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Page 2: ...er power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number 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 CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK...

Page 3: ...ons for enclosed installation are not provided it must be assumed that unobstructed ventilation is required 7 Temperature considerations Electronic products should be installed in locations that do not seriously contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers etc should be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in ...

Page 4: ...NG PLAY 73 SONG MULTI 74 SYSTEM EFFECTS 79 SONG SEQUENCE PLAY 80 SONG SETUP 82 SONG RECORD 85 REALTIME RECORDING 87 STEP RECORDING 89 SONG EDIT 91 SEQUENCE TRACK GRAPH 91 SEQUENCE TEMPO TRACK DATA CHANGE 92 SEQUENCE TEMPO TRACK DATA INSERT 93 SONG JOB 95 SONG JOB 1 96 SONG JOB 2 98 SONG JOB 3 100 AWM TONE GENERATION 104 VOICE MODE 106 VOICE PLAY 107 VOICE EDIT 108 NORMAL VOICE EDIT MODE 109 DRUM V...

Page 5: ...DISK STATUS 133 SAVE TO DISK 134 LOAD FROM DISK 136 RENAME FILE 139 DELETE FILE 140 FORMAT DISK 141 UTILITY MODE 142 SONG VOICE MEMORY 143 INITIALIZE 144 VOICE BULK DUMP 144 SYNTHESIZER SETUP 145 CONTROLLERS 147 MIDI SETUP 148 OTHER SETUP 149 GREETING MESSAGE 149 APPENDIX 151 ERROR MESSAGES 152 TROUBLESHOOTING 153 MOUNTING THE EXPANSION BOARD 155 SPECIFICATIONS 156 INDEX 158 3 ...

Page 6: ...anual is divided into three distinct sections as follows INTRODUCTORY SECTION BEFORE YOU BEGIN A big picture overview of the W5 W7 complete with explanation of the instrument s main features and capabili ties front and rear panel diagrams with detailed descrip tions of controls and other features plus an explanation of system logic and other technical considerations everything you need to know bef...

Page 7: ...safe To prevent accidental erasure of important data you have saved to floppy disk be sure to slide the disk s write protect tab to the write protect position the tab window should be open When this is done the data on the disk cannot be accidentally overwritten LOCATION In order to avoid causing serious damage to the W5 W7 do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight high tempera tures excessi...

Page 8: ... disk and possibly the disk drive To eject a floppy disk press the eject button slowly as far as it will go the disk will automatically pop out When the disk is fully ejected carefully remove it by hand If the eject button is pressed too quickly or if it is not pressed in as far as it will go the disk may not eject properly The eject button may become stuck in a half pressed position with the disk...

Page 9: ...INTERFACE Multiple assignable controllers large LCD screen multi purpose function keys data entry pad jog shuttle and other data input features plus individual se quencer track buttons and more give you instant access to any mode or param eter Accessing functions rarely takes more than two or three presses of a button SONG MULTI The basic Song Play operation mode of the W5 W7 a multi lets you desi...

Page 10: ...fines a standard voice allocation chart in which the same or similar voices are accessed by the same program change numbers 001 128 and MIDI channels 1 16 and the same type of drum sounds are assigned to specific keys and controllers such as pitch bend range octave registration expression modulation etc are designated with specific controller numbers For more information about GM sounds and mappin...

Page 11: ...licensefromAphexSystemsLtd STEREO SOUND MIXING Extensive stereo sound mixing capabilities via the on board tone generator sound mixer the digital effects and others In conjunction with the sequencer you can even achieve an automated mixdown for your final playback output PERFORMANCEFEATURES 76 key W5 or 61 key W7 polyphonic keyboard with key velocity sensitivity and aftertouch plus keyboard splitt...

Page 12: ...ODE CS VOLUME RUN SEQUENCER STOP TOP RECORD STORE VOICE EDIT SELECT SOLO TRACK PITCH MODULATION 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 11 14 9 10 FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM FEATURES NOTE Theabovediagramisthe61 keyW7MusicSynthesizer The76 keyW5haspreciselythesameon boardcontrols andinternaloperatingsystemonlythenumberofkeysonthekeyboardisdifferent ...

Page 13: ... 1 7 3 8 4 9 10 ELEMENT 11 12 13 14 15 16 FF COMMON FILTER AMP EFFECT PITCH CONTROL LFO F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 VOICE EDIT EXIT REST TIE UTILITY CANCEL 7 4 1 8 5 2 9 6 3 0 ENTER INC DEC DATA CURSOR 1 16 17 19 20 21 13 12 15 18 ...

Page 14: ...the disk with the label facing up from the end with the shutter facing forward To remove the disk press the eject button at the lower right of the drive VOLUME SLIDER Regulates the output volume from the stereo output jacks on the rear panel CONTINUOUS SLIDER CS This is a multiple function controller that can control the parameter you assign to it including pan foot control functions expression da...

Page 15: ...ill light in green TRACK BUTTONS 1 16 In Song Play Voice Play and Song Record Modes the TRACK buttons let you select any track in the multi the selected track button will be indicated with a red light In Song Sequence Play Mode the TRACK buttons corresponding with tracks which have music data in them will be indicated with a green light In Voice Edit Mode various TRACK buttons double as edit funct...

Page 16: ...function concentric inner and outer dial The JOG inner dial lets you enter data or scroll through functions The SHUTTLE outer dial lets you fast forward or rewind through measures in a song sequence DATA CURSOR BUTTON Determines the function of the JOG dial When switched off no light the JOG will be used primarily for entering data When switched on red light indicator spin ning the JOG will move t...

Page 17: ... INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION POWER ON OFF AC INLET POWER SWITCH Press to turn the power on or off POWER CONNECTOR Attach the power supply cord and plug into the AC power outlet MIDI CONNECTORS For connecting other MIDI devices The MIDI IN connector receives MIDI data from an external sequencer or other MIDI device which will control or transmit data to the W5 W7 The M...

Page 18: ... JACK An optional FC7 or FC9 foot controller connected here can be used to regulate overallvolume OUTPUT JACKS Audio outputs for monitoring the W5 W7 by external amplification in either stereo or mono If a plug is inserted into only the L MONO jack the left and right channel signals are combined and delivered via this single jack PHONES JACK Accepts a standard pair of stereo headphones 1 4 stereo ...

Page 19: ...lar music session All operations are per formed within a song multi or configuration of all parameter settings and other data which make up a song that can be stored in one of the 16 internal song memories and saved to floppy disk One key to the W5 W7 s ease of operation is its intuitive friendly user interface Through a balance of easy reach multi purpose buttons sliders and controllers plus a la...

Page 20: ...g sequencer memory Volatile RAM 16 song multi memory RAM Song Sequencer Job Edit Record Voice Edit Buffer Disk Drive 16 Instruments Assign 16 Tracks On Off 16 Channels Stereo Mixer System Effect MIDI OUT Controller Keyboard Data entry MIDI IN SEQUENCER VOICE MULTI OUTPUT INPUT L R 128 normal 2 drum Internal voice memory RAM External normal and drum voice memory Optional Insertion Effect ...

Page 21: ...er clock to internal or MIDI sync and determine other settings which affect the currently selected song multi For more information see Song Play Mode page 73 SONGRECORD Lets you record a sequence in the currently selected song memory either in real time including replace overdub and punch in record ing or step time as well as determine record parameters like quantize tempo click volume and others ...

