Yamaha V80FD User's Manual

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JANUARY

1989

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To receive more information, call the Yamaha
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Tom Darter.

Yamaha

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rhythm programmer,
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disk drive,
sequencer.

to

questions from readers.

Products

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music computer. Compiled by Tom Darter.

introduction to Yamaha's new digital synthesizer, which fea,

32,note

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at

some

of

Yamaha's major new products for

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VSO

digital synthesizer,

the

TQS

sequencing

MIDI wind system,

polyphony, 16,voice multi,timbral capabilities, a

expansion port,

Tom Darter.

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and

the

and a built,in

tone

DSSS digital synthesizer,

Sequence program for

5,

Number
Issue

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RX8 digital

generator,

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Production
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Editorial Board
Steve Deming
Charles Feilding
Bob Frye
Rick Huyett
Mark Koenig
J.P. Lincoln
Phil Moon
Jim Smerdel
Steve

Cover Photograph
Jim Hagopian
Dee Dee Cawley

Thatcher

10 Product Specialists

An

interview

Phil

Clendeninn,

Kevin

Stratton.

with

Yamaha's elite team

Danny Hoefer, Mark Santos,

By

Sibyl Darter.

14 SPX90 Hot Tips

Resonance effects for

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16 MIDI Mixup & Matchup

Solving MIDI emergencies

By

Michael Babcock.

18 C 1 Users Central

Presenting a simple
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Tom Darter.

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controller messages to a
set to send MIDI volume, the
voice will
respond to MIDI breath controller messages.

TX81Z contains a Single Utility
aftertouch messages to breath controller mes­sages.
not
the
controller messages, this Utility function must
be turned

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column, a reader who was working on an edi- problem.

torllibrarianfor the FB-01 asked how he could quencer

obtain detailed documentation on the unit's

MIDI

the Yamaha Electronic Service Division, which
was an error. In order to find out
detailed documentation of this kind, interested
readers should contact the Yamaha Parts Ser­vice Department toll free at 1-800-443-3548.

We

WX7

as my main controller,

problems

the

other

suggestions?

WX7 has a switch

not

respond, since

There

Service manuals in English

1-800-443-3548.

is

another

If

that
respond to breath controller messages. If Yamaha has recognized this
TX81 Z

me?-

offer owners manuals in Spanish,

is

off.

the

owners manual in Spanish,

Wilson Fernandez, Miami, FL.

getting

voice

(C-19)

but

TX81

Z voices

-Mike

Utility

to

respond directly

in

Spanish

F.,

Smiley,

that

sets it up to send ation:

tone

generator.

it

is

possible

is

engaged, the

or

English.

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America (YCA) does

information,

SA, Apartado Postal 28-

Mexico; or call 525-686-

can

alert! In the October

implementation.

apologize

for

We

told him

the error. there will be

and I am

my

TX81Z's

to

respond.

nothing

work

Hanford,

I've

works. one, and holding

great.

Answers To
Questions From
Readers.

By

Steve Deming
And

Tom

Darter.

If

it

is

BCSEXYPHON

programmed to defect

problem:

that

be purchased tell

1988

how

The

converts way I

unit

will City,

to

breath

PF80.

and

the

Can

you

but

they

write

to:

at

Questions However,

to

contact (triggered by a MIDI

to obtain does not have any data recorded

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+ 1 /Yes"

push

a value
leased. However, pushing
unit

by pulling
For

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store

warranty

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tact
ask him to order this new part for you. Yamaha
is
installation charge
local dealer.
the installation should be provided

The
unit

receive notes from a sequencer. I use these
MIDI
SYNC=

responding to

Clock

Springs,

The

to

you

is

setup,

from

in

question has

pushbutton.

on

this

button

through

results (irregularly) in a

the

numbers

the

on

the

a while, I figured

of

my

unit,

Texas,

that

can

MO.

and

your local authorized Yamaha dealer, and

providing the new part

RX17's
can

settings:

the

RX17

Signals?

RX17 does

ignore MIDI

don't

simple: Call up a

the

the

response

and

did

the

have

coverage?-

the

button

If

your unit

owners manual states

be used as a

MIDI.

the

to

CO.

we

think

We

assume

to

play the RX17's sounds, and that

want

the

RX17 will respond to the information

sequencer,

to
no

to

do with

the

button

several numbers, until it is re-

continue
button,
button

but

found a display model at a

same thing.

this

fixed? Also,
Dan

has been modified. Con-

is

Channel

However,

MIDI

ignore

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not

have a mode

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we

RX17 to play any patterns

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pattern

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the

MIDI

data in

the

FB-01

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will advance a value by

down

will advance

the

button

to

advance after I

and I can

manually

that

this

recently I was

Is

Sturdevant, Kansas

as

a recurring prob-

for

free; however, the

at

the

discretion of your

is

still under warranty,

sound

module only to

Message=

the

Start

signal.

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and

MIDI Clock signals.

have

an

answer to your

that

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signal).

on

the

on

will

not

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the

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on

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is

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play a pattern

signal (since

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to play).

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Digital Musical
One
others will be detailed in issues later this spring.
Still, since they are all being introduced
year's winter

Music Merchants) industry trade show in Ana­heim, California,
would like to have a short introduction to each
one

1989.

V50

In addition to its powerful dual FM tone gen­erators,
in PCM drum machine, an 8-track sequencer,
and
and patterns may be saved using the built-in

3.

