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ARPEGGIATORS
CHORUS EFFECTS
DSP EFFECTS
FUNCTION MENU
KNOB ASSIGNMENTS
REVERB EFFECTS
RIBBON CONTROLLER ASSIGNMENTS
OVERALL
SONGS
FOOTSWITCH ASSIGNMENTS

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VOICES AND PATTERNS
 

DJX Arpeggiators (SOUND CLIPS COMING SOON!!!)
 
#     Arepggiator             My Description
 
01  Techno-A               Eurobeat pattern.
02  Techno-B               UK techno pattern.
03  Techno-C               Japanese techno pattern.
04  Techno-D               German pattern.
05  Dance/House          Very cool dance/house pattern.
06  Syncopation            Odd-sounding syncopation pattern with big octave jumps.
07  BaseLine                 Arpeggio suited for bass, best with one or two notes.
08  Echo                       Two-measure echoing pattern.
09  Techno echo           Very similar to 08 but a techno pattern.
10  Sweep                    Two-measure pattern with huge octave jumps.
11  Pulse                       Similar to 10, good for bass pulse in lower octave.
12  Up                          Ascending note arpeggion pattern.
13  Down                      Descending note arpeggion pattern.
14  Up & Down (A)      Ascending and descending notes, with the highest and lowest notes 
                                     repeated once before going back up or down.
15  Up & Down (B)      Continously ascending/descending notes.                         
16  Random                  Randomly chosen notes from the ones held.

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EXAMPLE

     Name                        My Description

--    HI BOBBY              A message to a kid at my school.


REVERB

01    Hall 1                      CONCERT HALL SIMULATION
02    Hall 2
03    Room 1                   SMALL ROOM SIMULATION
04    Room 2
05    Stage 1                    SMALL SOLO INSTRUMENTS
06    Stage 2
07    Plate 1                     STEEL PLATE SIMULATION
08    Plate 2
09    Off

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CHORUS

01    Chorus 1                RICH, WARM CHORUS
02    Chorus 2
03    Flanger 1                METALLIC MODULATION (THREE-PHASE) SOUND
04    Flanger 2
05    Off

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DSP

Note: Some of these do not sound good at all, like Tremolo and Rotary Speaker 2, on the voices I have tried them on.
01-08 READ REVERB DESCRIPTION
01    Hall 1
02    Hall 2
03    Room 1
04    Room 2
05    Stage 1
06    Stage 2
07    Plate 1
08    Plate 2

09    Early Reflection 1
10    Early Reflection 2

11    Gate Reverb
12    Reverse Gate

13-16 READ CHORUS DESCRIPTION
13    Chorus 1
14    Chorus 2
15    Flanger 1
16    Flanger 2

17    Symphonic
18    Phaser
19    Rotary Speaker 1
20    Rotary Speaker 2
21    Tremolo 1
22    Tremolo 2
23    Guitar Tremolo
24    Auto-Pan
26    Auto-Wah
26    Delay Left-Center-Right (cool)
27    Delay Left-Right
28    Echo
29    Cros Delay
30    Distortion Hard
31    Distortion Soft
32    EQ Disco
33    EQ Telephone
34    Off

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Function Parameters
(Accessed by pressing "FUNCTION" and entering the function number or using the keys to scroll through them)

01-06: For setting the sound on the primary voice.

#      Function                      Value Range

01    Volume                        000-127
02    Octave                         -2 through 2
03    Pan                              -7 (full left) through 7 (full right)
04    Reverb Level                000-127
05    Chorus Level                000-127
06    DSP Level                    000-127

11-18: For setting the sound on the dual voice, which plays simultaneously with the primary voice.

11    Volume                         000-127
12    Octave                         -2 through 2
13    Pan                              -7 (full left) through 7 (full right)
14    Reverb Level                000-127
15    Chorus Level                000-127
16    DSP Level                    000-127
17    Voice                           000-284
18    Dual                             on/off

21-27: For setting the sound on the split voice, which is the voice other than the primary and dual voice when the keyboard is split up into two "virtual" keyboards.

