Yamaha DX7s Voice Controllers

VoiceControllers

Pitch Bend Modes

on the DX7s.

The DX7s features an expanded set of controller options. The settings for Pitch Bend

Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Aftertouch, Breath Controller, and Foot Controllers 1 and 2

are adjusted in Voice Edit Mode, using buttons 24 ~ 26

(The other controller settings are

accessed in Performance Edit Mode.)

Function Data and Voice Effect Data

The original DX7 separated its operational parameters into two groups: Voice data and

Function data. Voice data encompassed all parameters used to create a Voice, and

Function data involved settings for the various performance Controllers. The DX7 only

had memory to store one set of Function settings, so all Controllers operated in the same

way for all Voices.

In the DX7s, Function data has been replaced by Voice Effect data (adjusted using buttons

23 ~ 26). This Voice Effect data can be adjusted as part of each Voice Memory — this

means that each Voice can have its own Controller settings.

Most of the Voice Effect parameters are exactly the same as the Function parameters of

the original DX7. The new parameters are outlined below.

Pitch Bend Modes

The Pitch Bend Wheel in the DX7s functions in one of four basic Modes, which operate

as follows:

Pitch Bend Chord notes Applied to sound

Mode

affected sustained by foot switch?

Normal all notes yes

Lowest

lowest note only yes

Highest highest note only yes

Key-on

all notes

Foot Controller 1 and 2

The DX7s provides memory space to set the operation of two Foot Controllers. Foot

Controller 1 also has a new parameter possibility. It can be set to control the same Voice

parameter as that of Continuous Slider 1. (For more on the available settings for CS 1, see

Section 3 of this manual.) Since CS 1 operates in Performance Mode, this use of Foot

Controller 1 is also confined to Performance Mode.