Yamaha DX7s, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...YAMAHA DIGITAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM SYNTHESIZER OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...seeable risks have been eliminated DO NOT modify this unit or commission others to do so unless specifically authorized by Yamaha Product performance and or safety standards may be diminished Claims filed under the expressed war ranty may be denied if the unit is has been modified Implied warranties may also be affected SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE The information contained in this manual is b...

Page 3: ...a users manual in the truest sense its goal is to help you make music with your new DX7s as quickly as possible If you are already familiar with the operation of the original DX7 this manual will help you make the transition to the DX7s in short order On the other hand if this is your first FM digital instrument this manual will guide you into the operation of your new synthesizer with easy to fol...

Page 4: ...ns in the synthesizer s digital circuitry and interference noise in the other unit Handling The DX7s is sturdy but it can do without rough handling Don t subject it to sudden jolts such as dropping it as this can damage the internal circuitry If you plan to travel with it be sure to use a road case Also make sure not to apply excessive force to any of the keys buttons or other controls Cleaning To...

Page 5: ...uipment Service Your Warranty The DX7s contains no user serviceable parts Opening it up or tampering with it in any way will void the warranty and may also lead you to experience some nasty electrical shocks If you have a problem with your instrument please take it to an authorized Yamaha service center Modifications Your Warranty Unless you are assured to the contrary in writing you should assume...

Page 6: ...meters 36 Performance Controllers 38 Micro Tuning 41 Section 4 Using the New Voice Features 43 Voice Edit Buttons 52 Basic Voice Editing Functions 53 New Voice Parameters 55 Voice Controllers 57 Fractional Scaling 59 Section 5 Memory Functions 61 Utility Buttons 64 Memory Layout 66 Memory Storage Types 68 Basic Utility Functions 69 Cartridge Memory Functions 71 Section 6 MIDI Functions 73 MIDI But...

Page 7: ...Playing the DX7s 1 ...

Page 8: ...ing the Internal Voice Memories 13 The Internal Voice Memories 14 Selecting the Cartridge Voice Memories 15 The Cartridge Voice Memories 16 The Play Modes 16 Voice Mode and Performance Mode 16 Using the 1 32 33 64 Button 16 Using the Poly Mono Button 16 Using the Key Shift Button 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 Getting Started Making Audio Connections Turning on the DX7s Setting the Volume Slider Using Co...

Page 9: ... Connections There are three different ways to connect the DX7s to sound reinforcement equipment The one you choose will depend on your situation 1 If you have a monophonic single input amplifier such as a guitar amp connect the DX s output to the amp s input using a standard cable 2 If you are using a multi channel mixer connect the DX s back panel audio output to one of your mixer s inputs using...

Page 10: ...ide of the back panel This is the first display you will see on the main panel After a few seconds this display will be replaced by the last Play Mode display selected before the DX7s was turned off The LED s will now display the voice or The LCD will now show the voice or performance number that was displayed when the DX was turned off performance name which corresponds to the number in the LED 4...

Page 11: ... Volume Slider Since the volumes of the various voices differ start with a setting in the middle of the slider s range adjust later to suit your taste depending on the voice or voices being played Volume Slider 5 ...

Page 12: ... the Voice Performance bank to 2 Also certain voices in the DX7s are created using the new fractional scaling feature These scalings are stored in bank 3 of the ROM cartridge so the Fractional Scaling Bank will need to be set to bank 3 Look at the diagram on the next page and make the necessary changes before you begin playing Inserting the ROM Cartridge Before you begin to play your DX7s insert t...

Page 13: ...ROM Banks This is the Set Bank LCD display with Bank 2 of the ROM cartridge selected for Voice Performance data This is the Set Bank LCD display with Bank 3 of the ROM cartridge selected for Fractional Scaling data 7 ...

Page 14: ...tly These features will be explained in detail in Sections 2 and 3 of this manual For now though just follow the steps below and explore the richness of the Performance Mode by playing through all of the new sounds available in the Internal and ROM Cartridge memories Selecting the Internal Performance Memories The LCD display will show the number and name of memory the selected Performance 8 ...

Page 15: ...SilvaTrmpt 8 MildBrass INT 10 FrenchHorn 9 W Leed INT 20 Bassoon 10 SoftFlute INT 23 Flute 11 PanPipes INT 26 PanFloot 12 BlowSax INT 26 PanFloot 13 BluesHarp INT 29 Harmonica 14 Harp INT 30 Harp 15 PianoBrite INT 32 PianoBrite 16 MildPiano INT 34 Piano 2 17 Mellow EP INT 36 RubbaRoad 18 Attack EP INT 37 HardRoads 19 Crystal EP INT 38 FullTines 20 DX Clavi 1 INT 39 ClaviStuff 21 DX Clavi 2 INT 40 ...

