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The Controls & Connectors

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Front Panel

[POWER] Switch

Press to turn the TG500 power on or off.

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PHONES Jack

Accepts a standard pair of stereo headphones (1/4" stereo phone plug) for

headphone monitoring of the TG500 sound without the need for external ampli-
fication equipment.

VOLUME Control

Adjusts the volume of the sound delivered via the rear-panel OUTPUT

jacks as well as the PHONES jack.

page 12.

Liquid Crystal Display Panel

This 24-character

2-line backlit liquid crystal display panel shows all

essential information for easy operation and programming.

page 17.

[PLAY MODE] Key

Alternately selects the TG500’s voice, performance, and multi play modes.

page 14.

[POWER] Switch

PHONES

VOLUME Control

Liquid Crystal Display Panel

Summary of Contents for TG500

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Page 2: ...ucts distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA Dette apparat overholder det gaeldende EF direktiv vedrørende radiostøj Cet appareil est conforme aux prescriptions de la directive communautaire 87 308 CEE Diese Geräte entsprechen der EG Richtlinie 82 499 EWG und oder 87 308 EWG This product complies wi...

Page 3: ...er power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial nunber and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT ...

Page 4: ...lied by Yamaha are designed for seating only No other uses are recommended WARNING When using any electrical or electronic prod uct basic precautions should always be followed These precautions include but are not limited to the following 1 Read all Safety Instructions Installation Instructions Spe cial Message Section items and any Assembly Instruc tions found in this manual BEFORE making any con...

Page 5: ... dazzling true to life sound with 64 note polyphony Large capacity Waveform ROM A huge 8 megabyte waveform ROM provides the kind of capacity required for stunning true to life sound Expandable Waveform RAM Up to 1 megabyte of waveform RAM can be installed to allow loading of external samples via waveform cards or the MIDI Sample Dump protocol 4 layer Performance Combinations Voices can be played i...

Page 6: ...rammable effects offering quality rivalling some of the finest separate signal processing systems Other Features Slots for dual external memory card sets VOICE and WAVE Easy to read 24 character 2 line backlit LCD display Recognizes individual key aftertouch Stereo L R and 4 individual audio outputs ...

Page 7: ...iii APPENDIX UTILITY MODE WAVE EDIT MODE MULTI EDIT MODE DRUM VOICE EDIT MODE VOICE EDIT MODE PERFORMANCE EDIT MODE GETTING STARTED FEATURE REFERENCE ...

Page 8: ...recautions 3 About the Manual 5 The Getting Started Section 5 Icons 6 The Feature Reference Section 7 The Controls Connectors 8 Front Panel 8 Rear Panel 11 1 Setting Up Your System 12 Connections 12 Power on Procedure 15 2 Selecting And Playing Voices 16 The Preset Internal Card Voice Memories 16 Select a Voice Play 17 Internal Voice List 19 3 The Performance Mode 22 The Preset Internal Card Perfo...

Page 9: ...e Limit H 67 3 1 08 Velocity Limit L 69 3 1 09 Velocity Limit H 69 3 1 10 MC3 Enable 71 3 1 11 MC4 Enable 71 3 1 12 Layer Initialize 73 3 1 13 Layer Exchange 74 Layer Data Copy 75 Feature Reference 3 2 Effect 3 2 01 Mode 76 3 2 02 Type 77 3 2 03 Send 78 3 2 04 Send Sensitivity 79 3 2 05 Output 80 3 2 06 Output Level 81 3 2 07 Wet Dry 82 3 2 08 Mix Level 83 3 2 09 Parameter 1 84 3 2 10 Parameter 2 ...

Page 10: ...MIDI Controller 1 145 3 6 04 MIDI Controller 2 145 3 6 05 MIDI Controller 3 147 3 6 06 MIDI Controller 4 147 Controller Data Copy 149 3 7 Effect 3 7 01 Mode 150 3 7 02 Type 151 3 7 03 Send 152 3 7 04 Output Level 153 3 7 05 Wet Dry 154 3 7 06 Mix Level 155 3 7 07 Parameter 1 156 3 7 08 Parameter 2 156 3 7 09 Control 1 157 3 7 10 Control 2 157 3 7 11 Control LFO 160 Effect Data Copy 161 Effect Sign...

Page 11: ...put Level 209 4 06 Wet Dry 210 4 07 Mix Level 211 4 08 Parameter 1 212 4 09 Parameter 2 212 4 10 Control 1 213 4 11 Control 2 213 4 12 Control LFO 216 Effect Data Copy 217 Effect Signal Flow Display 218 Utility Mode 1 System 1 1 Setup 220 1 2 Effect Bypass 221 1 3 Output 222 2 Controller 2 1 MIDI Control 223 2 2 Volume Control 225 3 MIDI 3 1 Parameter 227 3 2 Filter 230 3 3 Bulk Dump 231 3 4 Progr...

Page 12: ...OOTING 315 INDEX 317 EFFECTS 251 Effect Signal Flow Diagrams Voice Mode 253 Effect Signal Flow Diagrams Drum Voice Performance and Multi Modes 261 The Effects Their Parameters 271 INSTALLATION OF THE SYEMB06 EXPANSION MEMORY BOARD 282 INITIAL DATA INITIAL PERFORMANCE InitPerf 283 INITIAL NORMAL VOICE Init Vce 284 INITIAL DRUM VOICE DR Kit 285 INITIAL DRUM VOICE DR Zones 287 INITIAL DRUM VOICE DR G...

Page 13: ...Getting Started ...

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Page 15: ... it is con nected a sound system for example turn the power switches of all related devices OFF prior to connecting or disconnecting audio and MIDI cables MIDI Connections When connecting the TG500 to MIDI equipment be sure to use high quality cables made especially for MIDI data transmission Avoid MIDI cables longer than about 15 meters Longer cables can pick up electrical noise that can causes d...

Page 16: ...laced by qualified Yamaha service personnel DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THE BACKUP BATTERY YOURSELF Internal memory data can be corrupted due to incorrect operation Be sure to save important data to memory card frequently so you have a backup to revert to if something happens to damage the data in memory Service and Modification The TG500 contains no user serviceable parts Opening it or tampering wi...

Page 17: ...3 The Performance Mode Page 22 Selecting and playing performance combinations from the INTERNAL PRESET and CARD memories and programming original performance combinations 4 The Multi Mode Page 35 Creating and using multi setups that allow up to 16 separate instru ments to be independenty controlled from an external sequencer com puter or similar device 5 Voice Editing Effects Page 39 Some ideas to...

Page 18: ...ftware mal function or any other serious problem that may occur due to improper operation or set up This icon marks information that you must read i e impor tant steps or procedures that are essential for proper efficient or easy operation The magnifying glass icon indicates information that may not be essential for general operation but is a more detailed explanation of a feature a description of...

Page 19: ...it Mode Page 197 5 Utility Mode Wave Edit Mode Page 219 Once you have become familiar with the way the TG500 works by going through the Getting Started section you should only need to refer to the Fea ture Reference section from time to time to get details on functions you ve never used before or refresh your memory about functions that you don t use very often Each chapter of the Feature Referenc...

Page 20: ...on equipment 3 VOLUME Control Adjusts the volume of the sound delivered via the rear panel OUTPUT jacks as well as the PHONES jack page 12 4 Liquid Crystal Display Panel This 24 character 2 line backlit liquid crystal display panel shows all essential information for easy operation and programming page 17 5 PLAY MODE Key Alternately selects the TG500 s voice performance and multi play modes page 1...

Page 21: ... an appropriate edit mode is engaged the STORE COPY key is also used call the corresponding data copy function page 33 8 UTILITY SELECT Key This key selects the TG500 utility mode containing a range of utility functions and the wave edit mode In the performance edit mode the UTILITY SELECT key is also used for layer selection and muting while in the mutli edit mode it is used for multi instrument ...

Page 22: ...ressed briefly for single stepping in the specified direction or held for continuous scrolling Even faster scrolling is achieved by pressing the opposite key while holding the key corresponding to the direction you want to scroll in The 1 NO and 1 YES keys are also used to respond to the Sure confirmation prompt when saving or initializing data page 13 ENTER and EXIT Keys The ENTER key is used to ...

Page 23: ...age 12 MIDI IN OUT and THRU Connectors The MIDI IN connector receives the data from an external keyboard sequencer or other MIDI device which is to control or transmit data to the TG500 The MIDI THRU connector simply re transmits the data received at the MIDI IN connector allowing convenient chaining of MIDI devices The MIDI OUT connector transmits bulk data when one of the MIDI data transmission ...

Page 24: ... VOLUME control If you have a monaural sound system connect only the L MONO jack If you plan to use the TG500 with a mixing console or an integrated multitrack recorder mixer you might want to take advantage of the INDI VIDUAL OUTPUT jacks 1 2 3 and 4 in addition to the OUTPUT L MONO and R output jacks These six outputs can be connected to separate input chan nels of the mixer In the multi mode fo...

Page 25: ...o make sure that the receive channel of the TG500 is set to match the transmit channel of your keyboard Basic MIDI Settings 1 Select the UTILITY mode Press the UTILITY SELECT key to select the UTILITY mode 2 Select the MIDI functions Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select 3 MIDI 3 Press ENTER 4 Select the Parameter screen Press the PAGE key and then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the 3 1 Par...

Page 26: ...MODE when done Press the PLAY MODE key to exit from the UTILITY mode and return to the TG500 play mode If your system requires more detailed MIDI settings first read General Editing Procedure on page 45 then study the MIDI parameters described on pages 227 through 232 of the UTILITY MODE section PLAY THE DEMO The TG500 includes a demonstration playback function that you can try out once your syste...

Page 27: ...to exit from the demo mode Power on Procedure Believe it or not there s actually a right way to turn on a sound system that will minimize the possibility of damage to the equipment and your ears 1 Make sure your sound system s volume control and the TG500 volume control are turned all the way down prior to turning power on 2 Turn on your keyboard or other MIDI controller 3 Turn on the TG500 4 Turn...

Page 28: ...ices are organized in 4 banks of 64 voices each PRESET VOICE MEMORY PI Preset voice bank 1 00 63 PII Preset voice bank 2 00 63 PIII Preset voice bank 3 00 63 PIV Preset voice bank 4 00 63 INTERNAL VOICE MEMORY INTERNAL voice numbers begin with the letter I The INTERNAL voice memory is a RAM Random Access Memory area which initially contains 128 voices that you can use as is or edit to create varia...

Page 29: ...ameter page 233 Thus 128 of the 256 voices stored on a card can be accessed at a time DATA 1 CARD VOICE MEMORY CI Card voice bank 1 00 63 CII Card voice bank 2 00 63 DATA 2 CARD VOICE MEMORY CIII Card voice bank 3 00 63 CIV Card voice bank 4 00 63 A properly formatted Yamaha MCD64 memory card or an appropriate pre programmed voice card must be inserted in the DATA 1 and or DATA 2 slot before the c...

Page 30: ... the individual voice banks within each memory area Pressing the MEMORY key should call the following voice number pre fixes in sequence the card memory shown in parentheses below only appears if cards are inserted in the DATA slots II III PI PII PIII PIV CI CII CIII CIV II 3 Select a Voice After selecting a voice bank you can select any of the 64 voices it contains by using the 1 NO and 1 YES key...

Page 31: ...Y EP 1 19 KY EP 2 20 KY EP 3 21 KY EP 4 22 KY EP 5 23 KY EP 6 24 KY EP 7 25 KY EP 8 26 KY EP 9 27 KY EP 10 28 KY EP 11 29 KY EP 12 30 KY Clav1 31 KY Clav2 No Voice Name 32 KY Hrpsi 33 KY Acrdn 34 KY Cali1 35 KY Cali2 36 ME Bottl 37 ME Gizmo 38 ME Grind 39 ME Hand 40 ME Kali 41 ME Mello 42 ME Orch1 43 ME Orch2 44 ME OrchR 45 ME Soro 46 ME Templ 47 ME Tink 48 ME Tomi 49 ME Voics 50 OR Jaz B 51 OR Sm...

Page 32: ... CH Kwire 19 CH Spirt 20 CHAnalg 21 CH VoxPc 22 DR Tom 23 Fl Banjo 24 Fl Koto 25 Fl Sitr2 26 Fl Tamba 27 GT Fingr 28 GT Amod 29 GT Strat 30 GT Pedal 31 GT Dist2 No Voice Name 32 KY Hrpzi 33 KY EP 13 34 KY EP 14 35 KY EP 15 36 KY EP 16 37 KY EP 17 38 KY EP 18 39 KY Harm 40 KY SyClv 41 ME Bnshe 42 ME Bubbl 43 ME Hit 44 ME Marin 45 ME Mojo 46 ME Poot 47 ME Sweep 48 ME Tabla 49 ME Treml 50 ME Angel 51...

Page 33: ...r FI Folk Instruments WN Wind CH Chorus TP Tuned Percussion SP Synth Pad SC Synth Comp SL Synth Lead ME Musical Effect SE Sound Effect DR Drums A more detailed voice list is provided in the appendix page 303 If you don t get any sound at this point Make sure your sound system is turned ON and the volume is turned up to a reasonable level make sure that the TG500 VOLUME control is turned up to a re...

Page 34: ...mory The PRESET performance memory contains 128 pre programmed performance combinations in ROM Read Only Memory that cannot be overwritten or changed in any way The 128 performance combinations are organized in 2 banks of 64 voices each PRESET PERFORMANCE MEMORY PI Preset performance bank 1 00 63 PII Preset performance bank 2 00 63 INTERNAL PERFORMANCE MEMORY INTERNAL performance numbers begin wit...

Page 35: ...holding two voice banks of 64 performance combinations each The card bank to be accessed 1 or 2 must be selected via the UTILITY mode 4 Card function 4 1 Bank parameter page 233 Thus 64 of the 128 performance combina tions stored on a card can be accessed at a time DATA 1 CARD PERFORMANCE MEMORY CI Card performance bank 1 00 63 DATA 2 CARD PERFORMANCE MEMORY CII Card performance bank 2 00 63 A pro...

Page 36: ... PLAY mode Pressing the MEMORY key should call the following performance number prefixes in sequence the card memory shown in parentheses below only appears if cards are inserted in the DATA slots I PI PII CI CII I 3 Select a Performance Combination As in the VOICE PLAY mode the 1 NO and 1 YES keys are used to select any of the 64 performance combinations in the currently selected bank 4 Play Try ...

Page 37: ... Chick 12 ME Glitz 13 GT Strat 14 SE C tar 15 WN Sacks 16 CO Stass 17 KY Digi2 18 SP Whino 19 SL L7 20 ME Honto 21 GT Phunk 22 SE Xeno 23 WN Alto 24 CO Megin 25 KY Jerry 26 SP Hinx 27 SL Eazy 28 ME Mars 29 GT Rock 30 SE Storm 31 WN Panic Preset Performance Lists 2 Performance List No Voice Name 32 SP Atrio 33 SC Woody 34 ME Chorl 35 GT Round 36 BR Sfz2 37 SE Rado 38 ST LgSm 39 SL Meteo 40 CO Clock...

Page 38: ...ers so that for example one voice sounds when you play softly and a completely different voice takes over or overlaps the first voice when you play harder VOICE A Volume Pan Tune Note limit Velocity limit Controller AEG offset Filter offset LFO offset Sustain on off Pitch EG enable Oscillator mode LAYER D LAYER D VOICE A Volume Pan Tune Note limit Velocity limit Controller AEG offset Filter offset...

Page 39: ...se will help you get a feel for the perform ance mode and standard editing procedures 1 Select a Performance Combination Engage the PERFORMANCE PLAY mode and select any performance combination as described in the preceding section 2 Initialize the Selected Performance Combination 2 1 Make sure that the PERFORMANCE PLAY mode is selected and then press the EDIT COMPARE key Use the 1 NO and 1 YES key...

Page 40: ...performance initialize job Completed will appear briefly when the performance data has been initialized 3 Select the Performance Edit LAYER Mode 3 1 Press EXIT to return to the performance edit menu then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the 3 Full Edit screen PFM EDIT É00 CO Dream 4 2 Initialize PFM Initialize Completed PFM Initialize Sure PFM Initialize PFM EDIT É00œ InitPerf 3 Full Edit ...

Page 41: ...lace the underline cursor under the layer A voice number note that the selected layer is shown in square brackets and the voice name is shown in the upper right corner of the display then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select voice number PI 06 BA Wood Next press the key to select the layer B voice number and use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select voice number PI 04 AP Tack Next press the key to se...

Page 42: ... pressing ENTER it is possible to move directly between screens in the same function group by using the and keys while holding the PAGE key From the PFM Voice screen for example you can go straight to the PFM Volume screen by pressing while holding PAGE 6 Pan the Piano Strings Voices Press the PAGE key use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the 3 1 03 Pan screen then press ENTER or simply press whi...

Page 43: ...yboard we ll shift its pitch up one octave Move the cursor to the layer A NtShft Note Shift parameter and set it to 12 8 Set the Low Note Limits Press the PAGE key use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the 3 1 06 Note Limit L screen then press ENTER or simply press two times while holding PAGE Set the layer B and layer C low note limits to C3 PFM NtShft A BA Wood 0 0 0 PFM NtLmt L A BA Wood C 2 C ...

Page 44: ...B2 and a combination of the II 01 AP Dark and II 53 ST Arco2 voices when playing on the upper octaves C3 and above The COMPARE Function The COMPARE function lets you compare the sound of the edited perform ance combination with that of the original performace combination To engage the COMPARE mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while in the perform ance edit mode The EDIT indicator will flash and you ...

Page 45: ...CE PLAY mode 12 2 Press the STORE COPY key Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the internal performance number to which you want to store your new performance combination you can also use the MEMORY key to select the card memory if a properly formatted and write enabled MCD64 memory card is inserted into one or both of the DATA slots 12 3 Press ENTER PFM PLAY É00 CO Dream EF EG Rev1 Cho Rev PFM ...

Page 46: ...escribed above If you select a different performance combination before storing however the edited data will be lost Also note that any previous data in the performance memory location you store to will be overwritten by the new data You can use the PERFORMANCE NAME function described on page 61 to give your performance combination an original name before storing it Further Possibilities When you ...

Page 47: ... recalled whenever needed WHAT S IN A MULTI SETUP A single multi setup can consist of up to 16 different voices assigned to instruments 1 through 16 Each instrument is controlled via the correspond ingly numbered MIDI channel These voices can then be controlled independ ently from a sequencer music computer or other controller transmitting on the appropriate channels Each instrument has several pa...

Page 48: ...balanced combination of voices produced by both tone generator units to ensure maximum polyphony SELECTING A MULTI SETUP MULTI PLAY setups are selected in essentially the same way as voices and performance combinations first use the PLAY MODE key to engage the MULTI PLAY mode then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the desired multi setup 00 15 The information displayed on the bottom display li...

Page 49: ...ent instrument or P to assign a performance combination Feature Reference page 200 The voice or performance number The MEMORY key can be used to select the memory area Feature Reference page 200 Effect send level 0 for no effect send 127 for maximum send Feature Reference page 200 Fine tuning values tune down values tune up Feature Reference page 201 Note shift in semitone increments values shift ...

Page 50: ...lti setup simply press the PLAY MODE key to return the MULTI PLAY mode The edited data is automatically stored in the multi setup you selected prior to editing there is no need to specifically store the edited data as there is in the VOICE and PERFORM ANCE modes The STORE COPY key can however be used to copy the current multi setup to a different location Operation is the same as in the store proc...

Page 51: ...0 provides 244 Preset 1 50 Preset 2 waves in ROM memory from which you can choose Others can be loaded into optional wave RAM memory The wave you select determines the fundamental sound of the voice Other oscillator parameters determine whether the selected wave will be played as a pitched voice or fixed at a specified pitch fine tuning note shift in semitone increments random pitch variation and ...

Page 52: ...t pitch rise that occurs naturally on the attack of some instruments or to create more pronounced pitch slides Like the amplitude and filter envelope genera tors the pitch envelope generator also has sensitivity parameters that determine how it responds to note velocity 5 Low Frequency Oscillator Page 136 140 Most voices benefit from a touch of vibrato tremolo or wah wah modula tion and it is the ...

Page 53: ...ely to end end up with more than one voice that has the same name very confusing 9 Store the Voice Page 166 Don t forget this obvious but important step If you select a different voice before storing the edited data will be lost Also note that any previous data in the voice memory location you store to will be overwritten by the new data Bypassing the Effects While Editing Since effects can alter ...

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Page 57: ...dit any of the TG500 s many parameters quickly and easily Edit Mode Access The TG500 voice performance and multi edit modes are are accessed by first selecting the corresponding play mode via the PLAY MODE key and then pressing the EDIT COMPARE key This takes you to the top level of the edit mode function tree The only exception is the Wave Edit mode which is accessed by pressing the EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 58: ... to go di rectly to the last edit screen that was selected in that function group Once you re in a function group you can select different functions within the group by first pressing the PAGE key to call the function menu then using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the function you want and finally pressing ENTER to access the selected function screen VOICE PLAY MODE The previously selected 2 Le...

Page 59: ... another layer of functions below the first layer the voice edit mode 3 Full Edit functions for example But these are accessed and selected in the same way The EXIT key will always take you up to the next highest layer until finally you return to the corresponding play mode You can also return directly to the play mode by pressing the PLAY MODE key Any 2 Level Name edit screen The voice edit Level...

Page 60: ...rner of the display while in others the name of each parameter appears directly above the parameter VCE QED AEG Type 00 Piano Currently selected parameter name appears here Type in this case If there are more parameters than will fit on a single screen a flashing pointer or will appear at either or both ends of the bottom display line indicating that more parameters are available Move to the next ...

Page 61: ...uick Edit 1 1 Voice Amplitude EG Offset 52 1 2 Voice Filter Offset 54 1 3 Voice LFO Offset 55 1 4 Voice Controller 56 1 5 Voice Setting 57 1 6 Effect 1 58 1 7 Effect 2 58 1 8 Effect Wet Dry Balance 59 3 2 Effect 76 3 2 01 Mode 76 3 2 02 Type 77 3 2 03 Send 78 3 2 04 Send Sensitivity 79 3 2 05 Output 80 3 2 06 Output Level 81 3 2 07 Wet Dry 82 3 2 08 Mix Level 83 3 2 09 Parameter 1 84 3 2 10 Parame...

Page 62: ...ormal individual layer editing mode Layer Muting It is also possible to mute turn the sound off specific layers while editing so you can more easily hear the effect of parameter changes on the active layers Layers are muted or re activated by using the 1 NO 1 YES ENTER and EXIT keys while holding the UTILITY SELECT key 1 NO mutes or re activates Layer A 1 YES mutes or re activates Layer B ENTER mu...

Page 63: ...ers appear as upper case characters and muted layers appear as lower case characters while the UTILITY SELECT key is held In the follow ing display for example layers A and C are active while layers b and d are muted PFM LAYER SELECT é è A 61 b Ñ41 C Ö18 d 07 ...

Page 64: ...e minus values produce a slower attack rate No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum EG attack rates cannot be exceeded R23 Decay 1 rate Range 63 63 Modifies the R2 and R3 parameters of the voice amplitude EG see page 112 Plus values produce a faster decay rate while minus values produce a slower decay rate No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum EG decay r...

Page 65: ...nus values produce a slower release rate No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum EG release rates cannot be exceeded Vel Velocity sensitivity Range 14 14 Modifies the amplitude EG velocity sensitivity setting see page 117 Plus settings increase sensitivity while minus settings reduce sensitivity No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum velocity values canno...

Page 66: ...ed if the filter is set to Thru In this case appears in place of the parameter value No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum cutoff frequency values cannot be exceeded Res Filter resonance Range 99 99 Modifies the height of the filter s resonant peak this corresponds to the filter Res parameter see page 122 Plus values increase resonance while minus values reduce resonance Thi...

Page 67: ...Modifies the amplitude pitch and frequency modulation depth of the LFO this corresponds to the Pmod Amod and Fmod parameters of the main voice LFO see page 138 Plus values produce greater modulation depth while minus values reduce the modulation depth No matter how much offset is applied the minimum and maximum LFO depth values cannot be exceeded Speed LFO speed Range 99 99 Modifies the speed of t...

Page 68: ...tings from the voice assigned to the selected layer LayerA LayerB LayerC or LayerD are applied to the layer being edited Select off to turn aftertouch control off for the layer being edited MC1 MIDI controller 1 Range off LayerA LayerB LayerC LayerD The MIDI Controller 1 settings from the voice assigned to the selected layer LayerA LayerB LayerC or LayerD are applied to the layer being edited Sele...

Page 69: ...rmal way while others do not sustain at all PEG Pitch EG enable Range off on Turns pitch envelope generator control of the selected layer off or on Fix Oscillator fix Range off on Turns the oscillator fixed pitch mode off or on see page 109 The FNt parameter described below can be used to set the note produced when the fix mode is turned on FNt Oscillator fix note number Range C 2 G8 Sets the freq...

Page 70: ...ted effect and parameter Use the key to scroll to the parameter screen This screen provides access to the three main parameters each for the current selected effect 1 or effect 2 depending on whether the Effect 1 or Effect 2 edit screen is selected As usual the name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while in this screen the parameter unit s for seconds for...

