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CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN ....................................................7 FRONT PANEL .......................................................10 REAR PANEL .........................................................15 SYSTEM LOGIC ......................................................17 GETTING STARTED ...................................................43 SETUP & PLAY ......................................................44 LOADING & PLAYING THE DEMO ...........................52 PROGRAMMING ...........
STORE MODE.............................................................129 STORE MULTI ......................................................129 STORE VOICE ......................................................130 BEFORE YOU BEGIN DISK MODE ................................................................131 DISK STATUS .......................................................133 SAVE TO DISK .....................................................134 LOAD FROM DISK ............................................
THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA W5/W7 MUSIC SYNTHESIZER The Yamaha W5 (76-key) / W7 (61-key) Music Synthesizer is a full-featured, professional level music production and performance keyboard complete with 32-note synthesizer and sequencer, extensive voice and song editing capabilities, digital effects, GM compatibility and much more.
PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING. The W5/W7 is a powerful electronic musical instrument featuring sensitive high technology. To ensure many years of trouble-free use, please take the important precautions below seriously. LOCATION ● In order to avoid causing serious damage to the W5/W7, do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight, high temperatures, excessive humidity, excessive dust or strong vibration.
● Make regular backup copies of important data to a separate floppy disk, and keep your backup disks in a separate, safe place. ● To ensure the safety of your data (and of the disk drive itself) always use floppy disks from a well-known, reliable manufacturer. No-name brand disks may cause trouble. IMPORTANTNOTE: Yamaharecommendsthatyouregularlysave yourdataontofloppydisksandstorethedisksinasafeplace!Yamaha cannotbeheldresponsiblefortheaccidentallossofimportantmusic data.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ● BEFORE YOU BEGIN Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Yamaha W5/W7 Music Synthesizer.
● GENERAL MIDI Global standard configuration of 128 instrument voices and specified MIDI channel assignments and other parameters. General MIDI lets you load and play music data created by another sequencer and saved to disk in the Standard MIDI File format.
● 75 DIGITAL EFFECTS *AuralExciter ● ¤ BEFORE YOU BEGIN Two independent, studio quality DSP effects systems Insertion Effects and System Effects each with three different types of effects generators. An Insertion Effect can be assigned to each voice in Voice Edit Mode, and switched on and off via the mixer. As many as three Insertion Effects can be used in a multi. The three System Effects can be applied to the overall sound mix.
FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM & FEATURES BEFORE YOU BEGIN 7 4 5 VOLUME CS 14 6 MODE SONG VOICE EDIT UTILITY JOB DISK F1 SHIFT 8 STORE F2 F 9 ELEMENT SELECT VOICE EDIT ON/OF 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 TRACK SEQUENCER RECORD STOP/TOP SELECT SOLO RUN 10 11 PITCH 3 MODULATION 2 NOTE: Theabovediagramisthe61-keyW7MusicSynthesizer.The76-keyW5haspreciselythesameon-boardcontrols andinternaloperatingsystemonlythenumberofkeysonthekeyboardisdifferent.
16 15 18 17 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 13 19 CANCEL F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 FF F8 EXIT 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 REST TIE UTILITY 0 – ENTER 20 VOICE EDIT 3 4 COMMON ELEMENT AMP FILTER PITCH EFFECT LFO CONTROL DEC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DATA/CURSOR 14 15 16 INC 21 12 1 11
KEYBOARD 76-key (W5) or 61-key (W-7) keyboard with key-on velocity sensitivity and channel aftertouch sensitivity gives you full control over expression and nuance as you play. PITCH AND MODULATION WHEELS BEFORE YOU BEGIN The pitch wheel lets you bend the pitch up or down as you play. It is spring-loaded to return to center position when you let go of it. The modulation wheel lets you apply or set a designated amount of vibrato or tremolo.
VOICE EDIT BUTTON For switching directly into Voice Edit Mode, regardless of whatever mode you re in at the time, to access the voice editing functions and parameters. During the editing operation, pressing VOICE EDIT lets you compare the sound of the voice you re editing to the sound of the original voice you started from. In Voice Edit Mode the VOICE EDIT button lights in orange (as do various TRACK buttons, which in Voice Edit Mode double as voice editing function and element selectors).
