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YAMAHA

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&

HE

WINTER

T

ary 20-22
Center, proved to be busy for
Yamaha Corporation
addition to showcasing
Yamaha products, the exhibit was
a number
strations

ists, autograph sessions with a
artists, three days
Corea,

All four
Phil
and Kevin Stratton, were
strate
Product Specialists, see
January 1989 issue

Drummers
included Bobby Blotzer
player Vinnie Colauita, Alex Acuna, Peter
skine,
Carrington,
Thinking, and
current band, Dave Weeki. Also
sign autographs were bassists Jeff Berlin,
session player, Verdine
and Fire, and
Sheehan.

Visitors to

mances

Besides
grand, KX88, KXS,
group consisted
an
who played
Cobalt

DSP850 double bass drum pedal. They did three
shows a day,

crowds for all performances.

was

the
systems.

nology, a newly-developed Yamaha technique

that

performance

cabinet-attaining

response without

ing sub-woofer speaker systems.

of

by

and

a special

of

Clendennin,

the

new DMI products. (For more

Aresnio

by

The

Chick

LBS

custom-S string bass, and Dave Weeki,

Blue with

all Yamaha, including a PM300 mixer for

house sound and new

AST

provides

NAMM

at

the

other

activities, including demon-

Yamaha's

of

Yamaha's DMI Product Specialists,

Danny Hoefer, Mark Santos,

of

on

hand

Hall's

Dave

the

drummer in

the

bass player for

the

exhibit were treated to perfor-

Chick

Corea, who used a Yamaha MIDI

TX16W,

of

John

on

Tour Series Custom drums

the

and

had

stands for

exceptional

with

a relatively small speaker

the

SHOW, held Janu-

Anaheim

of

America exhibit. In

the

team

performances

Cl

giveaway.

on

the

After Touch.)

for

of

drummer

Garibaldi

White

Corea Akoustic Band.

Patitucci, who played

SD295 Metal Snare and

standing-room

Active

sub-woofer-type

mass associated

Convention

the

people

at

complete line

the

center

of

Product Special-

number

hand

interview in the

autograph
RATT, LA session

from

Chick

of

Mr.

and

The

':A..ST"

low

of

by

Chick

to demon-

on

sessions

Terri Lyne

Wishful

Corea's

on

hand

an

Earth,

Wind

Big, Billy

MC2404,

only

sound system

loudspeaker

Servo

Tech-

frequency

with

exist-

the

top

the

LA

the

bass

of

for

Er-

to

in

Yamaha also held drawings
urday for a C1 Music
panying software packages. Friday's grand prize

Scott

winner was
California. Scott's prize was a standard
two disk drives, plus
age.

The

lucky

been

have
Oviatt.
ner-up in
of

the
ing
winner
equipped with a 20 meg hard disk drive) plus
extensive software package.

Yamaha wishes to acknowledge and
the
products for these drawings: Auricle
Systems, Bacchus Software Systems, Computer
Business Associates,
Dynaware,
Golden
LTA
MIDiconcepts, Midisoft, Music Soft, Passport

Designs, Playroom Software, Rigamer
ogy,
Sound

Beach Softworks, Twelve Tone Systems, and
Voyetra Technologies.

Saturday's grand prize winner, David

The

the

Cl.

Undeterred, David entered the draw-

on

Saturday, and became

of

the

following software companies who donated

Midi Music & Software, Robert Keller,

Productions, Macaluso, Magnetic Music,

Silver

Quest, Temporal Acuity Products, Turtle

Zehm,

an

man

of

day before, David

drawing, winning a jacket instead

day.

He

Electronic

Wolf Software,

on

Friday and Sat-

Computer

of

extensive software pack­the

weekend might well

won a Cl/20

Dr.

T's Music Software,

Courseware

Soundcheck

will
AfterTouch,
televison studios in Tokyo.
tion, Budokan,
Palace,
ing of Japan's honored Emperor Hirohito. This
year,
the
San
February
A&R
executive Producer of
will be leaving a day later, along with a group of
celebrity judges from the
finalist bands, from

and accom-

San

Bernardino,

Cl

with

had

been a run-

the

grand prize

(a

Cl

an

thank

Control

Systems,

Technol-

SNAP

The

winner of Soundcheck '88, Giraffe. This

Software,

-Sibyl

Darter

'88

Update

International

be

held,

as

previously

on

February

on

the grounds

was

not

available due to

the

United

Jose-based group

person Bob Stabile. Doug Buttleman, the

States will be represented

7th,

accompanied

15

Popular Music Festival

reported

12th,

at

The

previous loca-

of

the Imperial

the

recent pass-

is

leaving for Japan

by

Soundcheck

the

Soundcheck project,

USA. There are

different countries.

the

in

Fuji

by

on

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Editor
Tom Darter

Operations
Sibyl Darter

Production
Sibyl Darter
Tom Darter

February 1989 Volume 5, Number 2

Issue

#41

4 Questions & Answers

Answers to questions from readers.
Torn Darter.

