Yamaha SY35 Owner's Manual (getting Started)
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- Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 1
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capability, the SY35 keyboard features both velocity sensitivity and after-touch response that can be assigned to a number of musical parameters. The more you play the SY35, the more you'll find that "vectors" will become an indispensable part of your musical repertoire. q Yamaha AWM and FM - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 3
14 Power-on Procedure 14 Play the Demo 15 2. Selecting And Playing Voices 16 Play the Presets 16 The PRESET, INTERNAL, and CARD Voice Memories 19 Overlapping Voice Selection 20 3. Vectors 21 Manual Vector Control 21 How the VECTOR CONTROL Works 22 Advanced Control: Dynamic Vectors 24 - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 4
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OPEN THE CASE OR ATTEMPT REPAIRS OR MODIFICATIONS YOURSELF This product contains no user-serviceable parts. Refer all maintenance to qualified Yamaha service personnel. Opening the case and/or tampering with the internal circuitry will void the warranty. 4. MAKE SURE POWER IS OFF BEFORE MAKING OR - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 7
manual for information on card data storage). For even greater security (memory card data can be lost due to battery failure, accidental erasure, etc.) save your data to floppy disk via a MIDI data filer unit such as the Yamaha MDF2. Have the backup battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 8
the PRESET, INTERNAL and CARD voice banks. 3. Vectors [Page 21] Using and understanding manual and dynamic vectors. 4. Instant Voice Programming SY35 voices from an external MIDI sequencer. We recommend that you go through the tutorials in sequence while actually carrying out procedures on your SY35 - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 9
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3] 2. VOICE VECTOR [Page 9] 3. ELEMENT TONE [Page 15] 4. ELEMENT ENVELOPE [Page 25] 5. MULTI [Page 33] 6. UTILITY SETUP [Page 39] 7. UTILITY RECALL [Page 47] 8. UTILITY MIDI [Page 51] Once you have become familiar with the way the SY35 works by going through the Getting Started manual, you should - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 11
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voice memory configuration. Play the Presets Although the SY35 can access three different voice memories - PRESET, INTERNAL, and CARD - let's begin by selecting and playing some of the preset voices. 1 Select the Voice Play Mode If the MODE [VOICE] key indicator is lit, then the Voice Play mode - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 20
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SL:Squar 33 SL*Sync 34 SL*Power 35 SL*Whstl 36 SL*2VCO 37 Piano EP = Electric Piano KY = Keyboard BR = Brass ST = Strings BA = Bass WN = Wind PL = Plucked CH = Chorus SP = Synth Pad SC = Synth Comp SL = Synth Lead OR = Organ SE = Sound Effect ME = Musical manual appendix, on page 59. 18 - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 22
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bank 1, number 4) is a good choice to experiment with the VECTOR CONTROL. VOICE PLAY I14 SP*Bell 3 Move the Vector Control While Playing Try moving the VECTOR CONTROL vertically, sideways, and in circles while you play on the keyboard, and listen carefully to how the sound changes. VECTOR CONTROL - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 25
LEVEL/DETUNE] key so that the [DETUNE] indicator lights, move the VECTOR CONTROL while playing, and listen for the difference in sound. How the VECTOR CONTROL Works 5 Also Try the Vector Control With These Voices ... The following voices also effectively demonstrate the power of the VECTOR CONTROL - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 26
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addition to the manual vector control capability described so far, the SY35 features advanced automatic vector recording and playback capability. Automatic vectors are called "dynamic vectors" in the SY35, and these play automatically whenever you play a note on the keyboard. Dynamic vectors can be - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 28
Now we'll go ahead and record an original dynamic level vector for the SP* Bell voice. 1 Select the VOICE VECTOR Edit Mode The first step is to enter the VOICE VECTOR edit mode, which we do by pressing the [EDIT/UTILITY] key and then the [VOICE VECTOR] key. 2 Select the LEVEL SPEED Function If the - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 29
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control mode, and you can rehearse the level vector you are about to record. 5 Select REC Move the cursor to the REC parameter (press the CURSOR [6] key). 6 Record the Dynamic Vector Vector recording will begin the instant you play a note on the keyboard. Play a note (or chord), and begin moving - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 31
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turn the internal memory protection off. 2 Press [VOICE] Now press the [VOICE] key to return to the VOICE PLAY mode. Before actually returning you to the VOICE PLAY mode, however, the SY35 will ask you whether you want to store the voice you have just edited into one of the INTERNAL memory - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 33
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the SY35 allows you ELEMENT ENVELOPE edit modes described in the Feature Reference manual, beginning on pages 15 and 25, respectively. Everything by pressing the [EDIT/UTILITY] key and then the [VOICE COMMON] key. 3 Select the RANDOM Function Press the [VOICE COMMON] key a few times until "RANDOM" - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 35
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to get deep into the details and fine tune your voices until they are perfect, please take the time to read through the Feature Reference manual. In it, each editing function is described individually, often with a few helpful hints that will help you use it most effectively. 33 - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 37
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we've covered quite a lot of ground, and by now you should be quite familiar with the SY35. You know how to select and play the voices, how to use manual vector control, how to record dynamic vectors and store the results in memory, how to quickly create new voices, and how to use the - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 44
field. Aftertouch Aftertouch response refers to the capability to vary the sound of a note after the note has been struck on the keyboard. This is normally accomplished by varying finger pressure on the key. Depending on the synthesizer, aftertouch can be used to bend the pitch of a note, apply - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 45
synthesizer users as well as performance-oriented players who simply want to select a sound and play without having to do any programming of their own. The quality of the presets included with an instrument is therefore critical to the value of the instrument. Mathematically speaking, a "vector - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 46
the player produce expressive dynamics and timbre variations according to the way he or she plays the keys. Although this term is used in slightly different ways by different manufacturers, at Yamaha a "voice" is any basic sound that can be selected and played on a synthesizer. This is in contrast - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 47
MIDI conectors Modulation wheel Multi key Multi list 12 15 Multi play mode Multi polyphony 11 22 24 N 37 Number/multi part select keys 9 31 31 31 22, 41 23, 41 12 6 10 34, 37 17, 20 O Output jacks Overlapping voice selection P Phones jack Pitch bend wheel Power supply Power switch Power - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 48
S Store Store key Sustain jack V Vector control Vector play keys Vector rate Vectors Voice categories Voice common edit mode Voice key Voice list Voice play mode Voice vector edit mode Volume control 28 10, 38 13 8, 21 8, 21, 22 26 21, 42 18 31 9 18 16 25 8 45 - Yamaha SY35 | Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 49