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What is a voice?

Each normal voice consists of settings lor one, two, or four AFM or AWM elements (Element data) and
settings which affect the entire voice (Common data). Each drum voice consists of a different AWM wave-
form for each of the SY99's 76 keys.

The Voice Mode deter- The SY99 contains a 16-note AFM tone generator and a 16-note AWM tone
mines the number of generator. The Voice Mode setting determines how these tone generators are
elements

used to create a Voice, and how many elements are used for each note you play.
Each voice uses one of these eleven voice modes.

Mode

01
02
03
04

05

06

07
08

09
10

11

Element

1AFM mono

2AFM mono

4AFM mono

1AFM poly

2AFM poly

1AWM poly

2AWM poly
4AWM poly

1AFM & 1AWM poly
2AFM & 2AWM poly

Drum Set

E1

AFM
AFM
AFM
AFM

AFM

AWM

AWM
AWM

AFM
AFM

76 AWM waveforms

E2

—

AFM
AFM

—

AFM

—

AWM
AWM
AWM

AFM

E3

—
—

AFM

—

—
—

—

AWM

—

AWM

E4

—
—

AFM

—

—
—
—

AWM

—

AWM

A normal voice uses one. Voices created using modes 1-10 consist of Common data that affects all ele-
two, or four elements 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 fluctuation, and portamento
settings. Common data also contains settings such as element volume level,
detune, note shift, note limit, and velocity limit for each element.

Element data includes AFM or AWM data for one, two, or four AFM or

AWM elements. The voice mode will determine whether each element uses
AFM tone generation or AWM tone generation. Details of AFM and AWM
element data are covered separately in following sections.

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Summary of Contents for SY99

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

Page 2: ...of the following measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the antenna If the antenna lead in is 300 ohm ribbon lead change the lead in to co axial type cable If these correctiv...

Page 3: ...s only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK The wire w...

Page 4: ...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 following graphic indi cates the location of the Name Plate on your Yamaha Digital Musical Instrument The Model Serial Number Power requirements etc are indicated on this plat...

Page 5: ...r ventilation 9 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 ...

Page 6: ...nerator is always in either VOICE node or MULTI mode The sequencer is always in either SONG mode or PATTERN mode INTRODUCING THE SY99 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 UTILITY MODE APPENDIX ...

Page 7: ...SY99 functioning as up to sixteen independent instruments How to edit a voice Read this when you want to modify a voice or create a completely new voice Reference section This section contains a full explanation of all the SY99 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 SY99 s capabili...

Page 8: ...tains a backup battery which preserves settings such as for voice and multi data when the power is turned off The life of this battery is approximately 5 years However depending on the date of purchase battery life may be shorter than this If the backup battery runs low a message Change internal Battery will appear in the display when the power is turned on If the backup battery runs down complete...

Page 9: ...of FM synthesis What is an AFM element The process of voice editing How voice edit mode is organized Simple editing reverb Effect Simple editing tone Filter Simple editing vibrato LFO Simple editing using a controller Simple editing attack EG How to name and store your new voice How to edit a drum voice How to create a split and layered voice 40 42 44 46 48 51 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 7...

Page 10: ...s 8 AFM filter 8 0 Copy filter 8 1 Cutoff frequency 8 2 Cutoff scaling 8 3 Cutoff EG 15 Initialize AFM element 16 Recall voice AWM element data AWM element job directory Copy element 2 AWM waveform set 2 0 Waveform edit ii 161 161 161 163 165 166 167 168 168 169 170 171 172 172 172 173 174 174 175 176 176 177 177 179 181 181 182 182 183 185 187 187 187 188 189 190 190 191 191 192 193 193 194 194 1...

Page 11: ...Pattern step record 239 Pattern edit 241 Pattern edit jobs 242 1 Copy pattern 242 2 Getpattern 243 3 Putpattern 243 4 Put chain pattern 244 Pattern setup jobs 245 Transmit channel 246 Clear pattern 247 UTILITY MODE 249 System utility 252 1 Master tuning 252 2 Velocity set 253 3 Controllers 254 4 Edit confirm 255 5 Greeting message 255 6 Memory allocate 256 7 Switch lock 257 MIDI utility 258 1 Sett...

Page 12: ... 308 Using RCM hybrid synthesis 310 Using loaded samples to create a voice 312 Using the master control functions 314 Using the MDR functions 316 Error messages 318 MIDI 318 Data card 318 Wavecard 319 Disk 319 Sequencer and display 319 Battery 320 Other 320 Sample 320 MDR 321 Disk filename extensions 322 About the Standard MIDI File Format 323 Expansion memory boards 325 Specifications 326 Index 3...

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Page 14: ... and play the disk demo songs 6 How to record a song 8 About the SY99 RCM hybrid synthesis 10 About the SY99 AFM and AWM voices 12 About the SY99 pan effects and output 14 About the SY99 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 numeri...

Page 15: ...o an appropriate level and gradually raise the SY99 s OUTPUT 1 and 2 sliders 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 select and play voices What you hear when you play the keyboard is defined as a voice The SY99 has 128 voices that are preset in permanent memory and 64 others stored in...

Page 16: ... The selected LED will light 2 Select a bank A B C or D The selected LED will flash 3 Select a voice 1 16 The selected LED will light and the LCD display will show the newly selected voice name Notice that the voice does not actually change until you specify the number 1 16 If you want to play a different voice in the same bank simply specify a different number 1 16 There s no need to re select th...

Page 17: ...get the following display If you have been editing voice or multi data the top line of the LCD will blink AUTO STORE For details on Auto Store refer to page 74 get the following display 4 With the cursor located at 01 All Data press ENTER to get a display like the following The filename may be different 5 Press F8 Go The display will ask Are you sure Press YES if you are sure you want to load the ...

Page 18: ...emo disk repeat the above procedure Note The voices contained in the SY99 s internal memory are replaced by other data when you load data from either of the demo song files You can restore the internal voices by loading the file named INTVOICE from the Chick Corea demo disk To do this use the load procedure described above selecting 02 Synth all instead of 01 All data in Step 4 7 ...

Page 19: ...mory select button 1 16 to select one of the 16 preset Multis A table of the preset Multis is given on page 299 4 Press SONG The SONG LED will light red Prepare for recording 5 Press RECORD to get the following display Record the first track 6 Press a program select key to select the track you wish to record With the default settings the tracks of the sequencer will transmit on the channel of the ...

Page 20: ...en in the following section How to use the sequencer which explains how to set up your own Multi create rhythm patterns arrange the rhythm patterns in track 16 the pattern track record additional tracks edit the song name it and save the finished song to disk Refer to page 48 for details regarding the save procedure 9 Record additional tracks ...

Page 21: ...ere not present in the origi nal AWM waveform This modulated waveform can be processed by additional 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 used to control nearly any aspect of the sound allowing great musical expresiveness The SY99 allow...

Page 22: ...ssibilities there are two addi 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 FM modulated by AWM AWM digital samples can be used to modulate one or more operators in an FM algorithm for very complex FM sounds 11 AWM sample playback mixed with FM The sounds of the AWM and AFM tone generators can be layered AWM ...

Page 23: ...a technology for storing and reproducing digital sound The SY99 contains 4 Mwords 8 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 thefrontpanel WAVEFORM slotto make additional sounds available The sounds are sampled in 16 bit linear format with a maximum sampling frequency of48 kHz In addition...

Page 24: ...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 Play up to 16 AFM notes and 16 AWM notes at once The SY99 contains two tone generators an AFM tone generator and an AWM tone generator The AFM tone generator can produce up to 16 simultaneous notes of FM sound and the AWM tone generator can produce up to 16 si...

Page 25: ...oller can be assigned to further bias the panning movement Each of the 76 notes in a drum voice can be panned to a fixed position Two DSP effect units The SY99 contains two high quality DSP effect units Each effect unit can pro duce 63 different effects including reverb delay tone control distortion rotary speaker and ring modulator Effect types 1 29 are single effects in which the effect unit cre...

Page 26: ...l for example allowing you to apply a greater amount of reverb or other effect for loudly or softly played notes or for high or low notes This allows you to apply effects to a voice with great precision In addition you can specify any two parameters of the two effect units to be controlled from two assigned control sources control change messages after touch velocity key scaling or the effect LFO ...

Page 27: ... the result is exactly the same as if you were playing the keys and moving the controllers You can record Tracks musical parts played by one instrument one at a time and then play back all the tracks together The SY99 sequencer has 16 tracks and each track plays the corresponding channel of a Multi A multi can also be played by an external sequencer con nected to the MIDI IN terminal and the seque...

Page 28: ...e basic drum pattern may be repeated many times during a song you can 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 tracks 1 15 Track 16 contains pattern numbers Playback result Pattern recording realtime or step Patterns can be created either by realtime recording or step reco...

Page 29: ...ume from the two pairs of stereo output on the rear panel Mode select keys The functions of the SY99 are divided into five modes Press one of these buttons to select the mode and the LED above the button will light red to indicate the selected mode The SY99 s Synthesizer is always in one of two modes Voice mode or Multi mode One of the LEDs above these two keys will always be lit green if neither ...

Page 30: ... keys 1 16 while holding the SHIFT key to change the SY99 s transmit channel In some jobs 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 This key moves back...

Page 31: ...Front panel right side This page explains the front panel features to the right of the LCD 20 ...

Page 32: ...o enter data as an absolute number to select a voice or multi after pressing JUMP to specify the page to which you want tojump to directly enter a value for the data indicated by the cursor to directly select an item from a directory When step recording sequencer data the numeric key pad is used to enter the note values printed above each key When specifying a voice name etc the numeric key pad en...

Page 33: ... this terminal will receive the same MIDI data that the SY99 receives This knob adjusts the contrast of the LCD Adjust it to suit your viewing angle At extreme settings the display will not be readable 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 progra...

Page 34: ... the L MONO jack is used it will carry the combined output of L and R Use the L MONO jack ifyour mixer amp system has only one input These jacks output the sound from the group 2 stereo output If your mixer amp system has four or more inputs using both the OUTPUT 1 and the OUTPUT 2 jacks will allow you to treat the two output groups in different ways perhaps by pan ning them to different locations...

Page 35: ...de 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 EDIT VOICE MULT I SONG PATTERN Voice mode Multi mode Song mode Patternmode EDIT EDIT EDIT to enter thenpress whereyou can Voice Edit mode Multi Edit mode Song Edit mode PatternEdit mode To leave an edit mode simply re select any of the f...

Page 36: ...he screen between channels 1 8 and channels 9 16 of the multi Move between jobs using page 5 Suppose that you wanted to move from the 2 Volume job to the 3 Tuning 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 yo...

Page 37: ...e three digit number in the upper right comer This is the Display Page number For example Multi edit 2 Multi 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 willjump to the speci...

Page 38: ...ion key menu in sequence from F1 to F5 Once marked pages have been assigned to each of these five keys however new pages are added on a first in first out basis This means that whenever a page is marked it is assigned to function key F5 At the same time the page that was assigned to F1 becomes unmarked and the other marked pages assigned to F2 through F5 shift up to take its place You can clear al...

Page 39: ...ng one ofthe following 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 ta...

Page 40: ...me setting relative to the entire range 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 ful...

Page 41: ...er 18 you would 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 When you enter the second digit the number will be finalized How to enter character You will sometimes need to enter character data to specify a voice name multi data name file...

Page 42: ...t 9 gives you an asterisk ampersand and an underline character and that enters a hyphen slash comma and period Other characters are available in addition to the characters entered using the numeric key pad These characters can be selected using the DATA ENTRY slider or the l 1 keys Moving the DATA ENTRY slider will scroll through all available characters in the following order Use the keys to move...

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

Page 45: ...y back data to the SY99 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 Howthe 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 the VOI...

Page 46: ...nd making 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 ...

Page 47: ...P2 C06 Upright an acoustic bass for channel 2 P1 C15 Quartz a string section for channel 3 and P1 D14 Kits drums for channel 16 Feel free to select voices for other channels of the multi as well Turn off unused channels of the multi by pressing F2 Off The display should appear as shown below Press EXIT to return to the Multi Editjob directory Select a voice for each channel ofthe multi Press F5 05...

Page 48: ...eave the rest of the multi settings at their initial values After completing this tutorial you can read about Multi edit in the Reference section to learn more about setting up a multi From the Multi Editjob directory press EXIT Since you have modified the data the top line of the display will blink Auto store multi Save the newly created multi Press F8 Stor and the multi will be stored into the c...