Page 22: ... For performing single Voice Play and Voice Editing operations For more infor mation see Voice Mode page 106 VOICEPLAY Lets you play the individual voices from the Preset GM Internal Song or optional External voice banks without multi settings ap plied For more information see Voice Play page 107 VOICEEDIT Lets you edit any and all parameters which make up a voice including Insertion Effect and co...

Page 23: ... disk files on a floppy disk 3 5 2DD type as well as load the files back into Internal Song voice and song memory It also lets you perform various disk file management functions like renaming and deleting files and formatting a disk for the W5 W7 operating system For details see Disk Mode page 131 UTILITY MODE Lets you manage Song voices initialize the Internal voice bank determine various MIDI se...

Page 24: ...the corresponding 16 tracks in the sequencer The sequencer lets you record edit and play back song sequences and assign MIDI transmit channel for each track TONE GENERATOR SECTION MIXER Can play up to 16 different Instrument voices simultaneously as assigned to the sequencer tracks The tone generator s mixer lets you determine song multi parameters including voice select volume pan Insertion Effec...

Page 25: ...or a single multi This lets you keep all data for a multi in one place i e inside a single song memory Song multis are an integral part of the W5 W7 s flexibility and user friendliness Basically you define the multis naturally as you work whether you re composing or recording or preparing setups for live performance by selecting a track and assigning an Instrument voice to it setting a pan positio...

Page 26: ...ertion Effect Type Parameter Element 2 Element 1 Element 4 Element 3 Element Edit Voice Edit System Effect Send 1 Level Pan Position Volume Level INSTRUMENT Assign System Effect Send 2 Level System Effect Send 3 Level Insertion Effect On Off STEREO VOICE Voice Name Volume Level Insertion Effect Type Parameter Pan Volume System Effect Send Levels Key Element Edit Voice Edit NORMAL VOICE DRUM VOICE ...

Page 27: ...voices voices with assorted percussion sounds Whether the voice bank is a normal or a drum voice bank is indicated by a one or two letter abbreviation code respectively which appears immediately to the left of the voice number Following is a list of the various voice banks along with abbreviation codes and descriptions NORMAL VOICES G GM VOICE 128 ROM sounds preset according to the General MIDI st...

Page 28: ...y even when the power is turned off SD SONG DRUM VOICE 2 RAM user memory locations for storing GM Preset or Internal drum voices used in a particular song or multi Up to 16 Song drum voice banks each holding 2 drum voices can be saved to and loaded from floppy disks via the disk drive Song drum voices will not be retained in memory when the power is turnedoff ED EXTERNAL DRUM VOICE Additional ROM ...

Page 29: ...er prefix which in Voice Mode will appear to the left of the voice name and in Song Mode will appear just below the track volume section in the mixer screen Pf Cp Or Gt Ba St En Br Rd Pi No Assign Piano Chromatic Percussion Organ Guitar Bass Strings Orchestral Ensemble Brass Reed Pipe Ld Pd Fx Et Pc Se Dr Sc Vo Co Synth Lead Synth Pad Synth Sound Effects Ethnic Percussive Sound Effect Drums Synth ...

Page 30: ...elay chorus auto panning 3 band EQ Aural Exciter pitch change distortion and many more AuralExciter isaregisteredtrademarkofandismanufacturedunderlicensefromAphexSystemsLtd System Effect Send Levels L R Fader Pan Stereo Voice Element 1 Pan Element 2 Pan Element 3 Pan Element 4 Pan System Effects System Return 1 Effect 1 Rev Module Return 2 Effect 2 Chorus Module Return 3 Effect 3 Dly Rev Module Mi...

Page 31: ...ammed Insertion Effects which can be edited and configured in a variety of ways in the voice and multi for a song or performance setup For more information about Insertion Effects see page 119 SYSTEMEFFECTS There are three System Effects which can be applied to the overall mix and send levels for each effect can be adjusted via the mixer System Effects can be designated and System Effect parameter...

Page 32: ...sion Wave Voice Board can be purchased separately and plugged into the W5 W7 s logic board to increase the on board capacity by another 4Mbytes AWM elements are at the heart of the W5 W7 s rich dynamic sound quality One AWM element is capable of making an Instrument voice but the W5 W7 lets you con struct voices that contain as many as four elements in order to obtain virtually unlimited sonicandp...

Page 33: ... of volume change by using the amplifier envelope generator AEG which can also be affected by key velocity Tremolo volume modulation can be created using the LFO and tremolo depth can be regulated by a controller Volume can also be directly affected by a controller CONTROLLING THE SOUND Musical instrument sounds are complex and constantly changing Different types of instrument sounds change over t...

Page 34: ...ollers such as the pitch and modulation wheels aftertouch and optional foot controllers can be used to control the sound in a variety of ways Some controllers such as the pitch bend wheel can directly determine the pitch You can assign the various other controllers to control many aspects of the sound For example you might assign aftertouch so that the amount of vibrato LFO modulation to the wave ...

Page 35: ...ing which elements are selected or switched on or off and which element edit function is currently selected Also in Voice Edit Mode the VOICE EDIT button doubles as a com pare button to let you compare the sound of the original voice to the sound of the voice you recreating Normal voice editing starts with either an initialized voice when you want to edit a voice from scratch or a Preset GM Intern...

Page 36: ...er track will be lit red TRACK buttons for tracks with sequencer data in them will be lit green while an unlit Track button will indicate that no music data is in the track During sequence playback you can solo and mute the different tracks RUN SEQUENCER STOP TOP RECORD As you re composing you can use some or all of the 16 song memories to hold parts of a song then hear how they sound in context b...

Page 37: ... to switch into Voice Edit Mode and tweak a few parameters in individual voices in order to make them sit better within the context of the sounds of all tracks The Song Multi function screen which displays a graphic representation of a sound mixer is designed to let you quickly access all functions and parameters in the multi as well as give you ample visual feedback as you work This basic operati...

Page 38: ...ock is the fourth stop in each of the 16 mixer channels represented graphically by an empty square off or a solid square on It lets you apply an Insertion Effect to a voice Up to three Insertion Effects can be applied in a song one per Instrument voice The cursor must be positioned at Insertion Effect Switch before you can turn the Insertion Effect on and off Insertion Effect type assignment and p...

Page 39: ... The Pitch Bend Range block is the tenth and final stop in each of the 16 mixer channels represented graphically by a pot It lets you designate the range the voice s pitch bends up or down by the Pitch Bend wheel The cursor must be positioned at Pitch Bend Range before you can set the track pitch bend value VOICE DIRECTORY From within Voice Select pressing F8 Dir accesses the Voice Directory which...

Page 40: ... in the area of always remembering to save important music data to floppy disk before turning the power off a good habit to foster in any case will render this not a problem at all There are various modes and functions for managing the various types of data SONG VOICE MEMORY The Song Voice Memory function lets you manage Song voice memory banks by copying an entire bank of normal and drum voices f...

Page 41: ...CE Store Voice Mode lets you store the currently selected voice including any voice edit changes to an Internal voice bank memory 001 128 As you make parameter setting changes in Voice Edit Mode the changes are made on a copy of the original voice which is temporarily held in the voice edit buffer The settings will be retained as you switch back and forth between edit and compare but will be lost ...

Page 42: ...s you perform various disk file management functions like renaming and deleting files and formatting a disk for the W5 W7 operating system And it permits the saving of songs in Standard MIDI File Format 0 as well as the loading of sequences recorded on other devices and saved in the Standard MIDI File Format 0 and 1 and the Yamaha ESEQ format Within the respective file management operations the Fi...