Page 71: ...reen provide precise balance control PFM QED EF Wet Dry Out1 100 0 100 0 Out1 Out2 Out1 Out2 Out 1 Out 2 Wet Dry Balance Range 0 100 Balances the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted simultaneously their total is always ...

Page 72: ...sition when switching between performance combinations PERFORMANCE EDIT MODE 2 Level Name 2 1 PERFORMANCE TOTAL LEVEL PFM Total Level 80 Total Level Total Level Range 0 127 Adjusts the volume level of the current performance combination A setting of 0 produces no sound while a setting of 127 produces maximum volume PLAY MODE PFM PLAY EDIT COMPARE 2 Level Name ENTER PAGE 2 1 Total Level ENTER ...

Page 73: ... key to move the character cursor to the left and the key to move the cursor to the right Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select a character for the current cursor position The available characters are listed below The entire name can be cleared by pressing the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key and a space can be entered at the cursor position by pressing the STORE COPY key whil...

Page 74: ...the voice Please note that only internal and preset voices can be used in internal performance combinations only card banks 1 and 2 and preset voices can be used in card bank 1 perform ance combinations and only card banks 3 and 4 and preset voices can be used in card bank 2 performance combinations The voices can individually turned on or off by using the PAGE and MEMORY keys while holding the UT...

Page 75: ...splay line Volume Range 0 127 Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to adjust the volume levels of the voice assigned to that layer A setting of 0 produces no sound while a setting of 127 produces maximum volume The name of the currently selected voice is shown in the upper right corner of the display appears if...

Page 76: ...own in square brackets on the upper display line Pan Range 31 31 Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to adjust the pan position of the voice assigned to that layer Minus values represent panning to the left and positive values represent panning to the right 0 positions the sound of the selected layer in the ce...

Page 77: ...YES keys to adjust the pitch of the voice assigned to that layer A setting of 12 for example shifts the pitch of the selected layer down by one octave a setting of 4 shifts the pitch up by a major third The Note Shift parameter can be used to transpose a voice to its most useful range or to create harmony intervals between different layers in a performance combination The name of the currently sel...

Page 78: ...YES keys to adjust the pitch of the voice assigned to that layer The maximum minus setting of 7 produces a downward pitch shift of approximately 2 cents a cent is 1 100th of a semitone and the maximum plus setting of 7 produces an upward pitch shift of approximately 2 cents A setting of 0 produces no pitch change The Fine parameter allows different layers in a performance combination to be slightl...

Page 79: ...note limit for each active layer the lowest note that each layer will produce Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to set the low note limit of the voice assigned to that layer The C 2 to G8 range of this parameter covers a full 10 1 2 octaves C3 corresponds to middle C on a keyboard This parameter in conjuncti...

Page 80: ...rner of the display appears if the voice is turned off An animated musi cal note appears to the right of voices that are on and active i e not muted NtLmt H High note limit Range C 2 G8 Individually sets the high note limit for each active layer the highest note that each layer will produce Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 N...

Page 81: ...d can be selected as described on page 50 The currently selected layer is shown in square brackets on the upper display line VelLmt L Low velocity limit Range 1 127 Sets the lowest velocity value for a range of velocity values over which each active layer will produce output Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys...

Page 82: ...e set to produce output only when velocity values below 60 are received so that completely different sounds are produced on soft and loud notes The name of the currently selected voice is shown in the upper right corner of the display appears if the voice is turned off An animated musi cal note appears to the right of voices that are on and active i e not muted VelLmt H High velocity limit Range 1...

Page 83: ...ed on page 50 The currently selected layer is shown in square brackets on the upper display line MC3 MIDI controller 3 enable Range on off Use the and keys or the standard layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to turn MIDI control of that layer on or off The name of the currently selected voice is shown in the upper right corner of the display ...

Page 84: ...d layer selection procedure to select the layer to be edited then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to turn MIDI control of that layer on or off The name of the currently selected voice is shown in the upper right corner of the display appears if the voice is turned off An animated musi cal note appears to the right of voices that are on and active i e not muted ...

Page 85: ...in the edit buffer or select A B C or D if you only want to initialize one specific layer Press ENTER to begin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear PFM Layer Init Sure Layer all Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the displa...

Page 86: ...ng attack is assigned to layer A instead of layer D Since layer A is sounded first the sharpness of the attack will be retained PERFORMANCE EDIT MODE 3 Full Edit 3 1 Layer 3 1 13 LAYER EXCHANGE Use the and keys to position the cursor and the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the layers to be exchanged A through D then press ENTER to begin the layer exchange procedure The following confirmation display...

Page 87: ...he internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the performance combination from the which the data is to be copied Move the cursor to the right parameter press the key and use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select layer from which the data is to be copied A B C or D Once the source performance combination and layer have been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear o...

Page 88: ...parallel providing an extensive range of possible configurations PFM EF Mode 2 parallel Mode Range 0 off 1 serial 2 parallel Determines whether the TG500 s two effect processors are connected in series 1 serial or in parallel 2 parallel or whether the entire effect system is turned off 0 off See page 251 for effect mode diagrams PLAY MODE PFM PLAY EDIT COMPARE 3 Full Edit ENTER 3 2 Effect ENTER PA...

Page 89: ...e display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more details on the TG500 effect system and page 271 for a complete list of the available effects Ef2 Type Range 0 90 Selects any of the TG500 s 90 effect types for the EFFECT 2 processor The name of the selected effect is shown in parentheses in the upper right corner of the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more de...

Page 90: ...ffect sound A setting of 0 results in no effect leaving only the dry sound of the voice The maximum setting of 127 produces the maximum amount of effect 1a 1b 2a and 2b Send switches Range See text below Determines to which of the EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2 effect stages the output from the current layer is sent The 1 and 1 keys can then be used to turn the selected stage on or off If a single type eff...

Page 91: ...vel and there fore the deeper the effect The maximum setting of 7 produces the maxi mum level variation in response to velocity changes Minus settings pro duce the opposite effect lower send level in response to higher velocity A setting of 0 results in no send level variation Scl Send key scaling Range 7 7 Allows the send level for the selected layer to be varied across the entire pitch range i e...

Page 92: ...d on page 50 The currently selected layer is shown in square brackets on the upper display line Dry1 Range off on Turns the dry line bypassing the EFFECT 1 signal processor on or off When this parameter is turned off the WET DRY parameters page 154 have no effect Dry2 Range off on Turns the dry line bypassing the EFFECT 2 signal processor on or off When this parameter is turned off the WET DRY par...

Page 93: ... output from the corresponding effect stage off while a setting of 100 produces maximum output level If the selected effect is a single type then only the 1a or 2a output level is available If it is a cascade type then only the 1b or 2b output level is available Both the 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b levels are available only if the selected effect is a dual type See page 251 for details on the effect st...

Page 94: ...e precise balance control PFM EF Wet Dry Out1 100 0 100 0 Out1 Out2 Out 1 Out 2 Wet Dry Balance Range 0 100 Balances the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted simultaneously their total is always 100 Out1 Out2 PLAY MODE P...

Page 95: ...or This parameter can only be used with the serial effect mode is selected If any other mode is selected off or parallel appears on the display in place of the value 1b Ins 2a Ins 2b Ins Insert levels Range 0 100 These parameters mix the dry signal sent to the corresponding effect stage with the output of the preceding effect stage The higher the value the greater mix level If the current effect c...

Page 96: ...meter screens The name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while the parameter unit s for seconds for percent dB for decibels etc is shown in parentheses in the lower right corner The parameters are different for each effect refer to page 271 for details PFM EF1 Param L Pitch 0 10 0 Ãé PFM EF1 Param R Fine è 10 2 7 0 9 Ãé PFM EF1 Param Init Dly è 50 9 0 ms Õ...

Page 97: ...ange 000 120 AfterTch Velocity KeyScale LFO This parameter specifies which MIDI control change number will control the parameter selected via the EF Param parameter below Some control change numbers are already defined modulation wheel foot controller etc while others are not assigned to any specific controller see chart below Additional settings include AfterTch for keyboard aftertouch control Ve...

Page 98: ...ewise Ef2Prm1 through Ef2Prm8 on the display stand for effect 2 parameter 1 through effect 2 parameter 8 The parameters available for each effect are different but the name of the selected parameter will be shown between the parentheses on the top line of the display Parameters that can not be assigned to the sliders are indicated by dashes instead of a parameter name In addition to the indivual e...

Page 99: ... value is received the assigned parameter will also be set to its lowest value A setting of 50 means that the lowest control change value will set the assigned parameter to about 50 of its range a parameter with a range of 0 to 127 for example would be set to about 63 Max Maximum parameter value Range 0 100 Sets the upper limit of the control range A setting of 100 for example means that when the ...

Page 100: ...nge 0 99 Sets the speed of the effect LFO 0 is the slowest speed setting producing an LFO speed of approximately 0 Hertz The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Delay Range 0 99 Sets the delay time between the beginning of a note and the beginning of effect LFO operation for the selected element The minimum setting 0 results in no delay while the maximum setting o...

Page 101: ...ce or performance combination is selected as the source use the MEMORY key to select the memory area from which the source voice or performance combination is to be selected Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the source voice or performance number The 1 NO and 1 YES keys can be used to select the source multi number 0 15 when MLT is selected Once the source performance combination voice or mult...

Page 102: ...figuration while in the effect edit mode In the effect edit mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT to see the overall effect system signal flow Refer to the section beginning on page 251 for details on the effect system 67 Pit Rev ØËØÈÔîîîÎ 57 EQ Sym ØØØØØËÔÁ PLAY MODE PFM PLAY EDIT COMPARE 3 Full Edit ENTER 3 2 Effect ENTER UTILITY SELECT EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 103: ... the TG500 s backup buffer memory Press ENTER to begin the recall procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the recall opera tion which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the original voice data has been recalled PFM Recall Sure CO Aster PFM Recall CO Aster...

Page 104: ...egin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the performance data has been initialized For initial performance parameter see page 283 PFM Initialize PFM Initialize Sure PLAY ...

Page 105: ...nce combination being edited with the same performance combi nation prior to editing To temporarily recall the original performance data while editing press the EDIT COMPARE key The EDIT LED will flash indicating that the com pare mode is engaged Press EDIT COMPARE a second time to return to the edit mode and the performance combination being edited EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 106: ... You can now use the MEMORY 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the memory location to which your new perform ance combination is to be stored Once the store location has been specified press ENTER to begin the store procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the store opera tion which will erase all previous data in the specified memor...

Page 107: ...ct 2 103 1 7 Effect Wet Dry 104 2 1 Level 105 2 2 Name 106 3 1 Oscillator 3 1 01 Wave Select 107 3 1 02 Parameter 109 3 2 AEG 3 2 01 Level 111 3 2 02 Rate 111 3 2 03 Scale Point 115 3 2 04 Scale Offset 116 3 2 05 Sensitivity 117 AEG Data Copy 118 3 7 Effect 3 7 01 Mode 150 3 7 02 Type 151 3 7 03 Send 152 3 7 04 Output Level 153 3 7 05 Wet Dry 154 3 7 06 Mix Level 155 3 7 07 Parameter 1 156 3 7 08 ...

Page 108: ...ey Other keyboards 03 Brass Brass instruments 04 Wind Wind instruments 05 Str Strings 06 A Gtr Acoustic guitars 07 E Gtr Electric guitars 08 Bass Acoustic electric bass 09 Folk Folk ethnic instruments 10 Synth Synthesizer sounds 11 Choir Choir human voice 12 Tprc Tuned percussion 13 Drum Drums 14 Perc Percussion instruments 15 SE Sound effects 16 OSC Basic oscillator waveforms Grp No These paramet...

Page 109: ...aves is given in the Appendix on page 309 and 310 The TG500 actually incorporates two 32 note polyphonic tone generator units A and B The inverse character A or B that appears to the right of the wave name indicates whether that wave is produced by tone gen erator unit A or tone generator unit B This information is useful for example when creating performance combinations Combining two A voices re...

Page 110: ...1 Synthesizer bass 1 09 SynBass2 Synthesizer bass 2 10 Organ Organ 11 Guitar Guitar 12 Pluck1 Plucked instrument 1 13 Pluck2 Pluched instrument 2 VOICE EDIT MODE 1 Quick Edit 1 2 AMPLITUDE EG 1 2 AMPLITUDE EG Rather than having to set numerous level and rate values via the full edit ampli tude EG parameters these parameters let you select from a range of preset envelope types and then modify the o...

Page 111: ...Sustain level Range 0 63 Sets the sustain level for the selected envelope RlsRate Release rate Range 0 63 Sets the release rate for the selected envelope Vel Velocity sensitivity Range 7 7 Determines how the output level of the current voice changes in response to velocity changes e g keyboard dynamics Plus settings produce higher output level in response to higher velocity values i e the harder a...

