Yamaha DX7 Product Manual - Page 10

OPERATOR SELECT FUNCTION 5 These buttons select the internal or cartridge memory and activate the PLAY mode; they also designate where individual voices may be stored When you are programming or editing a voice, this button lets you select the operator which is to be modified, as shown in the upper right corner of the LCD This button places the DX7 in the FUNCTION mode, which is used to program the entire keyboard rather than individual voices. This mode is also used for check- display. (It sets the "current operator".) Remember that ing battery voltage, storing all the internal memories some programming parameters affect the overall voice, onto cartridge at once, and vice-versa, and a few other in which case this button will have no effect. You can specialized functions. The functions designated by only select from operators that are turned on, as shown brown labels beneath other buttons are available after by the six 1's or 0's in the top line of the programming pressing this button. display. This button selects the EDIT mode and compares edited to original voices This button selects the FUNCTION mode STORE This button can be used to store whatever voice you have selected from cartridge or internal memory, or whatever voice you have just programmed. A voice can be stored into any of 32 internal memories or into any of the 32 memories in a RAM cartridge (provided the memory protect is turned off). This button is also used in conjunction with the [EG COPY] buttons for copying envelopes from one operator to another. EDIT/COMPARE-CHARACTER This button places the DX7 in the EDIT mode, wherein you can edit any of the preset voices to change them slightly, or create completely new voices. Once in the EDIT mode, if you have changed a preset, then pressing this button lets you compare the edited version with the original. Once in the EDIT mode, if you have pressed the [VOICE NAME] button, then pressing this button [CHARACTER] and holding it enables you to press other buttons to enter the name of the voice in the display LED & LCD Display Panel The LED (Light Emitting Diode) window indicates the number of the selected internal or cartridge voice memory. If the voice being played is in the midst of being edited, a decimal point appears to the right of the voice number. If you then press the [EDIT/COMPARE] button to hear the original voice before the editing, the LED numbers blink on and off. The LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) window displays the current status of the synthesizer, which may be the voice name and source, or the FUNCTION or EDIT mode parameter which was most recently selected. Refer to the paragraph "How t o interpret the display," on page 28. LCD synthesizer stains and voice name display MEMORY PROTECT This pair of buttons enable you to set the internal and MEMORYSELECT-PLAY cartridge memories so that voices cannot be accidentally erased. When you press one of the buttons, the display shows you whether the associated memories are protected or not, and you can use the[DATA ENTRY] Pressing either of these buttons prepares the DX7 to PLAY any of the voices that are stored in the 32 INTERNAL memories, or in 32 memories of whatever CARTRIDGE is installed. Once the [INTERNAL] or controls to change the status. Remember, however, that [CARTRIDGE] source is designated, specific voices are even if you turn off the cartridge memory protect, you accessed by pressing the VOICE SELECT buttons [1] to still cannot save a voice on a ROM cartridge, nor can you save a voice if the On/Off switch on the RAM cartidge itself is set to the ON position. [32]. These buttons are also used to designate where individual voices can be stored, in the internal or cartridge memories, either after being created or edited, or when you want to rearrange the location of voices within these memories. Voice number LED display Voice/Edit/Function select section In PLAY mode. these 32 buttons select either the voices in the DX7's internal memory or on the external cartridge, as determined by the [MEMORY SELECT] buttons and indicated by the large numbers inside the buttons. However, these same buttons actually have multiple functions (up to 5 per button) which are accessible when the DX7 is placed in the FUNCTION and EDIT modes. All labels on these buttons are color and position coded: white numbers on the inside left of the buttons for PLAY mode, dark brown (reversed) type on the inside right of the buttons for naming voices, violet characters above the buttons for EDIT mode parameters,