Page 43: ... and much other visual information de pending on the selected mode or current status TRACKBUTTONS1 16 In Song Play Voice Play and Song Record Modes the TRACK buttons let you select any track in the multi the selected TRACK button will be indicated with a red light 1 1 ELEMENT SELECT 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 10 ELEMENT 11 12 13 14 15 16 ON OFF COMMON FILTER AMP EFFECT PITCH CONTROL LFO F1 F2 F...

Page 44: ...is used to executemanydifferentoperations REST TIE UTILITY CANCEL 7 4 1 8 5 2 9 6 3 0 ENTER INC DEC DATA CURSOR CANCELBUTTON If you change a parameter and then decide you want to retrieve the previous data value pressing CANCEL before proceeding to another function will cancel out the data entry reverting to the previous value status JOG SHUTTLEDIAL The two function concentric inner and outer dial...

Page 45: ...exploring the W5 W7 ssongplayoptions Editing and naming user voices and storing them in Internalvoicememory Creating song sequences and stereo sound mixing Saving voices and songs to floppy disk plus tips on how to best organize and manage your music data Integrating the W5 W7 into an expanded music system by connecting it to other external MIDI devices like tone generators samplers and computers ...

Page 46: ...ding oncountries athirdprongmaybeprovidedforgroundingpurposes Improper connectionofthegroundingconductorcancreatetheriskofelectricalshock Donot modifytheplugprovidedwiththeW5 W7 Iftheplugwillnotfittheoutlet havea properoutletinstalledbyaqualifiedelectrician Donotuseanadapterwhichdefeats thegroundingconductor IfyouareunsureastowhethertheW5 W7isproperly grounded checkwithaqualifiedservicetechniciano...

Page 47: ...e information about song multis see page 74 You can select any of the 16 tracks in the multi and play the instrument voice assigned to it simply by pressing one of the TRACK buttons With the W5 W7 an instrument can be either a normal or pitched voice or a drum or percussion voice NOTE When turning the various components off simply reverse the process lower all volume levels to zero turn the sound ...

Page 48: ...gory abbreviation in reverse type for details see below page 47 There are many submodes and functions you can access from the Song Multi Play screen but for the time being take a look at the three digit voice number 001 128 and name on the second line of the display and start choosing the various preset voices There are a variety of ways to call them up as follows Spin the JOG dial back and forth ...

Page 49: ... to the left of the LCD The Voice Play screen will appear This screen indicates that the W5 W7 is in Voice Play Mode Within this mode you can select the various instrument sounds precisely the same way as in Song Play mode using the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD i e punch in a number between 1 and 128 followed by ENTER You can still change Instrument tracks from within Voice Play Mode As you do the vo...

Page 50: ...tures while two of them are available as optional ROM memories that you can purchase separately and plug into the W5 W7 s logic board via a special access located on the bottom of the instrument F5 F6 F7 F8 EXIT To choose the different voice banks press function keys F6 and F7 located directly beneath the display at the lower right of the screen The letter P will change according to the particular...

Page 51: ...Board memory upgrade package is installed GD GM PRESET DRUM VOICE 8 ROM drum sets each with dozens of sounds arrayed on the keyboard preset according to the General MIDI standard which cannot be overwritten PD PRESET DRUM VOICE 2 ROM drum sets each with dozens of sounds arrayed on the keyboard preset at the factory which cannot be overwritten ID INTERNAL DRUM VOICE 2 RAM user memory locations for ...

Page 52: ...ch amplitude and frequency modulation as well as envelope generator bias and filter cutoff frequency For more information see Voice Edit Mode Controller function page 123 CONTINUOUS SLIDER The continuous slider CS is assignable to just about any parameter including reverb chorus depth or speed filter cutoff frequency plus other parameters that produce a useful realtime sound variation For more inf...

Page 53: ...ou press the keys after the initial attack the more vibrato is applied This makes it possible to control vibrato without having to remove one hand from the keyboard to use the modulation wheel For the same reason aftertouch is also often used for pitch control Many of the voices provided with the W5 W7 have preset aftertouch functions but you can assign aftertouch to control pitch ampli tude and f...

Page 54: ...iding disk shutter into the disk drive slot first 2 ENTER DISK MODE Press the DISK button in the Mode section The screen will display the various Disk Mode functions 3 CHOOSE LOAD FROM DISK Using the CURSOR keys or the JOG dial position the cursor at Load From Disk and press ENTER You can also directly access the load function by pressing function key F4 located directly beneath the word Load at t...

Page 55: ...d track Unlit TRACK buttons signify that there is no data in the track Press the RUN button in the Sequencer section on the panel and the song will beginplaying 8 EJECT THE DISK When you ve finished loading the demonstration songs press the eject button on the disk drive to eject the Factory Set Demonstration disk Store the disk in a safe place for future reference NOTE the sequencer will not run ...

Page 56: ...uttons or entering a number on the KEYPAD followed by ENTER will change the Instrument voice To make volume panning or other adjustments to any given track as the song plays back press the green TRACK button corre sponding to the Instrument you want to work with it will then change to red VOLUMEADJUST To change the volume level of the instrument voice first press the CURSOR UP button once The volu...

Page 57: ...e in mute status or are turned off and therefore you won t be able to hear them EXIT To exit Solo Mode simply press the TRACK SELECT button CHANGING THE TEMPO To change the tempo press function key F2 located immediately below the abbreviation Seq The Song Sequence Play function screen will appear While the sequencer is running you can position the cursor over the musical note symbol which represe...

Page 58: ... the different modes most of the time you remainconcernwillbewiththeoverall sound It is important to distinguish between the various types of data however since you must store them within the W5 W7 and save them to floppy disk in various ways Voice editing operations affect only voice data song recording and editing operations affect only sequence data and defining a multi and sound mixing operati...

Page 59: ...sic session it s a good idea to be in the habit of storing your song multi and sequence in a song memory bank If you keep storing the multi periodically as you go perhaps even storing the various noteworthy permutations of it in different song memories you ll always have a back up to resume from in a worst case scenario where an important multi is lost Before storing your multi give it a name with...

Page 60: ...the function keys F1 F8 and modify the parameters asyoulike Asyoueditavoice pressingtheVOICEEDITbuttontogglesbackandforth between compare and edit statussoyoucanlistentothesoundofthevoiceyou re editingincomparisonwiththesoundoftheoriginalvoiceyoustartedwith 3 NAME AND STORE THE VOICE When you re happy with the voice you ve created you must first give it a name by pressing F1 Com to access the Comm...

Page 61: ...ess those parameters which modify each element s tone including Cutoff frequency and Filter Envelope Generator FEG For details see page 115 PITCH Lets you access those parameters which modify each element s pitch including keyboard Scale Tune Note Shift Velocity Sensitivity and Pitch Envelope Generator PEG For details see page 117 EFFECT Lets you assign an Insertion Effect to the voice and determi...

Page 62: ...assign a different element to each key on the keyboard and set each element s Gate Time Decay and Alternate Group Tune Volume and Pan and send levels for each of the three System Effects For details see page 125 EFFECT Lets you assign an Insertion Effect to the voice and determine its parameters as well as assign an overall send level for each of the three System Effects For details see page 127 C...

Page 63: ...n to hear in context or piece together in any way you like using Song Jobs to create one complete song sequence SEQUENCER CONTROLS When recording and playing back song sequences you will use the three controls in the Sequencer section on the panel RUN SEQUENCER STOP TOP RECORD RECORD For engaging the record standby mode RUN For engaging recording if the RECORD button has been pressed beforehand or...