Page 49: ... will transmit the channel selected for track 16 the pattern track of the sequencer With the default set tings this will be channel 16 which will play the drum voice we selected for channel 16 of the multi Before you begin recording play the 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 r...

Page 50: ... patterns so that three measures of the basic rhythm are followed by a fill in and make this four measure chain repeat eight times Although is is possible to input all 32 parts the four measure chain x 8 times it is more efficient to use repeat marks To do this we will input data for each part as follows Part 001 Part 002 01 Part 003 01 Part 004 01 Part 005 02 Part 006 x 7 Input the data for each ...

Page 51: ...1 LED light red With 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 blink and after a two measure countdown recording will begin Play the keyboard As you record the Measure display ...

Page 52: ...s 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 l bass on track 2 and strings on track 3 41 Multi channel 1 2 3 16 Voice number P1 A03 P2 C06 P1 C15 P1 D14 Voice name AP Concert BA Upright ST Quartz D...

Page 53: ...es necessary There is no point in using punch in recording on a track which contains no data Punch in recording allows you to specify the measure at which recording will begin and the measure at which recording will end Measures before and after this area will not be affected The following diagram shows the result ofpunch in recording Specify the area of In this example we will assume that you wis...

Page 54: ...g to re record To begin recording press RUN The RUN LED will blink on the beats Play along with the original When measure 15 is reached the original recording on track 2 will disappear and your new playing will be recorded When measure 16 ends the original recording of track 2 will reappear but playback will continue Press STOP and you will return to the song play display 43 ...

Page 55: ...pear 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 l 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 press 1 to ...

Page 56: ...ursor on the measure number and use the dial or l l 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 or 1 1 keys As you move the keyboard diagram in the lower part of the LCD will indicate the notes at the currently selected 32nd note area The notes will also be played as you come to them Since the 76 note keyboard is too l...

Page 57: ...tire measures In this example we will use a song edit job to transpose the notes in measures 17 32 oftrack 3 an octave up Select the song edit job From the song play display press F4 Job 2 to get the Song Edit Job display Press F5 05 to select the 05 Transps transpose job Set parameters and Now we will specify the track to be affected the area of measures and the execute the job amount by which th...

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Page 59: ...e a disk can be used it must be formatted to accept SY99 data If the disk currently inserted into the disk drive has never before been used to store SY99 data you must format it Formatting the diskwill 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...

Page 60: ...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 number 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 name for the disk fi...

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Page 62: ...erienced you will find that creating voices is enjoyable and rewarding Contents of this section What is a voice What is an AWM element The basics of FM synthesis What is an AFM element The process of voice editing How voice edit mode is organized Simple editing reverb Effect Simple editing tone Filter Simple editing vibrato LFO Simple editing using a controller Simple editing attack EG How to name...

Page 63: ...rum Set E1 AFM AFM AFM AFM AFM AWM AWM AWM AFM AFM 76AWMwaveforms E2 AFM AFM AFM AWM AWM AWM AFM E3 AFM AWM AWM E4 AFM AWM AWM A normal voice uses one Voices created using modes 1 10 consist of Common data that affects all ele two or four elements 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 pi...

Page 64: ...tc This type of voice is most often used to arrange drums and percussion sounds across the keyboard 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 t...

Page 65: ...ement are related and how they can be controlled 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 SY99 provides several ways to control various aspects of the sound Envelope Gene...

Page 66: ...inserted into the WAVEFORM slot to pro vide additional waveforms Samples loaded from disk or via MIDI sample dump can be assigned to your own waveforms and used in the same way as preset or card 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 ...

Page 67: ... or brightness will increase Increasing the output level of the Carrier will simply increase the volume Interesting sounds change over time Many instruments have a characteristic pattern with which the sound changes as time goes by This shape in time is called the envelope The following dia gram shows how a piano envelope differs from an organ envelope A piano begins loud and then gradually dimini...

Page 68: ...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 How to change the tone We have learned that the output level of a modulator operator determines how of an FM sound complex or bright the resulting sound will be This means that changing the out put level of a modulator wil...

Page 69: ...e and volume 58 The above diagram shows how the various blocks in an AFM element are related and how they can be controlled 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 basic sound of each AFM element is produced by six FM operators arranged in an algorithm The FM block can be ...

Page 70: ...er 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 depth can be regulated by a controller The tone can also be directly affected by a controller The filter blocks of ...

Page 71: ...edit it The upper left of the compare with the LCD will show VOICE EDIT If Mode at the lower left is not displayed in original voice inverse press F1 to get the following display Notice that a small square is displayed at the left of the voice number This indi cates 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 act...

Page 72: ...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 73: ... 2AFM 2AWMpoly 1 1 Drumset Drum voice If voice mode 11 has been selected the voice will consist of 76 AWM wave forms with a different waveform assigned to each key of the SY99 s keyboard Voice parameters will be organized into the following job directories Press a function key F1 F2 to see the job directories and select the job you want to edit Common data edit job directory 1 Element level 2 Elem...

Page 74: ... job 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 t...

Page 75: ...ENTER and the Effect parameter job directory will appear First we will be selecting the effect mode and effect types Press F1 to select 01 Effect Mode Select Select the effect modes The SY99 contains two effect units which can be connected either in serial or parallel Use the 1 1 keys to select the effect mode The LCD will graphically indicate how the signal flows from the effect sends into the ef...

Page 76: ...lowed by a ratio indicat ing the balance between effect and unprocessed sound that is output by the voice selected The first number indicates the amount of effect sound that is out put the second indicates the amount of unprocessed sound which the effect sound is mixed with Use the DATA ENTRY slider or the data entry wheel to change this value to 100 0 and notice how the sound changes Actually you...

Page 77: ...ow 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 Each normal voice consists of one two or four elements and each element has elements its own set of two filters If the voice you are editing contains two or four ele ments it may be helpful to listen to on...

Page 78: ... Key velocity 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 ...

Page 79: ...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 increase the Pitch Modulation Sensi tivity PMS as explained in the last two paragraphs below 68 Other LFO pa...

Page 80: ...or an AFM sensitivity element 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 harmonic structure of the sound will vary which can be an interestin...

Page 81: ...s F2 to get the Common data job directory and regulate vibrato select 12 Cntrllr controller In this example press F3 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 the MIDI Controller Number to 001 Modulation With this setting the MODULATION 1 wheel will regulate the depth of pitch modulation over its full range Mo...

Page 82: ...d Range to 2 Now play and hold a chord and press firmly down on the keyboard Notice that only the top note of the chord rises in pitch In this example aftertouch is affecting the pitch bend However just as you assigned vibrato to be affected by the MODULATION 1 wheel you can also assign vibrato or any other parameter to be affected by aftertouch In this case zoned aftertouch would allow you to app...

Page 83: ...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 determines how the vol...

Page 84: ...m The operators in the bottom row are acting as carriers In the algorithm used by this AFM element operators 1 and 4 are the carriers Press EXIT to return to the AFM operator EG display Move the cursor to R1 rate 1 of the carrier operator s and decrease me value while playing Notice that as R1 decreases the attack becomes slower Depending on how the modulator operators are being used it may be nec...

Page 85: ...the first seven characters of the voice names in the currently selected bank of voices The voice name displayed in inverse indicates the voice memory into 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...

Page 86: ...to this memory Press F8 Stor 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 75 ...

Page 87: ...voice allows you to set the overall vol ume 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 aname 05 Drum Set Name A drum voice differs from other voices mainly in the second parameter job 02 Wave Data Set From the voice common data job directory select 02 Wave Data Set...

Page 88: ...ast played wave will take priority and the previously played wave will be turned off Other wave data settings The volume of each note is adjusted by Level The tuning of each note is adjusted in half steps by Note Shift and finely by Fine Tune The stereo position of each note is determined by Static Pan The Voice edit mode Drum set data section explains the details of these and other parameters Nam...

Page 89: ... 2 AFM strings from P2 C11 StgLayr for notes above C3 sounded by velocities up to 79 Element 3 AWM piano from P1 A01 Rocks across the entire keyboard all velocities Element 4 AWM bass from P2 C06 Upright for notes up to C3 all velocities Initialize the voice We will begin by initializing the voice common data The data of each element common data will be overwritten by the elements we copy into the...

Page 90: ...play Copy other elements into The element select buttons are located at the upper right of the front panel In elements 2 4 voice play mode they are used to select internal card or preset voices In voice edit mode they are used to move between elements 1 4 Press element select button EL 2 to move to element 2 You will still be in the AFM algorithm editing display but the EL 2 LED will be lit to ind...

Page 91: ...the volume of each element press PAGE four times to get the Element level display or JUMP 202 The Element note limit setting in the above example creates abrupt changes e g the bass plays at full volume on C3 and not at all on C 3 If you wish to make gradual keyboard crossfades between elements set the output level scaling for each element Refer to 4 AFM operator output JUMP 241 and 4 AWM output J...

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Page 96: ...hings Select voices from preset internal or card memory View a directory of the 16 voices in the currently selected bank of internal card or preset memory Copy the currently selected voice to any internal or card memory View the controller assignments for the currently selected voice Send a program change to an external device 85 ...

Page 97: ...ffect set page 104 Press F1 to send bank select and program change messages via MIDI Refer to the follow ing section Sendbank select and program change Press F6 to jump to the master control select display Refer to the following section Master control select Press F7 to view the controller assignments for the currently selected voice Refer to the follow ing section Controller view Press F8 to view...

Page 98: ... Directory Press INTERNAL or CARD press a bank button A D and press a memory select button 1 16 to specify the copy destination After specifying the copy destination press F8 Go You will be asked Are you sure If you are sure you want to copy the voice press YES and the data will be copied To quit without copying press NO Controller view JUMP 102 Summary This function allows you to view the control...

Page 99: ...ode Procedure From voice play mode JUMP 100 Select F1 Send Specify a bank select number 1 16 384 and a program change number 1 128 To transmit the bank select and program change messages press ENTER To quit without sending a bank select or pro gram change message press EXIT 1 Use the numeric key pad to enter a number be tween 1 and 16 384 then press ENTER to move the cursor to the program change i...

Page 100: ...This feature makes it easy to use the MIDI display can be used to send a variety of control in master control function while playing the SY99 formation to MIDI instruments connected to the Procedure SY99 From voice play mode JUMP 100 If youperformlive using the SY99 you will prob Select F6 Mstr ably want to use the master control function often while playing the SY99 s keyboard You will prob ably ...

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Page 102: ...MODE VOICE EDIT MODE This section explains the details of all voice edit parameters page 95 96 134 156 172 Contents of this section Voice mode select Common data AFM element data AWM element data Drum set data 91 ...

Page 103: ... group select 8 Random pitch 9 Portamento 10 Effect set 1 1 Microtuningset 12 Controller set 13 Voicename 15 Initialize voice 16 Recall voice 1 AFM algorithm 2 AFM oscillator 3 AFM EG 4 AFM operator output 5 AFM sensitivity 6 AFM LFO 7 AFMpitchEG 8 AFMfilter 15 InitializeAFMelement 16 Recall AFM element 15 InitializeAWMelement 16 Recall AWM element Drum voice voice mode 11 Mode Com Specify the Voi...

Page 104: ... auto mati cally show bank D 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 Drum voices may be stored in any of the four banks A through D However since these voices contain a large volume of data only the data for notes C1 to C6 will be saved if a drum voice is stored in banks A B or C Store drum voices in bank D if you wis...

Page 105: ...ment is on and be dark ened 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 can u...

Page 106: ...ill sounding the previous note will be cut off Mono mode is useful when simulating in struments that naturally produce only one note at a time Mono mode also allows you to use a special type of portamento fingered portamento For details refer to Voice Common 9 Portamento Polyphonic modes 4 10 Voices which use modes 4 10 are polyphonic and will allow you to play chords of as many notes as can be pr...

Page 107: ... element 07 OutSel Output group select Output group for each element 08 Random Random pitch Random pitch vari ation 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 micro tuning on off for each element 12 Ctrllr Controller set Controller assign ments and depth for pitch bend ...

Page 108: ...rizontal scale Pressing F1 F4 will move the cursor to elements 1 4 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 relative pitch of two or more elements Setting all elements to the same detune value will not be usef...

Page 109: ...d by the element High Note Limit C 2 G8 E1 E4 This speci fies the highest note that will be played by the element Pressing F1 F4 will move the cursor to elements 1 4 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 play bass element 1 and notes above middle C will play piano element ...

Page 110: ...TA 6 Element dynamic pan JUMP 207 Summary Select the Dynamic 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 Commonjob directory JUMP 201 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...

Page 111: ...ic Pan data Procedure From Voice Common job 06 ElemPan JUMP 207 When an Internal dynamic pan memory is selected Press F8 Edit Select the Dynamic Pan parameter you wish to edit Editing is possible only when an Internal pan mem ory is selected If you want to edit one of the preset pan memories press COPY to copy it to an Internal pan memory as explained in the following section 6 0 1 Copy Pan Data T...

Page 112: ... pan ning When this is set to 0 the selected pan Remarks Only Internal Pan Data memories can be edited If you want to edit one of the preset pan tables use this function to copy it into an Inter nal pan memory COMMON DATA ELEMENT DYNAMIC PAN 6 1 Pan 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 ...

Page 113: ...mine the speed of the pan EG Higher settings result in faster change Refer to the diagram below L0 L4 RL1 2 Keyon Levels Release Levels 32 32 Keyon Levels 0 4 and Release Levels 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 102 When you press a key the sound will be output at the pan positi...

Page 114: ...grp1 grp2 both Each of the elements in a voice must be assigned to one or both output groups The element is then panned Summary Specify the amount ofrandom pitch varia tion for the voice Procedure From voice commonjob directory JUMP 201 Select job 08 Random JUMP 209 Specify the amount of random pitch variation COMMON DATA 8 Random pitch JUMP 209 as specified by the dynamic pan table and the stereo...

Page 115: ...o is applied only if you press a note before releasing the previous one i e when you play 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 Summary Specify how the effect units are con nected how the sound from each element of the voice is sent to the ef...

Page 116: ...ling and LFO Refer to 10 5 Effect Control Pressing F1 F5 will select the corresponding job The following figure shows how the signal flow of a normal voice is related to the effect system COMMON DATA EFFECT SET 10 0 1 Copy voice effect Summary This function copies Effect data from another voice into the effect data of the currently edited voice Procedure When editing Effect data jobs 10 0 10 5 Pre...

Page 117: ... sent through effect 2 i e the effect units will be connected in series When the Effect Mode is set to Parallel the audio signal from the sends one two three or four depending on the type of effect selected for each effect unit will be sent to the two effect units as shown in the display 106 Effect 1 Type Effect 2 Type 1 63 These determine the type of effect for each of the two effect units A list...

Page 118: ... St Echo 40 EQ Rev 1 Hall 41 EQ Rev 2 Room 42 EQ Delay L R 43 EQ St Echo 44 EQ St Flange 45 EQ St Chorus 46 EQ Symphonic 47 EQ St Phasing 48 St Flange Delay L R 49 St Chorus Delay L R 50 Symphonic Delay L R 51 St Phasing Delay L R Dual type effects 52 Hall Plate 53 Echo Rev 54 Delay Rev 55 St Flange St Chorus 56 St Flange Symphonic 57 Symphonic St Chorus 58 St Flange Rev 59 St Chorus Rev 60 Sympho...

Page 119: ... JUMP 212 Select job 03 Effect 1 Parameter JUMP 214 Specify parameter settings for the selected effect The number and type of effect parameters will depend on the selected Effect Type Refer to the following effect parameter tables Parameter numbers which do not exist for the selected ef fect type will be displayed as a dash Press F1 or F2 to move between effect param eters 1 5 and effect parameter...

Page 120: ...v Tunnel 10 Rev Canyon 11 Rev Basement No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Parameter Name Reverb Time High Diffusion Initial Delay Width Height Depth Wall Vary HPF LPF Range 0 3 30 0 sec 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 1 200 0 ms 0 5 30 2 m 0 5 30 2 m 0 5 30 2 m 0 30 Thru 32 1000 Hz 1 16 kHz Thru Width Height Depth These parameters determine the size of the simulated room in units of meters Wall Vary This parameter determine...

Page 121: ... 32 1000 Hz 1 16 kHz Thru The following diagram shows how the pattern of the two three delayed sounds Lch Delay Time Rch Delay Time Center Delay Time is repeated at intervals of the feedback time values FB1 and FB2 These delay programs provide a dual delay 16 Delay L R or triple delay 17 Delay L C R with two feedback loops The following diagram shows the pattern created by the two three delay time...

Page 122: ...back 19 Pitch Change 1 No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Parameter Name 1 Pitch 1 Fine 1 Delay 1 FB Gain 1 Level 2 Pitch 2 Fine 2 Delay 2 FB Gain 2 Level Range 24 24 100 100 0 1 650 0 ms 99 99 0 100 24 24 100 100 0 1 650 0 ms 99 99 0 100 This effect type provides two independent pitch changes each with delay and feedback The sound of both pitch changes is combined into both the left and right outputs This ...

Page 123: ...tion Depth Modulation Delay Mod FB Gain Range 2 0 22000 ms 0 100 2 0 22000 ms 0 M Freq 1 M Dep 12 12 dB 12 12 dB 0 05 40 Hz 0 100 0 1 100 0 ms 0 99 This effect provides a Flanger whose modulation frequency ormodulation depth canbe controlled over time by a simple envelope EG Target This determines which parameter will be controlled by the envelope If M Freq is selected the envelope will increase a...

Page 124: ...ange 3 0 22000 ms 0 100 3 0 22000 ms 0 M Freq 1 M Dep 12 12 dB 12 12 dB 0 05 40 Hz 0 100 0 1 5 0 ms This effect provides a Phasing effect whose modula tion frequency or modulation depth can be controlled over time by a simple envelope For details refer to 23 EG Flange page 112 This effect simulates a rotary speaker that can be made to change smoothly between high mid and low speeds By assigning a ...

Page 125: ...er 2 is a band pass filter BPF Filter Frq This determines the frequencies of Filters 1 and 2 Filter 1 Q This determines the width characteristic ofFilter 1 Filter 1 Gain This determines the gain of Filter 1 Filter 2 Q This determines the width characteristic of Filter 2 This effect type provides an echo effect which is then fed into a reverb effect For details refer to 18 Stereo Echo page 111 and ...

Page 126: ...t a setting of 0 only the symphonic sound will be heard At a setting of 100 only the reverb sound will be heard 33 Chorus Rev 35 Phaser Rev No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parameter Name Chorus Mod Freq Chorus PM Depth Chorus AM Depth Reverb Time Rev High Rev Initial Delay Rev Mix Level HPF LPF Range 0 05 40 Hz 0 100 0 100 0 3 30 0 sec 0 1 1 0 0 1 200 0 ms 0 100 Thru 32 1000 Hz 1 16 kHz Thru No 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 127: ...on Level This determines the degree of dis tortion At higher settings the sound will be strongly distorted Rev Mix Level This determines the proportion between distortion and reverb sound At a setting of 0 only the distortion sound will be heard At a setting of 100 only the reverb sound will be heard 38 Dist DlyL R No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Parameter Name Distortion Level Middle Frequency Mid Gain ...

Page 128: ...n fed into a stereo echo effect For details refer to 18 Stereo Echo page 111 44 EQ Flange These effect types provide a three band sweepable equalizer which is then fed into a reverb effect For details refer to LHall Rev page 109 42 EQ DlyL R No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parameter Name Low Frequency Low Gain Middle Frequency Mid Gain High Frequency High Gain Dly Lch Delay DIy Rch Delay Dly FB Gain Delay...

Page 129: ... able equalizer which is then fed into a phaser effect For details refer to 26 EG Phase page 113 46 EQ Symphonic 48 St Flange Delay L R No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parameter Name Low Frequency Low Gain Middle Frequency Mid Gain High Frequency High Gain Modulation Freq Modulation Depth Sympho Mix Level Range 32 Hz 2 0 kHz 12 12 dB 315 Hz 6 3 kHz 12 12 dB 500 Hz 16 kHz 12 12 dB 0 05 40 0 Hz 0 100 0 100 ...

Page 130: ... is then fed into a stereo delay For details refer to 26 EG Phase page 113 and 16 Delay L R page 110 50 Symphonic Delay L R No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parameter Name Modulation Freq Modulation Depth Delay Lch Delay Delay Rch Delay Delay FB1 Delay Delay FB2 Delay Delay FB Gain Delay Mix Level Range 0 05 40 0 Hz 0 100 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 99 99 0 100 This effect type prov...

Page 131: ...4 Delay Rev This effect provides flange and chorus in parallel For details refer to 23 EG Flange page 112 and 24 EG Chorus page 112 56 Flange Sympho No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Parameter Name Dly Lch Delay Time Dly Rch Delay Time Dly FB Gain Reverb Time Rev High Rev Diffusion Rev Initial Delay Rev ER Rev Balance Rev HPF Rev LPF Range 0 1 640 0 ms 0 1 640 0 ms 99 99 0 3 30 0 sec 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 1 100 0...

Page 132: ...Name Modulation Freq Modulation Depth Modulation Delay Mod FB Gain Reverb Time Rev High Diffusion Initial Delay HPF LPF Range 0 05 40 0 Hz 0 100 0 1 100 0 ms 0 99 0 3 30 0 sec 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 1 200 0 ms Thru 32 1000 Hz 1 16 kHz Thru This effect provides chorus and reverb in parallel For details refer to 24 EG Chorus page 112 and LRev Hall page 109 60 Sympho Rev No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Parameter Na...

Page 133: ... in parallel For details refer to 25 EG Symphonic page 113 and 16 Delay L R page 110 62 Chorus DlyL R No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parameter Name Chorus Mod Freq Chorus PM Depth Chorus AM Depth Delay Lch Delay Delay Rch Delay Delay FB1 Delay Delay FB2 Delay Delay FB Gain LPF Range 0 05 40 0 Hz 0 100 0 100 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 0 1 800 0 ms 99 99 1 16 kHz Thru This effect provides choru...

Page 134: ...k Select mes sage and are not available For more details on controllers refer to Common data 12 F2 Controllerset Modulation Aftertouch Pressing down on the keyboard after playing a note will affect the effect parameter selected in Velocity The key on velocity of the most recently played note will affect the effect param eter selected in Key Scale The keyboard position of the most recently played n...

Page 135: ...ment will use the micro tuning selected by Micro Tuning Select When this is turned off the element will use equal temperament scale in stead of the selected micro tuning Pressing F1 Sel will move the cursor to Micro Tuning Select Pressing F2 F5 will move the cur sor to Element 1 4 124 Remarks As with Pan data Micro Tuning data is not part of the voice This Micro Tuning Select setting merely specif...

Page 136: ... scale is inverted 62 Far East The black keys and white keys will each play a different eastern scale 63 Blue The white keys will play the blues scale The black keys add a blue flavor 64 Question 1 Play the white keys consecu tively upwards starting from C2 Play the black keys consecutively upwards starting from C 1 Editing To edit the currently selected Internal micro tuning press F8 Edit Preset ...

Page 137: ...a VOICE card is Destination Tuning I 1 I 2 Select the micro tuning internal 1 or 2 into which to copy the Source Tuning data After selecting Source Tuning and Destination Tuning press F8 Go to copy the data You will be asked Are you sure Press YES and the data will be copied Remarks Only Internal micro tuning data can be edited If you want to edit one of the preset or card micro tunings use this f...

Page 138: ...job directory JUMP 201 Select job 12 Ctrllr Press F1 PB Specify the range of the pitch bend wheel Summary Specify how aftertouch will affect the pitch and any other parameters to which it is assigned Procedure From Common Datajob directory JUMP 201 Select job 12 Ctrllr Press F2 Aftr Specify the aftertouch mode split point and bend range Note The action of the PITCH wheel may be modi fied using the...

Page 139: ...efer to sections 12 F1 12 F3 12 F4 or 12 F5 Keyboard When the cursor is located at Split Point you can press F8 Kbd and then press a note to set the split point COMMON DATA 12 F3 Controller set Modulation JUMP 226 Summary Specify the controller device that will add vibrato pitch modulation tremolo amplitude modulation and wah wah filter modulation Procedure From Common Data job directory JUMP 201 ...

Page 140: ...nctions the SY99 has the following two assignable controllers With the factory settings the MODULATION2 wheel is assigned MIDI control number 13 and the FOOT SWITCH is assigned control number 65 The control number transmitted by these controllers can be changed by the setting in Utility mode System Utility 3 Controllers JUMP 803 The MODULATION 2 wheel located at the left of the keyboard initially ...

