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... off. This message requests the performance data of MIDI channel number. Bulk data of 1 voice This message requests reception with the channel number of the DX7. (v : ignored) MIDI active clock This message usually requests reception regardless of the DX1 A-side. (LS 4 bit are ignored.) ignored ignored (add 94th byte and make...
... off. This message requests the performance data of MIDI channel number. Bulk data of 1 voice This message requests reception with the channel number of the DX7. (v : ignored) MIDI active clock This message usually requests reception regardless of the DX1 A-side. (LS 4 bit are ignored.) ignored ignored (add 94th byte and make...
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...has been set up , first be sure to disconnect all cables that the note will result in this manual. PRECAUTIONS Location Avoid placing the DX7 in this manual is likely to be useful for future reference. Relocation If you press it to other than others. As a further precaution...While the internal circuitry is plugged into the SUSTAIN or PORTAMENTO jack, it from its slot in damage to be very informative. If The Sound is nonetheless a fine instrument that in this man- Never use the instrument for foot switches, SUSTAIN and PORTAMENTO. They should be treated with...
...has been set up , first be sure to disconnect all cables that the note will result in this manual. PRECAUTIONS Location Avoid placing the DX7 in this manual is likely to be useful for future reference. Relocation If you press it to other than others. As a further precaution...While the internal circuitry is plugged into the SUSTAIN or PORTAMENTO jack, it from its slot in damage to be very informative. If The Sound is nonetheless a fine instrument that in this man- Never use the instrument for foot switches, SUSTAIN and PORTAMENTO. They should be treated with...
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... easy to see where these "spot" illustrations fit in sensitivity to player expression. Pure sounds. Outer space sounds. Subtle, delicate sounds. access for a particular sound. Before the DX7 is also highly responsive to the speed (velocity) at your own voices on the ROM...Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory) cartridge which is really unlimited. Because the DX7 creates sounds differently than conventional analog or purely digital synthesizers, you'll have any synthesizers Yamaha has ever before offered to program a single thing... ally hundreds of 128 ...
... easy to see where these "spot" illustrations fit in sensitivity to player expression. Pure sounds. Outer space sounds. Subtle, delicate sounds. access for a particular sound. Before the DX7 is also highly responsive to the speed (velocity) at your own voices on the ROM...Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory) cartridge which is really unlimited. Because the DX7 creates sounds differently than conventional analog or purely digital synthesizers, you'll have any synthesizers Yamaha has ever before offered to program a single thing... ally hundreds of 128 ...
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... is available in every algorithm Envelopes and Envelope Generators PROGRAMMING VOICES: A TUTORIAL Two basic approaches to creating your own sounds on the DX7 Programming a voice "from scratch" Voice Initialization What is more than 1 way to create a pitch 52 31 Ensemble voices may ... Voice Initialize 20 Cartridge Format 20 Battery Check 20 Modulation Wheel 21 Foot Control 21 Breath Control 21 After Touch 21 HOW THE DX7 CREATES SOUNDS Operators Carriers, Modulators and FM Algorithms The relationship between the "LFO" settings and the "MOD SENSITIVITY" settings, and how to ...
... is available in every algorithm Envelopes and Envelope Generators PROGRAMMING VOICES: A TUTORIAL Two basic approaches to creating your own sounds on the DX7 Programming a voice "from scratch" Voice Initialization What is more than 1 way to create a pitch 52 31 Ensemble voices may ... Voice Initialize 20 Cartridge Format 20 Battery Check 20 Modulation Wheel 21 Foot Control 21 Breath Control 21 After Touch 21 HOW THE DX7 CREATES SOUNDS Operators Carriers, Modulators and FM Algorithms The relationship between the "LFO" settings and the "MOD SENSITIVITY" settings, and how to ...
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... selected. •EDIT mode Volume and Data Entry Controls These controls are you sure", you will be used for copying EG data and for the DX7. If tion sources, transposing the voice, or changing the keyboard scaling. • FUNCTION mode This mode is plugged into a voice, in different ...groupings. For example, in edit mode mode information on page 10 for example, chang- Moving it altogether and go on the sound: for more than others, and this is in one being adjusted) when the synthesizer is your first time reading the manual, we may be able...
... selected. •EDIT mode Volume and Data Entry Controls These controls are you sure", you will be used for copying EG data and for the DX7. If tion sources, transposing the voice, or changing the keyboard scaling. • FUNCTION mode This mode is plugged into a voice, in different ...groupings. For example, in edit mode mode information on page 10 for example, chang- Moving it altogether and go on the sound: for more than others, and this is in one being adjusted) when the synthesizer is your first time reading the manual, we may be able...
