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Page 1: ...YAMAHA Voicing Parameter Reference Guide I lru FC D DIGITAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM SYNTHESIZER SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET...

Page 2: ...voice Section 3 describes the voice effect parameters which determine the keyboard and controller configuration ofeach voice Section 4 describes the performance parameters which determine such things...

Page 3: ...sitivity Button 11 17 Output Level Button 10 Part 2 20 Using the EG COPY Button 21 Section 3 Voice Effect Parameters 22 About Voice Effect Parameters 22 Key Mode Button 23 23 Pitch BendI Portamento Bu...

Page 4: ...Introduction The DX7II is adigital synthesizer capable ofproducing an almost infinite variety of sounds using atechnique ofsynthesis known as FM Frequency Modulation 1...

Page 5: ...ors in each sound module can be combined into 32 different configurations of carriers and modulators These configurations known as algorithms are depicted on the front panel of the DX7 II They determi...

Page 6: ...favoice They are adjusted in the voice edit mode This mode is entered bypressing one ofthe VOICE MODE SELECT buttonsfrom the play mode selecting the AorB voice with the AlB key and pressing the EDIT b...

Page 7: ...2 Algorithm 32 Algorithms determine the way in which the operators are combined as carriers and modulators This has afundamental impact on the types ofsounds each algorithm can produce For example alg...

Page 8: ...t the pitch ofthis key and thus the entire keyboard for any voice by half steps to as much as two octaves above or below the standard pitch C1 Assign the pitch Cl to the marked key C5 Assign the pitch...

Page 9: ...tor button 8 provides access to the following parameters in asingle LCD display This parameter determines whether or not the pitch of the selected operator will vary as different keys are pressed Rati...

Page 10: ...rator sounds at standard pitch 2 00 Operator sounds one octave above standard pitch 31 00 Highest coarse value nearly 5octaves above standard pitch 61 69 Highest ration mode value nearly 6octaves abov...

Page 11: ...nk ofthe difference between the sound of a note played by striking a piano key or bowing on a violin string The volume ofthe piano note peaks almost immediately and decays very slowly until the key is...

Page 12: ...hed the operator s signal will be at the amplitude specified by the oscillator output level parameter Levell Ll is the first level reached after pressing akey L2 and L3 are intermediate levels reached...

Page 13: ...rious volume and timbre envelopes These can be used to simulate acoustic instrument envelopes or to invent new envelopes never before heard Rs The first parameter in the EG display is the Rs rate scal...

Page 14: ...ove The Pitch EG button 13 provides access to the following pitch envelope parameters in asingle LCD display Ll L4 The level parameters ofthe pitch EG are very similar to their counterparts in the ope...

Page 15: ...is 2octaves Boct Maximum pitch difference is 8octaves Special effect voices often use large pitch range values to produce some rather crazy sounds Vel The Vel velocity parameter allows you to control...

Page 16: ...rovides access to the following LFO parameters in a single LCD display Wave The waveform generated by the LFO is specified with this parameter The available waveforms are shown below Triangle Wave Squ...

Page 17: ...d to specify whether you wish all notes played to respond to the signal from asingle LFO or to the signal from their own individual LFOs Si ng1e All notes respond to asingle LFO Mu1t i All notes respo...

Page 18: ...tput level automatically As with Pmd this parameter acts as an output gain control for the LFO signal routed to modulate the operators level The intensity of controlled tremolo or wah wah is determine...

Page 19: ...able you to regulate the voice s volume by key velocity Application to a modulator will provide key velocity control over the voice s timbre Ams The Ams amplitude modulation sensitivity parameter adju...

Page 20: ...er the output level ofthe operators relative to the range ofkeys played on the keyboard This allows you to change the volume or timbre ofa voice in different regions ofthe keyboard Keyboard level scal...

Page 21: ...curve and Rc right curve parameters can each be assigned the following values 1i n Level will decrease linearly with increasing distance from the break point exp Level will decrease exponentially wit...

Page 22: ...d independently for individual groups of three keys across the entire keyboard This allows you to create your own scaling curves to fit any type of voice To display the fractional scaling parameters p...

