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Yamaha RX-17 Authorized Product Manual

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Manual is about: Digital Rhythm Programmer

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    Digital rhythm programmer yamaha authorized product manual.

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    Yamaha digital rhythm programmer owner’s manual.

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    Fcc information (usa) while the following statements are provided to comply with fcc regulations in the united states, the corrective measures listed below are applicable worldwide. This series of yamaha professional music equipment uses frequencies that appear in the radio frequency range and if in...

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    Congratulations on your purchase of a yamaha rx17 digital rhythm programmer! Your rx17 has been developed through over a century of yamaha research and design, and features advanced microcomputer control plus high-quality digital percussion sounds, virtually indistinguishable from live instruments. ...

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    Introduction – how to use this manual 4.0 cassette mode 23 control panel 1 rear panel/connections 2 4.1 save 23 4.2 load 24 4.3 verify 24 precautions 3 5.0 midi mode 25 1.0 basic operations 4 1.1 setting up 4 1.2 playing the rx17's instruments 4 1.3 instrument change 4 1.4 level 5 1.5 accents 6 1.6 ...

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    1 1 1. Master volume slider control. 5. Cassette mode key. 2. Tempo slider control. 6 . Midi mode key. 3. Pattern mode key. 7. Job key. 4. Song mode key. 8. Numeric key pad. 9. –1/no and +1/yes keys. 10. Keys. 11. Stop/continue key. 12. Start key. 13. Instrument keys. 14. Accent key. 15. Lcd (liquid...

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    3 avoid placing the rx17 in locations exposed to direct sunlight or high temperatures, excessively high or low humidity, high dust concentration, or vibration. Be sure to connect the rx17 to an ac power supply that meets the power supply specifications listed on the accompanying pa-1 12-volt ac conv...

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    4 4 1.1 setting up 1. Connect the pa-1 ac convertor to the rx17 first, then to the ac power supply. 2. To hear the rx17, do one of the following: a. Connect stereo headphones to the phones connector. B. Connect the l(mono) output to an amplifier, for mono playback. C. Connect the r and l(mono) outpu...

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    1.3.2 single lnstrument change 1.4.1 click level 1. Press inst change 1. Press level 2. Press the key corresponding to the instrument you wish to change. 2. Use the –1 no key to reduce the click level, or the +1 yes key to increase the click level. Range: 0 (off)–31. 3. Press level again to return t...

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    6 2. Press and hold the green accent key and then press the instrument key corresponding to the instrument whose accent level you wish to change. 3. Use the –1 no or +1 yes key to change the accent level. Range: ±31. 4. Press level again to return to the mode the rx17 was in before the accent level ...

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    On the rx17, a “pattern” means a one bar sequence, which repeats when you play it back. You “write” (enter) each note of a pattern, by pressing the instrument keys. Pattern writing can be done in two ways: real time (see 2.2) or step write (see 2.3). The quantize feature allows you to set the “finen...

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    8 2. To stop play, press stop/continue. 3. To restart play, press start to play from the beginning of the pattern, or stop/ continue to play from the point at which play was stopped. During pattern play, you can change the tempo using the tempo slider, or using operation 1.7.1. 2.1.2 loading the pre...

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    9 2.2.3 setting quantize quantize when used in real time write is an automatic timing correction device. Any notes you play that do not fall exactly on the beat are moved to the nearest beat. For example, if you set quantize to 1/16, all notes played will be moved to the nearest 16th note. This is a...

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    10 2.3.2 setting pattern length see operation 2.2.2. 2.3.3 setting quantize in the step write mode, quantize allows you to set the minimum note length that can be entered. For example, if you set quantize to 1/16, the shortest note that can be entered is a 16th note (16 notes in a bar of 4/4). Quant...

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    11 2.3.6 deleting notes notes can be deleted (erased) by stepping through a dot display until you locate the erroneous note, then holding the beat clear key, and tapping the appropriate instrument key. The note marker will disappear, and the cursor will move to the next beat. 2.3.7 deleting instrume...

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    12 2. Press +1 yes to continue this operation. (or press pattern to return to the select pattern display, if you do not wish to clear the pattern). 3. Press +1 yes to clear the selected pattern (or press –1 no to cancel this operation). The lcd will show then return to the select pattern display. 2....

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    13 then return to the select pattern display. 2.7 show remaining memory this function allows you to check the remaining pattern memory of the rx17, as a percentage of its total pattern memory capacity. Press pattern and select function 7..

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    14 the function of the song mode is to allow you to connect different patterns in order to form a drum sequence for an entire song or piece of music. The rx17 lets you create up to 10 songs, numbered 0 thru 9. Each song can contain up to 999 parts, and the maximum number of parts of all 10 songs com...

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    15 3. To restart play, press start to play from the beginning of the song, or stop/ continue, to play from the point at which play was stopped. If you stopped play during a repeat section, the repeat command will be ignored when you continue play. If you stopped play in the middle of a pattern, pres...

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    16 the lcd shows the first part of the song. The asterisks indicate that the part is empty. The flashing cursor indicates that you can enter data. The flashing “ptn” indicates that the type of data you can enter is a pattern number. Note 1: there are square brackets around “ptn”, as a further remind...

