Yamaha TX802 User Manual

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3, Number 6

Issue

#21

4

6

Micro

Tuning

Exploring the Micro Tuning capabilities
Howard Sandroff.

WX7 Sound Sheet

An

introduction to the enclosed Evatone Sound Sheet,

ing Yamaha's new MIDI wind controller.

7 RICKNGRETCH

A new DX7 voice created by Chris Corso.

8 STEPORGAN

A new DX7 voice created by Bruno Choiniere.

9 CATHEDRAL

A new DX7 voice created by Barry Carson.

10
11

SOFT

STEEL

TX802

A new DX7 voice created by Bryan

A first look
generator.

at

Yamaha's new

By

Tom Darter.

on

the DX7 II.

By

Tom Darter.

Pape.

6~operator

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O

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continues to be important for AfterTouch
readers. Before
start with a quick look
to find in this issue and

This

Month:

the

Evatone

Evatone

July 1986 issues
our Sound
exciting new WX7 MIDI
turing compositions and performances
Gallina, a top
Sound
the issue-give it a listen!

Yamaha's new 6-operator
ator,
edited
and
Micro
generation of DX7 instruments (DX7
DX7

almost
Most importantly, two popular columns will
return (after
the Questions column, in which
ries from readers, and
in which
will also be
esting musical uses
Processor,
you

Disks appeared in

Sheet

Sheet

is

In

addition,

the

TX802.

RXS

voices, new reader DX7 patches,

an

article

Tuning

II

D, DX7s, and TX802).

Next

Month:

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entire issue to material from readers!

an

we

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an

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This issue features

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York

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there

You

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discusses

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In

July,

extended, six-month holiday):

the

hot

that

of

The

to

use this column

to

that, however, let's

at

what you

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next issue:

the

Wind

studio musician.

is

an

FM

digital tone

will also find a set

we

are going to devote

Final Touch column,

tips from readers. There

describes some

the

MEP4 MIDI Event

can

expect

the

return of

Our

first

set

May,

June, and

Controller, fea-

by

introduction

gener-

the

basics

of

the

II

we

answer

inter-

of

Sal

The

of

to

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the

new

FD,

que-

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6/

AFTERTOUCH

3

Micro Tuning

Exploring

The
Micro Tuning
Capabilities

Of

The DX7 II
FD/D.By

Howard

Sandroff.

DX7

II

FD

digital

synthesizer.

FM

On The

Each

of

these

tables

gives

found

coarse

and

units

each

the

in

displays

includ-

and

the

(TU) .

note.

Micro
#I:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

...___

Tuning

data

Equal

Temperament.

Note Coarse

Name

c 3 <<<

C#3

<<<

>>>

D 3 <<<

D#3

<<<

>>>

E 3 <<<

>>>

F 3 <<<

>>>

F#3 <<<

>>>

G 3 <<< G 3

G#3

<<<

>>>A

3 <<<

A#3

<<<

>>>

B 3 <<<

>>>

c 4 <<<

for

Preset

C#

D#3

G#

A#

Micro
the

Edit

for

the

ing

the

fine

tune
number
used

Fine Tuning

Tune Tune

c 3

D 3

E

F

F# 3

A 3

B 3

c 4

+0

3

+0

+0

+0

3

+0

3

+0

+0

+0

3

+0

+0

3

+0

+0

+0

Tuning

data

mode

LCD

octave

C3-C4,

note

name,

values,

of

tuning

to

represent

Units Cents

5034) +0.00

5120) +0.00

5205) +0.00

5290) +0.00

5376)

5461)

(

5546)

5632)

( 5717) +0.00

5802)

5888)

5973) +0.00

6058)

DX7

addition,

the

deviation

of

note

from

in

umn
size
consecutive
cated

In

and

L\ET Interval Size

+0.00

+0.00

+0.00

+0.00

+0.00

+0.00

+0.00

equal

cents

is

indicated

labelled ' '.6.ET.

of

the

interval

notes

in

tuning

cents.

TU

86

85

85

hu

85

85

86

85

85

86

85

85

each

temperament

in

the

' '

The

between

is

also

indi-

units

(TU)

Cents

100.78

99.61

99.61

100.78

99.61

99.61

100.78

99.61

99.61

100.78

99.61

99.61

col-

II

THE

Yamaha 6-operator synthesizers and tone
generators (DX7
TX802) gives electronic musicians a number of
expanded possibilities for
timbres. However,
open up
potential for
and melodies.

