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Yamaha TG-77 Operating Manual

Yamaha tg-77 synthesizer: user guide

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Supplemental Marking Information
Special Message Section
Important Safety and Installation Instructions
Data Backup
Multi Play Mode
Backup Battery
Third-Part Software
Contents
Reference Section
Introductory Section
How to Setup and Play
Connections
Turn the Power on
How to Select and Play Voices
Preset Voice Names
Note When Using SY77 Voice Cards
How to Load and Play the ROM Demo Songs
Enter Utility Mode and Load the Demo Data
Select the Demo Song from Which to Begin
Begin Playing from the Selected Demo Song
How to Use the TG77 with a Sequencer
Make Connections and Prepare Your Sequencer for Playback
Select a Multi
Start Playback on Your Sequencer
About the TG77: RCM Hybrid Synthesis
Advanced Wave Memory 2
Advanced Frequency Modulation (AFM)
Dynamic Touch and Control
About the TG77: AFM and AWM Voices
AFM - Advanced Frequency Modulation
AWM - Advanced Wave Memory
A Voice Consists of One, Two, or Four Elements
Two Realtime Digital Filters for each Element
AFM X AWM X Filtering = the TG77
Play up to 16 AFM Notes and 16 AWM Notes at Once
A Drum Voice Consists of 61 Percussion Sounds
Dynamic Pan Table for each Element
Four DSP Effects
Eight Individual Outputs
Front Panel
Voice, Multi, Utility (Mode Select Keys)
Edit/Compare
Copy
Ef.byass (Effect Bypass)
Power Switch
Volume Controls
Phones
Exit
Data Entry Slider
Bank/Select
Element
Operator
Page
Jump/Mark
Rear Panel
MIDI In, Out, Thru
Contrast
Output 1/1+2 (L/Mono, R)
Output 2 (L,R)
Individual Output 1-8
Power Cable
How to Move Around: Job Directories
Three Main Modes
Play Modes and Edit Modes
Select a Job from the Job Directory
Function Keys
Move between Jobs Using
How to Move Around: the Jump Function
Jump to a Specified Page Number
Jump between Two Marked Pages
How to Enter Data
Select the Data to Enter
How to Use the Numeric Key Pad
How to Enter Absolute Numerical Data
How to Enter Character Data
How to Use Multi Mode
Multi Edit: Initialize a Multi and Select Voices
Select a Voice for each Channel of the Multi
You Can Playback Your Sequencer While Editing a Multi
Multi Edit: Volume, Note Shift, and Panning
Volume Settings Adjust the Level Balance
Note Shift Settings Adjust Transposition
Pan Settings Determine Stereo Placement
Multi Edit: Output and Effects
Select the Output Group for each Channel
Select the Effect Mode
Select and Adjust a Reverb Effect
Select and Adjust Other Effect Units
Bypass the Effects to Hear the Uprocessed Sound
How to Use an Individual Output
How to Name and Store Your New Multi
Enter a 20-Character Multi Name
Store the Edited Multi
How to Edit a Voice from Inside Multi Edit Mode
Enter Multi Edit Mode
Edit the Selected Voice of the Multi
Name and Store the Edited Voice
How to Edit a Voice
What Is a Voice
The Voice Mode Determines the Number of Elements
A Normal Voice Uses One, Two, or Four Elements
A Drum Voice Uses 61 AWM Samples
What Is an AWM Element
Manu Different Ways to Control Sound
The Waveform Block Determines the Pitch and Basic Tone
The Filter Block Modified the Tone
The Amplifier Block Modifies the Volume
The Basics of FM Synthesis
Interesting Sounds Have Complex Waveforms
FM Is a Simple Way to Make a Complex Waveform
Interesting Sounds Change over Time
An Algorithm Is an Arrangement of Six Operators
How to Change the Tone of an FM Sound
What Is an AFM Element
Many Different Ways to Control Sound
The FM Block Determines Pitch, Tone and Volume
The Process of Voice Editing
Select the Voice to Edit
Edit Parameters/Compare with the Original Voice
Store the Edited Voice
How Voice Edit Mode Is Organized
Normal Voice
Drum Voice
How to Select a Job
Simple Editing: Reverb (Effect)
Select a Voice and Enter Edit Mode
Select One of Three Effect Modes
Select and Adjust a Modulation Effect
Bypass the Effect to Hear the Unprocessed Sound
Simple Editing: Tone (Filter)
What Is a Filter
Turn off Unwanted Elements
Specify the Type of Filter and the Cutoff Frequency
Other Ways to Control the Filter
Simple Editing: Vibrato (LFO)
What Is an LFO
Adjust the LFO
Increase the Modulation Sensitivity for a AWM Element
Increase the Modulation Sensitivity for a AFM Element
Simple Editing: Using a Controller
Control Makes Musical Expressiveness Possible
Assign a Controller to Regulate Vibrato
Adjust the Pitch Bend Range
Other Controller Assignments
Simple Editing: Attack (EG)
What Is an Envelope Generator
Adjusting the Attach of an AWM Element
Adjusting the Attack of an AFM Element
How to Name and Store Your New Voice
Enter a 10-Character Voice Name
How to Edit a Drum Voice
Set the Voice Mode to Drum Voice
Drum Voice Parameters
Wave Data Set - Select a Wave for each Key
Alternate On/Off
Other Wave Data Settings
Name and Store Your New Drum Voice

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