Page 141: ...s refer to 12 F3 Controller set Modulation Remarks Since the MODULATION 2 wheel is detented at the center position it is especially usefulforcontrollingpan SincetheMODULATION 2 wheel is assignable to use it you must select the MIDI Ctrl No to which it has been assigned Check the Utility mode System Utility 3 Controllers JUMP 803 settings to see the MIDI Control Number to which the assignable wheel...

Page 142: ...ke controller settings for Pitch Bend Modulation or Pan press F1 F2 or F3 Refer to sections 12 Fl 12 F2 or 12 F3 MIDI Ctrl No Device For details refer to 12 F2 Controllers set Modulation Filter Cutoff Depth The controller assigned to CutoffDepth can be used in two ways to affect the filter depending on the Control Source set ting of each filter Refer to Voice AFM Element 8 3 Cutoff EG or Voice AWM...

Page 143: ...d settings for Voice Common Data 01 Element Levels Voice Volume 127 Element level 127 all elements 02 Element Detune Element detune 0 all elements 03 Element Note Shift Shift 0 all elements INITIALIZE VOICE ARE YOU SURE Yes or No 04 Element 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 0...

Page 144: ...Name Voice Name INIT VOICE COMMON DATA 16 Recall voice Summary Recall the previously edited voice data Procedure From Voice Common job JUMP 201 directory Select job 16 Recall To recall the data press YES To quit without recalling press NO If after editing a voice you exit voice edit mode without storing the edited voice data will be lost In such cases you can use this function to recall the previo...

Page 145: ...this area to select a job and press ENTER to go to the selected job 04 Output 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 b...

Page 146: ...ew 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 oper ator data Procedure From any job in the AFM JUMP 231 255 job directory Press F8 Alg JUMP 234 To exit to the previous editing job press EXIT To ...

Page 147: ...or OUTPUT Output level and scaling Source The specified data will be copied from this operator Destination The specified data will be copied to this operator Remarks It is often the case that many or all oper ators in a voice have similar settings especially for EG parameters In such cases you can save time by setting the average EG for the voice on one operator and then copying it to the others A...

Page 148: ...ng table Thin lines indicate the connections defined by the algorithm and heavy lines indicate the feedback connections Whether a connection be tween two operators is the result of the algorithm or the result offeedback routing has no influence on the sound will Feedback settings Resulting connections FB2 FB3 6 FB1 5 3 FB3 4 2 1 FB FB1 FB2 FB3 SRC OP3F OP6 OP5 DST OP1 OP2 OP3 OP4 OP5 OP6 off use I...

Page 149: ... inl in2 The SY99 contains a noise generator which produces a type of white noise This can be sent to any free operator input to modulate the operator AWM off inl in2 If the voice contains both AFM and AWM elements ie if the voice mode is either 9 1 AFM 1 AWM 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 waveform ...

Page 150: ...edure From AFM Element job directory JUMP 230 Select job 02 Osclltr JUMP 235 Operator 1 6 This displays the operator being edited To move to another operator use the OPERATOR SELECT buttons OP1 OP6 Freq Mode fixed ratio When fixed is selected the operator will produce the same pitch regardless of what note is played When ratio is selected the operator pitch will depend on the note that is played C...

Page 151: ...sixteen waveforms that can be produced by each operator are not modeled after any real instrument but are mathematical transformations of sinewaves The following chart shows the harmonic content of each waveform The amplitude of each harmonic partial is given as a percentage of the funda mental The 100dB level is exceeded by odd harmonics up tothe113thharmonic The 100dB level is exceeded by the 2n...

Page 152: ...1nd harmonic and odd numbered harmonics up to the 63rd harmonic The 100dB level is exceeded by even harmonics up to the 310th harmonic and odd harmonics up to the 49th harmonic The 100dB level is exceeded by harmonics up to the 105th harmonic 4th terms do not exist The 100dB level is exceeded by all harmonics up to the 270th harmonic The 100dB level is exceeded by all harmonics up to the 300th har...

Page 153: ...tons OP1 OP6 This indicates the time range of the EG graphic display A range of xl shows the shortest time and gives the greatest detail To change the range hold SHIFT and press F1 F6 xl x2 x5 x10 x20 x50 This indicates the segment from which the EG graphic display begins To shift the display to a different segment hold SHIFT and press F7 or F8 to select Seg0 Seg4 or Rell Press F3 Rate to set EG r...

Page 154: ...or EGs in a single screen Procedure From AFM Element job directory JUMP 230 Select job 03 EG and press F2 All Specify EG key on rates R1 R4 JUMP 238 EG key on levels L1 L4 JUMP 239 EG key off rates and JUMP 240 levels RR1 2 RL1 2 HT Keyon Delay Time 63 0 This specifies the time by which the beginning of the EG will be delayed after a key is pressed R1 R4 Keyon Rates 0 63 Keyon Rates 1 4 determine ...

Page 155: ...e output level of an operator is raised it will have no effect on another operator to which it is connected if the corresponding input level of the operator is set at 0 Offset 127 127 determines the output level adjustment for each of the four points specified by Note The four 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 s...

Page 156: ...ow the output level of each operator will be affected by key on velocity For positive settings 1 7 the output level will increase as you play more strongly For negative settings 1 7 the output level will decrease as you play more strongly Rate Velocity on off When the Rate Velocity switch is on key on velocity will affect the operator EG Rl The result will depend on the Velocity setting Velocity 1...

Page 157: ...Specify parameters for the main LFO Wave triangle saw down saw up square sine sample hold This selects the wave shape of modulation produced by the Main 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 Speed setting Speed 0 99 The speed of the LFO mod...

Page 158: ... job 06 LFO and press JUMP 245 F2 Sub Specify parameters for the sub LFO Mode delay decay When this is set to delay the Sub LFO will begin after the time delay specified by decay the Sub LFO will begin fading out after the time specified by Wave triangle saw down square sample hold The wave produced by the Sub LFO Speed 0 99 The speed of the LFO modula tion Higher settings result in faster modulat...

Page 159: ...rom 1 2 octave to 8 octaves PEG Sw When using the Pitch EG to make the pitch of a sound change over time you will nor mally turn the PEG switch on for all operators If the pitch of a modulator operator changes while the pitch of another operator it is modulating re mains constant or vice versa the car rier modulatorratiowillshiftduringtheduration of the sound changing the overtone structure This c...

Page 160: ...h Rates and Levels When you press a key the pitch will begin at the level of L0 and will change at the rate of Rl 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...

Page 161: ...0Hz 22 43kHz 0 127 The cutoff frequency of each filter can be adjusted independently The number 0 127 displayed in parentheses indicates the data value input when using the numeric keypad Note that the highest HPF setting is 11 66 kHz Ctrl EG LFO EG VA Each of the two filters can be controlled in a different way For details see the explanations below for Ctrl EG Ctrl LFO Ctrl EG VA Resonance 0 99 ...

Page 162: ... monly used for brass or synth bass sounds Resonance Resonance lowers the level of sound below the cutoff frequency creating an increased peak of emphasis This may reduce the overall volume High settings of resonance will make changes in cutoff frequency quite easy to notice When the two filters are being used in tandem as a Band Pass Filter i e when filter 1 is set to HPF resonance will have no e...

Page 163: ...ry 8 AFM filter Select 02 Cutoff Scaling filter 1 press Fl Fit1 JUMP 250 filter 2 press F2 Filt2 JUMP 251 Specify filter scaling parameters This indicates the type of the filter being edited and its cutoff frequency The cutofffrequency can be modified from this job but to modify the type of filter you must use job 8 1 Filter cutoff BP1 4 Break Point Note C 2 G 8 and Off set 127 127 of each Break P...

Page 164: ...o change the display range hold SHIFT and press F1 F6 xl x2 x5 xl0 x20 x50 To shift the display to a different segment hold SHIFT and press F7 or F8 Segl Seg4 Rel1 The filter EG is graphically displayed R1 R4 RR1 RR2 Keyon Rates Release Rates 0 63 Keyon Rates 1 4 and Release Rates 1 2 determine the speed of the filter EG Higher settings result in faster change RS Rate Scaling 7 7 Rate Scaling allo...

Page 165: ... element data being edited to a set of basic values Procedure From AFM Element job JUMP 230 directory Select job 15 Initlz To execute the initialize operation press YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT INITIALIZE AFM ELEMENT Yes or No This function sets all AFM element data values to the minimum or simplest possible settings When creating your own new voices it is usually best to begin b...

Page 166: ...n all operators Rate Scaling 0 Velocity Switch off Range 8 oct Keyon Rates 1 3 63 KeyoffRate 1 63 Keyon Levels 1 3 0 KeyoffLevel 1 0 08 Filter Resonance 0 Cutoff Mod Sens 0 Keyon Velocity Sens 0 following data is same for both filters Filter Type thru Filter Control LFO Cutoff Frequency 127 Break Point 1 Note Cl Break Point 2 Note G2 Break Point 3 Note E4 Break Point 4 Note C6 Break Point Offset 0...

Page 167: ... cay The control signal from the AWM LFO can create vibrato tremolo or wah wah 06 LFO AWM LFO The AWM element LFO creates a cyclically changing control signal that can be used for tremolo vibrato or wah wah 07 PitchEG AWM pitch EG The pitch of each note can be made to change in a fixed way over time 08 Filter AWM filter The tone of an AWM ele ment can be made to change in a fixed way over time or ...

Page 168: ...eyboard will play the selected waveform at a different pitch When this is set to fixed the waveform will be played back at the pitch specified by Number regardless of which note was played Frequency Fine 64 63 This is a fine adjustment of the waveform pitch Note Number C 2 G8 This setting will appear only if frequency mode fixed This setting determines the pitch at which the selected waveform will...

Page 169: ...tar E Bass 1 E Bass 2 E Bass 3 ThmpBass SlapBass Fretless WoodBass QtrSteel GtrNylon 12string EG Sng1 EG Humbk No 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 6 1 1 7 WaveForm EG Harm1 EGHarm2 EG Mute EGComp EGDist EG Pluk1 EG Pluk2 BD1 BD2 BD3 BD4 BD5 BD6 BD7 BD8 SD 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD 4 SD 5 SD 6 SD 7 SD...

Page 170: ...l4 Digital5 Digital6 Digital7 Digital8 Digital9 Digit10 Digit11 Digitl12 DigiVox1 No 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 WaveForm DigiVox2 DigiVox3 DigiVox4 DigiVox5 Pluse 10 Pluse 25 Pluse 50 Tri DigiWild Stuff1 Stuff 2 Stuff 3 Stuff 4 Stuff5 Stuff 6 Stuff 7 Stuff 8 Stuff 9 Stuff 10 Stuff 11 Stuff 12 Stuff 13 Stuff 14 Stuff 15 Stuff 16 Stuff 17 Stuf...

Page 171: ...cribed in Sample utility 1 Sample directory page 275 To load samples To load samples via MIDI sample dump simply connect the MIDI OUT of the transmitting device to the MIDI IN of the SY99 and make the transmitting device transmit a sample dump The SY99 can receive sample dumps at any time regardless of the mode it is in Toload sample data from a floppy disk use the operation described in Sample ut...

Page 172: ... This function initializes all sample assignments for the currently selected waveform AWM ELEMENT DATA WAVEFORM EDIT 2 F7 Waveform name Summary You can use this function to change the names of internal waveforms Procedure From Waveform edit Press F7 Name Specify the waveform name Enter an eight character name for the waveform To clear the currently entered name press F1 Clr To switch to upper case...

Page 173: ...te that the high key of a sample is al ways one key below the low key of the next sample It is not possible to overlap samples in a waveform or to leave gaps between them If five or more samples have been assigned to the currently selected waveform use Fl to scroll the display through the samples in the waveform To set a parameter in or F2 press F7 and then press a note to enter it as the new sett...

Page 174: ...m maximumlevel holdmode The AWM EG is graphically displayed This indicates the time range of the EG graphic display xl displays the shortest time with the greatest detail To change the time range press F1 F6 xl x2 x5 x10 x20 x50 This indicates the segment from which the EG is displayed To begin the graphic display from a different segment press F7 or F8 to select Segl Seg4orRel1 Hold Time or Rate ...

Page 175: ... conjunction to create a variety of AWM EG shapes If R4 is greater than 0 and you continue holding a note after the 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 you release the note the level will decrease at the ra...

Page 176: ... The keyboard level scaling is graphically dis played Break Point The AWM output level can be ad justed according to the note that is played On most acoustic instruments notes differ in vol ume and tone depending on the range in which they are played For example the low notes of a piano are louder than the high notes Use the four break points to specify how the AWM output level will be adjusted ac...

