Yamaha voice editor for S08 User Manual

Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Starting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Library Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Normal Voice Edit Window . . . . . . . . 15

Drum Voice Edit Window . . . . . . . . . 21

OMS Settings (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . 23

An Example of Voice Editor in Use . . 25

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Windows/Macintosh operation. If you are not, please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows/Mac OS software before using Voice Editor.

For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of the Voice Editor software, refer to the separate “Installation Guide” as well as the Owner’s Manual for the respective MIDI device.

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Introduction

With the convenient Voice Editor, you can use a computer to edit your synthesizer's voices and effects. The graphical user interface makes editing easy and intuitive - letting you use your computer keyboard and mouse to control and change the various parameters from the onscreen sliders, switches, buttons, and so on. What's more, all changes you make to the voices can be saved to your computer.

nVoice Editor for Windows is a plug-in software. To use it, you'll need to install an appropriate compatible host application (sequencer, etc.).

Library Window

Save the Library file

Library file

Voice					Import a voice
Edit Window

Set the effects parameters

Element dialog

Transmit / Receive bulk data

Your synthesizer(S08)

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Starting Up

After installing the Voice Editor and making the required connections, follow the instructions below to start the Voice Editor.

Windows

Start Voice Editor by starting the host application (refer to the Installation Guide) and choosing “Voice Editor for S08” from the “Plug-in” menu.

nThis is an example of the included sequence software. The operation described here differs depending on your host application.

n In order to use the Voice Editor, you’ll need to install the USB MIDI driver (page 10).

Macintosh

nIf you are using Voice Editor on a Macintosh computer, open the “Chooser” from the Apple menu and turn off “Apple Talk.”

Open the “Voice Editor for S08” folder in the “YAMAHA Tools” folder and double-click the “VoiceEditorforS08” icon.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar holds various editing and setup functions/commands in its menus. Click each of the menu names to open their pull-down menu, and choose the function/command you wish to apply. Those functions/commands which are unavailable are grayed out.

nThe most commonly-used menus in the Menu Bar are available as buttons in Voice Editor’s toolbar.

File

Windows

Macintosh

New

Creates and opens a new Library file.

Open Library... (Open)

This is the same as the “Open” button in the Toolbar (page 8).

Save Library (Save)

This is the same as the “Save” button in the Toolbar (page 9).

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Save Library As... (Save As)

Lets you save the Library file under a new or different name.

Close (Macintosh only)

Close the window. This is the same as the “Close” box in the Title Bar.

Edit

Windows

Macintosh

Copy

Copies the selected voice to the clipboard. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out.

Paste

Copies the voice from the clipboard to Voice Editor.

Edit

This is the same as the “Edit Window” button in the toolbar (page 12).

Library

This is the same as the “Library Window” button in the toolbar (page 14).

Store...

This is the same as the “Store” button in the toolbar (page 14).

Import...

This is the same as the “Import” button in the toolbar (page 13).

Compare

This is the same as the “Compare” button in the toolbar (page 15).

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Setup (Windows) / MIDI (Macintosh)

Windows

Macintosh

Setup (Editor Setup)

This is the same as the “Editor Setup” button in the toolbar (page 10).

Transmit Bulk... (Transmit)

This is the same as the “Transmit” button in the toolbar (page 11).

Receive Bulk... (Receive)

This is the same as the “Receive” button in the toolbar (page 12).

Monitor

This is the same as the “Monitor” button in the toolbar (page 12).

OMS Port Setup (Macintosh only)

Opens the OMS Port Setup window for Voice Editor. Refer to the section “OMS Port Setup” (page 24) for further details.

OMS MIDI Setup (Macintosh only)

Opens the OMS MIDI Setup window. Refer to the documentation that came with OMS for further details.

OMS Studio Setup (Macintosh only)

Opens the OMS Studio Setup window. Refer to the documentation that came with OMS for further details.

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The Library Window

When you start Voice Editor, you will first see the Library Window consisting of the “Normal” and “Drums” tabs, each representing the voice type. Each tab lists all the names, numbers and categories of voices in the selected voice type group. When you choose to edit a voice from the Library Window by double-clicking it, the Edit Window for that voice will be opened.

nYou can save your settings as a Library file (*.S6V).

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1Toolbar

This area holds the buttons controlling Voice Editor (page 8).

2Tabs

Click one of these to view the voice list for that group.

3Voice list

This area shows all the voices in the selected group as a scrollable list. The name, number and Category of each voice are shown. You can rearrange the voices by dragging-and-dropping their voice numbers to a new location. You can rename a voice in Windows by selecting the voice name, then clicking on it again to enter a new name. On the Macintosh, you click on the voice name while holding down [Control], choose “Edit Voice Name” from the pull-down menu and enter the new name in the dialog.

nTo select a continuous block of voices, click the number of the first voice, hold down the [Shift] key, then click the last number.

nVoice names can consist of up to 8 characters.

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Viewing Just the Voice Names (Windows)

You can view just the names of all voices in the group without their “Number” and “Category” information. To do this, right-click on any part of the voice list and choose “List.” This may be useful when choosing voices quickly, since you will have less scrolling to do.

nTo switch back to the full Voice Name/Number/Category list, right-click on any part of the voice list and choose “Details.”

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The Toolbar

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1“Open” button

Click this to open the “Open File” dialog and select a Library file to open.

“Open Dialog

Select the desired Library file (extension: .S6V) and click [Open]. The contents of the selected file are indicated in the Library Window.

nYou can also load S03 Library files (with extension: .S3V).

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nIf you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh “Open” dialog will appear.

1	“Look in:” .................	Click this and choose the folder containing the Voice Editor files.
2 List box .....................		Shows the contents of the current folder.
3	[Open] button ...........	Click this to open the file selected from the List.
4	“Files of type:” .........	Click this and choose the file type.
5	“File name:” ...........	Shows the name of the files selected from the List.
6	[Cancel] button.........	Click this to cancel the operation.

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