Yamaha WX5, Owner'S Manual

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Wind & Lip Sensor Adjustment
Perform the sensor adjustments after selecting the required playing mode (page 10).
Wind Zero & Wind Gain Adjustment
Adjust both Wind Zero and Wind Gain to set the ideal
relationship between wind pressure input and MIDI data
output for your playing style.
• Wind Gain
Sets the sensitivity to breath pressure.
• Wind Zero
Sets the minimum amount of breath pressure which must
be applied before sound is produced.
WIND GAIN
WIND ZERO
LIP GAIN
LIP ZERO
Vel
Win
Win
LIP
LIP
LIP
LIP+
Trns
Fing
Fast
Hi ct
Whl
Breath Pressure
Wind Zero
V
olume
WIND ZERO
Wind Gain
WIND GAIN
Before adjusting the wind gain and wind zero, be sure
to check the type of MIDI data which is being transmit-
ted by the WX5 in response to breath input, and make
sure that your tone generator is set up to receive that type
of data (page 22). For example, if the WX5 is set to trans-
mit Breath Controller data (control change #02) but the
tone generator is not set up to receive Breath Controller
data, the wind sensor cannot be adjusted. Adjusting the
wind gain and wind zero parameter is equivalent to se-
lecting the ideal mouthpiece and reed for an acoustic wind
instrument, so be sure to make these adjustments care-
fully.
Adjustment Procedure
1
Select a voice which is responsive to breath control,
and apply breath pressure to the WX5. For this adjust-
ment it is better to select a sustained (non-decaying)
type of voice such as organ, rather than a decaying
voice like piano.
2
Using a small screwdriver, rotate the WIND ZERO
control clockwise until LED 2 lights and the note be-
gins to sound (page 11).
• If no sound is produced, check your connections and
MIDI channel settings.
3
When the note begins to sound, rotate the WIND
ZERO control counterclockwise just until LED 2 goes
out and the sound stops.
4
Applying only the minimum amount of breath pres-
sure you want to produce sound output, repeat steps 2
and 3, above, until set as required.
5
Using a small screwdriver, adjust the WIND GAIN
control for optimum sensitivity while applying breath
pressure to the WX5. Rotating the control clockwise
increases sensitivity.
6
The WIND ZERO setting may change slightly when
WING GAIN is adjusted, so you may have to repeat
the WIND ZERO and WIND GAIN adjustments a few
times to get everything exactly right.