Page 16: ...Selecting the Cartridge Performance Memories The LCD display will show the number and name of the selected Performance memory 10 ...

Page 17: ...Strings 9 HitPad 1 CRT 17 Maribumba 10 HitPad 2 CRT 19 Nu Marimba 11 HitPad 3 CRT 20 StonePhone 12 AfroConga CRT 25 CongaDrum 13 Woodblock CRT 29 Claves 14 Vibraphone CRT 21 VibraPhone 15 Celeste CRT 22 Celeste 16 GrandBells CRT 30 Bells 17 MultiDrums CRT 23 Swissnare 18 Tomtom CRT 24 Tom C4 19 MalletBras CRT 37 MalletHorn 20 ClaviBrass CRT 42 ClaviBrass 21 Ensemble CRT 36 Ensemble 22 WarmBrass CR...

Page 18: ... them extensions of the Function Mode in the original DX7 All of these features will he discussed in detail in Sections 2 and 4 of this manual For now though just follow the steps below and play through all of the voices available in the Internal and ROM Cartridge memories Selecting the Internal Voice Memories The LCD display will show the number and name of the selected Voice memory 12 ...

Page 19: ... 7 Trumpet A 39 ClaviStuff 8 SilvaTrmpt 40 Clavi 9 BC Trumpet 41 Clavecin 10 FrenchHorn 42 ClaviPluck 11 Strings 43 NasalClav 12 HallOrch 44 HarpsiBox 13 NewOrchest 45 HarpsiWire 14 Analog Str 46 WireStrg A 15 LiveStrg 47 WireStrg B 16 BowedBass 48 TouchOrgan 17 EleCello A 49 ShOrgan 18 EleCello B 50 TapOrgan 19 Violins 51 BriteOrgan 20 Bassoon 52 MajicOrgan 21 Clarinet 53 SoftOrgan 22 Oboe 54 Pip...

Page 20: ...ridge contains several banks To hear the cartridge voices make sure that the Voice Performance bank is set to bank 2 of the ROM cartridge see page 7 for instructions on how to change the cartridge banks The LCD display will show the number and name of the selected Voice memory 14 ...

Page 21: ... HardBass 40 ClariSolo 9 GuitarBox 41 PitchaPad 10 PickGuitar 42 ClaviBrass 11 FingaPicka 43 WhapSynth 12 LeadaPicka 44 Whasers 13 YesBunk 45 Fifths 14 12 Strings 46 ElecBrass 15 Classipika 47 ElectroBak 16 Shami 48 HarmoSynth 17 Maribumba 49 PianoBells 18 DX Marimba 50 St Elmo s 19 Nu Marimba 51 MilkyWays 20 StonePhone 52 Pluk 21 VibraPhone 53 TingVoice 22 Celeste 54 Plukatan 23 Swissnare 55 Octi...

Page 22: ...ou choose a Performance features such as Micro Tune and Key Shift are added to the voice Using the 1 32 33 64 Button The light above the 1 32 33 64 button tells you which set of voices can be selected If the light is off voices 1 32 can be selected using the number buttons if the light is lit voices 33 64 can be selected using the number buttons Using the Poly Mono Button The light above the Poly ...

Page 23: ...ulation Wheel is located to the near left of the keyboard to the right of the Pitch Bend Wheel For a taste of the possibilities of the Modulation Wheel try it with Internal Performance 6 or Internal Performance 13 After Touch After Touch is a keyboard feature that gives you extra control over a voice It is engaged by pushing down on the keys after they have already been depressed To try some of th...

Page 24: ...e 19 or Cartridge Performance 5 to get an idea of the different effects that are possible Footswitch 2 can be used to engage a number of effects including that of the soft pedal on a piano Try it in conjunction with Internal Performance 4 or Cartridge Performance 8 from bank 2 of the ROM Continuous Sliders 1 and 2 The Continuous Sliders are located to the right of the Volume Slider on the left sid...

Page 25: ...Creating and Storing New Sounds 19 ...

Page 26: ...nce and Voice Data Using the Cursor Buttons and the Data Entry Buttons Slider Edit Compare Edit Button Quick Reference Guide Saving New Sounds Memory Protection Turning Memory Protect Off Voice and Performance Memory Storing Performance Data to Internal or Cartridge Memory Storing Voice Data to Internal or Cartridge Memory 20 ...

