Yamaha DX7 Product Manual - Page 25
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20 4. You can obtain a "Full Time Glissando" effect in much button again shows either "SYS INFO AVAIL" or "SYS CARTRIDGE FORMAT the same way (with stepped pitch shift instead of a INFO UNAVAIL", depending on how you press the Voice selector button [11] serves a special purpose in continuous glide); just press [GLISSANDO] and then [YES] and [NO] buttons. the FUNCTION mode. Pressing this button selects the the DATA ENTRY [ON] button. "SYS INFO AVAIL" enables you to program other cartridge FORM (format) function. Formatting erases all 5. Enough work - take a fun break! Now that you've devices connected by MIDI cable - to send every the voices in a RAM cartridge. Don't experiment with been exposed to some of the FUNCTION control parameter for one voice or all 32 internal voices from this feature unless you're willing to loose the voices on features, try using them with other voices. You can the Master to the Slave, and you can also select and play the RAM. Instead, read the description in the "FUNC- select any voice by pressing either [MEMORY voices on the Slave(s). To send all 32 voices to another TION mode" portion of the "Quick Basic Features" sec- SELECT-INTERNAL] or [MEMORY SELECT- DX7 (or 20 of them to a DX9), once "SYS INFO AVAIL" is tion of this manual. See page 9. CARTRIDGE] and then any voice selector button displayed, press the MIDI button [8] again and, when from 1 to 32. Once you've selected a voice, press the display asks "MIDI TRANSIT?" press the [YES] but- [FUNCTION] to experiment with the Master Tuning, ton (memory protect must be OFF in the other synthe- Poly/Mono, Pitch Bend and Portamento functions. sizer). Individual voices or parts of voices can also be When you've finished experimenting, select the "E. PIANO 1" voice again. NOTE The following modes should be reset as indicated so that the rest of the instructions in this section can be accomplished without confusion from any transferred. If you set the instrument so it displays "SYS INFO UNAVAIL," then you can change programs (select different voices) and play the Slave from the Master, but you cannot transfer voice parameters from one instrument to the other. BATTERY CHECK The battery backup preserves the internal RAM voice memories when the AC power is turned off. The normal battery voltage ranges from 2.3 to 3.5 volts. If the battery voltage is too low, the synthesizer will operate normally portamento, glissando, or pitch bend effects. Press but any voices in the internal memories may be lost or [FUNCTION], then: altered when power is turned off. Therefore, it is advis- A. Return to polyphonic mode by pressing [POLY/ able to check the battery voltage prior to turning off the MONO] and then [