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Yamaha RY8 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 4: Power Supply

    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 RY8, do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight, high temperatures, excessive humidity, excessive dust or strong vibration.
  • Page 5 It will also be retained long enough to exchange an old set of batteries for a new set. If you have important data in the RY8 which you don’t want to lose, please take care to keep fresh batteries inserted in (or keep an AC power adaptor connected to) the RY8, and to regularly save it to an external MIDI data storage device.
  • Page 6 Whether you’re a professional or amateur guitarist, a serious songwriter or simply a music hobbyist, you’ll find the RY8 a unique and powerful addition to your arsenal of music tools. You’ll be surprised by its full, dynamic stereo sound quality when played through a high quality audio monitoring system.

  • Page 7: Conventions Used In This Manual

    CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL. In order to keep confusion to a minimum, there are a few basic conventions used in the feature explanations in this manual, as follows: Names of key features are written in the cap-low style; e.g., Pattern Mode, Song Record Mode, System Mode Sync function, User patterns, etc.
  • Page 8 A brief overview of the RY8’s capabilities and system structure, as well as descriptions of all panel features—everything you need to know before you begin using the RY8 in order to put its many features and capabilities into proper context.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS REFERENCE ! BEFORE YOU BEGIN ......................2 1. THE RY8..............2 2. RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE........4 3. TOP PANEL..............7 4. SIDE & REAR PANELS..........10 GETTING STARTED ..............12 5. SETUP & POWER-ON ..........12 6. PLAYING THE DEMO SONG........18 7. PLAYING THE DRUM PADS ........19 8.

  • Page 10: Before You Begin

    200 Preset rhythm patterns with matching accompaniment backing encompassing many different popular music styles, and 50 Preset songs and 12 Preset drum kits suitable for any type of music situation. The RY8 also features powerful programming capabilities that let you do the following: Create Your Own Rhythm Patterns Record your own one-measure User patterns in step-time or real-time.
  • Page 11 28-note polyphony, stereo outputs, headphone jack, and a large LCD screen which always lets you know what mode and status you’re currently in. Hence, the RY8 is the ideal music tool that’s useful in practically any music situation. You can use it as: A Practicing Companion Plug a guitar directly into the RY8 and play along with the patterns and songs.

  • Page 12: Ry8 System Structure

    The key components that make up the RY8’s operating system are the AWM voices, the drum kits, the patterns, and the songs. The main operating modes are Pattern Mode and Song Mode, each of which are made up of several “functions”.
  • Page 13 There are 12 Preset drum kits and 4 User drum kits. Although there are only 12 pads on the top panel of the RY8, each drum kit is made up of 24 drum voices, organized in two “Pad Banks”—a “Drum Pad Bank” and a “Percussion Pad Bank”—with 12 drum voices assigned to each Pad Bank.
  • Page 14 THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS. The RY8’s features are for the most part organized into nine modes accessible by holding [MODE] and pressing one of the drum pads (the names of the modes are printed on the various pads). All modes except Tempo Mode and Transpose Mode contain several pages of functions which you can select by holding [MODE] and pressing [PAGE-] and [PAGE+].

  • Page 15: Top Panel

    3. TOP PANEL 1 LCD SCREEN High contrast, easy-to-read Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) provides large-content visual feedback to always let you know exactly what mode and status you’re currently in. 2 PATTERN AND KIT LISTS List of rhythm pattern and drum kit types arranged logically for quick reference and easy access.
  • Page 16 6 [STOP] BUTTON For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording. 7 [PLAY] BUTTON For starting song or pattern playback or realtime recording from the current measure location. Pressing [PLAY] immediately after pressing [STOP] will continue the song or pattern playback from the stop location. To start the song or pattern from the beginning, or the top, press [TOP] before pressing [PLAY].
  • Page 17 q [DELETE] BUTTON For deleting individual drum beats in Pattern Record Mode. Simply hold [DELETE] and press [ENTER] or the appropriate drum pad to delete the drum voice at the current cursor location. When Chord Assign is active, holding [DELETE] and pressing [ENTER] will delete the chord at the current cursor location.

