Yamaha V50 User's Manual

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Questions

&

Answers to questions from readers.

Tom Darter.

TX81Z Voices

"POTS&PANSl" voices

TX81Z Voices

"LEAD

Jim Hegarty.

by

Answers

Cindy McTee.

by

GTR"

and

"POTS&PANS2,"

and

5," two new

"Elect.

Bass

By

Volume

Deming and

Steve

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Editor

Tom Darter

Operations

Sibyl Darter

Production

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Steve Charles Feilding Bob Frye Rick Huyett Mark Koenig

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J.P.

Phil Moon Jim Smerdel Steve

Cover Photograph

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Darter

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introduction to

An

thesizer, which features a

S,track

Tom Darter.

By

Rory

Kaplan

in,depth

An Jackson's landmark "Bad" work with producing

WX7

Getting acquainted with your

Hot Tips

Reader tips for the KX88 and more.

C1 Users Central

From the Finder to

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Yamaha's

sequencer, 32 digital effects, and a

interview with one

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Lowe.

WX7.

Scott Plunkett.

By

3.5"

Darter.

of

digital

disk drive.

America.

multi,timbral

drum machine,

the keyboardists

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MIDI

a

have

I around an Atari MIDI MIDITrack friend MIDI tried MIDITrack the not in could trigger all of number

quencer program. Lord, Essex Junction,

Interface)

of mine came over drum

record

to

synthesizers and drum machines,

get any

sequencer. I don't understand why we machine. How can I store data from my

the

of

record

Well, since all of the synthesizers are ing the data from the drum pads, they are sending MIDI data properly. possible that the gate time of the data from the drum pad/ controller system the sequencer as ognize data from keyboards.

controls time values. Time control, with a range of default setting

PTX8 can be altered in Voice Edit mode, over a described.

range of

Will the in the July 1988 issue of AfterTouch support a laser for use with Word Danny Dickerson, Nashville, Yes,

therefore, if the software in question to work with a particular printer, the computer save

that runs the software will also work with that printer. Word Packard compatible with Word Perfect; therefore, the Cl ser Jet printer

the

data-most

note

the

Both

that

100-6500

Yamaha

printer (such as the Hewlett Packard)

jet

Perfect)

absolutely.

Laser

compatible with the Hewlett

is

recording

130XE

running

MIDI

III

and

pads

his

system.

III

data from

MIDI

the manufacturers) information

Can

recognizing the drum hits Now, when this incomplete data file

not

is

sequencers are set

Yamaha PTX8

a wide adjustment in gate

for

allow

PMCl

The

ms.

100

is

ms.

1 music computer featured

C

business software (such

the

mentioned

printer

The

Perfect

for

does support the Hewlett changed manually from one song to

printer,

Jet

that application.

studio

(with a Hybrid

the

Recorder software. A QXS to disk via the DX7's

with

control

drumming

could trigger all

We

the

MIDI

the

to

you help

VT.

too short,

is

and

has a front panel Gate

gate time on the and the result

The

in

TN.

is

focused

Arts

Hybrid

his

unit,

pads to record back to its source results

devices (from a but

us?-

we

PMCl

1-255

the

software-driven;

and

Arts

Yamaha vice versa,

and

using

could

Atari's

Packard

the

could

but

not

Tracy

recogniz·

know that when it sends the data to disk, the

quite

is

It

that gives a

so

rec-

to

up

have

ms;

article?-

designed extensive sequencer work. Is there any way to

is

Cl

the

I own a DX7 quencer, and a Korg have no difficulty transferring data from the

we

of

ODDS

the

show "executing"

do

and

file is created,

MDR

without

WI.

se·

L.

the

as

is

La-

DX7

The the buffer that data in the buffer to disk, even if it has not yet received all of the data being sent; and,

a "completed"

hand,

other

"completed"

back to the DDD5, the receiving data; however, since it will not receive the complete never receives the tells it to assemble the data. In other

unit

Korg

The

expand the buffer

know) can only be done

we

the

for product of GMR (Grey Matter Response). For more information on GMR at

currently

I am

the

memory

song

Hood,

R.

The

No. manually.

synthesizer, a QXS

FD

II

ODDS

I cannot transfer the data from

but

to disk successfully. Both units

and "completed"

show any

not

-Ralph

error?

has a buffer of only

FD

II

full, the unit automatically stores

is

message.

continues to send its data, and

message when it

Ex

Sys

"end of message"

completes assembling the data,

never

the empty drum machine

is

to solve this problem

way

only

the

of

installed in your unit.

II

DX7

E!

1-408-427-3678.

using my

output

QXl's output assignments must be set

assignments into permanent

they

so

Fresno, CA.

drum machine. I

feature and

MDR

messages,

"error"

but

Dornburg,

The

Korg

message that it sent, it

DX7

for

messages; an

transfer of this file

drum

empty

an

in

ODDS

Madison,

When

20K.

gives

II

DX7

on

unit,

Korg

through.

is

will report that it

code that

words,

II, which (as

having theE! kit

by

DX7

the

QX1

not

do

far

E!

