INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha Sound Edge—a high quality sound card with on-board musical instrument sounds and digital effects bundled with a number of software applications with the power to turn your IBM PC/AT compatible personal computer into a high fidelity multimedia center.
SPECIAL NOTICES ● The Sound Edge software and this owner’s manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. ● Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. ● Use of the software and this manual is governed by the license agreement which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software packaging.
MAIN FEATURES AWM WAVE TABLE ● Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) tone generation system. Maximum 24-note polyphony permits simultaneous use of many different instrument voices. ● General MIDI (GM) compatibility. Can play standard MIDI file (SMF) format files. ● The SampleEdit, one of the Yamaha applications, lets you play your own recorded WAV digital audio files on a musical scale, and with a sequencer program to give you greater access to the wide world of music.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Notices & Precautions ................................................... I Main Features ........................................................................... II Package Contents & Minimum System Requirements ............ 2 Connections .............................................................................. 4 Sound Edge Setup Sound Edge Setup .................................................... 5 1. Names and Functions ...................................... 5 2.
PACKAGE CONTENTS & MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE CONTENTS The Sound Edge package includes the items listed below, so before beginning, please take a moment to make sure you have everything you need. (If something is missing, please contact your authorized Yamaha dealer.
OTHERS Additional hardware as listed below will permit maximum enjoyment of the Sound Edge. CD-ROM Drive Sound Edge supports three types of ISA CD-ROM interfaces to save an expansion slot: Panasonic, Sony and Mitsumi. JOYSTICK You can connect a joystick to the MIDI/JOYSTICK connector for use with specified applications. (Supports an IBM PC/AT series Dsub-15 pin connector.
CONNECTIONS MAKING CONNECTIONS The following diagram shows how to connect the various devices. CD-ROM Drive Audio Out PC/AT Computer Sound Edge Sound Card Joystick External MIDI synthesizer, etc.
Sound Edge Setup SOUND EDGE SETUP 1. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 6 2 1 4 330 (Default) 1 OFF ON 320 OFF ON 310 OFF ON 300 OFF ON 2 CN2 CN5 CN1 3 J1 CN4 CN6 CN3 5 7 1 OUTPUT jack: Stereo mini plug type jack outputs standard line-level stereo signals. Allows connection to power speakers or the inputs of a recording mixer and other audio devices including headphones. 2 LINE IN jack: Stereo mini plug type jack allows input of line-level stereo signals from external audio devices.
Sound Edge Setup J2 1 J3 6 4 2 1 2 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 3 6 4 2 : Indicates the Jumper is set to short (ON) position. 2 5 3 1 5 3 1 6 4 2 : Indicates the Jumper is set to open (OFF) position.
Sound Edge Setup 2. SOUND CARD INSTALLATION The sound card fits into an expansion slot in your computer. ¢You cannot use more than one sound card. Please remove any other sound card which may already be installed before attempting to install the Sound Edge. 1. Turn off the computer and unplug its AC power cord. ¢Do not attempt to install your sound card while the computer is plugged in. This can cause irreparable damage to the sound card, and may pose a serious shock hazard! 2.
Sound Edge Setup 4. Carefully remove the sound card from the anti-static bag. ¢Before touching the sound card, first touch a metal surface to discharge any static electricity in your body; such static electricity can cause serious damage to your Sound Edge. Also do not touch the inside surfaces of your sound card in order to prevent possible interference with or damage to the circuitry. 5.
Sound Edge Setup 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Installing the Software The four floppy disks included in the Sound Edge package—Install Disk 1, 2, 3, 4—contain both Yamaha and Voyetra application software programs. ¢To ensure proper installation, before installing the software, be sure to exit all applications which may be active (including Windows) and reboot the MS-DOS. ¢If you removed a previous sound card before installing the Sound Edge, be sure to delete its accompanying driver programs.