  • Page 18: Side & Rear Panels

    For plugging in a pair of headphones with a mini stereo plug for private listening. 3 [OUTPUT] JACKS For connecting the RY8 to a mixer, or a stereo amplifier, or amplified speakers. In the case of mono output, use the [L/MONO] jack.
  • Page 19 RY8 is not in use. 8 BATTERY COMPARTMENT For inserting six 1.5 volt AA-size (SUM-3 or R6P) batteries to supply power to the RY8. Be sure to remove the batteries when the RY8 is not to be used for an extended period of time.

  • Page 20: Getting Started

    AC power outlet. Do not attempt to use an AC adaptor other than the Yamaha PA-3 or PA-1B. The use of an incompatible adaptor may cause irreparable damage to the RY8, and may even pose a serious...

  • Page 21: Using Batteries

    Open the battery compartment cover. Open the battery compartment cover—located on the bottom panel of the RY8— by carefully pressing down on the grooved area of the cover and sliding it outward, in the direction of the arrow as indicated on the cover itself, and as shown below.

  • Page 22: Connecting External Devices

    MIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF BATTERIES (SUCH AS ALKALINE AND MANGANESE)! To prevent possible damage due to battery leakage, remove the batteries from the RY8 if the instrument is not to be used for an extended period of time. CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES.
  • Page 23 RY8’s sync clock. In general, you should plug a MIDI cable from the RY8’s [MIDI OUT] jack to the MIDI IN jack of the external device, and plug another MIDI cable from the RY8’s [MIDI IN] jack to the MIDI OUT jack of the external device.
  • Page 24 RY8 and play along with the patterns and songs, or use the RY8 as a guitar tuner, or even use the RY8 as a guitar synthesizer to “trigger” one of the 50 AWM normal voices by the notes you play on the guitar.
  • Page 25 When turning the various components off, simply reverse the process. The reason for turning the RY8 on first and off last is to avoid the possibility of sending a power surge through the sound system which could damage the...

  • Page 26: Playing The Demo Song

    Before you begin using the RY8 or diving into its many features, you might want to hear the preprogrammed demo song which will give you an idea of just how powerful the RY8 is. To select the demo song, first you must enter Song Mode.

  • Page 27: Playing The Drum Pads

    7. PLAYING THE DRUM PADS At power-on, you can start hitting the drum pads right away. Try listening to the sounds of the currently selected drum kit. The Drum Voice List and Drum Kit List are provided or page 82 and 84. SELECTING THE PAD BANKS.
  • Page 28 SELECTING THE DRUM KITS. When the Chase function is on, the currently selected drum kit will depend on which pattern is selected. There are 16 drum kits—12 Preset drum kits and 4 User drum kits. To select a different kit, you must first enter Drum Kit Mode. To enter Drum Kit Mode, hold [MODE] and press [KIT].

  • Page 29: Playing The Preset Patterns

    Bass, Chord 1 and Chord 2 tracks. There are 200 backings, covering many different popular styles of music. (For a list of the RY8’s pattern, see page 86.) The Preset rhythm patterns are organized in 50 music styles with four Sections for each style.
  • Page 30 Press [-1] and [+1] to select a Preset pattern (between #000 ~ #199). (The pattern numbers between #200 ~ #249 are for User patterns, i.e., patterns you create yourself; the User patterns for a new RY8 will contain no data.) To play the selected Preset pattern, press [PLAY]. The selected pattern will play repeatedly until you press [STOP].

  • Page 31: Changing The Tempo

    CHANGING THE TEMPO. You can change the tempo whether the pattern is playing or stopped. Each Preset pattern is programmed with an “initial tempo”. When you select a pattern, the pattern’s initial tempo will be loaded. To change the current tempo setting, hold [MODE] and press [TEMPO] to enter Tempo Mode.
  • Page 32 To select Chord Root or Chord Type, press [2] and [1]. The flashing indicator will be positioned above the currently selected one. To change the backing Chord Root or Chord Type, press [+1] and [-1], followed by [ENTER] to lock in the new chord. Chord Type Chord Root To exit Chord Assign, press [CHORD] again.
  • Page 33 When the backing name is flashing, press and hold [-1] or [+1] to scroll through all the backings; the very last backing selection will be the “Backing Off” status. To turn the backing accompaniment off, choose the very last backing selection, indicated by the words “BKOFF”...

