Yamaha DX21 9/10/98, D X 2 1 O M, Yamaha Corporation of America

YAMAHA®

Yamaha Corporation of America	DX21 OM

6607 Orangethorpe Avenue, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 80622-6600

D X 2 1 O M9/10/98 29645

Contents

Page Page CONGRATULATIONS CONTENTS PRECAUTIONS 1.Location 2.Cleaning 3.Service and Modifications 4.Relocation CHAPTER I: SETTING UP 1. Audio Outputs 2.Optional Foot Controllers & Foot Switches 3.Optional BC1 Breath Controller 7.AC Power 8.Music Rack lnstallation CHAPTER II: PLAYING THE DX21 CHAPTER II: 1.The 32 Voice RAM Memory 2.The SINGLE Play Mode 3.The DUAL Play Mode 4.The SPLIT Play Mode 5.The 128 Voice ROM Memory Page CHAPTER III: THE FUNCTION MODE CHAPTER III: 1.Accessing the FUNCTION Mode 2.Entering Function Data 3.The Performance Parameters B1: POLY/MONO B2: PITCH BEND RANGE PB MODE: MODE SET B3: PORTAMENTO MODE B4: PORTAMENTO TIME B5: PORTAMENTO FOOT SWITCH B6: FOOT CONTROL VOLUME B7: FOOT CONTROL SUSTAIN B8: WHEEL RANGE (MODULATION WHEEL), PITCH B9: WHEEL RANGE (MODULATION WHEEL), AMPLITUDE The Yamaha Breath Controller B10: BREATH RANGE, PITCH B11: BREATH RANGE, AMPLITUDE B12: BREATH RANGE, PITCH BIAS B13: BREATH RANGE, EG BIAS B14: CHORUS B15: TRANSPOSE 4. Tuning Functions A1: MASTER TUNE A2: DUAL MODE DETUNE 5.Memory Management Functions A9: EDIT RECALL A10: INIT VOICE A11: LOAD INTERNAL MEMORY A12: LOAD SINGLE INTERNAL MEMORY A13: CASSETTE SAVE/VERIFY A14: CASSETTE LOAD A15: CASSETTE LOAD SINGLE A16: MEMORY PROTECT MIDI Functions A3: MIDI ON-OFF A4: RECEIVE CHANNEL A5: TRANSMIT CHANNEL A6: CHANNEL INFORMATION A7: SYSTEM INFORMATION A8: BULK TRANSMIT CHAPTER IV: 1.Performance Memory Organization 2.Accessing the Performance Memory CHAPTER V: 1.The Basics Of FM Synthesis OPERATORS CARRIERS AND MODULATORS ALGORITHMS HOW ALGORITHMS AFFECT THE SOUND Page FEEDBACK ENVELOPE GENERATORS THE PITCH EG 2.The EDIT and COMPARE Modes 3.The Voice Parameters A1-A4:OPERATORlAMS ON-OFFIEGCOPY, 1—4 A5: ALGORITHM A6: FEEDBACK A7: LFO WAVE A8: LFO SPEED A9: LFO DELAY A10: LFO PMD A11: LFO AMD A12: LFO SYNC A13: PITCH MODULATION SENSITIVITY A14: AMPLITUDE MODULATION SENSITIVITY A15: EC BIAS A16: KEY VELOCITY B1: FREQUENCY RATIO B2: DETUNE B3-B7:ENVELOPE GENERATOR, AR, D1R, D1L, D2R, RR B8: OPERATOR OUTPUT LEVEL B9: RATE SCALING B10: LEVEL SCALING B11-16:PITCH ENVELOPE GENERATOR, PR1, PL1, PR2, PL2, PR3, PL3 4.STORING Voice Data B16 (FUNCTION MODE): VOICE NAME 5.Two Approaches to Creating Your Own Voices GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard Sound Source Simultaneous Note Output Internal 1. Transmission Conditions 2. Transmission Data 2-1.CHANNEL INFORMATION 2-1-1.Channel Voice Message 2-2.SYSTEM INFORMATION 2-2-1.System Real-timeMessage 2-2-2.System Exclusive Message (1) Parameter Change (2) 1 Voice Bulk Data (3) 32 Voice Bluk Data 3. Reception 4-1.CHANNEL INFORMATION 4-1-1.Channel Voice Message 4-1-2.Channel Mode Message 4-2. SYSTEM INFORMATION 4-2-1.System Real-TimeMessage 4-2-2. System Exclusive Message (3) 1 Voice Bulk Data (4) 32 Voice Bulk Data (5) Dump Request 0010nnnn 0 f f f f f f f 5.System Exclusive Data DATA (VMEM format) no Parameter 5-2.VOICE PARAMETERS (VCED format) 5-3.FUNCTION PARAMETERS Page Page Page FCC CERTIFICATION (USA) 20402-StockNo NIPPON GAKKI CO., LTD. HAMAMATSU, JAPAN OMD-127-185 05 2.0 CR Printed in Japan Yamaha Corporation of America 9/10/98