The

DX7

The
Tunings. These
There

1)

2)

3) Pure (Minor)

4) Mean Tone

5) Pythagorean

6) Werckmeister

7) Kirnberger

8) Vallotti & Young

9)

Of

these
#1, #6, #7, #8,

FD/D

CURRENT

other

universes

the

exploration

II

Micro

DX7 II contains eleven preset Micro

can

are

nine

diatonic tunings,

Equal Temperament
Pure (Major)

1

/4

Shifted Equal

nine

diatonic tunings, five (presets

GENERATION

II

FD, DX7

the

Tuning

be divided into two groups.

and

#9)

II

D, DX7s, and

the

creation of new

Micro Tuning options

that

offer even greater

of

new harmonies

Presets

as

follows:

are "closed" tunings,

of

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7

Sound

Sheet

An lntroduc

tion To

..

The
Attached
Evatone Sound
Sheet, Featur

..
ing Yamaha's
NewMIDI
Wind Control
ler.

By

Tom

.

..

Darter.

WX7

MIDI

wind

controller.

HIS ISSUE FEATURES the return

T

Evatone

Evatone Disks appeared in the

July 1986 issues

the

Sound
Yamaha's
Controller, featuring compositions

mances by Sal Gallina. Sal
studio musician who has worked with a number
of

artists

gram, Arista,

Side 1 of
expressive power
voice performances. Except where noted,

tone generator used was a TX81

1)

E.

2) Power

3) Violin

4) Flute

5)

A.

6) Clarinet

7)

A.

8)

E.

9) Sax

10) Strings

Side 2
Gallina compositions, "Rock 1"
tral!."

"Rock 1"
overdubs.
erated by
"rhythm
tar part
the

"Power 01" patch.

added

the

Sound

Sheet

exciting

on

such labels

and
the

Guitar

01

01

Guitar

Bass

01

Bass

01

01

of

the

was

On

the first pass,

an

RXS)

guitar" part. Actually,

is

the WX7 controlling a TX81Z with

"bass," which

Sheet.

of

AfterTouch. This

is

a musical introduction to

new

Capitol.

Sound

of

the WX7 in a series

(DX7 II)

(DX7

Sound

created in

was

recorded, along with the

Our

WX7

is

a top

as

RCA,

Sheet

ll)

Sheet

features two Sal

the

studio with tape

the

On

the

second pass, Sal

was

again the WX7,

May,

Z.

and

drum part (gen-

the

of

first

set

June,

month,

MIDI

Wind

and

perfor-

New

CBS, Poly-

displays

of

"Orches-

rhythm gui-

the

of

and

York

the

solo

the

this time controlling a DX7
02" patch.
corded the "lead
TX81Z with the "E. Guitar" patch.

"Orchestral!"

no

overdubs. Sal used various Strings voicings

on

the
effects used to create complex voicings. In addi­tion,
ture: To begin with, 4 string voices were as­signed to MIDI channel 1, and
assigned to MIDI

on

ing
tain." While the notes
sustaining, he switched to MIDI
played the

Both
throughout the
and
and

For those who are interested in more infor­mation
book: Expressive
is

being

Foundation,

WX7. It will also be available in

local book store or Yamaha music dealer.

86-page book will come complete with a dem­onstration cassette (which will be new material,
not
sue),
effects setups for all
sette. In all, there will be data for 32 TX81Z
voices

On

the

third and final pass, Sal re-

guitar"-

was created in real time, with

TX81Z,

he

made use

channel 2, and

an

the SPX90 for delay, flanging, pitch shift,

other

signal processing effects.

on

a duplicate of

as

well

and

with

of

channel

other

4 string voices in real time.

SPX90

recording-the

the

WX7, Sal Gallina has written a

FM

published

and

will be included

the

as

complete voice data and special

32 DX7

II

II

with the "E.

WX7 controlling a

pitch

shifts

the

WX7's "sustain" fea-

the

other

2.

Sal began

then

engaged

on

MIDI

channel

channel 1 and

and a REV7

REV7 for reverb,

Applications.

by

the

Yamaha

the

Sound

Sheet

the

material

voices.

Bass

and

other

4 were

by

play-

the

"sus-

2 were

were

used

The

book

Music

with

your

fall at your

The

in this

on

the cas-

is-

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