Casio CTK900 - Manual (Page 46)

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Synthesizer Mode
Use the following procedure to select a preset tone and
change its parameters to create a user tone.
1.
First, select the preset tone you want to use as a
basis for your user tone.
2.
Press the SYNTH button.
• This enters the Synthesizer Mode, which is indicated
by the pointer next to SYNTH on the display screen.
1 Parameter setting value
2 Currently selected parameter
3.
Use the [ ] and [ ] CURSOR buttons to display
the parameter whose setting you want to change.
• Each press of the [ ] or [ ] CURSOR buttons
changes to the next parameter. See “Parameters and
Their Settings” on page E-43 for information on setting
range for each parameter.
4.
Use [+] and [–] to change the setting of the
currently selected parameter.
• You can also use the number buttons to input a value
to change a parameter setting. See “Parameters and
Their Settings” on page E-43 for information on setting
range for each parameter.
5.
After you are finished editing the sound, press the
SYNTH button to exit the Synthesizer Mode.
• See “Storing a User Tone In Memory” on page E-45 for
details on saving user tone data to memory so it is not
deleted.
The following describes the function of each parameter and
provides its setting range.
z Attack Time (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)
Time it takes before the tone sounds after a key is pressed
z Release Time (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)
Time the tone continues to sound after a key is released
z Cutoff Frequency
(Range: –64 to 00 to +63)
High-band cutoff for the harmonic components of the tone
z Resonance (Range: –64 to 00 to +63)
Resonance of the tone
z Vibrato Waveform (Range: See below.)
Specifies the vibrato waveform.
Creating a User Tone
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Parameters and Their Settings
Value Meaning Waveform
Sin Sine Wave
tri Triangle Wave
SAU Sawtooth Wave
Sqr Square Wave
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