6 Session Notes from

An

insider's look at Jerry Goldsmith's scoring sessions for

new Joe Dante film.

8

G10

Performances

TX81Z Performances for the G

By

Craig

Anderton.

"The

By

Tom Darter.

'burbs"

By

Steve Deming

10

MIDI guitarist.

and

the

11 Sequence

An

introduction to Yamaha's new MIDI sequencer program for

the

Cl

14

16

Hot

Tips

MIDI

music computer.

Reader tips for

Mixup

MIDI feedback

the

and

By

Scott

Plunkett.

MEP4, MV802, and more.

other

horrors.

By

Michael Babcock.

Editorial Board
Steve Deming
Charles Feilding
Bob

Frye
Rick Huyett
Mark Koenig
J.P. Lincoln
Phil Moon
Jim Smerdel
Steve

Thatcher

Cover Photograph
Jim Hagopian
Dee Dee Cawley

18 C 1 Users Central

Presenting a simple
mance data from a

Tom Darter.

©1989 Yamaha Corporation
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of

America.

No

part

of

this publication may

or

otherwise, without

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program for loading voice

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disk to a DX7 II.

be

reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

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prior written permission

of

Yamaha Corporation of America.

By

Jim Smerdel

or

transmitted in any form

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AFTERTOUCH 3

is

Long

Box

91327-

pub-

Free.

cor-

7938,

CA

I have

an

RX7 drum machine
an IBM sequence program (Texture). Is there a
way I

can

turn

Effects
Jon Epperson, Mission Viejo,
Yes,

this

is

possible.
System Exclusive
ch

ange message" from your computer.

sage

string

hexidecimal), with explanations on

I own a
when I feel like creating graphics
Basic I find the
had been saved when I saw a CXSM
play in a local store,
for sale.
Peoria, IL.
The

CXSM

so

it

is

is

shown

Hex

code

FO
43
ln

02 group and sub-group
50 parameter group
lB

00 or

7F

F7

CXSM

What

II

has been officially discontinued,

no longer available at any retail outlet.

on

You

need to send the RX7 a

"remote

below

computer, which I love,

unit

a little lacking. I

but

is

the

that

I use with

and off via

CA.

switch parameter

on

explanation
Sys

Ex
Yamaha
substatus and device

number
(n

=MIDI

parameter number:
Effects
OO=off;
end of Sys

I was told it was

story?

The

the

the

message

ID number

channel)

7F=on

Ex

with

though

II

-Brad

MIDI?-

mes-

left

right:

message

MSX

on

dis-

Morris,

(in

but

not

Answers To
Questions From
Readers.

Steve Deming

& Tom Darter.

RX7

digital

programmer.

I

rhythm

By

&

I use a

DX7

II

FD

to control a Roland MKS20
sound
been trying
they
controlling
other
only (for

there

that
patch only, while my right hand (on
playing a piano patch

First, question one:
"Foot control" in the DX7 screen displays

Foot Controllers,

FCl
puts MIDI

(MIDI

MIDI Controller Code 07 information (MIDI

Volume).
grammed
Therefore, to get the effect

to program the following on the

voice

Volume only (set the Volume parameter to a

high number, like

parameters to 0); FC2-program it

parameters are set to

have

Finally, make sure

respond to MIDI Volume.

The
at

key limit feature.
off' the

mode performance

in the right hand location (a voice where
erator output levels are set to 0); however,

still wouldn't be able

responding to the MIDI notes being played

your left

would be to use a MIDI data modifier (like the

MEP4 MIDI event processor) to filter out all of

your left

your right hand to reach the MKS20.

module.

are: 1) I would like one foot controller

foot controller controls

any way I can program these machines so

my left hand (on

Eric Tallman, San Francisco,

and 7

Foot

you want

no

Question two presents more

DX7

a time, and the MKS20 does

OX's

There

are two scenarios I've

to

achieve

the

OX's local volume, while the

the

MKS20). Is this possible? 2) Is

for

FC2. This means

Controller

Controller),

Both

as

part of voice data in the

to

use

effect on the

II

outputs

right hand,

hand

on

hand

notes, allowing only those

without

the

on

If

you

you

will see numbers: 4

Code

Foot

Controllers

:

FCl-program

99,

and set the other

zero

OX's

that

the MKS20

on

only

It

would be possible to "turn

that

uses a "dummy" voice

to

stop

the OX.

success.

