Yamaha TX7 - Individual Voice Mode

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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