Yamaha RY30, Authorized Product Manual

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Congratulations!
You are the proud owner of one of the best-sounding, most versatile, and
easily programmable drum machines ever conceived.
In contrast to drum machines that sound strictly mechanical, and others that
offer a degree of artificial pre-programmed “feel,” the Yamaha RY30 Rhythm
Programmer actually allows the user to determine how the rhythm feels in a
simple, intuitive way. A special “RY30 control wheel” allows the pitch, decay,
panning, filter, balance or timing individual instruments to be varied while you
monitor the resultant sound in real time. This makes programming the RY30 a
more “musical” process than having to deal with a multitude of numbers and
hieroglyphic parameters. The RY30’s 12 instrument pads also feature full veloc-
ity sensitivity for even more expressive power.
Another advantage of the RY30 is stunning sound quality. It features 16-bit
AWM2 (2nd-generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation with
programmable digital filtering and wave layering capability. A wide range of
editable parameters include filter frequencies, envelopes, volume, pitch, panning,
and more. The RY30 allows the user to refine each voice to ideally fit specific
musical requirements. On-board memory contains 128 voices, 100 preset pat-
terns, 100 user patterns, 2 demo songs and 20 songs, while plug-in cards offer
unlimited potential for expansion.
To enhance the versatility of the RY30 and support its vast performance
potential, Yamaha is preparing a range of data cards that will provide a colorful
range of voices and patterns.
In order to take full advantage of the many features and extraordinary per-
formance provided by the RY30, we urge you to read through the manually care-
fully while trying out the features and functions described. See “About the
Manual” on page 3 for more details on how the manual is organized and how it
can be used most effectively.