Yamaha CS1X Manual

Contents
➤ Introduction
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First steps –
Listening to the Preset sounds and Demos . . 5
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At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Sound Organisation . . . . . . . . . 6
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Performance Storage and Management . . . 7
➤ Analogue
Workshop
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Sound Central – The Oscillator . . . . . . 9
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The Filters – Tastebuds for your Ears . . . . 10
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Dynamic Helpers – Envelopes . . . . . . 10
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Helper Motors – the LFOs. . . . . . . . 12
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About the Little Things . . . . . . . . 13
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Résumé . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
➤ Arpeggiator –
A Box full of Tricks for all Occasions
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First Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Sound Rhythm Tricks . . . . . . . . . 16
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Fun to the power of 15! . . . . . . . . 17
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Effects – used in a different way. . . . . . 18
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Hard Chord Work . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Keeping in line . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Let‘s Groove!. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
➤ Performance Mode –
Practical Knowledge
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Scenes – what are they? . . . . . . . . 21
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Day to Day things . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Why Scenes? . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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The Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Live Application . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Split Performances . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Pulling out all the Stops . . . . . . . . 26
➤ Song Production: An Easy Start
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Songs in Performance Mode:
Six steps to success . . . . . . . . . 27
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The traditional approach:
Multi settings at the machine . . . . . . 28
➤ Song Production: The Basics
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What is “XG”? . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Performance Mode or Multi Mode?. . . . . 31
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Where is the Multi Setup? . . . . . . . 32
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What is a “MIDI Event”? . . . . . . . . 32
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Decisions, decisions: Banks and Programs . . 33
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Who is controlling whom? . . . . . . . 34
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Everything under control: NPRN and RPN. . . 35
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Exclusive: Sys-Ex messages . . . . . . . 37
➤ Song Production:
More Tips and Tricks
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Part Mode and Drum Setups. . . . . . . 39
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Things worth knowing about the Variation Effect 39
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Still more Performances! . . . . . . . . 40
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Split Performances – used to great effect. . . 41
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Utility mode preparations. . . . . . . . 41
➤ Song Practice:
A View behind the Scenes
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Example 1: Sweep Run . . . . . . . . 43
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Example 2: “Blue Fuzz” . . . . . . . . 45
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Example 3: “Tekk it” . . . . . . . . . 46
➤ Appendix
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Summary of “Tutorial Disk” Files . . . . . 47
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Overview: “BLUE X-TRA” Disk Files . . . . 47
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The little Trouble Shooter. . . . . . . . 49
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Yamaha CS1X Specifications

General

Polyphony	32 voices
Oscillators	2 per voice
Effects	Reverb, Chorus, Variation
Control	Pitch Bend, Modulation Wheel
Year Released	1996
Synthesis Type	AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2)
Multitimbral	16 parts
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Sequencer	No
Arpeggiator	Yes
Keyboard	61 keys
Outputs	L/Mono, R
Memory	128 user patches, 128 preset patches
Weight	7.5 kg
Type	Digital Synthesizer
ROM	8MB Wave ROM
Filters	Resonant Filters