Page 177: ... the Rate Velocity switch is off the AWM EG attack rate will not be affected by key on velocity Amplitude Modulation Sensitivity Amp Mod Sens 7 7 Amplitude Modulation Sensi tivity determines how greatly the output level of the AWM element will be affected by Amplitude Modulation from the LFO Increasingly higher positive settings 1 7 will allow the LFO to have a greater effect Negative settings 1 7...

Page 178: ...on Depth 0 127 This determines how greatly the LFO will affect the output level amplitude of the operators Pitch Modulation Depth 0 127 This deter mines how greatly the LFO will affect the pitch of the operators Filter Modulation Depth 0 127 This deter mines how greatly the LFO will affect the cutoff frequency of the filter Initial Phase 0 99 This determines the point of the LFO waveform from whic...

Page 179: ... 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 change will be affected by the key number of each note The following diagram shows the result when Pitch EG Rate Scaling is set to 7 Notice that high notes have a shorter pitch EG faster EG rates than lower notes Velocity Sw velo...

Page 180: ...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 there will be slight differences in the timing of the pitch change AWM ELEMENT DATA 8 AWM filter JUMP 264 Summary The two filters of each element can be used to ...

Page 181: ...on data and AFM element data Refer to Voice Common 15 Initialize page 132 and AFM Element 15 Initialize page 154 Initialized settings for AWM Element data 02 AWM Waveform Select Waveform Preset 65 triangle wave Frequency Mode normal Fixed Mode Note C3 Frequency Fine 0 03 AWM Amplitude EG Mode normal Keyon Rates 1 2 3 63 Keyon Rate 4 0 KeyoffRatel 63 Rate Scaling 0 Keyon Level 2 3 63 04 AWM Output ...

Page 182: ...e data not just voice AWM element data and is also available while Procedure editing Common data AFM element data or From AWM Element job JUMP 256 Drum Set data For details refer to Voice com directory mon data 16 Recall voice Select job 16 Recall To execute the recall operation press YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT 171 ...

Page 183: ...fy how the effect units are connected how the sound from each note of the drum voice is sent to the effect units parameter settings for each effect unit and how the effect parameters are controlled in realtime 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...

Page 184: ...ngs for each note of the keyboard Repeat the two steps as necessary 1 Press a key on the SY99 keyboard to select a key note number The selected key note number will be displayed in 2 Make settings number 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 s...

Page 185: ...settings for effect unit 2 These parameters are exactly the same as for Effect 1 Refer to Common Data job 10 3 Effect 1 Parameter page 108 05 Effect Control Specify how effect param eters will be affected by control change mes sages This is exactly the same as for a normal voice Refer to CommonData job 10 5 Effect Control page 123 Pressing F1 F5 will select the corresponding job Note Drum voice ef...

Page 186: ... by a dash and cannot be selected In the above display effect sends 1 and 2 are available If an effect send is turned on its number will be displayed and the sound of the waveform assigned to that key will be sent to that effect send If an effect send is turned off a period will be displayed and the sound of the waveform assigned to that key will not be sent to that effect send In the above displa...

Page 187: ...drum voice to 80 When this is set to 0 the lowest position of the con troller will reduce the volume of the drum voice to silence When this is set to 127 the controller will have no effect on the volume Remarks In addition to the controller specified here the volume of the entire SY99 can always be controlled over its full range by an optional foot controller connected to the rear panel VOL UME ja...

Page 188: ... Voice volume 127 02 Wave data set for each Key Note Number Level 127 Waveform preset 1 86 BD1 Note shift 0 Fine tuning 0 Alternate off Output group both Static pan 0 03 Effect set same as normal voice initial data except for Effect Send for each Key Note Number Effect send sel all on Effect send level 127 Effect send velocity sense 0 04 Controller set Volume Low Limit 0 Device 14 05 Drum set name...

Page 189: ...VOICE EDIT MODE 178 ...

Page 190: ...nthesizers 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 MIDI program change message to an external device 179 ...

Page 191: ...mode is meaningful only when you are using a sequencer either the SY99 s built in sequencer or an external MIDI sequencer to send two or more channels of MIDI data to the SY99 s tone generator Note If a multi contains many two element or four element voices the response to Note on messages may become slightly slower If this is a problem either reduce the number of voices in the multi or select voi...

Page 192: ... select Press F8 to view the multi directory Refer to the following section Multi directory To select a multi use the following procedure The multi does not actually 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 PR...

Page 193: ...ithout affecting the SY99 s own tone generator This allows you to switch a tone generator module connected to the SY99 MIDI OUT to another memory without changing 2 the SY99 s own memory selection An identical function is available in voice play mode 3 Procedure From multi play mode JUMP 300 Select Fl Send Specify a bank select number 1 16 384 and a program change number 1 128 To transmit the bank...

Page 194: ... 832 by pressing a single function key This feature makes it easy to use the MIDI master control function while playing the SY99 Procedure From multi play mode JUMP 300 Select F6 Mstr The controller select display will appear just as if you had pressed JUMP entered 832 using the numeric keypad and then pressed ENTER This display can be used to send a variety of control in formation to MIDI instrum...

Page 195: ...MULTI PLAY MODE 184 ...

Page 196: ...MULTI EDIT MODE MULTI EDIT MODE This section explains the details of all Multi Edit parameters 185 ...

Page 197: ...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 186 ...

Page 198: ... memory and select the multi memory 1 16 in which you want to store your newly edited multi 2 Press F8 Stor 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 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 4 You will then return ...

Page 199: ...of the multi This displays the number and name of the multi you are editing This displays the number and name of the voice where the cursor is located Move the cursor in this area and select a voice for each of the sixteen channels in the multi This area displays only the first seven characters of the selected voice name but the voice number and name are fully displayed in Each channel of the mult...

Page 200: ...turn un needed channels of the multi off To turn a channel off move the cursor to the corresponding voice and press F2 Off To re tore the previous voice selection for a channel move the cursor to the corresponding voice and press F1 On Remarks In multi play mode the SY99 keyboard will normally play only the channel of the multi which matches the Keyboard MIDI Transmit Channel setting made in MIDI ...

Page 201: ...ent data 2 AWM waveform set 7 AWM pitchEG Selected Voice This displays the number and name of the voice played by the multi channel where the cursor is located 4 Voice note shift JUMP 406 Summary Adjust the note shift transposition of the voice played by each channel of the multi Procedure From multi job directory JUMP 400 Select job 04 Shift Specify the note shift for each channel for channels 1 ...

Page 202: ...mmary Each voice can be sent from either or both output groups Procedure From multi job directory JUMP 400 Select job 06 OutSel Specify the output group for each channel for channels 1 8 press JUMP 410 SHIFT F1 1 8 for channels 9 16 press JUMP 411 SHIFT F2 9 16 Selected Voice This displays the number and name of the voice played by the multi channel where the cursor is located Output off grp1 grp2...

Page 203: ...ct Send 03 Effect 1 Parameter Make settings for effect unit 1 This is exactly the same as for voice editing Refer to Common Data job 10 3 Effect 1 Parameter page 108 04 Effect 2 Parameter Make settings for effect unit 2 These parameters are exactly the same as for Effect 1 Refer to Common Data job 10 3 Effect 1 Parameter page 108 05 Effect Control Specify how effect param eters will be affected by...

Page 204: ...s is set to multi you will be able to specify an overall effect send level for the entire voice This effect send level will apply to all elements 1 4 of a normal voice or all 76 keys of a drum voice You can also enable or disable the effect sends 1 4 as explained in Setting the Source parameter to multi is more conve nient when you need to adjust the effect send levels of several channels in the m...

Page 205: ...ress YES To quit without executing press NO or EXIT INITIALIZE MULTI ARE YOU SURE Yes or No This function sets all multi data values to the mini mum or simplest possible settings When you are creating a new multi it is often convenient to start with the initial settings If you are sure you want to initialize the multi data press YES and the data of the multi being edited will be set to the values ...

Page 206: ...executing press NOor EXIT RECALL MULTI ARE YOU SURE Yes or No If after editing a multi you exit multi edit mode with out storing the edited multi data will be lost In such cases you can use this function to recall the previously edited multi data into the editing buffer If you are sure you want to recall press YES and the previously edited multi data will be recalled into the editing buffer If you...

Page 207: ...MULTI EDIT MODE 196 ...

Page 208: ...ted 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 197 Contents of this section Song play Song record Song edit Song edit jobs 1 Song edit jobs 2 Song setup jobs Transmit channel Song name Song directory page 201 203 208 214 218 228 230 231 232 ...

Page 209: ...re set to transmit on the corresponding channels 1 16 However you can change this using the Transmit channel function described on page 230 A Multi consists of a voice selection and other settings for each of 16 channels If you want to use a sequencer track to play only an external tone generator via MIDI OUT you must select an off voice for the corresponding channel of the multi The following dia...

Page 210: ...ong 01 Quantiz 02 MdfGate 03 MdfyVel 04 Cresc 05 Transps 06 ThinOut 07 ErsEvnt 08 NtShift 09 MovClck 10 CpyMeas ll ErsMeas 12 DelMeas 13 CreMeas 14 MixTrck 15 ErsTrck Quantize Modify gate time Modifyvelocity Crescendo Transpose Thin out Erase event Note shift Move clock Copy measure Erase measure Delete measure Create measure Mix track Erase track 199 ...

Page 211: ...SONG MODE Song Setup job directory Song Name 01 Receive Event 02 MIDI Control 03 Accent Level 04 Clock Beat 200 ...

Page 212: ...rmines whether the song selected using the Next Song item will play automatically when the current song is finished playing Set this item to Play to chain play one or more songs PRG Select on off This determines whether a program change message will be executed each time the current song is selected When this item is turned on the currently selected voice or multi wil be registered for automatic s...

Page 213: ...encer is stopped you can press LOCATE to instantly move to this measure In addition to LOCATE the following keys can be used while the sequencer is stopped to move backwards and forwards in the song Move to the beginning of the song Move backward one measure continue pressing to move rapidly LOCATE Move to a previously set location Move forward one measure continue pressing to move rapidly Song ed...

Page 214: ... operations require some memory for 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 playwillberecordedattheexacttimingthey occur When a quantization of 1 32 1 2 is selected all notes you p...

Page 215: ...en 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 realtime F1 step F2 orpunch in F3 3 If you specified punch in recordi...

Page 216: ...to the tempo To stop recording 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 modify 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...

Page 217: ...ing 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 n...

Page 218: ...lease a key it will be recorded and the position will move ahead one step as specified by the step time 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 located at you can also use the cursor keys to move back and forth in the track and enter notes wherever you l...

Page 219: ... 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 divided int...

Page 220: ...data press ENTER To exit song edit mode and return to song play mode press EXIT Song Name This displays the name of the song Measure 001 999 To move to another mea sure in the track place the cursor here and modify the data Time 01 08 4 01 16 08 01 32 16 This dis plays the time signature of the current measure in the track Used 0 100 This displays the amount of sequencer memory already used When t...

Page 221: ... mark to a suitable time signature such as 1 16 so that the measure marks now delimit the area where you want to use the song edit job Summary In song editing data insert mode you can insert any type of data into any location in the selected track 1 15 Procedure From song mode when the SONG LED is lit red Press EDIT Select a track 1 15 Press F8 Data and then press Fl Ins Specify the type parameter...

Page 222: ...y shows the data that will be inserted at the cursor location To specify the type of data to be inserted hold SHIFT and press F1 F6 to enter one of the types of data explained below Move the cursor and modify the param eters as desired and press ENTER to insert the data at the current location To move to Change mode press F2 Chng To move to Graph mode press F7 Grph Control change To enter control ...

Page 223: ...he next occurrence of a begin re peat end repeat or specified pattern number press F5 Srch Details are given below To copy a specified range of parts to another range of parts press F6 Copy Details are givenbelow Repeat marks The parts surrounded by repeat begin and repeat end marks will repeat for the specified number of times For example if track 16 consists of the following data it will repeat ...

Page 224: ...ntents of track 16 will change as follows Delete part To delete a specified part from the track press F8 Del The lower lines of the display 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 will be moved to fill the gap For example if you have specified De...

Page 225: ...end marks in the destination song which do not have correspond ing repeat begin marks will be removed from the destination song during the append process The two songs will play back to back with one exception if Track 16 of the destination song is shorter than the other tracks Track 16 of the source song will be moved forward in time and attached directly to the end of the destination Track 16 As...

