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YAMAHA

AUTHORIZED

PRODUCT MANUAL

DIGITAL RHYTHM PROGRAMMER

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Summary of Contents for RX-15

Page 1: ...YAMAHA AUTHORIZED PRODUCT MANUAL DIGITAL RHYTHM PROGRAMMER...

Page 2: ...YAMAHA DIGITAL RHYTHM PROGRAMMER OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 3: ...Know the RX15 Instruments 7 RX15 Instrument Chart 7 Selecting Instruments 7 Dual Instrument Limitations 7 8 Instrument Level Stereo Positioning PAN 8 Accents 8 Setting Accent Levels 8 PATTERN OPERATI...

Page 4: ...CONTROL PANEL 3...

Page 5: ...CONNECTIONS QX SEQUENCER CX5M MUSIC COMPUTER DX SYNTHESIZER 4...

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Page 7: ...prevent damage to the cords and jacks l Do not use solvents such as benzene or paint thinner l To avoid damaging your speakers and other playback to clean the unit Do not use insecticides or other eq...

Page 8: ...High tuned snare 10 deep body tom tom 12 deep body tom tom 14 floor tom tom Bass drum Open Hi Hat Closed Hi Hat Pedalled Hi Hat Ride cymbal Crash cymbal Shaker Cowbell Hand claps First enter the inst...

Page 9: ...d in real time or whether it is being programmed by either of the possible methods real time write or step write see PATTERN OPERATIONS section Stereo Positioning PAN Setting Accent Levels In addition...

Page 10: ...bel on the green PATTERN SONG selector is lighted and the LCD panel reads either SELECT PTN XX XX being the selected pattern number or PLAY PTN XX BRYY XX being the selected pattern number and YY the...

Page 11: ...through this section and then the Quantize section below Then come back to this section and try out the function The RX15 permits programming your own rhythm patterns using two different methods REAL...

Page 12: ...The RX15 will continue cycling through the full length of the pattern while you record Adjust the tempo using the TEMPO control and start playing For multi bar patterns the first bar can be located by...

Page 13: ...t parameters 4 4 time 1 bar are acceptable You are now ready to enter your pattern Tap the START button and the LCD panel will respond with BAR 01 BEAT 01 prompting you to input the first beat of bar...

Page 14: ...um number of beats that can be entered in one 4 4 time bar is 16 QUANTIZE Applied to the Real Time Write Mode In the real time write mode this has an error correcting function In other words if your t...

Page 15: ...e number button marked 1 4 1 6 1 8 1 12 1 16 1 24 or 1 32 Inputs of 1 48 or 1 192 will be ignored Exit the click function simply by pressing the CLICK button again CIick Time EX CLICK 1 8 1 16 1 4 1 6...

Page 16: ...ern number Both pattern copy functions are accessed by pressing the COPY button in the pattern mode When the COPY button is pressed the LCD panel will read COPY Number of pattern to be copied to Numbe...

Page 17: ...SWING 50 SWING 71 In the pattern mode press the SWING button to call the swing function the swing function cannot be called when a pattern is playing or when either of the write modes is active The LC...

Page 18: ...he edit mode by pressing the EDIT blue label button The LCD panel will prompt you for the number of the pattern which will be programmed into part 1 of the song PART 001 PTN The number of the pattern...

Page 19: ...imes The repeat function is used in the edit mode Suppose for example we want to repeat part 3 of our 4 part song 3 times this means part 3 would be played a total of 4 times 1 original and 3 repeats...

Page 20: ...0 UP The 1 NO and 1 YES buttons are then used to set the desired tempo change Pressing either the 1 NO or 1 YES button once quickly decrements or increments the tempo change by one respectively Holdin...

Page 21: ...g Clear Single All songs in memory 0 through 9 can be cleared simultaneously if necessary This is a hidden function in the sense that it cannot be accessed directly in order to prevent accidental eras...

Page 22: ...E CONTROL indicating that the cassette control mode is active To save the RX15 memory contents then press the SAVE VERIFY button The LCD panel will confirm your intention to save to tape with SAVE TO...

Page 23: ...perations are available 1 MIDI CLOCK INPUT The RX15 can be synchronized to the clock of an external MIDI sequencer or music computer such as the Yamaha QX series sequencers or CX5M Music Computer 2 MI...

Page 24: ...I mode is turned OFF the RX15 must be set to receive MIDI data on a specific channel The sequencer or music computer used to transmit the MIDI data might for example be transmitting melody data to a s...

Page 25: ...any RX15 instrument Conversely any instrument played on the RX15 in a pattern song or played manually can activate any note on a synthesizer or any instrument on another rhythm machine The process for...

Page 26: ...which is entered by pressing the MIDI OUT button while holding down the FUNCTION button The LCD panel will respond with TRANSMIT AVAIL default parameter indicating that MIDI transmission is ON MIDI tr...

Page 27: ...MMING REFERENCE GUIDE INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS Instrument Selection EX select MEDIUM SD mode Instrument Level EX adjust TOM 1 level Stereo Positioning EX Pan RIMSHOT 26 Accent Level EX adjust TOM1 accent...

Page 28: ...Selecting Patterns Ex pattern 00 01 24 PATTERN OPERATIONS TEMPO Function Real Time Write EX 3 8 time 2 bars 27 Step Write EX 4 4 time 1 bar...

Page 29: ...Quantize EX QUANTIZE 1 16 1 8 1 32 Click Time EX CLOCK 1 8 1 16 Pattern Clear Single Pattern CIear All Patterns Instrument Clear Ex Clear RIDE from pattern XX 2 8...

Page 30: ...Pattern Copy COPY EX pattern 10 to pattern 20 Swing EX SWING 50 54 58 Quantize must be set to 1 8 or 1 16...

Page 31: ...SONG OPERATIONS Song Editing EX pattern 01 03 12 Insert EX insert new part pattern 32 between parts 2 and 3 Delete EX delete part 3 Entering Repeats EX repeat part 3 3 times 3 0...

Page 32: ...Programming Tempo Changes EX Increase tempo by 20 after part 3 Song Clear Single Song Clear All Songs 31...

Page 33: ...CASSETTE OPERATIONS Save Data to Cassette and Verify 3 2 Load Data from Cassette...

Page 34: ...MIDI FUNCTIONS Sync Mode Selection Midi Reception Parameters 33...

Page 35: ...Setting Instrument Key Numbers EX Set SD Key number MIDI Transmission Parameters EX Set SD tranmit channel 34...

Page 36: ...IZE set to any value except 1 8 or 1 16 QUANTIZE must be reset or the SWING function cancelled to correct this error WRONG SIGNATURE This message will appear briefly if a pattern CONNECT COPY operatio...

Page 37: ...MPO SONG MODE PARAMETER EDIT INSERT DELETE REPEAT TEMPO CHANGE FUNCTION MODE PARAMETER SYNC CASSETTE SAVE VERIFY LOAD INST MIDI IN MIDI OUT NUMBER 0 9 1 4 1 1929 1 YES 1 NO SWITCH POWER SWITCH BLOCK D...

Page 38: ...PATTERN CHART 37...

Page 39: ...ective measures If you can not locate a of part 15 of the FCC rules These rules are designed to provide franchised Yamaha combo equipment dealer in your general area a reasonable measure of protection...

Page 40: ...YAMAHA RX15 OM Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue P O Box 6600 Buena Park CA 90622 6600 RX15 OM 7 20 98 29281...

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