Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual

Making Global and Other Important Settings—Function

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Tyros2 Owner’s Manual

■ KEYBOARD/PANEL

The [FUNCTION] 

→ CONTROLLER → KEYBOARD/PANEL display lets you set the parameters 

related to the keyboard and modulation wheel.

● INITIAL TOUCH .............................................................................................................page 87

You can turn Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part and set the following parame-
ters. 

● AFTER TOUCH..............................................................................................................page 87

You can turn Aftertouch on or off for each keyboard part and set the following parameters.

● MODULATION WHEEL .................................................................................................page 88

You can determine whether the modulation wheel operation is applied or not to the 
notes for each part.

● TRANSPOSE ASSIGN ..................................................................................................page 88

You can determine to which parts the [TRANSPOSE] button is applied.

You can confirm the setting here by viewing the pop-up window called up via the 
[TRANSPOSE] button. 
Please note that the transpose function does not affect the Drum Kit or SFX Kit 
voices. 

Harmony/Echo

Parameters set on the display called up by selecting “HARMONY/ECHO” in step #2 of the Basic Procedure on page 187 are 
explained below. This display lets you set the parameters related to the Harmony/Echo effect applied to the keyboard performance 
when the [HARMONY/ECHO] button is turned on.

Determines the Touch sensitivity setting. 

Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best 
for players with a heavy touch.

Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.

Standard touch response.

Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.

Produces relatively high volume even with light playing 
strength. Best for players with a light touch.

Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to “OFF.” 

Determines the Touch sensitivity setting. 

Relatively strong aftertouch pressure is needed to produce changes.

Produces a fairly standard aftertouch response.

Allows you to produce relatively large changes with very light aftertouch 
pressure.

When this is selected, the [TRANSPOSE] button affects the pitch of the keyboard-
played voices, style playback (controlled by the performance in the chord section of the 
keyboard), and Multi Pad playback (when Chord Match is on, and left-hand chords are 
indicated).

When this is selected, the [TRANSPOSE] button affects only the pitch of the songs. 

When this is selected, the [TRANSPOSE] button affects the pitch of the entire instru-
ment (keyboard voices, styles, and songs). 

Select a Harmony type.

Set the related parameters. The dis-
played parameters differ depending on 
the type selected at left.