MIDI

OX)

is playing a

the

MKS20

CA

look under the

that

04 information

while FC2 outputs

you

want,

DX7

(meaning

internal sounds).

of

one

MIDI channel

not

have a MIDI

by

setting up a Split

the

MKS20

The

only solution

Here

volume

OX

the

OX)

is

only?-

words
for

its

for

FCl

out-

are pro-

DX7

II.

you

need

for

each

it to control

FCl

so

that

all

that

it will

is

set to

a problem:

all

op­you

from

by

from

4 AFTERTOUCH/Vol. 5 No. 2

I will

soon

be

working

MIDI

guitar controller

set.

What

are

your
wireless setup? My first instinct is
standard
However,
tween
some kind

wireless

in

order

the

G 10 and
of

a conversion cord for
pin connection between
post-G lOC problems are
pin incompatibility
Does Yamaha offer a MIDI-in,
for connecting MIDI-sized equipment
dard

units?-

Well, first

Tony Max Nance, Orange, N.J.

of

all, it
MIDI-type signal to
signal (the kind transmitted
less

units) simply

by
sion cable. Remember
from the G 10C

is

a MIDI-type signal: It must be

with

my

own

G 10

and G 10C

recommendations

unit

on

the

to

use a wireless

the

G lOC, I need

the
due

with

the

standard

is

impossible to convert a

an

electronic audio-type

controller

to

guitar

unit

the

two. Most

to

MIDI

1

/4''

1

/4"

signal-out

by

standard wire-

for a

use a

strap.

to
multi­of

DIN

plug;

to

stan-

using some kind of conver-

that

the output signal

be-

get

my

5-

connected to a MIDI-compatible tone gener­ator (VIA MIDI) in order for the system to cre­ate

sound-the
tone generator, while all
controlling
G10/G10C

To

make a wireless connection between the

sounds themselves come from a

of

the MIDI data

the

tone generator comes from the

system.

for

G 10C and your tone generator, you would have
to use a MIDI wireless setup, which
ably more expensive

than

a standard wireless

is

consider-

unit.

Finally,

G

10

data, which

the

multi-pin connector between the

and G 10C also carries a specialized kind of

cannot

be converted into "standard

wireless" data through the use of converter cord;

in fact, such a cord would be impossible to

make.

There
connection between the G
the G

lOC

I want

is

no

wireless

controller.

to

control my Yamaha

unit

that

10

MIDI guitar and

RX5

allows

rhythm
programmer from my Macintosh. To do this, I
need a
MIDI
System Exclusive commands).
this

manual

or

pamphlet

commands for the

information?-

Tony Zepeda,

that

unit

(particularly

Where

gives

the

the

can

I get

Oakland,
CA.
System Exclusive and other MIDI documenta-

tion can be purchased from the Yamaha
tronic Service Parts

Department.

Elec-

For more

information, write to: Yamaha Corporation of
America, Electronic Service Parts Department,

P.O.

Box 6600, Buena Park,

CA

90622; or call

1-800-44 3-3548.

RX

17

digital

programmer.

rhythm

I am writing about
cannot

get

the
I even tried
mentioned
ject (in

the

in

July
usually get a message saying
VERIFY

ERROR,"
manual means
nize the data,
Do

you have any
Busch, Janesville,
Based

on

the
like the problem
tape with a normal bias machine.
Shack units
CCR82) are

the

RX17

drum

machine. I

cassette storage feature

the

Radio Shack dataset model

your earlier answer

1988

issue)

but

on

still

to

work.

this sub-

no

luck. I

"LOADING

that

but

which according

the

RX17 does

is

at

least hearing something.

further

suggestions?-Kenn

not

to

recog-

WI

message you are getting, it sounds

is

that

you are using high bias

The

Radio

we

mentioned in July (CCR81 and

both

normal bias machines.

It

or

the

is
very important to use normal bias tape when
using

these

normal

bias

machines

for

data

storage.

Our

band uses
R1000
ers manuals for
copy of each?
To

get a copy of

manuals, write to: Yamaha

the

D1500

digital delay and the

digital reverb, and we've lost the own-

both.

How

-Gerald
the

can we get

Jones, Scottsboro, AL.

