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Yamaha WX7 Owner's Manual

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PRODUCT MANUAL
WIND MIDI CONTROLLER

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  • Page 1 YAMAHA ® AUTHORIZED PRODUCT MANUAL WIND MIDI CONTROLLER...
  • Page 2 YAMAHA WIND MIDI CONTROLLER OWNER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha WX7 Wind MIDI Controller. Since 1887, Yamaha has been producing quality musical in- music devices. It uses the standard Bohm fingering and, in struments, both acoustic and electronic. Now in its 100th normal operation, can be played in two octaves.

  • Page 4: How To Use This Manual

    SETTING UP (p.8), as the title indicates, describes the simple connection procedure of the WX7 plus its MIDI/Power pack. Once you understand this procedure, you’ll be able to set up your WX7 and be ready to play in minutes. PLAYING THE WX7 (p.9) gets you right into playing,...

  • Page 5: Precautions

    PRECAUTIONS GUIDE TO THE CONTROLS Avoid placing your WX7 in direct sunlight or close to a Front View/Rear View source of heat. Also, avoid locations where the instrument is likely to be subjected to vibration, excessive dust, cold or moisture. All of these conditions could have a detri- mental effect on both the mechanisms and the circuitry incorporated into the WX7.
  • Page 6 Mouthpiece (detachable). Playing strap ring Attach the playing strap to this ring to hang the WX7 Bkey from your body while playing. Pitch Bend Wheel. A key Operated by the right thumb, this allows you to bend the pitch of notes, by an amount corresponding to the...

  • Page 7: Accessories And Maintenance

    Keep the mouthpiece using the WX7 for long periods, remove the batteries and attached to the WX7 when not in use or when storing in the store them in the carrying case. hard case. The mouthpiece protects the lip sensor from...
  • Page 8 The shims are self-adhesive. Simply remove the plastic covering from the shim, and stick it firmly on the body of the WX7 just under the pad opposite the key you want to adjust, as shown in the above diagram.

  • Page 9: Quick Guide

    The WX7 carrying case is a light and durable case designed sition. to hold the WX7 plus all accessories, so you can easily carry everything you need to your concert or recording session. Insert the six batteries into the MIDI/Power Pack, in When not using the WX7, always store it in the carrying case the direction indicated in the battery compartment.

  • Page 10: Setting Up

    SETTlNG UP SETTING THE MIDI SOUND SOURCE In this section you will learn how to prepare the WX7 for Three vital points must be remembered when setting up your playing, and connect it up to your MIDI synthesizer or tone MIDI Synthesizer or tone generator to be controlled by the generator.

  • Page 11: Playing The Wx7

    LIP PRESSURE After you have made all the connections between the WX7, The WX7’s Lip Sensor lets you bend pitch up or down by the MIDI/Power Pack, your MIDI tone generator, and your biting the reed. It can be set for one of two modes: Tight sound system, you are ready to play your WX7.
  • Page 12 The Octave Transpose keys Modulation Depth to at least 70 and the LFO Speed to about are located on the rear of the WX7 and can be pressed singly 40. Increasing the breath pressure on your WX7 will create or in succession by rolling or sliding the left thumb across a pronounced vibrato effect on the TX81Z.

  • Page 13: The Dip Switches

    DIP SWITCH #1 — Breath Control/After Touch B flat E flat You can use the WX7 not only to play notes from your MIDI C (octave up) device but also alter the tonal character, volume and pitch by breath pressure. The WX7 monitors changes in breath pressure and sends them out as MIDI Breath Control data.
  • Page 14 In both the DUAL PLAY modes, the lead line is transmitted pressive harmony passages. on MIDI channel 1 and the held note on MIDI channel 2. However, the WX7 can be set to transmit on MIDI channels [FOLLOW MODE] 3 and 4 instead, in the following manner: Turn the WX7’s power off.

  • Page 15: Adjusting The Playing Response

    Four rotary DIP Switch #7 allows you to change the shape, not the range, pots, located under a cover on the upper back of the WX7 of the Wind Curve. The actual range of the Wind Curve is...
  • Page 16 NOTE: The LIP ZERO and LIP GAIN parameters are in- NOTE:. The Wind Gain response of the WX7 can be set to teractive, so it is necessary to them one after the two different “Wind Curves”.

  • Page 17: Midi And Applications

    In every MIDI setup there is a master and a slave. The master can be a keyboard, sequencer, computer — or a WX7 — and the slave (a sound-generating instrument) is played by it. The master transmits MIDI messages to the slave in the form of computer type signals.
  • Page 18 Assign these chordal voices to MIDI channel 2, and an eight-sound drum or percussion set. Assign each drum the other four voices to MIDI channel 1. With the WX7 in sound to a different note (perhaps to a convenient eight-note the Dual Play mode, you could then add chordal harmonies scale).

  • Page 19: Glossary

    Normally, a breath controller sends only Breath Control data, but the WX7 can also send Note On and Note Off data, and master: Any device (such as a keyboard, sequencer, or the can also be set to transmit After Touch data.
  • Page 20 A MIDI message indicating the start of a note. This message is sent whenever a key is pressed on a MIDI key- board. On the WX7, a Note On message is sent when a note is fingered and breath is applied to the mouthpiece. If the MIDI sound source has been programmed with a long “attack”...

  • Page 21: Specifications

    Change; Octave Transpose (-2 to +3 octaves) POWER SOURCE TERMINALS EITHER: “AA” batteries (1.5 V) X 6 OR: 12V DC, using optional Yamaha PA-1 12V DC In/MIDI Out (single connector) Voltage convertor connected to one of the fol- lowing power supplies: MIDI TRANSMIT CHANNELS 120V, 50/60 Hz [U.S., Canada]...

  • Page 22: Midi Data Format

    $b0, b1 ;control change in the immediate proximity of some types of audio or video devices ($b2, b3) (within three meters), interference may occur. This series of Yamaha 0 c c c c c c c $ c c ;control no.

  • Page 23: Midi Implementation

    [ Wind MIDI Controller Date : 4/7, 1987 Model WX7 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1 . 0 Transmitted Remarks Function . . . Basic Default Channel Changed 1 & 2 , 3 & 4 Default Mode Messages *************** Altered...
  • Page 24 Weitere Einzelheiten zu den Oktaven-Transponiertasten about the Octave Transpose keys. plus détails sur la touche transposition d-octave. finden Sie in der Rückansicht des WX7 im Kapitel “BESCHREIBUNG DER BEDIENELEMENTE”. *In this Iine. these keys have been released to transpose up by one octave.

  • Page 25: Fingering Charts

    The first chart gives above normal pitch. TABLES DE DOIGTES Les touches du WX7 son organisées en accord avec le système les positions pour jouer octave normale. Le deuxième doigté...
  • Page 26 ® YAMAHA Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600 3/10/99 19C0172...

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