DATA ENTRY KEYPAD For precise, specific entry of data, by punching in a number, then pressing ENTER. The [—] button lets you enter a negative value. In Song Record Mode you can enter music notation values according to the corresponding musical symbols and indications printed above the buttons. ENTER is used to execute many different operations.
REAR PANEL DIAGRAM & FEATURES BEFORE YOU BEGIN CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN MODEL ATTENTION:RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR. WARNIING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. SER.NO. PATENTS US4584921 US4967635 US4738179 US4731835 US4763553 US4731835 THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
FOOT CONTROLLER JACK An optional Yamaha FC7 or FC9 foot controller connected here can be used for amplitude modulation, pitch modulation, frequency modulation, envelope generator bias, and filter cutoff frequency control. FOOT VOLUME JACK BEFORE YOU BEGIN An optional FC7 or FC9 foot controller connected here can be used to regulate overall volume. OUTPUT JACKS Audio outputs for monitoring the W5/W7 by external amplification in either stereo or mono.
SYSTEM LOGIC MUSICIAN S WORKSTATION BEFORE YOU BEGIN The W5/W7 Music Synthesizer is a true music workstation designed with the composer as well as performer in mind. In one streamlined, easy-to-use package is bundled all the tools a musician needs to concentrate on making music naturally whether composing, recording, performing or practicing rather than being distracted by lots of machines and cables.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW 128 normal + 2 drum Song voice memory (Volatile RAM) BEFORE YOU BEGIN 16-song sequencer memory (Volatile RAM) “External” normal and drum voice memory (Optional) 128 normal + 2 drum Internal voice memory (RAM) Song Sequencer Record Edit Disk Drive 128 normal + 2 drum Preset voice memory (ROM) 128 normal + 8 drum GM voice memory (ROM) Job Voice Edit Buffer 16-song multi memory (RAM) Tone Generator Controller Keyboard System Effect Insertion Effect L R Data entry 16 Tracks On/O
OPERATING MODES The basic operating modes of the W5/W7 are as follows: ● SONG MODE For performing Song Play, Song Record, Song Edit and Song Job mode operations. (For more information, see Song Mode, page 72.
SONGJOB - Lets you make changes to the sequence that apply to all the data in one or more entire measures. Song Job operations include song copy, append and clear, track copy, clear and mix, measure copy, erase, create, delete and insert, data thin out, extract and chord sort, plus quantize, move clock, modify gate time, modify velocity, transpose, shift note, and crescendo. (For more information, see Song Job Mode, page 95.
● STORE MODE Lets you store multis in an internal song multi memory (01 ~ 16) as well as store original and preset voices in the Internal voice bank. Store Mode is handy for organizing your voices and multis before saving them to disk. (For details, see Store Mode, page 129.) BEFORE YOU BEGIN ● DISK MODE Lets you save your original voices, song multis and sequence data in various combinations into disk files on a floppy disk (3.
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE The W5/W7 s overall system is comprised of three distinct sections: the Controller section, the Sequencer section and the Tone Generator section. The MIDI signal, originated externally or from the keyboard and controllers, flows through the sequencer before reaching the tone generator.
SONG MULTIS The Song Multi function lets you assign an Instrument voice to each of the 16 TRACK buttons on the panel, plus designate all sound mixer and other settings for each track as well as for the overall mix including volume, panning and digital effects settings, as well as tuning, note shift and pitch bend parameters. BEFORE YOU BEGIN A song multi is the complete configuration of all MIDI, voice, mixer and other assignments and settings which determine the operating status of the W5/W7.
L R MIXER CHANNEL 10 Pitch Bend Range System Effect Send 1 Level Note Shift System Effect Send 2 Level Tune System Effect Send 3 Level System Effect Send 1 Level Insertion Effect On/Off System Effect Send 2 Level Pan Position System Effect Send 3 Level Volume Level Insertion Effect On/Off INSTRUMENT Assign BEFORE YOU BEGIN MIXER CHANNEL 1~9/11~16 Pan Position Volume Level INSTRUMENT Assign Voice Edit Voice Edit STEREO VOICE Voice Name Volume Level Insertion Effect Type/Parameter STER
INSTRUMENT VOICES AND POLYPHONY BEFORE YOU BEGIN Instrument voices are those Preset, GM, Internal, Song and (optional) External voices assigned to tracks in the tone generator mixer. The number of notes you can play simultaneously with an Instrument voice either from the keyboard or from the sequencer is a maximum of 32, but is determined practically by the number of elements used in a voice, as well as the number of voices used in a sequence.