Sound Edge Setup When Install Disk 1 is verified, the following screen will appear. £If you want to quit the installation process, press the key. 4. Press any key on your computer keyboard. The Installer screen is replaced by the Name screen. 10 Select the drive onto which you want to install the Sound Edge software. £The default setting installs the software to a C drive. If you want to use a different drive, type in the name of the different drive.
Sound Edge Setup 6. Verify the directory name and press the key. The Directory Name screen is replaced by the following screen. 7. Verify the drive and directory name—if correct press ; if incorrect press . Pressing will return you to the beginning of the installation procedure. Pressing will start copying the files for installation. After a few moments, a screen appears asking if you wish to change AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 8. Press on your keyboard. The original AUTOEXEC.
Sound Edge Setup 10. Press either or on your keyboard. For Windows users, press to proceed to Installing for Windows, below. (For DOS users, press to finish the installation.) This completes the software installation for DOS. £If you only wish to use these programs on the DOS, proceed to M16INIT Setup Procedure, page 66. £You can also use the sound card on your DOS program for game applications.
Sound Edge Setup 13. Follow the instructions which appear in the dialog boxes to copy all disks, one after another. When the installation is completed, the Yamaha Sound Edge group and the Voyetra group will be registered in the Program Manager of your Windows system. 14. Finally the following screen will appear. Press to restart your computer. AUTOEXEC.BAT The Sound Edge software program will automatically add the following lines to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. rem -- Sound Edge installer wrote.
Sound Edge Setup ABOUT THE DRIVER AND MIDI MAPPER In order for Windows to work with MIDI, a driver and MIDI mapper are required. The Yamaha Sound Edge software installation procedure automatically places the YAMAHA OPL4 Driver in the Control Panel and the YAMAHA OPL4 MIDI map into the MIDI Mapper. When you click to open the driver in the Windows Main group, you can see three different drivers: OPTi External MIDI Driver, YAMAHA Audio Device Driver and YAMAHA OPL4 Driver.
Sound Edge Setup Setting Up MIDI Mapper MIDI Mapper lets you select either the internal MIDI sound card (OPL4) or an external MIDI device in order to play MIDI data. 1. Double click the [MIDI Mapper] icon in the Control Panel window. The MIDI Mapper window appears. 2. Select [Setups], and click the [ ] button in the dialog box. A list appears. 15 3. Select the proper map according to your setup. Select [YAMAHA OPL4] to play the internal tone generator (OPL4).
Sound Edge Setup About the MIDI Interface for DOS The Sound Edge MIDI Interface lets you use the internal AWM synthesizer to play the sounds of GM compatible DOS games and sequencers. When the Sound Edge software installation is done properly, the following lines will automatically be added to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT: To CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\YAMAHA\OPL4TSR.SYS (Device Driver on the DOS system) To AUTOEXEC.
Sound Edge Application Software SOUND EDGE APPLICATION SOFTWARE Sound Edge application programs can be used with Windows or DOS. Running the Sound Edge with Windows allows you to take full advantage of the complete multimedia capabilities of the software and hardware. Hello... ? EffectGear Applies various effects to the input signal and synthesizer sounds, and acts as a mixer. ;; DSP EffectEdit VoiceMorph Applies interesting effects to the input signal and synthesizer sounds.
Sound Edge Application Software WINDOWS APPLICATIONS The Yamaha Sound Edge has an on-board DSP (effects processor) that can perform various types of effects on AWM wave table sounds, CD-ROM audio playback, and signals input by a microphone. In Windows the Yamaha applications EffectGear, VoiceMorph and EffectEdit are used to control the function of the DSP chip.
Sound Edge Application Software Names and Functions 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 8 1 ABOUT button: Click this button to see information about this version of EffectGear. 2 PULL DOWN MENU button: Click this button to open the list of effect types. You can also open the list of effect types by double clicking on the [Effect] display box. 3 EFFECT display box: The name of the currently selected effect type will appear in the display box. 4 POWER OFF button: Click this button to exit EffectGear.
