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CONNECTING
THE RX8
Find a firm level surface on which to place the RX8 where you can read the
display without too much strain. Before you turn on the power,
make the
following connections:
CASSETTE
NOUT
CARO
UÜCYNUGN
IND:V OUT
O.TPUT
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POWER
!.MONO
PHONES
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ОМ _/ОЕЕШ
Audio
Connect the Output sockets (L and R) to LINE level sockets on
your mixer (or the LINE IN sockets on your keyboard if you are
using your kcyboard's amplifier). On a stereo mixer, pan the two
channels hard right and hard left for maximum stereo effect. If
you only have one input socket available, or if your mixer is
mono, use the L (MONO) socket on the RX8. If only this socket
is used, all of the RX8's voices will be output through this socket.
If you intend using the Individual outputs, connect them to your
е mixer (the pan position is entirely up to you). АП these outputs
are unbalanced. Private listening is possible if you plug a pair of
ordinary stereo headphones into the PHONES socket of the RX8.
This will not, however, cut off the output from the OUTPUT or
INDIVIDUAL sockets.
MIDI
The MIDI connections that you make are entirely dependent on
your setup. If you are going to determine
the timing of a
sequencer's playback from the RX8, then the RX8's MIDI OUT
should be connected to the MIDI IN of the sequencer. Connect-
ing the MIDI OUT of the sequencer to the MIDI IN of the RX8
will allow the sequencer to control the timing of the RX8, and
also control the Start, Stop and Continue functions of the RX8.
If the RX8
is to have its voices controlled
by an external
controller, this device must be connected to MIDI IN of the RX8,
and if the RX8 is to control the voices of other instruments, the
MIDI OUT of the RX8 must be connected to the MIDI in of these
instruments. Although the RX8 has no MIDI THRU terminal, the
MIDI ECHO
BACK
function allows you to echo MIDI
data
PA1505
MC1202
received at the IN terminal at the OUT terminial, merged with
whatever data is being produced by the RX8.
Cassette
The 8-pin cassette DIN socket should be connected using the
supplied lead. This connector serves two functions: for connec-
tion of a data cassette recorder for data storage, and for connec-
tion to a multi-track recorder to provide tape synchronization
facilities. In either case, the red lead (3.5mm jack) is used to input
from tape to the RX8, and the white cable (3.5mm jack) is used
to output from the RX8 to tape. The black lead (2.5mm jack) is
not used with the RX8.
Power
The supplied Yamaha PA-1505
should be used, delivering an
unregulated nominal +12V to +15V (9 500mA to a tip-positive
connector. Push the connector firmly into the power socket, and
wind a few turns of power cable round the brackets on the back
pancl. This will prevent the power accidentally being discon-
nected — a disaster in the middle of a performance or recording
session. The power switch is just by the power input. Press it in
to turn the RX8 on. Pressing it again will turn the RX8 off.
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