Yamaha CS1x Owner's Manual

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  • Yamaha CS1x | Owner's Manual - Page 1
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    that you regularly save your music data using an external MIDI data storage device such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for the accidental loss of CS1x data. SERVICE AND MODIFICATION • The CS1x contains no user serviceable parts, so never open the case
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    was the 1960s, and such was the power of the knob that music was changed forever. And the term synthesizer became a household word. But the knob was not perfect... From the start the knob was brilliant and easy to grasp. It put the musician in complete control of the sound. And opened up a whole new
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    together the best of both analog and digital worlds. The result was the Yamaha Control Synthesizer CS1x. The CS1x takes the best of analog-simplicity of use, natural interactivity, thick sound, and, of course, the knob-and unites it with the best of digital-reliable pitch, plenty of memory, one
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    stacked or in sophisticated keyboard and velocity splits), digital effects and other parameters. There are a total of 128 Preset Performances and 128 User Performances. • Multi Play mode for multitimbral play of up to 16 different Parts (across 16 MIDI channels; when using an external sequencer
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    20 Common Edit 1 22 Common Edit 2 25 Layer Edit 1 27 Layer Edit 2 30 Layer Edit 3 31 Layer Edit 4 33 Multi Play Mode 36 Utility Mode 40 Store Mode 44 Factory Settings 46 Appendix 47 Digital Effects 47 About MIDI 53 Specifications 57 Troubleshooting 58 Error Messages 59 Index 60 5
  • Yamaha CS1x | Owner's Manual - Page 7
    TRANS RCV MIDI DEVICE LOCAL BULK ASSIGN CTRL UTILITY TUNE TRANS CURVE FIX CH CH NO DUMP NO PITCH MODULATION Front Panel ! VOLUME Turn this knob to set the proper listening level whether using headphones or amplified speakers. " SOUND CONTROL KNOBS The six Sound Control Knobs give
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    you designate up to 16 Parts for multitimbral play when using an external sequencer. Parameters which can be edited in Multi Play mode are printed in a row directly above the Parameter Value UP/ DOWN buttons. (See page 36.) • STORE - This button lets you store User Performances. as well as Scenes
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    mode. (see page 43.) & FOOT CONTROLLER ) DC IN Connect the supplied Yamaha PA3B Power Adaptor here. (CAUTION: Do not attempt to use an AC adaptor other than the Yamaha PA-3B or equivalent, since the use of an incompatible adaptor may cause irreparable damage to the CS1x, and may even pose a serious
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    Sequencer The illustration below shows how to use the CS1x with a Yamaha QY series sequencer, which lets you take full advantage of the CS1x's multitimbral capability to play up to 16 different musical instrument Parts at once. You will need MIDI cables to make the proper connections. 1. Connect
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    , then turn on the CS1x. 4. Start up your music software, and set up the appropriate options in the software for operation with the CS1x. Refer to the owner's manual of your particular music software for more information. MIDI/Computer Connecting Cables MIDI Standard MIDI cable, maximum length 15
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    switch, located on the rear panel. 3. After a brief greeting message, the CS1x will power up. 4. Gradually turn the VOLUME knob to the right while playing the keyboard until you achieve a comfortable listening level. Playing The Demo Songs Before you dive in and start exploring the many Performances
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    The CS1x Generates Sound In order to better understand what's actually happening to the sound as you turn the Sound Control Knobs or modify other parameters, it is helpful to first take a look at the key components which make up the physical nature of sound. The Nature Of Sound What is sound? If
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    to manipulate various parameters in realtime. • MW - Use the Modulation Wheel to control PMOD, FMOD, and Filter Cutoff. • FC - Use the Foot Controller to control FMOD, Filter Cutoff, and Variation Effect. • Use the Sound Control Knobs to control AEG Attack Time, Release Time, Filter Cutoff, and
  • Yamaha CS1x | Owner's Manual - Page 15
    Play mode is primarily for multitimbral playback of up to 16 Parts when external MIDI devices are connected. It has one menu of Edit parameters. You can also use the CS1x as a MIDI about offsetting the parameters-by turning the Sound Control Knobs, or using the Edit Parameter Rotary Switch and
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    the sound as you play by turning the Sound Control Knobs. • Press the PERFORMANCE button to enter Performance mode (if you're in a different mode). • Press either the PRESET or USER button to select the Preset or User Performance bank. • Choose a Performance with the PROGRAM [-]/[+] buttons. • Use
  • Yamaha CS1x | Owner's Manual - Page 17
    User Bank 128 Performance 007 006 005 004 003 002 001 STORE IN USER BANK DEMO SOUND CONTROL KNOBS ! PERFORMANCE BANKS - The CS1x comes preprogrammed with 128 Preset Performances and 128 User edit using the PART/LAYER [-]/[+] buttons. Storing User Performances Storing your own User Performance is
