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Table of contents

UW500 Features .................................................................................. 6

Notes on USB ................................................................................................ 7
Notes on musical copyrights.......................................................................... 8

Package Contents ............................................................................... 9

About the included software .......................................................................... 9

System Requirements ....................................................................... 11

Parts and Functions........................................................................... 12

Connection........................................................................................ 16

Installing the Driver .......................................................................... 22

Playing the Demo Song .................................................................... 32

Hard Disk Recording ......................................................................... 34

Creating a Song Using Sample Phrases............................................ 40

Changing the driver setting (MIDI Patch Screen) ........................... 44

Specifications .................................................................................... 50

Troubleshooting (FAQ) ..................................................................... 51

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Summary of Contents for UW500

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d emploi USB AUDIO MIDI PERSONAL STUDIO USB AUDIO MIDI PERSONAL STUDIO English Deutsch Fran ais...

Page 2: ...by the manufacturer s warranty and are therefore the owners responsibility Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Yamaha strives to...

Page 3: ...ything over it When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet always hold the plug itself and not the cord Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple conn...

Page 4: ...any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the soft ware and documentation and cannot be h...

Page 5: ...ftware 9 System Requirements 11 Parts and Functions 12 Connection 16 Installing the Driver 22 Playing the Demo Song 32 Hard Disk Recording 34 Creating a Song Using Sample Phrases 40 Changing the drive...

Page 6: ...ar sound to your hard disk The included software supports a musical production environ ment Using the included software XGworks and TWE facilitate hard disk recording Even without external tone genera...

Page 7: ...is started Also don t perform any of the following operations Otherwise the computer may lock up or the UW500 functions may be disabled Do not frequently turn on and off the power to the UW500 or con...

Page 8: ...d data that can be recorded via the UW500 for commercial purposes It is also prohibited to reproduce transfer or distribute the data or play the data for a commercial audience without permission from...

Page 9: ...ate MIDI performance data and pro cess audio data for advanced music post production To start the installer double click Setup exe in the XGworks_ folder Install the software following the instruction...

Page 10: ...PU power By installing SoftSynthesizer you can enjoy high quality tones from MIDI data performance without connecting an external XG tone generator To start the installer double click Setup exe in the...

Page 11: ...ium 166MHz or higher MMX Pentium 233 MHz or higher is recom mended Memory 32MB or higher 64 MB or higher is recommended Hard Disk 2MB or more of free space To use XGworks lite V3 0 30MB or more of har...

Page 12: ...tronic musical instrument or CD player Use a standard monau ral plug cable for connection To use INPUT 1 3 jacks set the INPUT SELECT switch on the rear panel to STE REO or MONO D INPUT 1 2 gain switc...

Page 13: ...USB LED The LED lights up in red when the power is turned on to the UW500 It lights up in green when the com puter is connected to the UW500 correctly It flashes in green when the UW500 transmits or r...

Page 14: ...r L and R connection Even if the INPUT SELECT switch is set to MONO these jacks receive stereo signals L DC IN jack Connect the PA 3B power adaptor here Before connecting the power adaptor make sure t...

Page 15: ...nected MIDI device Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT ter minal of the MIDI device to this jack O MIDI OUT terminal This jack transmits MIDI signals to a connected MIDI device Use a MIDI cable t...

Page 16: ...such as a tone generator or MIDI keyboard to the UW500 digital recorder computer power adaptor microphone USB terminal MIDI terminal TO HOST terminal audio device 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 guitar headphones s...

Page 17: ...lfunction If you plan not to use the UW500 for a long period of time be sure to remove the power adaptor from the AC outlet Before you turn on the power to the UW500 make sure that the computer and th...

Page 18: ...ce to the DIGITAL IN jack Use optical digital cables with square plugs for connection Set the INPUT SELECT switch on the rear panel to DIGITAL NOTE OPTICAL OUT OPTICAL IN digital recorder CD MD player...

Page 19: ...to lower the INPUT 1 or 2 knob setting to minimum before connect ing a cable to the INPUT 1 or 2 jack Refer to page 34 for more information on the digital audio recording of gui tar or other instrumen...

Page 20: ...th units to minimum 7 Connecting an audio device Connect an audio device such as a CD player to the INPUT 3 jacks RCA pin L R jacks using an appropriate cable Set the INPUT SELECT switch on the rear p...

Page 21: ...UW500 s terminals and the port number 9 Connecting the MIDI terminal to a MIDI device Use optional MIDI cables to connect the MIDI IN terminal of the MIDI device to the MIDI OUT terminal of the UW500...

Page 22: ...t transmits MIDI signals back and forth between sequence software and the UW500 via a USB cable The USB audio driver is software that transmits and receives audio signals via a USB cable UW500 USB cab...

Page 23: ...alled part of installation process may be automatically omitted This is not a problem 1 Start the computer 2 Make sure that the power to the UW500 is turned off standby Connect the USB terminal of the...

Page 24: ...ext The system displays a screen that enables you to select a location in which to install the driver 6 Insert the included CD ROM into the CD ROM drive After making sure that the system recognizes th...

Page 25: ...indows 98 CD ROM In this case insert the Windows 98 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive spec ify an appropriate directory for the CD ROM drive such as D Win98 then continue the installation The drive name an...

Page 26: ...or Unknown device as shown below The system may ask you to insert a Windows98 CD ROM while it checks for the driver Specify the USBdrv_ folder of the included CD ROM such as D USBdrv_ and continue ins...

Page 27: ...e mouse pointer The driver has been installed Checking the installation Follow the steps below to make sure the driver has been installed correctly 1 Double click Control Panel in My Computer to open...

