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- Page 1 Version 2 System Upgrade Information Guide Information zur Systemerweiterung (Ver.2) Information sur extension du système (Ver.2)
- Page 2 How to Use This Guide • This W5/W7 Version 2 System Upgrade Information Guide is a supplement to the original W5/W7 Owner’s Manual and W5/W7 Technical Information booklet. • The “New Features Overview Chart” shows at a glance just what’s new and where it’s located in relation to the existing features, and the “New Features in Version 2”...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ONTENTS New Features Overview...2 About the Accompanying Floppy Disks ...6 NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 2 ...8 PRESET VOICE BANKS ...8 Voice Category Search...9 Voice Category Display in the Voice Directory...9 Quick Voice Bank Select ...10 Quick Program Change...10 CUE PLAY ...11 Cue Play as Additional Measure Locate Points ...12 MULTITRACK LOOP RECORDING ...13 REMIX...14... -
Page 4: New Features Overview
Assign sequences to track buttons for trigger playback SHIFT MIDI, Keyboard & Other settings Determine how W5/W7 responds to various MIDI data Set MIDI transmit channel for each track Keyboard Mode (Normal, Split, Layer, 4-zone) settings Assign Dynamic Split (floating split point) settings... - Page 5 SONG EDIT EDIT Sequence Track Insert Change Graphic Tempo Track Insert Change SONG JOB Job 1 Copy Song SHIFT Append Song SHIFT Clear Song SHIFT Copy Track SHIFT Clear Track SHIFT Mix Track SHIFT Normalize Playback Effect SHIFT Job 2 Copy Measure SHIFT Erase Measure...
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Page 6: Voice Edit Mode
Rename a file on the inserted floppy disk Delete a specified file from the inserted floppy disk Format a disk for use with the W5/W7 Automatically load the designated file at power on Automatically load & play the designated file at power on... - Page 7 GM Voice Bank 128 Normal Voices + 8 Drum Voices Internal Voice Bank 128 Normal Voices + 2 Drum Voices External Voice Bank (Optional Expansion Wave/Voice Board) Pitch Group Scale Tune Note Shift Sensitivity Envelope Effect Group System Effect Send Insertion Effect Type Insertion Effect Parameter Insertion Effect Control...
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Page 8: About The Accompanying Floppy Disks
• SONG 04 : Halftime • SONG 05 : RAM-Jam The various songs showcases how great the W5/W7 sounds across different genres of music. There’s more to each demonstration song than just an impressive performance, however, since they are also great examples for study of clever ways to allocate voices, optimize the various effect and other settings, and more. - Page 9 VCE_EDIT.A1S file This file is a special demonstration for editing a voice. When you start the song from the top, the W5/W7 plays the intro of the demo song “Isn’t It Hip” (same as in the “W5/W7 FACTORY SET & DEMONSTRATION” disk, above), then stops, selects Track 7, then goes on to give a visual demonstration of how to edit the voice “Needle”.
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Page 10: New Features In Version 2
EATURES PRESET VOICE BANKS Version 2 includes two additional Preset voice banks, making a total of three Preset voice banks, or 384 Preset normal voices in ROM. Preset voice bank 2 contains the same voices as the Internal voice bank (RAM). Preset voice bank 3 includes 128 new voices, including many techno and dance music oriented voices, and several unique voices which can yield various characteristics as you play, controlled by the modulation wheel. -
Page 11: Voice Category Search
Version 2’s Preset 3 voice bank features an assortment of modern music sounds including techno, dance music and other voices—which add a completely new dimension to the W5/W7’s sonic possibilities. Below are descriptions of a few of the more intriguing voices which rely on the CS and Modulation Wheel to achieve maximum flexibility and... -
Page 12: Quick Voice Bank Select
Quick Voice Bank Select Version 2 provides a convenient shortcut for selecting voice banks within Voice Mode or from the Voice Directory in Song Multi Play Mode. Simply pressing the Shift button will display the first letter of each voice bank (E*, I, S, G, P1, P2, P3) above function keys F1*~F7—by which you can jump directly to a desired voice bank. -
Page 13: Cue Play
Version 2 features Cue Play in Song Sequence Play Mode (see the Owner’s Manual, page 80), which lets you compile a list of 16 songs or sequence phrases and trigger-start them from any measure simply by pressing Track buttons. With Cue Play you can set fire to the dance floor by triggering the right groove at just the right time—jumping from one to another in realtime as the mood of the party dictates. -
Page 14: Cue Play As Additional Measure Locate Points
(as displayed at the top right of the screen). To save the Cue Play data to floppy disk, simply save the current data in the W5/W7 as an “All Data” file. (For details about saving and loading, see the Owner’s Manual, page 131.) NOTE The demo song 03: Push Track (W_DEMO02.A1A) presents a... -