Page 226: ... by the cut operation Before executing the cut song opera tion always check to be certain that the desti nation song does not contain data you wish to keep Errors An attempt to cut a song will result in an error under any of the following conditions When there is not sufficient sequencer memory to perform the cut operation When the same song is specified as both the source and destination When the...

Page 227: ... a track select button 1 16 to select a track to copy To execute press ENTER Toquit without executing press EXIT Source 1 10 Specify the song from which the selected track is to be copied Destination 1 10 Specify the song to which the selected track is to be copied Remarks All song data for the selected track will be copied from the source to the destination A song may become longer as a result of...

Page 228: ...ongs from the SY99 s sequencer memory In addition the song s settings are initialized as follows The song s measure table is initialized to 4 4 The tempo is set to 120 The transmit channels are assigned to their equivalent tracks Track 1 to channel 1 Track 2 to channel 2 etc The Next Song item is set to Off The Next Mode item is set to Stop The name is If you clear one song or all songs the data w...

Page 229: ...the selected track to create an effect of crescendo or diminuendo 05 Transps Transpose Transpose all notes in specified measures of the selected 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 selected track 07 ErsEvnt Erase event Erase all data ...

Page 230: ...gram shows how the Gate Time setting will affect the quantized results Top Measure 001 999 Specify the first mea sure to be affected Last Measure 001 999 Specify the last measure to be affected Quantize 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 12 1 16 1 24 1 32 Specify the timing interval to which the notes will be quantized For example if the shortest note value should be a 16th note specify 1 16 If the music contains trip...

Page 231: ...e values Rate and Offset These two settings can be used separately or together First the value is multiplied by the rate and then the offset is added The following diagram shows how Rate settings modify the gate time by the specified percentage If you want only to add an absolute value to each gate time leave rate at 100 so it will have no effect If you want only to multiply each gate time by the ...

Page 232: ...re From song edit job directory 2 JUMP 606 Select 04 Cresc JUMP 610 Specify the area of track measures over which you wish to create a crescendo and specify the range Press a track select button 1 15 to select a track 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 ...

Page 233: ...P 612 Specify the area of track measures which you wish to thin out and specify the type of data to be thinned out Press a track select button 1 15 to select a track 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 this is set o...

Page 234: ...nother note number Procedure From song edit job directory 2 JUMP 606 Select 08 NtShift JUMP 614 Specify the area of track measures for which you shift notes and specify the original and new note numbers Press a track select button 1 15 to select a track 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 Measu...

Page 235: ... to move the strings track earlier in time so that the string voices begin playing a bit before than the other voices to improve the perceived timing Area 001 999 The measures beginning with the specified Top Measure and ending with the specified Last Measure will be moved in time Summary This operation copies a specified range of measures in one or more tracks to another loca tion in the same tra...

Page 236: ...ithout executing press EXIT Area 001 999 The measures beginning with the specified Top Measure and ending with the specified Last Measure will be erased Example For track data as shown in the following diagram Measures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 using the Erase Measure operation with set tings of Area 002 004 would change the track data as shown in the following diagram Measures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Summary T...

Page 237: ...ress ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT Area 001 999 New measures beginning with the specified Top Measure and ending with the specified Last Measure will be created and inserted Time 1 8 4 1 16 8 1 32 16 Specify the time signature of the measures you wish to create Example For track data as shown in the following diagram Measures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Track using the Create Measure operation ...

Page 238: ...e mixed Example For track data as shown in the following diagram Summary This operation erases all data from the specified track s Procedure From song editjob directory 2 JUMP 606 Select 15 ErsTrck JUMP 621 Press one or more track select buttons 1 16 to select the tracks To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing press EXIT There are no parameters to set for this operation Use ...

Page 239: ...t 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 original velocity Control Change on off Specify whether or not control change messages will be recorded by the sequencer Pitch Bend on off Specify whether or no...

Page 240: ...DI clock mes sages are being received Summary 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 Procedure From song setup job directory JUMP 622 Select 03 Accent Level JUMP 625 Specify each of the four accent levels To exit to the song setup job directory press EXIT Accent 1 Accent 4 1 127 These determine the accent leve...

Page 241: ... transmit its data Procedure From song play mode Press F6 T ch JUMP 627 Specify the MIDI transmission channel for each track To exit to song play mode press EXIT Tracks 1 16 1 16 Specify the channel 1 16 on which each track will transmit data from MIDI OUT 230 Transmit channel JUMP 627 ...

Page 242: ...Press F7 Name JUMP 628 Specify the song name To exit to song play mode press EXIT Enter an 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 F3 Lowr Remarks Methods of entering character data are explained in How to enter character data page 30 231 Song name JUMP 628...

Page 243: ...e displayed in this area You can select a song by inputting a num ber from one to ten by pressing the correspond ing function keys F1 F8 or SHIFT F1 F2 or by moving the cursor to the desired song and pressing ENTER If the cursor is moved using INC DEC the data entry slider or the data entry wheel it is not necessary to press ENTER Pressing F1 F8 will select the corresponding song 1 8 Holding SHIFT...

Page 244: ...dited 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 236 Pattern record 237 Pattern edit 241 Pattern edit jobs 242 Pattern setup jobs 245 Transmit channel 246 Clear pattern 247 233 ...

Page 245: ...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 which you want the patterns to be played by Pattern data may be recorded when the SY99 is in Voice mode However this data will not be played when the SY99 is in Voice mode unless the voice receive channel is set...

Page 246: ...y Pattern 02 Get Pattern 03 Put Pattern 04 Put Chain Pattern Pattern Setup job directory 01 Receive Event 02 MIDI Control 03 Accent Level 04 Clock Beat 235 Howpatternmodeisorganized Pattern Editjob directory Clear Pattern ...

Page 247: ...ll sound Sync internal MIDI This determines the tim ing source which will control the sequencer Normally you will leave this set to internal so that the SY99 s own clock will determine the tempo If you are using an external MIDI sequencer and want the SY99 s sequencer to play in synchronization with it set this to MIDI so that MIDI clock messages received at MIDI IN will determine the tempo Press ...

Page 248: ...u will leave this set to internal so that the SY99 s own clock will determine the tempo If you are using an external MIDI sequencer and want the SY99 s sequencer to play in synchronization with it set this to MIDI so that MIDI clock messages received at MIDI IN will determine the tempo Recording mode Real Step Press F1 or F2 to select the recording mode Realtime recording press Fl Notes will be re...

Page 249: ...only during recording rec play The metronome will sound during recording or playback always The metronome will sound constantly Measure 01 32 As you record this will ad vance to Show the currently recorded measure number of the pattern 30 250 While recording you can move the Click Beat 1 4 1 6 1 8 1 12 1 16 1 24 While recording you can move the cursor here and specify the beat on which the click w...

Page 250: ...current position in the measure If the currently selected 32nd note area contains data the notes in that area will be displayed on the keyboard diagram To select an accent value press F1 F4 Subsequently entered notes will be given the selected accent value To change the accent value assigned to F1 F4 refer to Pattern setup job 4 accent level To delete all data in the 32nd note area where the curso...

Page 251: ... 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 Recording procedure enter notes wherever you like When you come to note data it will be displayed on the keyboard diagram below and sounded on the synthesizer To stop recording When you are finished recording the pattern press STOP...

Page 252: ... 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 the maximum m...

Page 253: ...l parts into a specified track 1 15 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 pattern To execute the operation press ENTER To quit without executing ...

Page 254: ...ple For settings of Source track 2 mea sures 2 3 Destination pattern 5 the result would be as follows Before Measure Track2 Pattern 5 After Measure1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Track 2 Pattern 5 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 JUMP 703 Specify the source pattern and specify the destination track an...

Page 255: ...out 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 pat tern as many times as it is used in a pattern the resulting destination track will occupy more me...

Page 256: ...ted types of data not be recorded 02 MIDI Control Specify whether the SY99 s sequencer will be controlled by its own tun ing source or by an external sequencer 03 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 04 Clock Beat Set the number of clocks per beat that will be displayed in editing Note These set...

Page 257: ...to pattern play mode press EXIT Tracks 1 16 1 16 Specify the channel 1 16 on which each track will transmit data from MIDI OUT Note The transmit channel assignments can also be changedfrom song play mode The result is ex actly whether you select this function from Pattern or from Song mode The transmit channel used to transmit pat tern data can be changed by changing the setting for Track 16 246 T...

Page 258: ...n or all patterns To execute the operation press ENTER To quit 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 a pattern that has been cle...

Page 259: ...PATTERN MODE 248 ...

Page 260: ...nsmit bulk data via MIDI save or load SY99 data on card or disk load and store sample data store MIDI bulk data from another device or use the SY99 as a MIDI master controller page Contents of this section System utility MIDI utility Card utility Disk utility Sample utility MIDI data recorder utility Master control utility 252 258 262 265 275 279 284 249 ...

Page 261: ...DI control number you specify Also the controller hold function can be set to prevent the resetting of modulation and other parameters affected by controllers 04 Edit Confirm The Are you sure message that appears when you store recall or initialize data can be turned on off 05 Greeting Message Edit the two line message that is briefly displayed when the SY99 power is turned on 06 Memory Allocate S...

Page 262: ...peration transmits MIDI bulk data from SY99 MDR memory to an external device 02 Input This operation receives MIDI bulk data from an external device into SY99 MDR memory 03 Load From Disk This operation loads a file of MIDI bulk data from disk into the SY99 MDR memory 04 Save To Disk This operation saves MIDI bulk data from SY99 MDR memory to a disk file 05 Initialize MDR This operation initialize...

Page 263: ...d when the SY99 power is turned on can be edited 06 Memory Allocate Specify how much of the MDR sample RAM will be used by the MDR 07 Switch Lock Lock the switches on the SY99 front panel To move to a different utility mode press F2 F7 To select a job from the currently displayed job directory hold SHIFT and press afunction key SYSTEM UTILITY 1 Master tuning JUMP 801 Summary The overall tuning of ...

Page 264: ...ocity When this is set to a value 0 127 all notes will be given the same speci fied velocity value regardless of your playing velocity curve specified in Velocity Curve 0 7 This determines the way in which the SY99 tone generator will respond to your playing velocity as shown in the following diagrams Velocity curves 6 cross 1 and 7 cross 2 allow you to crossfade between two voices us ing key velo...

Page 265: ... Assignable Wheel 1 120 The MODULATION 2 wheel located at the left of the SY99 keyboard will transmit control messages of the type you specify here Press F1 Foot or F2 Whl to move the cursor to or Remarks The settings in Voice Common job 12 Controllers JUMP 226 227 228 deter mine the type of control message by which each parameter will be controlled If you want to use an assignable controller to c...

Page 266: ...m JUMP 804 Summary The Are you sure message that ap pears when you store recall or initialize data can be turned on off Procedure From system utility job directory JUMP 800 Select 04 Edit Confirm JUMP 804 Specify whether or not the confirm message will appear 0 Edit Confirm on off When this is on you will be asked Are you sure whenever an opera tion that erases or replaces data is about to be perf...

Page 267: ...ly contained by the SY99 However if you attempt to decrease the sample memory area to a value insufficient to hold the samples currently contained by the SY99 an error message will appear informing you that the change cannot be executed as de sired In such a case you will have to initialize the sample RAM area before attempting to de crease its volume MDR Memory The MDR function lets you use the S...

Page 268: ...ing press NO or EXIT To unlock the front panel switches press SHIFT EXIT This function locks the front panel switches on the SY99 This may be convenient when you wish to place books or sheet music on the SY99 front panel and do not want memories to be changed acciden tally To unlock the front panel switches simultane ously press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or turn off the power once and you will re...

Page 269: ...ity job directory JUMP 806 Select 01 Setting JUMP 807 Specify MIDI transmit and receive channels and settings Keyboard Transmit Channel 1 16 This determines the channel on which data will be transmitted from MIDI OUT when you play the keyboard or move the various controllers In multi mode this also determines which of the sixteen voices will be played by the keyboard Voice Receive Channel 1 16 omn...

Page 270: ...equencer memory Pressing F1 F8 will move the cursor to the corresponding item in the display Local If you are using the SY99 by itself you should usually leave local on However local off can be useful in the following situations Some commercially available MIDI process ing devices are able to receive a stream of MIDI note and controller data and process it to create parallel harmony or other music...