  • Page 34: Playing The Preset Songs

    Bass Track Mute (“B”) is the first function, Chord 1 Track Mute (“C1”) is the second function, and Chord 2 Track Mute (“C2”) is the third function in Mute Mode. The words “MUTE B (or C1 or C2) OF” will appear on the LCD to indicate that you have accessed the desired Track Mute function, and that it is turned off.
  • Page 35 The RY8 has 28-note polyphony, which means the maximum number of notes that can sound at one time is 28. In some cases, some of the voices may be “truncated”, or cut off, or may not sound at all.
  • Page 36 CHANGING THE PATTERNS AND BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT. You can easily change the patterns and backing accompaniment of the selected song—either while the song is stopped or while it is playing. After you’ve switched into the Song Mode Song Select function and selected a song, when you press [PLAY] to start the song playback, the flashing cursor position will change from “SONG”...
  • Page 37 To change the backing accompaniment, press [2] or [1] to position the flashing cursor over the name of the backing accompaniment. The backing name will begin flashing, indicating that you can select a different accompaniment backing to play with the currently selected rhythm. Then press [-1] and [+1] to select a backing accompaniment.

  • Page 38: Modes & Functions

    MODES & FUNCTIONS 10. PATTERN MODE Pattern Mode is one of the two main operating modes of the RY8 (the other being Song Mode). It consists of both Pattern Play and Pattern Record Modes. The Preset Pattern List is provided on page 86.
  • Page 39 THE BEAT/CLOCK POSITION INDICATORS The pattern beat/clock position indicators appear in the upper right area of the LCD, where large inverted triangles represent each beat in the measure, and small inverted triangles represent each clock where rhythm data may exist. (The number of beat and clock position triangles in the measure depends on the designated meter of the pattern.) Beat Position Indicators Clock Position Indicators...
  • Page 40 SELECTING A “NEXT” PATTERN - To specify the “Next” pattern to play immediately after the current pattern finishes, press [+1] and [-1] while the current pattern is playing to specify the Next pattern number. The word “NEXT” will display in the LCD until the Next pattern is engaged. CHANGING THE BACKING - To temporarily select a different backing to hear how it sounds with the current rhythm pattern (either while the pattern is playing or is stopped), press [2] once to position the flashing cursor over the...
  • Page 41 ASSIGNING A SWING FACTOR TO THE PATTERN - Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE-] or [PAGE+] once or more to access the Swing function. The word “SWING” will appear in the LCD, as will the current Swing setting (OFF, E1 ~ E9, S1 ~ S5).
  • Page 42 User patterns or songs. (Be sure to save any important User data first, offloading it to an external storage device such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer.) ASSIGNING A BACKING TO A USER PATTERN - You can assign any of the 200 backing accompaniments to play with a User pattern.
  • Page 43 ENTERING PATTERN RECORD MODE - First hold [MODE] and press [PATTERN] to enter Pattern Mode. Then press [REC] to enter Pattern Record Standby Mode, which means the RY8 will be standing by ready to record—by either the Step or Realtime recording process—with the pattern beat/clock location conveniently cued up at the first beat of the measure.
  • Page 44 DESIGNATING THE METER - If you want to create a pattern from scratch with a specific time signature, you must first designate the meter for an empty User pattern while still in Pattern Record Standby Mode—i.e., before initiating Step or Realtime recording operation. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+]. The default meter setting will be flashing.
  • Page 45 Current Clock Location Current Beat Location The RY8 automatically prevents the sounding of illogical drum notes—such as a closed and open high- hat playing at the same time. The drum voice assigned to the higher pad number will always take...
  • Page 46 ENTERING REALTIME RECORD MODE - From within Pattern Record Standby Mode, simply pressing [PLAY] will initiate the realtime recording operation. A count-in metronome click will begin (the number of count-in beats will appear on the screen, and will depend on the designated meter), after which realtime recording will commence.
  • Page 47 ADDING ACCENTS TO THE RHYTHM You can record and delete accents the same way as recording and deleting drum beats—by using the [ACCENT] button. (You can assign accent levels to the pads for User drum kits. For details, see page 59.) ADDING AN ACCENT - In Pattern Play Mode, you can add an accent as you play the pads in realtime, by holding [ACCENT] and pressing a drum pad.
  • Page 48 ASSIGNING A BACKING - You can assign any of the 200 backing accompaniments to play with a User pattern. (For details, see page 34.) EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM NOTE POLYPHONY - The RY8 has 28-note polyphony, which means the maximum number of notes that can sound at one time is 28.

