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#393615 - 09/23/14 08:33 AM Custom Yamaha Voices
travlin'easy Offline
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Registered: 12/08/02
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Attached are the links to several, Custom Yamaha Voices I created for the PSR-3000 a few years ago. They will work on any Yamaha Arranger keyboard.

The reason I created them is twofold. First and foremost, I've always noticed that nearly every Grand Piano voice, on any keyboard, sounded a bit thin. Additionally, the Yamaha Grand Piano voice is heavily stereo sampled, therefore, it did not sound good at all when using a mono sound system. Therefore, I opted to create my own, mono, grand piano sounds, sounds that were as close to a real Yamaha grand piano as they could be. I did this while sitting next to a real, Yamaha grand piano and tried my best to duplicate that sound using the effects tools within the PSR-3000. I think I can very close with my efforts.

The second reason I created these voices was I just wanted to sound better while performing. I wanted those right hand voices to jump out and sound like the real thing. I think I managed to accomplish this.

I then experimented with some other sounds, a couple guitars, and a tenor sax voice - just to prove to myself that it could be done and that it wasn't all that difficult. They too are attached via links. I tried to attach the voices directly to the post, but the file types were not permitted.

Grand Piano1

Grand Piano2

Grand Piano3

SD2 Grand Piano

Nylon Guitar

Solid Chord Guitar

Sweet Tenor Sax

Enjoy,

Gary cool


Edited by travlin'easy (09/23/14 08:36 AM)
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#393618 - 09/23/14 08:41 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
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Gary since these were done on the 3k..........do you still need them with the new S950 ?

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#393620 - 09/23/14 08:42 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
travlin'easy Offline
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Yes, I still use them, mainly to offset the stereo sampling of the grand piano. The other voices are just icing on the cake, so to speak.

Gary cool
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#393672 - 09/24/14 05:12 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
Stephenm52 Offline
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Registered: 04/13/05
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Loc: USA
Gary,

Been using some of those now for a few years on all my Yamaha past and present arrangers. Thank you, nice work smile

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#393674 - 09/24/14 05:16 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
Graham UK Offline
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Registered: 01/20/01
Posts: 1925
Loc: Lincolnshire UK
Gary. Thank you...I'll try them on my T2.

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#393685 - 09/24/14 06:33 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
travlin'easy Offline
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15559
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
You're quite welcome, guys. The downloads have been numerous for these voices, several thousand since I posted them a few years ago, and a bunch since I posted them here, so I guess they work pretty good for most Yamaha users.

Gary cool
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#393692 - 09/24/14 07:40 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
DonM Offline
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Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
Gary, out of those thousands of downloads, did anyone say "Thanks"?
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#393700 - 09/24/14 08:47 AM Re: Custom Yamaha Voices [Re: travlin'easy]
travlin'easy Offline
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15559
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
Just a few, Don, just a few. It always seems to be that way, though.

Gary cool
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