5"

The
4-operator, 8-waveform
full 16-note polyphony and 8-timbre capability.
At
instantly: 100 internal, 100 user preset, and 100
card voices.
from
YS200, or B200.

In Performance mode, up to eight different
voices can be played simultaneously. A Quick
Edit option has been added to
ing rapid changes to a voice's brilliance, vol-

new musical products from Yamaha's

Instrument

is

featured prominently in this issue, and

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of

these new units in this, our first issue of

the

multi-timbral V50 features a built-

17

digital effects. All programs, sequences,

disk drive or a Yamaha memory card.

VSO

's synthesizer section consists of two

any time, you can access up

The

the

Yamaha

(National Association of

we

thought

V50

DX11,

(DMI) division.

that

our readers

FM

tone generators, for

to

300 voices

can

also use voice data

TX81Z,

the

V50, allow-

YS100,

at

this

ume, attack, or release time .
editing

tures
tern
along
percussion instrument has its own setting for
pan, volume, MIDI note, and signal processing.
There
dard
effects.

Section. This
trolled from tape recorder-style buttons
front panel.
64K, which
notes
MIDI transmit and receive channels .
tures include real
overdub, mix, quantize, copy, and erase. To
enhanc
cated
to
polyphony.

all
programmable for each individual voice. Seven­teen types
delay, reverberation, distortion, compression,
equalization,
aided by
under

is

also available.

The

Rhythm Section contains all of the fea-

of

a professional drum machine. 100 pat-

s can be created a

with

the

are

61

percussion sounds, including stan-

drums,

Also

of

professional quality

The

is enough for approximately 16,000

. Each track has its

e the sequencer performance, sophisti-

dynamic voice allocation

make full use of

Finally, digital signal processing

of

the

other

of

the

the

back\it

nd

stored in memory to

100

preset

Latin

percussion, and

is

a full 8-track sequencer, con-

sequencer has a capacity of

and

the

sections.

effects are available, including

and

gate. Ease

use

of

"Soft

LCD, these

Of course, full

go

patterns. Each

special

is

the Sequencer

on

the

own

independent

Other

fea-

step time recording,

is

employed

16 available voices

enhances

These

Buttons."

effects are

of

operation

buttons

Continued on

of

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Yamaha's

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Year.

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Products

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New

Compiled

Tom

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digital

synthesizer.

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respond to

the

menu

currently shown

on

the

LCD screen.

Available

thorized Yamaha DMI retailers,

suggested retail price

by

the

end

of

of

$1895.00.

February

the

V50 has a

at

au-

RX8

This new 16-bit drum machine

a full line of digital

It

Yamaha.

is

ideal for

rhythm

both

is

the

latest

programmers from

live

and

studio per-

in

formance and composition.

The

RX8 goes beyond being a drum machine:
Its sample library includes 5 bass drums, 5
snares, 8 toms, and 5 cymbals; in addition to

this full

unit's

complement

ROM

voices include

of

rhythm

Latin

voices,

the

percussion

instruments, marimba, orchestra, and even two

of

electric bass samples, for a total

An

important new feature
two extra assignable outputs
basic stereo left and right outputs.
ment

can

be assigned to one

43 sounds.

is

the

inclusion

in

addition to

Any

of

these outputs for

of

the

instru-

individual signal processing.

The

RX8 also includes many

of

the

flagship Yamaha RX5 digital

of

the

rhythm

features

pro-

grammer. These powerful capabilities include

the

real time and step writing,
any sound, up
voice, variable

to

two

quantization,
MIDI implementation.
volume and tempo changes

ability to reverse

octaves

of

and

You

can

within

tuning

per

extensive

also program

each

of

the

20 songs.

Programming
crystal display.
patterns
options

for
Yamaha
dump,

and

is

made easy by a backlit liquid

The

and

20 songs;

outboard

MDC32

cassette tape.

internal memory holds 100

there

storage,

memory

are also

including

card,

MIDI

many

the

bulk

WXlliWTll

system.

RXB

digital

programmer.

MIDI

rhythm

wind

The

RX8 will be available by

ary

at

authorized Yamaha DMI retailers for a

of

suggested retail price

$495.00.

the

end

of

Janu-

WXll

The

WX11 MIDI
companion
under
wind
tem

WT11

$1000 suggested retail, provide wood-

and

flute players with a ready-to-use

that

plays almost exactly like its acoustic

counterparts.

As with its big brother,
allows variations
control volume, timbre, and modulation of
sound,

using
Polyphony may be achieved using
hold feature, enabling
note

while playing another.

the

ability to transpose up by

or

down by 1

or

For ease of setup,

ity settings, which
selected.
WT11

the

WXll,

And,

tone

generator

box.

It

is

specifically voiced for use with

and includes 112 preset voices and 96
preprogrammed performances (combinations
voices

and

effects). User memory
32 users voices
WT11
cessor
and

also includes its own digital signal pro-

with

10 effects, including reverb, echo,

distortion.

Now available

the

dealers,

WX11

gested retail price

wind

controller

and its

tone generator, priced at just

the

WX7,

the

WX11

of

lip and wind pressure to

standard

Boehm

fingering.

the

the

player to hold one
The

player also has

1,

2,

or 3 octaves,

WXll's

2 octaves.

the

WX11 has five sensitiv-

can

be easily and quickly

for convenience, the dedicated

is

ready to

and

32 user performances.

at

authorized Yamaha DMI

/WT11

of

$995.00.

go

right out

is

available for

The

system has a sug-

sys-

the

of

the

of

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