DRUM VOICES ● (GD) GM DRUM VOICE 8 ROM drum sets, each with dozens of sounds arrayed on the keyboard, preset according to the General MIDI standard, which cannot be overwritten. ● (PD) PRESET DRUM VOICE BEFORE YOU BEGIN 2 ROM drum sets, each with dozens of sounds arrayed on the keyboard, preset at the factory, which cannot be overwritten. ● (ID) INTERNAL DRUM VOICE 2 RAM user memory locations for storing your own original drum voices, which will be retained in memory even when the power is turned off.
VOICE CATEGORIES The individual voices are organized into 21 classes of instrument groups, called Voice Categories, for easier access, as follows: — No Assign Pf Piano Synth Lead Cp Chromatic Percussion Pd Synth Pad Or Organ Fx Synth Sound Effects Gt Guitar Et Ethnic Ba Bass Pc Percussive St Strings/Orchestral Se Sound Effect En Ensemble Dr Drums Br Brass Sc Synth Comping Rd Reed Vo Voice Pi Pipe Co Combination BEFORE YOU BEGIN Ld NOTE: Whenthevoicebankissetto off,
INSERTION EFFECTS & SYSTEM EFFECTS The W5/W7 has 75 digital effects inside two independent, studio quality DSP stereo effects processors with editable parameters called Insertion Effects and System Effects , which provides for enormous sound processing flexibility and control. Effects include reverb, delay, chorus, auto panning, 3-band EQ, Aural Exciter¤ , pitch change, distortion and many more.
INSERTIONEFFECTS - An Insertion Effect can be assigned to an Instrument voice. A maximum of three voices may use an Insertion Effect at any one time, one Insertion Effect per voice for a song. A specific Insertion Effect, along with user-assigned parameter settings, can be specified for a voice within Voice Edit Mode. BEFORE YOU BEGIN The Insertion Effect for each voice may be switched on and off from within a mixer track.
AWM2 TONE GENERATION The W5/W7 creates sounds through Yamaha s exclusive AWM2 (2nd generation Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation process, which starts with high-quality digital samples of actual instruments and sounds. BEFORE YOU BEGIN The W5/W7 s extensive on-board synthesizer and voice editing features give you unlimited sound sculpting potential, and its intuitive user interface lets you access literally any sound parameter in rarely more than two pushes of a button.
The AWM wave, which forms the fundamental characteristic of a voice, can be controlled in various ways to modify the pitch of the sound. The pitch envelope generator (PEG) can be used to give each note a fixed pattern of pitch change over time. The pitch change can also be affected by key velocity. Vibrato (pitch modulation) can be created using the low frequency oscillator (LFO). Amount of vibrato can be regulated by a controller.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 32 ● LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR (LFO) - The LFO produces various patterns of cyclical change. Applying the LFO to the pitch component produces vibrato; applying it to the filter component produces wah-wah; applying it to the amplifier component produces tremolo. ● CONTROLLERS - Controllers such as the pitch and modulation wheels, aftertouch, and optional foot controllers can be used to control the sound in a variety of ways.
VOICE EDITING In Voice Edit Mode you can edit any and all parameters which make up a voice, including Insertion Effect assignment and parameter settings, as well as controller settings. You can go directly to Voice Edit Mode from any mode and start editing the currently selected voice at any time, even while the sequencer is running.
SONG SEQUENCING The W5/W7 comes equipped with a powerful 16-track, 16-song music sequencer with large capacity memory (approximately 100,000 notes) that permits realtime (including overdub and punch-in) and step recording, plus extensive song editing. BEFORE YOU BEGIN The W5/W7 s sequencer doesn t record actual sounds, it records note, controller, program change and other MIDI data.
