Page 2 - SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION; PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL
reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual S-1 For reface CS/DX/CP/YC SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommende...
Page 4 - For AC adaptor; C A U T I O N; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual S-3 For AC adaptor This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may...
Page 5 - PRECAUTIONS; PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING; Power supply/AC adaptor
S-4 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference. WARNING • This AC adaptor is designed for use with only Yamaha electronic instruments. Do not use for any other purpose. • Indoor use only...
Page 6 - CAUTION; If you notice any abnormality
reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual S-5 • Keep batteries away from small children who might accidentally swallow them. • If the batteries do leak, avoid contact with the leaked fluid. If the battery fluid should come in contact with your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with water and consult a ...
Page 7 - NOTICE; Handling; Information; About copyrights
S-6 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual NOTICE To avoid the possibility of malfunction/ damage to the product, damage to data, or damage to other property, follow the notices below. Handling • Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric...
Page 8 - reface CS
reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual 2 Welcome Thank you for purchasing a Yamaha reface synthesizer. This manual covers all four reface mod-els—namely, the reface CS, reface DX, reface CP, and reface YC.To get the most out of your new instrument, please confirm its model and then read this manual caref...
Page 9 - Contents; Precautions when
3 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual CS DX CP YC Contents PRECAUTIONS ........................... S-4 Welcome ......................................... 2 Package contents........................... 2 Main Features ................................. 2 Functions of Rear Panel Components ...................
Page 10 - Functions of Rear Panel Components; reface CS and reface YC:
4 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Rear Panel Components q DC IN jack (page 6) For connecting the included AC adaptor. w [ ] (Standby/On) switch (page 8) For setting the instrument to standby ( ) or turning it on ( ). e [FOOT CONTROLLER] or [SUSTAIN] jack reface CS and reface YC: For...
Page 12 - Turning On and Off
6 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Turning On and Off This instrument can be powered by either an AC adaptor or batteries. Using with the AC Adap-tor q Ensure that the [ ] (Standby/On) switch is set to the standby condition ( ). w Insert the AC adaptor’s DC plug into the instrument’s DC IN jack. e ...
Page 13 - Using with Batteries; reface DX; reface YC
7 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Turning On and Off Using with Batteries Type AA alkaline, zinc-carbon, or rechargeable nickel–metal hydride batteries can be used to power this instrument. However, certain modes of use can consume large amounts of power, and therefore, we recommend that you use e...
Page 14 - Turning On; Turning Off
8 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Turning On and Off Turning On q Move the [VOLUME] or [VOL] slider all the way down to minimize the output volume. If speakers or any other equipment such as a keyboard is connected, also turn the volume on those devices all the way down. w Press the [ ] (Standby/O...
Page 16 - Functions of Front Panel Components; LOOPER section
10 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components q Built-in speakers For outputting the instrument’s sounds. If you do not want sound to be output from these speakers, turn the instrument on while holding down the D2 key on the keyboard. See page 41 for details.No sound will ...
Page 17 - LFO section
11 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components CS q !0 -1 !0 -2 !1 -1 !0 -3 !0 -4 !0 -5 !0 !1 !1 -3 !1 -2 C5 t -1. LOOPER slider CLEAR Deletes recorded loop phrases. REC When recording the first phrase: Sets the Phrase Looper to Record-ing Standby mode.Recording will start ...
Page 19 - FILTER section; EG section
13 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components CS o FILTER section For setting the filter. o -1. [CUTOFF] slider For setting the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter (LPF; 24 dB per octave). The sound can be brightened by moving the slider up, or darkened by moving it do...
Page 20 - Using the Phrase Looper; Record the first phrase.
14 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Using the Phrase Looper The Phrase Looper can be used to record and play loop phrases. With this feature, you can overdub to record multiple phrases on top of one another, or you can choose loop playback to repeat the recorded phrases over and over. In addition t...
Page 21 - Stopping loop phrases; Pausing
15 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Using the Phrase Looper CS 3. Record an overdub. The recording of overdubs will begin as soon as you move the LOOPER slider to “REC.” The guide sound is not produced when over-dubbing. q Set the LOOPER slider to “REC” once again. w Play the phrase you wish to ove...
Page 22 - DATA ENTRY section
16 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components q Built-in speakers For outputting the instrument’s sounds. If you do not want sound to be output from these speakers, turn the instrument on (page 8) while holding down the D2 key on the key-board. See page 41 for details.No s...
Page 23 - DX; Basic operation
17 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components DX Basic operation q y -2 y -4 y -3 y -1 u -1 y u i o !0 !1 u -3 u -2 C4 C5 Flick A “flick” is a sudden, quick move-ment of your finger along a slider. Depending on the speed of the flick, the value corresponding to the slide...
Page 24 - FM section; The FM tone generator
18 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components t -2. Display For displaying settings.The screen itself is not touch-sensitive.When a setting screen contains multiple pages, they are indicated in the form “ ” (page 1 of 4 pages). y FM section For changing the sound by modify...
Page 26 - VOICE SELECT/EDIT section
20 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components u VOICE SELECT/EDIT section For recalling a total of 32 Voices by changing Bank numbers (1 to 4) and Voice numbers (1 to 8). u -1. [BANK] button For changing the bank number. Each time you press this button, the number cycles t...
Page 27 - Page 2: MIDI Settings screen
21 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components DX i [FUNCTION] button When pressed, the button’s lamp lights up and Function mode is activated. In this condition, the button can be pressed repeatedly to cycle through the mode’s individual pages. When you press a different b...
Page 28 - Page 3: System Settings screen
22 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components Page 3: System Settings screen Page 4: Job screen o [EFFECT] button For displaying the Effect Settings screen. On this screen, two different Insert Effects can be configured. Each time the button is pressed with the Effect ...
