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DIGITAL REVERBERATOR
Operation Manual
Manuel d’instructions
Bedienungsanleitung
Manual de Operación
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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions
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Precautions WARNING - Locations exposed to excessive heat, such as inside a car with all the windows closed, or places that Installation receive direct sunlight. - Locations subject to excessive humidity or dust • Connect this unit's power cord only to an AC outlet of the accumulation. type stated in this Owner's Manual or as marked on the • Hold the power cord plug when disconnecting it from an unit. Failure to do so is a fire and electrical shock AC outlet. Never pull the cord. A damaged power
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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of a Yamaha REV500 Digital Reverberator! The REV500 is a high-quality, inexpensive, and easy-to-use digital reverberator, suitable for home recording or smaller sound reinforcement applications. A true stereo processor with two inputs and two outputs, the REV500 offers high-quality stereo reverb, either alone or in combination with a variety of other effects. The 20-bit A/D and D/A converters feature a 44.1 kHz sampling rate, for superb sound quality
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Controls Front Panel 1 2 3 4 58 6 7 9 1 INPUT LEVEL control and meter 4 PARAMETER EDIT controls The INPUT LEVEL control sets the input level for both These controls let you edit the basic parameters of the the right and left input channels. It is accompanied by a selected program. stereo LED meter that shows the levels of the signals The PRE DELAY control sets the amount of time that received by the REV500 after A/D conversion. Lighting will elapse before the onset of early reflections. It also
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7 AUDITION key 8 UTILITY key and LED This key causes the REV500’s internal tone generator to This key lets you access the REV500’s utility functions, play a sound, allowing you to check the effect of the which include MIDI settings and system-related currently selected program. A utility function (see page functions. The LED above this key will light when a 15) allows you to select one of two sounds for this key to utility function is being used. See page 18 for a summary play, and to set the RE
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Using the REV500 Selecting Programs Testing Programs Program type AUDITION key Program number Program title Effect type You can use the REV500’s handy audition function to check the effect produced by a program when it’s inconvenient to Program memory run your actual sound source through the REV500. Just press the AUDITION key in the upper right corner of the front You can use the PROGRAM keys to select a desired panel. The REV500’s internal tone generator will produce a program, as described be
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REV500 Preset Program List HALL No. Title Effect Type* Description 1 Large Hall 1 REVERB Standard hall-type reverbs that simulate large halls with good acoustics. May be 2 Large Hall 2 used with any instrument. “Large Hall 1” is bright; “Large Hall 2” is slightly darker. 3 Empty Hall REVERB A reverb that simulates the feel of a large hall with no audience. 4 Big Slap Hall REVERB A bright reverb with breadth, thanks to slightly emphasized early reflec- tions. 5 Arena REVERB A reverb with the low-
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ROOM No. Title Effect Type* Description 1 Large Room 1 REVERB A reverb that simulates a large room with hard walls, for a slightly quirky thick sound. 2 Large Room 2 REVERB A large room reverb, slightly drier than “Large Room 1.” 3 Live Gate Room REVERB A room reverb with a very live nonlinear sound. Good with drums and guitars. 4 Live Room 1 REVERB Reverbs that simulate the sound of a room with live acoustics. Use “Live Room 1” to 5 Live Room 2 simulate greater distance from the sound source, o
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PLATE No. Title Effect Type* Description 1 Basic Plate REVERB A simulation of a metal plate echo effect. 2 Beauty Plate REVERB A bright, highly dense plate reverb. 3 LA Plate REVERB The bright, transparent plate sound that is popular on the West Coast. 4 Delayed Spring REVERB A spring reverb simulation with a longish pre-delay. 5 Fat Plate REVERB A rather coarse reverb with extra low-range energy. Good with vocals and solos. 6 Light Plate REVERB A bright, light plate sound. 7 Thin Plate REVERB T
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SPECIAL No. Title Effect Type* Description 1 Flange Room REV➔FLG A short reverb combined with a flanger. Good with organs, strings, etc. 2 Reverb Chorus REV+CHO Short reverbs combined with chorus. The longer pre-delay of “Chorus Circles” 3 Chorus Circles emphasizes the sense of separation between the reverb and chorus effects. 4 Rez Sweep Hall REV➔RESO A flanger-like effect with a resonance point that varies with the input level. 5 Shadow Reverb REV➔RESO A reverb with the resonance point set at