You can also make changes to the sequence that apply to all the data in one or more entire measures with song jobs . Song Job operations include song copy, append and clear, track copy, clear and mix, measure copy, erase, create, delete and insert, data thin out, extract and chord sort, plus quantize, move clock, modify gate time, modify velocity, transpose, shift note, and crescendo. BEFORE YOU BEGIN (For more information about song sequencing, see Song Record Mode, page 85.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN The 16-channel sound mixer is made up of various sections, or blocks , devoted to specific functions available in all tracks, including the following: VOICE SELECT The Voice Select block is the first stop in each of the 16 mixer channels, represented graphically by the two-letter Voice Category code of the voice currently assigned to the track. The cursor must be positioned at Voice Select before you can choose a voice to assign to the track.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN TUNE The Voice Tune block is the eighth stop in each of the 16 mixer channels, represented graphically by a pot. It lets you adjust the fine-tuning of the voice in steps of 1.17 cents. The cursor must be positioned at Voice Tune before you can set the track tuning. Pressing [F8] ( Mst ) lets you set the Master Tune, which affects overall fine-tuning for all tracks equally. NOTE SHIFT The Note Shift block is the ninth stop in each of the 16 mixer channels, represented graphically by a pot.
MEMORY ALLOCATION The W5/W7 has large internal ROM and RAM memory capacity, but some RAM data is retained at power off and some is not. Data which is retained at power off includes Internal normal and drum voice banks, and multi settings in the 16 song multi memories. Data which is not retained at power off include song sequences and accompanying Song voice bank memories.
● STORE MULTI Store Multi Mode lets you store the currently selected multi into a song memory location (01 ~ 16). Multi data which can be stored in a Song memory location includes all multi settings (i.e., MIDI, mixer and other parameter settings for the 16 Instrument voice tracks) and other setup data. Also, all song sequence data and Song voice data will only be retained as long as the power is on.
● DISK Disk Mode lets you save your original voices, song multis and sequence data in various combinations into disk files on a floppy disk (3.5 2DD type), as well as load the files back into Internal/Song voice and song memory. It also lets you perform various disk file management functions like renaming and deleting files and formatting a disk for the W5/W7 operating system.
DATA ENTRY The W5/W7 provides many convenient ways to access and manipulate data. The various multi-purpose buttons, sliders and controllers allow you to go directly to any function, in usually the touch of a single button, and rarely more than two or three. The large LCD screen and other visual indicators give you ample feedback to always let you know exactly where you are and what status the W5/W7 is in. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Selecting parameters and entering data entry is equally straightforward.
FUNCTION KEYS 1 ~ 8 - The functions of these keys [F1 ~ F8] depend on the selected mode. They are used to engage a function indicated on the display immediately above the key. BEFORE YOU BEGIN SHIFTKEY - The SHIFT key is used in conjunction with the function keys to access secondary functions and parameters, as well as to jump directly to main menus and other functions. A small capital S inside a black box in the lower left corner of the screen will indicate that SHIFT functions are accessible.
GETTING STARTED You re probably in a hurry to get started enjoying the W5/W7 s beautiful sounds and other spectacular musical wonders, so we ve structured this section as a basic tutorial to get you up and going with a minimum of detail, so you can spend your first few hours pushing buttons, twiddling knobs, riding faders and just generally having a good time familiarizing yourself with the W5/W7.
SETUP & PLAY After unpacking the W5/W7 and placing it on a keyboard stand or sturdy table or desk, you ll want to MAKE ALL CONNECTIONS BEFORE PLUGGING IN AND TURNING ON THE POWER OF ALL DEVICES. This is extremely important in order to avoid the possibility of causing a power spike that could potentially damage the W5/W7 or your monitor system, or worse, the possibility of electrical shock.
POWER-ON PROCEDURE There is actually a correct process for switching the various components in an electronic music system on and off. The rules are simple but important. Before turning anything on: ● Be sure that all components are actually plugged in, and check to make sure that all volume controls are turned down to their zero positions. ● Always turn the W5/W7 on first (followed by any additional MIDI devices which may be connected). ● Raise the sound system volume to a reasonable level.
In Song Multi Play Mode, the W5/W7 is set to play a stereo mix of the Instrument voice assigned to the currently selected track in the multi, complete with System Effects and other various parameters applied to the sound through the tone generator mixer. DEC INC GETTING STARTED You can use the CURSOR keys to move around to the various mixer sections, or feature blocks such as panning and effects sections in order to adjust those parameters.
SONG PLAY & VOICE PLAY The Instrument voices you hear in Song Multi Play Mode also have digital effects, such as reverb and chorus, and other performance related parameters assigned to them which define the currently selected multi. As you work, sometimes it will be necessary for you to single out a specific voice and hear it without any System Effects or other multi parameter settings applied to it. To do this, you must switch into Voice Mode.