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    mode you can select a voice from the GM bank of 128 AWM2 voices (accessible via the PROGRAM [-]/[+] buttons) and start playing in realtime. Multi Play mode lets you use the CS1x as a master keyboard controller or MIDI note data input device, as well as a multitimbral tone generator. MULTITIMBRAL
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    DEMO ERFORMANCE MULTI STORE UTILITY PERFORMANCE STORE MULTI UTILITY PRESET USER ARPEGGIATOR Performance Play Mode q Selecting a Bank There are 2 banks, a Preset bank and a User the LCD above the word "PRESET" or "USER". q Selecting a Performance 1. Use the numeric keypad (0 ~ 9) to select
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    DEMO Sound Control Knobs NOTE Edit parameters are basically divided into two groups: Common parameters equally applied to all the Layers in a Performance, and Layer parameters independently set for each Layer in a Performance. ARPEGGIO HOLD SHIFT + PART/LAYER/ OCTAVE PRESET USER SYSTEM MIDI
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    will be used. NOTE The actual value is the sum of the value displayed in the LCD and the value set by the Sound Control Knob. NOTE The original voice can be restored and heard by returning to Performance Play mode and moving the Sound Control Knob to the center position. NOTE You can replace the
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    keyboard, and play a melody line on the upper half (C3 and above). To cancel the Split function, hold SHIFT and press the Parameter Value [DOWN] button. TEMPO: Sets the tempo of the Arpeggiator. The range is MIDI, 40 ~ 240. Settings: TEMPO: MIDI , see page 47. Reverb Type Chorus Type Variation
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    using the ASSIGN 1 Sound Control Knob or a Foot Controller. For details, see page 26. NOTE For more information, see page 47. s PERFORM NAME (Performance Name) This lets you select the Category and name the User Performances using up to eight letters, numbers, symbols and characters. 1. Use
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    controllers such as the Pitch Wheel, Modulation Wheel and Foot Controller. DEMO PERFORMANCE be controlled with the Modulation Wheel to add vibrato or tremolo effects to the sound. determine the range of the cutoff frequency points when using the Modulation Wheel. Moving the Modulation Wheel up
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    0~127 s ASSIGN1 PARAM (ASSIGN 1 Parameter) This determines which parameter will be controlled by the ASSIGN 1 Sound Control Knob. You can choose from 28 types of parameters. The parameter assigned to the ASSIGN1 knob as the default differs depending on the Performance selected. Settings: For details
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    Reverb) 16 *VariCntrl (Variation Control) 17 *RevChoSend (Reverb And Chorus Send) 18 *ChorusSend (Chorus Send) (page 38) 19 *ReverbSend (Reverb knob. You can also select each parameter by inputting the corresponding number using of notes that can be played. CS1x Keyboard Settings: LIMIT LOW: C-2
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    Limit Low Limit High Offset Depth LIMIT LOW: Determines the lowest velocity value that will be detected when the keyboard is played. No sound will be produced if the keyboard is played with a velocity value weaker than the one set here. LIMIT HIGH: Determines the highest velocity value that will
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    This sets the control parameter and knob sensitivity of the ASSIGN 2 Sound Control Knob. It is possible to assign up to four parameters from 28 types. It is also possible to set the sensitivity (control range of the knob) for each parameter. The parameter assigned to the ASSIGN2 knob as the default
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    be set for each Layer in a Performance. DEMO PERFORMANCE MULTI STORE UTILITY ATK TIME ATK TIME INIT REL LEVEL POLY/ MONO LAYER SYSTEM MIDI ASSIGN s AEG (Amplitude Envelope Generator) This that generates low frequency signals used to modulate certain aspects of the sound such as pitch, volume
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    used for modulation. You can select from the following types: Saw (Sawtooth) TIME Tri (Triangle) TIME S&HTr (Sample is reset or not when a note is played. a note is played. + Phase when keyboard is played 0 TIME a Performance. DEMO PERFORMANCE MULTI MONO LAYER SYSTEM MIDI ASSIGN s FEG
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    Generator). The PEG lets you shape how the pitch of the voice changes over time, from when a key is hit, then released, and how the sound decays. There are six parameters: INIT LEVEL (Initial Level), ATK TIME (Attack Time), ATK LEVEL (Attack Level), DCY TIME (Decay Time), REL TIME (Release Time
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    The parameters can be set for each Layer in a Performance. DEMO PERFORMANCE MULTI STORE UTILITY BANK PROGRAM VOLUME PAN REV SEND EFFECT 1~128 and the MIDI Program Change numbers are 0~127. To match the MIDI Program Change number when switching programs using an external MIDI device, subtract a