Page 112: ...elocity sensitive hard response 04 VeloReso Velocity sensitive resonant 05 SynBass1 Synthesizer bass 1 06 SynBass2 Synthesizer bass 2 07 SynBras1 Synthesizer brass 1 08 SynBras2 Synthesizer brass 2 09 Sweep Sweep frequency filter 10 SlowAtak Slow attack filter 11 LPF_Init Initialized LPF 12 HPF_Init Initialized HPF 13 BPF_Init Initialized BPF 14 BEF_Init Initialized BEF 15 Thru No filter Cof Cutof...

Page 113: ...e overall bandwidth of the filter passing a narrow band of frequencies at the filter s cutoff Vel Velocity sensitivity Range 63 63 Determines how the filter cutoff frequency changes in response to velocity changes e g keyboard dynamics Plus settings produce higher cutoff frequencies in response to higher velocity values i e the harder a key is played the higher the cutoff fre quency The maximum se...

Page 114: ...effects The current LFO parameter settings page 136 are selected when this param eter is set to Speed Range 0 99 Sets the speed of the LFO 0 is the slowest speed setting producing an LFO speed of approximately 0 Hertz The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Depth Range 0 127 Sets the maximum amount of amplitude tremolo pitch vibrato or filter cutoff wahwah modulat...

Page 115: ...3 Range Depends on the selected effect and parameter Use the key to scroll to the parameter screen This screen provides access to the three main parameters each for the current selected effect 1 or effect 2 depending on whether the Effect 1 or Effect 2 edit screen is selected As usual the name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while in this screen the para...

Page 116: ...he parameter provided in this screen provides precise balance control Out1 Out 1 Wet Dry Balance Range 0 100 Balances the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted simultaneously their total is always 100 PLAY MODE VCE PLAY E...

Page 117: ...s the volume of the current voice A setting of 0 produces no sound while a setting of 127 produces maximum volume VolLoLim Minimum controller volume level Range 0 127 Determines the minimum volume level that can be set by a MIDI control device assigned to volume control If this parameter is set to 0 the minimum MIDI control value will produce no sound A setting of 63 will result in about half volu...

Page 118: ...to the left and the key to move the cursor to the right Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select a character for the current cursor position The available characters are listed below The entire name can be cleared by pressing the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key and a space can be entered at the cursor position by pressing the STORE COPY key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key N...

Page 119: ...of waves that can be individually selected by using the No parameter below Wave Groups 01 Piano Acoustic pianos 02 Key Other keyboards 03 Brass Brass instruments 04 Wind Wind instruments 05 Str Strings 06 A Gtr Acoustic guitars 07 E Gtr Electric guitars 08 Bass Acoustic electric bass 09 Folk Folk ethnic instruments 10 Synth Synthesizer sounds 11 Choir Choir human voice 12 Tprc Tuned percussion 13 ...

Page 120: ...given in the Appendix on page 309 and 310 The TG500 actually incorporates two 32 note polyphonic tone generator units A and B The inverse character A or B that appears to the right of the wave name indicates whether that wave is produced by tone gen erator unit A or tone generator unit B This information is useful for example when creating performance combinations Combining two A voices results in...

Page 121: ...ter what note you play on the keyboard or other controller In this case the fix mode is appro priate The Note parameter described below can be used to set the note pro duced when the fix mode is selected Fine Fine tuning Range 63 0 63 Allows fine tuning of the selected AWM wave Each increment corresponds to approximately 1 17 cents a cent is 1 100th of a semitone so the lowest setting 63 shifts th...

Page 122: ...itch down by one octave a setting of 4 shifts the pitch up by a major third RndPt Random pitch Range 0 7 Sets the amount of random pitch variation produced each time a note is played When this parameter is set to a value other than 0 the pitch changes randomly each time a note is played The random pitch change is applied independently to each note in a chord A setting of 7 produces the greatest am...

Page 123: ... section in order to provide a clearer overall picture of AEG operation 3 2 01 Level VCE AEG Level Mode atk 0 0 Mode 3 2 02 Rate VCE AEG Rate Mode atk 63 13 0 0 27 3 Mode Mode Amplitude EG attack hold mode Range atk hold The atk and hold mode settings affect the initial attack of the sound determining how the amplitude envelope begins In the atk mode the enve lope begins from zero level reaching t...

Page 124: ...e time If the note is released before the end of the envelope described above then the sound decays to zero level from the point at which the note is released at the rate determined by the RR Release Rate parameter Maximum AWM Level Minimum Level no sound L2 L3 R4 R3 R2 R1 Key ON Beginning of note R4 decays to zero level if note held L2 L3 R1 RR AEG levels rates Range 0 63 The following diagrams i...

Page 125: ...parameter is replaced by the HT Hold Time parameter The HT parameter determines the length of time between the begin ning of the envelope and the point at which the envelope begins to move towards L2 Level 2 at R2 Rate 2 as shown below Maximum AWM Level Minimum Level no sound L2 L3 R4 R3 R2 R1 Key ON Beginning of note Key OFF End of note RR Maximum AWM Level Minimum Level no sound L2 L3 R4 R3 R2 H...

Page 126: ...nge 7 7 Allows the overall amplitude envelope generator decay rate to be varied across the entire pitch range Plus settings produce a longer overall envelope time for the low notes and a shorter envelope time for the high notes This is useful for simulating instruments such as piano in which the low notes take much longer to decay than the high notes The maximum 7 setting produces the greatest env...

Page 127: ...nt BP1 E 1 B 2 G 4 A 5 BP1 BP4 Break points 1 4 Range C 2 G8 Allows four separate amplitude envelope generator level scaling breakpoints to be set at any notes between C 2 and G8 for the selected element The level offsets for each breakpoint are set using the Scale Offset parameters in the next screen No breakpoint can be set to a key lower than the breakpoint to its left BP1 BP2 BP2 BP4 PLAY MODE...

Page 128: ...t Range 127 127 Negative values reduce the level and positive values increase the level at the corresponding breakpoint No matter what value is chosen the EG level will never exceed its minimum or maximum levels When different offset values are applied to adjacent breakpoints the level varies smoothly between the breakpoints BP2 BP4 BP3 E17 B27 G47 A57 BP1 767 BP2 907 BP3 977 BP4 847 1277 807 07 P...

Page 129: ...imum setting of 7 produces the maximum level variation in response to velocity changes Minus settings produce the opposite effect lower level in response to higher velocity A setting of 0 results in no level variation RateVel Attack rate velocity sensitivity Range 7 7 Determines how key velocity values keyboard dynamics affect the attack time of the amplitude envelope generator Plus settings produ...

Page 130: ...y from 58 SC Bell2 Use the MEMORY key to select the internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the voice from the which the AEG data is to be copied Once the source voice has been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display VCE AEG Copy Sure 58 SC Bell2 Press the 1 YES key to copy the AEG data or press 1 NO to cancel the copy operation Once the copy ...

Page 131: ...variations VCE FLT Param Type LPF 22 43kHz 127 71é VCE FLT Param Band è EG Type Filter type Range THRU LPF HPF BPF BEF LP12 Determines the type of filter response used The THRU THROUGH setting turns the filter OFF LPF and LP12 Types The LPF Low Pass Filter and LP12 settings produces a filter response that allows only frequencies below the cutoff frequency See Cutoff below to pass The LPF filter ty...

Page 132: ...frequency range pass through Signals below the cutoff frequency are blocked HPF Type The HPF High Pass Filter setting produces a filter response that allows only frequencies above the cutoff frequency See Cutoff below to pass BPF Type The BPF Band Pass Filter setting produces a filter response that allows only a band of frequencies centered at the cutoff frequency See Cutoff below to pass The Band...

Page 133: ...ype The BEF Band Elimination Filter setting produces a filter response that eliminates a band of frequencies centered at the cutoff frequency See Cutoff below to pass The Band parameter below determines the width of the elimination band FREQUENCY LEVEL PASSBAND Cutoff center frequency PASSBAND NOTCH Rejection Band ...

Page 134: ...y reduces the range of high frequencies passed making the sound darker or rounder With a HPF response a higher cutoff frequency reduces the range of low frequencies passed making the sound thinner or sharper Res Resonance Range 0 99 Determines the degree of filter resonance when the LPF filter type is selected appears in place of the resonance parameter when any other filter type is selected This ...

Page 135: ...7 produces a wide band Ctrl Filter control Range EG LFO Determines whether the cutoff frequency of the selected filter will be con trolled by the LFO or by the filter envelope generator EG Varying the filter cutoff frequency can create sweep or wah wah type effects If the cutoff is controlled via the LFO a cyclic variation based on the shape of the selected LFO waveform is produced If EG control i...

Page 136: ...ecifically to create time based timbre variations It can be used to simulate the natural timbre variations produced by acoustic instruments or to create more pro nounced electronic effects Although the filter EG levels and rates are accessed via separate screens they will described together in this section in order to provide a clearer overall picture of filter EG operation 3 3 02 Level R2 R3 R4 R...

Page 137: ...es 1 2 Range 0 63 These parameters work in conjunction with the level parameters described above to determine the shape of the cutoff envelope generator for the selected filter This function is only available if the Ctrl parameter page 123 is set to EG The Rate parameters work in the same way as the amplitude and pitch envelope generator rate parameters a setting of 63 produces the fastest al most...

Page 138: ...lter to be varied across the entire pitch range i e keyboard range This function is only available if the Ctrl parameter page 123 is set to EG Plus settings produce a longer overall envelope time for the low notes and a shorter envelope time for the high notes The maximum 7 setting produces the greatest envelope length variation across the pitch range Minus settings produce the opposite effect a s...

Page 139: ...reen No breakpoint can be set to a key lower than the breakpoint to its left VOICE EDIT MODE 3 Full Edit 3 3 Filter BP1 VCE FLT Scal Point BP1 E 1 B 2 G 4 A 5 Cutoff scaling produces natural timbre variations across the range of the keyboard by allowing different filter cutoff frequency offset values to be applied to each of four breakpoints set at appropriate keys 3 3 04 SCALE POINT BP3 BP2 BP4 P...

Page 140: ...ative values lower the cutoff frequency and positive values increase the cutoff frequency at the corresponding breakpoint No matter what value is chosen the cutoff frequency will never exceed its minimum or maximum value When different offset values are applied to adjacent breakpoints the cutoff frequency varies smoothly between the breakpoints BP2 BP3 BP4 E16 B26 G46 A56 BP1 766 BP2 906 BP3 976 B...

Page 141: ...lus settings produce higher cutoff frequencies in response to higher velocity values i e the harder a key is played the higher the cutoff fre quency The maximum setting of 63 produces the maximum level variation in response to velocity changes Minus settings produce the opposite effect lower cutoff in response to higher velocity A setting of 0 results in no cutoff variation RateVel Attack rate vel...

Page 142: ...T Copy from 62 SC Klav Use the MEMORY key to select the internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the voice from which the filter data is to be copied Once the source voice has been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display VCE FLT Copy Sure 62 SC Klav Press the 1 YES key to copy the filter data or press 1 NO to cancel the copy operation Once the ...

Page 143: ...e a clearer overall picture of pitch EG operation 3 4 01 Level VCE PEG Rate Loop on 2 2 2 1 0 RL L3 L2 L1 L0 Loop R1 R2 R3 RR RS L0 L3 RL Levels 0 3 release level Range 63 63 These parameters work in conjunction with the rate parameters described below to determine the shape of the pitch envelope generator for the selected element Unlike the amplitude envelope generator the Level parameters of whi...

Page 144: ...ator for the selected element The Rate parameters work in the same way as the amplitude envelope generator rate parameters a setting of 63 produces the fastest almost instan taneous rate between levels while the minimum setting of 0 produces the slowest change The pitch envelope begins at L0 Level 0 moves to L1 Level 1 at a rate determined by the setting of R1 then to L2 Level 2 at R2 Rate 2 and t...

Page 145: ...all envelope time for the low notes and a shorter envelope time for the high notes The maximum 7 setting produces the greatest envelope length variation across the pitch range Minus settings produce the opposite effect a shorter low note envelope and longer high note envelope A setting of 0 results in no envelope length variation VOICE EDIT MODE 3 Full Edit 3 4 PEG 3 4 01 LEVEL 3 4 02 RATE ...

Page 146: ...ermines how the overall envelope depth of the pitch envelope generator is controlled by velocity information Plus values produce a deeper pitch envelope in response to higher velocity while minus values produce a shallower pitch envelope in re sponse to higher velocity values The greater the value the greater the change in pitch envelope depth RateVel Pitch EG rate velocity sensitivity Range 7 7 D...

