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Also show inactive voices in Liveset view

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 Rob
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In Live Sets, I often have one primary voice (e.g. an EP) and a secondy voice which I can bring in optionally (e.g. a Pad). As the number of Live Sets grows, I cannot reminder which inactive voices are stored. Of course, I can try to include these in the Live Set name, but this is quite time consuming, a waste of valuable characters space, and it makes the Live Set naming cluttered. Therefore, I would like both section Voices to be displayed in the Live Set view, no matter whether they are active. This does not cause confusing, since the Keys A/B indicator clearly shows which Section(s) is/are active.

Is there a way to show both active and inactive voices in Liveset View?

 
Posted : 07/05/2023 5:36 am
david
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Yes what you do is turn them both to on or all 3 (with organ) and then turn down the volumes of the other two you don't want to sound. Then save it that way. Go out and back in as a test. All the voices should be actively shown on the screen but not sounding until you turn up their respective volumes. Like you there's no reason to not visually see every voice inside a liveset. Why would we want to be left guessing what the other (2) are set to before switching them on?

 
Posted : 07/05/2023 8:56 pm
 Rob
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Yes, that is an option indeed David, thanks. However, since you then 1) have to push the section button and turn the volume knob each time to bring in another section, and 2) have to manually balance respective volumes realtime, I would still strongly favor a setting in which you can set the YC to only show active voices or all voices in Live Set view.

 
Posted : 09/05/2023 7:43 am
 Rob
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If you support the idea to allow setting whether Live Set view only shows active voices or all voices in the next YC OS update, please upvote this on Ideascale: https://yamahasynth.ideascale.com/c/idea/79441 https://yamahasynth.ideascale.com/c/idea/79441

 
Posted : 09/05/2023 2:42 pm
david
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NO you don't have to use the selection ever because when you saved it as "on" they are automatically always active only that they have no volume so they are essentially "off". Balancing volumes for only one or two because your primary is already actively set. For example I now keep all my 3 voices active. They are all on so I never touch the flip switches. My primary voice might be the CFX already on to whatever volume I saved it. I can fade in either the organ or the "B" voice by simple rotation of their respective knobs. Is it zero effort on a scale 1 to 10 (10 being the most difficult)? No but it's a 0.5 difficulty level so basically negligible. You might can assign the volume to your foot pedal and bring those others in if you're using both hands. The CK is even easier because they got smart and located all volumes together like mixer sliders which are simpler than a rotary. So with a rotary you have to turn it up to the desired level. With the slider numerically it might be set to "0" as you saved it but when you touch the slider it can activate at the current position level. Doesn't fade in, just appears. Subtle differences in the CK have really optimized it over the YC. YC still sound better to my ears sadly. Sadly meaning I wish the CK sounded that refined and authentic.

Rule number one "never dumb down the sound quality for any reason". I will say the CK is livier because although the velocity claims to be 64 it's hotter or that the action causes it to jump out more than the YC73. It's also harsher sounding on some voices that should remain smooth. My analogy to this is like getting a Klipsch speaker that is upper mid very forward sounding almost unpleasant but it's definitely lively but after listening for 30 minutes your ears hurt. But it grabs your attention at first. The CK is like a Klipsch it will grab your attention. The YC is like a ELAC smooth, buttery and creamy and you can play it for 6 hours without ever getting tired of listening. When you have a musical board you probably want the ELAC most of the time. Oddly in my $4000 headphones I assume due to the driver relationship the CK and YC don't sound that much different. However on my JBL studio monitor speakers they sound completely different. All depends on your listening device. IF you have a dull or laid back speaker system the CK might actually sound better to you but OMG the YC is fantastic on a supreme system like the real dang instrument. Every nuance is present on the JBL 4309 being pushed by dual Outlaw monoblocks at over 200 watts each. People don't realize sound requires a proper avenue to be transformed into the air waves. Those CK speakers probably cost $30 installed although fine for practicing but sound pretty awful. The thing about a great system is that it reveals everything and it proves how great the YC actually is. Sorry I got off topic.

 
Posted : 09/05/2023 4:03 pm
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