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STORE MODE 129 STORE MULTI 129 STORE VOICE 130 DISK MODE 131 DISK STATUS 133 SAVE TO DISK 134 LOAD FROM DISK 136 RENAME FILE 139 DELETE FILE 140 FORMAT DISK 141 UTILITY MODE 142 SONG VOICE MEMORY 143 INITIALIZE 144 VOICE BULK DUMP 144 SYNTHESIZER SETUP 145 CONTROLLERS 147 MIDI SETUP 148 OTHER SETUP 149 GREETING MESSAGE 149 s APPENDIX 151 ERROR MESSAGES 152 TROUBLESHOOTING 153 MOUNTING THE EXPANSION BOARD 155 SPECIFICATIONS 156 INDEX 158 BEFORE YOU BEGIN GETTING STARTED SONG MODE AWM TONE GENERATION VOICE MODE STORE MODE DISK MODE UTILITY MODE APPENDIX 3
STORE MODE 129 STORE MULTI 129 STORE VOICE 130 DISK MODE 131 DISK STATUS 133 SAVE TO DISK 134 LOAD FROM DISK 136 RENAME FILE 139 DELETE FILE 140 FORMAT DISK 141 UTILITY MODE 142 SONG VOICE MEMORY 143 INITIALIZE 144 VOICE BULK DUMP 144 SYNTHESIZER SETUP 145 CONTROLLERS 147 MIDI SETUP 148 OTHER SETUP 149 GREETING MESSAGE 149 s APPENDIX 151 ERROR MESSAGES 152 TROUBLESHOOTING 153 MOUNTING THE EXPANSION BOARD 155 SPECIFICATIONS 156 INDEX 158 BEFORE YOU BEGIN GETTING STARTED SONG MODE AWM TONE GENERATION VOICE MODE STORE MODE DISK MODE UTILITY MODE APPENDIX 3
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... everything you need to get started right away familiarizing yourself with the W5/W7 through hands on experience. THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA W5/W7 MUSIC SYNTHESIZER The Yamaha W5 (76-key) / W7 (61-key) Music Synthesizer is a multitimbral keyboard that can function as several synthesizers at once and play up and connecting to a monitor system, exploring...
... everything you need to get started right away familiarizing yourself with the W5/W7 through hands on experience. THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA W5/W7 MUSIC SYNTHESIZER The Yamaha W5 (76-key) / W7 (61-key) Music Synthesizer is a multitimbral keyboard that can function as several synthesizers at once and play up and connecting to a monitor system, exploring...
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...G 16-TRACK, 16-SONG MUSIC SEQUENCER Large capacity memory (approximately 100,000 notes) song sequencer with 32-note polyphonic synthesizer, 16-track sequencer, full voice and song editing capabilities, studio quality digital effects, powerful stereo sound mixing features, large ... music production from high-quality digital samples of actual instruments and other data input features, plus expandability. The W5/W7 is the configuration of the Yamaha W5/W7 Music Synthesizer. Accessing functions rarely takes more give you instant access to play back one after another. 7 The 16 sequences...
...G 16-TRACK, 16-SONG MUSIC SEQUENCER Large capacity memory (approximately 100,000 notes) song sequencer with 32-note polyphonic synthesizer, 16-track sequencer, full voice and song editing capabilities, studio quality digital effects, powerful stereo sound mixing features, large ... music production from high-quality digital samples of actual instruments and other data input features, plus expandability. The W5/W7 is the configuration of the Yamaha W5/W7 Music Synthesizer. Accessing functions rarely takes more give you instant access to play back one after another. 7 The 16 sequences...
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... or live performance setups and storing them together with specific controller numbers. (For more information about GM sounds and mapping, see the W5/W7 Technical Information booklet, supplied separately.) G 384 INSTRUMENT VOICES AND 10 DRUM KITS 384 preset normal voices plus 10 drum voices (...and saved to disk in order to control a different tone generator from the hundreds of 2 Song drum voice memories one device on -board synthesizer parameters. A voice, which can be transferred between 1 and 4 AWM elements, has hundreds of 128 instrument voices and specified MIDI channel ...