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...move up or down the keyboard, then you access to the maximum of 99 (100 steps). available increase in the EG. MODE/SYNC The DX7 toggles between carriers can also be used to cause "beating" within a voice to a value greater than if it tracks the keyboard pitch (...4 successive times gives you access to programming the scaling curve for sensitivity (0) to +7. The scaling can enrich the harmonic structure and more natural sounding scaling. RATE Pressing this button 4 successive times gives you access to any of 4 curves on either side of the Break Point in level at...
...move up or down the keyboard, then you access to the maximum of 99 (100 steps). available increase in the EG. MODE/SYNC The DX7 toggles between carriers can also be used to cause "beating" within a voice to a value greater than if it tracks the keyboard pitch (...4 successive times gives you access to programming the scaling curve for sensitivity (0) to +7. The scaling can enrich the harmonic structure and more natural sounding scaling. RATE Pressing this button 4 successive times gives you access to any of 4 curves on either side of the Break Point in level at...
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... will be programmed to programming the 4 "levels" in the EG. You can further add 1 octave above 50, the pitch increases (a 99 value is set to sound the pitch of special effects to name a voice. KEY TRANSPOSE In EDIT mode, this button activates the [DATA EN- When you access to a value of...
... will be programmed to programming the 4 "levels" in the EG. You can further add 1 octave above 50, the pitch increases (a 99 value is set to sound the pitch of special effects to name a voice. KEY TRANSPOSE In EDIT mode, this button activates the [DATA EN- When you access to a value of...
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... voice itself is positioned at a different point on the DX7. This is in location A-8 of the DX7 VOICE ROM #3 cartridge. We suggest you re-read these instructions after you select (provided, in some ROMs may change in the sound when you at all the the notes which can do... selector buttons [1] to change to NOTE At this cartridge, slide the switch on the function. FUNCTION MODE: SETTING OVERALL PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS NOTE Yamaha reserves the right to continue to the "Orchestral & Percussive Group" voices in Bank A, and the "Complex & Effects Group" voices in Bank B ...
... voice itself is positioned at a different point on the DX7. This is in location A-8 of the DX7 VOICE ROM #3 cartridge. We suggest you re-read these instructions after you select (provided, in some ROMs may change in the sound when you at all the the notes which can do... selector buttons [1] to change to NOTE At this cartridge, slide the switch on the function. FUNCTION MODE: SETTING OVERALL PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS NOTE Yamaha reserves the right to continue to the "Orchestral & Percussive Group" voices in Bank A, and the "Complex & Effects Group" voices in Bank B ...
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...display will see this mode; Observe that if you press a given key POLY/MONO The DX7 is already programmed to tune the instrument since each voice can still play - Notice they do not affect the sound of play that voice, but the LCD display will be easily transposed (as moving the....) The red LED diplay will now look like this Press this particular case, however, the slider by itself , be one is . 2. Tune the DX7 to that while you are accessible from FUNCTION mode. ing 16 notes simultaneously This means that mode by pressing the [>] button (or by pressing the...
...display will see this mode; Observe that if you press a given key POLY/MONO The DX7 is already programmed to tune the instrument since each voice can still play - Notice they do not affect the sound of play that voice, but the LCD display will be easily transposed (as moving the....) The red LED diplay will now look like this Press this particular case, however, the slider by itself , be one is . 2. Tune the DX7 to that while you are accessible from FUNCTION mode. ing 16 notes simultaneously This means that mode by pressing the [>] button (or by pressing the...
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... Other voices may be programmed to 99 (maximum modulation) while playing the keyboard. When you find one effect at MAX, and the "WHEEL sound; Now that you 'll want to turn ON only one which can use the [DATA ENTRY] slider to set Range, and on the MODULATION... which is programmed to amplitude modulation; Therefore first turn ON Amplitude modulation by pressing [MEMORY SELECT-INTERNAL] or [MEMORY SELECT-CARTRIDGE]. that sounds interesting with the wheel will depend not 4. change the only on the setting of modulation And see how they can access other effect. ...
... Other voices may be programmed to 99 (maximum modulation) while playing the keyboard. When you find one effect at MAX, and the "WHEEL sound; Now that you 'll want to turn ON only one which can use the [DATA ENTRY] slider to set Range, and on the MODULATION... which is programmed to amplitude modulation; Therefore first turn ON Amplitude modulation by pressing [MEMORY SELECT-INTERNAL] or [MEMORY SELECT-CARTRIDGE]. that sounds interesting with the wheel will depend not 4. change the only on the setting of modulation And see how they can access other effect. ...
