Yamaha Vintage DX7 Special Edition ROM Instruction Manual page 3

DX7
SPECIAL EDITION
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SPECIAL EDITION
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Thank you for purchasing the SPECIAL EDITION SYSTEM ROM lor
the Vintage (original
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DX7 synthesiser.
Thla INSTRUCTION GUIDE
will provide you with
the
n««i»«ry
information to both
install
and operate the SPECIAL EDITION ROM veralon. It
1«
advlaable
that you read through this INSTRUCTION GUIDE thoroughly
before
installing and operating th«
unit.
It
might prova halpful to
d.scriba th» baalc
daf ini ti
on and
function
of
e
ROM device
or IC
OnteCjreted
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,
ROM stands for BEAD QNLY BEMORY.
A ROM
le
a device with -ultipl
pins, end in
the case
of
the SPECIAL ED1T1DN ROM,
it
has a
total
of
2B
pi
ns <14
pins
par »ida> as ahown in
FI6URE
1.
FIGURE
i
basically a
ROM
has stor.d in it a
»*ria* of
instruct ion. and
constant
vilutft
that ara usad
by tha computar unit
of
tha
instrument.
The computer unit
of
the instrument
(in
this case
the
DX7>
retrieve* instructions from
the ROM and performs tn»
necessary tasks
in
order to operate or
implement
.a
particular
function.
Therefore, by removing the DX7's old ROM
and
it
with the SPECIAL EDITION
ROM (that
has different
1
natructi ons
stored
in lt>,
you can then access new and enhanced functions.
The SPECIAL EDITION RDM was developed to enhance the
Performance and
MIDI capabilities of
the Vintage DX7.
The
enhanced features of
this SPECIAL EDITION ROM include the
fol
lowing
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(1)
FUNCTION PARAMETERS FDR EACH VOICE CAN
BE
MEMORIZED OR SAVED
TO INTERNAL HEMORV OR A RAH CARTRIDGE!
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THE SPECIAL EDITION ROM DISPLAYS THE CURRENT MASTER TUNE
SETTING
OF THE DX7!
(3>
HIDI CHANNEL .INFORMATION ON/OFF FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS
YOU TO
ENABLE OR DISABLE PROGRAM AND CONTROL
CHANGES!
<4
)
MIDI
SYSTEM INFORMATION ON/OFF FEATURE
THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO
TRANSMIT SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE DATA OF
A
SINGLE VOICE OR ALL 32
VOICES.
CONTAINED IN
INTERNAL MEMORY!
(5)
INITIALIZATION FEATURE TO INITIALIZE FUNCTION PARAMETERS
CF
A
SINGLE VOICE
OR ALL 32 VOICES!
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