Page 147: ... VCE PEG Copy from 55 OR Rock Use the MEMORY key to select the internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the voice from which the PEG data is to be copied Once the source voice has been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display VCE PEG Copy Sure 55 OR Rock Press the 1 YES key to copy the PEG data or press 1 NO to cancel the copy operation Once the...

Page 148: ...u Square sin Sine S H Sample and hold Speed LFO speed Range 0 99 Sets the speed of the LFO 0 is the slowest Speed setting producing an LFO speed of approximately 0 Hertz The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Delay LFO start delay Range 0 99 Sets the delay time between the beginning of a note and the beginning of LFO operation for the selected element The minimum...

Page 149: ...at which point in the LFO waveform the LFO will begin opera tion for the selected element The values 0 through 180 correspond to phase angles in degrees The illustration below shows how the various phase angles correspond to points on the LFO waveform a sine wave is used for clarity 0 45 90 135 180 Time ...

Page 150: ...ulation that can be applied to the current voice A 0 setting produces no modulation while a setting of 127 produces maxi mum modulation Pitch modulation produces a periodic pitch variation thereby creating a vibrato effect Please note that the pitch modulation depth parameter for the control device which is to be used to apply pitch modulation see page 142 and 145 must also be set to an appropriat...

Page 151: ...us settings produce higher LFO speed in response to higher velocity values i e the harder a key is played the higher the LFO speed The maxi mum setting of 7 produces the maximum speed variation in response to velocity changes Minus settings produce the opposite effect lower speed in response to higher velocity A setting of 0 results in no speed variation Scl Key scaling Range 7 7 Determines how th...

Page 152: ...gel LFO DATA COPY Use the MEMORY key to select the internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the voice from the which the LFO data is to be copied Once the source voice has been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display VCE LFO Copy Sure 50 ME Angel Press the 1 YES key to copy the LFO data or press 1 NO to cancel the copy operation Once the copy o...

Page 153: ...ximum pitch bend of plus or minus one octave while a setting of 4 allows a maximum pitch bend of plus or minus a major third AT Aftertouch mode Range ch s key s Selects the channel or individual polyphonic key aftertouch response mode If ch s is selected the channel aftertouch response mode is engaged and only a single aftertouch value is received via a single MIDI channel If key s is selected the...

Page 154: ...27 results in maximum amplitude modulation depth When setting up the low frequency oscillator to apply amplitude modula tion this parameter must be set to a value other than 0 if amplitude modula tion is to be applied via keyboard after touch Pmod Pitch modulation depth Range 0 127 Sets the maximum depth of pitch modulation vibrato effects applied via keyboard aftertouch A setting of 0 allows no p...

Page 155: ... simulat ing the dynamic variations that can be produced on an acoustic instrument more accurately than simple volume control A setting of 0 produces no change in EG levels Plus settings produce an increase in level when aftertouch is applied and minus set tings produce a decrease in level when aftertouch is applied The greater the value the greater the change in level Cof Cutoff frequency depth R...

Page 156: ...mum pitch variation range achievable via after touch control Each increment represents a semitone A setting of 0 produces no pitch variation A setting of 12 allows a maximum pitch variation of one octave up while a setting of 12 allows a maximum pitch variation of one octave down corresponding to aftertouch key pressure ...

Page 157: ... while a setting of 127 results in maximum amplitude modulation depth When setting up the low frequency oscillator to apply amplitude modula tion this parameter must be set to a value other than 0 if amplitude modula tion is to be applied via MIDI controller 1 or 2 Pmod Pitch modulation depth Range 0 127 Sets the maximum depth of pitch modulation vibrato effects applied via MIDI controller 1 or 2 ...

Page 158: ...tude envelope generator levels simulating the dynamic variations that can be produced on an acoustic instru ment more accurately than simple volume control A setting of 0 produces no change in EG levels Plus settings produce an increase in level when MIDI controller 1 or 2 is applied and minus settings produce a decrease in level when MIDI controller 1 or 2 is applied The greater the value the gre...

Page 159: ...2 PEG_Range 33 PEG_LvlVel 34 PEG_RtVel 35 LFO_Speed 36 LFO_Delay 37 LFO_Pmod 38 LFO_Amod 39 LFO_Fmod 0 No_Assign 1 CT_MW_Pmod 2 CT_MW_Amod 3 CT_MW_Fmod 4 CT_MW_Coff 5 CT_MW_EGBs 6 CT_FC_Pmod 7 CT_FC_Amod 8 CT_FC_Fmod 9 CT_FC_Coff 10 CT_FC_EGBs 11 CT_AT_Pmod 12 CT_AT_Amod 13 CT_AT_Fmod 14 CT_AT_Coff 15 CT_AT_EGBs 16 CT_AT_PtBs 17 CT_PBRange 18 CT_VLLoLim 19 TotalLevel MC3 MIDI Controller 3 and MC4 ...

Page 160: ...DI controller 3 or 4 range A setting of 0 for example means that when MIDI controller 3 or 4 is set to its minimum position the assigned parameter will also be set to its lowest value A setting of 50 means that the lowest controller position will set the assigned parameter to about 50 of its range a parameter with a range of 0 to 127 for example would be set to about 63 Max Range 0 100 Sets the up...

Page 161: ...ATA COPY Use the MEMORY key to select the internal preset or card memory then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the voice from the which the controller data is to be copied Once the source voice has been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display VCE CTRL Copy Sure 43 ME Hit Press the 1 YES key to copy the controller data or press 1 NO to cancel the copy operation Once the co...

Page 162: ...ng an extensive range of possible configurations Mode Range 0 off 1 serial 2 parallel Determines whether the TG500 s two effect processors are connected in series 1 serial or in parallel 2 parallel or whether the entire effect system is turned off 0 off See page 251 for effect mode diagrams VCE EF Mode 1 serial 3 7 01 MODE Mode PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPARE 3 Full Edit ENTER 3 7 Effect ENTER PAG...

Page 163: ... display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more details on the TG500 effect system and page 271 for a complete list of the available effects Ef2 Type Range 0 90 Selects any of the TG500 s 90 effect types for the EFFECT 2 processor The name of the selected effect is shown in parentheses in the upper right corner of the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more det...

Page 164: ...e depth of the effect sound VCE EF Send Level 127 Level Send level Range 0 127 This parameter adjusts the amount of direct voice signal that is sent to the effect processors determining the strength of the final effect sound A setting of 0 results in no effect leaving only the dry sound of the voice The maximum setting of 127 produces the maximum amount of effect 3 7 03 SEND PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDI...

Page 165: ...put from the corresponding effect stage off while a setting of 100 produces maximum output level If the selected effect is a single type then only the 1a or 2a output level is available If it is a cascade type then only the 1b or 2b output level is available Both the 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b levels are available only if the selected effect is a dual type See page 251 for details on the effect stages...

Page 166: ...rovides precise balance control VCE EF Wet Dry Out1 80 20 Out1 Out 1 wet dry balance Range 0 100 This parameter balances the effect wet and direct dry signals deliv ered via the OUTPUT L R jacks Higher Out1 Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are set simultaneously so that their total is always 100 PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT...

Page 167: ...ffect signal flow VCE EF Mix Level 52 EF2 Mix Effect 2 mix level Range 0 100 This parameter can only be used with the serial effect mode is selected If any other mode is selected off or para appears on the display in place of the value 0 produces minimum mix level no EFFECT 2 signal is mixed with the EFFECT 1 output while 100 produces maximum mix level Mix Level PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPARE 3 F...

Page 168: ... ER Rev è 45 12 0 Use the and keys to select the parameters and switch between the three parameter screens The name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while the parameter unit s for seconds for percent dB for decibels etc is shown in parentheses in the lower right corner The parameters are different for each effect refer to page 271 for details Parameters P...

Page 169: ...Device MIDI control device Range 000 120 AfterTch Velocity KeyScale LFO This parameter specifies which MIDI control change number will control the parameter selected via the EF Param parameter below Some control change numbers are already defined modulation wheel foot controller etc while others are not assigned to any specific controller see chart below Additional settings include AfterTch for ke...

Page 170: ...rough effect 1 parameter 8 Likewise Ef2Prm1 through Ef2Prm8 on the display stand for effect 2 parameter 1 through effect 2 parameter 8 The parameters available for each effect are different but the name of the selected parameter will be shown between the parentheses on the top line of the display Parameters that can not be assigned are indicated by dashes instead of a parameter name In addition to...

Page 171: ...value will set the assigned parameter to about 50 of its range a parameter with a range of 0 to 127 for example would be set to about 63 Max Maximum parameter value Range 0 100 Sets the upper limit of the control range A setting of 100 for example means that when the highest control change value is received the assigned parameter will also be set to its highest value A setting of 80 means that the...

Page 172: ...nge 0 99 Sets the speed of the effect LFO 0 is the slowest Speed setting producing an LFO speed of approximately 0 Hertz The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Delay LFO start delay Range 0 99 Sets the delay time between the beginning of a note and the beginning of effect LFO operation for the selected element The minimum setting 0 results in no delay while the m...

Page 173: ...ss the key and if a voice or performance combi nation is selected as the source use the MEMORY key to select the memory area from which the source voice or performance combination is to be selected Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the source voice or performance number The 1 NO and 1 YES keys can be used to select the source multi number 0 15 when MLT is selected Once the source voice perform...

Page 174: ...raphic indication of the current effect system configura tion while in the effect edit mode In the effect edit mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT to see the overall effect system signal flow Refer the to section beginning on page 251 for details on the effect system PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPARE 3 Full Edit ENTER 3 7 Effect ENTER ...

Page 175: ... backup buffer memory VCE Recall SP Goner Press ENTER to begin the recall procedure The following confirmation display will appear VCE Recall Sure SP Goner Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the recall opera tion which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the original voice data has been recalled PLAY MODE V...

Page 176: ...o begin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear VCE Initialize Sure Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the voice data has been initialized For initial voice parameter see page 284 PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPA...

Page 177: ...nd of a voice being edited with the same voice prior to editing To temporarily recall the original voice data while editing press the EDIT COMPARE key The EDIT LED will flash indicating that the compare mode is engaged Press EDIT COMPARE a second time to return to the edit mode and the voice being edited EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 178: ...PY key You can now use the MEMORY 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the memory location to which your new voice is to be stored Once the store location has been specified press ENTER to begin the store procedure The following confirmation display will appear VCE STORE Ö56œ SP Goner Sure 56 OR Smoth Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the store operation which will erase all previous ...

Page 179: ... 4 01 Mode 178 4 02 Type 179 4 03 Send 180 4 04 Send Sensitivity 181 4 05 Output 182 4 06 Output Level 183 4 07 Wet Dry 184 4 08 Mix Level 185 4 09 Parameter 1 186 4 10 Parameter 2 186 4 11 Control 1 187 4 12 Control 2 187 4 13 Control LFO 190 Effect Data Copy 191 Effect Signal Flow Display 192 5 Recall Init 5 1 Recall 193 5 2 Initialize 194 Drum Voice Store 196 Drum Voice Compare 195 DRUM VOICE E...

Page 180: ...rum key can be selected by simply pressing the appropriate key on a keyboard connected to the TG500 MIDI IN terminal Wave Range 1 244 Preset 1 1 50 Preset 2 Selects the wave AWM waveform to be played by the current drum key Use the MEMORY key to select the memory area from which the wave is to be selected and the 1 NO and 1YES keys to select the desired wave A complete listing of the preset waves ...

Page 181: ...g of 0 produces no sound while a setting of 127 produces maxi mum volume NtShft Note shift Range 48 36 Shifts the pitch of selected drum key up or down in semitone steps A setting of 12 for example shifts the pitch of the selected layer down by one octave a setting of 4 shifts the pitch up by a major third Tune Fine tuning Range 63 63 Allows upward or downward pitch adjustment of the current drum ...

Page 182: ...ed between 1 and 5 No two drum keys assigned to the same alternate group number can sound at the same time This is most commonly used to create a realistic hi hat cymbal effect the closed and open hi hat keys are assigned to the same alter nate group so that when the closed hi hat key is played the open hi hat sound is immediately cut off Turn this parameter off if you don t want the current drum ...

Page 183: ...ter the drum key you want to initialize C1 C5 then press ENTER to begin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear DRM Key Initialize Sure Clave Key C 1 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the drum key data has be...

Page 184: ...ES keys to select the drum keys to be exchanged C1 C5 The keyboard connected to the TG500 can also be used to directly enter the keys after moving the cursor to the appropriate parameter Press ENTER to begin the layer exchange procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES again to confirm that you want to go ahead with the key data exchange operation or press 1 NO to cancel ...