  • Page 49: Song Mode

    11. SONG MODE Song Mode is one of the two main operating modes of the RY8 (the other being Pattern Mode). It consists of both Song Play and Song Record Modes. SONG PLAY MODE. In Song Play Mode, you can select and play Preset and User songs, as well as turn the Repeat and Chain functions on and off, clear a User song, and copy a Preset or User song to a User song location.
  • Page 50 SELECTING A FUNCTION - Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] and [PAGE-] to step through the various functions. The LCD will display information about the status of each function as you step through them. SELECTING A SONG - When you enter Song Play Mode, you can go ahead and select a song.
  • Page 51 CHANGING THE PATTERN - To temporarily specify a different pattern to hear how it sounds with the song, press [2] or [1] to position the flashing cursor over the abbreviation “PTN” (Pattern). Then press [+1] and [-1] to specify the pattern number.
  • Page 52 If you turn both the Repeat and Chain functions on and then press [PLAY], the User songs will play from the top to the end repeatedly, until you press [STOP]. CLEARING A USER SONG - When the song is stopped, hold [MODE] and press [PAGE-] or [PAGE+] to access the Song Clear function.
  • Page 53 Likewise, you can insert or delete a chord without affecting the pattern track. When constructing a song, you can take advantage of the RY8’s song Sections to create a professional sounding tune that flows naturally from part to part. For example, the Preset patterns are organized in 50 music styles with “Main A”,...
  • Page 54 ENTERING SONG RECORD MODE - First, enter Song Mode and select a User song location. Then, press [REC] to enter Song Record Standby Mode, which means the RY8 will be standing by ready to record—by either the Step or Realtime recording process. (To exit Song Record Mode, press [REC] again.) You cannot enter Song Record Mode when a Preset song (#00 ~ #49) is selected.
  • Page 55 ENTERING REALTIME RECORD MODE - From within Song Record Standby Mode, first, press [-1] or [+1] to select the pattern number that you want to be the first part in the song. Then, simply pressing [PLAY] will initiate the realtime recording operation. A count-in metronome click will begin (the number of count-in beats will appear on the screen, and will depend on the meter of the specified pattern), after which realtime recording will commence.
  • Page 56 The pattern and chord tracks are independent! When deleting a pattern, the succeeding parts will be moved up by one part. Therefore, take care that your pattern deletions don’t alter your song structure in relation to the chord track. INSERTING A PATTERN - After recording a song, you can go back and insert a pattern at any time.
  • Page 57 RECORDING CHORD CHANGES To record chord changes in the chord track at specific clock locations in the song, first you must access the Chord Assign feature. ACCESSING CHORD ASSIGN - From within Step Record Mode, press [CHORD]. The words “BEAT” and “CLOCK”—which display the current beat and clock location of the currently selected measure—will appear in the lower left area of the LCD, and a small inverted triangle will appear over the Chord Root in the upper left area of the LCD.
  • Page 58 DESIGNATING A CHORD ROOT AND TYPE - After selecting the measure and specifying the clock, press [2] twice to position the flashing cursor over the Chord Root, and press [-1] and [+1] to select the Chord Root. Next, press [1] once to position the flashing cursor over the Chord Type, and press [-1] and [+1] to select the Chord Type.
  • Page 59 CHORD TYPES (Key of C)
  • Page 60 DELETING A CHORD BY PART - After recording a song, you can go back and delete an unwanted chord at any time at a specific part, or measure location. First, in Song Record Mode, press [CHORD] to access Chord Assign. Next, locate the measure containing the chord you want to delete, pressing [FWD] and [BWD].
  • Page 61 BACKING TO A USER PATTERN”, page 34). Then, return to Song Record Mode and follow the procedure outlined above in “CHANGING A PATTERN”. EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM NOTE POLYPHONY - The RY8 has 28-note polyphony, which means the maximum number of notes that can sound at one time is 28.

