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Yamaha SY-77, Operating Manual

The Yamaha SY-77 is a powerful digital synthesizer known for its versatility and high-quality sound. To explore its full potential, make sure to download the free Operating Manual from our website. Unlock the full potential of this amazing instrument with our comprehensive and user-friendly manual.

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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (RFI): Your
Yamaha Digital Musical Instrument Proapplicable regu-
lations. However, if it is Installed in the immediate
proximity of other electronic devices, some form of inter-
ference may occur. For additional RFI information see
FCC Information section located in this manual.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This product has been tested and

approved by independent safety testing laboratories in
order that you may be sure that when it is properly
installed and used in its normal and customary manner, all
foreseeable risks have been eliminated. DO NOT modify
this unit or commission others to do so unless specifically
authorized by Yamaha. Product performance and/or safety
standards may be diminished. Claims filed under the
expressed warranty may be denied if the unit is/has been
modified. Implied warranties may also be affected.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The infor-
mation contained in this manual is believed to be correct at
the time of printing. Yamaha reserves the right to change
or modify specifications at any time without notice or
obligation to update existing units.

NOTICE: Service charges incurred due to a lack of knowl-
edge relating to how a function or effect works (when the
unit is operating as designed), are not covered by the manu-
facturer's warranty. Please study this manual carefully
before requesting service.

NAMEPLATE LOCATION: The graphic below indicates
the location of the Name Plate on your Yamaha Digital
Musical Instrument. The Model, Serial Number, Power
requirements, etc., are Indicated on this plate.

You should note the model, serial number and the date of
purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this
manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

STATIC ELECTRICITY CAUTION: Some Yamaha
Digital Musical Instrument products have modules that
plug into the unit to perform various function. The con-
tents of a plug-in module can be altered/damaged by static
electricity discharges. Static electricity build-ups are more
likely to occur during cold winter months (or in areas
with very dry climates) when the natural humidity is low.
To avoid possible damage to the plug-in module, touch any
metal object (a metal desk lamp, a door knob, etc.) before
handling the module, If static electricity is a problem in
your area, you may want to have your carpet treated with a
substance that reduces static electricity build-up. See your
local carpet retailer for professional advice that relates to
your specific situation.

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

This information on safety is provided to comply with U.S.A. laws, but should be observed by users in all countries.

FCC INFORMATION

While the following statements are provided to comply with FCC Regulations in the United States, the corrective measures listed below are

applicable worldwide.
This series of Yamaha professional music equipment uses frequencies that appear in the radio frequency range and if installed in the imme-
diate proximity of some types of audio or video devices (within three meters), interference may occur. This series of Yamaha professional
music equipment has been type tested and found to comply with the specifications set for a class B computing device in accordance with
those specifications listed in subpart J of part 15 of the FCC rules. These rules are designed to provide a reasonable measure of protection
against such interference. However, this does not guarantee that interference will not occur. If your professional music equipment should be
suspected of causing interference with other electronic devices, verification can be made by turning your professional music equipment off
and on. If the interference continues when your equipment is off, the equipment is not the source of interference. If your equipment does
appear to be the source of the interference, you should try to correct the situation by using one or more of the following measures:
Relocate either the equipment or the electronic device that is being affected by the interference. Utilize power outlets for the professional
music equipment and the device being affected that are on different branch (circuit breaker of fuse) circuits, or install AC line filters.
In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate the antenna or, if the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to co-axial
type cable.
If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact your authorized Yamaha professional products dealer for
suggestions and/or corrective measures.
If you cannot locate a franchised Yamaha professional products dealer in your general area contact the Electronic Service Division, Yamaha
Corporation of America, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620, U.S.A.
If for any reason, you should need additional information relating to radio or TV interference, you may find a booklet prepared by the
Federal Communications Commission helpful: "How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems". This booklet is available
from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402 - Stock No. 004-000-00345-4.

Summary of Contents for SY-77

Page 1: ...YAMAHA MUSIC SYNTHESIZER ...

Page 2: ...QUALIFIEDSERVICEPERSONNEL The exclamation point within an equilat eral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literautre accompanying the product The lightning flash with arrowhead sym bol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the produ...

Page 3: ... 03 Modulation Data effect 2 set Parm Clear pattern One 711 Clear pattern All 712 15 Initialize AWM element 16 Recall voice System utility 800 01 Cutoff frequency 04 Reverb Data effect 1 set Parm 05 Reverb Data effect 2 set Parm 11 Micro tuning set 01 Micro tuning edit Drum set data 272 Song setup 617 02 Cutoff scaling 03 Cutoff EG Flt1 Flt2 Flt1 Flt2 01 Master tuning 02 Velocity set 03 Controller...

Page 4: ...GLOBAL VIEW YAMAHA Element Level Element Detune Note Shift Velocity Limit Element Pan Output Select Random Portamento Effect Select Micro Tune Controller Voice Name Init Recall ...

Page 5: ...t 34 Cele WV 51 Gloch WV 66 Piano Np 78 Bulb 93 BD1 35 Harpsi WV 52 Harp WV 67 E P Np 79 Tear 94 BD2 36 E P WV 53 Sitar WV 68 Vibe Np 80 Bamboo 95 BD3 37 Pipe WV 54 Stl Drm WV 69 Dmp Piano 81 Cup Echo 96 BD4 38 Organ WV 55 Mt Reed WV 70 Bottle 1 82 Digi Atk 97 SD1 39 Tuba WV 56 Oh Attack 71 Bottle 2 83 Temp Ra 98 SD2 40 Picco WV 72 Bottle 3 84 Giri 99 SD3 41 S Sax WV Oscillator 73 Tube 85 Water 10...

Page 6: ...s 1 Algorithm Form 231 Extr 232 Inpt 233 2 Oscillator 235 3 AFM EG 236 239 4 AFM operator output 241 242 5 AFM sensitivity 243 6 AFM LFO Main 244 Sub 245 7 AFM pitch EG 246 247 8 AFM filter 248 Cutoff frequency 249 Cutoff scaling 250 251 Cutoff EG 253 255 ...

Page 7: ...ce mode Song mode 16 tracks Voice mode 1 2 or 4 elements Multi mode 16 voices Voice mode 1 2 or 4 elements INTRODUCTORY SECTION INTRODUCING THE SY77 HOW TO USE THE SEQUENCER HOW TO EDIT A VOICE REFERENCE SECTION VOICE PLAY MODE VOICE EDIT MODE MULTI PLAY MODE MULTI EDIT MODE SONG MODE PATTERN MODE n n n n n n n n n n n UTILITY MODE APPENDIX ...

Page 8: ...s a full explanation of all the SY77 s functions Once you have worked through the introductory section and are comfortable with basic operation glance through this section to get an idea of the SY77 s capabilities Refer to the details when necessary Appendix This section contains technical information that may be of interest to advanced users or programmers Conventions in this manual In order to p...

Page 9: ... is a voice 54 What is an AWM element 56 The basics of FM synthesis 58 What is an AFM element 60 The process of voice editing 62 How voice edit mode is organized 64 Simple editing reverb Effect 66 Simple editing tone Filter 68 Simple editing vibrato LFO 70 Simple editing using a controller 72 Simple editing attack EG 74 How to name and store your new voice 76 How to edit a drum voice 78 REFERENCE ...

Page 10: ...1 8 2 Cutoff scaling 133 8 3 Cutoff EG 134 15 Initialize AFM element 135 16 Recall voice 137 AWM element data 138 AWM element job directory 138 Copy element 138 1 AWM waveform set 139 2 AWM EG 141 3 AWM output 142 4 AWM sensitivity 143 5 AWM LFO 144 6 Fl AWM pitch EG Data 145 6 F2 AWM pitch EG EG settings 145 7 AWM filter 146 15 Initialize AWM element 147 16 Recall voice 148 Drum set data 149 Drum...

Page 11: ... 4 Put chain pattern 212 Pattern setup jobs 213 Clear pattern 214 UTILITY MODE 215 System utility 217 1 Master tuning 217 2 Velocity set 217 3 Controllers 219 4 Edit confirm 220 5 Greeting message 220 MIDI utility 221 1 Channel set 221 2 Program change 222 3 Bulk dump 223 Card utility 225 1 Save to card 225 2 Load from card 226 3 Format card 226 Disk utility 227 1 Save to disk 227 1 1 Save To Disk...

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Page 15: ...and play the disk demo songs 6 How to record a song 8 About the SY77 RCM hybrid synthesis 10 About the SY77 AFM and AWM voices 12 About the SY77 filter pan and effects 14 About the SY77 multi timbral sequencing 16 Front panel left side 18 Front panel right side 20 Rear panel 22 How to move around job directories 24 How to move around the jump function 26 How to enter data 28 How to use the numeric...

Page 16: ...upper left of the front panel Make sure that the volume of your amp speaker system is turned down and turn its power on Set the volume of your amp speaker system to an appropriate level and gradually raise the SY77 s OUTPUT 1 and 2 sliders slider while playing the keyboard If you don t hear anything re check the connections and make sure that your amp speaker system is functioning correctly How to...

Page 17: ...lugelHorn Trad E Pno 2 Folk 2 Gtr Pizzicato Koto Millenium 3 Dyno E Pno 8ba Piano Big Band Full E Pno 4 Alto Sax Rock Pno Brass1 Sct Bop Organ 5 BrasChoral Chorus Pno 1980 Brass Warm Organ 6 Folk 1 Gtr BigChordEP Star Brass Deep Organ 7 Triton Ice Piano Anna Brass Pan Flute 8 FrenchHorn Dark E Pno BrashBrass MW2Feedbck 9 MW2TackPno Wet Clavi Soft Brass Distort5th 3 Humbucker Contrabass Sitar Catha...

Page 18: ...label facing up Push it gently in until it clicks into position 3 Press once to move the cursor to 02 Load From Disk and press ENTER to get the following display 4 With the cursor located at 01 All Data press ENTER to get a display like the following The filenames will be different 5 Move the cursor to select the song you wish to hear and press F8 Go The display will ask Are you sure Press YES if ...

Page 19: ...u stopped press START Or use and to move to another mea sure before pressing START To return to the beginning of the song press How to load another song To load another song from disk repeat the procedure from step 1 Or press JUMP 8 1 7 and then ENTER to jump directly to step 3 How to load other demo disks The demo disk included with the SY77 contains both synthesizer and sequencer data and must b...

Page 20: ...to select one of the following 16 preset Multis 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P2 A09 P1 A12 P1 B15 P1 A04 P2 D15 P2 A09 P1 A12 P1 A08 P2 D16 P1 A10 P1 A01 P1 A04 P1 C04 P2 D15 P1 A10 P1 A09 P1 C13 P2 C13 P2 D15 P2 B01 P2 B03 P1 B12 P1 C14 P2 A12 P1 C05 P2 C11 P2 D16 P1 A11 P2 B03 P1 C07 P1 C15 P1 C16 P1 B15 P1 A08 P1 A06 P1 A10 P2 B01 P2 C07 P2 D15 P1 A10 P2 B11 P2 A03 P1 C15 P2 ...

Page 21: ...t press 1 If you select a channel for which the multi does not use a voice there will be no sound 7 Press PLAY After a two measure countdown recording will begin Play along with the metronome to record the part When you are finished press STOP Press to return to measure 1 Record additional tracks 8 As desired repeat steps 6 and 7 to select and record additional tracks Note A more complete explanat...

