Yamaha Audio S30 Voice Editor, S80 Voice Editor, CS6x Voice Editor, CS6R Voice Editor User Manual

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OMS Settings (Macintosh) ................................27

An Example of Voice Editor in Use ..................29

Troubleshooting ........................................30

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This owner’s manual is applicable to both the CS6x/CS6R Voice Editor and the S80/S30 Voice Editor (for both Windows and Macintosh). The screen illustrations are mainly taken from the CS6x/CS6R Voice Editor for Windows, although and differences between versions are explained.

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 CS6x/CS6R Voice Editor and S80/S30 Voice Editor (hereafter referred to as Voice Editor), you can edit your CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer’s voices and effects via your computer. Its graphical user interface provides for easy editing by presenting each synthesizer parameter on screen as a knob, slider, switch, and so on, which can be manipulated using your computer’s mouse or keyboard. Finally, all the changes you have made to your voices can be saved to your computer. If you have saved your edits to a Memory Card (SmartMedia) in the computer, you can insert the memory card into your CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer and its contents can be read directly.

n Voice Editor for Windows is a plug-in for XGworks(lite). To use Voice Editor for Windows, XGworks(lite)

must be installed beforehand.

Library Window Save the Library file

V oice

Import a voice

Edit Window

Element dialog

Set the effects parameters

Library file

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Starting Up

Windows 95/98

If you have a CS6x or CS6R, you can start Voice Editor by starting XGworks and choosing “CS6x/CS6R VoiceEditor” from the “Plug-in” menu. If you have an S80 or S30, choose “S80/S30 VoiceEditor” instead.

Macintosh

n If you are using Voice Editor on a Macintosh computer, open the “Chooser” from the Apple menu and

turn off “Apple Talk.”

If you have a CS6x or CS6R, open the “CS6x/CS6R Voice Editor” folder in the “YAMAHA Voice Editor” folder and double-click the “CS6x/CS6R Voice Editor” icon. If you have an S80 or S30, open the “S80/S30 Voice Editor” folder in the “YAMAHA Voice Editor” folder and double-click the “S80/S30 Voice Editor” 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.

n To use Voice Editor for Windows, refer to the documentation that came with XGworks(lite).

File

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor New (New)

Creates and opens a new Library file.

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Open Library (Open)

This is the same as the “Open” button in the Toolbar

(Page 8).

Windows Macintosh

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Save Library (Save)

This is the same as the “Save” button in the Toolbar

(Page 9).

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor 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

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.

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Edit (Edit)

This is the same as the “Edit Window” button in the toolbar

(Page 12).

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Library (Library)

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

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Store (Store)

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

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Import (Import)

This is the same as the “Import” button in the toolbar

(Page 13).

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Compare (Compare)

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

Windows Macintosh

Setup (Windows) / MIDI (Macintosh)

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Setup (Editor Setup)

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

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Transmit Bulk (Transmit)

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

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Receive Bulk (Receive)

This is the same as the “Receive Bulk” button in the toolbar

(Page 12).

CS6x/CS6R(S80/S30)Voice Editor Monitor (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 28) 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.

Windows Macintosh

The Library Window

When you start Voice Editor, you will first see the Library Window consisting of tabs, each representing a Memory in your CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer. Each tab lists all the names, numbers and categories of voices in the selected Memory. When you choose to edit a voice from the Library Window by double-clicking it, the Edit Window for that voice will be opened.

n You can save your settings as a Library file (*.S2V).

1 Toolbar

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

2 Tabs

Click any of these to view the voice list for that Memory.

3 Voice list

This area shows all the voices in the selected Memory 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.

n To select a continuous block of voices, click the number of the first voice, hold down the [Shift] key,

then click the last number.

n Voice names can consist of up to 10 characters.

Viewing Just the Voice Names (Windows)

You can view just the names of all voices in the Memory 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.

n To switch back to the full Voice Name/Number/Category list, right-click on any part of the voice list

and choose “Details.”

The Toolbar

1 “Open” button

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

“Open File” Dialog

n If 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 [Cancel] button ..........................Click this to cancel the operation.

5 “File name:”................................Shows the name of the files selected from the List.

“Files of type:” ............................Click this and choose the file type.

12 345678

2 “Save” button

Click this to save the existing Library file with your new settings. If you are working on a new file, this button will open the “Save As” dialog, where you can name and save your settings as a new Library file (*.S2V).

“Save As…” Dialog

n Library file names can consist of up to 8 characters plus a 3-character extension.

n If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh “Save As” dialog will appear.

1 “Save in:”....................................Click this and choose the folder in which to save the Library file.

2 List box ......................................Shows the contents of the folder you wish to save to.

3 [Save] button ..............................Click this to save the Library file with the name specified in the “File

name:” .

4 “File name:”................................Specify the name of the Library file to be saved here.

5 “Files of type:”............................Click this and choose the file type.

3 “Editor Setup” button

Click this to open the “Editor Setup” dialog and specify the MIDI Out port settings.

“Editor Setup” Dialog

This is where you set up the Voice Editor to allow the transmission of voice data to your CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer. Click the [OK] button to apply the settings and quit the dialog. Click the [Cancel] button to quit without applying the settings.

1 “MIDI Out Port:” ..........................Click this and choose the MIDI Out port. You can use the Voice Editor to

control and edit the device connected to this port. Select the port which has been assigned to your CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer within XGworks(lite).

n If you are using a Macintosh, the MIDI Out Port setting is assigned in the OMS Port Setup. For

further details, see section “OMS Settings.”

(Page 27)

“MIDI Ch:” ..................................Click this and choose the MIDI Out channel. This is used when

monitoring sounds using the on-screen keyboard in the Edit Windows.

n Slider and knob values are sent by MIDI System Exclusive, independently of the MIDI Out channel.

3 “Device No.:” ..............................Click this and choose the MIDI device number of your

CS6x/CS6R/S80/S30 synthesizer.

“Dump Interval:”..........................Click this and choose the interval between successive MIDI dumps.

n If you set too short an interval, you may encounter errors when transmitting MIDI data.

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Contents

Introduction

Starting Up

Menu Bar

The Library Window

The Toolbar

“Open File” Dialog

“Save As…” Dialog

“Editor Setup” Dialog