  • Page 62: Drum Kit Mode

    12. DRUM KIT MODE In Drum Kit Mode you can select a Preset or User drum kit, assign voices to the pads in a User kit, and designate various settings for the pads in a User kit, including specifying output and accent levels and setting the stereo pan positioning and pitch tuning for each drum pad.
  • Page 63 PLAYING THE PADS AND SELECTING KITS. You can generally play the drum pads in real-time regardless of the mode you’re in. From within some of the Drum Kit Mode functions, pressing the pad buttons will also display information about the various settings for each pad. SELECTING THE PAD BANKS - Each of the twelve drum pads has two drum voices assigned to it.
  • Page 64 SELECTING THE DRUM KITS - The currently selected drum kit will depend on which pattern is chosen, since each Preset pattern uses a specific drum kit. There are 16 drum kits in all—12 Preset kits (#00 ~ #11) and 4 User drum kits (#12 ~ #15).
  • Page 65 CREATING A USER DRUM KIT. One of the keys to the RY8’s flexibility is that you can create up to four of your own User drum kits by assigning any of the 128 AWM drum voices to the 12 Drum Pad Bank pads and 12 Percussion Pad Bank pads, as well as specify output level, accent level, pan position and pitch tuning for each drum voice.
  • Page 66 ASSIGNING DRUM VOICES TO THE PADS - You can assign any of the 128 AWM drum voices to the pads in a User drum kit. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] or [PAGE-] to access the voice Assign function. The word “ASSIGN” will display in the lower left area of the LCD, and the name of the drum voice which is assigned to the currently selected pad will be flashing.
  • Page 67 SETTING THE OUTPUT LEVELS - You can designate the output level for each pad in a User drum kit. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] or [PAGE-] to access the output Level function. The word “LEVEL” will appear in the lower left area of the LCD, and the level setting of the currently selected pad will be flashing.
  • Page 68 SETTING THE STEREO PAN POSITIONS - You can designate the stereo pan position for each pad in a User drum kit. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] or [PAGE-] to access the Pan function. The word “PAN” will appear in the lower left area of the LCD, and the pan setting of the currently selected pad will be flashing.

  • Page 69: External In Mode

    (For details about connecting a guitar, see page 16.) So the amount of music that can come from the RY8 at one time is the drums, bass and two chord parts from the patterns/songs, plus a guitar signal and the synthesized External In voice.
  • Page 70 ENTERING EXTERNAL IN MODE - Hold [MODE] and press [EXT IN] to enter External In Mode. SELECTING A FUNCTION - Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] and [PAGE-] to step through the various functions. The LCD will display information about the status of each function as you step through them. TURNING THE MIX FUNCTION ON AND OFF - When the Mix function is turned on, the guitar signal you play will be mixed with the patterns/songs, and both will be output...
  • Page 71 USING THE RY8 AS A GUITAR SYNTHESIZER - When a guitar (not an Electric Bass) is plugged into the [EXT IN] jack, you can use the guitar to trigger an External In voice in a variety of ways. There are two steps to setting up the RY8 as a guitar synthesizer: Designating the guitar synthesizer status.
  • Page 72 For a list of the AWM normal voices, see page 89. The RY8 can only recognize single notes that you play on the guitar; i.e., it cannot recognize block chords. Recognizing the specific notes you play on the guitar and in turn triggering a voice to play in the same pitch is a rather sophisticated technological feat.
  • Page 73 [EXT IN] jack, turn up the volume, access the External In Mode Tuner function, and play a string. The RY8 will sense the pitch of the string you play, and will display the pitch in the upper left area of the screen.
  • Page 74 SETTING THE BASIC PITCH - You can set the basic pitch of the guitar tuner between “440” and “445”. From within the Tuner function, press [+1] and [-1] to set the basic pitch. The basic pitch setting determines the overall system tuning for the RY8.

