Version 2 System Upgrade Information Guide Information zur Systemerweiterung (Ver.2) Information sur extension du système (Ver.
WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 2 Welcome to Version 2—a powerful system upgrade package for the Yamaha W5/W7 Music Synthesizer that adds an exciting new dimension to one of the most versatile all-in-one music production workstations ever made.
CONTENTS New Features Overview........................................................................2 About the Accompanying Floppy Disks ................................................6 ENGLISH NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 2 .............................................8 1 PRESET VOICE BANKS ...................................................................8 ❑ Voice Category Search..................................................................................
New Features Overview : New features shaded in gray Numbers below indicate Owner's Manual pages ( *: Version 2 System Upgrade Information) SONG For song recording, editing & playback...........
Sequence Track For specific event editing of recorded song data EDIT Edit the sequence track Input parameter change data F1 Insert Change Graphic Insert sequence track event data Change sequence track event data Display note event data graphically Move cursor to next note event Input measure number by numeric keypad F4 F5 F6 Tempo Track F4 F5 SONG JOB Job 1 JOB + + + + + + + F1 + + + + + + F1 F7 SHIFT + + Quantize SHIFT + F1 Move Clock Modify Gate Time Modify Velocity Transpose Shift
VOICE For selecting & playing voice....................... VOICE Transpose F1 , Category Search Voice Directory Quick Voice Bank Select F5 F2 F8 SHIFT SHIFT + + F1 ~ F8 SONG 106 Select voice by last-digit within a group of ten (Quick PC) Transpose octave (in Keyboard Normal Mode) Keyboard mode display (Quick Split/Layer, Dynamic Split) Select the next voice program number in the same Voice Category View list of voices.
GM Voice Bank 128 Normal Voices + 8 Drum Voices Internal Voice Bank 128 Normal Voices + 2 Drum Voices External Voice Bank (Optional Expansion Wave/Voice Board) VOICE BANK Preset Voice Banks P1 : 128 Normal Voices P2 : 128 Normal Voices P3 : 128 Normal Voices PD: 4 Drum Voices Song Voice Bank 1set/song *8 *8 Pitch Group Effect Group F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F4 F6 F7 F8 Controller Group Sustain/Exp.
About the Accompanying Floppy Disks The demonstration floppy disk “W5/W7 FACTORY SET & DEMONSTRATION” comes bundled with Version 1 and the “W5/W7 Version 2 DEMONSTRATION” disk is additionally bundled with Version 2. Each disk contains factory-programmed song and other data which especially highlight the exceptional capabilities of the W5/W7. (For information about loading files from a disk, see the Owner’s Manual, pages 52 and 136.) The contents of each demonstration disk are listed and described below.
W5/W7 Version 2 DEMONSTRATION There are three types of files on the disk, as follows: All Data type file AUTOPLAY.A1S 1 Song+Voice type file VOICE_EDIT.A1S 1 Song+Voice type file NOTE When loading an All Data type file, the settings in Utility mode will also be replaced. Therefore, be sure to save any important All Data type settings to floppy disk before loading an All Data type file. ENGLISH W_DEMO2.A1A W_DEMO.
NEW FEATURES INVERSION 2 1 ENGLISH PRESET VOICE BANKS Version 2 includes two additional Preset voice banks, making a total of three Preset voice banks, or 384 Preset normal voices in ROM. Preset voice bank 2 contains the same voices as the Internal voice bank (RAM). Preset voice bank 3 includes 128 new voices, including many techno and dance music oriented voices, and several unique voices which can yield various characteristics as you play, controlled by the modulation wheel.
Version 2’s Preset 3 voice bank features an assortment of modern music sounds including techno, dance music and other voices—which add a completely new dimension to the W5/W7’s sonic possibilities. Below are descriptions of a few of the more intriguing voices which rely on the CS and Modulation Wheel to achieve maximum flexibility and impact: P3-03:Blue Lead This is a classic high-resonance analog synth type lead voice.
❑ Quick Voice Bank Select ❑ Quick Program Change Version 2 provides a convenient shortcut for selecting voice banks within Voice Mode or from the Voice Directory in Song Multi Play Mode. Version 2 has a new Quick Program Change feature in Voice Mode. When Quick Program Change is activated, you can quickly select program numbers within a group of ten with the same first digit using buttons 0~9 on the numeric keypad—each of which corresponds to the last digit of the program number of each voice.
2 CUE PLAY ENGLISH Version 2 features Cue Play in Song Sequence Play Mode (see the Owner’s Manual, page 80), which lets you compile a list of 16 songs or sequence phrases and trigger-start them from any measure simply by pressing Track buttons. With Cue Play you can set fire to the dance floor by triggering the right groove at just the right time—jumping from one to another in realtime as the mood of the party dictates.