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Editing Programs REV TIME Editing Basic Parameters This control sets the length of the main reverberation. Possible reverb time values range from 0.3 to 99 seconds. Early REVERB Reflections Time PRE E/R DLY REV TIME DELAY HI-RATIO Reverb Time x This control sets the reverb time for the high-frequency LO-RATIO component of the reverb effect as a proportion of the overall reverb length (REV TIME parameter). Possible values are 1.0 0.1 to 1.0. HI-RATIO Frequency The four PARAMETER EDIT controls on
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Use the PRE DELAY control to move the cursor from the Changing the Effect Level parameter name to the parameter value and vice-versa. Use You can also use the ER LEVEL control to adjust the effect the REV TIME control to select the parameter you wish to level, that is, the level of the total effect output. To do so, edit, and to adjust the value assigned to the parameter you press the EFF LEVEL key before turning the ER LEVEL select. control. The LED above this key will light, and (as with the P
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Internal Parameter List This section contains lists of the internal parameters for each effect type, together with a block diagram illustrating how the effect works. Since it is also possible to control internal parameters in realtime using MIDI Control Change messages, the corresponding controller numbers are also included in the lists. COMMON The internal parameters in the following table are common to all effect types. Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description LO-RATIO 17 0.1 — 2.4 Low frequency
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REVERB ➔ RESONATOR In this effect type, the output from the reverb is fed into a resonator. Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description SENS 28 1 — 10 Sensitivity of the resonator input signal RESO 29 0 — 100 [%] Resonator feedback level DECAY 30 6 — 24000 [ms] Speed of resonance point return to lowest frequency MIX 31 0 — 100 [%] Balance of reverb direct output and resonator output REVERB ➔ DYNAMIC FILTER In this effect type, the output from the reverb is fed into a dynamic filter. Depend on SENS, DE
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REVERB + CHORUS This effect type, the source sound is processed separately by both the reverb and a chorus effect. The results of this parallel processing are then mixed for output. Note that in this effect type, the LPF and HPF (see COMMON parameters, above) are applied immediately before the PRE DELAY. Hence, these filters do not affect the sound processed by the chorus effect. Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description SPEED 74 0.05 — 10.00 [Hz] Modulation frequency DEPTH 75 0 — 100 [%] Modulation
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REVERB ➔ TREMOLO In this effect type, the output from the reverb is fed into a tremolo effect. Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description SPEED 78 0.05 — 10.0 [Hz] Modulation frequency DEPTH 79 0 — 100 [%] Modulation depth PHASE 80 0 — 354.4 [°] Phase difference between right and left channels WAVE 81 SINE, TRI, SQR Waveform used by low frequency oscillator ECHO ➔ REVERB In this effect type, the output of the reverb’s PRE DELAY block is fed back into the reverb input to produce an echo effect. Parame
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System Functions Selecting an Input Mode Setting the Footswitch Function If you will be using the REV500 to process monophonic You can use an FC5 footswitch with your REV500, for input (from the left input connector), you must use the hands-free control of one of two functions frequently INPUT SELECT function to inform it of this fact. required during live performances. You can use the footswitch either to mute the REV500’s effect output, or to To change the input mode, first press the UTILITY k
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Adjusting the Audition Function Changing the Initial Title Display The REV500 lets you customize the audition function to suit This utility function lets you personalize your REV500 by your needs. You can select one of two tones: either a snare entering a short message that will be displayed briefly when drum or a rim shot. You can also specify whether pressing you turn on the power. This message can consist of two lines the AUDITION key will play the selected tone once, or start of up to 14 cha
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Using MIDI Functions Selecting a MIDI Channel Editing the MIDI Program Change Map You can change the MIDI channel that the REV500 uses to transmit and receive data. First, press the UTILITY key. If The REV500 has a MIDI program change map that assigns necessary, press the UTILITY key again until the MIDI REV500 programs to MIDI program change numbers. This CHANNEL display appears: feature facilitates remote selection of REV500 programs (which are stored in eight banks numbered 1 through 25) usin