Page 27: ...t of the buttons on the DX s front panel have multiple functions You can see this by looking at the way the buttons are labeled on the front panel For example the 1 button also functions as YES and ON In most cases the buttons will have different functions in different operating modes The 32 number buttons are no exception In the Play Modes they are used to call up various Voice and Performance me...

Page 28: ...ime you can push any or all of the buttons indicated as many times as necessary to make the desired edits There is a distinction between editing Performance parameters and editing Voice parameters that you may want to be aware of In certain cases such as using compare you may not retain all your edits It is a good idea to edit Performance and Voice data separately more on this later 22 ...

Page 29: ... need to use these buttons to position the LCD cursor next to the parameter you wish to edit Once you have selected the parameter to edit using the cursor buttons use the data entry slider or the 1 1 buttons to change the value of the selected parameter The new values will appear in the bottom row of the LCD and you will hear the effect of these new values when you play the keyboard Edit Compare O...

Page 30: ...Voice parameters are discussed in more detail in Section 4 Voice parameters are discussed in more detail in Section 4 Edit Button Quick Reference Guide 24 ...

Page 31: ...Performance parameters are discussed in more detail in Section 3 Utility parameters are discussed in more detail in Section 5 MIDI parameters are discussed in more detail in Section 6 25 ...

Page 32: ...eed as follows Memory Protection Each time the DX7s is turned on it automatically powers up with both the Internal and the Cartridge Memory Protect feature turned on Before you can save data you must turn off this automatic memory protection Turning Memory Protect Off Voice and Performance Memory If you have edited both Performance data and Voice data be sure to save the Voice data to a Voice memo...

Page 33: ...Storing Performance Data to Internal or Cartridge Memory Storing Voice Data to Internal or Cartridge Memory 27 ...

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Page 35: ...Using the New Performance Features 29 ...

Page 36: ...formance Controllers 36 Sustain Footswitch FS 1 36 Footswitch 2 FS 2 37 Continuous Sliders 37 FM Parameters Assignable to CS1 and CS2 38 38 38 38 Basic Performance Parameters Total Volume Key Shift EG Forced Damp Performance Name Voice Number Micro Tuning Selecting a Micro Tuning The Micro Tuning Presets Micro Tuning Editing and Storage 30 ...

Page 37: ...plays The charts below show all of the displays called up by each button and provide a complete list of parameters and value ranges In some cases the first LCD display in a chart may not be the first one you see You may need to cycle through the displays by pressing the button repeatedly until you reach the desired LCD display Buttons 27 LCD Displays Button 28 LCD Displays 31 ...

Page 38: ...Button 29 LCD Displays 32 ...

Page 39: ...s so that constant Volume Slider or mixer adjustments are not necessary Key Shift This parameter allows you to adjust the transposition of the Performance The Performance can be adjusted up or down as much as two octaves in halfsteps The original transposition of the voice is retained as part of the Voice memory and the Key Shift value is added to or subtracted from that Voice setting when you are...

Page 40: ... Sustain Footswitch pedal When you do exceed the DX s note capacity the first notes played will stop sounding to make way for the new notes being played Under normal operating conditions the DX7s considers these new notes to be continuations of the first notes therefore the initial portions of the attack envelope will not be retriggered If you wish to avoid this effect turn the Forced Damping func...

Page 41: ...ion This allows you to easily edit any character within a name Using the Data Entry buttons while NOT holding the Edit Character button lets you switch between Large or small characters The 1 button selects the Large character mode the 1 button selects the small character mode In addition to letting you enter small alpha characters the small character input mode lets you enter the following symbol...

Page 42: ...ch 2 is a multipurpose pedal with four selectable functions Sustain Portamento Key Hold or Soft If Sustain is selected FS 2 operates as a sustain pedal just like FS 1 If Portamento is selected voice portamento effects will operate only when the pedal is depressed If Key Hold is selected only notes that are being held when the pedal is engaged will sustain This effect is similar to a piano s sosten...

Page 43: ...P 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l O P 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 l OP 6 OP 1 Total level AMP MOD SENS Key velocity EG Level 4 L4 EG Level 3 L3 EG Level 2 L2 EG Level 1 L1 EG Rate 4 R4 EG Rate 3 R3 EG Rate 2 R2 l OP 6 EG Rate 1 R1 OP 1 l OP 6 OSC detune OP 1 l OP 6 Frequency fine O P l l OP 6 Frequency coarse OP 1 l Portamento time l Pitch EG Level 4 Level 1 l Pi...