  • Page 75: System Mode

    14. SYSTEM MODE In System Mode you can designate Internal or MIDI sync clock, assign the MIDI transmit and receive channel for the drum voices, assign the MIDI channel for receiving program change messages, assign the MIDI transmit channel for the External In voice and the Harmony voice, activate bulk dump operations, and designate the note table and assign the note numbers for the drum kit.
  • Page 76 RY8 and synchronize, or “sync” the two devices together so that their clocks will play in perfect time with each other. The RY8 may be designated as the “master” device, which means you should set its sync clock to Internal, and the external sequencer’s clock to MIDI.
  • Page 77 RY8 respond to program change messages from an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer. For example, by pressing the voice selectors on your keyboard, you can select the RY8’s drum kits. To do so, you must assign the RY8’s program change receive channel to the same program change channel number as the transmitting device.
  • Page 78 63) in order to play an external tone generator. To do so, you must assign the RY8’s Harmony voice channel to the same MIDI receive channel number as the tone generator. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] once or more access the Harmony Channel function.
  • Page 79 When the operation is finished, the word “END” will appear briefly on the LCD. BULK DUMP RECEIVE - As long as the RY8 is in the Select function of Song Play Mode or Pattern Play Mode, and the song or pattern is not playing, it can automatically receive a bulk dump initiated from an external storage device.
  • Page 80 MIDI note number for each pad. When playing the RY8’s drum voices from an external keyboard or sequencer, the drum voices will play according to the RY8’s note table assignments. The RY8 has both a Preset note table, which you cannot modify, and a User note table, which you can modify using the Note Number function (see below).

  • Page 81: Tempo Mode

    15. TEMPO MODE In Tempo Mode you can set the tempo for the song or pattern playback or recording. You can switch into Tempo Mode and change the playback tempo as the pattern or song is playing. Each Preset pattern and song has an “initial tempo” assigned to it. Whenever you select a Preset pattern and press [PLAY], the initial tempo will be activated.

  • Page 82: Mute Mode

    16. MUTE MODE In Mute Mode you can mute (i.e., switch off) any or all of the backing accompaniments, even while the song or pattern is playing. ENTERING MUTE MODE - Hold [MODE] and press [MUTE] to enter Mute Mode. The word “MUTE” will appear in the lower left area of the LCD, along with the currently selected backing track and its present status—“ON”...

  • Page 83: Balance Mode

    17. BALANCE MODE Balance Mode is in effect an on-board “sound mixer” that lets you balance the relative levels of the normal voices. In Balance Mode you can balance the volume output levels for the Bass, Chord 1, and Chord 2 backing voices, as well as the output of the External In and Harmony voices, even while the pattern or song is playing.

  • Page 84: Transpose Mode

    SETTING A BALANCE LEVEL - Select either the Bass, Chord 1, Chord 2, External In or Harmony voice and press [-1] and [+1] to set the balance level for the selected voice. The volume level of the guitar itself can only be determined by the setting of the guitar’s volume knob. 18.

  • Page 85: Appendix

    19. RECALLING THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS You can reset all RY8 settings to their initial default settings at any time. Doing so will clear all the User patterns, songs and drum kits you have created. Before initiating the factory default setting operation, be sure to save any important User data using an external MIDI data storage device (such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer).

  • Page 86: Display Messages

    20. DISPLAY MESSAGES During operation the RY8 will display various error and other messages in the LCD. Below is a list and description of each display message. DISPLAY COMMENTS BACKUP ERROR If the batteries are dead (or are not installed), when you turn...