Page 64: ...the place to insert an event with the SHUTTLE which lets you rewind and fast forward through the measures or the CURSOR keys Insert and change data with the JOG INC DEC and KEYPAD For more information about song editing see page 91 4 PERFORM SONG JOBS You can press JOB in the Mode section on the panel in order to perform opera tions like appending one song onto another deleting and inserting measu...

Page 65: ...s a TRACK button or use the CURSOR LEFT and CURSOR RIGHT keys The Track button will light red indicating that it is the currentlyselectedtrack INSTRUMENT PARAMETER SELECT Voice Volume Pan Inser tion Effect System Effect Send 1 3 Tune Note Shift Pitch Bend Range To select a parameter within the track use the CURSOR UP and CURSOR DOWN keys The screen advances or retreats accordingly as you step thro...

Page 66: ...o floppy disk position the cursor over Save To Disk and press ENTER or press F3 Save If you want to load data from a floppy disk into the W5 W7 position the cursor over Load From Disk and press ENTER or press F4 Load 3 SELECT A FILE TYPE From within Save To Disk or Load From Disk you can select the specific type of file you want to save or load respectively File types include the following All or ...

Page 67: ...oices for a song into its accompanying Song voice bank in order to put your data together in one place when you need it It s helpful to prepare sets of Internal voice banks with good all round selections of instruments for practicing or different genres of music or prepare multis for the same purpose and save them to disk for quick access Likewise it s a good idea to prepare special disks for eith...

Page 68: ...disk into the disk drive NOTE Make sure the label of the disk is facing upward and be sure to put the end with the sliding disk shutter into the disk drive slot first 2 ENTER DISK MODE Press the DISK button in the Mode section The screen will display the various Disk Mode functions 3 CHOOSE LOAD FROM DISK Press the function key F4 located directly beneath the word Load displayed at the bottom of t...

Page 69: ...THER MIDI DEVICES The diagram below shows one of the simplest systems possible where the W5 W7 is the master keyboard controller and an external tone generator is connected to provide additionalmusicalinstrumentsounds With this system only a single MIDI cable is required with one end plugged into the W5 W7 s MIDI OUT port and the other end plugged into the tone generator s MIDI IN port Each device...

Page 70: ...to it Each device s stereo outputs are plugged into the two channels of an external audio mixer which is in turn plugged into a stereo amp and speakers for monitor ing With this system the W5 W7 can switch back and forth between master and slave roles as designated by the sequencing and or librarian software installed on the personal computer Stereo Amp External sound mixer TG 1 TG 2 TG 3 PC MIDI ...

Page 71: ... s MIDI OUT is connected to the drum machine s MIDI IN The tone generator s MIDI IN is connected to the drum machine s MIDI THRU Each device s stereo outputs are plugged into the two channels of an external audio mixer which is in turn plugged into a stereo amp and speakers for monitoring With this system the W5 W7 s sequencer clock can be controlled by the drum ma chine or rhythm note data can be...

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Page 74: ...e Sequencer section on the panel from within the Song Multi function or Song Sequence Play function of Song Mode From within Song Record Mode you can record a sequence in the currently selected song memory either in real time including replace overdub and punch in recording or step time as well as determine record parameters like time signature tempo quantize click volume and others SONG EDIT MODE...

Page 75: ...cess the Song Play functions press the SONG button in the Mode section on the panel Pressing F1 Mlt accesses the Song Multi function Pressing F2 Seq accesses the Song Sequence Play function Pressing F3 Setup accesses the Song Setup function SONGMULTIPLAY The Song Multi function lets you assign an Instrument voice to each of the 16 track buttons on the panel and designate all sound mixer and other ...

Page 76: ...ce banks one song only and one song with accompany ing Song voice bank For more information on saving to and loading from disk see Disk Mode page 131 DEFINING A SONG MULTI There are literally hundreds of parameters which make up a song multi but only four basic steps involved in the process of creating and defining the multi as follows 1 SELECT A SONG MEMORY In Song Multi Play Mode press F2 Seq to...

Page 77: ...disk NOTE Once a multi has been stored in a song memory location you can switch back and forth between other song memories and the multi settings will still be retained The multi settings will even be maintained when the power is turned off When the power is turned back on the multi set up data for all songs in the memory at power off will still be retained and therefore the song name will still a...

Page 78: ...al information in and functions accessible from the Song Multi Play function screen AVAILABLE MEMORY Displays a visual gauge of the available memory left Used memory portion will be indicated in black This is always displayed regardless of selected mode or function screen SONG NUMBER AND NAME Displays the currently selected song memory number 01 16 and the song name You cannot select a song from t...

Page 79: ...tion INSERTION EFFECT SWITCH off on The Insertion Effect switch is the fourth stop in each of the 16 mixer channels represented graphically by an empty square off or a solid square on It lets you apply an Insertion Effect to up to three Instrument voices inside a multi NOTE Insertion Effect type and parameter settings for any particular voice are deter mined in Voice Edit Mode Effect parameters fu...

Page 80: ...f System Effect Types and Parameters see the W5 W7 Technical Information booklet TUNE 63 63 Voice Tune is the eighth stop in each of the 16 mixer channels represented graphically by a pot It lets you adjust the fine tuning of the voice in steps of 1 17 cents To access Tune use the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN keys MASTERTUNE When the cursor is positioned at Voice Tune pressing F8 Mst lets you set the ...

Page 81: ...meters see the W5 W7TechnicalInformation booklet AuralExciter is a registered trademark of and is manufac tured under license from Aphex Systems Ltd The System Effect send levels for each Instrument track are located in the effects block section of the mixer and are accessed and adjusted from within Song Multi Play Mode by positioning the cursor over any effect send 1 2 or 3 pot in any track The s...

Page 82: ... song adjust tempo assign two measure locate positions name a song and access the Song Directory ACCESSING SONG SEQUENCE PLAY To access the Song Sequence Play function from within Song Mode press F2 Seq The Song Sequence Play function screen will appear SONG SELECT 01 16 To select a song from song memory position the cursor over the song number and use the JOG INC DEC or KEYPAD NOTE You can also s...

Page 83: ...ey SONG NAME To give your song a 10 character name press F7 Name The Song Name screen will appear All the available characters will appear on the display A space can be entered by pressing F3 SPC NAMINGTHESONG To name the song position the inverted pointer over a letter space with F4 and F5 and choose a character with the JOG dial INC DEC buttons or CURSOR keys When you ve entered the name simply ...

Page 84: ...line of information represent the on off switches for each track that determine whether W5 W7 MIDI data will be transmitted to external devices A dot means the track is turned on and a horizontal line means the track is turned off To set External On or Off for a track position the cursor over the field just below the number of the track you want to set and use the JOG or INC DEC INTERNALON OFF int...

Page 85: ...oard while holding down F7 Kbd OCT 3 3 To shift the pitch of the zone up or down by up to 3 octaves position the cursor over 0 oct and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD NORMALMODE In Normal Mode the keyboard will play one voice at a time the currently selected track over the entire range of the keyboard NOTE A small plus sign on the keyboard represents middle C or C3 SPLITMODE In Split Mode the ke...

Page 86: ...k or from an incoming MIDI sync signal INTERNAL The W5 W7 s own sequencer clock will determine the tempo MIDI MIDI clock messages received at MIDI IN i e from an external MIDI sequencer or rhythm machine will determine the tempo TRANSPOSE 63 63 To set the overall pitch of the W5 W7 in half steps use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD CONTROLLERON OFF To determine which controller will be active in the ...

