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Yamaha DX200 User Manual

Yamaha dx200 desktop fm synthesizer - power user guide
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DX200 Desktop FM Synthesizer - Power User Guide
Yamaha DX200 Desktop FM Synthesizer - Power User Guide
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Contents:
What is the DX200?
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How do I Select a Pattern in the DX200?
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Using Pattern Assign
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Moving the Knobs and Affecting the Synth
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This guide is designed to take you through the Yamaha DX200 Desktop Control Synthesizer. It is not
intended to be used instead of the manual, but rather as a short cut to help you get up and running with it
quickly. Furthermore, it should be noted that the DX200 manual is very cool. It is essentially a collection of
92 "Tips" that take you all the way through the DX200. Don't fear the manual! It 's remarkably good! Lastly,
the Loop Factory brochure is amazing: It has it's own little quick start guide when you completely unfold it.
One thing Yamaha does quite well is a brochure. You can learn a great deal simply by reading it. Very cool.
(Brief word about nomenclature in this document: Actual buttons on the front panel of the machine are listed
in all caps and bracketed like this: [SYNTH TRACK]. Shift functions are listed like this: EVENT SELECT.
These are the important ones...just so you know...)
What is the DX200?
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Editing a Preset Pattern
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Free EG
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The DX200 Plug-in Editor and XG Works
Lite Software
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FAQ's
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4/17/03

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  • Page 1 Furthermore, it should be noted that the DX200 manual is very cool. It is essentially a collection of 92 “Tips” that take you all the way through the DX200. Don’t fear the manual! It ’s remarkably good! Lastly, the Loop Factory brochure is amazing: It has it’s own little quick start guide when you completely unfold it.
  • Page 2 Yamaha FM synthesis. And, as I stated above, one of the primary goals of most musicians is to have a stable of unique sounds at your disposal. The DX200 delivers on that goal big time. It is awesome. For a much more in depth overview of FM synthesis, hit www.yamahasynth.com.
  • Page 3 How do I Select a Pattern in the DX200? After you have hooked up your DX200 in stereo (and you will really be missing a lot of sonic potential if you don’t listen to the box in stereo) and powered it up for the first time you will notice that you are automatically in [PATTERN] mode (Note that the pattern light is illuminated, and around it are other modes like [SONG], [STORE], [PITCH], [GATE TIME], etc.
  • Page 4 Both red lights on mean that the knobs will affect both FEG and AEG simultaneously. While the DX200 is playing back move these knobs around a bit and listen to the changes. The most radical ones will be when you change the Attack or Release knobs.
  • Page 5 [STEP 1-8] (located directly above) buttons are illuminated, the 8 control knobs directly above are used to change the pitch of these steps. So, the knobs that are used to control the DX200 synth (PORTAMENTO, HARMONIC, FM DEPTH, DECAY, NOISE LEVEL, CUTOFF/TYPE, RESONANCE and FEG DEPTH) are now used to select any pitch from C-2 to G8 when either the [STEP 1-8] or [STEP 9-16] buttons are illuminated.
  • Page 6 [STEP 9-16] button and use the 8 control knobs to change each of the steps. Simple. Now you understand the basics of how the DX200 works. Let’s take a look at one of the more powerful features in the DX200: Free EG.
  • Page 7 The DX200 Plug-in Editor and XG Works Lite Software: If you have a PC, I can’t stress how cool it is to link your DX200 up with the Plug-in Editor and XG Works Lite. First of all: 1. You get a real, honest-to-goodness linear sequencer with XG Works Lite. You can create sequences just like you can with other software sequencers, do all the cut/copy/paste editing, quantizing, etc.
  • Page 8 DX200 to function as a tone module. 2. Live Set Up: Let’s make it simple: I have a digital piano, say a Yamaha P80, and I just would like to add a great-sounding fat analog-style synth to my existing set up. You can do this with the DX200. All you need to do is MIDI out of the P80 into the DX200, make sure they are sending and receiving on the same MIDI channel, hook the DX200 up to your speaker system and your in business.
  • Page 9 . How do I get new patterns into the DX200? . There are a few ways. The most elegant way is via the DX200 editor that ships with the unit. This acts as a very cool, great looking editor and pattern librarian and makes it very easy to archive all of your patterns and songs.