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FINGERING CHART

NORMAL PITCH

The fingerings shown in this chart are the
basic WX11 fingerings, including stan-
dard Böhm lingering and new features
added by the WX11. Octave keys can be

combined with these fingerings.

Shaded keys are fingered.

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Summary of Contents for WX-11

Page 1: ...YAMAHA AUTHORIZED PRODUCT MANUAL WIND MIDI CONTROLLER ...

Page 2: ...YAMAHA WIND MIDI CONTROLLER OPERATION MANUAL ...

Page 3: ...e and the timbre of the sound and the key configuration conforms to standard Böhm fingering The WX11 controls an external MIDI tone generator so you have a virtually unlimited range of voices from which to choose The fact that the sound is produced electronically also means that you can practice using headphones any where at any time The WX11 is supplied with a dedicated 5 meter connecting cable t...

Page 4: ...ation or vibration which could causemechanical damage 2 AVOID PHYSICAL SHOCKS Strong physicalshocks totheunitcancausedamage Handle it with care 3 DO NOT OPEN THE CASE OR ATTEMPT REPAIRS OR MODIFICATIONS YOURSELF This product contains no user serviceable parts Refer all maintenance to qualified YAMAHA service personnel Opening the case and or tampering with the internal cir cuitry will void the war...

Page 5: ...up Key The Setup key is used in conjunction with the octave keys to select one of the WX11 s 5 sensitivity settings See Setting Sensitivity on page 7 for details The Setup key is also used to select the WXll s tight lip or loose lip playing mode when the system power is initially turned ON See Selecting the Loose Lip or Tight Lip Playing Mode and Adjusting Lip Zero on page 8 for details Hold Key T...

Page 6: ...cepts the neck strap supplied with the WX11 forcomfortable playing Simply hook the strap onto the strap ring Drain Hole Moisture from the player s breath and condensation drain from this opening Mouthpiece Interior Lip Sensor Cantilever The lip sensor cantilever mechanically transfers pressure applied to the reed to the lip sensor contained in the rubber housing Exercise the greatest caution when ...

Page 7: ... If you use a mono sound system use the L MONO OUTPUT jack from the WT11 when only the L MONO OUTPUT jack is connected the L MONO and R OUTPUT signals are mixed and delivered via the L MONO jack More control versatility is provided by connecting a pair of optional YAMAHA FC4 or FC5 footswitches to the WT11 s MEMORY INC and DEC jacks These footswitches can be used to select different performance co...

Page 8: ...connections and con trols again Is your sound system turned ON Is the volume control turned up Is the WT11 INPUT SELECT switch set to WX IN 3 To select and try out the many performance combinations provided by the WT11 use the BANK button to select any of the available memory banks A B C or I and then use the DATA ENTRY 1 and 1 buttons to select any of the 32 performance combinations contained in ...

Page 9: ...nce combinations can be se lected using the WT11 controls in the previous section but you can also select performance combinations directly from the WX11 The WX11 is capable of transmitting MIDI program change numbers the data that is used to select voices on tone generators and synthesizers 0 through 4 allowing you to select voices or performance combinations 1 through 5 on a tone gen erator or s...

Page 10: ...automatically selected when the WX11 system power is initially turned ON 1 After the system power has been turned ON hold down the WX11 setup key 1 and press the octave key 2 correspond ing to the desired sensitivity setting KEY 3 octaves up 2 octaves up 1 octave up 1 octave down 2 octaves down SENSITIVITY SOFT MEDIUM SOFT MEDIUM MEDIUM HARD HARD 2 Release the octave key and then the setup key Sen...

Page 11: ...wer pitch over ap proximately 25 of the total pitch range In the loose lip mode increasing lip pressure can raise pitch over 100 of the total pitch range Tight Lip mode Bend down Normal Bend up Lip Zero Adjustment The lip zero adjustment will vary depending on whether you have chosen the loose lip or tight lip playing mode In the tight lip playing mode the lip zero control should be adjusted to pr...

Page 12: ...hile playing the note to be held The note will be held even after you release the hold key and you can play other notes over the held tone in the normal way To stop the held tone simply press the hold key while no breath is applied to the mouthpiece no note is being played ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The hold sound produced will vary according to the tone generator s breath control parameter settings I...

Page 13: ... an oc tave IfthePitch BendRange value is set to zero nopitch bend will occur when pressure is applied to the WX11 reed TX81Z With the BT7 MBDI Power Pack the WX11 can be used with the following devices A MIDI synthesizer A MIDI tone generator A MIDI sampler A MIDI rhythm machine A MIDI piano or electronic organ In any of the above cases the device used must have the follow ing capabilities Recept...

