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SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 5 • All illustrations in this owner’s manual are for explanatory purposes; they may differ from the actual specifications. • Company names and product names appearing in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Table of contents Featu...

6 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Features of the SPX2000 ● High-quality sound High quality is guaranteed by 96 kHz 24-bit digital processing. ● Flexible support for a variety of situations and applications 122 different effects are provided as presets, meeting the needs of a wide variety of situations and a...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 7 Parts and their functions Front panel 1 [INPUT L R] control This concentric pair of knobs adjusts the level of the analog input signal. The inner knob controls the L channel, and the outer knob controls the R channel. 2 Level meters These indicate the signal level pre-effect...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 9 Rear panel Q Grounding screw For safety, use this screw to ground the SPX2000.The included power cable has a three-prong plug; if the electrical outlet you use is correctly grounded, the SPX2000 will be appropriately grounded. If the electri-cal outlet is not grounded, use t...

10 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Operation Basic operation This section provides a simple explanation of how to input signals to the SPX2000, apply effects, and output the result. The overall steps are as follows. Make connections to external devices ↓ Turn the power on ↓ Select the input signal ↓ Select a...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 11 Operation You will need to make several selections regarding the input signal. Select monaural or stereo input Use the [INPUT MODE] button ( 3 ) to select either mon- aural input or stereo input. Each time you press the [INPUT MODE] button the indicator will alternate betwe...

12 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Here’s how to select the effect that you want to apply to the input signal. 1 Select a bank Press the [BANK] button ( A ) several times to select the bank that contains the desired effect. → The [BANK] indicator ( A ) shows the currently selected bank. 2 Select an effect Us...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 13 Operation Editing an effect This section explains the process of editing a selected effect and storing it. The over-all steps are as follows. Select an effect ↓ Select a parameter ↓ Edit the parameter ↓ Check the edited effect ↓ Store the effect ↓ (Undo the preceding Store ...

14 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual To edit a parameter, you must first select it. The editable parameters will differ for each effect. For details, refer to the explanation of each parameter in the “Effects” section (page 25 and following). 1 Select a Basic parameter or Fine parameter Press either the [PARAM...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 15 Operation Effects and tempo synchronization Some of the SPX2000’s effects allow you to synchronize the effect with the tempo. There are two such types of effect; delay-type effects and modulation-type effects. For delay-type effects, the delay time will change according to ...

16 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Press the [COMPARE] button ( I ) to compare the origi- nal effect with the edited version. → Each time you press this button, the [COMPARE] LED will alternate between lit and blinking. The LED will light if the edited effect is selected, and will blink if the unedited effec...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 17 Operation Other functions Here’s how to edit the name of the recalled effect. You can edit the name only for effects in the USER bank. 1 Select the USER bank Use the [BANK] button ( A ) to select the USER bank. 2 Select an effect Select the effect whose name you want to edi...

18 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Here’s how to change the background color for the recalled effect. You can change the background color only for USER bank effects. 1 Select the USER bank Use the [BANK] button ( A ) to select the USER bank. 2 Select an effect Select the effect whose background color you wan...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 19 Operation Here’s how to select either the signal from the [INPUT] jacks ( [ ) or the signal from the [AES/EBU IN] jack ( X ) as the input source. 1 Select the “INPUT SOURCE” function Press the [UTILITY] button ( L ) several times to select “INPUT SOURCE.” 2 Select the input...

20 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Level 1: Utility functions other than Operation Lock will be disabled Level 2: In addition to Level 1, effect store and undo-ing of store operations will be disabled Level 3: In addition to Level 2, effect recall and editing will be disabled The following table shows the op...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 21 Operation The SPX2000 uses two ports to transmit and receive MIDI data.One port (“MIDI PORT GENERAL”) is used to transmit and receive conventional MIDI data, and the other port (“MIDI PORT EDITOR”) is used for communication between the SPX2000 and the SPX2000 Editor. You ca...

22 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual You can select an ID number that will identify the SPX2000 Editor. In order to allow communication with the SPX2000 Editor, you must set this to the same ID num-ber as you specified in the SPX2000 Editor. 1 Select the “EDITOR ID” function Press the [UTILITY] button ( L ) se...

24 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Here’s how to return the SPX2000 to its factory-set condi-tion. 1 Turn off the power If the SPX2000 is powered-on, turn the power off. 2 Prepare for initialization While holding down the [STORE] button ( B ), turn on the power. → The following screen will appear. 3 Initiali...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 25 Eff ects Effects PRESET bank No. Effect name Type Page Category Display background color 1 REV-X LARGE HALL REV-X 27 HALL CYAN 2 REV-X MED HALL 3 REV-X SMALL HALL 4 REV-X TINY HALL 5 REV-X WARM HALL 6 REV-X BRITE HALL 7 REV-X HUGE HALL 8 AMBIENCE Reverb 31 9 STEREO HALL Ste...

26 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual CLASSIC bank 61 SYMPHONIC Symphonic 52 MODULATION MAGENTA 62 REV+SYMPHONIC Composite effect 71 63 DETUNE CHORUS Chorus 51 64 CHORUS & REVERB Composite effect 68 65 BASS CHORUS Dual pitch 62 66 STEREO PHASING Modulation delay 41 67 CLASSY GLASSY Chorus 51 68 SILKY SWEEP ...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 27 Re verb Reverb These effects add reverberation. Reverberation varies in a complex way according to factors such as the size of the room and the material of the walls. You can use this type of effect to simulate these changes, producing a wide range of reverberation.Reverber...