Page 87: ... as the Song Sequence Play function screen except the Quantize parameter is also displayed and the recording mode functions will appear above function keys F4 F8 to let you determine realtime or step record status 3 RECORD THE SONG PARTS In record standby mode press the TRACK button of the track which contains the Instrument voice of the first part you want to record Then press RUN to record the p...

Page 88: ...de For more information see Song Job page 98 QUANTIZE off 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 4 1 2 To determine the timing accuracy to which the notes you play will be corrected position the cursor over the quantize field and use the JOG or INC DEC When quantization is turned off the notes you play will be recorded at the exact timing as they occur When a quantization factor is selected all notes you play ...

Page 89: ...in parts NOTE The W5 W7 s memory capacity is 416Kbytes or 100 000 notes which is sufficient for most sequencing situations If there is a large amount of sequence data currently stored in memory it may not be possible to record your song data If you happen to run out of memory during recording the error message Song memory Full will appear on the screen In such a case use the Clear Song function in...

Page 90: ... in the From To fields of the punch in display During punch in recording notes you record will replace the previous data in the specified measures To choose the measure you want the punch in process to begin from i e the punch in point position the cursor over the left field and enter the measure number To choose the measure you want the punch in process to finish at i e the punch out point positi...

Page 91: ... note area which contains data NOTE The number of vertical divisions or beats depend on the time signature you selected before recording and depending on the time signature the measure bar may not display in its entirety on the screen as the number of beats in the measure may require two screen pages to display indicated by the number immediately to the left of the measure bar POSITION POINTER As ...

Page 92: ...ck by a quarter note DATA INPUT To input data in step record you ll use a combination of the keyboard to input actual notes the KEYPAD to input note and other values as indicated above the KEYPAD buttons and the function keys to determine velocity and other values and access additional parameters KEYBOARD Each time you press and release a key on the keyboard it will be recorded or input and the po...

Page 93: ...ay on the keyboard diagram and sound by the tone generator ACCESSING GRAPH To access the Graph function from within Song Edit Mode press F6 Grph The Graph function screen will appear TRACK NUMBER Indicates the currently selected track To select a track press a TRACK button 1 16 on the panel MEASURE BAR The horizontal line represents one measure and the vertical divisions each represent one beat Wh...

Page 94: ...ion input a new value using the JOG and INC DEC and if the event is a numerical value use the KEYPAD all three data input methods must by followed by ENTER in order to execute the change DATAMOVE Position the cursor over the measure beat of the specific event you want to move Then using the KEYPAD punch in the new measure beat number followed by enter DATADELETE To delete a selected event simply p...

Page 95: ...ting GM voices MSB 1 LSB 0 For selecting Preset voices PROGRAMCHANGENUMBER 1 128 PITCH BEND 8192 8191 Displays the pitch bend value in the location CONTROLCHANGE Displays the control change message in the location CONTROLCHANGENUMBER 1 31 33 122 124 127 VALUE 0 127 AFTERTOUCH Displays the aftertouch value in the location NOTE Ch C 2 G8 VALUE 0 127 SYSTEMEXCLUSIVE Displays the system exclusive mess...

Page 96: ...at and clock then position the cursor over the Value field and use the JOG INC DEC or KEYPAD to select a tempo value then press ENTER NOTE The value will only have an effect if the W5 W7 s sequencer is synchronized to its own internal clock TRACK NUMBER Indicates the currently selected track To select a track press a TRACK button 1 16 on the panel NOTE Selecting a different track from within Data ...

Page 97: ...perations include song copy append and clear track copy clear and mix measure copy erase create delete and insert data thin out extract and chord sort plus quantize move clock modify gate time modify velocity transpose shift note and crescendo ENTERING AND EXITING SONG JOB MODE To enter Song Job Mode press the JOB button in the Mode section on the panel A list of jobs Job 1 Job 2 or Job 3 will app...

Page 98: ... a specified measure of another song The specified measure of the destination song as well as all measures following it will be deleted SOURCESONG 01 16 Specify the song you want to append DESTINATIONSONG 01 16 Specify the song you want the source song to be appended to MEASURE 001 999 Specify the measure in the destination song where you want the source song placed The song multi data including v...

Page 99: ... the source song will replace the tempo of the destination song When set to no the tempo of the destination song will remain as is EXECUTE To execute the operation press ENTER CLEARTRACK Pressing F5 ClrT accesses Clear Track which lets you erase all sequence data in the specified tracks of the selected song SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks that you wish to clear CLEAR WITH ...

Page 100: ... as is EXECUTE To execute the operation press ENTER ERASEMEASURE Pressing F2 Eras accesses Erase Measure which lets you erase all data in the selected tracks of a specified range of measures SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks that you wish to erase MEASURES 001 999 Specify the first left field and last right field measures of the series of measures that you wish to erase ERAS...

Page 101: ...y deleting approximately every other occurrence of a designated type of controller event of the selected tracks from a specified range of measures SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks that you wish to thin out MEASURES 001 999 Specify the first left field and last right field measures in the range of measures you wish to thin out EVENTS Pitch Bend Control Change 001 127 excl 32...

Page 102: ...e which lets you adjust the timing of each event in the specified measures of the selected track to the nearest interval of the specified value SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks which you wish to quantize MEASURES 001 999 Specify the first left field and last right field measures in the range of measures that you wish to quantize QUANTIZE Specify the timing interval to which...

Page 103: ...ecute the operation press ENTER MODIFYGATETIME Pressing F3 Gate accesses Modify Gate Time which lets you modify the durations gate times of all notes in a specified range of measures of the selected track SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks whose gate time you wish to modify MEASURES 001 999 Specify the first left field and last right field measures in the range of measures wh...

Page 104: ...add an absolute value to each velocity set the rate at l00 so it will have no effect If you want only to modify each velocity around the central value of 64 then set the offset at 0 so it will have no effect EXECUTE To execute the operation press ENTER NOTE Each note event in a track has a note on velocity which determines the force with which the note is played The velocity has a range of 1 127 s...

Page 105: ...over a specified range of measures in the selected tracks to let you achieve an effect of crescendo or diminuendo SELECT TRACKS 1 16 Press the TRACK buttons of the tracks that you want the crescendo applied to MEASURES 001 999 Specify the first left field and last right field measures in the range of measures over which you wish to create a crescendo RANGE 99 99 Specifies the final change in veloc...

Page 106: ...AWM sample and determines the pitch thus defining the basic characteristic of the tone The basic tone of each element is produced by an AWM sound wave or a digitally sampled sound PITCH The pitch component determines how the pitch changes over time The pitch change over time created by the pitch envelope generator PEG can be controlled by key on velocity for each note The speed of the pitch change...

Page 107: ...over the following moments KEYVELOCITY The velocity speed with which you play each key can affect various aspects of the sound For example strongly and softly played notes can be made to differ in pitch tone or volume LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR LFO The LFO produces various patterns of cyclical change Applying the LFO to the pitch component produces vibrato applying it to the filter component produce...

Page 108: ...e same sound status A drum voice is an entire drum kit or set of percussion sounds In a drum voice a different element i e drum sound can be assigned to each key on the keyboard or MIDI note number STEREO VOICE Voice Name Volume Level Insertion Effect Type Parameter Voice Edit STEREO VOICE Voice Name Volume Level Insertion Effect Type Parameter Pan Volume System Effect Send Levels Key Element Edit...