Page 22: ...ed waveform it as part of an FM algorithm to apply frequency modulation creating partials that were not present in the original AWM waveform This modulated waveform can be processed by addi tional digital filtering One of the greatest advantages of RCM hybrid tone generation is that it fuses the realism of digital sampling with the expressive power of FM Keyboard dynamics and controllers can be us...

Page 23: ...rators in an FM algorithm for very complex FM sounds AWM sample playback FM modulated by AWM In a variation of the original sound of the AWM sample can be mixed with the complex AFM sound For techniques which use both AWM and AFM there are two addi tional possibilities l Both AFM and AWM can be used to create sustaining sounds l The AFM and AWM tone generators can be used LA style with short trans...

Page 24: ... in response to your playing allowing a wide range of expressiveness AWM Advanced Wave Advanced Wave Memory AWM is a patented Yamaha technology for storing Memory and reproducing digital sound The SY77 contains 2 Mwords 4 Mbytes of AWM samples in Read Only Memory ROM including piano strings choir and percussive sounds among many others Optional cards can be inserted into the front panel WAVEFORM s...

Page 25: ...of two elements and others of four elements The Voice mode setting inside each voice determines how many elements are used The important thing to remember is that up to a total of 16 notes of AFM sound and 16 notes of AWM sound can be sounding at any time If a voice plays two or more elements for a single key the sound will be more complex and richer but you will be able to play fewer simultaneous...

Page 26: ...r four elements a single voice can use 2 4 or 8 independent filters Dynamic pan table for Each element in a voice is sent through a pan table 64 preset and 32 user pan each element tables are provided that determines how the sound will move between the left and right outputs Each pan table has its own EG and also allows you to select a pan source velocity key note number or LFO Another controller ...

Page 27: ...the SY77 sizers FM sample playback and realtime filtering This means that the SY77 can produce the sounds of the classic 24 dB octave analog synthesizers of the past the FM sounds of the DX series the sampled sounds of many of today s instruments and also sounds that have never been heard before 15 ...

Page 28: ...k the result is exactly the same as if you were playing the keys and moving the con trollers You can record Tracks musical parts played by one instrument one at a time and then playback all the tracks together The SY77 sequencer has 16 tracks and each track plays the corresponding voice of a Multi A multi can also be played by an external sequencer connected to the MIDI IN terminal and the sequenc...

Page 29: ... record a single pattern and place it in the pattern track wherever you want it to play back When song playback reaches that point the pattern will play back along with track 1 15 Track 16 contains pattern numbers Ptn 01 Ptn 02 Ptn 01 Playback result Ptn 01 Ptn 02 Pattern recording realtime or step Patterns can be created either by realtime recording or step recording Realtime recording Since patt...

Page 30: ...he output volume from the two pairs of stereo output on the rear panel Liquid Crystal Display LCD The 240 x 64 pixel LCD is backlit for readability even in dark locations Adjust the CONTRAST control on the rear panel to suit your viewing angle 18 Mode select keys The functions of the SY77 are divided into five modes Press one of these buttons to select the mode and the LED above the button will li...

Page 31: ...s the bottom line of the LCD will display a function for F1 F8 F9 F16 while the Shift key is held down These keys are used in various ways such as selecting menu items shown in the function key display moving the cursor in the display or executing a function shown in the function key display Exit This key moves back to where you last were before entering the level you are now in i e it moves back ...

Page 32: ...Front panel right side This page explains the front panel features to the right of the LCD 20 ...

Page 33: ...in the LCD to select items or data Simply moving the cursor will not modify the data Numeric key pad Use these keys to enter data as an absolute number l to select a voice or multi l after pressing JUMP to specify the page to which you want to jump l to directly enter a value for the data indicated by the cursor l to directly select an item from a directory When step recording sequencer data the n...

Page 34: ... Contrast This knob adjusts the contrast of the LCD Adjust it to suit your viewing angle At extreme settings the display will not be readable Breath By connecting an optional BC1 or BC2 breath controller to this jack you can expressively control various aspects of a sound by blowing into the breath con troller For example a voice might be programmed so that the tone or volume changes in response t...

Page 35: ...it If the OUTPUT 2 L R jacks are plugged in these jacks will output the sound from the group 1 stereo output of the DSP effects unit If only the L MONO jack is used it will carry the combined output of L and R Use the L MONO jack if your mixer amp system has only one input These jacks output the sound from the group 2 stereo output of the DSP effects unit If your mixer amp system has four or more ...

Page 36: ...t mode is where you modify the set tings that make up a voice and Song Edit mode is where you modify the data that makes up a song There is no utility edit mode Press to enter VOICE Voice mode MULTI Multi mode SONG Song mode PATTERN Pattern mode then press EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT to enter Voice Edit mode Multi Edit mode Song Edit mode Pattern Edit mode To leave an edit mode simply re select any of the...

Page 37: ...deo Press a function key to move to the desired job Move between jobs using Suppose that you wanted to move from the 2 Volume job to the 3 Tuning page 5 job You could press EXIT to return to the job directory and then press 3 and ENTER to move to 3 Tuning but there is a faster way To move between jobs of the same level i e inside the same job directory use the PAGE keys For example if you are now ...

Page 38: ...i Volume is page 402 If you frequently need to adjust the settings of this page remember this page number Then no matter where you are you can press JUMP 4 0 2 and ENTER to jump instantly to that page 1 Press JUMP 2 Enter the three digit page number 3 Press ENTER and you will jump to the specified page While you are becoming familiar with the SY77 it will probably be easier for you to select the d...

Page 39: ... forth between the two pages Each time you jump the mark is shifted to the page you jumped from If you return to that page by moving through the modes and job directories in the usual way you will find that it is marked by the inverted page number and triangle Note The two pages used in this example are located in two different modes Whenever you leave multi edit or voice edit mode after modifying...

Page 40: ...lowing 1 1 keys data entry wheel data entry slider or the numeric key pad The method you use will depend on how you want to modify the data 1 1 no yes If you want to decrease or increase the existing data value one step at a time use the 1 1 keys Each time you press the 1 or 1 key the data will decrease or increase one step This method allows you to move in precise steps but can take a long time w...

Page 41: ...nge of that value for example maximum minimum or about 90 of maximum use the data entry slider When you move the slider the data value is imme diately changed to correspond to the position of the slider The range of the slider will match the range of the parameter value For example if the parameter being modified has a value range of 0 127 pulling the slider fully towards you will set a value of 0...

Page 42: ...ould press 1 8 ENTER If the data value has a three place range such as 0 127 there is no need to add a zero in front In most displays the first digit you enter from the numeric key pad will be dis played blinking with an asterisk after it When you enter the second digit the number will be finalized How to enter character data You will sometimes need to enter character data to specify a voice name ...

Page 43: ...F3 Lowr to select uppercase or lowercase letters Notice that below the 0 key are printed the characters A B and C Press the 0 key and the numeral 0 will appear Press it again for the character A again for B and again for C Press it once more and 0 will reappear In this way each time you press a key the character indicated by the cursor will alternate through the alphabetical characters printed bel...

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Page 45: ...unction with Multi mode you can create songs of up to 16 independent parts 33 Contents of this section page How the sequencer controls the tone generator 34 Set up a multi 36 Create rhythm patterns 38 Place the patterns in the pattern track 40 Realtime recording 42 Punch in recording 44 Song editing 46 Using a song edit job 48 Saving your sequence to disk 50 ...

Page 46: ...ll playback data to the SY77 s tone generator and also transmit it from MIDI OUT The tone generator will produce sound in response to data from the sequencer and also from MIDI IN How the sequencer controls the tone generator Depending on whether the SONG or the PATTERN button was last pressed the sequencer will record and playback data either in Song mode or in Pattern mode Depending on whether t...

Page 47: ...aking settings for volume pan etc for each channel 2 Enter Pattern mode and create several rhythm patterns 3 Enter Song mode and place these patterns in track 16 the pattern track 4 Record one or more tracks in realtime 5 Punch in on a section of the track to fix a mistake 6 Use song edit mode to correct and insert individual data events 7 Use a song edit job to transpose specified measures 8 Save...

Page 48: ...ess EXIT to return to the Multi Edit job directory Select the voice for each channel of the multi Press F1 01 to get the following display or JUMP 401 Specify the voice that will be played by each channel 1 16 of the multi by moving the cursor and using the MEMORY BANK and the memory select buttons 1 16 It is not possible for an Internal multi to use Card voices nor is it possible for a Card multi...

Page 49: ... simple we will leave the rest of the multi settings at their mode initial values After completing this tutorial you can read about Multi edit in the Reference section to learn more about a multi Save the newly created multi From the Multi Edit job directory press EXIT Since you have modified the data the top line of the display will blink Auto store multi Press F8 Go and the multi will be stored ...

Page 50: ...he keyboard to locate the rhythm sounds you will be using Our first pattern will be a simple rhythm backing of bass drum snare and hi hat Press RUN and pattern recording will begin Keep time to the click and play the bass drum part the C1 key for one measure The pattern will continue to repeat from beginning to end and you can hear the bass drum pattern just recorded Next play the snare notes C 2 ...

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Page 52: ... Although is is possible to input all 32 parts the four measure chain 8 times it is more efficient to use repeat marks To do this we will input data for each part as follows Part 001 II Part 002 01 Part 003 01 Part 004 01 Part 005 02 Part 006 II 7 Input the data for each part Move the cursor to the right and press F2 II to enter a repeat begin mark for part 001 then press ENTER The Part display wi...

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Page 54: ...the default settings track 1 of the sequencer will transmit its data on channel 1 Since in this example you have selected a piano voice for channel 1 of the multi you will hear the piano voice when you play the keyboard To begin recording press RUN The RUN LED will light red and after a two measure countdown recording will begin Play the keyboard As you record the Measure display will advance to s...

Page 55: ...ices Multi ch no Voice no Voice name 1 2 P1 A01 P1 A10 GrandPiano Wood Bass 3 P1 A11 ChamberStr 16 P2 D15 Drum 1 With the initial settings of the sequencer tracks 1 16 will transmit their data on channels 1 16 this can be changed and be received by channels 1 16 this cannot be changed of the multi If you are following this example record the piano on track 1 bass on track 2 and strings on track 3 ...

Page 56: ... The following diagram shows the result of punch in recording Specify the area of measures to re record In this example we will assume that you wish to re record measures 15 and 16 of track 2 1 Press SONG to enter song play mode 2 Press RECORD to enter song record mode 3 Press F3 Pnch to select punch in recording 4 Press the memory select button 2 to select track 2 for recording 5 Specify From Mea...

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Page 58: ...ay will appear In this mode you can view and edit data in numerical form With the cursor located at the measure number use the dial or the 1 1 keys to move through the data in the track The lower part of the display will show the location measure beat clock and parameters of each data event When you find the data you wish to modify in this example the mistaken note F3 move the cursor to Note and p...

Page 59: ...ts on a keyboard diagram Press F7 Grph to enter Graph mode The following display will appear A horizontal line will be displayed with dots indicating the position of note data in the measure To select the measure place the cursor on the measure number and use the dial or 1 1 keys To move through the data note by note place the cursor on the same row as the downward pointing arrow and use the dial ...

Page 60: ...c entire measures In this example we will use a song edit job to transpose the notes in measures 17 32 of track 3 an octave up Select the song edit job From the song play display press F6 Job to get the Song Edit Job display Press F5 05 to select the 05 Transps transpose job Set parameters and execute the job Now we will specify the track to be affected the area of measures and the amount by which...