Page 15: Multitrack Loop Recording
MULTITRACK LOOP RECORDING Version 2 features Multitrack Loop Recording, which provides more flexible song sequencing options. The Multitrack Loop Recording feature lets you specify a series of measures which will loop repeatedly as you overdub additional parts. You can jump from track to track to add new parts without stopping the sequencer. -
Page 16: Remix
Every time you press the Song, Voice, Select, Solo or any of the 16 Track buttons, the W5/W7 generates a corresponding MIDI system exclusive parameter change (“Switch Remote”) message. -
Page 17: Track Mute
Track Mute As explained above, Solo Mode lets you toggle back and forth between solo and mute status when you press a Track button, and the W5/W7 will remember the current solo/mute status when entering and exiting Solo Mode. Version 2 also lets you enter Solo Mode with all... - Page 18 • Type 00~27, ** There are 27 different Playback Effect types. Playback Effect types 01~27 are those programmed at the factory, whose parameters you can still adjust at will. If you want to design your own Playback Effect parameters from scratch, simply select Playback Effect type “00”...
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Page 19: Playback Effect Template Type List
Playback Effect Template Type List TEMPLATE 00 [ Off. No Playback Effect applied. 01 [Just Aligns to the nearest 16th-note. 02 [Just Aligns to the nearest 8th-note. 03 [Just Aligns to the nearest quarter-note. 04 [Just Aligns to the nearest 16th-note-triplet. 05 [Just Aligns to the nearest 8th-note-triplet. -
Page 20: Normalize Playback Effect (Song Job 1)
Normalize Playback Effect (Song Job 1) Although the Playback Effects apply to the song playback only, and do not affect the original song data, Version 2’s Normalize Playback Effect feature lets you apply the designated Playback Effects permanently to the current song. The Normalize Playback Effect feature is located in Song Job 1 (see the Owner’s Manual, page 95). -
Page 21: Quick Split/Layer And Dynamic Split
Version 2 features Quick Split and Quick Layer functions which make it easy to split the keyboard or layer two voices. When the W5/W7 is in Voice Mode or in Song Play Mode with the Keyboard Setup screen visible (see the Owner’s Manual, page 83), you can easily activate Quick Split or Quick Layer. - Page 22 • off When set to “off”, the Dynamic Split is not active, and the split point is fixed as determined by the Point setting. • upr (Upper) When set to “upr”, the first notes you play will be the upper voice, and the highest note will designate the new split point according to the specified Interval setting (see below).
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Page 23: Other Features In Version 2
OTHER FEATURES IN Version 2 Version 2 incorporates a variety of other features which streamline the W5/W7’s operation as well as greatly expand your playing options. Song Play Mode Measure Display Version 2 always displays the current measure number of... -
Page 24: System Effect
System Effect Tempo Delay In Version 2 the tempo of the song can be used to automatically determine the delay time in System Effect 3. The Tempo Delay feature lets you quickly and easily match the delay time in System Effect 3 to the tempo of the song. -
Page 25: Song Edit Mode
In Song Play/Voice Mode, an Insertion Effect will not be automatically applied to the currently selected channel. When the W5/W7 is in Song Play/Voice Mode, to switch back into Voice Mode, simply press [VOICE]. To switch back into Song Multi Play Mode, simply press [SONG]. -
Page 26: Voice Edit Mode
Voice Edit Mode Element Assign Version 2 provides a shortcut for selecting voice elements from the Voice Element Assign function (see the Owner’s Manual, page 112). Now you can position the cursor over the two-letter element category code (if P1 or P2 is selected) and directly select a different element category. -
Page 27: Utility Mode
• CS Assign You can assign one of many functions to be controlled by the continuous slider on the W5/W7’s panel. “000” becomes the default setting which allows the CS to be used as a data entry slider, and “032” turns the CS off. -
Page 28: Disk Mode
Auto Play lets you have the file load into Song 01 and start playing automatically after the W5/W7 system starts up. Auto Load works by saving a song file to floppy disk as a “1 Song + Voice”... -
Page 29: Changes To The Technical Information Booklet
Changes to the Technical Information Booklet Please use the new information below in conjunction with the W5/W7 Technical Information booklet. Voice List Two new Preset voice banks, P2 and P3, are included in Version 2. Please note the following: • The voices in Preset voice bank P1 are the same as those in the “Preset Voice List”... - Page 30 NORMAL VOICE LIST VOICE Preset Voice Bank 3 (001~064) Voice Voice Voice Name Number Category VOICE Voice Voice Voice Name Number Category Bass&Lead Fat&fat Blue Lead YellowLead Pump 7sus4 Pump Tri 1 Pump Tri 2 Koff Lead Digi Sync N-Hall DOWN L.F.O.