Page 185: ...ply pressing the appropriate key on the keyboard connected to the TG500 after placing the cursor at the source or destination parameter position The name of the wave currently assigned to the key at which the cursor is positioned is displayed in paren theses Once the source and destination keys have been selected press the ENTER key Sure will appear on the display DRM Key Copy Sure Clave C 4 C 1 P...

Page 186: ...setting of 0 produces no sound while a setting of 127 produces maximum volume VolLoLim Minimum volume level Range 0 127 Determines the minimum volume level that can be set by the foot volume control MIDI volume control data If this parameter is set to 0 the minimum foot volume control position will produce almost no sound A setting of 63 will result in about half volume when the control is set to ...

Page 187: ...haracter cursor to the left and the key to move the cursor to the right Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select a character for the current cursor position The available characters are listed below The entire name can be cleared by pressing the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key and a space can be entered at the cursor position by pressing the STORE COPY key while holding the UTIL...

Page 188: ...screen is selected See page 251 for more details on the TG500 effect system Parameters 1 3 Range Depends on the selected effect and parameter Use the key to scroll to the parameter screen This screen provides access to the three main parameters each for the current selected effect 1 or effect 2 depending on whether the Effect 1 or Effect 2 edit screen is selected As usual the name of the selected ...

Page 189: ... provide precise balance control DRM QED EF Wet Dry Out1 40 60 16 84 Out1 Out2 Out 1 Out 2 Wet Dry Balance Range 0 100 Balances the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted simultaneously their total is always 100 Out1 Out2 ...

Page 190: ... parallel providing an extensive range of possible configurations Mode Range 0 off 1 serial 2 parallel Determines whether the TG500 s two effect processors are connected in series 1 serial or in parallel 2 parallel or whether the entire effect system is turned off 0 off See page 251 for the effect diagrams DRM EF Mode 2 serial Mode PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPARE 4 Effect ENTER PAGE 4 01 Mode ENTE...

Page 191: ... the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more details on the TG500 effect system and page 271 for a complete list of the available effects Ef2 Type Range 0 90 Selects any of the TG500 s 90 effect types for the EFFECT 2 processor The name of the selected effect is shown in parentheses in the upper right corner of the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more...

Page 192: ...g the strength of the final effect sound A setting of 0 results in no effect leaving only the dry sound of the voice The maximum setting of 127 produces the maximum amount of effect Please note that this parameter affects the individual output level 1a 1b 2a and 2b Send switches Range See text below Determines to which of the EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2 effect stages the output from the current layer is...

Page 193: ...elocity sensitivity Range 7 7 Determines how the send level from the selected layer is affected by veloc ity changes e g keyboard dynamics Plus settings produce higher send levels in response to higher velocity values i e the harder a key is played the higher the send level and there fore the deeper the effect The maximum setting of 7 produces the maxi mum level variation in response to velocity c...

Page 194: ...y Key number Range C1 C5 Selects the the drum key to be edited In addition to using the 1 NO and 1YES keys the drum key can be selected by simply pressing the appropriate key on a keyboard connected to the TG500 MIDI IN terminal Dry1 Range off on Turns the dry line bypassing the Output 1 on or off When this parameter is turned off the WET DRY parameters page 184 have no effect Dry2 Range off on Tu...

Page 195: ... turns output from the corresponding effect stage off while a setting of 100 produces maximum output level If the selected effect is a single type then only the 1a or 2a output level is available If it is a cascade type then only the 1b or 2b output level is available Both the 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b levels are available only if the selected effect is a dual type See page 251 for details on the eff...

Page 196: ...1 Out 2 wet dry balance Range 0 100 These parameters balance the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors The wet level is shown to the left of the colon in each parameter and the dry level is shown to the right of the colon Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted...

Page 197: ...processor This parameter can only be used with the serial effect mode is selected If any other mode is selected off or parallel appears on the display in place of the value 1b Ins 2a Ins 2b Ins Insert levels Range 0 100 These parameters mix the dry signal sent to the corresponding effect stage with the output of the preceding effect stage The higher the value the greater mix level If the current e...

Page 198: ...select the parameters and switch between the three parameter screens The name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while the parameter unit s for seconds for percent dB for decibels etc is shown in parentheses in the lower right corner The parameters are different for each effect refer to page 271 for details When this parameter is turned off the WET DRY para...

Page 199: ...t DRM EF Ctrl1 EF Param è Out1_Wet 0 40 Device MIDI control device Range 000 120 AfterTch Velocity KeyScale LFO This parameter specifies which MIDI control change number will control the parameter selected via the EF Param parameter below Some control change numbers are already defined modulation wheel foot controller etc while others are not assigned to any specific controller see chart below Add...

Page 200: ...ffect 2 parameter 1 through effect 2 parameter 8 The parameters available for each effect are different but the name of the selected parameter will be shown between the parentheses on the top line of the display Parameters that can not be assigned are indicated by dashes instead of a parameter name In addition to the indivual effect parameters a range of send level balance and LFO parameters are a...

Page 201: ...ge A setting of 100 for example means that when the highest control change value is received the assigned parameter will also be set to its highest value A setting of 80 means that the highest control change value will set the assigned parameter to about 80 of its range a parameter with a range of 0 to 127 for example would be set to about 102 ...

Page 202: ... The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Delay LFO start delay Range 0 99 Sets the delay time between the beginning of a note and the beginning of effect LFO operation for the selected element The minimum setting 0 results in no delay while the maximum setting of 99 produces a delay of approximately 2 66 seconds before the LFO begins operation 5 3 seconds before i...

Page 203: ...s the key and if a voice or performance combi nation is selected as the source use the MEMORY key to select the memory area from which the source voice or performance combination is to be selected Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the source voice or performance number The 1 NO and 1 YES keys can be used to select the source multi number 0 15 when MLT is selected Once the source voice performa...

Page 204: ...indication of the current effect system configura tion while in the effect edit mode In the effect edit mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT to see the overall effect system signal flow Refer the to section beginning on page 251 for details on the effect system PLAY MODE VCE PLAY EDIT COMPARE 4 Effect ENTER UTILITY SELECT EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 205: ...uffer memory DRM Recall DR Kit DRM Recall Sure DR Kit Press ENTER to begin the recall procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the recall operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the original drum voice data has been recalled 5 1 RECALL PLAY MODE...

Page 206: ...grammers Type 2 Zone Related instruments grouped in zones Type 3 GM format Modified General MIDI System Level 1 format Type 4 Standard format with emphasized effects Press ENTER to begin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear DRM Initialize Sure Type 1 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited...

Page 207: ... sound of a drum voice being edited with the same drum voice prior to editing To temporarily recall the original drum voice data while editing press the EDIT COMPARE key The EDIT LED will flash indicating that the compare mode is engaged Press EDIT COMPARE a second time to return to the edit mode and the drum voice being edited EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 208: ... voice press the STORE COPY key You can now use the MEMORY key to select the memory location to which your new drum voice is to be stored Once the store location has been specified press ENTER to begin the store procedure The following confirmation display will appear DRM STORE É63œ DR Kit Sure 63 DR Revrs Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the store operation which will erase a...

Page 209: ...04 4 01 Mode 204 4 02 Type 205 4 03 Send 206 4 04 Output 208 4 05 Output Level 209 4 06 Wet Dry 210 4 07 Mix Level 211 4 08 Parameter 1 212 4 09 Parameter 2 212 4 10 Control 1 213 4 11 Control 2 213 4 12 Control LFO 216 Effect Data Copy 217 Effect Signal Flow Display 218 ...

Page 210: ... mode functions allow each instrument to be individually set up as required The instrument to be edited in the multi edit mode is selected by using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys while holding the UTILITY SELECT key MLT é è Inst 1 Select Inst 1 through Inst 16 depending on the instrument you want to edit The display returns to the multi edit mode as soon as you release the UTILITY SELECT key ...

Page 211: ... channel These screens let you assign voices to each instrument and specify a range of basic parameters for each instument Voice MLT AP Grand Vol Pan 1 VÉ00 127 0 é MLT EfSend NtShft Tune è 1 127 12 0 é MLT OutSel è 1 off The instrument to be edited 1 16 is selected as described on page 198 The number of the currently selected instrument appears between square brackets on the display PLAY MODE MLT...

Page 212: ... at different locations in the stereo sound field The parameters in this screen determine the position in the stereo sound field in which the sound from each active voice will be heard left to right Minus values represent panning to the left and positive values represent panning to the right 0 positions the sound of the selected layer in the center of the stereo sound field The next setting above ...

Page 213: ...t is 1 100th of a semi tone The maximum minus setting of 63 produces a downward pitch shift of almost three quarters of a semitone and the maximum plus setting of 63 produces an upward pitch shift of the same amount A setting of 0 produces no pitch change Please note that tuning cannot be applied to drum percussion voices the Tune value is displayed as OutSel Individual output select Range off Ind...

Page 214: ...he key to move the cursor to the right Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select a character for the current cursor position The available characters are listed below The entire name can be cleared by pressing the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key and a space can be entered at the cursor position by pressing the STORE COPY key while holding the UTILITY SELECT key Space 0123456789 A...

Page 215: ...ENTER to begin the initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear MLT Initialize Sure Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation which will erase all current edited data or press 1 NO to cancel Completed will appear briefly on the display when the multi data has been initialized See page 293 for initial multi parameters PLAY MODE MLT PLAY ED...

Page 216: ...r whether the entire effect system is turned off 0 off See page 251 for effect mode diagrams The TG500 features a dual processor effect system that includes 90 top quality digital effects Two different effects can be connected in series or parallel providing an extensive range of possible configurations MLT EF Mode 2 parallel Mode PLAY MODE MLT PLAY EDIT COMPARE 4 Effect ENTER PAGE 4 01 Mode ENTER...

Page 217: ...ner of the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 for more details on the TG500 effect system and page 271 for a complete list of the available effects Ef2 Type Range 0 90 Selects any of the TG500 s 90 effect types for the EFFECT 2 processor The name of the selected effect is shown in parentheses in the upper right corner of the display when this parameter is selected See page 251 fo...

Page 218: ...ssigned voice to be used In the same way if a performance combination is assigned to the selected instru ment the Src parameter can be set to PFM causing the switch and send levels of the assigned performance combination to be used If VCE or PFM is selected the Switch and Level parameters in this screen and the Output parameters in the following screen cannot be edited appears in place of the para...

Page 219: ...an then be used to turn the selected stage on or off If a single type effect is selected then only stage a can be selected If a dual or cascade type effect is selected then both stages a and b can be selected An effect stage that cannot be selected is represented by on the display See the EFFECTS section beginning on page 251 for more details MULTI EDIT MODE 4 Effect 4 03 SEND ...

Page 220: ...ns the dry line bypassing the EFFECT 1 signal processor on or off When this parameter is turned off the WET DRY parameters page 210 have no effect If the Src in parameter in the proceding screen is set to VCE or PFM this parameter cannot be edited appears on the dis play Dry2 Range off on Turns the dry line bypassing the EFFECT 2 signal processor on or off When this parameter is turned off the WET...

Page 221: ...ut from the corresponding effect stage off while a setting of 100 produces maximum output level If the selected effect is a single type then only the 1a or 2a output level is available If it is a cascade type then only the 1b or 2b output level is available Both the 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b levels are available only if the selected effect is a dual type See page 251 for details on the effect stages ...

Page 222: ...1 Out 2 wet dry balance Range 0 100 These parameters balance the effect wet and direct dry signals delivered via the corresponding effect processors The wet level is shown to the left of the colon in each parameter and the dry level is shown to the right of the colon Higher Wet values produce more effect sound in relation to the direct dry sound of the voice The Wet and Dry parameters are adjusted...

Page 223: ...r This parameter can only be used with the serial effect mode is selected If any other mode is selected off or parallel appears on the display in place of the value 1b Ins 2a Ins 2b Ins Insert levels Range 0 100 These parameters mix the dry signal sent to the corresponding effect stage with the output of the preceding effect stage The higher the value the greater mix level If the current effect co...

Page 224: ...eters MLT EF1 Param ER Rev è 86 36 Parameters Use the and keys to select the parameters and switch between the three parameter screens The name of the selected parameter is shown in the upper right corner of the display while the parameter unit s for seconds for percent dB for decibels etc is shown in parentheses in the lower right corner The parameters are different for each effect refer to page ...

Page 225: ...pecifies which MIDI control change number will control the parameter selected via the EF Param parameter below Some control change numbers are already defined modulation wheel foot controller etc while others are not assigned to any specific controller see chart below Additional settings include AfterTch for keyboard aftertouch control Veloc ity for keyboard velocity control KeyScale for key scali...