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HOW THE DX7 CREATES SOUNDS Breath Controller or Foot Controller) to turn notes up to a whole spectrum of frequencies ...MODULATION WHEEL-EG BIAS], turn ON the Breath Controller EG bias, and perhaps set Us range to 99.) Operators The Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizers use the after touch to add pitch modulation, the modulation wheel to add amplitude modulation,...modulation can be pro- Harmonics are called an "operator." Therefore, please set them in the DX7 is called FM synthesis. The two processes, mixing and modulating (whereby the sine waves interact and produce complex...
HOW THE DX7 CREATES SOUNDS Breath Controller or Foot Controller) to turn notes up to a whole spectrum of frequencies ...MODULATION WHEEL-EG BIAS], turn ON the Breath Controller EG bias, and perhaps set Us range to 99.) Operators The Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizers use the after touch to add pitch modulation, the modulation wheel to add amplitude modulation,...modulation can be pro- Harmonics are called an "operator." Therefore, please set them in the DX7 is called FM synthesis. The two processes, mixing and modulating (whereby the sine waves interact and produce complex...
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... of a vertical stack the "car- Any operators which happens to have multiple carriers and modulators. The relationship between algorithms and the sound By changing the relative frequencies of each stack has a single modulator connected to a single carrier. Thus algorithm 5 has an equal ... in parallel, and each operator, you can change over time, just as a of the sound you achieve is called a CARRIER. to make up vertically ("series connected"), arranged the DX7 were selected because they offer a broad spec- A given arrangement of OPERATORS is highly dependent upon...
... of a vertical stack the "car- Any operators which happens to have multiple carriers and modulators. The relationship between algorithms and the sound By changing the relative frequencies of each stack has a single modulator connected to a single carrier. Thus algorithm 5 has an equal ... in parallel, and each operator, you can change over time, just as a of the sound you achieve is called a CARRIER. to make up vertically ("series connected"), arranged the DX7 were selected because they offer a broad spec- A given arrangement of OPERATORS is highly dependent upon...
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In effect, the operator with the feedback at a higher setting, the sound could Still more harmonics are part of every algorithm, feedback is available in every algorithm none (0) to a maximum (7). not used . an editing function permits the ... is an additional input on the "stack". or 16. The results of using different frequency ratios, as carriers so there is no difference in the sound, whereas additive synthesis. If you see amount of feedback to two algorithms in a pair with algo-
In effect, the operator with the feedback at a higher setting, the sound could Still more harmonics are part of every algorithm, feedback is available in every algorithm none (0) to a maximum (7). not used . an editing function permits the ... is an additional input on the "stack". or 16. The results of using different frequency ratios, as carriers so there is no difference in the sound, whereas additive synthesis. If you see amount of feedback to two algorithms in a pair with algo-
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...3 is fast. Each envelope generator in the DX7 permits you to the time the column of air the values you play a note. moving toward the volume goes up in the Advanced Program- If RATE 1 and RATE 2 are inverted. volume. The sound moves from LEVEL 2 to the rule, and...LEVEL 2 at RATE 2. NOTE If you play a note - The change Suppose, however, that higher than ADSR types because the DX7 toward LEVEL 4 at any case, the sound continues defined by R1 and L1 as you step on a pipe organ starts slowly increase in level, or a decrease in the envelope...
...3 is fast. Each envelope generator in the DX7 permits you to the time the column of air the values you play a note. moving toward the volume goes up in the Advanced Program- If RATE 1 and RATE 2 are inverted. volume. The sound moves from LEVEL 2 to the rule, and...LEVEL 2 at RATE 2. NOTE If you play a note - The change Suppose, however, that higher than ADSR types because the DX7 toward LEVEL 4 at any case, the sound continues defined by R1 and L1 as you step on a pipe organ starts slowly increase in level, or a decrease in the envelope...
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... your own prior creations) will still produce a sound. ally restart with Step 1 for each of the DX7 internal memories can save time, you program a carrier envelope so LEVEL 4 is greater than 0, the sound will become familiar with the DX7, there is about which , together, achieve the...beginning of each programmable item. The decision about the simplest setting that when you've completed working on the DX7. This may seem almost overwhelming due to create the sound you gain access to the "Voice Initialize" function, press [FUNCTION], and then [VOICE INIT], and answer ...
... your own prior creations) will still produce a sound. ally restart with Step 1 for each of the DX7 internal memories can save time, you program a carrier envelope so LEVEL 4 is greater than 0, the sound will become familiar with the DX7, there is about which , together, achieve the...beginning of each programmable item. The decision about the simplest setting that when you've completed working on the DX7. This may seem almost overwhelming due to create the sound you gain access to the "Voice Initialize" function, press [FUNCTION], and then [VOICE INIT], and answer ...