Page 44: ... major Pure Major 3 Pure minor Pure Minor 4 Mean tone Mean tone 5 Pythagorean Pythagorean 6 Werckmeister Werckmeister 7 Kirnberger Kirnberger 8 Vallotti yong Vallotti Young 9 1 4 Shift eql 1 4 Shifted equal 10 1 4 Tone 1 4 Tone 11 1 8 Tone 1 8 Tone In presets 2 5 the tuning can be adjusted according to the key of the music being played Micro Tuning Editing and Storage If you are interested in alte...

Page 45: ...Entering the Micro Tuning Edit Mode Editing Micro Tuning Data Storing Micro Tuning Data 39 ...

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Page 47: ...Using the New Voice Features 41 ...

Page 48: ... 24 LCD Displays 50 Button 25 LCD Displays 51 Button 26 LCD Displays 52 Basic Voice Editing Functions 52 Operator Select 52 Operator On Off 52 EG Copy 53 New Voice Parameters 53 Pitch Envelope 53 LFO 54 Key Modes 55 Voice Controllers 55 Function Data and Voice Effect Data 55 Pitch Bend Modes 55 Foot Controller 1 and 2 56 Pitch Bias 57 Fractional Scaling 57 Fractional Scaling and Level Scaling 57 F...

Page 49: ...t of parameters and value ranges In some cases the first LCD display in a chart may not he the first one you see You may need to cycle through the displays by pressing the button repeatedly until you reach the desired LCD display Button 7 LCD Display Algorithm 1 32 Feedback Level 0 7 Oscillator Key Sync off on Transpose mid c c1 c5 The L indicates Large or upper case character entry mode Voice Nam...

Page 50: ... Display Oscillator Mode ratio fixed Frequency Coarse varies Frequency Fine varies Oscillator Detune 7 7 Button 9 LCD Display Rate Scaling 0 7 Envelope Generator Rates 1 4 0 99 Envelope Generator Levels 1 4 0 99 44 ...

Page 51: ...Button 10 LCD Displays 45 ...

Page 52: ...Button 11 LCD Display Key Velocity 0 7 Amplitude Modulation Sensitivity 0 7 Pitch Modulation Sensitivity 0 7 46 ...

Page 53: ...2 LCD Display LFO Wave triangle saw down saw up square sine s hold LFO Speed 0 99 LFO Delay 0 99 LFO Mode single multi LFO Pitch Modulation Depth 0 99 LFO Amplitude Modulation Depth 0 99 LFO Key Sync off on 47 ...

Page 54: ...ope Velocity off on Pitch Envelope Rate Scaling 0 7 Pitch Envelope Rates 1 4 0 99 Pitch Envelope Levels 1 4 0 99 Button 23 LCD Displays Key Mode Assign polyphonic monophonic unison poly unison mono Unison Detune 0 7 appears only when Key Mode unison poly or unison mono 48 ...

Page 55: ...nd Mode normal lowest highest key on Pitch Bend Range 0 12 Pitch Bend Step 0 12 Portamento Mode Poly sus key p retain sus key p follow Mono fingered porta full time porta Portamento Time 0 99 Portamento Step 0 99 Random pitch 0 7 49 ...

Page 56: ...Button 25 LCD Displays Aftertouch EG Bias 0 99 Aftertouch Pitch Bias 50 50 Modulation Wheel Pitch Modulation Depth 0 99 Modulation Wheel Amplitude Modulation Depth 0 99 Modulation Wheel EG Bias 0 99 50 ...

Page 57: ...plays Foot Controller 2 EG Bias 0 99 Foot Controller 2 Volume 0 99 MIDI Controller Pitch Modulation Depth 0 99 MIDI Controller Amplitude Modulation Depth 0 99 MIDI Controller EG Bias 0 99 MIDI Controller Volume 0 99 51 ...

Page 58: ...o focus on the sound of certain operators by turning off the output of ones not being edited While editing Voice data buttons 17 22 provide a quick way to turn the six operators on and off The on off status of the six operators is shown in the center of the upper line of the LCD When all six operators are turned on you will see 111111 When an operator is turned off a 0 will appear in the correspon...

Page 59: ...f the Pitch Envelope effect can now be adjusted using the Range parameter In addition the Velocity parameter allows you to control the intensity of the Pitch Envelope with keyboard touch There is also a scaling parameter that lets you change the speed of the pitch envelope as you move up the keyboard LFO There was only one LFO in the original DX7 so all voices were affected in exactly the same way...

