Yamaha EX7, EX5R, EX5, A3000, A4000 Owner's Manual

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YAMAHA Wave Editor TWE Version 2.2.0

for Macintosh Owner's manual (1/3)

The TWE wave editor (hereafter referred to as TWE) is software for digitally recording sounds (instrumental sounds, sound effects, voice, etc.) to the hard disk of a personal computer, and for editing recorded sound data. If an external Yamaha sampler (*) is connected via a SCSI connection, the sound data recorded in the sampler can be loaded into TWE and edited, and then retransmitted back to the sampler.

*This software supports the Yamaha A3000/4000/5000 professional samplers and the EX5/5R/7 synthesizers.

TWE was created by the Yamaha Corporation, and is distributed at no cost. Yamaha Corporation makes no guarantees, implicit or explicit, regarding the quality or performance of this software. Yamaha Corporation will accept no responsibility for any damages, direct or consequential (including extended damages), which may result from use of this software. You must make backups of data files you create.

In order to use this software, you will need to be familiar with the Macintosh and the connected devices. Before using this software, please carefully read this manual and the manuals for your connected device and Macintosh.

*By using this software, it is possible to create sound data which could not be produced by normal recording. However, be aware that playing back high volume full-scale data, or data of extremely low frequencies below 20 Hertz, or data with a large direct current component may damage your ears and/or any speakers or headphones that are connected. Please use caution.

•The software and this owner's manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation.

•Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer.

•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.

•Since this software is being distributed in free of charge, no user support will be provided.

•Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

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•The company names and product names in this owner's manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. •The screen displays as illustrated in this owner's manual are for

instructional purposes, and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer.

[Contents]

1. Basics

1.1.Operating environment

1.2.Applicable data

1.3.Recording/playback

2.Installing and starting TWE

3.Tag Window and Transport Window

3.1.Tag Window

3.2.Transport Window

4.Waveform Window

4.1.File information display

4.2.Device information display

4.3.Playback start location display

4.4.Selected region display

4.5.Loop region display

4.6.Display resolution

4.7.Waveform display

4.8.Overall waveform display

4.9 Status bar

5. File menu

5.1.New...

5.2.Open...

5.3.Close

5.4.Save

5.5.Save As...

5.6.Revert

5.7.Resample...

5.8.Convert Bit Size...

5.9.Add Channel...

5.10.Delete Channel...

5.11.Swap Channels...

5.12.Import From Sampler...

5.13.Export To Sampler...

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5.14.Load Preferences...

5.15.Save Preferences As...

5.16.Page Setup...

5.17.Print...

5.18.Quit

6. Edit menu

6.1.Undo (or Redo)

6.2.Cut

6.3.Copy

6.4.Paste

6.5.Insert

6.6.Clear

6.7.Select All

6.8.Trim

6.9.Mix

6.10.Reverse

6.11.Invert

6.12.Fade In

6.13.Fade Out

6.14.Loop Crossfade...

6.15.EQ…

6.16.Time Comp / Exp …

6.17.Pitch Shift …

6.18Gain

6.19.Normalize...

6.20.Silence

6.21.DC Offset...

7.View menu

7.1.Go to

7.2.Zoom

7.3.Selection

7.4.Auto Snap

7.5.Hide (or Show) File/Device Info

7.6.Hide (or Show) Waveform

7.7.Hide (or Show) Overview

7.8.Time Ruler

7.9.Level Ruler

7.10.Scroll During Playback

7.11.Connect Dots

7.12.Waveform Scanning

8.Options menu

8.1.Rescan SCSI

8.2.Select Working Dir...

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8.3. Preferences …

9. Window menu

9.1.Hide (or Show) Tag Window

9.2.Hide (or Show) Transport

9.3.Cascade

9.4.Tile Horizontally

9.5.Tile Vertically

9.6.Next Window

9.7.Close All

9.8.(Select Window)

10.List of shortcut key default settings

11.Main new functions in version 2.2.0

[1. Basics]

1.1. Operating environment

•Macintosh

<CPU>

•PowerPC

<OS>

•System 7.6.1 or newer

•256 colors or more, resolution 640 x 400 or higher

•6MB or more (8MB or more is recommended)

•Average access time 30ms or less

*If you are using the OS earlier than System 7.5, there are some limitations on the use of the Transport Window. For details refer to "3.2. Transport Window."

1.2. Applicable data

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•Apple AIFF (displayed by TWE as "AIFF")

•Digidesign Sound Designer II (displayed by TWE as "Sd2f") •Microsoft Wave PCM (displayed by TWE as "WAVE")

<Sample size> •1 bit to 32 bit

<Sampling frequency> •11,025Hz to 96,000Hz

<Number of channels> •1 to 16 channels

1.3. Recording/playback

•Recording/playback via the Macintosh Sound Manager is supported. (Sound Manager 3.0 or higher is recommended.)