From within Voice Play or Song Multi Play, you can call up voices via the Voice Directory. Press [F8], the function key located directly beneath the abbreviation Dir at the lower right of the screen. A subpage that displays the voices in groups of eight will overlay onto the Voice Play screen. GETTING STARTED From within the Voice Directory you can select voices with the JOG, the CURSOR keys, INC/DEC and the KEYPAD. As you scroll through the voice list the display will advance accordingly.
NORMAL VOICES (G) GM PRESET VOICE - 128 ROM sounds preset according to the General MIDI standard, which cannot be overwritten. (P) PRESET VOICE - 128 ROM sounds preset at the factory, which cannot be overwritten. (I) INTERNAL VOICE - 128 RAM user memory locations which have voices stored in them when shipped from the factory, but can be overwritten when storing your own original normal voices, and will be retained in memory even when the power is turned off.
REALTIME CONTROL The W5/W7 has a number of controllers and control functions that can be used for realtime performance control. Some, such as the pitch bend wheel, have a single function, while others can be set to control a wide range of parameters as you play, including amplitude and pitch modulation, filter modulation, effect parameters like stereo panning, and others.
● KEYBOARD VELOCITY SENSITIVITY The W5/W7 s keyboard responds to attack pressure (or speed) as you play, thus permitting control over nuance and expression as you play. (For more information, see Utility Mode, Velocity function, page 145.) ● KEYBOARD AFTERTOUCH GETTING STARTED Keyboard aftertouch response is most frequently used for vibrato control, i.e., the harder you press the keys after the initial attack, the more vibrato is applied.
LOADING & PLAYING THE DEMO Before you dive deeper into the many features of the W5/W7, you might enjoy listening to one or more of the demonstration songs by loading song data into the sequencer from the Factory Set & Demonstration disk provided with the instrument. This will give you an idea of the powerful potential of the W5/W7 s programming capabilities. It will also give you a brief overview of some of the disk options and song playback features.
5. LOAD THE DEMONSTRATION SONGS Press ENTER and the W5/W7 will give you a chance to change your mind, asking Are You Sure? . Press DEC to abort the operation, or press INC and the demonstration songs will begin loading. As they do, the screen will display the Executing message. When the loading operating is finished, the Completed! message will appear briefly before returning to the previous display. 6.
EXPLORING SONG PLAYBACK OPTIONS As the song plays, you might want to explore some of the various playback options like adjusting instrument volumes or stereo panning, soloing instruments, changing the tempo and others. ● SELECTING TRACKS AND ADJUSTING PARAMETERS NOTE: Any changes you make will be reset when you restart the song from the top, since all voice selection and other performance event data is programmed in the sequence.
● SOLOING AND MUTING INSTRUMENTS To isolate one or more Instrument voices as the song plays, press the SOLO button while the sequencer is running. The SOLO button will become red, indicating that the W5/W7 is in Solo Mode. Tracks with sequencer data in them will be either red (solo status), or green (mute status). SOLO - After pressing the SOLO button the currently selected TRACK button will become red, indicating that it is in solo status. Also, it will be the only sound you hear.
PROGRAMMING The various types of programming operations you can perform with the W5/W7 include setting up or defining a multi, voice editing, song recording and editing, and sound mixing. Each generate different types of data.
1. SELECT A SONG MEMORY In Song Multi Play Mode, press [F2] ( Seq ) to access the Song Sequence Play function, then select a song memory location (01 ~ 16). Then press [F1] ( Mlt ) to jump to the Song Multi function, which displays the mixer screen. The currently selected song is the currently selected multi. 2.
EDITING VOICES The process of voice editing may be as simple as shortening the envelope decay for a single-element voice, or as complex as constructing a four-element voice with crossfades between elements and other interesting sonic tricks. Voice editing can be done from within the multi (i.e., in Song Play Mode) or in Voice Play Mode. You can even edit a voice while the sequencer is running, which allows you to make sonic adjustments to a voice in context with other Instruments in the mix.