Page 60: ...h create fatter sounds Since these new Modes use more than one note of the DX s sixteen note capacity they will affect the total number of notes available at any one time 54 Key Number of Mode Notes Polyphonic 16 Monophonic 1 Unison poly 4 Unison mono 1 ...

Page 61: ...sing buttons 23 26 This Voice Effect data can be adjusted as part of each Voice Memory this means that each Voice can have its own Controller settings Most of the Voice Effect parameters are exactly the same as the Function parameters of the original DX7 The new parameters are outlined below Pitch Bend Modes The Pitch Bend Wheel in the DX7s functions in one of four basic Modes which operate as fol...

Page 62: ...ter Touch or the Breath Controller to control the pitch of a voice When Pitch Bias is set to 0 there is no pitch change Positive Pitch Bias settings result in an upward bend while negative Pitch Bias settings cause the pitch to bend down The range is 50 50 56 ...

Page 63: ...the possibility of even more subtle control over operator outputs through Fractional Scaling Fractional Scaling and Level Scaling Although the DX7 s Level Scaling offers a great deal of interaction between timbre and frequency Fractional Scaling offers even greater precision The level can be set independently in groups of three notes over the entire range of the keyboard To provide even more contr...

Page 64: ...Editing Fractional Scaling Data Storing Fractional Scaling Data 58 ...

Page 65: ...Memory Functions 59 ...

Page 66: ...l Scaling Memory 65 Initialized Memory 65 Current Play Edit Memory 65 Compare Recall Memory 66 Memory Storage Types 66 Internal Memory 66 Cartridge Memory 67 ROM Cartridge 68 Basic Utility Functions 68 Master Tune 68 Recall Edit 68 Initialize 69 Cartridge Memory Functions 69 Using Cartridge Data 70 Formatting a RAM Cartridge 70 Loading Voice Performance Data from a RAM Cartridge 60 ...

Page 67: ...uttons call up multiple LCD displays The charts below show all of the displays called up by each button and provide a complete list of parameters and value ranges In some cases the first LCD display in a chart may not be the first one you see You may need to cycle through the displays by pressing the button repeatedly until you reach the desired LCD display 61 ...

Page 68: ...Button 14 LCD Displays 62 ...

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Page 70: ...timidating at first Once you become more familiar with the instrument though you will fjnd the memory layout is much simpler than it first appears To understand all of the memory types study the diagram and read the explanation below Voice Performance Memory This Memory block includes data for 64 Voice Memories and 32 Performance Memories plus one System Setup Memory and two User defined Micro Tun...

Page 71: ...ice and Performance blank page data as part of its permanent memory If you want to start from ground zero instead of working from an already existing Voice or Performance Memory call up the DX s Init Voice or Init Performance data using button 14 in Edit Mode Current Play Edit Memory Whenever you call up a Voice Memory or Performance Memory in Play Mode you are actually sending it to a special loc...

Page 72: ...ts of the following 64 Voice Memories 32 Performance Memories 1 System Setup Memory and 2 User defined Micro Tuning Memories Voice Performance Memory can also be stored in Cartridge Memory Cartridge Memory A DX RAM4 cartridge can store three different types of data Voice Performance Fractional Scaling and Micro Tuning The RAM4 Voice Performance Memory is equivalent to the Internal Voice Performanc...

Page 73: ...ded to the Internal memory but if you try to choose a Performance you will still need to have the cartridge inserted This happens because the Performance memories are calling Cartridge Voices For instance the first Performance in ROM Cartridge bank 1 SolidStrg calls up voice C12 cartridge voice 12 If you want to load the original Voice and Performance data into the Internal memory you will have to...

Page 74: ...formance or Micro Tuning data from the DX s Compare Recall Memory Edit Recall is particularly useful if you forget to save a Voice Performance or Micro Tuning and don t realize it until later The data you edited last will always be in the compare recall buffer and can be recalled and stored using this function Initialize These functions can be used to call up the DX s Initialized Voice or Performa...

Page 75: ... location from which Micro Tuning and Fractional Scaling data may be recalled for immediate use If you create Voice or Performance data that involves Cartridge Memory for either Fractional Scaling or Micro Tuning the DX7s will remind you as follows This symbol signifies that the indicated Performance memory was created to include Micro Tuning from a RAM cartridge but the RAM cartridge with the nec...

Page 76: ...Formatting a RAM Cartridge Loading Voice Performance Data from a RAM Cartridge 70 ...

Page 77: ...MIDI Functions 71 ...