Page 28: ...media in the Control Panel to open the Multime dia Properties window 2 Click the Audio tab 3 Click the Preferred device box in Playback and select USB Audio Device USB Audio Device 1 may appear depend...

Page 29: ...o see if YAMAHA USB OUT xx yy is listed xx means the device number page 45 and yy means the port number page 44 If only one Yamaha USB device is connected the device num ber would be 0 3 While Single...

Page 30: ...me dia Properties window 2 Click the CD Music tab 3 Make sure that the CD ROM drive e g D is selected correctly 4 Check the Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM device checkbox and click OK Setup f...

Page 31: ...e playback from the UW500 1 Double click Sounds in Control Panel to open the Sounds window 2 Select an item with a speaker icon and click the play button to make sure that the playback sound is output...

Page 32: ...nob to minimum 2 Turn the OUTPUT knob to the ON position to turn on the power to the UW500 Set the OUTPUT knob to the minimum position just above the ON label 3 Start XGworks From the Start menu selec...

Page 33: ...ong using the SoftSynthesizer select Start Programs YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 S YXG50 Setup Detailed Settings 1 2 then set the WaveTable Polyphony to 32 the Maximum CPU Usage to 40 and the Direct...

Page 34: ...IDI tone generator connect it to the UW500 s MIDI OUT terminal or the TO TG terminal page 21 Connect the UW500 s AUX IN jacks to the OUTPUT jacks of the tone generator Before connecting be sure to tur...

Page 35: ...ected to the INPUT 1 and 2 jacks set the INPUT SELECT switch to STEREO 4 Start XGworks From the File menu select Open and open the record ing file 5 From the Setup menu select System Setup In the Devi...

Page 36: ...nit is connected to the UW500 via stereo connection select 44 1kHz Stereo 16Bit XGworks does not allow Wave files with different sampling frequencies to be played simultaneously 7 From the Setup menu...

Page 37: ...evel and while making sure that the sound through the headphones is not distorted adjust the recording level using the INPUT 1 2 volume knobs At the same time use the OUTPUT knob to adjust the headpho...

Page 38: ...you wish to record the sound of an external MIDI tone generator first you need to record the sound as well as the gui tar sound to the hard disk 2 Turn the OUTPUT knob to the ON position to turn on th...

Page 39: ...elect WAVE If you click a cell in the Rec column to place the corresponding track into record ready status an R mark appears in the Rec column If you click the Record button in the Play Control panel...

Page 40: ...rd disk To do so insert the included CD ROM into the CD ROM drive and double click the CD ROM drive icon in My Computer Drag the Tutorial folder in the Demo folder to the hard disk 2 Start XGworks For...

Page 41: ...5 On the Track View window click a cell in the Type column of the tracks tracks 17 19 into which you will load the Wave data to select WAVE 6 Select the pencil tool icon from the tool bar UW500 book...

Page 42: ...ick Open The Wave block appears in the Track View window Double click the inserted Wave block to open it in the List Window Click the L1 L2 L3 displays the location in Measure Beat Clock units boxes t...

Page 43: ...the song To stop the playback click the Stop button 11 In the manner described above you can select any other Wave files to cre ate an original song Other Wave files are located in the Additional Wave...

Page 44: ...ables For example you can transmit an identical MIDI signal to multiple ports or transmit layered MIDI signals from multiple ports to a single port Also you can directly route MIDI signals from MIDI I...

Page 45: ...ouble click MIDI USB Driver to display the screen Changing the device number If multiple Yamaha USB devices are connected you can change the device ID numbers if necessary Click Device Name The System...

Page 46: ...y you can try transmitting MIDI signals Note Off Message When you click Send All Note OFF a MIDI All Note Off message will be sent to all ports on the UW500 Note On Message When you click Send All Not...

Page 47: ...f you check multiple check boxes vertically MIDI signals from multiple output ports on the computer are merged and transmitted to one output port on the UW500 If you check multiple check boxes horizon...

Page 48: ...check multiple check boxes vertically a MIDI signal from one input port on the UW500 is distributed to multiple input ports on the computer If you check multiple check boxes horizontally MIDI signals...

Page 49: ...e screen If you check multiple check boxes vertically a MIDI signal from one input port on the UW500 is distributed to multiple output ports on the UW500 If you check multiple check boxes horizontally...

Page 50: ...n L R Line out jacks RCA pin L R MIDI IN terminal 16 ch MIDI OUT terminal 16 ch TO TG terminal MIDI outputs 80 ch MIDI inputs 16 ch USB terminal DC IN jack Power Supply Power Adaptor PA 3B Dimensions...

Page 51: ...ontrol Panel to open the System window 2 Click the Device Manager tab With the View devices by type check box checked look for Other devices 3 If you find Other devices double click it to extend the t...

Page 52: ...has priority Is the SoftSynthesizer set properly If you are using SoftSynthesizer the load can be reduced by changing the set tings of Maximum CPU Usage and Quality For more information refer to the...

Page 53: ...department or visit the home page of the computer manufacturer Cannot suspend or resume the computer correctly Do not suspend the computer while the audio MIDI application is running Wish to use the U...

Page 54: ...you retain no copies and the recipient agrees to the terms of the licensing agreement 3 TERMINATION The licensing condition of the software program becomes effective on the day that you receive the S...

Page 55: ...cling Umweltpapier gedruckt Ce document a t imprim sur du papier recycl non blanchi au chlore M D G PA DMI Division Yamaha Corporation 2000 Yamaha Corporation V657010 004AP AP5 2 01A0 Printed in Japan...

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