatedly press

+

or

until the first

character of the new name appears
on the display.

9. Press to move to the next charac-

ter position. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 to
enter the rest of the characters in
the new name.

Note: Press to change the tone
number (the name of the tone
returns to its preset name).

10. Press

to save the user tone.

Save OK

appears briefly and the

keyboard exits the Custom Tone
Synthesizer mode.

Hints on Creating a User Tone

• Use a preset tone that is similar to

the one you are trying to create.
When you already have a general
idea of the tone you are trying to
create, it is a good idea to start with
a similar preset tone. If you want to
use a layered tone, start out with a
2DCO tone.

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