Table Of Contents - Yamaha V50 Authorized Product Manual

Precautions ................................................................4
How to use this manual ............................................ 5
Chapter 1 lntroducing theV50
Front and rear panels ............................................... 6
Connections .............................................................10
Using a single amp ............................................ 10
Using two amps .................................................10
Connecting other equipment via MIDI........... 10
Making sound....................................................... 11
Turn the power on ........................................
Any sound? . ........................................................11
Try out the sounds ............................................. 12
100 preset performances ................................
100 preset voices................................................12
Demonstration playback.......................................... 14
Playing the internal demo ............................... 14
Playing the disk demo ..................................... 14
Basic concepts of the V50 ...................................... 15
Internal structure of the V50 ........................... 15
Four play modes ............................................ 15
Basic operation of the V50 ................................... 16
Switching modes............................................. 16
Using the function keys to select operations ...... 16
Setting numerical values ................................. 17
Inputting characters ....................................... 17
Voices and performances .....................................
Voices ............................................................ 18
Single play mode and maximum
simultaneous notes ......................................... 18
Single play mode display ................................. 18
Single play mode LEDs................................... 18
Performances ................................................... 19
Performance play mode and maximum
simultaneous notes .......................................... 19
Performance play mode display ...................... 20
Performance play mode LEDs ........................ 20
Switching instruments on/off ........................... 20
When to use single play or performance
play mode....................................................
Effects .................................................................... 21
Changing the power-on display ............................. 22
Compatibility with other devices ........................... 22
Data compatibility with other devices............. 22
Cartridges ........................................................ 22
Chapter 2 Performance Edit ....................... 23
About performance editing .................................... 23
Performance edit .................................................... 24
Assign mode, performance name.. ................... 24
Notes ................................................................ 24
Voice number .................................................. 25
CONTENTS
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Receive channel ................................................ 25
Note limit (low)............................................... 25
Note limit (high) .............................................. 26
Detune ............................................................. 26
Note shift ........................................................ 27
Volume ............................................................ 27
Output assign .................................................. 27
LFO select ....................................................... 28
Micro tuning on/off......................................... 28
Micro tuning select........................................
Performance effect select ................................. 30
Effect on/off.................................................... 30
Effect select, effect balance.............................. 30
Effect output level, stereo mix......................... 31
Effect parameters ............................................ 32
Chapter 3 Voice Edit.................................
The basics of FM tone generation ......................... 36
Operators ......................................................
Combinations of operators............................. 36
Carrier and modulator ..................................... 36
Algorithm ........................................................ 37
Factors determining the tone of a voice.......... 37
About voice editing ................................................ 38
Operator on/off...................................................... 38
Voice editing .......................................................... 39
About quick edit ............................................. 39
Quick edit (attack) ........................................... 39
Quick edit (release)........................................... 39
Quick edit (volume).......................................... 39
Quick edit (brilliance)....................................... 40
Algorithm, feedback ......................................... 40
LFO (wave, speed, delay, key sync, PMD,
AMD) .............................................................. 41
Sensitivity (PMS, AMS, AME, EBS, KVS)..... 43
Oscillator (mode, coarse, fine, wave, detune,
shift, range) ..................................................... 44
Envelope generator (AR, D1R, D2L, D2R,
RR, shift) ........................................................ 45
Pitch envelope generator (PR1, PL1, PR2,
PL2, PR3, PL3) ............................................... 47
Output level..................................................... 48
Keyboard scaling (rate) ................................... 48
Keyboard scaling (level) .................................. 48
Transpose ........................................................ 49
Poly/mono mode select, pitch bend wheel range,
foot switch.. ..................................................... 49
Portamento (mode, time) ................................ 50
Foot controller (volume, pitch, amplitude)...... 50
Modulation wheel (pitch, amplitude) ............... 51
Breath controller (pitch, amplitude, pitch bias,
EG bias) ......................................................... 52
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