Page 78: ...ceive Channel 75 Omni Mode 75 Local On Off 75 MIDI IN Control Number 75 CS 1 and CS 2 Controller Numbers 76 Note On Off 76 Program Change Transmission 76 Program Change Memory 76 After Touch 77 MIDI System Exclusives 77 MIDI Device Number 77 Transmit and Receive Block 77 MIDI Out 78 Immediate MIDI Program Change Out 72 ...

Page 79: ...le LCD displays The charts below show all of the displays called up by each button and provide a complete list of parameters and value ranges In some cases the first LCD display in a chart may not be the first one you see You may need to cycle through the displays by pressing the button repeatedly until you reach the desired LCD display Button 31 LCD Displays 73 ...

Page 80: ...Button 32 LCD Displays 74 ...

Page 81: ... data from all of the 16 MIDI channels the MIDI receive channel is disregarded Local On Off If Local is set to off notes played on the DX7s keyboard will not engage the DX s internal sound mechanism Turning Local off has no effect on the transmitted MIDI data MIDI IN Control Number This parameter sets the MIDI controller number for the MIDI Controller MC functions programmed with each voice The fu...

Page 82: ...etermines how the DX7s will relate to an external MIDI instrument Off Normal program changes on the DX7s will have no effect on an external unit a program change on the DX7s will send the same Program number to the external unit Memory the program changes sent will be be those programmed in the Program Change Memory LCD Program Change Memory The Program Change Memory allows you to transmit a diffe...

Page 83: ...the System Setup data Transmit and Receive Block A block of DX7s Voice data has thirty two voices You can independently set the Memory Transmit block and Memory Receive block to be either Internal Voices 1 32 or 33 64 Both of these parameters are saved with the System Setup data MIDI Out Using these LCD displays you can transmit various kinds of MIDI System Exclusive data from the DX s Internal Me...

Page 84: ...des Voice or Performance press and hold the button of the current Play Mode You will see one of the following CD displays Now while still holding the Play Mode button type in the program change number you desire 1 128 using the 1 10 number buttons 1 through 0 character buttons All three positions in the LCD must be filled for example to send program 1 type in 001 Once you have typed in the third n...

Page 85: ...Appendices 79 ...

Page 86: ...es in the coming months There will also be information concerning the availability of other material concerning more advanced applications Some areas that will be covered in AfterTouch or in supplemental booklets include the following Quick Reference Guide Memory Management Fractional Scaling Micro Tuning Basic Micro Tuning Advanced FM Voice Programming Basic FM Voice Programming Advanced Real Tim...

Page 87: ...e following DX7 Owner s Manual Available through your local authorized Yamaha dealer The Complete DX7 by Howard Massey published by Amsco Publications 1986 FM Theory and Application by Dr John Chowning and David Bristow published by Yamaha Music Foundation 1986 How to Understand and Program the Yamaha DX7 by Lorenz M Rychner published by Alexander Publishing 1985 The Secrets of Analog and Digital ...

Page 88: ... 1 o 2 Portamento time 7 o l o 2 Volume Change 64 o 1 o 2 Sustain foot switch 65 o 1 o 2 Portamento f switch 66 o l o 2 Sostenuto 67 o l o 2 soft 96 o l x Data entry 1 97 o l x Dara entry 1 5 31 o l o 11 31 2 Continuous slider 11 31 x o 2 MIDI IN control Prog o o 0 127 2 Change True 0 127 64 127 Cartridge System Exclusive 3 o 3 Voice parameters System Song Pos x x Song Se1 x x Common Tune x x Syst...

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Page 90: ...MIDI DATA FORMAT 1 Transmission Requirements Add 1 ...

Page 91: ...lue LSB 0 u u u u u u u Value MSB 0 v v v v v v v Resolution 7bit The transmission data are as follows 2 2 System information 1 System real time message Active sensing Status 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 FE 2 System exclusive message Transmission is possible only when the device No is not set to OFF Parameter change Status 1 1 1 1 n n n n F0 ID No 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 43 Substatus 0 0 0 1 n n n n 1n n device No Gro...

Page 92: ... D 2 0 255 E2 F 2 0 255 G 2 A2 0 255 A 2 G 3 0 255 C 3 D 3 0 255 E3 F 3 0 255 G3 A3 0 255 A 3 C4 0 255 C 4 D 4 0 255 E4 F 4 0 255 G 4 A4 0 255 A 4 C5 0 255 C 5 D 5 0 255 E5 F 5 0 255 G5 A 5 0 255 A 5 C6 0 255 C 6 D 6 0 255 E6 F 6 0 255 G6 A6 0 255 A 6 C7 0 255 C 7 D 7 0 255 E7 F 7 0 255 G7 A7 0 255 A 7 C8 0 255 C 8 D 8 0 255 E8 F 8 0 255 A d d 3 Note 5 Fractional Scaling Parameter Change Data K 0 ...