... or live performance setups and storing them together with specific controller numbers. (For more information about GM sounds and mapping, see the W5/W7 Technical Information booklet, supplied separately.) G 384 INSTRUMENT VOICES AND 10 DRUM KITS 384 preset normal voices plus 10 drum voices (...and saved to disk in order to control a different tone generator from the hundreds of 2 Song drum voice memories one device on -board synthesizer parameters. A voice, which can be transferred between 1 and 4 AWM elements, has hundreds of 128 instrument voices and specified MIDI channel ...
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM & FEATURES 7 4 5 6 14 VOLUME CS MODE SONG VOICE SEQUENCER RECORD STOP/TOP RUN EDIT UTILITY JOB DISK SHIFT F1 F2 F 89 STORE VOICE EDIT ELEMENT SELECT ON/OF 1 2 3 4 1 2 TRACK SELECT SOLO 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 PITCH MODULATION 32 NOTE: The above diagram is the 61-key W7 Music Synthesizer. The 76-key W5 has precisely the same on-board controls andinternaloperatingsystemonlythenumberofkeysonthekeyboardisdifferent. 10
BEFORE YOU BEGIN FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM & FEATURES 7 4 5 6 14 VOLUME CS MODE SONG VOICE SEQUENCER RECORD STOP/TOP RUN EDIT UTILITY JOB DISK SHIFT F1 F2 F 89 STORE VOICE EDIT ELEMENT SELECT ON/OF 1 2 3 4 1 2 TRACK SELECT SOLO 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 PITCH MODULATION 32 NOTE: The above diagram is the 61-key W7 Music Synthesizer. The 76-key W5 has precisely the same on-board controls andinternaloperatingsystemonlythenumberofkeysonthekeyboardisdifferent. 10
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN SYSTEM LOGIC MUSICIAN S WORKSTATION The W5/W7 Music Synthesizer is the flexible nature of machines and cables. Its AWM2 tone generation, which make up a song , that form the core wave of a single button, and... rarely more everything a musician needs for a particular music session whether composing, recording, performing or practicing which the synthesizer voices are performed within functions and jumping from which you work. Through a balance of easy reach, multi-purpose buttons, sliders and controllers, plus a large LCD...
BEFORE YOU BEGIN SYSTEM LOGIC MUSICIAN S WORKSTATION The W5/W7 Music Synthesizer is the flexible nature of machines and cables. Its AWM2 tone generation, which make up a song , that form the core wave of a single button, and... rarely more everything a musician needs for a particular music session whether composing, recording, performing or practicing which the synthesizer voices are performed within functions and jumping from which you work. Through a balance of easy reach, multi-purpose buttons, sliders and controllers, plus a large LCD...
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN AWM2 TONE GENERATION The W5/W7 creates sounds through Yamaha s exclusive AWM2 (2nd generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation process, which starts with a large capacity waveform ROM full of preset AWM sound elements 8Mbytes of the W5/W7 s rich, dynamic sound quality. There are ...Voice Board can be manipulated in a variety of making an Instrument voice, but the W5/W7 lets you access literally any sound parameter in order to increase the on -board synthesizer and voice editing features give you unlimited sound sculpting potential, and its intuitive user ...
BEFORE YOU BEGIN AWM2 TONE GENERATION The W5/W7 creates sounds through Yamaha s exclusive AWM2 (2nd generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation process, which starts with a large capacity waveform ROM full of preset AWM sound elements 8Mbytes of the W5/W7 s rich, dynamic sound quality. There are ...Voice Board can be manipulated in a variety of making an Instrument voice, but the W5/W7 lets you access literally any sound parameter in order to increase the on -board synthesizer and voice editing features give you unlimited sound sculpting potential, and its intuitive user ...