Following is the basic normal voice edit screen, along with a brief overview of its various functions and parameters. COMMON - Lets you access those parameters which affect the voice as a whole, including Voice Category, Voice Volume, Voice Name, and Initialize. (For details, see page 110.) GETTING STARTED ELEMENT - Lets you access those parameters which affect each element as a whole, including Element Assign, Element Pan, Keyboard Velocity Limit, and Note Limit. (For details, see page 112.
Following is the basic drum voice edit screen, along with a brief overview of its various functions and parameters. COMMON - Lets you access those parameters which affect the voice as a whole, including Voice Category, Voice Volume, Voice Name, and Initialize. (For details, see page 125.
CREATING SONG SEQUENCES The process of creating a song sequence may be as simple as recording a solo piano performance from start to finish, with no subsequent alterations, or as complex as a quantized dance floor techno marvel with a heavy groove and many instrument parts that starts as a four-measure riff and is copied, appended, transposed, note shifted and crescendoed into an eight-minute masterpiece! GETTING STARTED With the W5/W7, a sequence is a piece of music inside a song memory with up to 16 dif
1. SELECT A SONG MEMORY AND DEFINE THE MULTI From within Song Play Mode, press [F2] ( Seq ) and select a song memory location (01 ~ 16), then press [F1] ( Mlt ) to jump to the Song Multi function and assign Instrument voices to Tracks, so that when you record, all you have to do is press a TRACK button in preparation for recording each Instrument part. (For more information about selecting songs, see page 80. For more information about song multis, see page 74.) 2.
FINE-TUNING THE STEREO MIX The process of sound mixing may be as simple as slightly increasing a volume level on a single track, or as complex as completely overhauling the sound of a song with different voices and effects and drastic parameter setting changes. Mixing happens within the multi, in Song Multi Play mode. To access the Song Multi Play function, from within Song Mode, press [F1] ( Mlt ). The Song Multi Play function screen, which displays a partial view of a 16 channel sound mixer, will appear.
SAVING & LOADING MUSIC DATA You can save your songs, multis and voices to floppy disk in a variety of ways for easier file management and access. All saving and loading (and other disk management) operations are performed from within Disk Mode. The basic steps are as follows: 1. INSERT DISK AND ENTER DISK MODE First insert a floppy disk into the disk drive, then press DISK in the Mode section on the panel. GETTING STARTED 2.
ORGANIZING & MANAGING DATA If you re a prolific composer and/or voice programmer, the number of floppy disks lying around can mount up quickly. It s amazing how easy it is to lose track of what voices, multis and song sequences you ve stored where. To wit, a well-organized data library is essential. For general purposes, it s a good idea to store different types of files on different disks, i.e.
RELOADING THE FACTORY SET VOICE DATA If you ve initialized the Internal voice bank, or have replaced the original Internal voices shipped with the instrument, you can reload them at any time using the Factory Set & Demonstration disk that comes with the W5/W7. Following is the procedure for reloading the preprogrammed data. 1. INSERT THE FACTORY SET & DEMONSTRATION DISK Insert the disk into the disk drive.
INTEGRATING INTO A MIDI SYSTEM The W5/W7 includes all the basic MIDI features which make it suitable for any role in an expanded electronic music system as the main keyboard controller at the heart of the system, or as a powerful support component in the system, or as a subordinate tone generator. CONTROLLING OTHER MIDI DEVICES NOTE: Before connecting other MIDI devices, first make sure power switches for all devices are turned off and all power cables are unplugged.
MIDI SYSTEM COMPONENT The diagram below shows a much more complicated system, configured with a personal computer operating as the main sequencer and system brain , the W5/W7 acting as the master performance input device, and three additional samplers or tone generators also connected.
SLAVING TO OTHER MIDI DEVICES The diagram below shows a relatively simple system, where the W5/W7 is the master keyboard controller, and an external drum machine is acting as the master clock driving the W5/W7 s sequencer; the W5/W7 s sequencer and keyboard are in turn controlling an additional tone generator. Stereo Amp GETTING STARTED Sound mixer Drum machine Out In In Out Tone Gen.
SONG MODE The W5/W7 s Song Mode is actually made up of four separate operating modes: Song Play, Song Record, Song Edit and Song Job. Jumping back and forth between each requires only the push of a MODE button on the panel, so it is easy to access any feature you need quickly as you work with rarely more than two or three clicks of a function key. ● SONG PLAY MODE SONG MODE Song Play Mode is accessed by pressing the SONG button in the Mode section on the panel.