Page 23: ...e data entry slider Should you wish to jump to an entirely different key group press and hold either of the Key Set buttons and press akey corresponding to the desired key group With nine EG parameter...

Page 24: ...ters are stored along with the basic voice data They are described separately because they do not determine the basic timbre or volume Instead they control the effects that can be applied to voices by...

Page 25: ...ed to keys as they are played This parameter is used in conjunction with the voice mode a performance parameter which is described in the next section The following table lists the possible key modes...

Page 26: ...ovides access to avariety ofvoice effect parameters The three LCD screens are displayed by pressing the button repeatedly until the desired screen appears Pitch bend The pitch bend parameters regulate...

Page 27: ...of 12 and cannot be adjusted Mode The pitch bend mode parameter allows you to specify which notes ofachord will be affected by the pitch wheel In addition it determines whether or not pitch bend is a...

Page 28: ...are available f i ngered Glide will occur only ifasecond key is pressed before the first key is released This gives you finger tip control over the portamento effect Aslightly portato playing style r...

Page 29: ...thing wild though try setting the depth to 7 and playing familiar chords using astandard instrument sound This button provides access to the breath controller BC modulation wheel MW and aftertouch AT...

Page 30: ...or wah wah as Pmod does over pitch modulation EGbias 0 BC orAT will not invoke level modulation at all 99 Level modulation will be at maximum amplitude when BC or ATis applied Remember that the AMS pa...

Page 31: ...pitch Modulation wheel This LCD display allows you to program the modulation wheel parameters They are identical to the breath controller and aftertouch parameters with the exception that there is no...

Page 32: ...r breath controller aftertouch and modulation wheel Please refer to the descriptions of these parameters above and remember that in this case they relate to the foot controllers The new parameters are...

Page 33: ...the same function here except that they apply to an external MIDI controllerrather than an internal DX7 II controller Please refer to the descriptions of these parameters above The values should be se...

Page 34: ...d The DX7II is capable ofcombining two entirely different voices to produce even richer and fuller sounds The performance parameters determine the way in which voices are combined These settings are s...

Page 35: ...on si ng1e Play Voice Aonly across the entire keyboard Provides up to 16 note polyphony dua1 Combine Voices Aand Bacross the entire keyboard Provides up to 8note polyphony sp1i t Play Voice Aonly with...

Page 36: ...ilar volume levels for all performance configurations The volume balance between voices Aand Bin the dual and split voice modes is adjusted with this parameter It does not appear if the single voice m...

Page 37: ...y which divides the keyboard between voices Aand B Voice Ais always controlled by the lower halfof the keyboard including the split point key C 2 Set split point at C 2 G8 Set split point at G8 Settin...

Page 38: ...ways work in conjunction with each other Functions 2and 3can be regulated by LFO key velocity key position and EG The pan parameters are effective only with stereo amplification or with headphones con...

Page 39: ...el control function 3 above is operative for voice Bonly Range Range determines the intensity ofthe effect programmed with the select parameter described below 0 Disables selected effect 99 Intensity...

Page 40: ...ice s are distributed between the audio outputs The rates behave in an identical manner to those of the level and pitch EGs They determine the speed with which one level changes to the next 0 Slowest...

Page 41: ...witch will affect voice A and or Bin dual or split voice mode Move the cursor to the A or Bparameter and specify ON or OFF Foot switch This screen provides control over the foot switch connected to th...

Page 42: ...but you ll soon get the hang of it The available parameters are listed from the top to the bottom position ofthe data entry slider as it is used to select them OP6 1 Total 1evel OP6 1 AMP MOD SENS OP...

Page 43: ...e displays different LCD screens by repeatedly pressing the button Some ofthese screens present parameters which have nothing to do with microtuning Micro tuning This screen provides access to the mic...

Page 44: ...o apply the selected microtuning Note shift AlB This parameter lets you shift or transpose the pitch of the entire keyboard for either or both ofthe voices It can be applied to each voice individually...

Page 45: ...ced First note 9th note This function is particularly effective for sounds such as brass voices in which timbre changes during the attack are very important If forced damping is not used with these vo...

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