  • Page 87: Troubleshooting

    Clear the destination pattern memory location and try again. 21. TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter one of the problems listed below, please check the possible causes and solutions before you assume that your RY8 is faulty. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS No power Check if the batteries are dead.
  • Page 88 System Mode. Check if the RY8 System Mode Sync function is set to MIDI clock. The RY8 will not play when the sync is set to MIDI clock, since it is designated to act as a “slave” to an external clock source.

  • Page 89: Specifications

    Specifications and descriptions in this Owner’s Manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment or options may not be the same in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.

  • Page 90: Lists & Charts

    23. LISTS & CHARTS DRUM VOICE LIST LCD DISPLAY DRUM VOICE NAME LCD DISPLAY DRUM VOICE NAME KLite BD Light HCAn1 HH Analog Closed 1 KDry BD Dry HCAn2 HH Analog Closed 2 KTite BD Tight HOAna HH Analog Open KJaz1 BD Jazz 1 Ride1...
  • Page 91 LCD DISPLAY DRUM VOICE NAME LCD DISPLAY DRUM VOICE NAME TAna5 Tom Analog 5 AnCgL Analog Conga Low TAna6 Tom Analog 6 AnClv Analog Claves TElc1 Tom Electronic 1 HighQ High Q TElc2 Tom Electronic 2 ScrH Scratch High TElc3 Tom Electronic 3 ScrL Scratch Low...

  • Page 94: Preset Pattern List

    PRESET PATTERN LIST Rock PATTERN PATTERN STYLE NAME SECTION STYLE NAME SECTION DISPLAY DISPLAY 8RckA 8-Beat Rock Main A LA-mA LA Metal Shuffle Main A 8RckB Main B LA-mB Main B 8RckC Fill AB LA-mC Fill AB 8RckD Fill BA LA-mD Fill BA GlamA...
  • Page 95 PATTERN PATTERN STYLE NAME SECTION STYLE NAME SECTION DISPLAY DISPLAY EuroA Euro beat Main A WestA West Coast Rock Main A EuroB Main B WestB Main B EuroC Fill AB WestC Fill AB WestD Fill BA EuroD Fill BA HousA House Main A LiteA...

  • Page 96: Rock&Roll/Latin/Jazz/Reggae/Ethnic

    Rock&Roll Latin PATTERN PATTERN STYLE NAME SECTION STYLE NAME SECTION DISPLAY DISPLAY TwstA Twist Main A SalsA Salsa Main A SalsB Main B TwstB Main B TwstC Fill AB SalsC Fill AB TwstD Fill BA SalsD Fill BA 50’sA 50’s Rock & Roll Main A SambA Samba...
  • Page 97 NORMAL VOICE LIST LCD DISPLAY VOICE NAME LCD DISPLAY VOICE NAME FlBas Fretless Bass Piano Grand Piano SlBas Slap Bass BrPno Bright Piano SyBa1 Synth Bass 1 EGrnd E.Grand SyBa2 Synth Bass 2 HnkTn Honky Tonk Strg1 Strings 1 EPno1 E.Piano 1 Strg2 Strings 2...

  • Page 98: Midi Data Format

    NOTE NUMBER 0kkkkkkk k=0(C-2)~127(G8) 11110111 (F7H) VELOCITY 0vvvvvvv NOTE ON v=1~127 The RY8 can receive bulk data only when it is in Pattern or Song 2) PROGRAM CHANGE Select Mode. STATUS 1100nnnn (CnH) n=0~15 VOICE CHANNEL A block consists of the Byte Count, the data bytes, and the NUMBER Checksum.
  • Page 99 A bulk dump consists of the following data: 2) PITCH BEND CHANGE STATUS 1110nnnn (EnH) n=0~15 System Data EXTERNAL IN/HARMONY MIDI Set-up Data CHANNEL NUMBER Drum Kit Data 0 l l l l l l l l=0~127 Pattern Data 0hhhhhhh h=0~127 3.

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