Yamaha DX7 Product Manual - Page 14

POLY/MONO change, depending on whether the DX7 is in Poly or EDIT RECALL 9 In FUNCTION mode, this button activates the [DATA Mono mode. This button activates the DATA ENTRY [YES] and ENTRY] section so its controls can set the keyboard to [NO] buttons so they can be used to recall a voice that play polyphonically (up to 16 notes simultaneously) or you had been editing in the event you inadvertently monophonically (one note at a time). leave the editing mode and select another voice to play To "recapture" or recall the edited voice, press [FUNC- TION], then [EDIT RECALL], then answer [YES] to the two display prompts "Edit Recall?" and "Are You Sure?" PITCH BEND In FUNCTION mode, this pair of buttons activate the [DATA ENTRY] section so its controls can program the range and "smoothness" of the [PITCH] wheel. If the RANGE is set to zero, the [PITCH] wheel will have no effect. RANGE This lets you program the maximum amount of pitch bend from no effect (0) to plus or minus an octave (12 semitones). The numbers in the programming display indicate how many semitones the wheel can change the pitch in each direction. The [RANGE] may only be adjusted when the [STEP] is set to zero. If [STEP] is at 1 or higher, the [RANGE] is automatically fixed at 12 semitones. Remember that a zero setting turns off the pitch bend. STEP This permits you to set the size of the increments by which the wheel changes the pitch. A setting of zero (0) will cause perfectly smooth pitch bending. Each unit above zero represents the number of semitones by which the pitch will "jump" as you move the wheel. The maximum setting of 12, for example, will cause the wheel to change the pitch in a single, 1octave jump. PORTAMENTO In FUNCTION mode, these 3 buttons activate the [DATA ENTRY] section so its controls can be used to set portamento (glide) and glissando (stepped glide) effects, and to control certain sustain characteristics of the keyboard. The particular effects available will MODE When the keyboard is in Mono mode, this lets you select "FINGERED PORTA" or "FULL TIME PORTA" functions. Fingered Portamento is a glide that occurs only when you hold one key down and then press another while holding the first. Full Time Portamento gives you the glide from one note to the next even when you release one key before pressing the next. When the keyboard is in Poly mode, this lets you select "SUS-KEY P FOLLOW" or "SUS-KEY P RETAIN". In Sustain-Key Pitch Follow mode, if you play a note or chord and then play another note or chord, the sustain from the original note/chord glides to the pitch of the most recently played note/chord. In Sustain-Key Pitch Retain mode, the pitch of the new note or chord glides from that original pitch(es) without disturbing the sustain of the original note or chord. VOICE INIT The Voice Initialize button lets you create a neutral starting point for programminq a new voice. After you select VOICE INIT from the FUNCTION mode by pressing the button and then answering [YES] to the two display prompts, the DX7 sets itself to the EDIT mode. A neutral "voice" then exists with no modulation, algorithm 1, operator 1 output level at 99 and all others off, "square" envelopes, and all frequency ratios at 1.00. GLISSANDO When the Glissando feature is turned ON, the glide in pitch occurs in discrete steps. This effect is best heard with a slower rate and when two widely separated notes are played one after the other. When Glissando is turned OFF then normal Portamento (continuous glide) is available. TIME This sets the time of the Portamento or Glissando effect. A setting of 0 produces no effect, while a setting of 99 produces the longest (slowest) pitch changes. This is contrary to the operation of most DX7 rate controls whose fastest setting is 99. You don't have to change the Time to zero to turn the effect off. Instead, once an effect is selected, it can also be turned On and Off by plugging an FC-4 or FC-5 foot pedal into the PORTAMENTO jack on the rear panel; stepping on the pedal then turns ON the portamento. NOTE: For [MIDI] information, see page 55. CART FORM NOTE: Since the format of a RAM cartridge used for other purposes, such as DX1 performance memories, will vary' from that of a cartridge used for voice memories, make sure you observe the following procedure when storing or saving DX7 internal voices into such a cartridge. The Cartridge Format button lets you "initialize" all the voices in a RAM cartridge much like you initialized the single voice in the edit buffer using the [VOICE INIT] button. It is like a cartridge "eraser." To use this function you first have turn off the hardware memory protect switch on the cartridge, then turn off the software [MEMORY PROTECT-CARTRIDGE] function on the DX7. Then press [CART FORM] and answer [YES] to the two displayed prompts. THINK BEFORE YOU DO THIS; IF THERE WERE ANY VOICES YOU WANTED ON THAT CARTRIDGE, THEY WILL BE GONE FOREVER. (You can load one or more cartridge