Yamaha TX7 Owner's Manual page 11

The
LOW
and
HIGH
buttons
in
the
PRESET
VOLUME
group
correspond
to
two
preset
volume
levels that
you can program
yourself.
To
set
the
LOW
preset
volume
level,
hold
down
the
LOW
button
(the currently select
volume
level will
be
dis-
played) then, while
still
holding
down
the
LOW
button,
use
the
arrow
buttons
to
set
the desired
LOW
volume
level,
then
release
the
LOW
button.
Now
when
you
press the
LOW
button, the
volume
level
you
just
selected
will
automatically be
set.
The same programming
procedure
applies to the
HIGH
button.
The
only catch
is
that
the
TX7
will
NOT
accept
a
LOW
setting
which
is
higher than
the
HIGH
setting
and
vice-versa-
-logical
enough.
At
this
point
you
might
want
to
plug
a pair of
headphones
into
yourTX7's
PHONES
jack,
or
monitor
its
output through your sound
system while
actually setting
the
appropriate
volume
levels (turn off
the
sound
output from
the connected
synthesizer
for
the
moment).
Play on
the
connected
synthesizer's
keyboard
to
generate
some
sound
for this
purpose.
If
you have
just set
the
TX7
preset
volume
levels as described above, you
will
have
The
Combined
Voice
already heard the Acoustic Piano voice (pre-programmed
voice
1).
You
can
now
Mode
remaining
31 voices by
selecting
them
with the
DATA
group
N0/-1
and
YES/ +
1
buttons. Each
press the
YES/ +
1
button
will
increments
the selected
voice
number
by one, and each
press
on
the
N0/-1
button
will
decrement
the
selected voice
number
by
one.
Holding
down
either
button
will
cause continuous
incrementing
or
decrementing
in
the specified
direction.
Notice
that the voice
numbers on
your
DX7
synthesizer also
changed
to
correspond with
the voice
you
selected
on
the
TX7.
(If
this didn't
happen, check
again
to
make
sure
that the
MIDI
IN
and
OUT
terminals of the
TX7
are
properly connected
to
the corresponding
MIDI
terminals
on your
synthesizer, as
shown
in
the
CONNECTIONS
diagram on
page
5).
Now
try this: select
any
voice on your
DX7
synthesizer- -the
corre-
spondingly
numbered
voice
on
the
TX7
should have
automatically
been
selected.
This
is
the
COMBINED
voice
mode.
Any
voice you
select
on
either
the
TX7
or
your
DX7
synthesizer
will
cause
the correspondingly
numbered
voice
on
the other
to
be
selected as
well.
Thus,
you have 32
voice "combinations". This
means
that
by
storing
appropriate voices
in
the appropriate
memory
locations
you
can combine,
for
example,
a cello voice
and
a string
voice
to get
a really thick string
sound,
a
male chorus and
a
female chorus voice
for a
full
chorus sound,
or
you can combine
completely
unrelated voices
to create
unique
new
textures-
-all selectable
by
pressing
a single button.
In
addition to
calling
the
same
voice
number on
the
TX7,
selecting a
voice on your
DX7
synthesizer selects the
corresponding
DX
function
memory
in
the
TX7, and
transfers the parameters
it
contains
to
the
DX
synthesizer's
own
function
memory.
We'll find out
more about
the function
memories
later
("THE TX7
AND
DX
FUNCTION MEMORIES"
section,
page
12).
Set
up
your
sound
system so you can monitor
the
output
of
both
the
TX7
and
your
DX
synthesizer simultaneously, and
try
out
some
of the
combinations
that
"happen"
with the voices currently residing
in
the
TX7
and
DX7
synthesizer
memories.
We
lt
find out
how
to lock the TX7's
MASTER TUNE
function
to that of the
DX7
later
("MIDI
OPERATIONS"
section,
"MIDI
MODE
Functions", "D.
ENTRY
RCV. OFF",
page
25).
For
now,
use the
DX7
synthesizer's
MASTER TUNE
function
to
match
it
to the pitch of the
TX7.
You
can balance
the
levels
of the
TX7
and
DX
synthesizer
output
either
at
the
mixer used
in
your sound
system,
or
by using the
respective
volume
control functions
on
the
TX7
and
the
DX
synthesizer.
It
is
possible
to control
the volu
me
of the
TX7
via the
DX7
synthesizer's
DATA ENTRY
control, but
we'll
discover
how
to
do
that
later
("MIDI
OPERATIONS"
section,
"MIDI
MODE
Functions", "D.
ENTRY VOL
OFF", page
25).
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