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...W5/W7 lets you access literally any sound parameter in order to control the volume of the sound. OSCILLATOR PEG Range Tune Note Shift Random Scale PMD Speed Delay LFO FILTER FEG AMPLIFIER AEG Cutoff Freq. The pitch change over time. The pitch can be controlled by key-on -board synthesizer...characteristic of ways. The amplifier component can be adjusted across the keyboard. AWM TONE GENERATION AWM TONE GENERATION The W5/W7 creates sounds through Yamaha s exclusive AWM2 (2nd generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation process, which starts with a large capacity waveform ...
...W5/W7 lets you access literally any sound parameter in order to control the volume of the sound. OSCILLATOR PEG Range Tune Note Shift Random Scale PMD Speed Delay LFO FILTER FEG AMPLIFIER AEG Cutoff Freq. The pitch change over time. The pitch can be controlled by key-on -board synthesizer...characteristic of ways. The amplifier component can be adjusted across the keyboard. AWM TONE GENERATION AWM TONE GENERATION The W5/W7 creates sounds through Yamaha s exclusive AWM2 (2nd generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation process, which starts with a large capacity waveform ...
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.... TEMPLATE TYPE (00 ~ 59) - Negative settings produce the opposite effect lower cutoff in response to determine filter resonance or bandwidth settings (depending on traditional analog synthesizer filters, i.e., it determines the height of the FEG. There are a wide variety of frequencies at the cutoff frequency. Position the cursor over the Vel. VOICE...
.... TEMPLATE TYPE (00 ~ 59) - Negative settings produce the opposite effect lower cutoff in response to determine filter resonance or bandwidth settings (depending on traditional analog synthesizer filters, i.e., it determines the height of the FEG. There are a wide variety of frequencies at the cutoff frequency. Position the cursor over the Vel. VOICE...
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... Key velocity 145 OFF- For adjusting the overall fine tuning of the W5/W7 s keyboard. (NOTE: The velocity settings affect only the W5/W7 s keyboard, and not the internal sequencer or incoming MIDI data.) 1 ~ 127 - G ACCESSING SYNTHESIZER SETUP To access the Synthesizer Setup function, from MIDI OUT. FIXED VELOCITY=Off Output Output Output Key...
... Key velocity 145 OFF- For adjusting the overall fine tuning of the W5/W7 s keyboard. (NOTE: The velocity settings affect only the W5/W7 s keyboard, and not the internal sequencer or incoming MIDI data.) 1 ~ 127 - G ACCESSING SYNTHESIZER SETUP To access the Synthesizer Setup function, from MIDI OUT. FIXED VELOCITY=Off Output Output Output Key...
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... Controllers screen will receive. (The value set here also determines the reset value of the Synthesizer Setup Controller; If you want to use the CS to control the W5/ W7 s voices, make sure that the W5/W7 will appear. EXPRESSION - For assigning the foot controller initial value when the foot controller... Limit assignment (see page 145, above.) UTILITY MODE 147 When set to 007 (main volume), the W5/W7 foot control can send MIDI control change numbers 000 and 032 are used for controlling W5/W7 parameters and MIDI data, as well as the main volume control. FC INIT VALUE (0 ~ 127...
... Controllers screen will receive. (The value set here also determines the reset value of the Synthesizer Setup Controller; If you want to use the CS to control the W5/ W7 s voices, make sure that the W5/W7 will appear. EXPRESSION - For assigning the foot controller initial value when the foot controller... Limit assignment (see page 145, above.) UTILITY MODE 147 When set to 007 (main volume), the W5/W7 foot control can send MIDI control change numbers 000 and 032 are used for controlling W5/W7 parameters and MIDI data, as well as the main volume control. FC INIT VALUE (0 ~ 127...