Page 109: ... the one letter for normal voice or two letter for drum voice code that represents each voice bank NOTE E and ED will display only if the optional Expansion Wave Voice Board has been installed VOICE NUMBER 001 128 Displays the currently selected voice number of the voice bank VOICE NAME Displays the Voice Category and name of the currently selected voice If you select a different instrument track ...

Page 110: ...of parameters which you can access and modify The steps in the process of voice editing are as follows 1 select a track and assign the voice that you want to edit to it 2 switch into Voice Edit Mode 3 edit the parameters and 4 store the voice into an Internal voice bank memory VOICE EDIT COMPARE To compare the voice you re editing to the original voice you started from Press VOICE EDIT and play th...

Page 111: ...ng Insertion Effect type parameter control and on off status plus the system effect send level for the voice LFO For determining the low frequency oscillator LFO settings The LFO creates a cyclically changing control signal that can be used to create tremolo amplitude modulation vibrato pitch modulation and wah wah filter modulation CONTROL For determining the function and status of the various co...

Page 112: ...ng F3 SPC INITIALIZE To initialize the voice to its basic default values press F8 Init Press ENTER to engage the initialization process To initialize the voice press INC To abort the operation press DEC COMMON INITIALIZATION VALUES Voice Name Category Voice Type Insertion Effect Effect Control Effect Type MIDI Control 1 MIDI Control 2 System Effect Voice Total Level Modulation Wheel Foot Controlle...

Page 113: ...t LFO No Change No Change No Change 127 0 0 C3 Normal 0 0 C 2 G8 1 127 0 All on 0 Default 0 0 0 0 32 100 0 0 Default 0 0 0 0 0 0 Default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Default 0 0 0 0 0 Limit Low Limit High Limit Low Limit High Low Limit Type Attack Decay 1 Decay 2 Release Sensitivity Velocity Sensitivity Type Attack Decay 1 Decay 2 Release Velocity Sensitivity Type Attack Decay 1 Decay 2 Release Velocity Sens...

Page 114: ...unction lets you perform opera tions which determine the fundamental characteristics of the element ACCESSING ELEMENT PARAMETERS To access the Element parameters function from within Voice Edit Mode press F2 Elem or TRACK 10 ASSIGN To designate the elements that will make up the voice from within the Element parameters function press F5 Assign Within Element Assign you can specify the element bank...

Page 115: ...on lets you determine the output volume level and velocity sensitivity for each element as well as access the amplitude envelope generator AEG param eters which determine how the volume of an element changes over time ACCESSING AMP PARAMETERS To access the Amp parameters function from within Voice Edit Mode press F3 Amp or TRACK 11 LEVEL To specify velocity sensitivity and volume level for each el...

Page 116: ...lects the time range of the EG graphic display where x 1 displays the shortest time in the most detail SEGMENT Seg1 3 Koff Rel Pressing F4 selects the particular segment of the EG which is displayed TEMPLATE TYPE 00 39 See Level above The EG will function in two ways depending on the Attack or Hold mode Mode attack Volume Time Attack Decay 1 Release Key on Key off Decay 2 In attack mode the EG lev...

Page 117: ...ENCY HPF High Pass Filter The HPF produces a filter response that allows only frequencies above the cutoff frequency to pass Cutoff Frequency PASSBAND Signals in this frequency range pass through Signals above the cutoff frequency are blocked LEVEL FREQUENCY BPF Band Pass Filter The BPF produces a filter response that allows only a band of frequencies centered at the cutoff frequency to pass The b...

Page 118: ...hru setting turns the filter off The type of EG shape selected will determine the levels of each EG segment Attack Decay 1 Decay 2 Release To see a list of the various template types refer to the W 5 W7TechnicalInformation booklet providedsepa rately NOTE The template type determines the maximum and minimum range Therefore an offset which exceeds the range of the template type will have no effect ...

Page 119: ... providedseparately NOTE The template type determines the maximum and minimum range Therefore an offset which exceeds the range of the template type will have no effect DECAY 1 63 63 Position the cursor over the Decay 1 offset field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to determine the length of time of the first decay of the sound between the maximum level and Decay 2 DECAY 2 63 63 Position the ...

Page 120: ...e Fix parameter is on position the cursor over the Note field and use the JOG or INC DEC to specify the note you want to sound across the entire range of the keyboard TEMPLATE TYPE 00 40 See Keyboard Pitch Scale above SENSITIVITY To specify the Sensitivity parameters from within the Pitch parameters function press F7 Sens VELOCITY SENSITIVITY 14 14 Position the cursor over the Vel value field and ...

Page 121: ...t is assigned to the voice EFFECTMODE autooff autoon Position the cursor over the EF Mode select field and use the JOG or INC DEC to set the on off status for the selected insertion effect in the multi DECAY 2 63 63 Position the cursor over the Decay 2 offset field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to determine the length of time of the second decay of the sound between Decay 1 and key off REL...

Page 122: ...F2 which acts as a compare function By pressing F2 Bypass you can bypass the Insertion Effect and hear the voice without the Insertion Effect applied in order to compare the original voice to the voice with Insertion Effect applied as you set the Insertion Effect parameters When the Insertion Effect is bypassed the word Bypass will appear in reverse type When you exit Voice Edit Mode the bypass wi...

Page 123: ...on waves including triangle square sine and assorted sawtooth waves and others plus sample hold which produces a control signal whose level will change randomly at intervals of time which you can determine by speed ACCESSING LFO PARAMETERS To access the LFO parameters function from within Voice Edit Mode press F7 LFO or TRACK 15 PARAMETER To specify the Parameter settings for each element from wit...

Page 124: ...itch will change for all elements equally when moving the pitch bend wheel AFTERTOUCH PITCH BEND RANGE 12 12 Position the cursor over the AT P Bend value field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to determine how much the pitch will change for all elements equally by aftertouch NOTE The aftertouch parameter must be switched to on status See Aftertouch below AFTERTOUCH To specify the Aftertouch p...

Page 125: ...ion wheel will affect the cutoff frequencies of the filter for all elements equally FOOTCONTROLLER To specify the Foot Controller status for each element and Foot Controller settings which affect all elements equally from within the Controller parameters function press F6 FC FOOTCONTROLLER off on Position the cursor over the FC status field and use the JOG or INC DEC to switch the foot controller ...

Page 126: ...CESSING VOICE EDIT PARAMETERS To access the drum voice edit parameters use the function keys F1 F2 F6 F8 which correspond to the names of the edit functions at the bottom of the screen or use the CURSOR keys to position the cursor over the various parameter name blocks in the display followed by ENTER You can also access the respective drum voice edit param eters by pressing TRACK buttons 9 10 14 ...

Page 127: ...cs of the drum voice ACCESSING KEY PARAMETERS To access the key parameters function from within Voice Edit Mode press F2 Key or TRACK 10 ASSIGN To designate which element will be assigned to each key press F5 Assign Within Key Assign you can specify the element bank and designate the AWM sample i e the element number within it to assign to each key To select either the element bank or the element ...

Page 128: ...or over the Reverse status field and use the JOG or INC DEC to the make the assigned element play backwards TUNE 63 63 Position the cursor over the Tune value field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to adjust the fine tuning of the assigned element NOTE SHIFT 63 63 Position the cursor over the Note Shift value field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to shift the pitch of the assigned eleme...

