Yamaha DX1 Owner's Manual page 8

Digital programmable algorithm synthesizer
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(3)
CARTRIDGE
Sli?
ITCHES
These switches select cartridge voices.
When pressed
the
VOICE MEMORY selectors
select the corresponding voices within
the
cartridge,
(4)
CARTRIDGE SLOTS
Cartridges
are
inserted
here.
ROM
cartridges and RAM cartridges are both
inserted into
the same slots,
*
vJhen
VOICE ROM CARTRIDGES
are inserted,
cartridge A and
B
voices go
to the
corresponding voice memory channels
A
and
B,
*
PERFORMANCE ROM CARTRIDGES should
be
plugged into
the A slot.
*
Two
DXl
VOICE ROM CARTRIDGES, Two
DX7
VOICE ROM CARTRIDGES and
one
PERFORMANCE MEMORY CARTRIDGE
are
provided with
the DXl.
*
VOICE ROM CARTRIDGES incorporate
2
banks
of
voices which can
be
selected
with
a
switch
in
the cartridge.
Select the required bank before
inserting
the
cartridge
in the
slot,
*
The
DXl
VOICE ROM CARTRIDGES have
the
sair.e
voices
as the
main
unit
on
side
I,
and side
II
contains completely
different
data.
The DX7
VOICE ROM
CARTRIDGES contain data
not
contained
in the DXl
internal memory
on both
banks.
*
RAM CARTRIDGE features
a
memory protect
switch which prevents accidental
erasure
of the
data in the
RAM
CARTRIDGE,
Be sure to turn
memory
protect
off
before attempting
to
write
to
a
RAM CARTRIDGE.
(5)
perfori:amce
memory/function
*
In
the
PLAY mode, these are the
performance memory position selectors
which select
a
memorized voice number
and effect combination,
64
PERFORMANCE
MEMORY positions are provided.
The
upper row selects the bank and the
lower row selects the memory position.
The
performance
name and voice name are
displayed
on the
LCD
display,
^p,i2
*
In
the
FUNCTIOM
rr.ode
these are the
function parameter selectors.
The
parameter name
and data are
displayed
on the
LCD
display. -a5J
*
In
the EDIT
mode
the upper row
1
buttons and lower row
1
and
2
buttons
become
the
edit parameter selectors.
The
parameter names and data
are
displayed
on the
LCD display
in
this
case also,
^p^
*
In
the
STORE mode these selectors
select
the
performance memory
to
which
the
store operation
is
targeted,
~*P.S2
(6)
KEY ASSIGN MODE BUTTONS
These select which tone generator channel
will
be
playable via
the keyboard,
^p.42
SINGLE
Only the A
or E
channel may
be
selected
at
a
time.
In the
polyphonic mode
the
maximum
number
of
notes that can
be
played
simultaneously
is 32.
In
this case
outputs
A and
B
both output
a
monaural signal
corresponding
to the
channel
in use,
DUAL
Both channels
A
and
E
can
be
used
simultaneously.
In
the
polyphonic mode
the
maximum number
of
notes that can
be
played
simultaneously
is 16.
SPLIT
This permits splitting the keyboard at any
point and having channels A and
B
applied
to
the
keyboard sections above and below
the
set split point.
In the
polyphonic mode
the
maximum number
of
output notes
is
16 for
each channel,
(7)
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
** In
the PLAY
mode this display
display^^
the
voice name and
its
memory
position^^
(number),
or
the
performance memory
^^
name and its memory position,
** In
the EDIT
mode
the
parameter name
and data are displayed,
** In
the
FUMCTIOIJ
mode
the
parameter
name, the
control prompts and data are
displayed.
** In
the
STORE mode
the
memory position
and control prompts are displayed.
(8)
VOICE PARAMETER
SV7
ITCHES
When
the
EDIT mode
is
called voice data
is
displayed on
the
LCD display
and these
switches permit editing
of
the data.
*
Pressing
a
voice parameter switch
selects
the
corresponding parameter,
and data
is
entered using
the
DATA
ENTRY section,
*
Data
can also be
changed
by
continuously pressing
a
voice
parameter switch.
The data value
increases
in
1-step increases, and
^^
when
the
maximum value
is
exceeded
the^^
display begins from the lowest value
again,
(9)
LED DISPLAY
This graphically displays parameter data
in
the
EDIT mode,
A bar-graph type display
shows level information,
*
In
the
EDIT mode, parameters and
data
being worked
on are shown
by
flashing
sections on
the display.
(10)
DATA ENTRY
In
the EDIT,
FUNCTION and STORE modes, data
entry
is
performed
at this section.
*
Data can be input either
by
using the
slider control
or
+/- button.
The
slider control permits broad-range data
variation, while
the +/-
button permits
fine data control
in
1-step increments.
The +/-
switch also functions to turn
certain parameters
ON
or
OFF,
*
It
also serves to answer YES or NO
to

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