To have a Cue song play only while you hold down a Track button: Press [F7] (Cnt) once or more so that “Cnt” is not highlighted in black. Pressing a Track button will start the Cue song from the specified measure start point, but the song will stop if you let go of the button. This allows you to trigger orchestra hits and other key song phrases at will. ENGLISH A “Memorize” feature provides a convenient shortcut for assigning a measure number to a Track button while the song is playing back.
3 MULTITRACK LOOP RECORDING ENGLISH Version 2 features Multitrack Loop Recording, which provides more flexible song sequencing options. The Multitrack Loop Recording feature lets you specify a series of measures which will loop repeatedly as you overdub additional parts. You can jump from track to track to add new parts without stopping the sequencer. Multitrack Loop Recording is accessible from Punch-in Record Mode (see the Owner’s Manual, page 88). To use Multitrack Loop Recording: 1.
4 REMIX Version 2 includes a Remix feature which lets you create an alternate “dub” mix which includes track solo, mute and other button on/off switchings as the song plays. ENGLISH Every time you press the Song, Voice, Select, Solo or any of the 16 Track buttons, the W5/W7 generates a corresponding MIDI system exclusive parameter change (“Switch Remote”) message.
❑ Track Mute To enter Mute Mode: As explained above, Solo Mode lets you toggle back and forth between solo and mute status when you press a Track button, and the W5/W7 will remember the current solo/mute status when entering and exiting Solo Mode. Hold [SOLO] and press [SELECT]. The Track buttons of tracks which contain data will be lit in red, which means they are all in solo status, and therefore any Track button you press will mute that track (indicated by a green light in the Track button).
• Type 00~27, ** • Swing There are 27 different Playback Effect types. Playback Effect types 01~27 are those programmed at the factory, whose parameters you can still adjust at will. If you want to design your own Playback Effect parameters from scratch, simply select Playback Effect type “00” (no Playback Effect applied) and begin adjusting parameters. Note that when you adjust parameters in any Playback Effect type, these will be stored in a Playback Effect user memory under the type heading “ ** ”.
❑ Playback Effect Template Type List DESCRIPTION DEPTH PARAMETER 00 [ 01 [Just 02 [Just 03 [Just 04 [Just 05 [Just 06 [Just 07 [Just 08 [Shufle 09 [Shufle 10 [Shufle 11 [Shufle 12 [Loose ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] Off. No Playback Effect applied. Aligns to the nearest 16th-note. Aligns to the nearest 8th-note. Aligns to the nearest quarter-note. Aligns to the nearest 16th-note-triplet. Aligns to the nearest 8th-note-triplet. Aligns to the nearest 16th-note + 16th-note-triplet.
❑ Normalize Playback Effect (Song Job 1) Although the Playback Effects apply to the song playback only, and do not affect the original song data, Version 2’s Normalize Playback Effect feature lets you apply the designated Playback Effects permanently to the current song. The Normalize Playback Effect feature is located in Song Job 1 (see the Owner’s Manual, page 95).
6 QUICK SPLIT/LAYER AND DYNAMIC SPLIT ❑ QUICK SPLIT/LAYER ENGLISH Version 2 features Quick Split and Quick Layer functions which make it easy to split the keyboard or layer two voices. When the W5/W7 is in Voice Mode or in Song Play Mode with the Keyboard Setup screen visible (see the Owner’s Manual, page 83), you can easily activate Quick Split or Quick Layer. ❑ DYNAMIC SPLIT Version 2’s Dynamic Split feature frees you from the limitations of a fixed split point.
• off • 1stL (1st Lower) When set to “off”, the Dynamic Split is not active, and the split point is fixed as determined by the Point setting. When set to “1stL”, the key just above the first note played will be the lower voice. • upr (Upper) When set to “upr”, the first notes you play will be the upper voice, and the highest note will designate the new split point according to the specified Interval setting (see below).
7 OTHER FEATURES IN Version 2 Version 2 incorporates a variety of other features which streamline the W5/W7’s operation as well as greatly expand your playing options. Measure Display Version 2 always displays the current measure number of the selected song at the top of the mixer screen, to the left of the available memory gauge, in Song Play Mode (excluding Song Setup). Thus, you can always see the current measure location during mixdown, rather than having to first display the Song Sequence Play screen.
❑ System Effect ❑ Song Record Mode Tempo Delay Variable Count-in In Version 2 the tempo of the song can be used to automatically determine the delay time in System Effect 3. Version 2 lets you determine the number of measures for count-in before realtime (Overdub or Replace) recording begins. (For details about Song Record Mode, see the Owner’s Manual, page 86).
