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YAMAHA
DIGITAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM SYNTHESIZER
OWNER’S MANUAL
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SUPPLEMENTAL MARKING INFORMATION Yamaha Digital Musical Instrument Products will have either a label similar to the graphic shown below or a molded/stamped facsimile of the graphic on its enclosure. The explanation of these graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions indicated. The Exclamation point within an equila- teral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the pro-
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Welcome Welcome to the DX7s, the newest member of the growing family of FM digital synthesizers from Yamaha. Using the industry-standard DX7 as its starting point, the DX7s offers a number of important new features, such as improved sound quality, additional FM features, new performance options, and improved controls. Since there is so much material available on the DX7 family of synthesizers (and on the theory of FM digital synthesis), this manual will not be an FM tutorial. Instead, it has bee
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The DX7s has been designed for years of trouhle-free use. In order to ensure that it Tips remains a healthy member of your family of musical instruments, please keep the following tips in mind: Installation: When setting up the DX7s in your home or studio, avoid exposure to direct sunlight or other sources of heat. Environments with excessive dust, cold, dampness, or vibration can also damage your instrument. Even though the DX7s is electronic, you should treat it with the same kind of care you
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AC Power & Down Time: Whenever the DX7s will not be used for an extended period of time, it is best to protect it from potential disaster. Electrical storms and other natural or man-made disasters can give rise to power surges, which may damage the digital circuitry of your DX7s — even if the power is turned off. Either unplug your instrument when not in use, or invest in power strips with surge protectors to safeguard all of your electronic equipment. Service & Your Warranty: The DX7s contains
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1 Section 1: Playing the DX7s Contents 3 Getting Started 6 Setting the ROM Cartridge Banks 8 Exploring the DX7s Performance Library 12 Exploring the DX7s Voice Library 16 The Play Modes 17 Using Controllers with the DX7s 19 Section 2: Creating and Storing New Sounds 21 Creating New Sounds 26 Saving New Sounds 29 Section 3: Using the New Performance Features Performance Edit Buttons 31 33 Basic Performance Parameters 36 Performance Controllers 38 Micro Tuning 41 Section 4: Using the New Voice Fea
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Playing the DX7s -1-
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3 3 Making Audio Connections Contents 4 Turning on the DX7s 5 Setting the Volume Slider 6 Setting the ROM Cartridge Banks 6 Inserting the ROM Cartridge 7 Selecting the ROM Banks 8 Exploring the DX7s Performance Library 8 Selecting the Internal Performance Memories The Internal Performance Memories 9 Selecting the Cartridge Performance Memories 10 The Cartridge Performance Memories 11 12 Exploring the DX7s Voice Library Selecting the Internal Voice Memories 12 13 The Internal Voice Memories S
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You can begin to enjoy your DX7s immediately, without poring through a lot of Getting complicated electronic theory. All you have to do is take the instrument out of the box and Started proceed as follows: Making Audio Connections There are three different ways to connect the DX7s to sound reinforcement equipment. The one you choose will depend on your situation: 1. If you DX's output to the amp’s input (using a standard ¼” cable). Connecting the DX7s to a single input amplifier. 2. If you are
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Turning on the DX7s After you have made the audio connection of your choice, turn the DX7s on by pressing the power switch located on the right side of the back panel. This is the first display you will see on the main panel: The DX’s “welcome” display. After a few seconds, this display will be replaced by the last Play Mode display selected before the DX7s was turned off: The DX’s next initial display. The LED’s will now display the voice or The LCD will now show the voice or performance number
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Setting the Volume Slider Since the volumes of the various voices differ, start with a setting in the middle of the slider’s range; adjust later to suit your taste, depending on the voice or voices being played. Volume Slider -5-
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Setting the The ROM Cartridge supplied with your DX7s actually contains several sets of data — called “banks.” These banks can be selected from the front panel. In order to hear all of ROM Cartridge the Voice and Performance data, you will need to set the Voice/Performance bank to 2. Also, certain voices in the DX7s are created using the new fractional scaling feature. Banks These scalings are stored in bank 3 of the ROM cartridge, so the Fractional Scaling Bank will need to be set to bank 3. Lo
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Selecting the ROM Banks This is the Set Bank LCD display with Bank 2 of the ROM cartridge selected for Voice & Performance data. This is the Set Bank LCD display with Bank 3 of the ROM cartridge selected for Fractional Scaling data. -7-
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Exploring The Performance Mode is a completely new feature for the DX7s. It allows a number of useful performance-oriented features to be stored and recalled instantly. These features the DX7s will be explained in detail in Sections 2 and 3 of this manual. For now, though, just follow the steps below, and explore the richness of the Performance Mode by playing through all Performance of the new sounds available in the Internal and ROM Cartridge memories. Library Selecting the Internal Performanc
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The Internal Performance Memories Performance These are the Voice Voice Name Name No. Performance Memories 1 SolidStrg INT 12 HallOrch loaded into the DX7s when it is 2 Strings INT 13 NewOrchest shipped from the factory. 3 GrandOrch INT 15 LiveStrg Since these memories 4 Cello INT 16 BowedBass can be adjusted, 19 Violins 5 LittleStrg INT your DX’s Internal Memory 6 ReverbBras INT 3 ReverbBras 7 BrightBras INT 8 SilvaTrmpt may contain different data. 10 FrenchHorn 8 MildBrass INT If so, reload
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Selecting the Cartridge Performance Memories The LCD display will show the number and name of the selected Performance memory. -10-
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The Cartridge Performance Memories Voice Performance Voice Bank 4 of the supplied Name Name No. ROM cartridge contains the 1 SuperBass CRT 1 SuperBass Voice & Performance Memory CRT 2 StringBass 2 WoodBass loaded into the DXs Internal CRT 3 SkweekBass 3 TackBass Memory when it is shipped 4 FazzBass CRT 6 OwlBass from the factory. CRT 9 GuitarBox 5 PickGuitar 6 FolkGuitar CRT 10 PickGuitar Bank 2 contains an entirely 7 ClipGuitar CRT 13 YesBunk different set of Voice & 8
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Exploring The voices in the DX7s were created using techniques like those used on the original DX7. There are a number of new features available in Voice Mode (most of them the DX7s extensions of the Function Mode in the original DX7). All of these features will he discussed in detail in Sections 2 and 4 of this manual. For now, though, just follow the Voice steps below: and play through all of the voices available in the Internal and ROM Library Cartridge memories. Selecting the Internal Voice
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The Internal Voice Memories 1 MellowHorn 33 Piano 1 These are the Voice Memories 2 SilvaBrass 34 Piano 2 loaded into the DX7s when it is 3 ReverbBras 35 KnockRoad 4 Tuba 36 RubbaRoad shipped from the factory. 37 HardRoads 5 Trombone Since these memories 6 HardTrumps 38 FullTines can be adjusted, 39 ClaviStuff 7 Trumpet A your DX’s Internal Memory 40 Clavi 8 SilvaTrmpt may contain different data. 41 Clavecin 9 BC Trumpet 42 ClaviPluck 10 FrenchHorn If so, reload t
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Selecting the Cartridge Voice Memories As explained on page 6, the DX7s ROM cartridge contains several banks. To hear the cartridge voices, make sure that the Voice/Performance bank is set to bank 2 of the ROM cartridge (see page 7 for instructions on how to change the cartridge banks). The LCD display will show the number and name of the selected Voice memory. -14-
