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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on

your

purchase

of

the

Yamaha

FM

Voicing Program

II.

In

order

to

appreciate

the

full

performance

of

this program,

please

read

this

Owner's

Manual carefully and

completely.

Keep

it

in

a

safe

place

for

future

reference.

Features

The

Yamaha

FM

Voicing Program

II

(YRM-502)

is

a

ROM

cartridge

which

is

used

with

the

Yamaha

FM

Sound

Synthesizer

unit to

create

voices.

This

allows

a

wide variety

of

original

voices

to

be

created

by

the

FM

sound

generation

system,

in

addition to

the

46

voices

already

contained

in

the

FM

Sound

Synthesizer

unit.

Here

is

a

list

of this

program's main

features.

• This

ROM

cartridge

program

allows

the

user

to

alter

the

voices

contained

in

the

FM

Sound

Synthesizer

unit,

as

well as

create

new

voices

from

scratch.

•

The

data

can

be

displayed

on

the screen

as

it

is

entered

from

the

Music

Computer

(or

MSX

computer

equipped with

an

FM

Synthesizer

unit)

keyboard. Sound

can

also

be

output for

checking

the voice

data

as

it

is

edited

or

created.

•

Newly

created voice

data

can

be saved

on

cassette

tape

or Data

Memory

Cartridges

(UDC

-01)

and

later

utilized

with

the

FM

Music

Macro

and/or

FM

Music

Composer

program cartridges

(sold

sep-

arately).

•

The

voice

data

and

the

table

of

voices

can

both

be

printed

out

using

an

optional

MSX-compatible

printer.

•

The

music

keyboard

functions

of the

FM

Music

Synthesizer

unit

can

be

called up

and

used

for

playback

when the

FM

Voicing Program

II

is

in

use.

•

Newly

created

voicing data

can

be

saved

onto

a

floppy

disk

(with

SFG-05

or

SFK-05

Synthesizer

unit

only).

•

Playback

using

MIDI

keyboard instead

of

the

special

music

keyboard

becomes

possible

(with

SFG-05

Synthesizer

unit

only).

How

to

use

this

manual

We

suggest

that

you

read

this

manual

while

actually using

the

FM

Voicing

Program

II.

This

way,

anything

you

read

can

immediately

be

put

into

practice, so

that

your

hands

become

familiar

with

the

various

operations.

Chapter

I

explains

how

to

connect

the

components of your

system.

Chapter

II

is

an

introduction

to

the

main

features

of

this

program.

Chapter

III

provides

a

detailed

explanation

of

the

creation

of

voices

and

the

management

of

data.

Chapter

IV

gives some

examples

of

voice

creation.

The

Appendix

contains

reference

material

and

explains

the

theory

of

FM

voice generation.

If

you

are

already

familiar

with

the

FM

voicing

Program

(version

1),

a

simple

look

at

the

next

page

will

give

you

enough

information

to

get

started.

MSX

is

a

trademark

of Microsoft

Corporation

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