Page 14: ... requirements Key Velocity Sensitivity TX81Z TX81Z TX802 TX81Z TX802 This value should be set to 99 since we mainly want to control volume and timbre using breath pressure Breath Controller Pitch Bias Range Since volume and timbre will be controlled via breath con trol velocity sensitivity should be set to zero TX81Z TX802 If Pitch Bias Range is set to a value other than zero pitch bend will be co...

Page 15: ...h Control This MIDI message is used by the WX11 to control loudness over the duration of a note played As you change your breath pressure the loudness of the note changes accordingly Pitch Bend The pitch bend message is used to control the pitch of the note played depending on the lip pressure applied to the WX11 reed Sample MIDI Applications A System Incorporating the MFC2 MIDI Foot Con troller T...

Page 16: ...DI THRU connector ofthe WT11 is connected to the MIDI IN connector of a YAMAHA QX5FD MIDI Sequence Recorder and the QX5FD MIDI OUT is connected to a TX81Z tonegenerator With this system mate rial recorded on the QX5FD from the WX11 WT11 is played back via the TX81Z while you play along on the WX11 and WT11 Compact yet extremely powerful the QX5FD features 8 inde pendent tracks which can each hold ...

Page 17: ... CAUSES 1 Have you properly adjusted the lip sensor controls If the WT11 s LFO control parameter is set to lip but the WX11 lip sensor control has not been properly adjusted it may be impossible to produce LFO control 2 Is your tone generator set to respond to LFO control In the case of the WT11 LFO control must be set to either brth breath or lip for LFO control to be effective If set to off no L...

Page 18: ...an tileverand the rubber housing should be wiped clean with a soft cloth Do not wash this area Be very careful not to bend or apply excessive force to she cantilever while doing this Also make sure that no water or other fluids get into the breath sensor aperture or thearea around the rubber housing The mouthpiece can be reinserted into the WX11 body after reattaching the reed The reed screws shou...

Page 19: ...ey 6 M MFC2 MIDI Foot Controller 12 MIDI 1 2 4 9 10 11 12 13 15 MIDI Messages 10 12 MIDI Program Change Numbers 6 Mono Sound System 4 Mouthpiece 2 3 7 8 9 15 N Neck Strap 3 Note and Velocity Data 12 O Octave Keys 2 6 7 12 15 Output Connector 3 P Pedal Tone 9 Performance Combinations 4 5 9 12 14 Pitch 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 Pitch Bend 2 8 9 10 11 12 14 Pitch Bend Range 8 10 Polyphony 10 Pressure Sen...

Page 20: ...our equipment does appear to be the source of the interference you should try to correct the situation by using one or more of the following measures Relocate either the equipment or the electronic device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets for the professional music equipment and the device being affected that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits o...

Page 21: ...Onnnnnnn Ovvvvvw 90 NOTE ON v 0 NOTE OFF v 1 1 127 NOTE ON 2 4 PITCH BEND STATUS 11100000 DATA LSB 01111111 DATA MSB Ommmmmmm E0 PITCH BEND 7 bitresolution 2 2 CONTROL CHANGE STATUS 10110000 B0 CONTROL CHANGE CONTROL No 00000010 02 Breath Control LSB Data 1sb 00 when msb 40 1sb msb 40 x 02 when msb DATA 0ddddddd d 0 127 2 3 PROGRAM CHANGE STATUS 11000000 SCO PROGRAM CHANGE PROGRAM No 00000ppp p 0 ...

Page 22: ... Pitch Bender 2 Control Change Prog Change True System Exclusive System Song Pos Song Sel Common Tune System Clock Real Time Commands Aux Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Mes Active Sense sages Reset Notes Transmitted 1 x x x 22 110 o 9nH v l 127 x 9nH v 0 x x 0 0 o 0 4 X X X X X X X X 0 X Remarks 7 bit r e s o l u t i o n Breath control Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI O N MONO Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode...

Page 23: ...L PITCH The fingerings shown in this chart are the basic WX11 fingerings including stan dard Böhm lingering and new features added by the WX11 Octave keys can be combined with these fingerings Shaded keys are fingered Add 3 ...

Page 24: ...OCTAVE TRANSPOSE The fingerings shown in this chart all produce notes an octave above the nor mal WX11 pitch These fingerings can be combined with the octave keys Add 4 ...

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Page 26: ...YAMAHA Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue P O Box 6600 Buena Park CA 90622 6600 11 25 97 27260 WX11 OM ...

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