•Only the first one or two channels are used for recording/playback. (This depends on the Macintosh that you are using.)

•If there is sufficient space on your hard disk, a maximum of two hours of continuous recording is possible.

•SCSI sample dump data can be transferred between TWE and the A3000/4000/ 5000 or EX5/5R/7.

•Loop playback of the desired number of samples can be performed.

[2. Installing and starting TWE]

The TWE application can be used by itself, without any particular installation procedure.

Double-click the TWE icon. A "Select Working Dir…" dialog box will appear. Here you can specify the directory in which TWE will create its temporary working files. (The working directory that you specify here can be changed using the [Options] menu command [Select Working Dir...]. Refer to "8.2.

Select Working Dir...".)

After you specify the working directory, the TWE title will appear, and Tag window (the window containing the [Open] button and [New] button) and Transport window (which contains buttons for playback and recording) will open.

Then, use the [File] menu commands [Open] or [New...] etc. to open a sound data file (sound file), and the Waveform Window (TWE's main window which

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displays various settings of the sound file) will appear. The following chapters explain the various parts of TWE's windows.

[3. Tag Window and Transport Window]

3.1. Tag Window

The Tag Window is a small window with two buttons: [Open] and [New]. Clicking [Open] will open an existing sound data file (sound file). (This is the same function as the [File] menu command [Open...].) Clicking [New] will create new sound data. (This is the same function as the [File] menu command [New...].)

If you are using other applications while TWE is running, you may find it convenient to place the Tag Window at the edge of the screen, so that it can simply be clicked when you once again want to use TWE.

3.2. Transport Window

The Transport Window contains the buttons which allow sound data to be played back and recorded, etc.

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Moves the playback start location (Play Location) to the beginning of the sound data.

<Stop>

Stops playback/recording.

<Play>

Begins playback from the playback start location.

Begins recording from the playback start location. During recording, the loop region setting is ignored. If sufficient space is available on your hard disk, a maximum of two hours of recording is possible.

If a region is selected in the waveform display area, only that region will play back. While the region is playing back, the loop region setting is ignored.

*The TWE window contains two waveform displays. In this manual, the larger display located below is referred to as the "waveform display (Waveform)." The smaller display located above is referred to as the "overall waveform display (Overview)." The waveform display can be made to show a magnified portion of the overall waveform display. For details on the waveform display, refer to "4.7. Waveform display," and on the overall waveform

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display refer to "4.8. Overall waveform display."

*If the OS you are using is earlier than System 7.5, there will be cases in which it will not be possible to switch applications while the Transport Window is being used. In such cases, temporarily close the Transport Window before switching applications.

[4. Waveform Window]

The Waveform Window is TWE's main window, in which various settings of the sound file are shown.

A Waveform Window will open when you execute one of the [File] menu commands [New...], [Open...], or [Import From Sampler...]. Up to twenty of these windows can be open at once.

4.1. File information display (File)

This display section is located at the left of the waveform display.

The following information is displayed for the sound file currently opened by TWE. If the device information display (Device) is open, click the File tab.

The creator (the ID code of the application which created the sound file) is displayed. Sound files created by TWE are displayed as "YHWO." For sound files created by other applications, this display will depend on the application.

Displays the file type (AIFF, Sd2f, or WAVE).

<Size>

Displays the sample size of the sound file in bits.

<Rate>

Displays the sampling frequency of the sound file in Hertz (Hz).

Displays the number of channels within the sound file.

Displays the total playback time of the file (hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds).

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Displays the total number of samples in the sound file.

Displays the size (number of bytes) of the sound file.

Displays the last time the file was modified (year.month.day and time).

4.2. Device information display (Device)

This display section is located at the left of the waveform display. The following information on the audio input/output devices etc. is displayed. If the file information is displayed (File), click the Device tab.

Specify the volume for playback. In the case of multi-channel sound data, it is not possible to set the volume of the channels independently.

Indicates the version of the Sound Manager being used.

Indicates the currently selected working directory and its volume (disk name).

4.3. Playback start location display (Play Location)

This numerically indicates the location at which playback will begin. The upper line shows the time location (hours/minutes/seconds/milliseconds), and the lower line shows the number of samples up to that point.

You can click on one of these values and type in the numerical value from the keyboard of your computer. Numerical values can be input either for the upper (time) or lower (sample) fields. Changing one will cause the other to be calculated and set automatically.

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If you click on the time axis markings (Time Ruler) of the waveform display area, the location at which you clicked will be specified as the playback start location.

While sound data is being played back or recorded, the current location is displayed in realtime.

4.4. Selected region display (Selection)

This numerically indicates the region that has been selected in the waveform display. The start, end, and length of the region are displayed as a number of samples (Sample) and as hours/minutes/seconds/milliseconds (Time).