Page 226: ...s instead of a parameter name In addition to the indivual effect parameters a range of send level balance and LFO parameters are also avail able as listed below Ef1Prm1 Ef1Prm2 Ef1Prm3 Ef1Prm4 Ef1Prm5 Ef1Prm6 Ef1Prm7 Ef1Prm8 Ef_Out1a Ef_Out1b Ef2Prm1 Ef2Prm2 Ef2Prm3 Ef2Prm4 Ef2Prm5 Ef2Prm6 Ef2Prm7 Ef2Prm8 Ef_Out2a Ef_Out2b Ef2_Mix Out1_Wet Out2_Wet Ctrl1Min Ctrl1Max LFO_Wave LFO_Spd LFO_Dly Ef_Ins...

Page 227: ...A setting of 100 for example means that when the highest control change value is received the assigned parameter will also be set to its highest value A setting of 80 means that the highest control change value will set the assigned parameter to about 80 of its range a parameter with a range of 0 to 127 for example would be set to about 102 ...

Page 228: ...s the speed of the effect LFO 0 is the slowest speed setting producing an LFO speed of approximately 0 Hertz The fastest setting of 99 produces an LFO speed of approximately 25 Hertz Delay LFO start delay Range 0 99 Sets the delay time between the beginning of a note and the beginning of effect LFO operation for the selected element The minimum setting 0 results in no delay while the maximum setti...

Page 229: ...e key and if a voice or performance combi nation is selected as the source use the MEMORY key to select the memory area from which the source voice or performance combination is to be selected Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select the source voice or performance number The 1 NO and 1 YES keys can be used to select the source multi number 0 15 when MLT is selected Once the source performance combin...

Page 230: ...tion of the current effect system configura tion while in the effect edit mode In the effect edit mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while holding the UTILITY SELECT to see the overall effect system signal flow Refer the to section beginning on page 251 for details on the effect system PLAY MODE MLT PLAY EDIT COMPARE PAGE 4 Effect ENTER UTILITY SELECT EDIT COMPARE ...

Page 231: ... 2 Filter 230 3 3 Bulk Dump 231 3 4 Program Change Table 232 4 Card 4 1 Bank 233 4 2 Load 234 4 3 Save 235 4 4 Format 236 5 Wave Only available when SYEMB06 installed Wave Edit Mode 238 1 Waveform 1 1 Assign 239 1 2 Enable 240 1 3 Name 241 2 Sample 242 3 Initialize 245 4 Sample Dump 4 1 Sample Receive 246 4 2 Sample Transmit 247 5 Card Load 248 Waveform Number select 237 ...

Page 232: ...ch shift of the same amount A setting of 0 produces no pitch change CtlRst Control reset Range on off Determines whether controller settings are held off or reset on when voices or multi play setups are switched If this function is set to off then if for example you have applied modu lation to a voice via a modulation wheel and switch to a new voice while maintaining the same modulation wheel posi...

Page 233: ...via the TG500 outputs When turned on the internal effect system is completely bypassed and only the direct dry sound of the tone generator will be delivered via the outputs Use the on setting if you plan to use external signal processing equipment with the TG500 This parameter turns the entire TG500 effect system on or off UTL SYSTEM Effect Bypass off UTILITY SELECT 1 System ENTER PAGE 1 2 Effect ...

Page 234: ... used When indiv is selected individual outputs 3 and 4 can also be used In this case voices assigned to individual outputs 1 2 3 and 4 are not delivered via the stereo output and phone jacks The sound of the effects delivered via the stereo outputs may vary slightly when indiv is selected This parameter determines which of the TG500 s outputs are active UTL SYSTEM Output norm UTILITY SELECT 1 Sys...

Page 235: ...in each parameter then use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to assign the desired MIDI control change number Some controller numbers are assigned to specific control devices see list below while others have no specific controller assignment If a control device is assigned to the selected MIDI control number an abbreviation of the device name appears in parentheses in the upper right corner of the display F...

Page 236: ...nk Select Bank Sel 064 Hold 1 switch Hold 1 065 Portamento switch Porta Sw 066 Sostenuto switch Sostenut 067 Soft switch Soft 069 Hold 2 switch Hold 2 091 Effect depth Effect D 092 Tremolo depth TremoloD 093 Chorus depth Chorus D 094 Celeste depth CelesteD 095 Phaser depth Phaser D 096 Increment switch Inc 097 Decrement switch Dec 098 Non registered parameter NRPN LSB 099 Non registered number NRP...

Page 237: ...this is the MIDI main volume control device assignment Any other controller number can be as signed as required Some MIDI control change numbers are assigned to specific control devices see list below while others have no specific controller assignment If a con trol device is assigned to the selected controller number an abbreviation of the device name appears in parentheses in upper right corner ...

Page 238: ...ance 010 Pan pot Panpot 011 Expression pedal Express 032 Bank Select Bank Sel 064 Hold 1 switch Hold 1 065 Portamento switch Porta Sw 066 Sostenuto switch Sostenut 067 Soft switch Soft 069 Hold 2 switch Hold 2 091 Effect depth Effect D 092 Tremolo depth TremoloD 093 Chorus depth Chorus D 094 Celeste depth CelesteD 095 Phaser depth Phaser D 096 Increment switch Inc 097 Decrement switch Dec 098 Non ...

Page 239: ... Range off normal direct table Determines how the TG500 will respond to MIDI program change messages for remote voice performance selection The off setting turns MIDI program change reception off so operating the voice selectors on an external controller will not cause the corresponding TG500 voice or performance setup to be selected In the normal mode program change numbers 1 through 64 select TG...

Page 240: ...e Card 3 000 040 Multi Voice Preset 3 000 042 Multi Voice Card 4 000 043 Multi Voice Preset 4 000 064 Performance Internal 1 000 065 Performance Card 1 000 066 Performance Preset 1 000 068 Performance Card 2 000 069 Performance Preset 2 000 080 Multi Performance Internal 1 000 081 Multi Performance Card 1 000 082 Multi Performance Preset 1 000 084 Multi Performance Card 2 000 085 Multi Performance...

Page 241: ...system exclusive data will be received and transmitted The device number is important for transfer of voice data and other system exclusive data between the TG500 and other Yamaha MIDI devices e g another TG500 or SY series synthesizer a Yamaha MIDI sequence recorder such as the QX3 etc Bulk voice data for example is transmitted and received on the channel specified by the device number Make sure ...

Page 242: ...00 and transmitting device are both set to the same device number Turn bulk protect on to disable bulk dump reception this prevents acci dental disruption of the TG500 during use CtrlCh Control change filter Range off on Enables or disables control change data reception When this parameter is turned on the TG500 will not respond to MIDI control change data received from the controlling device Poly...

Page 243: ...press 1 NO to cancel Executing appears on the display while the data is being transmitted no other operations can be performed during transmission When the data has been transmit ted Completed will appear briefly on the display This function is useful for transferring synthesizer and or system data from one TG500 to another If the MIDI OUT of the transmitting TG500 is connected to the MIDI IN of t...

Page 244: ...ation or multi setup specified by the Source and VCE PFM MLT parameters described below Source Range PFM VCE MLT Specifies a performance combination PFM voice VCE or multi setup MLT to be selected when the MIDI program change number specified by the PgmNo parameter above is received VCE PFM MLT Voice performance or multi number Range 00 63 VCE PFM 0 15 MLT Specifies the number of the performance v...

Page 245: ... 1 slot and the Slot2 parameter selects bank 1 or 2 of the card plugged into the DATA 2 slot The format of the card plugged into the selected slot is indicated in paren theses in the upper right corner of the display TG500 indicates that the card has been properly formatted for use with the TG500 indicates that either no card is inserted or the card is not formatted for use with the TG500 New MCD6...

Page 246: ...ed with the TG500 Press ENTER to begin the card load procedure The following confirmation display will appear UTL Card Load Sure Slot 1 Bank 1 TG500 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the card load opera tion or press 1 NO to cancel When the data has been loaded Completed will appear briefly on the display SY85 Compatibility Cards created by the Yamaha SY85 Music Synthesizer can...

Page 247: ...tion can be executed If the wrong type of card wrong format or no card is installed in the selected slot however the card status display will show and no save operation is possible You will have to use the card format job 4 4 FOR MAT page 236 to format a new memory card or one that has been formatted for use with a different instrument before the card can be used with the TG500 Also make sure that...

Page 248: ...t parameter and select 1 if you want to format a card plugged into the DATA 1 slot or 2 to format the DATA 2 slot After plug ging the card to be formatted into the appropriate card slot press ENTER to begin the card format procedure The following confirmation display will appear UTL Card Format Sure Slot 1 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the card format opera tion or press 1 ...

Page 249: ...pansion Specifies the number of the waveform to be edited using the WAVE EDIT func tions accessed by pressing the EDIT COMPARE key from this screen and the number of the waveform to which a sample loaded from card will be assigned 5 WAVE UTL WAVE Waveform 00 InitWave Waveform Range 00 63 The name of the selected waveform appears between parentheses on the upper display line UTILITY SELECT 5 Wave E...

Page 250: ...not directly accessed from a play mode To access the WAVE mode press the EDIT COMPARE key while utility mode UTL WAVE screen 5 Wave is showing The wave edit mode can only be accessed if one or two SYEMB06 Memory Expansion Boards are installed in the TG500 expansion memory slot see page 282 for details on memory expansion ...

Page 251: ...can be assigned for all 4 wave forms Sample numbers must be assigned to the active waveforms in sequence For example if samples 0 and 1 are assigned to waveform 1 and samples 2 and 3 are assigned to waveform 3 then no samples can be assigned to wave form 2 If of the other hand samples 0 and 1 are assigned to waveform 1 and samples 3 and 4 are assigned to waveform 3 then only sample 2 can be as sig...

Page 252: ...ve off Enable Range off on Set to on to turn wave assignment on If wave assignment is turned off appears in place of the From and To parameters in the preceding screen This parameter can only be turned on if an assignable sample is available Enable UTILITY SELECT 5 Wave ENTER EDIT COMPARE 1 Waveform ENTER PAGE 1 2 Enable ENTER ...

Page 253: ...er list below Use the key to move the character cursor to the left and the key to move the cursor to the right Use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys to select a character for the current cursor position The available characters are listed below Name Space 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX YZ _ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv wxyz Ú fi UTILITY SELECT 5 Wave ENTER EDIT COMPARE 1 Wavefrorm ENTER PAGE 1 3 Name ENTER ...

Page 254: ... 3 C 3 C 4 UTL Sample SmplNo è 64 1526 FLp Nrm SmplNo Sample number Range 00 63 Selects the sample to be mapped using the parameters described below Only numbers of samples that are actually available can be selected OrgKey Original key Range C 2 G8 This parameter specifies the original key to which the pitch of the raw waveform will be assigned If for example the raw sample has a pitch of C3 then...

Page 255: ... of the selected range over a wide range Minus settings decrease the pitch of the sample while plus settings raise the pitch of the sample Each increment corresponds to a pitch change of approximately 1 7 cents a cent is one hundredth of a semitone Loop Range FOn FLp BOn BLp Selects the type of loop to be used for playback of the selected sample The settings are FOn Forward one shot The sample is ...

Page 256: ...oop type is selected see Loop above When set to Nrm normal the sample is repeatedly looped in either the forward or reverse direction as specified by the Loop parameter If Alt alternate is selected the sample is alternately played forward and backward UTILITY MODE WAVE EDIT MODE 2 Sample SAMPLE ...

Page 257: ... WAVE Init UTL WAVE Init Sure Press ENTER to begin the wave initialize procedure The following confirmation display will appear Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the initialize operation or press 1 NO to cancel When the specified wave memory has been initialized Completed will appear briefly on the display UTILITY SELECT 5 Wave ENTER EDIT COMPARE 3 Initialize ENTER ...

Page 258: ...e 00 99 This parameter specifies the number of the sample to be received from the trans mitting device When ready to receive the data press the ENTER key The following comfirmation display will appear UTL Sample Receive Sure sample 01 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the reception or press 1 NO to cancel This initiates transmission of a sample dump request message then the TG5...

Page 259: ... the data press the ENTER key The following confirmation display will appear UTL Sample Trans Sure sample 05 Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the transmission or press 1 NO to cancel Executing appears while the data is being transmitted The EXIT key can be used to cancel transmition at any time A key symbol will appear next to the sample number if the sample is a protected sam...

Page 260: ... card containing the waveform data you want to load into the WAVEFORM 2 slot then press ENTER to begin the card load procedure Press 1 YES to confirm that you want to go ahead with the card load opera tion or press 1 NO to cancel When the data has been loaded Completed will appear briefly on the display UTILITY SELECT 5 Wave ENTER EDIT COMPARE 5 Card Load ENTER ...

Page 261: ...Appendix Effects 251 Installation of the SYEMB06 Expansion Memory Board 282 Initial data 283 Specifications 311 Error messages 312 Trouble shooting 315 Index 317 ...

