User manual YAMAHA DX27S 2

[. . . ] · The company names and product names in this Owner's Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Notices · Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software. · The windows and illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only, and may be slightly different from the ones shown on your software. Copyright (c) 2001 Yamaha Corporation. January, 2001 YAMAHA CORPORATION About the DX200 Editor The DX200 Editor is a full-featured editing software program for the DX200 Desktop Control Synthesizer, providing an exceptionally simple and convenient way to edit and control all of the parameters on the DX200 Desktop Control Synthesizer --- even providing the same control format as used on the original DX7. DX200 Editor lets you store your edits as an original pattern and save up to 64 patterns directly to the DX200. [. . . ] The actual pitch range here depends on the Pitch EG Range parameter setting. (Higher Pitch EG Range settings result in greater pitch variation. ) The amount of time that elapses between these pitch change points is set in Rate 1 - 4 above. In the Edit Panel window: Click button [29] (PITCH EG RATE) repeatedly to call up Rate 1, 2, 3, and 4 in succession. (This includes the Pitch EG Rate Scaling parameter. ) Likewise, click button [30] (PITCH EG LEVEL) repeatedly to call up Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 in succession. (This includes the Pitch EG Level Range parameter. ) Use the DATA ENTRY controls to set the value for each parameter. · Pitch EG Range Settings: 1/2v (six semitones) 1va (one octave) 2va (two octaves) 8va (eight octaves) This determines the maximum range of pitch change with the Pitch EG. For example, when this is set to "1va, " the full range of the Pitch EG Level 1 - 4 parameters is one octave (six semitones above and below the normal pitch value of "50"). The minimum setting of "1/2v" lets you create subtle pitch changes, whereas the maximum setting of "8va" is for extreme pitch variations. 35 Parameters / DX200 Editor Main Window · Pitch EG Rate Scaling Range: 0 . . . 7 This determines how the Rate times of the Pitch EG respond to keyboard position. In other words, this lets you automatically speed up or slow down the overall Pitch EG time (Rate 1 - 4) of the pattern depending on which range of the keyboard you play. This parameter controls the degree of scaling; a value of "0" produces no scaling, and higher values produce a more pronounced scaling effect. For values other than "0, " the higher the note played, the shorter its overall Pitch EG time. Pitch EG Rate Scaling is useful for simulating the natural pitch scaling found on many acoustic instruments --- for example, as on a cello or double bass, for which the beginnings of lower notes may have a slower rise in pitch. It's also useful for producing unusual pitch change effects depending on key position. · Pitch EG Velocity Switch Settings: ON, OFF This determines whether Pitch EG intensity is touch sensitive or not. When Velocity Sensitivity is set to a value other than "0, " the harder you play a key, the greater the level of the corresponding operator. When this is set to "0, " the operator level remains the same, no matter how softly or strongly you play the key. Higher values give you greater dynamic range between low and high levels. Setting this to an appropriate value for a carrier operator gives you touch control over volume; setting it for a modulator gives you touch control over timbre. 38 Parameters / DX200 Editor Main Window Envelope Generator (EG) Parameters These parameters (eight for each operator) determine how the level of the operator changes over time. EG applied to a carrier operator changes the volume of the sound over time, while EG applied to a modulator changes the timbre or the tonal characteristics. The four Level parameters determine the levels of the operator at five different points, and the four Rate parameters determine the amount of time that elapses between changes of levels. Together, these eight settings give you detailed control over the shape (attack, decay, sustain and release) of the sound, both in volume and timbre. You can also conveniently edit the Operator EG parameters from the EG window. To make changes to this, click on the down arrow above the EG window, and select the desired Operator's EG (1 - 6). Then, click on one of the box "joints" and drag it to change the EG settings. The EG Copy function (in the Edit Panel window) and DX Copy Tool (in the DX200 Editor window) let you easily copy all EG Rate and Level values of one operator to another operator. · Rate 1 - 4 Range: 0 . . . 99 These determine the amount of time that elapses between changes in the operator level (as set in Level 1 - 4 below). · Level 1 - 4 Range: 0 . . . [. . . ] 4) Save the newly created set of User patterns as a DX200 File. 73 Edit Menus / DX200 Librarian · Open DX200 File Click this to select and open an existing DX200 File. (See Open DX200 File. ) The patterns of the opened DX200 File are shown in the Source box. · Copy All Clicking this button copies all the patterns listed in the Source box to the Destination box. (This is the same as Open DX200 File. ) · This operation erases all previous patterns in the Destination box and replaces them with the Source patterns. · Init. All Clicking this button initializes all the Destination patterns to their default settings. [. . . ]