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SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION Easy operation professional music production workstation featuring synthesizer, sequencer, full voice and song editing capabilities, large memory capacity and GM compatibility TONE GENERATOR AWM2 (2nd Generation Advanced Wave...48kHz sampling frequency Maximum simultaneous notes: 3 2 Maximum simultaneous timbres: 1 (Voice Mode), 16 (Song Multi Play Mode) Note assignment: Last note priority KEYBOARD W5: 76 notes, key velocity sensitivity, aftertouch W7: 61 notes, key velocity sensitivity, aftertouch DSP EFFECTS Insertion Effects modules (35 effects): Stereo in/out module...
SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION Easy operation professional music production workstation featuring synthesizer, sequencer, full voice and song editing capabilities, large memory capacity and GM compatibility TONE GENERATOR AWM2 (2nd Generation Advanced Wave...48kHz sampling frequency Maximum simultaneous notes: 3 2 Maximum simultaneous timbres: 1 (Voice Mode), 16 (Song Multi Play Mode) Note assignment: Last note priority KEYBOARD W5: 76 notes, key velocity sensitivity, aftertouch W7: 61 notes, key velocity sensitivity, aftertouch DSP EFFECTS Insertion Effects modules (35 effects): Stereo in/out module...
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... mode, 84, normal voice edit mode, 122, normal voice MIDI control, 124, pitch bend range, 122, pitch bend, 122, pitch modulation depth, 122, sustain, 122, synthesizer setup, 145 CONTROLLER SECTION, system architecture description, 22 CONTROLLERS, accessing controllers, 147, continuous type chart, 147, CS assign, 147, description, 32, foot controller initial value...
... mode, 84, normal voice edit mode, 122, normal voice MIDI control, 124, pitch bend range, 122, pitch bend, 122, pitch modulation depth, 122, sustain, 122, synthesizer setup, 145 CONTROLLER SECTION, system architecture description, 22 CONTROLLERS, accessing controllers, 147, continuous type chart, 147, CS assign, 147, description, 32, foot controller initial value...
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..., 147 CURSOR, cursor position at power on, 46, front panel diagram description, 14, how to use, 42, location when selecting tracks and functions, 46 CURVE, synthesizer setup velocity curve, 145 CUTOFF, aftertouch controller, 122, filter, 116, foot controller, 123, modulation wheel controller, 123 D DATA, backup and storage, 5, data delete, 92, data...
..., 147 CURSOR, cursor position at power on, 46, front panel diagram description, 14, how to use, 42, location when selecting tracks and functions, 46 CURVE, synthesizer setup velocity curve, 145 CUTOFF, aftertouch controller, 122, filter, 116, foot controller, 123, modulation wheel controller, 123 D DATA, backup and storage, 5, data delete, 92, data...
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H HIGH LIMIT, keyboard 4-zone mode, 83 HOLD, synthesizer setup controller, 145 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL, 4 HPF (HIGH PASS FILTER), filter, 115 I INC/DEC BUTTONS, front panel diagram description, 14 INC/DEC BUTTONS, ...
H HIGH LIMIT, keyboard 4-zone mode, 83 HOLD, synthesizer setup controller, 145 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL, 4 HPF (HIGH PASS FILTER), filter, 115 I INC/DEC BUTTONS, front panel diagram description, 14 INC/DEC BUTTONS, ...
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..., foot volume assign, 147 MASTER NOTE SHIFT, how to access, 78 MASTER RETURN LEVEL, how to access, 77 MASTER TUNE, how to access, 78, synthesizer setup, 145 MASTER VOLUME, song multi screen, 36, voice volume select, 77 MEASURE BAR, sequence track graph, 91, sequence/tempo track data insert, 94,...recording velocity value, 90 MIDI, about the GM system level, 8, controlling other devices, 67, device number, 148, drum voice track and GM, 45, integrating the W5/W7 into a midi system, 67, keyboard local on/off, 148, MIDI channel/ instrument track, 76, MIDI filter, 82, MIDI setup, 148, program change, ...