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Page 62: ...ver before been used to store SY77 data you must format it Formatting the disk will erase all the data on the disk Be careful not to accidentally format a disk which contains valuable data If the currently inserted disk has already been formatted skip to the next step To format the disk select 03 Format Disk JUMP 818 The following dis play will appear To execute the formatting operation press F8 G...

Page 63: ... Clr to clear the currently entered name Then specify a filename us ing the numeric keypad to enter characters Each time you press one of the numeric keys the LCD will cycle through the numeral printed on the numeric key and the three alphabetical characters printed below it Press F2 Uppr to switch to upper case characters Press F3 Lowr to switch to lower case characters After you have entered a n...

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Page 65: ...s you become more experienced you will find that creating voices is enjoyable and rewarding Contents of this section page What is a voice 54 What is an AWM element 56 The basics of FM synthesis 58 What is an AFM element 60 The process of voice editing 62 How voice edit mode is organized 64 Simple editing reverb Effect 66 Simple editing tone Filter 68 Simple editing vibrato LFO 70 Simple editing us...

Page 66: ...M AWM 61 AWM waves A normal voice uses one two or four elements Voices created using modes 1 10 consist of Common data that affects all ele ments and Element data for one two or four elements Common data includes a complete set of Effect data for the four DSP units Controller data such as pitch bend and aftertouch assignments and Other data such as microtuning table selection random pitch fluctuat...

Page 67: ...rd so that each key will produce a different percussive sound For example a bass drum might be assigned to C3 a snare to C 3 and a cymbal to D3 Drum voices may be played from the keyboard in real time or recorded from the keyboard into a sequencer track Details of how to edit drum voices are given at the end of this section Note AWM wave Static pan select setting OUTPUT 1 C1 C 1 C5 96 BD 4 15 103 ...

Page 68: ...e controlled Many different ways to control sound All interesting sounds are constantly changing For instruments such as piano the tone and volume of each note changes in a predictable way over time For other instruments such as violin the volume tone or pitch can be continuously and freely modified by the musician The SY77 provides several ways to control various aspects of the sound l Envelope G...

Page 69: ... different waveforms in internal ROM and an optional waveform card can be inserted into the WAVEFORM slot to pro vide additional waveforms The waveform block can be controlled in various ways to modify the pitch of the sound The pitch EG can be used to give each note a fixed pattern of pitch change and this pitch change can also be affected by the note number or by key velocity Vibrato pitch modul...

Page 70: ... with very complicated make a complex harmonic structure can be simply and economically created and controlled in waveform many different musically useful ways In FM synthesis one waveform is used to modulate another waveform Even if the two original waveforms are simple the result can be a complex and interesting sound In the following diagram the upper oscillator is called the Modulator and the ...

Page 71: ...perators 1 3 and 5 the carriers On the other hand algorithm 6 has only one carrier operators 4 5 and 6 are all modulating operator 3 which is modulating operator 2 which is modulating operator 1 Algorithm 42 Algorithm 6 How to change the tone of an FM sound We have learned that the output level of a modulator operator determines how complex or bright the resulting sound will be This means that cha...

Page 72: ...elated and how they can be controlled Many different ways to control sound As explained in the previous section What is an AWM element an AFM element can be controlled in various ways using EG note number key velocity LFO and controllers The FM block determines The basic sound of each AFM element is produced by six FM operators pitch tone and volume arranged in an algorithm The FM block can be con...

Page 73: ...odulate an FM operator This is one of the most significant features of the SY77 s tone generation system The filter block can be controlled in various ways to modify the tone of the sound Each note can be given a fixed pattern of tonal change by using the filter EG and this can be also affected by the note number or key velocity Wah wah filter modulation can be created using the LFO and wah wah de...

Page 74: ...s EDIT to edit it The upper left of the LCD will show VOICE EDIT If Mode at the lower left is not displayed in inverse press F1 to get the following display Original data unchanged Notice that a small square is displayed at the left of the voice number This indicates that the voice has not yet been edited Press 1 1 to modify the voice mode parameter For now don t worry about what this parameter ac...

Page 75: ...which the edited data will be stored Storing data will overwrite the data that previously occupied that memory so if you do not want to overwrite the original data use INTERNAL or CARD to specify the voice memory select a bank A D and select the voice memory 1 16 in which you want to store your newly edited voice Procedure When you exit editing mode and LCD blinks AUTO STORE VOICE Specify the memo...

Page 76: ... Element dynamic pan 7 Output select 8 Random pitch 9 Portamento 10 Effect set 11 Micro tuning set 12 Controller set 13 Voice name 15 Initialize voice 16 Recall voice AFM element edit AWM element edit job directory OR job directory 1 Algorithm 1 AWM waveform set 2 Oscillator 2 AWM EG 3 AFM EG 3 AWM output 4 AFM operator output 4 AWM sensitivity 5 AFM sensitivity 5 AWM LFO 6 AFM LFO 6 AWM pitch EG ...

Page 77: ...ob 03 Use the cursor keys or press 0 then 3 on the numeric key pad to move the inverse cursor to 03 NtShift Then press ENTER and you will enter the Element Note Shift job To return to the job directory press EXIT You can use the PAGE keys to move to other jobs in the same direc tory For example from the note shift job pressing would take you to job 02 Element Detune and pressing would take you to ...

Page 78: ...ppear First we will be selecting the Effect Mode Press F1 to select 01 Effect Mode Select one of three effect The SY77 contains four DSP effects two modulation type effects Mod1 and modes Mod2 and two reverb type effects Rev1 and Rev2 The Effect Mode deter mines how these four effects are connected There are three ways of connecting the effects modes 1 2 and 3 Mode 0 bypasses the effect units Use ...

Page 79: ...tice the feeling of spacious ambience as if the instru ment were being played in a large reverberant hall If the effect is not noticeable move the cursor to Effect Balance or Output Level and set a higher value To adjust the parameters of the reverb effect press F2 Parm Move the cursor to Reverb Time and experiment with various settings Higher settings will make the reverb longer You can experimen...

Page 80: ...ntly One filter is fixed as a Low Pass Filter LPF The other filter can be used either as a LPF or as a High Pass Filter HPF i e a filter that allows only high frequencies to pass resulting in a thin ner tone Turn off unwanted elements Each normal voice consists of one two or four elements and each element has its own set of two filters If the voice you are editing contains two or four ele ments yo...

Page 81: ...locity Key velocity can be used to affect the amount of tonal change produced by each filter EG For example strongly played notes can be made to have a greater change in tone LFO Wah wah cyclical tone change occurs when the LFO is applied to the filter block Controllers A specified controller such as modulation wheel or foot con troller can be used to adjust the depth of the wah wah Filter Modulat...

Page 82: ...elect job 05 LFO If element 1 is AFM select job 06 LFO and press F1 to select the Main LFO The Main LFOs of AWM and AFM elements are the same AFM elements have a Sub LFO which we will not be using in this example Increase the P Mod Depth setting Pitch Modulation Depth while playing a note and you will hear vibrato If you do not hear any change when you increase the LFO P Mod Depth you may need to ...

Page 83: ...1 job directory and select 05 Sensitv sensitivity PModSens pitch modulation sensitivity is adjustable independently for each operator over a range of 0 7 To create normal vibrato all operators must be pitch modulated equally by the LFO Increase the PModSens equally for all operators If the LFO affects the pitch of some operators more than others the harmoic structure of the sound will cycliclly ch...

Page 84: ...ch bend range In the voice edit job directory press F2 to get the Common data job directory and select 12 Cntrllr controller In this example press F2 Mod to get the LFO modulation controller assignment job Move the cursor to the Pitch row Set Depth to its maximum value of 127 and set 001 Modulation With this setting the MODULATION 1 wheel will regulate the depth of pitch modulation over its full r...

Page 85: ...y and move the PITCH wheel up and down to hear how the the pitch is affected Next move the cursor to After Touch Pitch Bend and try out both positive and negative settings while playing a note and then varying the pressure on the keyboard F3 Pan allows you to set make controller assignments for pan and F4 Othr for various other parameters Except for pitch bend a different controller can be freely ...

Page 86: ...ill be adjusting only R1 rate 1 to change the attack of the sound AWM element EGs are slightly different from AFM element EGs If you are editing an AWM element continue to the next section Adjusting the attack of an AWM element If you are editing an AFM element skip to the last section Adjusting the attack of an AFM element Adjusting the attack of an For an AWM element the amplifier block EG deter...

Page 87: ...s press F8 Alg to get a graphic display of the algorithm The operators in the bottom row are acting as carriers Move the cursor to R1 rate 1 of the carrier operator s and decrease the value while repeatedly playing notes Notice that as R1 decreases the attack be comes slower Depending on how the modulator operators are being used it may be neces sary to decrease R1 for modulator operators as well ...

Page 88: ...edited voice When you have finished entering the voice name press the mode select key VOICE to exit to the voice edit Common job directory and press EXIT once again to exit voice edit mode Since the voice data has been edited the top line of the display will blink AUTO STORE VOICE Note Voices which use voice mode 3 4AFM mono 8 4AWM poly and 10 2AFM 2AWM occupy extra memory and can be stored only i...

Page 89: ... F8 Go and the bottom line will ask Are you sure Yes or No If you are sure you want to store the edited voice press 1 YES and the bottom line of the LCD will show Store completed If you decide not to store press 1 NO and the bottom line of the LCD will show Store cancelled You will then return to voice play mode 77 ...

Page 90: ... job directory As when editing a normal voice a drum voice allows you to set the overall volume of the voice 01 Voice volume make settings for the DSP effect units 03 Effect Set specify the controller which will regulate the volume of the voice 04 Controller Set and assign a name 05 Drum Set Name A drum voice differs from other voices mainly in the second parameter job 02 Wave Data Set From the vo...

Page 91: ... closed and open sounds at the same time and this is the reason that we set these two waves to Alternate On When two or more waves are set to alternate On the last played wave will take priority and the previously played wave will be turned off Other wave data settings Name and store your new drum voice The volume of each note is adjusted by Level The tuning of each note is adjusted in half steps ...

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Page 95: ...l Select voices from preset internal or card memory l View a directory of the 16 voices in the currently selected bank of internal card or preset memory l Copy the currently selected voice to any internal or card memory l View the controller assignments for the currently selected voice l Send a program change to an external device 83 ...

Page 96: ...llowing section Voice directory Refer to the following section Controller view To select a voice use the following procedure The voice will not actually change until you specify the voice number 1 16 If you want to play a different voice in the same bank simply specify a different number 1 16 1 Select the voice memory INTERNAL CARD only if a card is inserted into the DATA slot PRESET 1 or PRESET 2...

Page 97: ...ller view JUMP 102 Summary This function allows you to view the controller assignments for the voice as a re minder of how the voice can be controlled Procedure From voice play JUMP 100 Select F7 Ctrl JUMP 102 To quit and return to voice play mode press EXIT Parameter The left side of each column displays the parameter which is being controlled The actual effect that a controller will have on the ...

Page 98: ...ss EXIT 1 Use the numeric key pad to enter a one two or three digit number 1 128 2 Press ENTER and a program change message of the specified number will be transmitted on the Kyb Trans Ch keyboard transmit channel specified in MIDI Utility job 1 Channel set JUMP 807 The LCD will show the trans mitted number e g Completed PC No 128 If you enter a number below 1 it will be transmitted as 1 If you en...

Page 99: ...MODE VOICE EDIT MODE This section explains the details of all Voice Edit parameters Contents of this section Page Voice mode select 91 Common data 92 AFM element data 116 AWM element data 138 Drum set data 149 87 ...