21    Volume                        000-127
22    Octave                         2 through -2
23    Pan                              -7 (full left) through 7 (full right)
24    Reverb Level                000-127
25    Chorus Level                000-127
26    DSP Level                    000-127
27    Voice                           000-284
28    Split                             001-127 (determines the highest point on the keyboard the split voice can be played at, g)

31-38: For setting important functions (click on links to see modes of the function)

31    Reverb                        on/off
32    Reverb Type
33    Chorus                        on/off
34    Chorus Type
35    DSP                            on/off
36    DSP Type
37    Arpeggiator                on/off
38    Arpeggiator

41    Performance Setup     on
        User Bank

51    Pattern Split Point       001-127 (determines the highest point the pattern can be played/controlled at)

61-63: For deleting songs in the user bank

61    Song 1 (actually Song 4)
62    Song 2 (actually Song 5)
63    Song 3 (actually Song 6)

71    Footswitch                 for footswitch assignments
72    Voice Set                  on/off-for enabling/disabling automatic voice setup (for automatic settings for voices by Yamaha)
73    Touch Sensitivity        1-3: controls sensitivity of keys
74    Pitch Bend Range       1-12: controls the amount of octaves the pitch bend decreased or increases

81-88: MIDI functions

81    Remote Channel
82    Keyboard Out
83    Pattern Out
84    Local On/Off
85    External Clock
86    Bulk Data Send
87    Initial Data Send
88    Sampling Send

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ASSIGN KNOB FUNCTIONS

01    Reverb Send Level (same as function 04)
02    Chorus Send Level (same as function 05)
03    DSP Send Level (same as function 06)
04    Modulation (gives it a "scary" sound)
05    Attack (adjusts how long it takes to go to full volume)
06    Release Time (adjusts how long a note plays after it is released, fun to set to max level with arpeggiator:)
07    Pan
08    Volume
09    Dynamics (assign knob steps through a variety of pre-programmed settings for the level of individual notes)
10    Dynamics Strength (adjusts the strength of 09)
11    Turntable (pitch/tempo adjustment, similar to continous speed on turntable.  32-280 BPM, -800 to +600 cents)
12    Arpeggiator Speed (controls arpeggiator speed)

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RIBBON CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS

The ribbon controller is a little thing you rub your finger against to change settings.
Some of the descriptions refer to the assign knob functions, right above.

01    Cutoff Frequency (same as cutoff knob)
02    Resonance (same as resonance knob)
03    Reverb Send Level (same as function 04)
04    Chorus Send Level (same as function 05)
05    DSP Send Level (same as function 06)
06    Modulation (see asgn knob function 04)
07    Attack (see asgn knob function 05)
08    Release (see asgn knob function 06)
09    Pan
10    Volume
11    Groove (same as groove knob)
12    Dynamics (see asgn knob function 09)
13    Dynamics Strength (see asgn knob function 10)
14    Turntable (see asgn knob function 11)
15    Arpeggiator Speed (see asgn knob function 12)

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SONGS

01 ALL P_TRANCE
02 HIPHOP
03 ELEKTRO
04-06: User Songs

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Overall Controls:

BPM                32-280
Transpose        -12 to 12
Tuning              -100 to 100
Pattern/Song     0 to 127
Volume

Ribbon Controller Assign and Knob Assign are also overall controls.

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FOOTSWITCH (optional)

Whewww.... I'm getting tired by now... :)

Sustain (natural sustain)
Arpeggiator Hold (keeps the arpeg. cyclin')
Start/Stop (starts/stops pattern/song)
Lead In/Lead Out (plays intro or ending to pattern)
Beat A (plays A section of pattern)
Beat B (plays B section of pattern)
Arpeggiator On/Off
Dual On/Off
Split On/Off
Reverb On/Off
Chorus On/Off
DSP On/Off
Tap (lets you tap out the BPM and start a song/pattern at the tapped speed)

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Last updated April 14, 2000.