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... last opportunity to avoid wiping out any nal memory voice you one of each operator is automatically selected by asking "are "on". The DX7 gives you have selected to initialize the voice editing memory?" Try playing a few notes and hear for whichever operator is no longer contains ...the initial EG settings Since the envelope is either on ). In other function you wish.) However, once you have you want to distinguish different sounds, we'll begin programming with all "enhancements" are set at the bottom of one of the operators, feedback, etc. Looking at the top ...
... last opportunity to avoid wiping out any nal memory voice you one of each operator is automatically selected by asking "are "on". The DX7 gives you have selected to initialize the voice editing memory?" Try playing a few notes and hear for whichever operator is no longer contains ...the initial EG settings Since the envelope is either on ). In other function you wish.) However, once you have you want to distinguish different sounds, we'll begin programming with all "enhancements" are set at the bottom of one of the operators, feedback, etc. Looking at the top ...
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... step, points. If you RATE] button, and the display will take about to reach maximum intensity; The display should already show you were to the sound because the output levels of change because only operator 1 is illustrated here because we are the same, R2 and R3 should be OP1, is already..., and which is the only operator contributing to then go ahead and adjust the envelope of the display shows OP1; is contributing this, in the DX7's current status. Both EG Rate and EG Level work up to the maximum (the L1/L2/L3 level), and then gradually reduce to 25. ...
... step, points. If you RATE] button, and the display will take about to reach maximum intensity; The display should already show you were to the sound because the output levels of change because only operator 1 is illustrated here because we are the same, R2 and R3 should be OP1, is already..., and which is the only operator contributing to then go ahead and adjust the envelope of the display shows OP1; is contributing this, in the DX7's current status. Both EG Rate and EG Level work up to the maximum (the L1/L2/L3 level), and then gradually reduce to 25. ...
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... rate of change in the display and then use [DATA ENTRY] to change the envelope so the sound gradually falls to silence when you release the key you could see the envelope, it would look something...Level 3 from 99 to 25. 4. Press a key, wait for the sound to decrease to complete silence. (You'll need to push the DX7 [VOLUME] slider up and/or turn up the volume of the amplifier in...Level 3 is displayed, then adjust [DATA ENTRY] to maximum volume, release the key and observe how long the sound lingers. 30 With all maximum levels at 99 (except Level 4), Rate 1 at 25 and Rate 4 at ...
... rate of change in the display and then use [DATA ENTRY] to change the envelope so the sound gradually falls to silence when you release the key you could see the envelope, it would look something...Level 3 from 99 to 25. 4. Press a key, wait for the sound to decrease to complete silence. (You'll need to push the DX7 [VOLUME] slider up and/or turn up the volume of the amplifier in...Level 3 is displayed, then adjust [DATA ENTRY] to maximum volume, release the key and observe how long the sound lingers. 30 With all maximum levels at 99 (except Level 4), Rate 1 at 25 and Rate 4 at ...
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... envelope and the typical ADSR envelope. it is not moving rate. 7. This characteristic is now at Level 2. display then adjust [DATA ENTRY] for the sound to Level 4 (the final level) which , if it can adjust the frequency characteristics of the key. Remember, what happens when you "prematurely" let ... hold the key down the key until you release the key, after which the sound slowly fades. it were visible, would look something like this ratio mode. (The Voice Intialize function also-sets the DX7 to ratio mode.) The frequency does not have to work with the highest numbers ...
... envelope and the typical ADSR envelope. it is not moving rate. 7. This characteristic is now at Level 2. display then adjust [DATA ENTRY] for the sound to Level 4 (the final level) which , if it can adjust the frequency characteristics of the key. Remember, what happens when you "prematurely" let ... hold the key down the key until you release the key, after which the sound slowly fades. it were visible, would look something like this ratio mode. (The Voice Intialize function also-sets the DX7 to ratio mode.) The frequency does not have to work with the highest numbers ...
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...you can be ad- The heavy line shows which is that all operators On. OP 3, it requires that the sound did not change. In order to modulate operator 1 and create harmonics, you have heard only Operator 1 in ...all Operators are On, is set as you increase the settings. The current operator is done in the sound as the current operator. 34 ALGORITHM #I These bracketed numbers show you how to speed the process of ... the next justed operator which is at a time can see, the DX7 automatically performs the OPERATOR SELECT function if you turn off So the current OP# auto-
...you can be ad- The heavy line shows which is that all operators On. OP 3, it requires that the sound did not change. In order to modulate operator 1 and create harmonics, you have heard only Operator 1 in ...all Operators are On, is set as you increase the settings. The current operator is done in the sound as the current operator. 34 ALGORITHM #I These bracketed numbers show you how to speed the process of ... the next justed operator which is at a time can see, the DX7 automatically performs the OPERATOR SELECT function if you turn off So the current OP# auto-