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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). Battery Notice: DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of recommended by Yamaha. battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a quali
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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will MODIFY THIS UNIT! not occur in all installations. If this product This product, when installed as indicated in is found to be the source of interference, the instructions contained in this manual, which can be determined by turning the meets FCC requirements. Modifications unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate not expressly approved by Yamaha may
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PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or power switch, disconnect the adaptor plug from
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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha DX200 Desktop Control Synthesizer! The DX200 is a combination tone generator and sequencer that puts an enormous amount of sonic power and real-time performance control in an exceptionally compact and easy-to-use “desktop” package. As one of the Loopfactory group of instruments, it’s an amazingly high-quality and versatile tool for loop-based music production. Use it on your gigs, as part of your DJ setup — or as your secret weapon i
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Contents Contents Contents ............................................................ 6 Chapter 8 How to Use This Manual .................................. 8 Pattern Playback.................... 35 Panel Controls .................................................. 9 Tip 25 Adjusting the Gate Time....................................35 Quick Start Guide ........................................... 11 Tip 26 Transposing the key...........................................36 Parameter Structure ......
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Contents Chapter 14 Chapter 19 Pattern Recording...................68 Master Class 2 — Tip 57 Erasing a Pattern — and starting from scratch . 68 Advanced Music Production ... 103 Tip 58 Setting the Metronome lead-in.......................... 69 Tip 87 Playing the DX200 as a synthesizer ................103 Tip 59 Recording a Pattern in real time........................ 70 Tip 88 Recording to a sequencer.................................104 Tip 60 Step Recording.............
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How to Use This Manual How to Use This Manual How to USE a manual? Sounds a bit obvious, we admit. (“Open it and read it.”) But here goes: 1 Go straight to the Quick Start Guide. This tells you simply and in no uncertain terms how to set up your new DX200 and get sound out of it. 2 Work through the 93 Tips. These are practical, no-nonsense applications that get you actually USING the machine. If this is your first tone generator or synthesizer, fire up the DX200, open up the manual to Tip 1, an
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Panel Controls Panel Controls Main Voice Control Keyboard Here’s a quick way to get familiar with your DX200! The front (or top) panel of the DX200 can be roughly divided into four sections: Main, Control, Voice, and Keyboard. Look through the controls here, and check out the Tips related to each of them for more information. The Tip references by each control are not meant to be comprehensive. They either give the first (or main) Tip in which the control appears, or the group of Tips that
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Panel Controls Main Voice These are the fundamental controls of the DX200 — for These controls are for editing and changing the sound of changing modes, adjusting values, exiting from func- the Voices. tions, and so on. [SCENE] ................................Tips 13, 14 Display and indicators [FREE EG]..............................Tips 49, 50 [SONG] ...................................Tips 8, 63 [VOLUME] [PATTERN].....................................Tip 1 [LFO] ................................
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Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide Once that you’ve got the DX200 out of the box and checked that all included items were indeed included, it’s time to set everything up and get playing. 1 Turn the VOLUME control all the way down to the minimum. 2 Connect the OUTPUT jacks (L/MONO and R) to the inputs of your recorder/mixer/amplifier. If you’re using a mono system, use only the L/MONO jack. If you’re using headphones, connect them to the PHONES jack. DX200 DC IN OUTPUT PHONES AC
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Parameter Structure Parameter Structure This diagram shows the structure and hierarchy of the Songs, Patterns and Voices of the DX200. As you work with the DX200 and explore its various functions and features, refer back to this diagram to see how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Pattern Select Setup User Pattern 128 256 Preset Patterns 128 User Patterns Preset Pattern 1 Sequence System Synth Rhythm Rhythm Rhythm Track Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 BPM Gate Time Beat Reverse Step Step St
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Tone Generator Signal Flow & Effect Block Diagram Tone Generator Signal Flow & Effect Block Diagram Effect section Out Synth track Distortion EQ Rhythm track 1 Rhythm track 2 Rhythm track 3 The EQ processing is accessible only with the DX200 Editor software. 13
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This is NOT an owner’s manual! This is NOT an owner’s manual! At least not an ordinary one. But, then again, the DX200 is no ordinary instrument. It’s packed with exciting, powerful, yet easy-to-use features that give you complete, hands-on sonic control — plus tons of dynamic real-time functions that can bring an extra edge to your live performances! With all the digital power under this small hood, the DX200 is a stunning new instrument of the future. Yet it also brings you the very be
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Chapter 1 Pattern Basics Start your synthesizer apprenticeship right here. In this section, you’ll learn about playing Patterns, and how to use some of the DX200’s powerful tools to change the sound as it’s playing. 1 Playing a Pattern Here’s where all the fun starts — with the pre-programmed Patterns. Just press the Start/Stop button, and listen to the Pattern play. The Pattern repeats (loops) until you press the button again to stop it. What exactly are Patterns? The Patterns are the ba
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Chapter 1 Pattern Basics 3 Switching Patterns on the fly Try mixing it up now. The DX200 lets you change Patterns as easily as pressing a button... Thanks to the Pattern Select function, you can chain together Patterns in real time from the keyboard — as you perform. Select a Pattern, then press [PATTERN SELECT]. The button lights. Start the Pattern. While the Pattern is playing, press one of the keyboard buttons (except 1, 4, and 8). Avoid these keys — they won’t change the Pattern. Notice h
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Chapter 1 Pattern Basics 4 Playing it backwards The Reverse function lets you completely turn the Pattern around, and play all the notes backwards. Before you start the Pattern (or during playback, if you want), simply press the [REVERSE] button. 5 Changing the bpm Now, that you’ve got a Pattern playing, try changing its speed. (This is also called “bpm” — beats per minute.) The DX200 gives you two ways to do this — tapping out the speed manually, or using the [DATA] knob to adjust it. 1
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Chapter 1 Pattern Basics 6 Messing with the Beat There’s more than one way to mess with the rhythm. Actually, the DX200 gives you a truckload of ways you can disturb and deconstruct your beats. One of these is the (appropriately named) Beat function. You’ll be meeting up with this control again when you record your own Patterns. But let’s see how you can use it now to change the feel of a Pattern while it’s actually playing... 1 Select a Pattern and start it by pressing the Start/Stop butt
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Chapter 2 Song Playback As we said before, the Patterns are the basic building blocks of the DX200. But what can you build with them? Songs! Our team of expert programmers has created a few Songs using the various Patterns of the DX200. Check these out and hear just how powerful and ver- satile the DX200 can be for recording your own material. 8 Playing a Song Let’s select a Song now and play it. 1 Press the [SONG] button. 2 Select the desired Song by turning the [DATA] knob. 3 Press the
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Chapter 3 The Keyboard Small and compact as it is, the DX200 also features a one-octave keyboard for playing and recording the sounds of the instrument. 9 Playing the keyboard The built-in keyboard is small — just one octave — but it lets you use all the features of the DX200 without having to connect a separate keyboard. Try it out now. 1 Press [KEYBOARD]. 2 Play the keyboard. The button lights. The buttons give you a full octave, from C to C. Keep in mind that buttons 1, 4, and 8 don’t ma
