2: Starting Out; Description - Yamaha DX7 SuperMAX+ User Manual

2: Starting Out

The first time you power-up the DX7 with the SuperMAX installed, and in fact any
time the battery is changed, there will be a 5-second delay before the greeting
message is seen. This is normal, do not panic. The greeting message should
look something like this:
All 16 of the memory banks are now filled with the 2 banks of SuperMAX
"factory" sounds. You can overwrite any or all of these sounds, but make sure to
read the tips later in this document before you begin to do so!

Description

SuperMAX has 512 memory locations (16 banks) and you can store in each
location:
 the sound patch/voice, plus
 all of the parameters of the normal DX7 functions, plus
 the new parameters of SuperMAX functions.
Ignoring the patch/voice elements for the moment, these programmable values
are:
DX7 Functions:
 Mono/Poly
 Pitch Bend
 Portamento
 Modulation Wheel (Range and Assignment: Pitch, Amplitude, EG Bias)
 Foot Controller
 Breath Controller
 Aftertouch Control: (Range and Assignment: Pitch, Amplitude, EG Bias)
SuperMAX Functions:
 Master Volume
 Keyboard Zone Limit Keys (Low and High)
 MIDI Keyboard Zone Limit Keys (Low and High)
 MIDI Channel Out
 Arpeggiator Preset Number
 Delay Time, Volume, Feedback, Pitch Transpose and Hold
 Voice Stack Mode Volumes and Pitches, Coarse and Fine
 Patch Creation/Morphing (Rolling Mode, Sound Creator, Velocity Cross-
switch)
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(Range and Assignment: Pitch, Amplitude, EG Bias)
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