Sound Edge Application Software Operation 1. To display the effect type list, click the [Pull Down Menu] button or double click on the [Effect] display box. 2. Select an effect type from the list which appears. £There are 32 different types of DSP effects to choose from, including everything from “Hall” and “Room” reverbs to unique “Alien Voice”, “Devil” and others. These provide an interesting extra dimension to karaoke sing-along or for game sounds.
Sound Edge Application Software VoiceMorph VoiceMorph lets you apply unique effects to line-level and microphone signals that completely alter the original sound. You can also apply VoiceMorph effects to AWM wave table or FM instrument sounds when playing back a MIDI song file with the sequencer program. Startup Procedure Double click on the [VoiceMorph] icon and the VoiceMorph application will start. Names and Functions 1 21 2 1 Menu Bar/Pull Down Menus: ■ Source Lets you select the sound source.
Sound Edge Application Software ■ Control Gain/LFO Setup: Lets you open the Control Panel to set up the output (“Gain”) level or the LFO settings. ■ Help Contents: Lets you open the Online Help. About VoiceMorph: Lets you see information about this version of VoiceMorph. 2 Type: There are 16 different types of voice change programs which will appear in the window. Selecting [Thru] will let the original sound signal pass through without applying a VoiceMorph effect. Operation 22 1.
Sound Edge Application Software EffectEdit Compared to EffectGear and VoiceMorph, EffectEdit gives you more control over the internal DSP, since it can be used to edit and reconfigure the DSP. The Sound Edge DSP has four different types of effects programs and provides three different kinds of sound input—from the AWM wave table and the FM tone generator, from the stereo analog input, and from the mono input (through a Microphone), and analog stereo output.
Sound Edge Application Software Startup Procedure Double click on the [EffectEdit] icon and the EffectEdit application will start. Names and Functions The EffectEdit window has a pull down menu and block diagram which is configured with various controllers. Pull Down Menus ■ File 24 New: Lets you open a new DSP block diagram by choosing from Type0~3 to edit the effect program from scratch. Open: Lets you open an existing block diagram file; a dialog box will appear for file selection.
Sound Edge Application Software ■ Memory Lets you determine the signal processing memory allocation for each controller of the DSP in the block diagram, including Mic Echo, Key Control and Surround 1 and 2. Key Control’s DSP memory allocation and Type1’s DSP memory layout allocation are fixed. When you select [Memory] the Memory Layout setup dialog box appears. Move the [Balance] slider right or left to adjust the memory allocation. Assign more memory to Surround to achieve a deeper, longer delay.
Sound Edge Application Software Block Diagram When you start EffectEdit the Type0 window appears. The block diagram let’s you edit effects graphically. In this block diagram, the sound signal is input through the mixer from the left side, passes through the controllers such as Mic Echo and Key Control, then goes through a mixer before being output on the right side. There are four types of effect programs (each represented by a specific block diagram).
Sound Edge Application Software Type1: The Audio/MIDI input goes through Voice Cancel and the MIC IN input goes through the Key Control pitch shifter, then passes through the Surround delay. Since Key Control is connected to MIC IN, you can use it to produce special sound effects like those in VoiceMorph, as well as chorus effects. Type2: 27 The Audio/MIDI input goes through Voice Cancel then through two independent Surround delays.
Sound Edge Application Software Controller and Mixer Setup There are basically six types of controllers and mixers. Click on either a [controller] or [mixer] box to open the setup dialog box. Effect Program Overview (Type0) ? VOICE CANCEL KEY CONTROL SURROUND TU N PI INPUT MIXER MIC ECHO 28 OUTPUT MIXER INPUT MIXER To select the input signal and control the input levels of selected input signals.
Sound Edge Application Software Mixers There are three types of mixers: one for input, one for output, and one for remix. ■ Input Mixer The Input Mixer is located on the left side of the dialog box. The input channels are configured by MIDI L/R, Audio L/R, Audio L as mono and Mic inputs. Each has two lines. Click on the desired [Input Mixer] to display the Input Mixer setup dialog box. 4 1 2 3 1 Sign: Lets you control the “phase”, where [+] represents positive phase and [-] represents negative phase.