Page 100: ...note limit 5 Element velocity limit 6 Element dynamic pan 7 Output select 8 Random pitch 9 Portamento 10 Effect set 11 Micro tuning set 12 Controller set 13 Voice name 15 Initialize voice 16 Recall voice AFM element edit job directory OR 1 Algorithm 2 Oscillator 3 AFM EG 4 AFM operator output 5 AFM sensitivity 6 AFM LFO 7 AFM pitch EG 8 AFM filter AWM element edit job directory 1 AWM waveform set ...

Page 101: ...e top line of the display will blink AUTO STORE VOICE Note 1 Four element voices i e voices using voice mode 3 4AFM mono 8 4AWM poly or 10 2AFM 2AWM occupy extra memory and can be stored only in bank D The AUTO STORE display for such voices will automatically show bankD and blink Use bank D in the bottom line as a reminder Voices which use other voice modes can be stored in bank D as well Note 2 W...

Page 102: ...the element is on and be darkened when the element is turned off In the following LCD element 2 has been turned off and will not be heard When editing Drum Set data the ELEMENT ON OFF buttons will have no effect When you move to the Voice Mode Select dis play the element on off settings will automatically be cancelled Element select At any time while editing the element data of a nor mal voice you...

Page 103: ...oice consists of one AFM and one AWM element 10 2AFM 2AWM The voice consists of two AFM and two AWM elements See note 11 Drum Set The voice consists of sixty one AWM samples Mono modes 1 3 Voices which use modes 1 3 are monophonic Only one note can be produced at a time If a note is played while the previous note is still sounding the previous note will be cut off Mono mode is useful when simulati...

Page 104: ...g table for each element 07 OutSel Output group select Output group for each element 08 Random Random pitch Random pitch variation for entire voice 09 Porta Portamento Portamento mode and time 10 Effect Effect set Effect set job directory 11 McrTune Micro tuning Micro tuning select for entire voice and element off on 12 Ctrllr Controller set Controller assign ments and depth for pitch bend modulat...

Page 105: ...key that was pressed Negative settings will lower Remarks If you are creating a voice that plays two or more elements for a single note slightly de tuning the elements will create a natural chorus effect giving a richer quality to the sound Element detune is intended to change the rela tive pitch of two or more elements Setting all elements to the same detune value will not be useful nor will this...

Page 106: ...where different elements are played by different keyboard areas For example Note This note limit setting will be ignored if the voicemodeismono voicemode 1 1AFM mono 2 2AFMmono and3 4AFMmono in a two element voice where element 1 is a bass sound and element 2 is a piano sound set element 1 to Low C1 and High B2 and set ele ment 2 to Low C3 and High C5 With these settings notes below middle C will ...

Page 107: ...amic Pan data used by each element The selected dynamic pan data will determine how the stereo position of the element will change over time Procedure From Voice Common job JUMP 201 directory Select job 06 ElemPan JUMP 207 Specify the Dynamic Pan data used by each element Dynamic Pan Select I1 32 C1 32 P1 64 This specifies the dynamic pan data that will move the stereo position of this element ove...

Page 108: ...arrowly betweenRL start at C then move between RL start at C then move quickly between RL pause at C then move slowly between RL pause at C then move between RL pause at C then move quickly between RL start at C then move slowly between LR start at C then move slowly and narrowly betweenLR start at C then move between LR start at C then move quickly between LR pause at C then move slowly between L...

Page 109: ...n source Summary This determines how the dynamic pan ning will be affected either by Velocity or Note Number or LFO Procedure From Dynamic Pan Edit job directory Select 01 Pan Source Specify the pan source and depth Pan Source Velocity Key Note Number LFO Select the control source which will affect dynamic panning When velocity is selected the playing strength of each note will affect panning When...

Page 110: ...els 1 2 determine the panning direction and distance of the pan EG Negative settings move left and positive settings move right Refer to the following diagram SLP Loop Point S1 S4 This specifies the segment from which the EG will continue looping if a key remains depressed after the EG has come to the end Refer to the following diagram When you press a key the sound will be output at the pan posit...

Page 111: ...utput group for each element Procedure From voice common job directory JUMP 201 Select job 07 OutSel JUMP 208 Specify the output group for each element Element 1 4 off grp1 grp2 both Each of the elements in a voice is independently panned by a dynamic pan memory and the stereo signal for each element is sent to the DSP effect units via Output Group 1 and or 2 The selected Output Group s will deter...

Page 112: ...y legato Full Time portamento Portamento is applied between all notes Portamento Time 0 127 This determines the time of the pitch glide between notes Higher settings result in a longer slower glide Remarks If you do not want portamento set Portamento Time to 0 so that the pitch change between notes is instantaneous As noted in the display portamento applies only to AFM elements It will have no eff...

Page 113: ...through the effect units as shown in the following diagram Stereo Mix 1 off on When this is turned on the unprocessed sound from group 1 will be added to the processed sound sent from output group 1 Stereo Mix 2 off on When this is turned on the unprocessed sound from group 2 will be added to the processed sound sent from output group 2 If effect mode 3 is selected the Stereo Mix 2 cannot be set T...

Page 114: ... level This explanation also applies to modulation effect 2 Procedure From Effect Set job directory JUMP 211 Select 02 Modulation Effect 1 Set Press F1 Data JUMP 213 Specify the effect type effect balance and output level Effect Type Four types of effect can be selected for the modulation effect unit Refer to the list of modulation type effects in the following section 10 2 F2 EffectBalance 0 100 ...

Page 115: ...2 15 ms Feed Back Gain 0 99 3 Symphonic Modulation Frequency 0 2 20 Hz Modulation Depth 0 100 4 Tremolo Modulation Frequency 0 2 20 Hz Modulation Depth 0 100 Phase 8 8 Modulation effect parameters The parameters of the modulation effects are explained below in alphabetical order Amplitude Modulation Depth The amount of tremolo i e cyclical change in volume Feedback Gain For effects with very short...

Page 116: ... Parameter settings ofF2 Parm VOICE EDIT MODE 10 4 F2 Reverb effect 1 set Parameters JUMP 218 COMMON DATA EFFECT SET Summary Set effect parameters of the effect type selected for reverb effect 1 This explanation also applies to reverb effect 2 Procedure From Effect Set job directory JUMP 211 Select 04 Modulation Effect 1 Set Press F2 Parm JUMP 218 Specify parameter settings for the selected effect...

Page 117: ...tortion Lch Dist Level 0 100 Rch Dist Level 0 100 L P F 1 25 12 KHz Thru 38 Ind Reverb Lch Reverb Time 0 3 10 0 sec Rch Reverb Time 0 3 10 0 sec High Control 0 1 1 0 39 Ind Delay Reverb Lch Delay Time 0 1 152 ms Lch Feedback Gain 0 99 Rch Reverb Time 0 3 10 0 sec 16 Early Reflection 17 Gate Reverb 18 Reverse Gate Room Size 0 5 3 2 L P F 1 25 12 KHz Thru Initial Delay 0 1 50 ms 19 Feedback Early Re...

Page 118: ...ost or cut at 800 Hz Mid Gain the amount of boost or cut at 1260 Hz Pre Delay Time the time delay before reverb will begin Rch Brilliance the overall brightness of the right channel Rch Delay Time the delay between repeated echoes in the right channel Rch Dist Level the amount of distortion for the right channel Rch Feedback Gain the volume ratio of each successive right channel echo Rch Reverb Ti...

Page 119: ...ch key has a unique character 51 Kirnberger Johan Philipp Kimberber was also concerned with tempering the scale to allow performances in any key 52 Vallotti Young Francescantonio Vallotti and Thomas Young both mid 1700s devised this adjustment to the Pythagorean tuning in which the first six fifths are lower by the same amount 53 1 4 shifted equal This is the normal equal tempered scale shifted up...

Page 120: ...cter name to the micro tuning data See 11 2 Micro Tuning Name Pressing F1 or F2 will select the corresponding job COMMON DATA MICRO TUNING SET 11 0 1 Copy micro tuning Summary This function copies micro tuning data from another memory into an Internal micro tun ing memory Procedure When editing micro tuning data JUMP 223 224 Press COPY to get the following display Select the micro tuning copy sour...

Page 121: ...F2 K Up will move to the previous or next note You can also play a note on the keyboard to select a note at any time Remarks First use F1 K Dn and F2 K Up to select the note whose tuning you want to edit You can also use the SY77 keyboard to select the note The currently edited note will appear in the center of the display with the previous note shown at left and the next note shown at right Next ...

Page 122: ...Depth 0 127 This setting determines the range over which the specified device will add vibrato pitch modulation For a setting of 127 the selected controller will be able to add the maximum amount of vibrato For a setting of 0 the selected controller will not be able to add vibrato Amplitude Modulation Depth 0 127 This setting determines the range over which the specified device will add tremolo am...

Page 123: ...ontrol number 013 Non assigned An optional foot switch connected to the rear panel FOOT SWITCH jack initially set to transmit control number 065 Portamento Switch MIDI controllers The specified MIDI Ctrl No Device applies both to the built in controllers of the SY77 and to incoming MIDI control data received at MIDI IN For example if you have specified that Amplitude Modulation Depth be regulated ...

Page 124: ...Controller set Other JUMP 228 Summary Specify controller devices that will regu late the volume the EG bias and the Cutoff Frequency of the filters in each element of the voice Procedure From Voice Common job JUMP 201 directory Select job 12 Ctrllr Press F4 Othr JUMP 228 Specify the controller and depth for each parameter VolLowLimit Volume Low Limit 0 127 This determines the lowest volume that ca...

Page 125: ...epth will be used only at the instant the note is played i e after playing a note you can move the controller without affecting the sound This can be used to give different filter cutoffs to individual notes as you play them COMMON DATA 13 Voice name JUMP 229 Summary Specify a ten character name for the voice being edited In voice play mode this voice name will be displayed in large characters Pro...

Page 126: ...nt Note Limit Low Limit C 2 all elements High Limit G8 all elements 05 Element Velocity Limit Low Limit 1 High Limit 127 06 Element Dynamic Pan Element Preset 1 01 Center all elements Pan Source velocity Source Depth 0 Pan EG HT 0 R1 RR2 63 L0 RL2 0 SLP S1 07 Output Select Output Group Both all elements 08 Random Pitch Random Pitch Depth 0 09 Portamento Mode Follow poly Fingered mono Speed 0 10 Ef...

Page 127: ... without storing the edited voice data will be lost In such cases you can use this function to recall the previously edited voice data into the editing buffer If you are sure you want to recall press YES and the previously edited voice data will be recalled into the editing buffer If you decide not to recall press NO This function recalls all voice data element data as well as common data The same...

Page 128: ...phic display F2 Make operator EG settings for all operators 04 0utput AFM operator output F1 The output level of each operator can be made to vary across the keyboard F2 The output level of each operator can be set 05 Sensitv AFM sensitivity The output level and frequency of each operator can be affected by key on velocity or the LFO and the EG rates of each operator can also be affected by key on...

Page 129: ...diting all operators you turned off will be turned back on AFM ELEMENT DATA AFM algorithm JUMP 234 Summary You can view a graphic display of the current algorithm at any time while editing an AFM element and select a different algorithm if you wish Since the algorithm determines how each operator functions you should always be aware of the algorithm when editing AFM operator data Procedure From an...

Page 130: ... Summary While editing the parameters for oper ator EG or Output you can copy EG and Output data from one operator to another Procedure From AFM element job 3 or 4 JUMP 236 242 Press COPY Select the data type source operator and destination operator To execute the copy operation press F8 Go Data Type Select one of the following types of data to be copied EG OUTPUT Envelope generator output level a...