Page 129: ...l appear in reverse type When you exit Voice Edit Mode the bypass will become inactive EFFECT The Effect parameters function lets you perform effects related operations for the drum voice including designating Insertion Effect type parameter control and on off status plus determining the three System Effect send levels for the voice ACCESSING EFFECT PARAMETERS To access the Effect parameters funct...

Page 130: ...the To number field see below TO 0 29 Position the cursor over the By number field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to specify the parameter that will be con trolled by the control change as specified in the By number field see above MIN MAX 0 100 Position the cursor over the Min or Max value field and use the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD to determine the range that the parameter will respond to...

Page 131: ... F2 Multi or Store Voice F3 Voice function depending on which type of data you want to store To exit Store Mode press EXIT once or more or press any other MODE button on the panel SELECTINGTHESONGLOCATION To select a Song location 01 16 to store the currently selected multi into use JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD STORINGTHEMULTI Press ENTER and the W5 W7 will give you a chance to change your mind askin...

Page 132: ...ice bank of the currently selected multi therefore in this case the Song bank for the currently selected song is automatically selected as the store destination Song voices are exclusive to each song i e only Song voices from the currently selected song can be accessed Also as with song sequence data voice data in the Song voice bank memory will not be retained when the power is turned off therefo...

Page 133: ... at the lower left of the screen will indicate that you can do so To get back to the Disk Mode main menu from within a function press EXIT once or more or press the DISK button in the Mode section on the panel You can execute disk saving and loading operations from within the File Directory DISK MODE Disk Mode lets you save your original voices song multis and sequence data in various combinations...

Page 134: ... saving and loading function a subfunction menu of file types will appear This menu lets you access the type of file data to save to or load from a floppy disk To select the various file types position the cursor over the name of the type of file you want to perform the operation on and press ENTER or simply press the function key F2 F6 located beneath the abbreviation of the function name located...

Page 135: ...ISK STATUS The Disk Status function lets you review how many and what types of files are saved on a floppy disk ACCESSING DISK STATUS To access the Disk Status function from within the Disk Mode main menu screen position the cursor over Disk Status and press ENTER or simply press F2 Status ALLDATA Tells you how many files containing 16 song multis with sequencer and or multi data plus accompanying...

Page 136: ...the save operation directly from within the Name screen You may also engage the save operation by pressing ENTER from the Save to Disk 1 Song screen or from within the File Directory The Executing message will appear indicating that the saving operation is underway When finished the message will change to Completed NOTE IfthereisnotenoughspaceonthedisktocompleteaSaveToDisk operation theDiskFull me...

Page 137: ...ing message will appear indicating that the saving operation is underway When finished the message will change to Completed SAVE1SONG VOICE For saving a single song sequencer and or multi plus accompanying Song voice and Song drum voice banks into a file on the floppy disk To select the 1 Song Voice subfunction from within the Save to Disk menu screen position the cursor over 1 Song Voice and pres...

Page 138: ... from Disk All Data screen will appear FILEDIRECTORY To view the list of All files on the inserted disk from the File Directory press F8 Dir SELECTFILE Select the file you want to load using the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD NOTE If there is only one file in the disk you cannot choose LOADINGALLFROMDISK You may initiate the loading operation from either the Load from Disk All screen or from within the...

Page 139: ...oad the file from the floppy disk The Executing message will appear indicating that the loading opera tion is underway When finished the message will change to Completed SELECTLOCATION Select the song memory location you want to load the file into by positioning the cursor over the To SONG field and using the JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD FILEDIRECTORY To view the list of 1 Song files on theinserted d...

Page 140: ...files Youcanselectthe ESEQandSMFtypefilestoloadintotheW5 W7 butattempt ingtoloadfilesfromotheroperatingsystemswillcausethe Illegalfile messagetoappearonthedisplay andyouwillnot beabletoloadanillegalfile LOADVOICE For loading a file containing voices into the Internal or a Song voice bank To select the Voice subfunction from within the Load From Disk submenu screen position the cursor over Voice an...

Page 141: ...ELECTAFILE Select the file you want to rename using JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD in the From field If you want you can view the various files in the File Directory by pressing F8 Dir FILENAME Press F7 Name to advance to the file Name screen and change the name After giving the file a new name press ENTER to rename the file After pressing ENTER the W5 W7 will give you an opportunity to change your min...

Page 142: ...s SELECTAFILE Select the file you want to delete using JOG INC DEC or the KEYPAD If you want you can view the various files in the File Directory by pressing F8 Dir DELETEFILE Press ENTER to delete the file You may initiate the deleting operation from either the Delete File screen or from within the File Directory by pressing ENTER The W5 W7 will give you an opportunity to change your mind by aski...

Page 143: ...ply press F7 Format INSERTDISK The W5 W7 will ask you to insert a blank disk and to press ENTER DISKFORMAT The W5 W7 will give you a chance to change your mind asking Are You Sure Press DEC to abort the operation or press INC to format the floppy disk The Executing message will appear indicating that the formatting operation is underway When finished the message will change to Completed NOTE Oncet...

Page 144: ...the entire bank of Internal normal and drum voices currently stored in the W5 W7 to another W5 W7 or external MIDI device SYNTHESIZERSETUP Lets you determine master tuning keyboard velocity settings and controller settings CONTROLLERS Lets you set the continuous slider CS assignment the foot volume assignment and the foot control initialization value MIDISETUP Lets you determine the W5 W7 device n...

Page 145: ...py from press ENTER The W5 W7 will give you a chance to change your mind asking Are You Sure Press DEC to abort the operation or INC to copy the voice bank The Execut ing message will appear indicating that the copying operation is underway When finished the message will change to Completed NOTE IfthecurrentlyselectedmultisSongvoicebankis empty thecopyingprocesswillcommenceaftermemoryspace hasbeen...

Page 146: ...ialize the bank The Executing message will appear briefly indicating that the initializing operation is underway When finished the message will change to Completed NOTE Beforeexecutingthe operation theW5 W7sMIDIOUT jackmustbeconnectedtotheMIDI INoftheexternaldevicebyaMIDI cable andthedevicenumberforboth instrumentsmustbesettothesame number Forinformationabout settingtheW5 W7sdevicenumber seepage14...

Page 147: ...ty parameters of the voice to 0 in Voice Edit Mode since this will leave all other voices at their normal velocity settings OFF When Velocity is turned off the W5 W7 tone generator will respond to playing velocity in accor dance with the specified Velocity Curve setting VELOCITY CURVE 0 normal 1 soft 1 2 soft 2 3 easy 4 wide 5 hard 6 cross 1 7 cross 2 The specified Velocity Curve setting determine...

Page 148: ...he other to negative key velocity sensitivity For more about key velocity sensitivity see Voice Edit Mode Amp function page 113 This works with Layered voices 4 Zone voices and normal voices which have two or more AWM elements Output Key velocity 6 Cross 1 Output Key velocity 7 Cross 2 is the Normal velocity curve CONTROLLER hold reset For determining how the W5 W7 responds to various controller d...

Page 149: ...control number you specify If you want to use the CS to control the W5 W7 s voices make sure that the MIDI control number you assign to it matches the MIDI control number selected for the parameter you want to control Control change numbers 000 and 032 are used by the bank select message and cannot be chosen FOOT VOLUME ASSIGN 007 main volume 011 expression For setting the MIDI control change numb...

