User manual YAMAHA SY85E1

[. . . ] YAMAHA SY85 Music Synthesizer Owner's Manual 1 - Getting Started - The SY85 Music Synthesizer delivers the incredible Yamaha AWM sound with improved quality and performance power. In addition to superior sound, the SY85 features "Quick Edit" modes that provide fast, easy access to the most important voice and performance editing jobs so you can customize the sound without having to deal with the details. Of course, you still have full programming power when you want to do some serious voicing. For unmatched on-stage expression the SY85 also features a sophisticated real-time control system that lets you modify up to 8 different parameters as you play -- in addition to the traditional pitch and modulation wheels. [. . . ] Play Try playing your new voice on the keyboard (of course, you can play at any time while editing to hear how it's progressing). The COMPARE Function The COMPARE function lets you compare the sound of the edited voice with that of the original voice. To engage the COMPARE mode, press the [STORE] key while holding the [SHIFT] key. The [VOICE] key indicator will flash and you'll hear the original pre-edit voice when you play on the keyboard. Press the [EXIT/NO] key to exit from the COMPARE mode and return to the edited data. 10. Store Your New Voice Once you're satisfied with the sound of your original voice, you can store it to an internal voice memory location as follows: Press the [STORE] key. VOICE`STORE``````````To````````````````` `````````````````````¡A1:SP`Makro``````` Select the voice memory location to which you want to store your new voice using any standard voice selection procedure (e. g. MEMORY, GROUP, and PROGRAM keys). VOICE`STORE``````````To````````````````` `````````````````````TMD7:ST`Combo``````` 4. Voice Editing & Effects 45 Press [ENTER/YES]. VOICE`STORE``````````To````````````````` Are`you`sure`?```````TMD7:ST`Combo``````` Press [ENTER/YES] again. VOICE`STORE``````````To````````````````` ```Completed`!```````TMD7:ST`Combo``````` "Completed !" will appear briefly when the data has been stored, then the SY85 will return to the VOICE PLAY mode. If you return to the VOICE PLAY mode before storing the edited voice, either by pressing the [EXIT/NO] key or the [VOICE] key, an inverse letter "E" will appear to the right of the voice number, indicated that it has been edited but not stored. You can call the STORE function at this point and proceed as described above. If you select a different voice before storing, however, the edited data will be lost. Also note that any previous data in the voice memory location you store to will be overwritten by the new data. You can use the VOICE NAME function described on page 95 of the Feature Reference manual to give your voice an original name before storing it. IMPORTANT HINT s Further Possibilities . . . When you're ready to explore the many other possibilities the SY85 provides for voice programming, read through the "VOICE EDIT MODE" section of the Feature Reference manual (page 57). 46 4. The Sequencer The SY85 sequencer has 8 "normal" tracks and a special rhythm track. Each of the normal sequencer tracks can control a separate "instrument". Which track controls which instrument is determined by the multi-play setup instrument assignments and the sequencer track transmit channel assignments (both are described below). Normally, sequencer tracks 1 through 8 are assigned to the correspondingly numbered MIDI transmit channels, so tracks 1 through 8 control the multi-play instruments assigned to MIDI channels 1 through 8, respectively. Track 9, the rhythm track, plays a sequence of rhythm "patterns" -- any of the 100 preset rhythm patterns provided with the SY85, or original patterns you record in the PATTERN mode. The SY85 sequencer can hold up to 10 separate "songs" that can be selected and recorded or played as required. Completed songs can also be saved to external floppy disks for long-term storage. There are basically two ways to record using the sequencer -- realtime or step write. Both of these methods are described below. s Real-time Recording (Tracks 1 . . . 8) Realtime recording allows you to directly record anything you play on the keyboard, capturing the spontaneous timing, keyboard dynamics and controller operations of the performance. Using the realtime recording mode is, in fact, very much like using a conventional tape recorder. [. . . ] 58 Step record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 45 Store key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sustain jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17 Q Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]