Sound Edge Application Software ■ Output Mixer The Output Mixer is located on the right side of the block diagram. The analog L/R output signal will be output from two separate mixers. Click the [Output Mixer] box to open the Output Mixer setup dialog box. 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 Sign/Level/Value: Same as for the Input Mixer; however, in this case for signal output. 2 Thru: To adjust the output level of the original (“dry”) sound. 3 Surround: To adjust the output level of the delayed (“wet”) sound.
Sound Edge Application Software Mic Echo Mic Echo is available in Type0. You can use Mic Echo to delay the input signal or filter the input signal to modify frequency characteristics. Click the [Mic Echo] box to open the Mic Echo setup dialog box. 1 2 1 -1 2 -2 1 IIR Filter (Infinite Impulse Response Filter) The IIR filter is a cyclic type filter that eliminates a certain frequency range from the original sound signal.
Sound Edge Application Software 2 Delay Design Box Delay is like a simultaneous echo effect. You can set the time, volume, and number of delays. Sign + Volume Sign− Time On the right side in the Delay Design box you can set the delay by clicking and dragging the [red point] up and down to determine the time and volume of delay feedback.
Sound Edge Application Software Surround With Surround you can apply precise delay effects to the input signal. Click the [Surround] box and the Surround setup dialog box appears. 3 1 3 2 1 Input: Same as Sign/Level/Value in the Input Mixer, above; however, in this case it adjusts the signal level input to the Surround. 2 IIR Filter: See Mic Echo, above, for information about the IIR Filter. 33 3 Delay Design Box: Delay is like a simultaneous echo effect.
Sound Edge Application Software Operation This section describes basic operations and provides a tutorial showing how to create an effect program. We’ll make an effect by using a microphone input sound split into two voices, one an octave higher (right channel) and one an octave lower (left channel) than the other, and adding an echo type effect to them. This effect is similar to some effects in VoiceMorph. First connect a microphone to the MIC jack of the Sound Edge sound card. 1.
Sound Edge Application Software 3. Click and drag the [Mic input level] fader upward and set it to a value of about 80. Double click the [Control Menu] box in the upper left corner to close the Mixer box. 4. Click the 5th (from the top) Input Mixer box to open the Input Mixer setup dialog box, then click and drag the [Mic input level] fader also up to 80. Double click the [Control Menu] box in the upper left corner to close the Mixer box. 5. Click the [Key Control] box.
Sound Edge Application Software Apply Echo Now let’s apply an echo effect. You’ll need to increase the Surround output level on the right Output Mixer to audition the amount of echo while modifying the setting. 9. Click the [Output Mixer] box to open the Output Mixer setup dialog box, then click and drag the [Surround] fader to increase the Surround output level to maximum position. There are two Output Mixers. Set both to the same value.
Sound Edge Application Software 13. Drag the [black point] to the right as shown in the illustration on the previous page. When you move the black point to a new location in the upper (R), the time location of the black point in the lower (L) will adjust accordingly. There are seven black points in total. Double click the [Control Menu] box in the upper left corner to close the Surround setup dialog box. Saving the Effect Program After modifying setups you will need to save the effect program (.KPE).
Sound Edge Application Software SampleEdit You can use SampleEdit to read wave files, edit the waveforms, and play them as melodies. You can use the SampleEdit downloading feature to use wave data files recorded by other application software (such as WinDAT, or MIDI Orchestrator Plus that are included with Sound Edge) as tone generators for sequencers (such as the MIDI Orchestrator Plus) in the same way as the Sound Edge synthesizer (AWM/ FM). The following diagram shows the organization of SampleEdit.
Sound Edge Application Software Files Usable with SampleEdit You can use three types of files with SampleEdit: .WAV, .OPL, and .OMP. Of these three, .WAV and .OPL files can be read for waveform editing. After waveform editing, the files are saved as .OPL files. The .OMP files are created by assigning .OPL files in the Mapping window as a list. Creating these .OMP files enables you to use various wave data as instrument sounds.