Page 131: ...section 1 3 Algorithm Input If both inputs of an operator are already used by the algorithm connection will be dis played If both inputs are already used because of a feedback assignment use will be dis played If the algorithm has a fixed feedback loop the feedback destination operator will be displayed in uppercase characters e g IN1 The cursor cannot be moved to the Dst setting for such operator...

Page 132: ...f in1 in2 If the voice contains both AFM and AWM elements ie if the voice mode is either 9 1AFM 1AWM or 10 2AFM 2AWM an AWM waveform can be received at any free operator input to modulate the operator For voice mode 9 1AFM 1AWM the wave form of AWM element 2 will be used to modu late AFM element 1 For voice mode Remarks Noise modulation makes it possible to create sounds that were difficult for pr...

Page 133: ...erator By moving the cursor to coarse or fine you can adjust the pitch in large steps or in small steps When the Freq Mode is set to fixed the range is 0 Hz 9762 Hz When the Freq Mode is set to ratio the range is 0 5 61 69 In ratio mode with a Coarse Fine setting of 1 0 the A3 key will produce the standard pitch of 440 Hz Detune 15 15 The pitch of each operator can be adjusted in fine steps of 1 1...

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Page 135: ... envelope parameters for the selected operator The number of the currently selected operator is displayed To move to another operator use the OPERATOR SELECT buttons OP1 OP6 This indicates the time range of the EG graphic display A range of x1 shows the shortest time and gives the greatest detail To change the range hold SHIFT and press F1 F6 x1 x2 x5 x10 x20 x50 This indicates the segment from wh...

Page 136: ...e level of L0 When the specified hold time HT has elapsed the level will change at the rate of R1 to level L1 When the level reaches L1 it will change at the rate of R2 to the level of L2 When the level reaches L2 it will change at the rate of R3 to the level of L3 When the level reaches L3 it will change at the rate of R4 to the level of L4 When the level reaches L4 the EG will begin looping from...

Page 137: ...nt S1 S4 This specifies the segment from which the EG will continue looping if a key remains depressed after the EG has arrived at level L4 R1 R2 KeyOff Rates 0 63 These determine the speed with which the operator EG will change levels after a key is released L1 L2 KeyOff Levels 0 63 These determine the levels to which the operator EG will change after a key is released The meaning of these EG par...

Page 138: ...r note settings must be in ascending order It is not possible to set a break point to a note lower or higher than the note set tings of the neighboring break points The following diagram shows how the oper ator output level would be adjusted across the keyboard for the settings shown in the above LCD Each offset is added to the overall operator out put level of 80 For example the offset at break p...

Page 139: ...t be affected by key on velocity AModSens 0 7 Amplitude Modulation Sensitivity determines how greatly the output level of each operator will be affected by Ampli tude Modulation from the LFO PModSens 0 7 Pitch Modulation Sensitivity determines how greatly the pitch of each oper ator will be affected by Pitch Modulation from the LFO Pressing F1 KVS F2 Rate F3 AMS or F4 PMS will move the cursor to V...

Page 140: ... Refer to 5 AFM sensitivity P Mod Depth 0 127 Pitch Modulation Depth determines how much the LFO will affect the pitch of the operators For this setting to have an effect the PModSens pitch modulation sensitivity of an operator must be set above 0 Refer to 5 AFM sensitivity F Mod Depth 0 127 Filter Modulation Depth determines how much the LFO will affect the cutoff frequency of the filter For this...

Page 141: ...for an operator it will not be affected by the pitch EG Rate Scaling 7 7 Pitch EG Rate Scaling determines how pitch EG rates will change according to the note played When this is set to 1 7 the pitch EG will be faster for higher notes When this is set to 1 7 the pitch EG will be slower for higher notes When this is set to 0 the pitch EG will be the same rate for all notes Velocity Sw off on When t...

Page 142: ...ch EG range is 1 octave the graphic display will cover approximately 0 5 seconds at x1 and approximately 5 seconds at x50 The pitch EG is graphically displayed R1 R3 RR1 0 63 Keyon Rates 1 3 and the Release Rate determine the speed of the pitch EG Higher settings result in faster change A rate of 63 will make the pitch jump instantly to the next level L0 L3 RL 64 63 Keyon Levels 0 3 and the Releas...

Page 143: ...249 8 2 Cutoff Scaling JUMP 250 8 3 CutoffEG JUMP 252 255 Press COPY Select the copy direction 1 2 or 2 1 To execute the copy operation press P8 Go To quit without copying press EXIT Specify whether to copy the data from filter 1 to filter 2 1 2 or from filter 2 to filter 1 2 1 Press F8 Go and the data will be copied If you decide not to copy the data press EXIT to exit without copying The filter ...

Page 144: ... JUMP 228 Negative set tings will reverse the effect of the assigned controller By setting filter 1 to HPF and filter 2 to LPF you can create a Band Pass Filter that passes only a central band of frequencies Each of the SY77 s filters has a slope of 12 dB octave This means that if the cutoff frequency of a LPF is 1 kHz frequencies at 2 kHz will be reduced by 12 dB and frequencies at 4 kHz will be ...

Page 145: ...r EG as explained in the following section 8 3 Filter EG If Velocity Sense is set to a value other than 0 key velocity will shift the overall offset of the EG The posi tion of the controllers assigned to Filter Modu lation Depth and Filter Cutoff Depth will be sampled at the beginning of the note key on but will have no effect during the note Ctrl EG VA When Ctrl is set to EG VA EG voice attack th...

Page 146: ...following diagram shows how the filter cutoff frequency would be adjusted across the keyboard The offset at each break point is added to the cutoff frequency of 80 For example the offset at break point 1 El is 4 so the resulting cutoff frequency at E1 is 76 The resulting cutoff frequency is limited to the range of 0 127 AFM ELEMENT DATA AFM FILTER 8 3 Cutoff EG Summary The cutoff frequency of each...

Page 147: ... cutoff frequency will change at the rate of RR1 to the level of RL1 When the level reaches RL1 it will change at the rate of RR2 to the level of RL2 Rate Scaling On most acoustic instruments high notes have a naturally shorter attack and decay This can be simulated by setting rate scaling to a positive value 1 7 The following dia gram shows how higher notes will have faster rates shorter EGs Nega...

Page 148: ...te C1 Break Point 2 Note G2 Break Point 3 Note E4 Break Point 4 Note 06 Break Point Levels 0 break points 1 4 05 Operator Sensitivity all operators Keyon Velocity Sens 0 Rate Velocity Switch off AMS 0 PMS 3 136 06 LFO MainLFO Wave triangle Speed 35 Delay Time 0 AMD PMD FMD 0 Init Phase 0 Sub LFO Mode delay Wave triangle Speed 80 Time 0 PMD 0 07 Pitch EG Operator On Off on all operators Rate Scalin...

Page 149: ...ob JUMP 230 directory Select job 16 Recall voice To execute the recall operation press YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT Note This operation recalls all voice data not just AFM element data and is also available while editing Common data AWM Element data or Drum Set data For details refer to Voice Com mon 16 Recall 137 ...

Page 150: ...ed of attack and de cay The control signal from the AWM LFO can create vibrato tremolo or wah wah 05 LFO AWM LFO The AWM element LFO creates a cyclically changing control signal that can be used for tremolo vibrato or wah wah 06 PitchEG AWM pitch EG The pitch of each note can be made to change in a fixed way over time 07 Filter AWM filter The tone of an AWM ele ment can be made to change in a fixe...

Page 151: ...4 63 For both normal and fixed modes this adjusts the fine pitch of the waveform Pressing F1 Pre will select preset waveforms F2 Card will select card waveforms and pressing F3 AFM will select the sound from the AFM element if the voice includes an AFM element Note when using card waveforms Remember that it is not possible to use two waveform cards at once If the same Multi uses two or more AWM vo...

Page 152: ...mples especially useful when used with an AFM element Most are sampled at one point Oscillator Basic waveforms such as the sawtooth or square waves used in analog synthesizers Transients Short samples that are especially useful when used as the attack of a sound Other Various waveforms usable as sound effects or as part of other sounds Drumset Drums and other rhythm instruments These can be used n...

Page 153: ... operator EG rates to be increased or decreased depending on the key that is played For positive settings the EG rates will increase as you play higher notes resulting in shorter envelopes For negative settings the EG rates will decrease as you play higher notes resulting in longer envelopes Keyon Levels 2 3 L2 L3 0 63 These determine the levels of the AWM EG There is no L1 setting since the AWM E...

Page 154: ...l will decrease at the rate R4 but when you release the note the level will begin decreasing at me rate RR IfR4 is greater than 0 and you continue holding a note after me level reaches L3 it will decrease at the rate R4 and will move to 0 even though you continue holding the note If R4 0 and you continue holding a note after the level reaches L3 it will stay at L3 as long as you hold the note When...

Page 155: ... of 0 127 AWM ELEMENT DATA 4 AWM sensitivity 260 Summary These settings determine how the AWM element will be affected by key on velocity and by the LFO Procedure From AWM Element job JUMP 256 directory Select job 04 Sensitv JUMP 260 Specify sensitivity to velocity and modulation Velocity Sensitivity 7 7 This determines how the output level of the AWM element will be affected by key on velocity Fo...

Page 156: ...lement job JUMP 256 directory Select job 05 LFO JUMP 261 Specify the LFO parameters Wave triangle saw down saw up square sine sample hold This selects the wave shape of modulation produced by the AWM LFO The selected wave is graphically displayed in the LCD When sample hold is selected the LFO will produce a control signal whose level will change randomly at intervals of time deter mined by the Sp...

Page 157: ...e for all notes Velocity Sw off on When this is on strongly played notes will change in pitch more than softly played notes Range 1 2 oct 1 oct 2 oct This determines the maximum range of the AWM pitch EG from 1 2 octave to 2 octaves Note that the 8 octave range of the AFM pitch EG is not available for the AWM pitch EG Rate Scaling This setting determines how Pitch EG Rates the speed of pitch chang...

Page 158: ...rate of R1 to level L1 When the level reaches L1 the pitch will change at the rate of R2 to the level of L2 When the pitch reaches L2 it will change at the rate of R3 to the level of L3 and will stay at L3 as long as the key is pressed When the key is released the pitch will change at the rate of RR to the level of RL Note Even if the AWM pitch EG and the AFM pitch EG have identical Rate settings ...

Page 159: ... the values shown below If you decide not to initialize press NO This function initializes only AWM element data Other initialize functions are provided for initializing Voice Common data and AFM element data Refer to Voice Common 15 Initialize or AFM Element 15 Initialize Initialized settings for AWM Element data 01 AWM Waveform Select Waveform Preset 65 triangle wave Frequency Mode normal Fixed ...

Page 160: ... Rates 1 2 63 Rate Scaling 0 Keyon Levels 0 4 0 Keyoff Levels 1 2 0 AWM ELEMENT DATA 16 Recall voice Summary Recall all data of the previously edited voice Procedure From AWM Element job JUMP 256 directory Select job 16 Recall To execute the recall operation press YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT 148 Note This operation recalls all voice data not just AWM element data and is also ava...

Page 161: ...ning and pan for each 03 Effect Set Specify how the four DSP effect units will be connected select an effect type for each unit and make settings for each effect 04 Controller Set The overall volume of a drum set voice can be adjusted using a specified controller 05 Name Specify a ten character name for the voice being edited 07 Initialize Initialize the drum set data being edited to the basic or ...