- Page 31 Element 1 Element Element Element Element Element Bank Number Category Name Bank Element 1 Element Element Element Element Element Bank Number Category Name Bank SynBrs10 Sweep SynBs3 SynBs8 SynBrs6 SynBrs6 Saw3 Saw3 DigiWobb RezLd Digi6 Seq2 Guffaw1 Science SynBs16 Digi4 Scrach Scrach TapeSpin...
- Page 32 Preset Voice Bank 3 (065~128) VOICE Voice Voice Voice Name Number Category TX816 EP Mod Roades House Orgn The Cat HeavyMetal Prince Stratus Eleki Man Progressiv Elec Mute LoFi Sax Shaku8 Ana Pluck Acid Digi SquareSeq Pulse Seq Saw Stab Harpy Wire Comp DeCaY...
- Page 33 Element 1 Element Element Element Element Element Bank Number Category Name Bank Organ2 Stuff4 Ovdrv1 Violin1 Clean1 Mute1 Strings6 MuteTp TenorSx1 Noise SynBs3 Digi7 SawSqu Saw1 Nylon1 Stuff11 Stuff5 Stuff6 VoxLd Vox8 SlwSweep Pad35 offMumin Science Sine 5th Pad1 Dissolve Digi3 Seq2 Digi4...
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Page 34: Drum Voice List
DRUM VOICE LIST pgm# Key Off Alt. GM-1(GD01) GM-9(GD02) GM-17(GD03) Note# Note Standard Kit Room Kit Rock Kit Click H CH 0 Brush Tap Brush Swirl L DH 0 Brush Slap Brush Swirl H Snare Roll FH 0 Castanet Snare L SD Power M GH 0 Sticks... -
Page 35: Midi Data Format
Technical Information – page 41 2.2 Parameter Change The W5/W7 will transmit and receive the eight types of parameter change messages listed below. When recording is activated and “All Track” and “Punch-in” are not designated, parameter change messages will be transmitted when the [SONG], [VOICE], [SELECT], [SOLO] and [TRACK 1]~[TRACK 16] buttons are pressed. - Page 36 Technical Information – page 44 6. Appended Table (1) MIDI Parameter Change table (Song / Multi) $F0,$43,$1n,$33,$04,sub_group,p_msb,p_lsb,v_msb,v_lsb,$F7 NOTES: n: Device Number s: parameter sub group number 000ccccc c: 1..16; Inst Channel (1..16), 0: common data p: parameter number v: parameter value [SONG_MULTI PARAMETERS] 1.COMMON PARAMETER...
- Page 37 YAMAHA [ Music Synthesizer---synthesizer part ] Model W5/W7 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Function ... | |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |Basic Default | 1 - 16 |Channel Changed | 1 - 16 |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| Default |Mode Messages Altered | ************** | x |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |Note | 0 - 127...
- Page 38 YAMAHA [ Music synthesizer---sequencer part ] Model W5/W7 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Function ... | |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |Basic Default |Channel Changed |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| Default |Mode Messages Altered |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |Note |Number : True voice| ************** | |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |Velocity Note ON Note OFF |-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------| |After Key's |Touch...