II, contact

do some

to

have

next?-

the

se·

the

sent

the

you

is

to as

a

be

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5

I recently purchased the Yamaha a great keyboard and I enjoy

it

PF2000.

a lot. However,

It

I am having difficulty finding sounds for it.

most of the available sounds are

that

seems

DX7

disk, for sounds

the

are compatible with the

that

Dave Ascoli, Tempe

RAM

and

ROM

All will work in your

and

addition, all

the

for PFZOOO

RAM

original DX7

in conjunction

can

How

FD.

II

PF2000?-

AZ.

the

cartridges

PFZOOO's

for

cartridge port. In

ROM cartridges created

be used with

can

APD1

an

with

on

I find

DX7

the

cartridge

adaptor. Yamaha has also created a new ROM

the

to

which

original

locate a

RX5.

Do

PFZOOO,

cartridge specifically for contains PFZOOO

voices

ROM.

not

the

found

on

I have been trying for some time librarian

editor/librarian for

or

the

you know of any? Also, are there any books

own-

not

the

so

not

limited

The

allow

the RX5, to supplement

available ers As available implementation that RXS's

on

manual?-

know,

we

as

far

for

editor/librarian

an

Ex

Sys

David Daboll, Everett, WA.

there are no editor/librarians

the RX5.

The

sketchy, but

is

implementation does

direct access to parameters,

System Exclusive

impossible.

is

any editor/librar-

so

ian program would have to work using bulk

to computer and from

dumps from puter to

RXS

RXS.

Alexander Publishing (353 7

CA

Rd., Newbury book entitled

Machine

Drum

Crigger. $29.95, comes audio cassette

Park,

Yamaha

Sound

161-page book, with a list price

The

RX5:

Uke

A

complete

contains recorded examples.

that

Old

91320)

To

How

Drummer,

a

with

com-

Conejo

publishes a

Your

Make

David

by

of

52-minute

For more information, contact Alexander Publishing: in California, call side California, call

805-499-6200; out-

1-800-633-1123.

I am a solo guitarist who has recently, like so

SPX90,

an

many others, gone which I

think

ever invented!

how to use

on

MIDI.

is one

I would like some advice

But,

more effectively. Is there any

it

kind of reference manual available with

SPX90?

the

cations Winnie, Shortly after the created an SPX90 booklet mation, America,

P.O.

for

TX.

still available

is

write

Pro

6600,

Box

SPX90

Programming Guide. This

Yamaha

to:

Audio Division, Literature Dept.,

Buena

I use

the greatest machines

of

-Carl

Keating,

first appeared, Yamaha

free. For more infor-

for

Corporation

90622.

CA

Park,

appli-

of

is

It

II

I own a Yamaha

CPV-7

tone generator, and a Casio

OUT

MIDI

the

run

I

of the

IN

MIDI

the THRU

from the FB-01

Clavinova,

hf4700

from the Clavinova to

run

FB-01,

and

to the

MIDI

Casio. I have programmed 16 user

the

on

tions

program

the changes the

FB-01;

on FB-01

however, when I change

automatically

CPV-7,

the

configuration-is

's

it

any way to prevent this?

Since the

MID

instructions

in

owners manual are very sketchy, I have some

questions

more change its

the

sume change its

(auto-bass/chord)

ABC control ture

the

the Casio does control the CPV-7.

on there a way to get the CPV-7's control the Casio via MIDI?

about

transmission channel? (I

MIDI default

MIDI

channel

mode setting? Finally, the

on

Casio via

MIDI,

).

is 1

CPV-7

the

but

ABC

-Harris

unit:

the

Bowie, MD.

nothing

Unfortunately, there

is

done about these MIDI problems using just the

instrument's MIDI implementation

CPV-7. is channel nally. Also, the unit

The

very limited.

and this cannot be changed inter-

1,

unit operates only

The

always

sends out MIDI gram Change messages when a new sound selected, and this also cannot be changed

(auto-bass/chord)

nally. Finally, the

the CPV-7

on

ture

ABC

does

output MIDI

not

mation to control other units.

something like a

from

use

Program Change

CPV-

the

would be possible to

It

MIDI event processor to change

Yamaha

MEP4 MIDI channels and filter out messages

coming

seems like an overkill solution to your problems.

a fine self-contained

The

CPV-7

Clavinova

is

keyboard with some limited MIDI feature, but it

a very effective MIDI master keyboard

not

is controller.

FB-01

an

keyboard.

MIDI

the

of the

IN

configura-

CPV-7

the

How

a similar

mode to

Berman,

can

that

on

but

7,

there

do I

as·

do I

won't

fea-

Is

be

MIDI

Pro-

inter-

fea-

infor-

this

PF2000

electronic

piano.

is

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within

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diagrams:

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the

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Yamaha V50 User's Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual