Yamaha SY-35, Product Manual

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When You Want To
Create an Original
Multi...
The INTERNAL and CARD
Memories
The SY35 MULTI EDIT mode allows you to create your own multi setups,
which can then be stored in the INTERNAL or CARD memory (described be-
low). In the MULTI EDIT mode you can assign any of the SY35 voices to the 8
mulli parts, assign any of the 16 available MIDI channels to each part, and as-
sign an effect (reverb, delay, etc.) for that multi setup. The following charac-
teristics can also be individually programmed for each voice:
Volume: allows the voices to be ideally balanced.
Detune: slight detuning to thicken the sound.
Note limit: allows split keyboard setups.
Note shift: transposes up or down in semitone steps.
Name: assigns an original name to each multi setup.
Full details on each of these functions, as well as general editing instruc-
tions, are provided in the MULTI section of the Feature Reference manual (page
33). Now that you've had some experience with the SY35, you should be able to
access and use the MULTI EDIT mode functions with no problem.
In addition to the PRESET Multi memory, the SY35 provides 16 INTERNAL
memory locations into which you can store original Multi setups created in the
MULTI EDIT mode. Multi setups can also be stored on external memory cards
in the same way as ordinary voices.
The INTERNAL MULTI memory is a RAM (Random Access
Memory) area into which you can store up to 16 Multi setups
that you create in the MULTI EDIT mode or load from an exter-
nal memory card. Initially, the INTERNAL MULTI memory con-
tains 16 factory-programmed Multi setups that you can use "as-
is" or edit as required. The factory INTERNAL Multi setups can
later be restored by using the Factory Multi Restore function
described on page 45 of the Feature Reference manual. The
INTERNAL multi memory is represented on the display by the
letter "I".
The CARD memory bank is a Yamaha MCD64 or MCD32
Memory Card plugged into the SY35 card slot. An MCD32
Memory Card allows storage of up to 16 Multi setups in addition
to 64 voices. An MCD64 Memory Card holds two banks of 16
Multi setups each — in addition to 64 voices in each bank. The
CARD multi memory is represented on the display by the letter
"C".
Multi Polyphony & Dynamic
Voice Allocation
Since the SY35 can produce a maximum of 16 notes at the same time (16-note
polyphony ... see the "DETAILS" column, below), the number of simultaneous
notes that each voice in a Multi setup can produce depends on the number of
voices being played at the time. If all 16 voices are played at once, each can pro-
duce a maximum of one note. On the other hand, if only one voice is being played
the SY35's "Dynamic Voice Allocation" feature allows 16 notes to be played
simultaneously by that one voice even if 16 voices are assigned.
The only thing you have to be concerned about in programming sequences to
drive the SY35, is that the maximum polyphony of 16 notes is never exceeded.
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