❑ Song Play/Voice Mode Transpose Just as in Keyboard Normal Mode (Song Setup screen) and Voice Mode, you can transpose the pitch between –3 and +3 octaves from within Step Record Mode (see the Owner’s Manual, page 90)—by holding [SHIFT] and pressing [F1] (octave down) or [F2] (octave up). F1 Recall that when you switch into Voice Mode, the settings for the selected voice are reset to the factory settings, and the designated Insertion Effect will also be applied.
❑ Voice Edit Mode ❑ Store Mode Element Assign Song/Internal Voice Bank Copy Version 2 provides a shortcut for selecting voice elements from the Voice Element Assign function (see the Owner’s Manual, page 112). Now you can position the cursor over the two-letter element category code (if P1 or P2 is selected) and directly select a different element category. As you do, the first element of each category will be recalled. Version 2 provides much greater flexibility for storing and managing user voices.
❑ Utility Mode Memory Copy The Memory function (see the Owner’s Manual, page 143) has been expanded to give you the option of exchanging various voice banks. For example, in addition to being able to copy the Internal, Preset (1, 2, 3), GM or Song Voice (1~16) bank to the Internal or Song Voice (1~16) banks, you can copy a song voice bank to the Internal bank. Multi Store Auto/Manual In Version 1, whenever you made changes to a multi they were stored in the multi automatically.
❑ Disk Mode Auto Load and Auto Play Version 2 features new Auto Load and Auto Play options in Disk Mode (see the Owner’s Manual, page 131). ENGLISH Auto Load lets you insert a floppy disk when the power is off so that a file on the disk will load automatically into songs when you turn the power on—so that the file is ready to play. Auto Play lets you have the file load into Song 01 and start playing automatically after the W5/W7 system starts up.
Changes to the Technical Information Booklet Please use the new information below in conjunction with the W5/W7 Technical Information booklet. ● Voice List Two new Preset voice banks, P2 and P3, are included in Version 2. Please note the following: • The voices in Preset voice bank P1 are the same as those in the “Preset Voice List” on pages 6 ~ 11 of the Technical Information booklet.
NORMAL VOICE LIST Normal-Voice-Liste Liste des Sonorités Normales INSERTION EFFECT VOICE Voice Voice Bank 3 (001~064) Effect Preset Voice Voice Name Effect Type Number Category Mode Voice Number 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 28 VOICE INSERTION EFFECT Voice Category Effect Type
ELEMENT Element 1 Element Element Element Bank Number Category Element 2 Element Name Element Element Element Bank Number Category Element 3 Element Name Element Element Element Bank Number Category Element 4 Element Name Element Element Element Bank Number Category Element Name Element Element Element Bank Number Category Element Name ELEMENT Element 1 Element Element Element Bank Number Category P1 P2 P1 P1 P1 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P1 P1 P2 P1 P1 P1 P2 P1 P
Preset Voice Bank 3 (065~128) VOICE Voice Number 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 30 Voice Category Pf Or Gt St Br Rd Pi Sc Fx Et Pc Se Co MIDI CONTROL INSERTION EFFECT Voice Name TX816 EP Mod Roades House Orgn The Cat HeavyMetal Prince Stratus Eleki Man Progressiv Elec Mute LoFi
ELEMENT Element 1 Element Element Element Bank Number Category P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P1 P1 P1 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P1 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P2 P1 P1 16 12 76 96 121 184 103 116 174 222 244 10 152 27 17 18 11 97 49 43 44 32 217 76 69 249 248 17 247 35 80 69 158 24 44 123 149 51 129 63 38 59 100 115 197 241 0 198 22 220 146 144 242 87 150 164 74 20 33 94 227 252 137 183 Pf Pf Or Or Gt St Gt Gt St Br Rd
DRUM VOICE LIST Dum-Voice-Liste Liste des Sonorités Rythmiques GM Preset pgm# Key Off Alt.
● MIDI DATA FORMAT Technical Information – page 40 1.2.2.2 Control change Please note that there are a few changes in the “MIDI DATA FORMAT” specifications (see the W5/W7 Technical Information booklet, page 39). Items shaded in gray, below, are the new additions to Version 2. Technical Information – page 39 1.2 Channel Message 1.2.1 Transmission 1.2.1.1 Note on/off Transmission note range = C-2(0)...G8(127) Velocity range = 1...127 1.2.1.
Technical Information – page 44 6. Appended Table (1) MIDI Parameter Change table (Song / Multi) $F0,$43,$1n,$33,$04,sub_group,p_msb,p_lsb,v_msb,v_lsb,$F7 NOTES: n: Device Number s: parameter sub group number 000ccccc c: 1..16; Inst Channel (1..16), 0: common data p: parameter number v: parameter value [SONG_MULTI PARAMETERS] 1.COMMON c=0 PARAMETER PARAMETER NUMBER BULK NUMBER DATA RANGE DISPLAY NOTES SNG_NAME0 SNG_NAME1 0 1 0 1 32..127 32..
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