Page 93: ... a 0 a a a a a a a Data Format Byte Repeat loop No count Data format 0mmmmmmm name Voice edit buffer 0 155 0mmmmmmm Additional voice edit buffer 5 49 Data 0 d d d d d d d Packed 32 voice 9 4096 0 d d d d d d d Packed 32 additional voice 6 1120 Checksum 0 e e e e e e e EOX 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 F7 There 8 types of format as follows Data Byte Classification count name Performance edit buffer 61 LM__ Packe...

Page 94: ...3 Reception Requirements Add 5 ...

Page 95: ...FORMANCE combinations in PERFORMANCE mode 32 63 select cartridge PERFORMANCE combinations Values over 64 repeat this order of selection INT 1 32 CRT 1 32 In voice mode 0 63 select INT voices 64 127 CRT voices After touch Status 1 1 0 1 n n n n Dn n channel No Value 0 v v v v v v v v 0 127 Pitch bender Status 1 1 1 0 n n n n En n channel No Value LSB 0 u u u u u u u Value MSB 0 v v v v v v v Operat...

Page 96: ...power is just turned on Parameter change system setup Status 1 1 1 1 n n n n F0 ID No 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 43 Substatus 0 0 0 1 n n n n 1n n device No Group No 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 19 Parameter No 0PPPPPPP p parameter No 64 84 Data 0 d d d d d d d d 0 OFF d 127 ON EOX 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 F7 Upon reception of this code the corresponding parameter is changed However the change is not in effect if the parameter st...

Page 97: ...ame Performance edit buffer LM_ _ 8973PE Packed 32 performance LM_ _ 8973PM System setup LM_ _ 8973S_ Micro tuning edit buffer LM__ MCRYE Micro ro tuning in cartridge LM_ _ MRCYC_ Fractional scaling edit buffer LM_ _ FFKSYE_ Micro tuning with memory LM_ _ MCRYMx Fractional scaling in cartridge LM_ _ FKSYC_ Add 8 ...

Page 98: ...0 OP1 99 TOTALLEVEL 17 38 59 80 101 122 0 1 RATIO FREQUENCY MODE 18 39 60 81 102 123 0 31 1 FREQUENCY COARSE 19 40 61 82 103 124 0 9 9 0 FREQUENCY FINE 20 41 62 83 104 125 0 1 4 7 DETUNE 126 0 9 9 99 PEG RATE1 127 0 9 9 99 PEG RATE2 0 1 0 0 9 9 99 PEG RATE3 1 0 9 9 99 PEG RATE4 2 0 9 9 50 PEG LEVEL1 3 0 9 9 50 PEG LEVEL2 4 0 9 9 50 PEG LEVEL3 5 0 9 9 50 PEG LEVEL4 6 0 31 ALG1 ALGORITHM SELECTOR 7 ...

Page 99: ... norm mode normal low high key on 19 0 7 0 random pitch depth off 3 5c to 45 4c at C3 20 0 1 rtn portamento mode retain follow fingerd fulltime 21 0 12 0 step 22 0 99 0 time 23 0 99 0 24 0 modulation wheel pitch modulation range 99 0 amplitude modulation range 25 0 99 0 EG bias range 26 0 99 0 foot control 1 pitch modulation range 27 0 99 0 amplitude modulation range 28 0 99 0 EG bias range 29 0 9...

Page 100: ... SOFT PEDAL RANGE 13 0 48 0 NOTE SHIFT RANGE FOR SINGLE DUAL SPLIT A 14 0 48 0 NOTE SHIFT RANGE FOR SPLIT B 15 0 100 CENTER VOLUME BALANCE 50 50 16 0 99 99 TOTAL VOLUME 17 0 105 NO EFC CONTINUOUS SLIDER 1 18 0 105 NO EFC CONTINUOUS SLIDER 2 b2 CS2A b3 CS2B 19 5 CONTINUOUS SLIDER ASSIGN SWITCH b0 CS1A b1 CS1B A ON CS1 2 20 0 3 ON ON PAN MODE 0 MIX 1 ON ON 2 ON OFF 3 OFF ON 21 0 99 0 PAN CONTROLL RA...