Page 271: ... MIDI utility and master control settings 1 Voice If you select 07 1 Voice and press F8 Dir a directory of the sixteen voices in the currently selected bank will appear Select a bank A D and select a voice 1 16 Then press F8 Go and the data of the selected voice will be trans mitted Only internal voices can be dumped 1 Multi If you select 08 1 Multi and press F8 Dir a directory of the sixteen mult...

Page 272: ...ceiving song data by bulk dump When data for a single song is received by bulk dump whether in K Seq or N Seq format that song is auto matically assigned to the song number of the currently selected song Any sequence data for the current song will be deleted by the incoming data Moreover Next Song Next Mode and PGM Select settings cannot be received as part of a song data bulk dump these items wil...

Page 273: ... 812 Select 01 Load From Data Card JUMP 814 Specify the type of data to be loaded To execute the load operation press F8 Go To quit without executing press EXIT Data Type synth all multi voice pan met synth setup You can load all or part of the data from card When synth all is selected all the data will be loaded When multi voice pan met is selected multi voice pan and micro tuning data will be lo...

Page 274: ... System utility MIDI utility and master control settings Pan data Micro tuning data Internal voices 1 64 Internal multis 1 16 CARD UTILITY 3 Format data card JUMP 815 Summary Before you use a new RAM card you must format it so that the card can be used by the SY99 or the SY77 Procedure From card utility job directory JUMP 812 Select 03 Format data card JUMP 815 To execute the operation press F8 Go...

Page 275: ...nts of a waveform card you can then insert the other card into the WAVEFORM slot and have the waveform data of both cards available simultaneously Waveform and sample data loaded using this operation will be placed in consecutive sequence in available MDR sample RAM memory Data from two cards may be loaded at once as long as there is sufficient memory available to load all of the waveform and samp...

Page 276: ...setting allows you to write All Data Sequencer All or Synthesizer All files in SY77 format Songs saved as 1 Song or Song ESEQ files will be saved in a format common to both the SY99 and SY77 regardless of this setting To move to a different utility mode press F1 F3 or F5 F7 To select a job from the currently dis played job directory hold SHIFT and press a function key F1 F8 Important Before using ...

Page 277: ...ved as All Data 08 Seq Setup Setup data from a disk file that was saved as All Data 09 Song Ptn 1 song and pattern sequencer data from a disk file that was saved as All Data 10 Other Seq Sequencer data in K Seq E Seq N Seq or standard MIDI file format 11 1 Voice A single selected voice from a disk file that was saved as All Data 12 1 Multi A single selected multi from a disk file that was saved as...

Page 278: ...e 9 load operation types 10 and 13 are used to load data files containing a single song Load operation 10 is used to load data saved using the E Seq N Seq and Standard MIDI File formats whereas load operation type 13 is used to load K Seq data saved using the 1 Song procedure described in 3 Save to disk below The procedure for loading these types of data is similar to that described above for load...

Page 279: ... memory System setup data The system setup data loaded using load operation types 1 2 and 4 consists of all System utility MIDI utility and master control settings The MDR sample memory allocation ratio will be changed as a result of load operation type 1 however this ratio and master control select data will not be changed as a result of load operation types 2 or 4 Remarks Some All Data files are...

Page 280: ...y occupied by data the SY99 will ask you if you wish to over write the file If you do not wish to keep the data in the file press YES and the old file will be overwritten If the old data is important press NO and select a differentfile number Save to disk types 4 6 Save operation types 4 6 are used to save data for a single song Type 4 is used to save data in the K seq format type 5 is used to sav...

Page 281: ...not wish to keep the data in the file press YES and the old file will be overwritten If the old data is important press NO and select a different file number System setup data The system setup data saved using save operation types 1 and 2 consists of all System utility MIDI utility and master con trol settings Remarks Some All Data files are very large and will not fit on a single disk When you sa...

Page 282: ...Y99 data Procedure From disk utility job directory JUMP 816 Select 04 Format Disk JUMP 818 To execute the formatting operation press F8 Go To quit without executing press EXIT Newly purchased disks must be formatted by the SY99 before they can be used to store data Formatting a diskwill erase all the data on the disk Be careful not to accidentally format a disk which contains valuable data The dis...

Page 283: ...ss 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 6 Rename file Summary An already existing disk file can be given a differen...

Page 284: ... you wish to delete To execute the delete file operation press F8 Go To quit without executing press EXIT This shows the amount of remaining free mem ory for the currently inserted disk Move the cursor in this area to select the type of file you wish to delete 01 All Data All data of the SY99 02 Synthesizer All All data of the synthesizer section 03 Sequencer All All data of the sequencer section ...

Page 285: ...e All Data Synthesizer All and Sequencer All data to a disk which will be later loaded by an SY77 Although most types of disk file are compatible between the SY99 and the SY77 01 A11 Data 02 Synthesizer All and 03 Sequencer All formats are not compatible The SY99 All Data contains synthesizer sequencer waveform sample and MDR data but the SY77 All Data contains only synthesizer and sequencer data ...

Page 286: ...form edit page 160 However samples loaded from waveform cards and copy protected disks cannot be saved to disk or output via MIDI sample dump Important It is possible for data in internal memory to be lost as a result of inappropriate operation or other reasons We recommend that you keep backups of important voice multi system sequencer sample MDR data on a floppy disk or memory card MCD64 It is a...

Page 287: ...sample and press F8 Go To request a sample dump specify a destination and press F6 Rqst To exit without executing press EXIT Two types of dump operations are listed here Move the cursor to select the desired operation and then press ENTER 01 Waveform This allows you to dump all internal waveform data 02 Sample This job allows you to dump a specified sample or to send a sample dump request If 01 Wa...

Page 288: ...elect the destination into which the selected sample will be loaded press F4 Dst The fol lowing display will appear Move the cursor within this area to select a destination sample number Note that if the selected sample number is already occupied by data this data will be overwritten by the load operation The display can only show ten sample numbers at one time If necessary press F1 or F2 to scrol...

Page 289: ...a single disk When you save data to such a file the SY99 will display the amount of disk space required to save the entire file and ask whether it should format the disk as it saves the data Press YES to format the disk while saving NO if using disks which are already formatted Remember that formatting a disk will destroy any data it contains The SY99 will pause dur ing the save operation and ask ...

Page 290: ... their own disk drive or card slot but are able to tranmsit their data as a MIDI bulk message Use the following pro cedure to save data for such devices 1 Use 02 Input MDR to receive the data from the external device into the SY99 s MDR memory 2 Use 04 Save To Disk to save the data from SY99 MDR memory onto an SY99 disk When you wish to load the data back into the exter nal device use the followin...

Page 291: ...Select You may specify all blocks or selected blocks of the set of data to be transmitted If ALL is selected all F0 F7 blocks in the set of MIDI bulk data will be transmitted If Select is selected you can specify which F0 F7 blocks of the data will be transmitted see below From To If Snd Type Select you can specify which F0 F7 blocks of the data will be transmitted Many devices dump the contents o...

Page 292: ...ess F1 It is not possible to receive MDR data into a location which already contains data If you wish to delete or overwrite old MDR data press F4 Del to delete the data 2 If desired you can assign a name to the data by pressing F6 Name A display will appear allowing you to input an MDR name You may execute MDR input from the naming screen 3 Whether or not you have assigned a name to the data pres...

Page 293: ... file 1 99 to scroll the MIDI DATA RECORDER 4 Save to disk Summary This operation saves all 99 sets of data from SY99 MDR memory to adiskfile Procedure From MIDI data recorder utility JUMP 830 job directory Select 04 Save To Disk Select the file number into which the MDR data will be saved Specify a name for the file if desired To save the MDR data to a file press F8 Go Toquit without saving press...

Page 294: ...R To execute the initialize operation press YES To quit without initializing press NO Press YES if you are sure you want to initialize the internal MDR memory All data will cleared from the SY99 s MDR memory Note that data cleared in this way is permanently deleted and cannot be recalled MDR initialization will not affect the data stored in memory allocated as sample memory area INITIALIZE MDR ARE...

Page 295: ...ssafunctionkey MASTER CONTROL 1 Controller select JUMP 832 Summary This job allows you to select master control setups and edit setup parameters Procedure From master control utility JUMP 831 directory Select 1 Controller Select Specify a master control setup to activate de activate or edit To activate an inactive setup press ENTER To deactivate an active setup press ENTER To edit a control setup ...

Page 296: ...the master control feature and the SY99 s sequencer at the same time in Song or Pattern play mode However it is not possible to use the master control functions while recording using the SY99 s sequencer If you press RECORD while the control setups are activated the control setups will be de activated temporarily while the sequencer is recording When you press STOP to stop record ing the control s...

Page 297: ...ay be a noticeable delay while this data is transmitted before the keyboard will respond to yourplaying Transpose 64 64 The notes transmitted by the zone will be transposed by this amount Note Limit C 2 G8 The zone will transmit only notes whose note number is inside this range within Velocity Limit 1 127 The zone will transmit only notes that have a note on velocity within this range Control setu...

Page 298: ...tertouch curve 1 4 Bank select number Program change number Volume MDR data set Transpose Note limit Velocity limit Internal voice muiti MIDI 1 off on 1 16 1 4 1 4 off 1 16384 off 1 128 off 0 127 off 1 99 64 64 C 2 G8 1 127 MIDI 2 off on MIDI 3 off on MIDI 4 off on ...

Page 299: ...hether or not each type of message will be transmitted on each channel Move the cursor in this area and specify whether or not Program Change Control Change Pitch Bender Sustain Aftertouch or Main Volume messages will be transmitted from each channel by the master controllers An x symbol indi cates that the data will not be transmitted The filter settings in this display are common to all eight ma...

Page 300: ...APPENDIX 289 ...

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Page 302: ... this section Explanation of the preset and internal voices Preset multi chart Preset drum voice layouts AFM algorithms How the SY99 differs from the SY77 Using RCM hybrid synthesis Using loaded samples to create a voice Using the master control functions Using the MDR functions Error messages Disk filename extensions About the Standard MIDI File Format Expansion memory boards Specifications Index...

Page 303: ... MW1 vibrato MW2 chorus mix level A12 EP VoxLayr Contemporary digital EP layered with breathy vocal pad MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry output mix of EFF1 A13 KY Smokey Tight full bodied digital keyboard voice useful in many musical styles MW1 chorus mod freq and depth MW2 filter cutoff and pan LFO A14 KY CrsClav Wet full bodied digital keyboard voice with a percussive character similar t...

Page 304: ...C05 BR FrHorns A section of french horns DE output EFF1 wet dry mix AFT vibrato and filtercutoff C06 BR DrkHom An expressive solo french horn MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE delay mix level C07 BR Azen 16 Analog style brass section oc tave down MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cut off DE EFF2 mix C08 BR DaBurbs Wet resonant analog type brass section MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE chorus mix level VEL EQ ...

Page 305: ...s possible Percussion voices reside above the electron inc drums Preset 2 A01 SC Heretic Hauntingly beautiful sound with handbell attack MW1 vibrato MW2 pan LFO chorus mod freq and chorus PM depth A02 SC AeroPno Grand piano with airy synth layer MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE mod FB gain VEL reverb time A03 SC Juptier Lush detailed digital synth MW1 vibrato and tremolo MW2 filter cutoff VEL EQ h...

Page 306: ...ve and expressive lead synth voice with rich stereo delays MW1 vibrato B13 SL Sync Lead synth voice with oscillator sync sound MW1 vibrato pan LFO MW2 filter cutoff DE flange modulation Feedback gain B14 SL Square Classic analog type square wave lead synth voice with mono key response MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE flange mix level B15 SL PulseWM Pulse width modulation in an AFM lead synth voice...

Page 307: ...remolo DE flange mix level D06 WN PanPipe Breathy detailed pan flute MW1 vibrato tremolo and filter modulation MW2 filter cutoff and pan LFO VEL Low EQ gain D07 ME Phantom Swirling evolving synth pad MW1 pan LFO and pan bias MW2 filter cutoff AFT vibrato DE wet dry mix for Output 2 D08 ME 5thsMan Percussive bowed 5ths attack followed by vector like swirl of harmonics and evolving sustained pad MW1...

Page 308: ... vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry outputmix ofeffects B01 AP Bright Bright digital piano MW2 filter cutoff DE reverb mix level B02 EP BellEP Electric piano with bell attack MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry output mix ofeffects B03 EP HrpPhon EP with harp and pianophone elements MW1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff pan LFO and symphonic effect mix level DE reverb wet dry output mix B04 EP Dual...

