YAMAHA ' i! ( \ f \ SSS (= FM Toretce ene “GENERATOR SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL idsHOW TO USE THIS MANUAL We would like to take this opportunity of saying thank you for purchasing the Yamaha ‘TX816 or TX216 FM Tone Generator System. You now possess a musical device that will challenge the limits of your imagination, The TX816/TX216 provides you with the means to create sounds that combine acoustic realism and warmth with total digital control, Truly the “best of both worlds” We suggest that you always read this Owners Manual in the same manner in which it was written-—while actually using the TX816/TX216. In this way, anything you read can immediately be put into practice, so that you can effertlessly familiarize yourself with the various modes, functions, and operations. ‘The TX816/TX216 cannot function by itself. Its performance depends totally on what other MIDI equipment you intend to control it with. Linked with the appropriate MIDI control devices, particularly those in the Yamaha range, itis an extremely powerful digital music tool, and can be utilized in a wide variety of creative ways, both live on stage and in the more controlled environment of the recording studio. As you become more acquainted with your TX816/TX216, new possibilities will reveal themselves to you, and this manual can only serve as a starting point, providing you with all the facts you ‘need to operate this unit, and some examples showing how it can perform as part of suggested MIDI systems. The INTRODUCTION gives you a description of the various functions incorporated into the TX816/TX216.Once you have reed this, we suggest that you carefully read the PRECAUTIONS and CONVENTIONS sections, before connecting up your TX816/TX216 according to the SETTING UP chapter, which also mentions the basic functions of the TX816. This is followed by more detailed chapters on the four main operating modes of the TX816/TX216, after which we offer several useful SYSTEM EXAMPLES. After the SPECIFICATIONS and BLOCK DIAGRAM, a chapter entitled HOW THE MIDI ‘SYSTEM WORKS is followed by a comprechensive MIDI DATA FORMAT section, for the more computer-minded owner. Finally, a GLOSSARY is provided to explain some of the more technical terms, and a full INDEX allows you to quickly find any information you may need. This manual also includes a VOICE CHART so that you can keep an accurate record of the 256 voices stored in the TX816, and update it as necessary. A sample voice chart gives some suggestions on how to combine voices, and a blank voice chart is provided, of which you can make photocopies for your own use. Although most of the information given in this manual applies to both the TX816 and the TX216, we will refer to only the TX816 unless any special mention of the TX216 is necessary. We will also, throughout the manual, assume that you are using a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer to control the TX816.A dustic chock Procedure. CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS MANUALS... 1 FRONT PANEL FEATURES .... 3 REAR PANEL FEATURES 6 INTRODUCTION... 7 ‘The Play Mode 8 The Edit Mode 9 The Store Mode 10 The Utility Mode. 10 PRECAUTIONS. 2 CONVENTIONS 4 SETTING UP. 16 ‘The Basic System... 16 MIDI Connections. Ww Audio Connections. iT ‘AC Power vee, 1B 8 19 2 23 23 23 8 Py 7 27 Basic Operations. ‘THE PLAY MODE. 1. Set Receive Basic Channel, 2. Set Omni ON. 3. Tune Master Pitch ‘THE EDIT MODE....... 1. Select Program number for Edit 2. Attenuate Output Level 3. Limit Lowest Key. 4. Limit Highest Key... ‘THE STORE MODE. . 29 1. Select Destination oni . 29 2. Store voice and Function... 30 3. Store Only Function... 30 ‘THE UTILITY MODE sonnets 82 41. Dump All Voices and Functions «0... 92 2. Clear and initialize Al Functions. on 88 3. Audio Check. 36 4 Read Out Current Voltage of Battery .. 36 SYSTEM EXAMPLES. 37 The Basic System: Further Options. 37 ‘System 1: TX816 plus DX7 plus KX1 ‘System 2: TXB16 plus RXT1/AX15 ‘System 3: TX816 plus QXt plus AX11/AX16. ‘System 4: TXB16 plus CX5M ‘SPECIFICATIONS. BLOCK DIAGRAM. HOW THE MIDI SYSTEM WORKS. ‘TX816 MIDI DATA FORMAT 1. Reception Conditions 2. Reception Data 3. Output Data... 4, Systom Exculusive Data Format GLOSSARY... INDEX... ADDING A TF1 TO YOUR TX216....... ‘TX816 VOICE CHART... Ranssagserssassasg