Page 162: ...r The selected key note number will be displayed in Alternate If two or more waveforms would sound unnatural if they were played at the same time select alternate on for each of these wave forms For example it is impossible for a real drum set to sound the closed hi hat and open hi hat at the same time By selecting alternate on for the two key note numbers that play the closed hi hat and open hi h...

Page 163: ... in exactly the same way as for a normal voice For details on effect settings refer to Common Data job 10 Effect set DRUM SET DATA 4 Controller set JUMP 275 Summary The overall volume of a drum set voice can be adjusted using a specified controller Procedure From drum set job directory JUMP 272 Select 04 Controller Set JUMP 275 Specify the minimum level and controller for drum voicevolume Device M...

Page 164: ...ectory JUMP 271 Select 07 Initialize To execute the initialize operation press YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT This function sets all drum set data to the basic or minimum settings If you are creating an entirely new voice using this initialize function may be faster than resetting all the parameters by hand If you are sure you want to initialize the drum set data press YES and the ...

Page 165: ...Ba 7S VOCAL Ba 83 TEMP RA 71 BOTTLE 2 70BOTTLE1 72 BOTTLE 3 81 CUP ECHO 74 VOCAL Ga 74 VOCVAL Ga 79 TEAR 59 OH ATTACK C 59 OH ATTACK C 59 OH ATTACK D 59 OH ATTACK D 59 OH ATTACK E 59 OH ATTACK F 59 OH ATTACK F 59 OH ATTACK G 59 OH ATTACK G 59 OH ATTACK 59 OH ATTACK A 59 OH ATTACK B 59 OH ATTACK C high Note shift 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Static pan 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0 0 ...

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Page 167: ...dent synthesizers In multi play mode you can do the following things Select multis from preset internal or card memory View a directory of the 16 multis in an internal card or preset memory Copy the currently selected multi to any internal or card memory Send a program change to an external device 155 ...

Page 168: ...esizers each being con trolled on its own MIDI channel Since the keyboard of the SY77 transmits only on one MIDI channel at a time multi mode is meaningful only when you are using a sequencer either the SY77 s built in sequencer or an external MIDI sequencer to play the SY77 s tone generator 156 ...

Page 169: ...ctually change until you specify the number 1 16 If you want to play a different multi from the same multi memory simply specify a dif ferent number 1 16 1 Select the multi memory INTERNAL CARD only if a card is inserted into the DATA slot PRESET 1 or PRESET 2 The selected LED will blink 2 Select a multi 1 16 The selected LED will light and the LCD display will show the newly selected multi name M...

Page 170: ...ill be converted into internal voice numbers Send program change Summary While in multi play mode you can transmit a program change message from MIDI OUT without affecting the SY77 s own tone generator This allows you to switch a tone generator module connected to the SY77 MIDI OUT to another program without changing the SY77 s own program An identical function is available in voice play mode Proc...

Page 171: ...MULTI EDIT MODE MULTI EDIT MODE This section explains the details of all Multi Edit parameters 159 ...

Page 172: ...ontrol keys to playback sequencer song or sequencer pattern data while editing a multi It is especially helpful to play a sequencer song back while editing a multi since you will be able to hear the effect your modifications are having on each of the voices For example you can edit multi parameters to modify the mix or even edit a voice all while the song is playing 160 ...

Page 173: ...ory The multi name displayed in inverse indicates the multi memory into which the edited data will be stored 1 Use INTERNAL or CARD to specify the multi memory and select the multi memory 1 16 in which you want to store your newly edited multi 2 Press F8 Go and the bottom line will ask Are you sure Yes or No 3 If you are sure you want to store the edited multi press 1 YES and the bottom line of th...

Page 174: ...elect Summary A multi consists of sixteen voices which are controlled by MIDI channels 1 16 A differ ent voice can be selected for each of the sixteen channels in the multi Procedure From multi job directory JUMP 400 Select job 01 Voice JUMP 401 Specify the voice for each channel of the multi This displays the number and name of the multi you are editing This displays the number and name of the vo...

Page 175: ...that channel hold SHIFT and press the corresponding memory select button 1 16 once again Remarks In multi play mode the SY77 keyboard will normally play only the channel of the multi which matches the Keyboard MIDI Transmit Channel setting made in MIDI utility 1 Channel set However in multi edit mode the SY77 key board will play the voice where the cursor is located in this Voice Select job This w...

Page 176: ...fy the note shift for each channel for channels 1 8 press JUMP 406 Fl 1 8 for channels 9 16 press JUMP 407 F2 9 16 Selected Voice This displays the number and name of the voice played by the multi channel where the cursor is located Voice Note Shift 64 63 in half steps Set the note shift transposition for each voice played by the sixteen channels of the multi The note shift setting for each voice ...

Page 177: ...y will show Output drum and the drum voice data will determine which output group is used by each drum sound Refer to Drum set data 2 Wave data set JUMP 274 Holding SHIFT and pressing P1 F8 will move the cursor to voices 1 8 or to voices 9 16 depend ing on whether Fl or F2 has been pressed Selected Voice This displays the number and name of the voice played by the multi channel where the cursor is...

Page 178: ...ted through the four effect units and jobs 2 5 determine how each effect unit will process the sound Effect settings in multi mode are exactly the same as explained in voice mode For details refer to Voice common data 10 1 10 5 8 Multi name Summary The multi being edited can be given a twenty character name In multi play mode this multi name will be displayed in large characters Procedure From mul...

Page 179: ...els 05 Voice static pan Pan 0 center all channels 06 Voice output group select Output both all channels 07 Effect set same as for normal voice 08 Name multi Name INIT MULTI VOICE 16 Recall multi Summary The previously edited Multi data can be recalled for additional editing Procedure From multi job directory JUMP 400 Select job 16 Recall To execute the recall operation press YES To quit without ex...

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Page 181: ...rt These tracks can be edited in different ways and the musical data of each track can be transmitted on its own MIDI channel to play a different voice in a Multi or an external synthesizer Contents of this section page Song play 172 Song record 174 Song edit 179 Song edit jobs 185 Song setup jobs 196 Song name 199 169 ...

Page 182: ...IDI OUT allowing you to play other synthesizers or tone gener ators from the SY77 s sequencer A Multi consists of a voice selection and other settings for each of the 16 channels If you want to use a sequencer track only to play an external tone generator via MIDI OUT you must select an off voice for the corresponding channel of the multi In the diagram above sequencer track 2 is transmitting on c...

Page 183: ...uantize 02 MdfGat Modify gate time 03 MdfVel Modifyvelocity 04 Cresc Crescendo 05 Transp Transpose 06 ThinOt Thin out 07 ErEvnt Erase event 08 NtShft Note shift 09 MvClok Move clock 10 CpMeas Copy measure 11 ErMeas Erase measure 12 DelMeas Delete measure 13 CrMeas Create measure 14 MixTrk Mix track 15 ErsTrck Erase track 16 ClrSong Clear song 01 Receive Event 02 OutputChannel 03 MIDI Control 04 Ac...

Page 184: ...his set to internal so that the SY77 s own clock will determine the tempo If you are using an external MIDI sequencer and want the SY77 s sequencer to play in synchro nization with it set this to MIDI so that MIDI clock messages received at MIDI IN will deter mine the tempo Pressing F1 Mute will mute all tracks so that you will hear no sound even during playback Notes which are already sounding wh...

Page 185: ...ng to move rapidly Simultaneous note capacity The SY77 sequencer can playback up to 32 notes at once During playback any new notes which would exceed this number will be ignored Timing priority Since track 16 the pattern track will often be used to play rhythm parts highest priority is given to playing it on time Timing priority is then given to tracks 1 2 15 Song edit Any time in song play mode w...

Page 186: ...or processing it may not always be possible to continue recording until this displays 100 Quantize off 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 4 1 2 This determines the timing accuracy to which the notes you play will be corrected When quantization is turned off the notes you play will be recorded at the exact timing they occur When a quantization of 1 32 1 2 is selected all notes you play will be moved to the ...

Page 187: ...e song name From Meas 001 999 To Meas 001 999 If F3 Pnch has been pressed to select punch in recording you will be able to specify the range of measures over which recording will take place Recording procedure 1 If necessary specify the measure at which recording will begin and modify the settings for time tempo quantize receive channel click click beat and sync 2 Specify the recording mode realti...

Page 188: ...rding and return to the song play display press STOP Measure 001 999 As you record this will advance to show the number of the measure cur rently being recorded 30 250 While recording you can move the cursor here to moony the tempo Used 0 100 As you record this will in crease to show the amount of sequencer memory that has been used From Measure 001 999 When the beginning of this measure is reache...

Page 189: ...eing displayed The measure bar represents one measure and vertical divisions represent one beat A dot will be displayed on the bar to indicate a 32nd note area which contains data As you move backward or forward through the data in time an arrow pointing downward will move in 32nd note steps to indicate the current position in the measure If the currently selected 32nd note area contains data the ...

Page 190: ...nd forth in the track and enter notes wherever you like When you come to note data it will be displayed on the keyboard dia gram below and sounded on the synthesizer To stop recording When you are finished recording the song press STOP You will return to the song play display where you can press RUN and hear the song you just recorded Recording procedure Enter notes Each time you press and release...

Page 191: ...with dots indicating the position of note data in the measure A keyboard diagram below will indicate the notes at the currently selected 32nd note area For details refer to the following section Song edit graphic mode Song data editing tracks 1 15 To select data editing when a track 1 15 is selected press F8 Data The display will show the type and numerical values for each event Data editing is di...

Page 192: ...n use l l or the dial to move backwards and forwards through the data in time If the current measure is longer than four quarter notes e g a time signature of 10 8 a number will be dis played here to indicate the section of the mea sure now being displayed The horizontal line represents one measure and vertical divisions represent one beat A dot will be displayed on the bar to indicate a 32nd note...

Page 193: ...e of 10 8 a number will be displayed here to indicate the section of the measure now being displayed The measure bar represents one measure and vertical divisions represent one beat A dot will be displayed on the bar to indicate a 32nd note area which contains data As you move backward or forward through the data in time an arrow pointing downward will move in 32nd note steps to indicate the curre...

Page 194: ...lue 10 200 When playback reaches relative tempo data the playback tempo will change by the specified per centage Relative tempo data will have an effect only if the SY77 sequencer is synchronized to its own internal clock Refer to Song Setup job 2 MIDI Control SONG EDIT Chain pattern Summary Track 16 of the sequencer contains pat tern numbers and repeat data Chain pattern allows you to arrange the...

Page 195: ...will repeat pattern 01 for 200 times Repeat marks can be nested if desired For example the data in the diagram below will play parts as follows 05 12 05 12 05 12 07 x 3 1 Specify the data you wish to search for To search for a specific pattern press F1 Ptn and specify the number 1 99 for which you are searching To search for the next begin repeat mark press F2 To search for the next end repeat mar...

Page 196: ...ress ENTER To cancel without inserting press EXIT When a part is inserted the following parts will be moved to make room for it For example if you have specified Insert Part 003 the contents of track 16 will change as follows 1 Specify the number of the part to be deleted 2 To delete the specified part press ENTER To cancel without deleting press EXIT When a part is deleted the following parts wil...

Page 197: ...ed mea sures of the selected track to create an effect of crescendo or diminuendo 05 Transps Transpose Transpose all notes in specified measures of the track by a specified interval 06 ThinOut Thin out Conserve sequencer memory by deleting approximately every other occurrence of a specified type of con tinuous controller from specified measures of the track 07 ErsEvnt Erase event Erase all data of...