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Page 263: ... be assigned to the EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2 processors via the EF1 Type and EF2 Type parameters page 151 for voice effects page 179 for drum voice effects page 77 for performance effects page 205 for multi effects Each effect has up to 8 different parameters that can be edited via the PARAMETER 1 and PARAM ETER 2 screens page 156 for voice effects page 186 for drum voice effects page 84 for performa...

Page 264: ... configurations Further versatility is provided by a range of parameters that allow the effect signals to be combined and mixed in a number of ways The effect signal flow diagrams provided in the following section should help you understand the effect signal flow and how the various effect parameter function Since the signal flow is somewhat different in the normal voice mode and the other modes d...

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Page 283: ...igh 0 1 1 5 3 Dffusion 0 10 4 Init Dly ms 0 60ms 5 Rev Dly ms 0 30ms 6 Density 0 4 7 ER Rev 0 100 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 03 Rev Room1 04 Rev Room2 05 Rev Room3 No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 2 High 0 1 1 5 3 Dffusion 0 10 4 Init Dly ms 0 200ms 5 Rev Dly ms 0 130ms 6 Density 0 4 7 ER Rev 0 100 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 08 Rev Plate No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 2 H...

Page 284: ...R Dly ms 0 680ms 3 FB1 Dly ms 0 680ms 4 FB1 Gain 99 99 5 FB2 Dly ms 0 680ms 6 FB2 Gain 99 99 7 FB High 0 1 1 0 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 20 Pit Chnge1 No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 1 Pitch 24 24 2 1 Fine 100 100 3 1 Dly ms 0 300ms 4 2 Pitch 24 24 5 2 Fine 100 100 6 2 Dly ms 0 300ms 7 FB Gain 99 99 8 1 2 Bal 0 100 19 St Echo No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 L IntDly ms 0 340ms 2 L FB Dly ms 0 340ms 3 L FBGain 99...

Page 285: ... 0ms 22 0s 4 EG Targt Freq Dpth 5 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 6 Mod Dpth 0 100 7 Init Dly ms 0 300ms 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 28 Rotary SP No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mid Spd Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 Depth 0 100 3 TrnsTime ms 2 0ms 22 0s 4 Spd Diff Hz 0 05 5 80Hz 5 L M H Sw Low Mid High 6 Low Gain dB 12 12dB 7 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 8 27 EG Phaser No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Atk Time ms 2 0ms 22 0s 2 Atk Lvl 0 100 3 Rls Time m...

Page 286: ...Mod FBG 0 99 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 8 Rev Lvl 0 100 34 Cho Rev No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 PM Depth 0 100 3 AM Depth 0 100 4 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 5 High 0 1 1 5 6 Init Dly ms 0 200ms 7 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 8 Rev Lvl 0 100 36 Pha Rev No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 Mod Dpth 0 100 3 Mod Dly ms 0 1 5 0ms 4 Rev Time s ...

Page 287: ...ER RANGE QE 1 Type L R R L L R 2 Speed 1 52 3 Fade In 100 100 4 L R Dpth 0 100 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 8 Rev Lvl 0 100 42 Cho Dly No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 PM Depth 0 100 3 AM Depth 0 100 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 L Dly ms 0 600ms 6 R Dly ms 0 600ms 7 FB Gain 99 99 8 Dly Lvl 0 100 41 Flg Dly No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz...

Page 288: ...100 4 L R Dpth 0 100 5 L Dly ms 0 680ms 6 R Dly ms 0 680ms 7 FB Gain 99 99 8 Dly Lvl 0 100 50 EQ Rev1 No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Low Freq kHz 32Hz 2 0kHz 2 Low Gain dB 12 12dB 3 Hi Freq kHz 500Hz 16 0kHz 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 ER Rev 0 100 8 Rev Lvl 0 100 49 Dist Echo No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Dist Lvl 0 100 2 Mid Freq kHz 315Hz 6 3kHz 3 Mid Gain dB 12 12dB 4 Tre G...

Page 289: ...12 12dB 5 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 6 PM Depth 0 100 7 AM Depth 0 100 8 Cho Lvl 0 100 58 EQ Pha No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Low Freq kHz 32Hz 2 0kHz 2 Low Gain dB 12 12dB 3 Hi Freq kHz 500Hz 16 0kHz 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 6 Mod Dpth 0 100 7 Mod Dly ms 0 1 5 0ms 8 Pha Lvl 0 100 57 EQ Sym No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Low Freq kHz 32Hz 2 0kHz 2 Low Gain dB 12 12dB 3 Hi Freq kHz 500Hz 16 0k...

Page 290: ...od FBG 0 99 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 Init Dly ms 0 200ms 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 64 Cho Rev No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 PM Depth 0 100 3 AM Depth 0 100 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 Init Dly ms 0 200ms 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 66 Pha Rev No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 Mod Dpth 0 100 3 Mod Dly ms 0 1 5 0ms 4 H...

Page 291: ...RAMETER RANGE QE 1 Type L R R L L R 2 Speed 1 52 3 Fade In 100 100 4 L R Dpth 0 100 5 Rev Time s 0 3 30 0s 6 High 0 1 1 5 7 Init Dly ms 0 150ms 8 LPF kHz 1 0 16 0kHz thru 72 Dly Dly No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 L Dly ms 0 340ms 2 R Dly ms 0 340ms 3 FB Gain 99 99 4 Hi Gain 12 12dB 5 L Dly ms 0 340ms 6 R Dly ms 0 340ms 7 FB Gain 99 99 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 71 Dly Rev No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 L Dly ms 0 400...

Page 292: ...7 FB Gain 99 99 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB Aural Exciter is a registered trademark and is manufactured under license from APHEX Systems Ltd 80 Pan Dly No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Type L R R L L R 2 Speed 1 52 3 Fade In 100 100 4 L R Dpth 0 100 5 L Dly ms 0 680ms 6 R Dly ms 0 680ms 7 FB Gain 99 99 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 79 Dist Dly No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Dist Lvl 0 100 2 Mid Freq kHz 315Hz 6 3kHz 3 Mid Gain d...

Page 293: ... Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 6 Mod Dpth 0 100 7 Init Dly ms 0 300ms 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 88 Sym Sym No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 Mod Dpth 0 100 3 Init Dly ms 0 300ms 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 6 Mod Dpth 0 100 7 Init Dly ms 0 300ms 8 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 87 Cho Pha No PARAMETER RANGE QE 1 Mod Freq Hz 0 1 40 0Hz 2 PM Depth 0 100 3 AM Depth 0 100 4 Hi Gain dB 12 12dB 5 Mo...

Page 294: ...g a single SYEMB06 use slot number 1 Install a second SYEMB06 in slot number 2 Replace the cover and secure it with the screws you removed in step 2 Installation of the SYEMB06 Expansion Memory Board Installation of the SYEMB06 Expansion Memory Board 1 2 3 4 SYEMB06 Cover Figure 1 Figure 2 The wave memory must be initialized after installation of the SYEMB06 WARNING Installation of a SYEMB06 may c...

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Page 321: ...B 69 EgSngl2Lp B 70 EgMute1 A 71 EgMute2 B 72 EgComp A 73 EgCompLp A 74 EgHarm1 A 75 EgHarm1Lp A 76 EgHarm2 A 77 EgHarm2Lp A 78 Bass WoodBass A 79 FingBs B 80 FingBsLp B 81 PickBs1 B 82 PickBs1Lp B 83 PickBs2 B 84 PickBs2Lp B 85 FretLess B 86 FretLs Lp B 87 ThumpBs B 88 ThumpBsLp B 89 SlapBs B 90 SlapBsLp B 91 Folk Dulcimer A 92 DulcimrD A 93 DlcmSplt A 94 Kalimba A 95 Sitar A 96 Harp A 97 Synth S...

Page 322: ...B 171 HH Open B 172 HH Pedal B 173 HH light B 174 HH mid B 175 HH heavy B 176 Crash B 177 Ride B 178 RideBell B 179 AnlgTom B 180 HHopAnlg B 181 HHclAnlg B 182 Scratch B 183 RezClick B 184 VcDrmBD B 185 VcDrmSD B 186 Perc AgogoHi A 187 Bongo A 188 Cabasa A 189 CongaLo A 190 CongaMt A 191 CongaSlp A 192 AnaConga A 193 Clap A 194 Clave A 195 AnaCwbl A 196 Cowbell A 197 Maracas A 198 Tmbrine A 199 Ti...

Page 323: ...a Effects 90 types dual DSP units Displays Backlit 24 character 2 line LCD 2 LEDs Controllers Volume control Panel Switches 12 play mode edit compare data entry 2 cursor 2 page enter exit store copy utility select memory Connectors Headphones Audio output Output L Mono R 4 individual MIDI in MIDI out MIDI thru Power Requirements US Canadian models 120 V 18W General model 220 240 V 18W Dimensions W...

Page 324: ...ed to receive or transmit a large amount of MIDI data its handling capacity was exceeded An error occurred when receiving MIDI data An error occurred when receiving bulk data Since the Bulk Protect parameter is on the bulk data was not received Since the device number is off bulk data cannot be trans mitted or received Since the device numbers did not match the bulk data was not received ...

Page 325: ... switch of the card is on data cannot be saved to the card The card is the wrong format Verify NG The data was not correctly saved Wave card DISPLAY COMMENTS Wave card not ready The wave card is not correctly inserted into the slot Battery DISPLAY COMMENTS Change battery The internal backup battery needs to be replaced The card backup battery needs to be replaced Change card battery ...

Page 326: ...is full further loading of sample data is not possible Since the waveform card is write protected data save and bulk transmission are not possible The maximum allowable number of samples was exceeded Since no sample exists in the specified sample number bulk transmission is not possible The maximum allowable number of waves was exceeded Sample data protected ...

Page 327: ...y parameter or other parameter that affects all modes The following are some common problems and probable causes Amplifier Mixer Connection Problems Symptom Possible Cause No Sound Distorted sound Is the amplifier mixer power turned on Is the amplifier mixer volume set to an appropriate level Are the TG500 outputs properly connected to the amplifier mixer inputs Are the connection cables shorted o...

Page 328: ... page 109 Is the note shift parameter set properly page 110 Is the random pitch parameter set properly page 110 Is the aftertouch pitch bias parameter set properly page 143 Is the LFO pitch modulation parameter set to an excessively high value page 138 Is the pitch envelope generator set properly page 131 Multi Mode Problems Symptom Possible Cause No Sound Wrong pitch Are voices performance combin...

Page 329: ...effect wet dry balance 177 184 voice initialize 194 voice parameters 168 voice recall 193 voice store 196 volume 169 wave 168 Dual effect parameters 278 Dynamic voice allocation 36 A AEG data copy 118 AEG levels and rates 112 AEG velocity sensitivity 53 99 Aftertouch 56 Aftertouch depth 142 Aftertouch mode 141 Amplitude EG 39 98 Amplitude modulation depth 138 142 145 Arrow keys 10 47 48 Attack rat...

Page 330: ...er value 87 189 Maximum pitch EG range 134 MCD64 memory card 17 Memory expansion modules 282 Memory installation 282 Memory key 10 18 24 MIDI connections 13 connectors 11 E Edit function selection 46 mode access 45 parameter selection 48 Edit compare key 9 32 45 Editing procedure general 45 Effect signal flow diagrams 253 261 Effects 41 bypass 221 bypass edit mode 41 output 182 parameters 58 84 10...

Page 331: ... controller 56 controller 1 and 2 depth 145 controller 3 and 4 147 controller assignments 223 controller enable 71 device number 229 filter 230 program change type 227 receive channel 227 settings basic 13 volume control 225 Minimum controller volume 105 Minimum parameter value 87 188 Multi copy 38 effect control 213 effect control LFO 216 effect data copy 217 effect mix level 211 effect mode 204 ...

Page 332: ... 160 effect control LFO speed 160 effect control LFO waveform 160 effect data copy 161 effect mix level 155 play mode 24 programming example 27 recall 91 store 94 Phones jack 8 Pitch bend range 141 Pitch bias depth 144 Pitch EG 40 data copy 135 enable 57 levels and rates 131 rate scaling 133 rate velocity sensitivity 134 velocity sensitivity 134 Pitch modulation depth 138 142 145 Play mode key 8 1...

Page 333: ...136 LFO modulation type 102 LFO offset 55 LFO phase 137 LFO speed 102 136 LFO velocity sensitivity 139 LFO waveform 136 list 19 memory 16 memory banks 18 name 106 play mode 17 recall 163 selection 17 setting 57 store 166 Volume control 8 W Wave assign 239 card load 248 edit mode access 238 enable 240 groups 96 107 initialize 245 name 241 number 97 108 RAM expansion slots 11 select 96 107 Waveform ...

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