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    some Layers may forcibly be changed when using the Variation effect. NOTE For more left and right each time a Performance is played. NOTE Some of the voices are preset and Variation effect. Settings: REV SEND (Reverb Send): 0~127 CHO SEND (Chorus and cutting others. The CS1x features an LPF (Low
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    when using a bass sound, brass sound, or an analog synthesizer sound. DEMO PERFORMANCE using RCV CH (Receive Channel) in Utility Mode. Performance Layer 1 MIDI Receive Channels set at the factory Layer 2 Layer 3 Ch. 1 Layer 4 Multi Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Ch. 5 Ch. 6 Ch. 7 Part 14 Part 15 Part
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    mode you can play up to 16 Parts using an external MIDI sequencer. This mode is mainly used when the CS1x is used as an XG-compatible tone generator or as a data input device in a computer music system. You can use any XG voice from the 480 normal voices and 11 drum voices. When playing back from or
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    you can program using an external MIDI sequencer. In TG300B mode the CS1x will play multitimbral music data created for TG300B-compatible tone generators. TG300B mode also provides compatibility with the GM System Level1 format. In TG300B mode the CS1x can: • Play up to 16 Parts. • Choose from 579
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    each effect in realtime when you are playing back XG song data containing effect settings using an external MIDI device. NOTE When you enter Multi Play mode (reset to XG ON) by pressing the MULTI button, each effect will be reset to the default settings: Hall 1 (Reverb), Chorus 1 (Chorus) and Delay
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    when using a bass sound, brass sound, or an analog synthesizer sound. DEMO use voices which consist of two elements and/or play a rather complicated song which uses too many notes. s Using the Multi Play Mode • Multi Play Mode is specifically aimed at playing CS1x as a tone generator using
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    TUNE KBD TRANS VEL CURVE VEL FIX CS1x MIDI MIDI SETTINGS TRANS CH RCV CH DEVICE NO LOCAL BULK DUMP ASSIGN CONTROL CHANGER NUMBER Entering Utility Mode Press the UTILITY button. A [v] mark appears in the LCD below the word "UTILITY". Parameter Name DEMO PERFORMANCE MULTI STORE UTILITY NOTE The
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    /Off) and BULK DUMP (Performance Bulk Dump). s TRANS CH (Transmit Channel) This sets the MIDI transmit channel from the CS1x to an external MIDI device such as a sequencer. Settings: 1~16ch (channel) NOTE You can use the CS1x to play and control an external MIDI device. For details, see page 9. 41
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    for controlling the CS1x with an external device such as a MIDI sequencer or computer. In Multi Play mode, the CS1x resets the internal tone generator to XG ON (001 Grand Piano) status and automatically receives the external data. Settings: LAYER A (Layer All for a Performance) = 1~16ch, Part 5~16
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    CS1x. For details, see page 53. s Tips About the Sound Control Knobs The changes made by the Sound Control Knobs can be output as the MIDI messages. The MIDI messages output via MIDI OUT can be assigned using the ASSIGN CTRL NO function shown at the left. The assignments set at the factory: Sound
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    can reset the User Performances back to the original factory settings. For details, see Factory Settings, page 46. NOTE To rename the Performance, select the Performance Name parameter in Performance Edit mode (see page 24). When storing a Performace, the position of each Sound Control Knob will
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    2. Hold STORE and press the SCENE 1 button to store the current Sound Control Knob settings to the SCENE 1 button memory. To store another set of Sound Control Knob settings, hold STORE and press the SCENE 2 button. DEMO PERFORMANCE MULTI STORE UTILITY 2 MW/FC 1 SCENE The following message will
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    Scene, System and MIDI settings) to the original factory (initial) settings. NOTE Executing this function will replace all of your existing data. As such, always store your important data to an external device such as the Yamaha MIDI Data Filer MDF2 beforehand. Turn the power of the CS1x off, then
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    In Multi Play mode, system exclusive (MIDI) data programmed in a song sequence (of an external sequencer or computer) can change the various CS1x effect parameters at specific points in the song to greatly enhance the sound and impact of the playback. s Type 1: Reverb Reverb recreates the sounds of
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    signal flow of the three effects when the CS1x is in Multi Play mode and the Variation effect is designated as a System effect. Each of the 16 Parts has a Dry send ! level which controls the amount of original signal for each Part (page 38). Reverb send ", Chorus send #, and Variation send $ levels
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    table#3 table#3 NOTE The parameter depth marked with a q can be controlled by the ASSIGN 1 Sound Control Knob or Foot Controller when properly assigned. The parameter numbers at far left correspond to the parameter suffix numbers in MIDI Data Table (MIDI Data Format) in the "Data List" book.