Page 150: ...e multi that corresponds to the MIDI channel of the desired external tone generator Although when Local is off you cannot play the W5 W7 s tone generator from the multi in Song Mode the keyboard still sends MIDI data to the internal song sequencer As you record the MIDI data will echo back from the internal sequencer to the internal tone generator so you can hear what you re playing as you record ...

Page 151: ...on the character pointer with F4 and F5 and select characters with the CURSOR keys INC DEC or the JOG After you ve created your message press EXIT to return to Utility Mode main menu or any MODE button on the panel A space can be entered by pressing F3 SPC ACCESSING OTHER SETUP To access the Other Setup function from within the Utility Mode main menu screen position the cursor over OTHER SETUP and...

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Page 154: ...a disk that has its write protect tab in place Media type error The disk is not a 2DD type disk Illegal file The file is not of a type that can be read by the W5 W7 File not found The file could not be located on the inserted disk Disk full There is no more memory available on the disk Illegal disk The data in the disk is faulty Disk unformatted The disk has not been formatted File already exists ...

Page 155: ... lem and determine whether it is internal e g caused by parameter settings or external e g caused by bad connections or the amplifier etc 1 LISTEN VIA HEADPHONES Plug a pair of headphones into the W5 W7 s PHONES jack turn the volume up and play If the headphone sound is OK then the problem is external which means the connections are not properly made or a cable is bad or you need to check the ampl...

Page 156: ...tude envelope generator attack time set to an excessively long value See page 114 Is an appropriate wave element assigned to the voice See page 112 Is the velocity curve setting appropriate See page 145 Are the volume levels of the multi Instruments set high enough See page 77 Are the sequencer track transmit channels properly matched to the multi Instrument channels See page 82 Is the tuning set ...

Page 157: ... finish of the instrument lay a blanket or thick towel on the table first 3 REMOVE THE COVER Using a phillips screwdriver unscrew the eight screws holding the square cover into place and remove the cover as shown in the illustration being extremely careful not to drop the screws or any other foreign materials into the W5 W7 s chassis 4 MOUNT THE BOARD Holding the board by its edges check to make s...

Page 158: ...InsertionEffectsmodules 35effects Stereo in out module Mono in Stereo out module Mono in out module System Effect 1 2 3 modules 40 effects Reverb module Chorus module Delay Reverb module SEQUENCER Songs 16 Tracks 16 Resolution 1 96 of a quarter note for internal clock 1 96 of a quarter note for MIDI sync Maximumsimultaneousnotes 32 Capacity Approximately 100 000 notes Recording Realtime Step Punch...

Page 159: ...troller Foot Volume MIDI IN OUT THRU POWER REQUIREMENTS USAandCanadianmodels 120V Generalmodel 220 240V POWER CONSUMPTION 20 watts OUTPUT IMPEDANCE Output 6 5 dBm 10 kΩ Phones 13 dBm 150 Ω 7 5 dBm 33 Ω DIMENSIONS W5 1288 W 371 D 121 H mm 50 3 4 14 1 2 4 3 4 W7 1067 W 371 D 121 H mm 42 14 1 2 4 3 4 WEIGHT W5 18 kg 39 1 2 lbs W7 14 kg 30 1 2 lbs INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Factory Set Demonstration Disk AC...

Page 160: ...b 2 100 CHORUS MODULE system effect diagram and description 79 CLEANING cleaning the disk drive read write head 6 cleaning the instrument 5 CLEAR SONG song job 1 96 CLEAR TRACK song job 1 97 CLICK click beat select 80 87 click level select 81 87 click mode select 80 87 CLOCK sequence tempo track data insert 94 COMMON accessing drum voice common parameters 125 accessing normal voice common paramete...

Page 161: ...bank chart 49 voice categories 27 voice categories 47 DIRECTORY file directory 132 song directory 81 DISK description of disk mode 40 disk mode 131 DISK DRIVE how to use and proper care of 6 DISK MODE accessing disk mode functions 131 delete file 140 disk status 133 entering and exiting disk mode 131 feature reference 131 format disk 141 load from disk 136 moving around in disk mode 131 operating ...

Page 162: ... getting started 54 EXPLORING THE PRESET VOICES getting started 45 EXPRESSION foot volume assign 147 EXPRESSION LOW LIMIT drum controller 128 EXPRESSION LOW LIMIT normal voice sustain controller 122 EXTRACT song job 2 99 F FACTORY SET DEMONSTRATION DISK loading the demonstration songs 52 FACTORY SET DEMONSTRATION DISK reloading the factory set voice data 66 FC INIT VALUE utility mode controllers 1...

Page 163: ...nnector stereo output jacks sustain jack 16 JOB song job mode 95 JOG SHUTTLE DIAL front panel diagram description 14 functions of 42 K KEY drum voice key element assign 125 drum voice key parameter 125 drum voice key select 125 key velocity description 31 KEY ASSIGN drum voice key parameter 125 KEY PARAMETER accessing drum voice key parameters 125 drum voice edit mode 125 KEY SELECT drum voice key...

Page 164: ...23 description of modulation wheel control 50 front panel diagram description 12 MOVE CLOCK song job 3 101 MULTI mixer channel diagram 24 song multis 23 steps in defining a song multi 56 74 store multi 39 129 MUSIC DATA backup and storage 5 how to save and load data 64 organizing and managing data 65 MUTE soloing and muting instruments 55 track solo and mute 74 N NAME drum voice name 125 name file...

Page 165: ...n 79 REVERSE drum voice key parameter 126 S SAFETY safety precautions and other important instructions 5 SAVE TO DISK accessing save to disk function 134 disk mode 134 save all 134 save 1 song 134 save 1 song voice 135 save SMF 135 save voice 135 SAVING LOADING how to save and load data 64 SCALE pitch 117 SCROLL step recording data input 90 SELECTING A SONG from within the song directory 81 SELECT...

Page 166: ... song select 80 song setup 82 SONG DIRECTORY how to access 81 selecting a song from within 81 SONG EDIT MODE entering and exiting song edit mode 91 feature reference 91 operating modes description 19 overview 72 sequence track graph 91 SONG JOB 1 append song 96 clear song 96 clear track 97 copy song 96 copy track 97 feature reference 96 mix track 97 SONG JOB 2 chord sort 100 copy measure 98 create...

Page 167: ...mit 112 step recording 90 synthesizer setup 145 VELOCITY BAND SENSITIVITY filter 116 VELOCITY CURVE synthesizer setup 145 VELOCITY LIMIT normal voice element parameter 112 VELOCITY SENSITIVITY amplitude level parameter 113 description of keyboard velocity sensitivity control 51 element pitch sensitivity 118 filter 116 step recording 90 VOICE difference between a normal voice and a drum voice 58 dr...

Page 168: ...g multi screen 36 VOICE SEND LEVEL how to access 80 VOICE VOLUME song multi screen 36 VOLUME drum voice common parameter 125 drum voice key volume level 126 foot volume control 50 master volume 77 normal voice common parameter 110 selecting and adjusting voice volume 54 voice volume 77 VOLUME LEVEL drum voice key parameter 126 VOLUME SLIDER front panel diagram description 12 ...

Page 169: ...IONS This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Canada Music LTD LE PRESENT APPAREIL NUMERIQUE N EMET PAS DE BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES DEPASSANT LES LIMITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMERIQUES DE LA CLASSE B PRESCRITES DANS LE REGLEMENT SUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIOELECTRIQUE EDICTE PAR LE MINISTERE DES COMMUNICATIONS DU CANADA Ceci ne s applique qu aux produits distribués par Yamaha Canada Musi...

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