Page 29 - Store screen
23 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components DX !0 [STORE] button For displaying the Store Settings screen. On this screen, you can specify where to store set-tings and store them with a name. When you store a Voice, it overwrites the Preset Voice stored in the selected l...
Page 30 - Start the Phrase looper.
24 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Using the Phrase Looper The Phrase Looper can be used to record and play loop phrases. With this feature, you can overdub to record multiple phrases on top of one another, or you can choose loop playback to repeat the recorded phrases over and over. The Phrase Lo...
Page 31 - Stopping; Deleting loop phrases
25 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Using the Phrase Looper DX Recording will stop, and the recorded phrase will play as a loop. The guide sound is not produced during loop play-back.During loop playback, the slider and the [LOOPER] button will flash in time with the tempo, and the current beat wil...
Page 33 - CP; TREMOLO; WAH
27 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components CP t [DRIVE] knob For distorting the sound, thereby reproducing the effect of a guitar amp or an old radio. Turning the knob clockwise increases the amount of distortion and produces a brighter tone. When the knob is turned all...
Page 35 - REVERB section
29 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components CP u -2. [DEPTH] knob For adjusting the degree to which the chorus or phaser effect is applied. Turn the knob clockwise to increase the depth of the effect. u -3. [SPEED] knob For adjusting the speed at which the sound undulate...
Page 36 - Voice Setting Examples; The following settings are recommended for the reface CP.; Rd I
30 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Voice Setting Examples The following settings are recommended for the reface CP. Rd I Perfect settings for the pop, soul, and fusion music of the 70s. You may like to raise the DRIVE setting to increase the distortion, to move the phaser’s DEPTH setting to a re...
Page 38 - To switch from “SLOW” to “FAST”:
32 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components q Built-in speakers For outputting the instrument’s sounds. If you do not want sound to be output from these speakers, turn the instrument on while holding down the D2 key on the keyboard. See page 41 for details.No sound will ...
Page 39 - YC; For selecting the organ voice type.; FOOTAGE section
33 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Functions of Front Panel Components YC t [WAVE] knob For selecting the organ voice type. y FOOTAGE section Used by moving the sliders downwards in the same way as vintage organs. To create the organ tone you desire, you can move each of these sliders to change th...
Page 41 - The following settings are recommended for the reface YC.; H Type 1
35 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual YC Voice Setting Examples The following settings are recommended for the reface YC. H Type 1 These settings can be used in rock, jazz, and a wide range of other musical genres. You might like to move the [4’] slider up for a more refined sound or to move each o...
Page 42 - Connecting to Other Devices
36 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Connecting to Other Devices Connecting your reface to another MIDI device (such as a keyboard or tone genera-tor module) expands its performance features and allows you to do the following. • Play the reface from a MIDI keyboard• Play a tone generator module by u...
Page 43 - Connecting a Computer
37 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Connecting to Other Devices Connecting a reface CS and reface DX and syn-chronizing their Phrase Loopers With, for example, a reface CS and a reface DX connected via a MIDI cable, operations per-formed by using the Phrase Looper on the reface CS will cause the ...
Page 45 - Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver
39 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Connecting to Other Devices Connecting an iPhone or iPad Apps compatible with the reface provide many more convenient, enjoyable ways to use this musical instrument.For details on how to connect the devices, refer to the “iPhone/iPad Connection Manual,” which is ...
Page 47 - Appendix; Keyboard Settings; Factory default setting:
41 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Keyboard Settings To make the keyboard settings described below, hold down the corresponding key on the keyboard and press the [ ] (Standby/On) switch. If the instrument is turned on, you will need to turn it off once to make settings in this way.Each ...
Page 48 - Factory Reset; Display when carried out; Speaker Output; MIDI Control; Display when set
42 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Factory Reset For returning all settings, including keyboard settings, to their factory defaults. On the reface CS and the reface DX, loop phrases are also restored to the factory default condition.For details, refer to “Restoring the Factory Default S...
Page 49 - Local Control; Transmit Channel (reface CS and reface DX); Factory default settings:
43 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Local Control For setting whether to internally disconnect (“off”) or connect (“ON”) the instrument’s internal tone generator and keyboard. If you wish to control your reface’s internal tone generator by using an external MIDI controller but not its ke...
Page 50 - Setting Confirmation; Display when confirming
44 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Pitch-bend Range Inversion (CS only) By changing the direction in which note pitches are changed by the [PITCH BEND] lever, you can produce guitar-like note bending effects when playing the reface CS as a keytar. Factory default settings: +12 (the pitc...
Page 51 - reface DX Messages
45 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix reface DX Messages YC Message Description Are you sure? Confirms whether or not you wish to proceed with the selected operation. Battery Low! Indicates that the battery voltage has dropped. Either replace the batteries or correctly connect the AC adapt...
Page 52 - Troubleshooting
46 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Troubleshooting If this instrument does not behave as expected—for example, not producing the correct sound or pro-ducing no sound at all—please try to resolve the issue as described below. Many issues can also be resolved by doing a Factory Reset (pag...
Page 54 - Specifications
48 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Appendix Specifications * The contents of this manual apply to the latest specifications as of the printing date. Since Yamaha makes continuous improvements to the product, this manual may not apply to the specifications of your particular product. To obtain th...
Page 55 - Index
49 reface CS/DX/CP/YC Owner’s Manual Index Numerics [1]–[8] buttons .......................... 20 A AC Adaptor ................................. 6[A][D][S][R] sliders .....................13[ALGO] (Algorithm) button .........19[ASSIGN] slider ......................... 11Auto Power-Off ...............
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