..., foot volume assign, 147 MASTER NOTE SHIFT, how to access, 78 MASTER RETURN LEVEL, how to access, 77 MASTER TUNE, how to access, 78, synthesizer setup, 145 MASTER VOLUME, song multi screen, 36, voice volume select, 77 MEASURE BAR, sequence track graph, 91, sequence/tempo track data insert, 94,...recording velocity value, 90 MIDI, about the GM system level, 8, controlling other devices, 67, device number, 148, drum voice track and GM, 45, integrating the W5/W7 into a midi system, 67, keyboard local on/off, 148, MIDI channel/ instrument track, 76, MIDI filter, 82, MIDI setup, 148, program change, ...
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... run, 88, replace, 88, steps to recording a song, 85 REDO, song job undo/redo, 95 RENAME FILE, disk mode, 139 REPLACE, realtime recording, 88 RESET, synthesizer setup controller, 145 RESONANCE/BAND, filter, 116 RETURNS, mixer master return level, 77 REVERB MODULE, system effect diagram and description, 79 REVERSE, drum voice key...
... run, 88, replace, 88, steps to recording a song, 85 REDO, song job undo/redo, 95 RENAME FILE, disk mode, 139 REPLACE, realtime recording, 88 RESET, synthesizer setup controller, 145 RESONANCE/BAND, filter, 116 RETURNS, mixer master return level, 77 REVERB MODULE, system effect diagram and description, 79 REVERSE, drum voice key...
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..., 108 SUSTAIN, element controller, 122, foot sustain control, 50 SUSTAIN JACK, rear panel diagram description, 15 SYNC, song other setup, 84 SYNTH SETUP, see synthesizer setup SYNTHESIZER SETUP, accessing synthesizer setup, 145, controller, 145, master tune, 145, utility mode, 145, velocity curve, 145, velocity, 145 SYSTEM, system architecture, 22, system logic, 17, system...
..., 108 SUSTAIN, element controller, 122, foot sustain control, 50 SUSTAIN JACK, rear panel diagram description, 15 SYNC, song other setup, 84 SYNTH SETUP, see synthesizer setup SYNTHESIZER SETUP, accessing synthesizer setup, 145, controller, 145, master tune, 145, utility mode, 145, velocity curve, 145, velocity, 145 SYSTEM, system architecture, 22, system logic, 17, system...
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... setup, 148, moving around in utility mode, 142, operating modes description, 21, other setup, 149, song voice memory, 143, synthesizer setup, 145 V VELOCITY, description of keyboard velocity sensitivity control, 51, element pitch sensitivity, 118, filter velocity band sensitivity, 116, filter... 116, key velocity description, 31, normal voice element velocity limit, 112, step recording, 90, synthesizer setup, 145 VELOCITY BAND SENSITIVITY, filter, 116 VELOCITY CURVE, synthesizer setup, 145 VELOCITY LIMIT, normal voice element parameter, 112 VELOCITY SENSITIVITY, amplitude level parameter, 113,...
... setup, 148, moving around in utility mode, 142, operating modes description, 21, other setup, 149, song voice memory, 143, synthesizer setup, 145 V VELOCITY, description of keyboard velocity sensitivity control, 51, element pitch sensitivity, 118, filter velocity band sensitivity, 116, filter... 116, key velocity description, 31, normal voice element velocity limit, 112, step recording, 90, synthesizer setup, 145 VELOCITY BAND SENSITIVITY, filter, 116 VELOCITY CURVE, synthesizer setup, 145 VELOCITY LIMIT, normal voice element parameter, 112 VELOCITY SENSITIVITY, amplitude level parameter, 113,...
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...The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those...fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s. Litiumbatteri! Bescheinigung des Importeurs Hiermit wird bescheinigt,daß der/die/das Gerät: Synthesizer Typ: W5 (Gerät, typ, Bezeichnung) in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Wichtiger Hinweis für die Benutzung in Übereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen...
...The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those...fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s. Litiumbatteri! Bescheinigung des Importeurs Hiermit wird bescheinigt,daß der/die/das Gerät: Synthesizer Typ: W5 (Gerät, typ, Bezeichnung) in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Wichtiger Hinweis für die Benutzung in Übereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen...