Page 309: ...1 vibrato MW2 filter cutoff DE EFF2 mix level D01 WN HrdAlto Hard hitting alto sax MW1 vibrato and tremolo MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry output mix of reverb D02 WN HrdTenr Velocity sensitive tenor sax MW1 vibrato and tremolo MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry output mix ofreverb D03 WN BariSax Breathy baritone sax MW1 vibrato and tremolo MW2 filter cutoff DE wet dry output mix of reverb VEL EQ high gain...

Page 310: ...ff P1 A09 P2 D04 P1 A07 P2 D07 P1 A03 off 04 12 P1 A06 P2 B11 P1 A09 off P2 A10 P2 A12 P2 A04 off P2 B07 off P1 A10 off P2 D03 off P2 D03 off P2 C12 P1 C02 P2 A11 P1 B08 P1 C16 P1 C07 P1 C16 off P2 D04 off P2 A01 P2 C13 P2 A08 P2 D15 P2 B04 Off 05 13 P2 B06 off P2 B07 off P2 B04 off P1 D05 off P2 B09 off P1 A15 off off off P2 D01 off P2 D03 off P2 A03 P1 B10 P1 C14 P2 D05 off off P2 D06 off P1 D11...

Page 311: ...Perc NoisePrc AnIgPerc AnIgPerc AnIgPerc Cowbell2 Cowbell2 Cowbell2 Scratch Scratch Scratch Berimbau Berimbau Tabia Hi Tabia Hi Tabia Hi Tabia Hi Cga Lo Cga Lo CgaLo Cga Lo CgaLo Cga Hi CgaLoSIp Cga Hi Cga Hi Cga Hi HiCgaSIp Timbale1 Timbale1 Timbale1 Timbale1 Timbale2 Timbale1 No 148 148 128 127 128 127 127 127 123 123 123 129 129 129 131 131 143 143 143 143 136 136 136 136 136 134 137 134 134 13...

Page 312: ...ogo Maracas Agogo Maracas Clave Tambrn Tambrn Shaker Tambrn Shaker FngrSnap FngrSnap Guiro 1 Guiro 2 Cabasa Cabasa Whistle Whistle Belltree Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Cowbell1 Cowbelll1 Claps 1 Claps 1 Crash Crash Crash Choke No 146 146 146 147 132 103 132 130 141 130 141 138 124 124 125 124 125 126 126 139 140 133 133 149 149 150 145 145 145 145 145 122 122 120 120 117 117 117 119 Preset1...

Page 313: ...APPENDIX One carrier AFM algorithms Algorithm 01 Algorithm 02 Algorithm 03 Algorithm 04 Algorithm 05 Algorithm 06 Algorithm 07 Algorithm 08 Algorithm 09 Algorithm 10 Algorithm 11 Algorithm 12 302 ...

Page 314: ...APPENDIX Algorithm 13 Algorithm 14 Algorithm 15 Algorithm 16 Algorithm 17 Algorithm 18 Algorithm 19 Algorithm 20 303 ...

Page 315: ...APPENDIX Two carriers Algorithm 21 Algorithm 22 304 Algorithm 23 Algorithm 24 Algorithm 25 Algorithm 26 Algorithm 28 Algorithm 27 ...

Page 316: ...APPENDIX Algorithm 29 Algorithm 30 Algorithm 32 Algorithm 31 Algorithm 33 Algorithm 34 Algorithm 36 Algorithm 35 305 ...

Page 317: ...APPENDIX Three carriers Algorithm 37 Algorithm 38 Algorithm 39 Algorithm 40 Algorithm 41 Algorithm 42 306 ...

Page 318: ...APPENDIX Four carriers 307 ...

Page 319: ... can be increased using expansion RAM ferent external synthesizers or tone generators kits Refer to the following section Expansion An output filter is provided to filter each type RAM in the appendix of outgoing message for each channel 1 16 For details refer to Master control utility page 284 Effect system The SY77 has two modulation units 4 effect types and two reverb units 40 effect AWM ROM pr...

Page 320: ...EG to Filter will have the same job number 3 EG 8 Filter Since these jobs are similar or identical for both AFM and AWM elements it is conceptually helpful for them to have the same job number Other details There are other differences in the screen displays and function key assignments Most of these differences are due to the addition of new features to the SY99 However we have tried to keep the J...

Page 321: ...ve you wish to use 310 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 order to explain the mechanics of RCM hybrid voicing Before trying to us...

Page 322: ...void distorting the sound appearing 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 oper ator 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 illustrate some of the possibilities of RCM hybrid synth...

Page 323: ...outlines the basic features of this process 1 Load the samples to be used into to sample RAM area You can load samples into the sample RAM area using Sample utility job 03 Load from disk or via MIDI sample dump Say for example you wish to create a voice using three piano samples which were sampled at different locations of the keyboard When you have completed the load procedure the sample director...

Page 324: ... mode Depending on the sample altering the loop mode can produce some interesting effects To edit a different sample press F7 Asgn move the cursor to a different sample and press F8 Data once again 8 Edit the voice This completes the assignment of tones to the waveform When you are satisfied with your settings press EXIT three or four times to return to voice edit mode Try changing the voice s oth...

Page 325: ...ED above corresponding memory select switch lights and the name of the setup is displayed in reverse 2 Initialize the control setup Press F8 Edit JUMP 833 Press F4 Init The controller edit display will appear when you press F8 Edit Zone Transmit channel Bank select Program change MIDI 1 5 off 10 MIDI 2 6 off 12 MIDI 3 7 Off 14 MIDI 4 8 off 16 Press F4 Init to initialize the controller settings 3 E...

Page 326: ... 6 and so on However the master control utility includes additional features which allow for more subtle applications For example you can use the velocity limit parameter to limit the response of external generators depending on the velocity with which you hit the keyboard To do so you might edit a control setup as follows Zone Transmit channel Bank select Program change Velocity limit MIDI 1 5 of...

Page 327: ...put tooutputdatafromtheSY99 to the external device These two step procedures naturally take more time than it would require to load or save the same data using data cards The advantage of this method lies in cost as disks tend to be less expensive than data cards However some people may find that a little speed is worth the 316 added cost in the end it is a matter of personal taste Advanced applic...

Page 328: ...d as part of an All Data file 3 Before performance load all data to the SY99 A Load all synthesizer sequencer and setup data to the SY99 B Load the rhythm machine and tone generator data to the SY99 s MDR memory area us ing the memory numbers you specified in the control setup 4 During performance activate the control setup before the sixth song A The MDR data specified will be transmitted to the ...

Page 329: ...smatch Since the device numbers did not match the bulk Data empty data was not received Sequence data bulk was received but the message contained no data Bulk canceled While receiving or transmitting bulk data EXIT Bulk rejected sample exists was pressed to abort the operation An unoccupied sample number could not be found so the bulk sample data was not received Datacard Data card not ready Verif...

Page 330: ...he SY99 The data in the disk is faulty Song memory full Bad disk The sequencer memory is full The disk is faulty Sample memory full File not found The sample memory area is full The file was not found MDR memory full Write protected The MDR memory area is full The disk is write protected Disk full There is no more memory available on me disk Disk Please stop sequencer Range is exceeded The sequenc...

Page 331: ...s Cl through The voice must be stored in bank A B or C C6 will be saved as a result of this operation Save the voice to bank D if you wish to save the data for all notes E0 through G6 Sample Please allocate sample memory Sample data not exists You attempted to enter Sample utility mode but You attempted copy or save sample data from a no memory has been allocated for sample use sample number which...

Page 332: ...no memory has been allocated for MDR use already occupied by data Please choose a dif Please use the System utility memory allocate ferent MDR number as the destination for function to allocate memory for MDR use incoming data Not enough memory for MDR MDR data not found You attempted to reduce the memory area allo You attempted to output data from an empty cated for MDR use beyond the minimum MDR...

Page 333: ...andard MIDI File format 0 The following filename extensions are used by Yamaha digital music products as of March 1990 A01 A99 B01 B99 V50 SEQ file QX5PD song file SY77 NSEQ DX7 II MDR data V50 MDR file QX3 bulk file C01 C99 D01 D99 E01 E99 F01 F99 I01 I99 J01 J99 K01 K99 L01 L99 M01 M99 P01 P99 R01 R99 S01 S99 T01 T99 U01 U99 V01 V99 W01 W99 SYS DX7 II cartridge data V50 CARD file QX3 play chain ...

Page 334: ...s 1 through 15 is loaded however any data for channel 16 will be ignored Tempo change messages and similar information are all loaded to Track 1 When a format 1 file is loaded data for the track containing tempo change messages and other conductor information is loaded to the SY99 as Track 1 Data for other tracks are loaded in sequence It will therefore be neces sary to reset the channel assignmen...

Page 335: ...acintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc APPENDIX is a registered trademark of Microsoft they are 2DD disks in MS DOS or PC DOS format Disks formatted by an Apple Macintosh may used as long as they are formatted using a SuperDrive or other disk drive device capable of formatting a disk in MS DOS format To use Standard MIDI Files saved by the SY99 on an Apple Macintosh use ResEdit o...

Page 336: ...y installed by the user Please note the fact that these boards can only be used as sample memory The amount of memory that can be allocated for use by the MIDI data recorder is limited to 512 Kbytes and cannot be expanded using expansion boards The following chart shows the minimum and maximum amounts of sample memory that each board makes available Boards 0 1 2 3 4 5 Minimum MDR 512 Kbytes 0 Kbyt...

Page 337: ...namic voice allocation LED red x 11 red green x 21 Keyboard 76 notes key velocity sensitivity chan Terminals nel aftertouch with zoned aftertouch Audio output OUTPUT 1 L MONO R OUT PUT 2 L R PHONES DSP effects 2 units 63 effect types Controller BREATH FOOT VOLUME FOOT CONTROLLER SUSTAIN FOOT SWITCH Sequencer MIDI IN OUT THRU Tracks 16 15 tracks 1 pattern track Songs 10 Power requirements Resolutio...

Page 338: ...lter Auto store see Store 150 measure 224 multi 182 operator 136 pat AWM block diagram of element 54 copy element tern 242 part in the pattern track 213 sample 156 edit jobs 156 EG 163 filter 169 LFO 167 276 song 215 track 216 voice 87 in RCM hybrid synthesis 10 list of waveforms Correct the timing of recorded data see Quantize 158 output 165 sensitivity 166 pitch EG 168 Create measure 226 initial...

Page 339: ...nother voice 105 two DSP units voices using RCM synthesis 310 14 mode select 106 realtime control 123 selec tion 108 set 104 settings for a multi 37 192 Initialize AFM element 154 AWM element 170 EG AFM operator 142 143 AFM pitch 148 AWM drum voice 176 MDR memory 283 multi 194 163 AWM pitch 168 filter cutoff 153 sample memory 278 voice common 132 EG bias controller set 130 Input MDR data 281 Eleme...

Page 340: ...or 144 AWM 165 MIDI IN OUT THRU terminals 22 Output group select voice common 103 voice in MIDI control of sequencer timing 197 multi 191 MIDI data recorder MDR how to use 316 Output MDR data 280 initialize memory 283 input data 281 load data from disk 282 output data 280 save data to disk Page mark for JUMP function 27 282 utility jobs 279 PAGE keys 21 to move between jobs 25 MIDI bulk dumps 260 ...

Page 341: ...17 RECORD key 19 Record pattern 237 pattern realtime 238 pattern Temperament see Micro tuning step 239 song 8 203 song punch in 205 song Tempo relative sequence data 211 realtime 204 song step 206 three ways to 16 Thin out 222 Relative tempo data 211 Timing correct for recorded data see Quantize Rename disk file 272 Tone simple ways to modify the 66 Repeat marks in a pattern 39 212 Tone generator ...

Page 342: ...32 list of presets 5 mode 158 edit 160 initialize 161 initialize sample select 95 name 131 play mode 85 recall 133 memory 278 name 161 sixteen types produced select 86 what is a 52 by AFM operators 140 Voice drum see drum voice Wheel data entry see Data entry wheel Voice in a multi select 188 tuning 190 volume 189 Zoned aftertouch 71 127 VOLUME sliders 18 Volume drum voice 172 element level 96 voi...

Page 343: ...Tel 81 CouniryCode 5 l 460 2445 For information please contact our nearest subsidiary or the authorized distributor listed below SERVICE This product is supported by YAMAHA s worldwide network of factory trained and qualified dealer service personnel In the event of a problem contact vour nearest YAMAHA dealer ...

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