Yamaha ES Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Owner’s Manual
Troubleshooting
103
Appendix
Distorted sound
•Are the effect settings appropriate?
Use of an effect at certain settings may produce distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 29, 35, 40
•Are the filter settings appropriate?
Excessively high filter resonance settings can cause distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 56
Is the MASTER VOLUME set so high that clipping is occurring? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 12, 14
Is the volume of each Element in the Voice mode or the volume of each Part in the Performance/Multi mode set too high? . . . . . . . .pages 66, 81
Sound is very quiet.
Has the MIDI volume or MIDI expression been set too low?
Is the cutoff frequency of the filters set too low? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 56
Playback continues without stopping.
When the [ARPEGGIO] button is turned on, press it again so that its lamp turns off.
The pitch is wrong.
Is the tune setting appropriate?
[UTILITY] General display “Tune” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 89
Is the note shift setting appropriate?
[UTILITY] General display “NoteShift” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 89
Have the micro tuning parameters been set to an unconventional scale?
Voice Common Edit General display “M.TuningNo.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 65
Have the pitch related parameters been set appropriately? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 55
Has the Pitch Modulation Depth been set too high?
Voice Element Edit Pitch display “Pmod” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 72
Have the following parameters been set to values other than “0”?
Voice Element Edit/Key Edit Pitch display “CoarseTune,” “FineTune”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 68, 74
Plug-in Voice Element Edit OSC display
Performance/Multi Part Edit Tone display “NoteShift,” “Detune” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 82, 85
[UTILITY] General display “NoteShift” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 89
Sound is choppy and intermittent.
•Are you exceeding the maximum polyphony of the instrument? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 57
Only single notes are sounded (no chords).
Has the Mono/Poly parameter been set to “mono”?
Voice Common Edit General display “Mono/Poly”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 65
Performance/Multi Part Edit Voice display “Mono/Poly”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 80, 84
No effects are applied.
Have the parameters in the Effect Bypass mode been set appropriately? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 60, 87
Have any or all of the Elements’ Effect Output parameter been set to “thru”?
Have any or all of the effect types been set to “thru” or “off” (in the Effect display of the Voice Edit mode)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29
Have the Insertion Effect Parts been specified? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29
Cannot find the Drum Voice.
Drum Voices are selected differently than Normal Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 23
Cannot enter the Edit mode.
If the Category Search function is turned on, the Edit mode cannot be entered.
Plug-in Board does not work.
Has the Multi-part Plug-in Board been installed to slot 1? (The Multi-part Plug-in Board should be installed to slot 2.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 99
Has a Plug-in Voice been assigned to the current Part of the Performance/Multi? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 58