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    Control table#6 table#5 1-127 q 0-10 0-3 1-10 GATE REVERB See Table Control table#6 Control Control Control Control Control table#1 q 8-40 52-76 28-58 52-76 1-127 table#3 table#3 Value 0-127 0-127 0-127 See Table Control Control controlled by the ASSIGN 1 Sound Control Knob or Foot Controller
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    #3 NOTE The parameter depth marked with a q can be controlled by the ASSIGN 1 Sound Control Knob or Foot Controller when properly assigned. The parameter numbers at far left correspond to the parameter suffix numbers in MIDI Data Table (MIDI Data Format) in the "Data List" book. Effect Data
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    56 9.5 25 2.8 57 10.0 26 2.9 58 11.0 27 3.0 59 12.0 28 3.1 60 13.0 29 3.2 61 14.0 30 3.3 62 15.0 31 3.4 63 16.0 Table#5 Delay Time(200.0ms) Data Value Data Value Data Value 91.4 61 192.2 93 292.9 125 393.7 30 94.6 62 195.3 94 296.1 126 396.9 31 97.7 63 198.5 95 299.2 127 400.0 Table#8 Reverb Width;
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    The CS1x can be controlled by the incoming MIDI messages which automatically determine tone generator mode, select MIDI channels, voices and effects, change parameter values, and of course play the voices specified for the various Parts. MIDI Messages Transmitted/Received by the CS1x MIDI messages
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    by operating the connected Foot Controller, used to control specific parameter such as voice parameters and Variation effect parameters. Control #017 and Control #018 are messages which are transmitted by operating the ASSIGN1 and ASSIGN2 knobs, respectively. Control #019 is undefined. 1.2.9 Hold1
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    Part's pitch bend sensitivity, tuning, or other parameter settings. First send the RPN MSB and RPN LSB to specify the parameter which is to be controlled. Then use Sounds Off Reset All Controllers All Notes Off Mono Poly 1.2.24.1 All Sounds Off (Control #120) Clears all sounds currently sounding
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    Once FE (Active Sensing) has been received, if no MIDI data is subsequently received for longer than an interval of approximately 300msec, the CS1x will perform the same function as when All Sounds Off, All Notes Off, and Reset All Controllers messages are received, and will then return to a status
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    EFFECT CONTROLS DISPLAY TERMINALS POWER SUPPLY OUTPUT IMPEDANCE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT ACCESSORIES 61 keys with Initial Touch AWM2 (Wave ROM 4.5MB) 32 notes 16 (DVA) 128 Presets, 128 Users Normal Voice XG 480 TG300B 579 Voices For Performances Drum Voice XG 11 TG300B 10 30 Reverb 11
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    the result of incorrect settings. Before calling for professional service, refer to the troubleshooting advice below to see if you can find and correct the cause of the problem. No sound. q Is the volume set appropriately? (Page 6) q When the Foot Controller is connected to the FOOT VOLUME jack, is
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    during operation, indicating problems or incorrect operation. Follow the instructions in the explanations below to remedy the problem. Battery Low The memory-backup battery is low; memory cannot be backed up. Store the necessary data to a MIDI data storage device such as Yamaha MIDI Data Filer MDF2
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    (Receive Channel 42 S SCENE 1 & 2 buttons 6 Scenes ...16, 45 SHIFT button ...7 SOUND CONTROL KNOBS 6 Store Mode ...44 SYSTEM ...40 T TG300B Mode ...37 TO HOST terminal ...8 TRANS CH (Transmit Channel 41 TUNE ...27 U USER button ...7 Utility Mode ...40 V VEL (Velocity) ...28 VEL CURVE (Velocity
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    Professionnelle BP 70-77312 Marne-la-Valée Cedex 2, France Tel: 01-64-61-4000 ITALY Yamaha Musica Italia S.P.A., Combo Division Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy Tel: 02-935-771 SPAIN Yamaha-Hazen Electronica Musical, S.A. Jorge Juan 30, 28001, Madrid, Spain Tel: 91-577-7270 PORTUGAL
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    product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. WARNING: Do not place this product in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over power or connecting cords of any kind. The use of an
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    THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and
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