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

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.

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.

n Voice 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

Voice

Import a voice

Edit Window

Element dialog

Set the effects parameters

Library file

Transmit / Receive bulk data

STANDBY

OUTPUT

MIDI

FOOT

L/MONO

PHONES

PITC

ODULATION

3.3V

IN OUT THRU

R DC IN ON

USB

CONTROLLER

SWITCH

CARD

VOLU

PART/

ELEMENT

COMMON

OSC/MIX

VOICE

PITCH

MIX

MIDI CHANNEL

UTILITY

GENERAL

FILTER

MIDI FILTER

CARD

TONE

AMP

SEQ SETUP

MIDI SETUP

CONTROLLER

LFO

CONTROLLER

EFFECT

Your synthesizer(S08)

CATEGORY

DRUM

MUSIC SYNTHESIZER

GUITARORGANPIANO

PART/ELEMENT/KEY

CONTROLLER

MODE

CARDUTILITYEDIT

PRESET

MULTISEQ PLAY

+–

MUTE

VOICE

COMMON

DRUM/PERC

BASSSTRINGS BRASS

DEMO

CTRL ASSIGN

SAVE

KEYBOARD

LOAD

DATA

RENAME

VELOCITY

UTILITYCONTROLLERCARD

USER

INC/YESDEC/NO

CTRL SETUP

DELETE

FORMAT

REED/PIPE

SYN LEAD

SYN PAD

IMPORT

–

GM2/XG

EXITENTER

JOB

STORE

EDIT

COMPARE

SYN COMP

OTHER

CHROMATIC

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

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.

n This 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

n If 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.

n The 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).

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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