D1500 or R1000 owners

Corporation

another

of

America, Pro Audio Division, Literature Dept.,

P.O.

Box 6600, Buena Park,

I recently
model
would like

bought

that

to

a used Yamaha

I believe had been discontinued. I

get

an

owners manual.
tell me how I might find
Urbana,
To
write to: Yamaha

IL.

get a copy of

the

Corporation

CA

90622

PSS-360,

Can

you

one?-

Elly Barker,

PSS-360 owners manual,

of

America,

Consumer Products Division, Literature Dept.,

P.O.

Box 6600, Buena Park,

CA

90622

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AFTERTOUCH 5

ESSION:
by

Joe Dante; starring Tom Hanks, Carrie

S

Fisher,

Brezner and Michael Finnell,
Universal
Goldsmith,
more

than

Cast: A 70-piece orchestra, including three

keyboard parts. Besides composing

Jerry

Goldsmith
sions. Bruce Botnick
Ken Hall
Auricle program); Authur Morton
the

orchestrations; and the contractor

sessions

Location:

which

is
sessions covers four
30, and December
bles: three hours in

lunch, three hours in

first

day,
to get there
make sure
the keyboard gear set
take time making sure
the

full orchestra

Jerry Goldsmith treats snythesizers just like
he treats all other members of
makes specific demands, and expects specific
results. His short-score compositions always
include detailed instructions for the entire or-

chestration,

instruments.

careful about

electronics, adjusts the acoustic instruments,
adjusts

There are three keyboard desks

Ralph Grierson

two days (he has other work scheduled for the
last two days); Mike Lang
the

first two days, and will switch to desk one
for the last two days; replacing Ralph Grierson
on

Wednesday and Thursday (and playing desk

two) will be Randy Kerber; and I am playing

desk three all four

Desk one has piano, a Yamaha TX16W, Ro­land D-50 (sometimes
together),
Yamaha DX7,

6 AFTERTOUCH!Vol. 5 No. 2

"THE

'BURBS," a film directed

and

Bruce Dern; produced

to

on

February 17th. Music

the

award-winning composer

130

film scores.

will be

is

the Music Editor, (working with

is

Sandy DeCrescent.

The

Universal lot

the

scoring stage.

Monday, the keyboard players are asked

an

hour early at

that

there are

is

and

that

During

the

overall mix:

the

overall mix and

is

playing desk one for

days.

and

Emulator

D-50,

conducting

is

the

recording engineer;

The

days:

November 28,

1.

All four sessions are dou-

the

morning, an hour for

the

afternoon.

nine

no

problems in getting

up-it's

sitting there.

not

the

keyboards work while

the

includes

recording,

then

is

playing desk two for

the

two are

II. Desk

and

Emulator II. Desk

by

be released

by

the

music,

the

is

handling

for

on

Stage

basic scoring

29,

On

o'clock, to

a good idea to

orchestra.

the

electronic

he

is

he

adjusts

records.

for

the film:

the

MIDied

two

Larry

by

Jerry

of

ses-

an

the

10,

and

the

He

very

the

first

has

An Insider's

Look

Goldsmith's
Scoring
Sessions

The

Dante

By

Jerry

·

scoring

At

New

Film.

Tom

Goldsmith

session

Jerry

For

Darter.

conducting

.

Joe

a

three has
There
tain cues.

For
brought all
and Super JX,
Each
is

to be played, if it
other
tridges
son, the various keyboard setups are
standard
bring­ments be brought.

Ralph Grierson,
less
same
This
past, Ralph has suggested that, since he spends
a lot of time putting his setup together and
comfortable with it, he would like to have the

opportunity to use his entire basic setup; but he
also understands
approach doesn't require that.

While there are some composers who spend a

fair
sounds
setup worked out ahead of time, many composers
hire keyboardists or synthesizer players that they

DX7,

D-50, and Roland Super

is

a lot

of

jumping back and forth

the

Emulator

of

the

he

one

of

his parts indicates what instrument

instrument, and what sounds from his car-

or

disks are to be called

setup

Jerry requests

than

half

of

is

true

for

is

a cause for some mixed feelings: In the

amount

or

of

getting

II

and

TX

16W,

disks; for the D-50, the

brought all of

is

to

that

many
that

for

instance, brought much

his standard setup, and the

Mike Lang and Randy Kerber.

that

Jerry's compositional

time working

aspects of

the

be MIDied to some

up.

For this rea-

of

the

performers

only certain instru-

out

the

synthesizer

JX.

on

cer-

Jerry

OX,

cartridges.

not

the

feels

particular