Page 198: ...r or not the gate time duration of the note should be quantized If you set this on the gate time of each note will also be adjusted to the nearest quantize value you specify Quantize The following diagram shows how a track recorded in realtime and played with inaccurate timing would change as a result of quantized at 1 04 and at 1 08 Gate time The following diagram shows how the Gate Time setting ...

Page 199: ...ltiply each gate time by the same percentage then leave offset at 0 so it will have no effect If the resulting gate time is 0 the note may be inaudible The gate time is always a multiple of 4 SONG EDIT JOBS 3 Modify velocity JUMP Summary This operation modifies the note on velocity values for all note events in specified measures of the selected track Procedure From song edit job directory JUMP 60...

Page 200: ... over which you wish to create a crescendo and specify the range To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Top Measure 001 999 Specify the first mea sure to be affected Last Measure 001 999 Specify the last measure to be affected Range 99 99 Starting at the beginning of the first measure you specify note on velocity will gradually be modified until the increase or d...

Page 201: ...e From song edit job directory JUMP 600 Select 06 ThinOut JUMP 606 Specify the area of track measures which you wish to thin out and specify the type of data to be thinned out To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Top Measure 001 999 Specify the first mea sure to be affected Last Measure 001 999 Specify the last measure to be affected After Touch on off When thi...

Page 202: ...ary This operation shifts all notes of a specified note number to another note number Procedure From song edit job directory JUMP 600 Select 08 NtShift JUMP 608 Specify the area of track measures for which you shift notes and specify the original and new note numbers To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Top Measure 001 999 Specify the first mea sure to be affec...

Page 203: ...s are actually simultaneous In such cases you can use move clock to move the strings track earlier in time so that the string voices begin playing a bit before than the other voices giving the impression of perfect timing SONG EDIT JOBS 10 Copy measure JUMP 510 Summary This operation copies a specified range of measures in the track to another location in any number oftracks Procedure From song ed...

Page 204: ...sures empty Procedure From song edit job directory JUMP 600 Select 11 ErsMeas JUMP 611 Specify the area of track measures which you wish to erase To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Area 001 999 The measures beginning with the specified Top Measure and ending with the specified Last Measure will be erased using the Erase Measure operation with set tings of Are...

Page 205: ... Delete Measure operation with set tings of Area 002 004 would change the track data as follows SONG EDIT JOBS 13 Create measure JUMP Summary This operation inserts empty measures of the specified time signature into one or more selected tracks over the specified range of mea sures The following measures will be pushed back to make room Procedure From song edit job directory JUMP 600 Select 13 Cre...

Page 206: ...he operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Source Track 01 15 Measures 001 999 Specify the source track and area of measures Destination Track 01 15 Specify the desti nation track into which the measures specified Example For track data as shown in the following diagram using the Mix Track operation with settings of Source Track 01 Source Measures 002 004 and Destination Track 0...

Page 207: ...be erased from the selected tracks SONG EDIT JOBS 16 Clear song Summary This operation erases all data from the entire song Procedure From song edit job directory JUMP 600 Select 16 ClrSong JUMP 616 To execute the operation press ENTER Toquit without executing press EXIT There are no parameters to set for this operation If you are sure you want to clear the song press ENTER and the song will be cl...

Page 208: ... sequencer memory Procedure From song setup job directory JUMP 617 Select 01 Receive Event JUMP 618 Specify reception on off for each type of data To exit to the song setup job directory press EXIT Velocity on off Specify whether the velocity value of note on messages will be recorded by the sequencer When this is set off all notes will be recorded with a velocity of 64 regardless of their origina...

Page 209: ...s set off so that the SY77 sequencer will be controlled by its own timing clock and the front panel sequencer control buttons If you want to use an external sequencer connected to the SY77 s MIDI IN to control the SY77 sequencer set this to on so that the SY77 sequencer will be controlled by MIDI start continue stop messages and the tempo will be determined by MIDI clock messages Remarks When MIDI...

Page 210: ... From song setup job directory JUMP 617 Select 05 Clock Beat JUMP 622 Quantize 1 6 1 8 1 12 1 16 1 24 1 32 1 48 1 64 1 96 Specify the time value of one dis played beat This sets the number of clocks per beat that will be displayed in editing This has no effect on the time signature but is simply a convenience for editing 198 ...

Page 211: ...ss F8 Name JUMP 623 Specify the song name To exit to the previous display press EXIT Enter a eight character name for the sequencer song To clear the currently entered name press F1 Clr To switch to upper case characters press F2 Uppr To switch to lower case characters press P3 Lowr Remarks Methods of entering character data are explained in Introducing the SY77 How to use the numeric key pad 199 ...

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Page 213: ...s can be edited in various ways and a different pattern can be placed in each Part of track 16 the pattern track to play frequently repeating phrases or rhythm patterns Contents of this section page Pattern play 204 Pattern record 205 Pattern edit 209 Pattern edit jobs 210 Pattern setup jobs 213 Clear pattern 214 201 ...

Page 214: ...quently appearing motif and assigning it to the appropriate location every time you want it to playback Patterns are often used to play a drum type voice from track 16 of the sequencer as shown in the fol lowing diagram Since the transmission channel of each sequencer track can be modified make sure that track 16 is transmitting its data on a channel that will be received by the voice in the multi...

Page 215: ... display you can press F6 to enter the Pattern Edit Job job directory F7 to enter the Pattern Setup job directory or F8 to clear a selected pattern or all patterns 01 Copy Pattern 02 Get Pattern 03 Put Pattern 01 Receive Event 02 0utput Channel 03 MIDI Control 04 Accent Level 05 Clock Beat 203 ...

Page 216: ... begin playback Move the cursor here and specify the measure or by using the sequencer location buttons LOCATE or Time 1 4 32 16 This displays the time signa ture for this pattern as you specified in pattern record mode This cannot be modified in pattern play mode 30 250 This determines the tempo in quarter notes per minute Used 0 100 This displays the amount of used sequencer memory Length 1 32 T...

Page 217: ...16 omni kbd This deter mines the source of data that will be recorded by the sequencer Normally you will set this to kbd so that data from the SY77 s keyboard will be recorded If you want to record data from an external MIDI device on a specific channel set this to 1 16 so that data received at MIDI IN on the specified channel will be recorded If you want to record data from an external MIDI devic...

Page 218: ...ber of the nattern 30 250 While recording you can move the cursor Here to mod ity the tempo Used 0 100 As you record this will in crease to show the amount of sequencer memory that has been used Click off rec rec play always While recording you can move the cursor here and specify when the click metronome will sound off Themetronome willnotsound rec The metronome will sound only during recording r...

Page 219: ...e now being displayed This bar represents one measure and vertical divisions represent one beat A dot will be dis played on the bar to indicate a 32nd note area which contains data As you move backward or forward through the data in time an arrow pointing downward will move in 32nd note steps to indicate the current position in the measure if the currently selected 32nd note area contains data the...

Page 220: ...me The note will not be entered until all keys have been released This allows you to enter more than one note at the same location by pressing more than one note before releasing the first Move through the data When the cursor is located at you can also use the cursor keys to move back and forth in the pattern and enter notes wherever you like When you come to note data it will be displayed on the...

Page 221: ...ting press F8 Data The display will show the type and numerical values for each event Data editing is divided into two modes graph mode and data mode In data mode you can either Change or Insert data When you enter data mode change will automatically selected Pattern data editing is exactly the same as song data editing except that the pattern number is displayed instead of the song name and that ...

Page 222: ...rn Copy the pattern data of all parts into a specified track 1 15 PATTERN EDIT JOBS 1 Copy pattern JUMP 701 Summary This operation copies a pattern to another pattern This is useful when you want to create a new pattern that is similar to an already existing pattern Procedure From the pattern edit job JUMP 700 directory Select 01 Copy Pattern JUMP 701 Specify the Source pattern and the Destination...

Page 223: ...ata in the destination pattern will be lost Example For settings of Source track 2 mea sures 2 3 Destination pattern 5 the result would be as follows Before Measure Track 2 Pattern 5 After Measure Track 2 Pattern 5 PATTERN EDIT JOBS 3 Put pattern JUMP 703 Summary Copy data from a pattern into specified measures of a track Procedure From the pattern edit job JUMP 700 directory Select 03 Put Pattern...

Page 224: ... To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Destination Track 01 15 Specify the track to which the data will be copied The previous data in the destination track will be lost Remarks If the amount of data is large some time may be required for the data to be copied Since this operation copies the actual data of each pattern as many times as it is used in a pattern th...

Page 225: ...rded 02 Output Channel Specify the MIDI channel on which each track of the sequencer will transmit its data 03 MIDI Control Specify whether the SY77 s sequencer will be controlled by its own tim ing source or by an external sequencer 04 Accent Level Specify the accent level for each of the four function keys F1 F4 used to specify the accent of a note in song step record mode 05 Clock Beat Set the ...

Page 226: ...ther to clear a single pattern or all patterns To execute the operation press ENTER Toquit without executing press EXIT Pattern 01 99 If you have pressed Fl One specify the pattern to be cleared To clear a single pattern press Fl One and specify the pattern To clear all patterns press F2 All Remarks If you clear one pattern or all patterns the data will be lost forever There is no way of recalling...

Page 227: ...settings that affect the SY77 s overall system make settings for MIDI transmission and reception transmit bulk data via MIDI and save or load on card or disk Contents of this section page Systemutility 217 MIDIutility 221 Cardutility 225 Diskutility 227 215 ...

Page 228: ...age that is briefly displayed when the SY77 power is turned on MIDI Utility job directory 01 Channel Set The SY77 will receive and transmit MIDI data as determined by the MIDI channels and settings specified here 02 Program Change MIDI program change mes sages will be received and transmitted as specified here 03 Bulk Dump Various types of SY77 data can be transmitted via MIDI to another SY77 or o...

Page 229: ...ge The two line message that is briefly displayed when the SY77 power is turned on can be edited SYSTEM UTILITY 1 Master tuning JUMP 801 Summary The overall tuning of the SY77 can be adjusted both in half steps and fine tuning Procedure From system utility job directory JUMP 800 Select 01 Master Tuning JUMP 801 Specify the overall tuning in half steps and fine steps Note Shift 64 63 This adjusts t...

Page 230: ...0 4 Wide Output is the Normal velocity curve Key velocity 5 Hand Output is the Normal velocity curve Key velocity FIXED VELOCITY 1 127 FIXED VELOCITY Off Output Key velocity Output Key velocity Fixed value 6 Cross 1 7 Cross 2 Output Output Key velocity Key velocity 0 Normal Output Key velocity Remarks When playing the sound of an instrument such as organ or harpsichord that normally does not respo...

Page 231: ... number you assign matches the MIDI control number selected for the parameter you want to control If you want to assign the MODULATION 2 wheel or the FOOT SWITCH to control external MIDI equipment and not affect the SY77 s tone generator use a MIDI control number that is not used in Voice Common job 12 Controllers JUMP 226 227 228 Refer to the MIDI implementation chart in the manuals for your othe...

Page 232: ... be executedwithoutaskingforconfirmation Remarks Until you are familiar with the SY77 we recommendthatyou leave this on SYSTEM UTILITY 5 Greeting message JUMP 805 Summary Edit the two line message that is briefly displayed when the SY77 power is turned on Procedure From system utility job directory JUMP 800 Select 05 Greeting Message JUMP 805 Specify the greeting message Enter the two line x 20 ch...