Page 101: ... LEFT CURVE 12 29 46 63 80 97 DETUNE RATE SCALING 13 30 47 64 81 98 TOUCH SENSITIVITY A MOD SENS 14 31 48 65 82 99 TOTAL LEVEL 15 32 49 66 83 100 FREQ COARSE F MODE 16 33 50 67 84 101 102 PEG RATE1 103 PEG RATE2 104 PEG RATE3 105 PEG RATE4 106 PEG LEVEL1 107 PEG LEVEL2 108 PEG LEVEL3 109 PEG LEVEL4 110 ALGORITHM SELECT 11 OSC SNC FEED BACK LEVEL 12 LFO SPEED 13 LFO DELAY TIME 14 LFO MODE 15 LFO A ...

Page 102: ...B STEP 7 PORT STEP PRT MODE 8 PORT TIME 9 MW PMOD 10 MW AMOD 11 MW EG BIAS 12 FC1 PMOD 13 FC1 AMOD 14 FC1 EG BIAS 15 FC1 VOLUME 16 BC PMOD 17 BC AMOD 18 BC EG BIAS 19 BC PITCH BIAS 20 AT PMOD 21 AT AMOD 22 AT EC BIAS 23 AT PITCH BIAS 24 PEG RATE SCALING 25 RESERVED 26 FC2 PMOD 27 FC2 AMOD 28 FC2 EG BIAS 29 FC2 VOLUME 30 MIDI IN CONTROL PMOD 31 MIDI IN CONTROL AMOD 32 MIDI IN CONTROL EG BIAS 33 MID...

Page 103: ...r prg 75 0 1 O N LOCAL SWITCH 0 1 OFF ON 76 0 1 1 32 MIDI transmit block flag 77 0 1 1 32 MIDI receive block flag 78 0 15 0 MIDI system common message RX channel device No 79 0 1 O N MIDI system common message switch 80 0 15 0 cartridge appoint bank number for voice performance 81 0 15 2 cartridge appoint bank number for fractional scaling 82 0 15 3 cartridge appoint bank number for micro tuning m...

Page 104: ...8 206 254 0 84 MSB 15 G 2 63 111 159 207 255 0 127 0 10794 LSB 16 G 2 64 112 160 208 0 84 MSB 17 G 2 65 113 161 209 0 127 0 10794 LSB 18 A 2 66 114 162 210 MSB 19 67 115 163 211 0 127 0 10794 LSB 20 68 116 164 212 0 84 MSB 21 A 2 69 117 165 213 0 127 0 10794 LSB 22 B 2 70 118 166 214 0 84 MSB 23 B 2 71 119 167 215 0 127 0 10794 LSB 24 C l 72 C1 120 C3 168 C5 216 C7 25 73 121 169 217 26 74 122 170 ...

Page 105: ... A 2 C3 17 58 99 140 181 222 0 255 C 3 D 3 18 59 100 141 182 223 0 255 E3 F 3 19 60 101 142 183 224 0 255 G3 A3 20 61 102 143 184 225 0 255 A 3 C4 21 62 103 144 185 226 0 255 C 4 D 4 22 63 104 145 186 227 0 255 E4 F 4 23 64 105 146 187 228 0 255 G4 A4 24 65 106 147 188 229 0 255 A 4 C4 25 66 107 148 189 230 0 255 C 5 D 5 26 67 108 149 190 231 0 255 E5 F 5 27 68 109 150 191 232 0 255 G5 A5 28 69 11...

Page 106: ...ON WHEEL External Control Terminals BREATH CONTROL SUSTAIN FOOT SWITCH Sustain Portamento Key hold Soft FOOT CONTROL 1 Volume Modulation Voice parameter FOOT CONTROL2 Volume Modulation RAM per ROM CARTRIDGE SLOT MIDI IN OUT THRU Output Terminals Display Output Headphones LC 40 letters x 2 lines illuminated LED 7 segments x 2 Dimensions W x H x D Weight 999 x 85 8 x 333 7 mm 10 5 kg Power Supply Po...

Page 107: ...aha Digital Musical Instrument products are fre quently incorporated into Systems which are as sembled on carts stands or in racks Utilize only those carts stands or racks that have been designed for this purpose and observe all safety precautions supplied with the products Pay special attention to cautions that relate to proper assembly heavier units being mounted at the lower levels load limits ...

Page 108: ...should try to correct the situation by using one or more of the following measures Relocate either the equipment or the electronic device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets for the professional music equipment and the device being affected that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filters In the case of radio or TV interference r...