SONG PLAY In Song Play Mode you can access the functions which let you define a song multi, select and playback a song sequence, or designate various keyboard, MIDI and controller settings. At power on, the W5/W7 always starts up in Song Play Mode, Song Multi function status, ready to play the Instrument voice assigned to Track 1 of Song Multi #01, as indicated by the Song Multi function screen, which displays the 16 channel stereo mixer.
SIMULTANEOUS NOTE CAPACITY - The W5/W7 can play up to 32 notes at once (either from the keyboard or the sequencer). During playback, any new notes which would exceed this number will be ignored. NOTE: The sequencer will not run when the W5/W7 is in Song Edit, Song Job, Utility, or Disk Modes, nor will it run when the Song Setup function is selected.
2. ASSIGN INSTRUMENTS TO TRACKS AND DETERMINE MULTI PARAMETER SETTINGS Press a TRACK button (1 ~ 16) on the panel (it will light red, indicating that it is the currently selected track in the multi) and assign an Instrument to it by selecting a voice from the Preset, GM, or Internal voice bank. Then determine the settings for each parameter (voice volume, pan, effects send levels, tuning, etc., plus keyboard, controller and MIDI assignments, etc.
● MOVING AROUND IN THE SONG MULTI The operations you perform in Song Multi Play Mode go hand-in-hand with the sound mixing process, since besides assigning voices, you ll be selecting tracks and accessing the sections, or blocks , on the mixer which contain the parameters volume, pan, System Effect sends, etc. whose settings you ll need to modify.
VOICE VOLUME (0 ~ 127) Voice Volume is the second stop in each of the 16 mixer channels, represented graphically by a fader. It lets you make volume adjustments to the track. To access Voice Select, use the CURSOR-UP or CURSOR-DOWN keys. MASTER VOLUME (0 ~ 127) - When the cursor is positioned at Voice Volume you can access the Master Volume control, by pressing [F8] ( Mst ). The Master Volume lets you set the overall output volume of the sound mix.
PARAMETER - Pressing [F6] ( Param ) lets you access the System Effect parameter edit display, from where you can edit the individual parameters of the effect as selected in the System Effect Type display. The black arrow pointing downwards in the lower left of the parameter display indicates that the list of editable parameters continues, which you can access using the CURSOR-DOWN key. To return to the Song Multi function screen, press EXIT.
SYSTEM EFFECTS The W5/W7 s three System Effects are powerful, studio quality stereo digital sound processing modules that you assign to a multi in order to provide extra depth and dimension to the overall mix. There are a total of 40 separate effects devices, or effect types , from which you can choose to assign to each of the three System Effect sends of the mixer. You can also access and edit the various parameters of each device.
To modify the effect parameters, using CURSOR-UP and CURSOR-DOWN, scroll through the various parameters and select the one you want to adjust. (The inverted black arrow-head to the left of the display indicates that more parameters are on the list, out of view.) (To choose another System Effect whose parameters you also want to adjust, press [F5] ( Type ) and do so from the System Effect Type display, as noted above. Then press [F6] ( Param ) again to modify the parameters.
OFF - Off means the metronome will not sound. REC - Rec means the metronome will sound only during song recording. PLAY - Play means the metronome will sound during recording and playback. ALWAYS - Always turns the metronome on whether the sequencer is running or not, in order to set the tempo before recording or the tempo level. CLICK LEVEL SELECT (0 ~ 31) To set the volume level of the metronome click, position the cursor over the level value and use the JOG, INC/ DEC, or KEYPAD.
SONG SETUP The Song Setup function lets you assign various MIDI settings including transmit channel, MIDI filter and control status, as well as designate keyboard mode, set the sequencer clock to internal or MIDI sync, and set overall transposition. ● ACCESSING SONG SETUP To access the Song Setup function, from within Song Mode, press [F3] ( Setup ).
NORMALMODE - In Normal Mode, the keyboard will play one voice at a time the currently selected track over the entire range of the keyboard. (NOTE: A small + plus sign on the keyboard represents middle C, or C3.) SPLIT MODE - In Split Mode, the keyboard will play two voices at once, one track from the left side (Lower) of the designated split point, and another track from the right side (Upper) of the split point.