Page 233: ...mines which of the sixteen voices will be played by the keyboard Voice Receive Channel 1 16 omni This determines the channel on which the SY77 can be played when in voice play mode When omni is selected the SY77 will respond to any channel In multi play mode program changes received on this channel will select multis Local on off off on This determines whether or not the SY77 keyboard will play th...

Page 234: ...M sound and 16 notes of AWM sound at once By send ing the same MIDI data to two SY77s and set ting one to note odd and the other to note even you can double the number of simul taneous notes that can be produced MIDI UTILITY 2 Program change JUMP 808 Summary MIDI program change messages will be received and transmitted as specified here Procedure From MIDI utility job directory JUMP 806 Select 02 ...

Page 235: ...oice mode Multi mode Multi mode Multimode Type Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Multi Multi Multi Memory Preset 2 Preset 2 Internal Card Preset 1 Internal Card Preset 1 Internal Card Preset MIDI UTILITY 3 Bulk dump JUMP 809 Summary Various types of SY77 data can be transmitted via MIDI to another SY77 or other device Procedure From MIDI utility job JUMP 806 directory Select 03 Bulk ...

Page 236: ...s F8 Dir a directory of the sixteen multis in the currently selected memory will appear Select a multi 1 16 Then press F8 Go and the data of the selected multi will be transmitted Only internal multis can be dumped Remarks For the data to be received by another SY77 the device number settings of the two units must match Data transmitted by 07 1 Voice or 08 1 Multi will be received into the editing...

Page 237: ...Summary Synthesizer data can be saved to a RAM card Procedure From card utility job directory JUMP 812 Select 01 Save To Card JUMP 813 To execute the operation press F8 Go To quit without executing press EXIT Press F8 Go to save the synthesizer data to card The display will ask Are you sure so if you are sure you want to save the data press YES If the card inserted in the DATA card slot has not be...

Page 238: ... to load press F8 Go to load the data from card The dis play will ask Are you sure so if you are sure you want to load the data press YES If the card inserted in the DATA card slot has not been formatted for the SY77 the LCD will show Warning Format Error Press EXIT to exit from the error message CARD UTILITY 3 Format card JUMP 815 Summary Before you use a new RAM card you must format it so that t...

Page 239: ...evices you must format the disk using the 03 Disk Format command DISK UTILITY 1 Save to disk Summary Synthesizer and sequencer data can be saved to disk Procedure From disk utility job directory JUMP 816 Select 01 Save To Disk and press ENTER Specify the type of data to be saved Press ENTER Specify the file into which the data will be saved To execute the operation press F8 Go To quit without exec...

Page 240: ...need to keep the old data in the file then press YES and the old data will be overwritten If the old data is important then press NO and select a different file Filename Since the SY77 recognizes each disk file by its number not by its filename it is possible for two or more files to be given the same name However it is a good idea to name each file as a reminder of the contents DISK UTILITY 1 1 S...

Page 241: ...oaded will depend on the type of data that was saved in 1 Save to disk Data that was saved by 1 Savetodisk 1 AllData 2 Synthesizer All 3 Sequencer All 4 KSEQ 5 ESQ 6 NSEQ can be loaded by 2 Load from disk Anytype ofdata 1 4 11 2 Synth All 3 Seq All 12 Other Sequence Individual types of data 4 11 can be loaded only from a file saved as All Data After selecting the desired type of data press ENTER t...

Page 242: ...ence data press F8 Go to load the file into the SY77 s sequencer memory If you select and attempt to load a file which does not contain sequencer data readable by the SY77 an error message will be displayed When loading E Seq or N Seq data any data specific to the device which created the file will be ignored For example when loading N Seq data saved by the QX5FD macro data will be ignored and whe...

Page 243: ...drive and press F8 Go 4 The display will show Now Saving and the data will be saved onto the backup disk The xx Saved display indicates the percentage of the data that has been saved 5 Repeat steps 1 4 until 100 of the source data has been loaded and saved When the backup process is complete the display will show Completed DISK UTILITY 5 Rename file Summary An already existing disk file can be giv...

Page 244: ...Y77 02 Synthesizer All All data of the synthesizer section 03 Sequencer All All data of the sequencer section 04 Song KSEQ Sequencer song data in K Seq format SY77 sequence data format without the setup data 05 Song ESEQ Sequencer song data in E Seq format Yamaha QX3 electones player pianos etc 06 Song NSEQ Sequencer song data in N Seq format Yamaha V50 QX5FD etc 1 After selecting the type of file...

Page 245: ...iles saved as All Data Syn all The number of files saved as Synthesizer All Seq all The number of files saved as Sequencer All Misc The number of all other types of files Remarks When this job is selected the currently inserted disk will be checked immediately so be sure to insert the disk before you select the job There are no settings to make in this job 233 ...

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Page 249: ...pplementary information that may be useful to advanced users or programmers Contents of this section page Explanation of the preset voices 238 Using RCM hybrid synthesis 242 Error messages 244 Multi data blank chart 247 Specifications 248 Index 249 237 ...

Page 250: ...ts rhythm Aftertouch pitch bend MW1 vibrato B 1 Dyna Grand Acoustic piano with a broad dynamic range B 2 MW2Grand Full bodied piano with a resonant cabinet quality in the bass register MW2 timbre from dark to bright B 3 8ba Piano A bright double piano in a low octave Play hard sustained rock chords with a heavy bass Aftertouch chorus B 4 Rock Pno Rock piano good for powerful chord backing B 5 Chor...

Page 251: ...come fuzz guitar and the treble register above G3 becomes harmonicfeedback D 9 Distort5th Distorted guitar in fifths D 10 Thumb Bass Playing dynamics switch be tween thumping and popping bass D 11 Sync Bass Analog synth bass with synced oscillators Aftertouch vibrato D 12 FullString Large string section D 13 WideString A mix of basses cellos and violas violins in two separate octaves After touch v...

Page 252: ...brightness C 7 Harmonica Bright harmonica Aftertouch pitch bend down C 8 Harpomatic Play sustained notes to hear the AWM harp echoed in different pitches by the AFM MW1 vibrato C 9 Ravi Clavi Sitar like clavinet Aftertouch pitch bend MW1 vibrato C 10 Forest Deep synth sound with distinctive lows C 11 Satin Bell FM piano sound accompanied by filtered strings MW1 vibrato C l2 Mr Lucky Fat analog squ...

Page 253: ...3 Debonair Smooth comping synth sound with filter sweep sound Aftertouch vibrato D 14 HiddenRing Hard staccato playing will pro duce the sound of the harmonics on the bass accompaniment sound D 15 Drum 1 Drums assigned to the keyboard similar to the Yamaha RX series rhythm machines D 16 Drum 2 Similar to Drum 2 but with different types of BD SD and TT 241 ...

Page 254: ...set Press the 1 l buttons or use the data wheel or slider to select the wave you wish to use When you play the keyboard you will notice that all waves will sound with the initialized organ type EG and no velocity or filtering You will probably want to add final touches later EG filtering and dynamic information are carried over into the FM operator However for now we will use only a raw wave in or...

Page 255: ...a multiplier for the value specified in Output To avoid distorting the sound appear ing at Op2 you must set the correct gain values Of course distortion can be an interesting effect in its own right By adjusting the operator output and operator input a wide range of AWM input levels can be used The steps outlined so far may not result in a very interesting sound but the following points will illus...

Page 256: ...eived Device number is off Since the device number is off bulk data cannot be transmitted or received Device number mismatch Since the device numbers did not match the bulk data was not received Bulk canceled by EXIT While receiving or transmitting bulk data EXIT was pressed to abort the operation Data card Data card not ready The data card is not correctly inserted into the slot Card protected Si...

Page 257: ...emory full The sequencer memory is full Sequencer and display Please stop sequencer The sequencer cannot play during disk or card loading or saving or during bulk data transmission Illegal time You attempted to execute the Get Pattern operation but the time signature was incorrect Range is exceeded The parameter you specified in an edit job is beyond the valid range Data not Found When you execute...

Page 258: ...be stored or copied only to bank D Please stop sequencer Please stop the sequencer and try the operation once again Illegal mark You attempted to mark a display which does not allow marking Use bank A C The voice must be stored in bank A B or C 246 ...

Page 259: ...n Voioce Output Select Effect Mode Effect Type Effect Balance Output Level Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Parameter 4 01 05 09 13 Mu lti Name 01 Stereo Mix 1 Mod Effect 1 02 Date 03 02 06 10 14 04 05 Mod Effect 2 06 07 03 07 11 15 08 09 Stereo Mix 2 Rev Effect 1 10 11 12 04 08 12 16 13 Rev Effect 2 14 15 16 247 ...

Page 260: ...y approximately 16 000 notes Patterns 99 Recording realtime step punch in Memory Preset memory 128 voices 16 multis Internal memory 64 voices 16 multis Waveform memory 2 Mwords 4 Mbytes 112 sounds Card slots synthesizer data x 1 waveform data x l Disk 3 5 floppy disk drive 720 kbyte formatted Controllers Wheels PITCH MODULATION 1 MODU LATION 2 Slider OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 DATA ENTRY Knobs LCD contrast...

Page 261: ...r pattern 214 song 195 Click 204 CLICK VOLUME knob 22 Clock move 191 Clock Beat displayed when editing 198 Common data job directory 92 Compare voice 62 89 multi 161 Complex waveforms produced by FM 58 Confirm edit 220 Connections audio 4 CONTRAST knob 22 Controller how to use a 72 set voice common data 110 113 specify the control number transmitted by the assignable 219 view 85 COPY key 18 Copy A...

Page 262: ...pattern from a track 211 Graph song editing mode 46 179 Greeting message 220 Group output of each element 99 HPF High Pass Filter 132 Hybrid synthesis about RCM 10 tutorial in using RCM 242 Initialize AFM element 135 AWM element 147 drum set 152 multi 166 voice 113 Input level algorithm 120 Insert data in song edit mode 46 181 a part in the pattern track 183 Introducing the SY77 3 Job directories ...

Page 263: ...M 129 130 AWM 145 Pitch bend controller set 110 Pitch wheel 18 Pitch random 99 Play modes and edit modes 24 Play pattern 204 Playback select and mute tracks for 172 Polyphonic voice modes 91 Polyphony of AFM and AWM tone generators 13 Portamento 100 Power cable 23 Preset list of multis 8 list of voices 5 explanation ofvoices238 Program change reception and transmission 222 send while in voice play...

Page 264: ...for playback 172 Transmit channel for keyboard 221 Transpose 189 Tuning master 217 micro 106 of voice in multi 163 Tutorial how to use the sequencer 35 how to edit a voice 53 using RCM hybrid synthesis 242 Utility card 225 disk 227 MIDI 221 mode 215 system 217 Velocity limit 94 modify of recorded song data 187 set curve 217 Velocity sensitivity see Sensitivity Vibrato how to add 70 Voice copy 85 d...

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Page 266: ... Yamaha Digital Musical Instrument products are frequently incorporated into Systems which are assembled on carts stands or in racks Utilize only those carts stands or racks that have been designed for this purpose and observe all safety precautions sup plied with the products Pay special attention to cau tions that relate to proper assembly heavier units being mounted at the lower levels load lim...

Page 267: ...sional advice that relates to your specific situation Model SerialNo Purchase Date This information on safety is provided to comply with U S A laws but should be observed by users in all countries FCC INFORMATION While the following statements are provided to comply with FCC Regulations in the United States the corrective measures listed below are applicable worldwide This series of Yamaha profess...

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