You can click on one of these values and type in the numerical value from the keyboard of your computer. Numerical values can be input either for Sample or Time fields. Changing one will cause the other to be calculated and set automatically.

You can also specify the selected region by dragging to left or right in the waveform display area.

During playback, you can press the start point setting button [|<] / end point setting button [>|] to set the currently-playing location as the start or end point of the selected region.

If the region lock button is pressed, these values cannot be changed.

If the region length lock button is pressed, modifying either the start or the end of the selected region will cause the other point to be shifted so as to maintain the length of the region.

4.5. Loop region display (Loop)

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This numerically indicates the loop region. The start, end, and length of the loop region are displayed as a number of samples (Sample) and as hours/ minutes/seconds/milliseconds (Time).

If you specify a loop range and turn on the Loop button, the loop region will continue to repeat during playback.

*The loop range settings have no effect during recording or during Play Selection (playback of the selected region).

You can also set the loop range by holding down the Option key and dragging over the time axis (Time Ruler) located above the waveform display.

During playback, you can press the start point setting button [|<] / end point setting button [>|] to set the currently-playing location as the start or end point of the loop region.

If the loop region lock button has been pressed, it will not be possible to modify the various loop region values.

If the loop length lock button has been pressed, changing either the loop start point or loop end point will automatically modify the other point so as to preserve the length of the loop region.

4.6. Display resolution (Zoom)

This indicates the resolution of the time axis (horizontal) and amplitude axis (vertical) at which the waveform is displayed in the waveform display area.

To change the resolution of the time axis, drag the slider knob to left or right, or click the +/- buttons located at each end. To change the resolution of the amplitude axis, press the mouse button on the numerals and then select a value from the popup menu that appears, or click the +/- buttons located at each end.

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4.7. Waveform display (Waveform)

This area shows a magnified portion of the currently opened sound file. You can use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars to move the displayed portion. You can also click on the overall waveform display (Overview) to move the displayed area.

*For details on the overall waveform display, refer to "4.8. Overall waveform display."

When a sound file is first opened or created, TWE creates waveform display data that is separate from the actual sound data, in order to speed up the waveform display. This waveform display data will be saved in the same file as the sound data when the [File] menu command [Save As...] is executed, so that even long sound files can be displayed immediately next time.

This waveform display data can be created in the background gradually (refer to "8.3.3. Others" paragraph "Full scan on open," and "7.12. Waveform Scanning"). At this time, the entire waveform is displayed in general outline, and the display will gradually become more accurate. However, display data for the portion that is actually shown in the waveform display area will be given priority.

The portion in which the display data is still begin generated will be shown in a different color than the portion which has already been completed (refer to "8.3.1. Colors").

By dragging to left or right over a desired region of the waveform display, you can select that region. If the selected region is not locked, clicking in the waveform display area will defeat the previously selected region.

For sound data which contains two or more channels (stereo, etc.), you can drag the mouse across the dividing lines between channels to simultaneously select adjacent channels. Some operations which modify the length of the waveform, such as the [Edit] menu command [Cut], cannot be executed unless all channels are selected simultaneously.

If you press the Option key while the mouse cursor is located in the waveform display, a cross-shaped cursor will appear. This is convenient when you wish to use the time axis (Time Ruler) and amplitude axis (Level Ruler) to learn the precise position of the mouse.

By holding down the Option key and dragging across the time axis (Time Ruler) located above the waveform display, you can set the loop region. Also, when you move the mouse pointer near the left (or right) edge of the

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loop region shown in the time axis ruler, the mouse pointer will change shape, and you can drag to left or right to modify the start/end points of the loop region. By dragging the mouse within the loop region (brown, with the default settings) in the time axis ruler, you can change the location of the loop region without affecting the length of the loop. In addition, if you hold down both the Option key and the Shift key and then click outside the loop region shown in the time axis ruler, the loop region will be extended to that point.

By clicking any other point in the time axis ruler, you can set the playback start time to that location.

4.8. Overall waveform display (Overview)

The overall waveform display shows a graphic image of the entire sound file that is currently opened by TWE. The rectangular bar (light green by default) indicates the portion of the entire waveform that is currently displayed at a higher magnification in the waveform display.

By clicking in the overall waveform display, you can specify the region of the waveform which will be displayed in the waveform display. You can also hold down the Option key and drag to specify the region of the waveform which will be displayed in the waveform display.

4.9. Status bar

The status bar located in the lower part of the Wave window displapys the following information, from left to right.

< Waveform scan ratio >

The progress of the scanning that is performed in order to generate the waveform display data is displayed here as a percentage. When the scan is completed, this will indicate "100.0%."

< Mouse cursor location on the time axis >

This indicates the location of the mouse pointer within the waveform display area. The units are the same as those currently selected for the Time Ruler. If the Time Ruler is not being used, this location will be shown as time (hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds).

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