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G-70 Music Workstation

The Vocoder is related to voices that are added to your 
singing (Voice-FX, Auto Pitch or Singer). 

When the [VOCODER] indicator lights, “synthetic” har-
monies are added to your singing. Unlike the Auto Pitch 
function, the Vocoder can generate up to four harmony 
voices.

(1) Press and hold the [VOCODER] button.

(2) In the GENDER column (right), press the button 

icon that corresponds to the kind of “synthesizer 
choir” you want to add to your singing.
Press [MALE] for a darker character or [FEMALE] if the 
Vocoder signals should be reminiscent of female 
voices. Press [MIX] to create a mixed “choir”. 

The field you press here determines what presets are 
available. See also page 47.

Note: The [VOCAL¥EFFECT] and [EQUALIZER] fields allow you 
to jump to the effects or tone controls.

(3) Set the desired “TRACK” value with the 

[DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] buttons.
This is where you select the track that should supply 
the note information for the harmonies to be gener-
ated. In most instances “Auto” is a good choice, 
because that allows the Vocal Harmonist to pick the 
most useful track. This only applies to Standard MIDI 
Files you play back using the Recorder.

Press the [LEFT] and/or [RIGHT] field if you want to 
use the melody you play on the keyboard. The 
“divide” between LEFT and RIGHT follows the split 
point setting (see p. 57). 

If you press the [EDIT] field…

…the display looks as follows:

(Press the [SINGLE¥PARTS] field to select this page.)
The note icons next to the PART 1~4 entries indicate 
the Vocoder parts that are currently playing. This may 
help you to decide which part needs to be corrected. 

As a rule, the Vocoder works as follows: the lowest 
note played by the selected song part or yourself is 
assigned to “PART 1”, while the highest is assigned to 
“PART 4”. 

• Press the field of the parameter you want to edit and 

set the desired value with the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or 
the [DEC]/[INC] buttons.

● GENDER—Allows you to change the timbre of the part. 

● PANPOT—Allows you to set the placement of the corre-

sponding part in the stereo sound image. This is only 
meaningful if you connect the G-70 to a stereo ampli-
fier. “L64” corresponds to hard left, “0” to dead center 
and “R63” to hard right.

● VOLUME—Allows you to set the level of the correspond-

ing part. Be aware that even the maximum value pro-
duces no audible effect if the [HARMONY] knob is set all 
the way to “OFF”.

■Press the [COMMON] field to jump to the follow-

• Press the field of the parameter you want to edit and 

set the desired value with the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or 
the [DEC]/[INC] buttons.

• Press the [PORTAM] field to switch this effect on. 

● PORTAM. TIME—Use this parameter to specify the speed 

at which the glides are carried out. The higher the value, 
the slower the transitions.

● RND. TUNING—This parameter allows you to introduce 

subtle (or not-so-subtle) pitch inaccuracies usually asso-
ciated with analog synthesizers. Irrespective of the 
choice you make here (“Low”, “Mid”, “High”), the effect 
will be noticeable, but never overly dramatic. Select “Off” 
if you do not need this effect.
This is not the same as a vibrato effect, because it only 
affects the onset of the notes. There is thus no periodic 
modulation of the pitch.

● NOTE WRAP—Activate this field if the Vocoder notes 

should remain within a “natural” range. If it is off, some 
notes may sound too high or too low.

● PITCH BEND—Press this field (so that it “lights”) if you 

● OCTAVE—This parameter allows you to transpose the 

Vocoder in octave steps.

• Press the [BACK] field to leave this page.