Yamaha DX9 Operating Manual page 24

LET'S ACTUALLY CREATE A VOICE
EDIT OPERATION
Using the EDIT mode of the DX9, you can modify the
pre-programmed voice or even create your own original
voices.
1. Modifying a Pre-programmed Voice
1) First, select the pre-programmed voice you wish to
modify. Select any voice number from 1 to 20.
2) Enter the EDIT mode by pressing the I EDITI key.
3) Select the parameters you wish to modify and change
their values.
A small dot will appear next to the display voice number
when there is a data modification.
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The dot will appear when any data has been modified.
When you wish to hear what the original voice sounded
like, press the I EDIT/COMPARE I key once again. The
voice number will flash and the sound of the original
voice will be reproduced (during this procedure, you can
not modify data). Pressing the I EDIT/COMPARE I key
will cause the DX9 to revert to the original voice. When
you wish to continue your efforts in voice creation,
press the I EDIT/COMPARE
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key again. In this manner,
you can compare your sound with that of the original
voice in order to see how your voice is progressing.
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You wish to hear the original voice,
press the key again.
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4) Store the edited voice in the internal memory. See the
STORE/SAVE/LOAD section on page 17, and carry
out the save procedures using it as a reference.
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2. Creating an Original Voice.
To create an entirely new voice, you can use one of the pre-
programmed voices as the "raw material" for modification.
However, the feed-back and LFO parameters can com-
plicate the procedure and make things quite difficult.
Therefore, it is advisable to use the "basic" voice para-
meters when beginning voice creation from scratch.
We'll create a CLARINET sound to exemplify this proce-
dure.
1) Press the
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FUNCTION! key to set the DX9 to the FUNC-
TION mode.
PressiVOICE INIT!key. NextpressthejYES!key The
display will then show "ARE YOU SURE?". Pressing
the I YES
I
key once again will cause the voice data to be
set to the basic settings, and the DX9 will exit the
FUNCTION mode and enter the EDIT mode. It is now
ready to create new sounds.
2) Selecting the Algorithm.
Choose one algorithm out of the 8 available. For ex-
ample, we'll select Algorithm 1. Press the
I
ALGORITHM
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key. Set the DATA ENTRY section to
1.
Set the respective values at the
DATA ENTRY section.
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We will use only OPERATORs
1 and 2. The other OPERATORs
will not be used in this example.
3) Disable all OPERATORs that are not immediately
necessary.
The carr ier parameters should be defined first. The
carrier for algorithm 1 is OPERATOR 1. First, set the
output level of OPERATOR 1 to any value. Press
the OPERATORIOUTPUT LEVEL!key. Set OPERA-
TOR 1 to 99. Set OPERATOR 2 to 70. The unused
OPERATORs 3 and 4 should be set to 0. Pressing
the
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OPERATOR SELECT I key, select the OPERATORs.
Disable all OPERATORs not immediately necessary.
Press thejOPERATOR ON-OFF!keys 2 through 4.
OPERATORs 2 through 4 are now disabled.