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IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING ! The RY8 is a powerful electronic music device featuring sensitive high technology. To ensure many years of trouble-free use, please take the important precautions below seriously. LOCATION In order to avoid causing serious damage to the RY8, do not expose the instrument to direct sunlight, high temperatures, excessive humidity, excessive dust or strong vibration. POWER SUPPLY Turn the power switch off when the RY8 is not in use. The AC power a
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HANDLING AND TRANSPORT Handle the RY8 with care. Physical shocks caused by dropping or jostling the instrument, or placing heavy objects upon it, can result in serious damage to the RY8. Never apply excessive force to the controls, pads, or connectors of the instrument. Disconnect all cables before moving the instrument. Always unplug cables by gripping the plug firmly, and not by pulling on the cable itself. CLEANING Never use chemical solvents or thinners to clean the RY8, since these
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THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA RY8 RHYTHM PROGRAMMER. The Yamaha RY8 is a full-featured, high quality, low-priced, hand-held stereo rhythm programmer with accompaniment backing and guitar input that’s the perfect “pocket pal” for the guitarist on the go. With its compact size, friendly user interface, wide variety of preprogrammed patterns and songs, user programming capabilities, versatile MIDI features and more, the handy RY8—which easily slips into a guitar case or gig bag—is ready to p
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL. In order to keep confusion to a minimum, there are a few basic conventions used in the feature explanations in this manual, as follows: Names of key features are written in the cap-low style; e.g., Pattern Mode, Song Record Mode, System Mode Sync function, User patterns, etc. Names of controls and connectors are written in all-caps within brackets; e.g., [EXT IN] jack, [VOLUME] slider, [DELETE] button, etc. Special prompts or words which appear on the LCD
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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL. The RY8 Owner’s Manual is designed to travel alongside the RY8 itself. It includes information about all the RY8’s features and operation procedures, organized in such a way as to permit quick and easy access to any feature you need to locate. The main sections of the Owner’s Manual are as follows: A brief overview of the RY8’s capabilities and system structure, as well as descriptions of all panel features—everything you need to know before you begin using the RY8 in ord
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REFERENCE ! ..............................................................................................................2 1. THE RY8......................................................................2 2. RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE.......................................4 3. TOP PANEL.................................................................7 4. SIDE & REAR PANELS.............................................10 ..............................................................12 5. SETUP & POWER-
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1. THE RY8 The RY8 is an easy-to-use yet powerful rhythm programmer with automatic bass and chord accompaniment backing, an external input for playing along using a guitar, versatile MIDI capabilities and much more. Featuring Yamaha’s exclusive AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation technology—where voices are high quality digital samples of actual instruments—the RY8 has a large capacity waveform ROM filled with 128 “drum” voices for the rhythms, and 50 “normal” voices for the backings, plu
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The RY8’s many other features include song chaining and loop repeating, rhythm “swing” function for a realistic human feeling, guitar tuner and guitar synthesizer, 28-note polyphony, stereo outputs, headphone jack, and a large LCD screen which always lets you know what mode and status you’re currently in. Hence, the RY8 is the ideal music tool that’s useful in practically any music situation. You can use it as: A Practicing Companion Plug a guitar directly into the RY8 and play along with the pa
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2. RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE The RY8 is primarily a powerful rhythm programmer, but with the added dimension of automatic backing accompaniment, song programming capability and a guitar synthesizer. The key components that make up the RY8’s operating system are the AWM voices, the drum kits, the patterns, and the songs. The main operating modes are Pattern Mode and Song Mode, each of which are made up of several “functions”. Additional modes include Drum Kit Mode, External In Mode, System Mode, Tempo
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THE AWM VOICES. There are 128 “drum” voices and 50 “normal” AWM voices. The drum voices are assigned to the drum kits. The normal voices are assigned to the backing accompaniments and to the guitar synthesizer. THE DRUM KITS. There are 12 Preset drum kits and 4 User drum kits. Although there are only 12 pads on the top panel of the RY8, each drum kit is made up of 24 drum voices, organized in two “Pad Banks”—a “Drum Pad Bank” and a “Percussion Pad Bank”—with 12 drum voices assigned to each Pad B
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THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS. The RY8’s features are for the most part organized into nine modes accessible by holding [MODE] and pressing one of the drum pads (the names of the modes are printed on the various pads). All modes except Tempo Mode and Transpose Mode contain several pages of functions which you can select by holding [MODE] and pressing [PAGE-] and [PAGE+]. Most routine operations can be performed from either within Pattern Mode or Song Mode. To enter Pattern Mode, hold [MODE] and pres
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3. TOP PANEL 1 LCD SCREEN High contrast, easy-to-read Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) provides large-content visual feedback to always let you know exactly what mode and status you’re currently in. 2 PATTERN AND KIT LISTS List of rhythm pattern and drum kit types arranged logically for quick reference and easy access. 3 [REC] BUTTON For entering and exiting Pattern Record Mode and Song Record Mode. Both Step and Realtime recording are possible. 4 [TOP] BUTTON For returning the song or pattern locat
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6 [STOP] BUTTON For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording. 7 [PLAY] BUTTON For starting song or pattern playback or realtime recording from the current measure location. Pressing [PLAY] immediately after pressing [STOP] will continue the song or pattern playback from the stop location. To start the song or pattern from the beginning, or the top, press [TOP] before pressing [PLAY]. 8 [FWD] BUTTON For fast-forwarding the song through a series of measures when the song playbac
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q [DELETE] BUTTON For deleting individual drum beats in Pattern Record Mode. Simply hold [DELETE] and press [ENTER] or the appropriate drum pad to delete the drum voice at the current cursor location. When Chord Assign is active, holding [DELETE] and pressing [ENTER] will delete the chord at the current cursor location. w [AUDITION] BUTTON For “auditioning”, or checking, drum sounds in Pattern Step Record Mode before you record a drum beat. While pressing and holding [AUDITION], press the drum p
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4. SIDE & REAR PANELS 1 [VOLUME] SLIDER For setting the master volume output level from the [OUTPUT] and [PHONES] jacks. 2 [PHONES] MINI JACK For plugging in a pair of headphones with a mini stereo plug for private listening. 3 [OUTPUT] JACKS For connecting the RY8 to a mixer, or a stereo amplifier, or amplified speakers. In the case of mono output, use the [L/MONO] jack. 4 [MIDI] JACKS For connecting the RY8 to other MIDI devices such as a synthesizer or music sequencer, or to a MIDI data stora
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5 [EXT IN] JACK For plugging in a guitar to play along with the song or pattern playback, or for using the guitar tuner feature, or for “triggering” any of the 50 AWM backing instrument voices in various ways. 6 [DC IN] JACK For connecting an AC power adaptor to supply power to the RY8. 7 [POWER] SWITCH For switching the RY8 on and off. Be sure to switch the power off when the RY8 is not in use. 8 BATTERY COMPARTMENT For inserting six 1.5 volt AA-size (SUM-3 or R6P) batteries to supply power t
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5. SETUP & POWER-ON The RY8 can be powered by either an optional AC adaptor or six batteries. Follow the instructions below based on the power source you intend to use. USING A POWER ADAPTOR. Plug the DC output cable from an optional Yamaha PA-3 or PA-1B AC Adaptor (available from your Yamaha dealer) snugly into the [DC IN] jack on the rear panel, then plug the adaptor into a convenient wall AC power outlet. Do not attempt to use an AC adaptor other than the Yamaha PA-3 or PA-1B. The use
