Yamaha YDP-88II The Multi-Timbre Mode, The MIDI Split & Left Local OFF Mode, Bulk Data Dump

MIDI Functions

The Multi-Timbre Mode...........................................................................................................................................................

The Multi-Timbre mode is a special mode in which the YDP-88II

voices can be independently controlled on different MIDI channel

numbers by an external MIDI device. The Multi-Timbre mode can be

activated as follows:

= Multi-Timbre Mode ON

= Multi-Timbre Mode OFF

ZHold down the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.

XPress the [HARPSICHORD] voice selector. If the HARPSI-

CHORD LED is lit when the [HARPSICHORD] voice selector

is pressed, you have turned the Multi-Timbre mode ON. If the

HARPSICHORD LED is not lit when the [HARPSICHORD]

voice selector is pressed, you have turned the Multi-Timbre mode

OFF.

CRelease the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.

The MIDI Split & Left Local OFF Mode...................................................................................................................

In the MIDI split mode one section of the YDP-88II keyboard is

used to play a YDP-88II voice in the normal way, while the remaining

section is used to play a second MIDI keyboard or tone generator

such as the Yamaha DOU-10 Disk Orchestra Unit. In this mode the

right-hand section of the keyboard is used to play an internal YDP-

88II voice, while the left-hand section of the keyboard plays the

external keyboard or tone generator. Playing the left-hand section of

the keyboard produces no sound from the YDP-88II. The “split

point,” or the key that divides the left- and right-hand sections of the

keyboard can be set at any desired key.

SPLIT POINT

▼

Left-hand section plays

a DOU-10 bass voice. Right-hand section plays a

YDP-88II piano voice.

ZPress the [ORGAN] voice selector while holding down the

[MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. The ORGAN LED will flash.

XWhile still holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button, press the

key on the keyboard at which you want to set the split point. The

ORGAN LED will light continuously. The split-point becomes

the first key of the left-hand section.

CRelease the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.

VTo return to the normal full-keyboard mode, hold the [MIDI/

TRANSPOSE] button and press the [ORGAN] voice selector,

then release both buttons.

NOTE

• When the power is turned ON the default split point key

— F

2 — will be automatically selected. If a new split

point is selected it remains active until the power is

turned OFF or a different split point is selected.

Bulk Data Dump .............................................................................................................................................................................

This function is used to transmit all data stored in the Recorder

memory to a MIDI data storage device such as the Yamaha DOU-10

Disk Orchestra Unit, other sequence recorders, or MIDI compatible

computers.

ZHold [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] and press the [PLAY] button.

Transmission will begin.

XRelease the buttons.

NOTE

• Bulk dump will not function when the metronome is on

or when the recorder is in operation.

(Set to receive on MIDI

channel 2)

The MIDI split mode is useful if, for example, you want to play a

piano (YDP-88II) voice with the right hand while playing a synthe-

sizer bass line or string section with the left hand.

When the MIDI split mode is activated, notes played on the left-

hand section are transmitted via the YDP-88II MIDI OUT connector

on MIDI channel 2. Notes played on the right-hand section are

transmitted on the “basic channel” (i.e. the channel set using the

MIDI channel selection function described previously).

HARPSI-

CHORD

MIDI/TRANSPOSE

HARPSI-

CHORD

HARPSI-

CHORD

ORGAN

ARPSI-

HORD MIDI/TRANSPOSE

DOU-10

OUT PUT

AUX IN

LRMIDI OUT MIDI

YDP-88II

MIDI/TRANSPOSE

RECORDER

PLAY REC