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    2. Press +1 yes to enter a begin repeat command. The lcd will automatically move to the next part. Continue editing (entering patterns and other data) and when you reach the point at which an end repeat command is needed (for example, part 5) use the key to select :ll, the symbol for an end repeat c...

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    18 2. The cursor will be flashing at the volume change value. Use the numeric key pad to set this value. Range: 0–31. Note: the volume change function can not alter the volume of any note beyond the rx17’s instrument level range (0–31). 3. The volume change is now set, and you can press +1 yes to mo...

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    19 you can also copy to a destination before the end of the song, provided it comes before or after the parts which are lo be copied. This example shows what happens if we copy parts 2 and 3 to part 4. 1. After selecting a song and entering edit song, press job, then select job 3. You can now, if yo...

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    20 you now have another chance to cancel this operation, by pressing –1 no. The lcd will return to the previous display, allowing you to select another job. 3. To carry out the delete operation, press +1 yes again. The lcd will show then return to the delete display, allowing you to select another j...

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    You now have a second chance to cancel this operation, and return to the select song display by pressing – 1 no. 3. Press +1 yes to clear the selected song. The lcd will show then return to the select song display. 3.4 clear all songs you can instantly clear (erase) all 10 songs. This would be done,...

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    22 3.6 show remalnlng memory this function allows you to check the remaining song memory of the rx17, as a percentage of its total song memory capacity. Press song and select function 6..

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    23 the function of the cassette mode is to let you save patterns and songs onto a normal cassette tape. This allows you to clear (erase) patterns and songs stored in the rx17’s internal memory, and create new patterns and songs. You can then create an expanding cassette tape library of patterns and ...

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    24 4.2 load this function allows you to load a complete set of pattern and song data from cassette into the rx17’s internal memory. Note: when you load data into the rx17, all patterns and songs in the internal memory will be erased. Be sure that you do not need this data, before you load the new da...

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    The rx17 is fully compatible with all midi equipment. Midi (musical instrument digital interface) is the technology that allows digital musical instruments to control each other. Midi signals (data) are sent from one midi instrument to another, so that one instrument can “play” another instrument, o...

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    26 5.3 set receive channel midi signals can be sent and received on any of 16 midi channels. This function allows you to select which midi channel the rx17 will use for reception of midi signals when it is being “played” by an external midi keyboard, sequencer or music computer. 1. Press midi then s...

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    2. Press +1 yes to continue this function. 3 . Press the instrument key corresponding to the instrument that is to be assigned. For example, bass drum. 6. Use the +1 yes or –1 no key to set the midi note. Range: c1 (36)–d#6 (99). Middle c is displayed as “c3 (60)“. 7. You can now select another inst...

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    28 then return to the display for midi function 1. The data has now been transmitted to the receiving rx17. If transmitting data to a qx1, you can also execute the actual transmission by sending a “bulk dump request” from the qx1. In this case, the midi out of the qx1 must be connected to the midi i...

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    29 this chapter contains a variety of useful hints, some essential, some creative, to add to your enjoyment of the rx17. These will give you useful knowledge to encourage you to go beyond the limitations of this manual and create your own music. The rx17, in spite of its compact dimensions, has enor...

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    30 6.2.3 quantize applied to real time write 6.3.2 fade-outs/fade-ins in real time write, quantize automatically corrects each part that you enter, to a selected minimum note length. This makes the writing of perfectly-timed patterns easy and rapid. For example, you could set the quantize to 1/8 and...

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    31 application example: rx17 plus qx21 plus tx81z 6.5.3 midi note receive for this midi application use 5.1 sync to set the rx17’s sync mode to midi. Also, use 5.8 echo back to turn on the “echo back” feature, so as to allow the qx21’s midi signals to be passed to the tx81z via the rx17's midi out c...

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    32 application example #2: rx17 plus qx5 plus tx81z for this midi application, use the following functions: for this midi application, use the following functions: 5.2 midi channel message to allow the rx17 to receive midi key data. 5.3 set receive channel to set the rx17’s midi receive channel to 1...

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    33 in the example shown the rx17 is being used with a yamaha mt1x multitrack cassette recorder, a qx5 digital sequence recorder, a dx21 digital programmable algorithm synthesizer and a tx81z multi-timbral fm tone generator. A yme8 midi expander allows the qx5 to send midi data to the rx17, the dx21 ...

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    34 sometimes you may see an unusual message on the rx17's lcd, indicating that an operation has been executed wrongly, or there is a technical malfunction. This chart lists those messages, their causes and remedies. Message * init param. * cause remedy a malfunction in the rx17 has caused all parame...

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    35 sound source rom; pcm, 2 mbyte rom number of voices 26 memory capacity patterns: 100 songs: 10 (up to 999 parts per song. Total song memory: 1200 parts) controllers keys: pattern, song, cas, midi, job, level, pan, inst change, tempo, beat clear, numeric keys (10, numbered 0—9), -1 no. +1 yes, ,st...

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    [ digital rhythm programmer ] date : 12/13, 1986 model rx17 midi implementation chart version : 1 . 0 function ... Basic default channel changed default mode messages altered note number : true voice velocity note on note off after key's touch ch's pitch bender control change prog change : true # sy...

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    40 use this quick guide as a rapid reference index to enable you to find any operation on the rx17. For convenience, an operation may be listed under more than one entry. For example, "pattern length" also appears under "length of pattern" and "time signature". This index also includes references to...

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