User Manual
Table Of Contents
- PRECAUTIONS
- Introduction
- Accessories
- About the Manuals
- Main Features
- Contents
- Controls and Functions
- Setting Up
- Basic Operation and Displays
- Quick Guide
- Playing the Voices
- Changing the tonal qualities of the Voice with the controllers
- Using the Arpeggio function
- Keyboard Octave/ Transpose settings
- Storing the edited settings
- Playing the Performances
- Playing back Rhythm Patterns
- Playing the keyboard along with Songs
- Creating an original Performance
- Changing Voices smoothly while performing
- Making Global System Settings (Utility settings)
- Saving/loading files on USB flash memory (File settings)
- Connecting an external MIDI instrument
- Appendix
MX49 MX61 MX88 Owner’s Manual
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About the Manuals
This instrument has the following documents and instructional materials.
Included Documents
Owner’s Manual (this book)
Describes how to set up your instrument and how to perform basic operations. This is the document you should
read first when you start playing and using the instrument.
Online Materials (PDF)
Reference Manual
Describes the internal design of your instrument, how to use a connected computer, and all parameters that can
be adjusted and set. The manual includes the following contents.
Synthesizer Parameter Manual
This general, cross-product document explains parameters, effect types, effect parameters, and MIDI messages
that are used for all synthesizers. Read the Owner’s Manual and Reference Manual first and then use this
parameter manual if necessary to learn more about parameters and terms that relate to Yamaha synthesizers in
general.
Data List
Provides lists such as the Voice List, Performance List, Arpeggio Type List, Effect Type List, as well as reference
materials such as the MIDI Data table and MIDI Implementation Chart.
Basic Structure
• Structure of the MX49, MX61, or MX88
• Controller block
• Tone Generator block
• Effect block
• Arpeggio block
• Song/ Pattern playing block
• Internal memory
• MIDI/Audio signal flow
Using a Connected Computer
• Connecting to a computer
• Creating a Song with a computer
Using iOS Applications
Reference
• Performance
• Song/Pattern settings
•File
• Utility
• Remote mode
How to use the PDF manuals
The Reference Manual, the Synthesizer Parameter Manual, and the Data List are provided as data documents in
PDF format. The PDF manuals listed above can be obtained from the Yamaha Downloads web page. To do so, go to
the web page using the following URL, enter “MX49,” “MX61,” or “MX88” into the “Model Name” field, and then click
“Search.”
Yamaha Downloads:
http://download.yamaha.com/
These PDF files can be viewed and read on a computer. When using Adobe
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search for specific words, print a specific page or link to open a desired section in the manual. The term search and
link functions are especially convenient methods of navigating through a PDF file, and we recommend that you use
them. The latest version of Adobe Reader can be downloaded from the following URL.
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/