Yamaha TG-100 User Manual

Information regarding radio frequency interference compliance and potential issues.

General safety and product modification warnings.

Indicates the location of the product's nameplate with essential details.

Advice on preventing static electricity damage to internal components.

Introduction to the TG100, its core technology (AWM), elements, voices, parts, and polyphony.

Details on drum kits, digital reverb, voice editing capabilities, and user setup tables.

Diagram illustrating the internal sound generation and processing architecture.

Overview of the TG100's organized function menu structure.

Explanation of General MIDI, Disk Orchestra, and C/M modes and their impact.

Covers MIDI basics, messages, modes, and system communication for musical instruments.

Detailed description of the TG100's front panel buttons, LCD, and connectors.

Explanation of the TG100's rear panel connectors and switches.

Explains the TG100's LCD display layout and indicators.

Procedure for selecting and understanding the effects of different sound module modes.

Comprehensive list of available voices, their LCD names, and program change assignments.

Guide to selecting and understanding the 10 available drum kits for Part 10.

Details on choosing from the TG100's eight reverb effect types.

How to adjust the overall volume level for the reverb effect.

Adjusting the individual volume level for each of the 16 Parts.

Setting the stereo pan position for each Part to control sound placement.

Adjusting the attack rate (volume rise time) for each Part's envelope generator.

Adjusting the release rate (volume decay time) for each Part's envelope generator.

Controlling the amount of reverb effect sent from each Part.

Setting the MIDI channel for each Part to receive data.

Introduction to editing internal voices, including elements, storing, and drums.

Fine-tuning the volume level of individual voice elements.

Adjusting the pitch of voice elements to create chorus or detuning effects.

Setting the stereo pan position for individual voice elements.

Procedure for assigning custom names to edited voices.

How to copy voices between banks and into internal memory.

Setting the overall tuning for all voices on the TG100.

Configuring the LCD to display MIDI note velocity information.

Enabling/disabling MIDI Exclusive messages and setting device numbers.

Instructions for saving TG100 settings and voices via MIDI Dump.

How to reset all TG100 parameters to their factory default settings.

Instructions for playing the TG100's built-in demonstration song.

Connecting the TG100 to computers with a MIDI interface.

Connecting the TG100 to an Apple Macintosh computer via its serial port.

Connecting to a PC-9800 computer.

Connecting to an IBM-PC, PC-AT, or PS/2 computer via serial port.

How to adjust the contrast on the TG100's LCD display for readability.

Instructions for mixing external audio signals with TG100 sounds.

Setting up the TG100 with a MIDI keyboard.

Configuring the TG100 with a computer sequencer.

Setting up a system to play Yamaha's Disk Orchestra Collection.

Advanced setup for a MIDI music production system with a TG100.

Configuring the TG100's TO HOST connection for computer integration.

A table listing the internal voice bank's 64 editable voices with parameters.

A table for recording various TG100 setup parameters and song information.

Detailed technical data including memory, polyphony, connections, and dimensions.

Diagrams and specifications for cables used to connect computers to the TG100.

Visual representation of MIDI data flow for receiving and sending signals.

Explanation of MIDI channel messages including Note, Control Change, and Program Change.

Details on System Exclusive messages for parameter changes and device-specific data.

Information on requesting and sending system data dumps via MIDI.

Explanation of the Active Sensing status message and its functions.

Describes messages displayed on the TG100's LCD during MIDI operations or errors.