Yamaha reface, Manual

REFACE EssEntiAl knowlEdgE 

06|2015

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the "drawbars" are arranged centrally above the 
keyboard.

the footages are counterparts to the standard sizes.

it should be noted, however, that these sliders behave like 
organ drawbars. the change in value is reversed from the 
way you are used from other sliders. 

to the right of the drawbar slider the switch for chorus or 

Vibrato is located. the associated slider sets the intensity 

of the effect. in its minimum position, the effect is inactive. 

the Percussion is an important section for typical organ 

sounds - perhaps that's why its switches are red. in 

addition to the on / off switch, the footages 4' (B) and 

2 2/3' (a) and a "length" slider to set the length of the 

Percussion are available. there is a special feature: if the 

wave-Knob is in position 

H

, switching on the Percusion 

mutes the 1' drawbar, and the Percussion does not sound 

with legato notes..

far right on the front panel the effects, distortion, and 

reverb can be found. the zero position of the sliders 

corresponds to a bypass setting. 

since we are not dealing here with a church organ, the last 

paragraph has the motto: no organ without leslie! 

this effect - which is colloquially known as "rotary 

speaker" throughout 

the world (although 

rarely the speaker 

itself rotates!) - is not 

missing in reface Yc. it 

is located on the far left, 

in the same spot where 

the Pitch Bend stick is 

located on reface cs 

and reface dX. there are the positions "off", "stop", 

"slow", and "fast", which are reached by upward and 

downward movements of the stick. 

"off" again corresponds to a bypass setting. the current 

position is indicated by a red led.

praCtiCal hints

each of the different organ models has its own character. 

so it is advisable for the demonstration to turn off the 

effects, first. there are two drawbar settings that are 

perfect for showing the differences of the organ models. 

one reads simply: "full Bars" - ie all footages are set to 

maximum. the second recommendation is more discreet 

with the footages 16', 8', and 4' solo and is perfect for 

hearing the different harmonic contents. experiment 

on basis of these two registrations and dial through the 

waves and the different models.