28 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual ■ Fine parameters Effect list The following table shows the default parameter values for the effects belonging to the REV-X type (PRESET bank). ■ Basic parameters ■ Fine parameters Parameter name Range Explanation MIX BAL. 0—100% Balance between the original sound and effec...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 35 ER Early Reflection These effects add early reflections. Early reflections are the sounds that reach your ear after being reflected only once from the walls or ceiling. In contrast, the “wash” of sound that reaches your ear after reflecting multiple times from the walls and...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 39 Dela y ■ Fine parameters Effect list The following tables show the default parameter values for the effects belonging to the Mono Delay type (PRESET bank). ■ Basic parameters ■ Fine parameters Parameter name Range Explanation MIX BAL. 0—100% Balance between the original sou...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 47 Modulation Modulation These effects modulate the input signal in various ways. Using one signal to vary another signal is called “modulation.” The signal that is being varied is called the “carrier,” and the signal that is creating the modulation is called the “modulator.” ...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 61 Pitc h Pitch Change This effect changes the pitch. When an audio signal such as music is played back at a higher speed, its pitch will be higher. Conversely if the audio is played back at a lower speed, its pitch will be lower. This effect simulates this in a more sophisti-...

66 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Composite effects These are combinations of two different effects. Types listed as Effect 1 + Effect 2 process the original sound separately and then mix the result. Types listed as Effect 1 → Effect 2 process the original sound first through Effect 1 and then process the r...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 67 Composite ■ Fine parameters Effect list ■ Basic parameters ■ Fine parameters Parameter name Range Explanation MIX BAL. 0—100% Balance between the original sound and effect sound. At a setting of 0% only the original sound will be output; at a setting of 100% only the effect...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 77 Freez e Freeze These are sampling effects that let you record the input signal and play it back. Freeze (PRESET bank) This allows up to 2970.5 ms of recording (sampling). You can freeze the recorded data, repeat it as many times as desired, or modify the pitch.Each aspect o...

80 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual The sampled data will be erased when you perform any of the following operations. If the SPX2000 is the clock slave, the sampled data will also be erased if the supplied word clock frequency changes. You can use either AUTO or MANUAL recording modes. AUTO: —Use an input sig...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 81 Freez e You can use one of the following three methods to play back the freeze sample. —Play back the sample manually— 1. Select PLAY, and press the [ ▲ INC] button ( G ) or [ ▼ DEC] button ( G ). Playback will begin. —Use an input signal to trigger the playback— ■ Only for...

82 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Other effects The SPX2000 also provides an effect that lets you apply three different filters simultaneously, an effect that combines a com-pressor, expander, and limiter to make your sound tighter and more finished, and guitar-type effects such as distortion and amp simula...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 83 Other s Multi-band Dynamics Processor (PRESET bank) This effect splits the signal into three frequency bands, and individually controls the dynamic range of each band. It lets you use three types of processor — a compressor, expander, and limiter — in combination. The signa...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 89 MIDI MIDI data format 'tx' indicates that the SPX2000 can transmit the message. 'rx' indicates that the SPX2000 can receive the message. 1.1 CHANNEL MESSAGE 1.2 SYSTEM REALTIME MESSAGE 1.3 EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE ■ 1.3.1 Bulk dump The SPX2000 handles the following types of data a...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 95 MIDI MIDI Control Change Parameter Assignment Table PRESET bank CC # REV-X Stereo reverb Reverb Early Reflection Mono delay Stereo delay Modulation delay Delay L,C,R 1 REV TIME REV TIME INI.DLY TYPE DELAY DELAY L DELAY DELAY L 2 INI.DLY REV TYPE REV TIME ROOMSIZE DELAY R 3 ...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 97 Error message list Error message Message content/Action Low Battery! The internal backup battery has run down.If the battery goes dead, the internal data will be lost. Press any button to cancel the error message. Then immediately use the “BULK OUT (ALL)” function (page 23)...

98 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Troubleshooting If the SPX2000 does not function as you expect, or if you suspect a problem, please check the following points. Power does not turn on • Is the power cable connected to an AC outlet of the correct voltage?• Is the POWER switch turned ON? The input sound is n...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 99 Specifications General Specifications Analog Input/Output INPUT L,R XLR-3-31 Balanced Phone jack Balanced AD converter, 24-bit linear 128-times oversampling (@Fs=44.1, 48 kHz) 64-times oversampling (@Fs=88.2, 96 kHz) Level SW +4/–10 dBu OUTPUT L,R XLR-3-32 Balanced Phone ja...

100 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Input/Output Characteristics Analog Input Characteristics *1 Sensitivity is the lowest level that will produce an output of +4dB(1.23V) or the nominal output level when the unit isset to maximum gain.(level control is maximum position.) *2 XLR-3-31 type connectors are bala...

SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 101 Electrical Characteristics Input Level VR is nominal when measured. Output impedance of signal generator:600ohms Frequency Response Fs=48 kHz: @20 Hz-20 kHz, reference to the nominal output level @1 kHzFs=96 kHz: @20 Hz-40 kHz, reference to the nominal output level @1 kHz ...

104 SPX2000—Owner’s Manual Index Symbols [ ▲ INC]/[ ▼ DEC] button .....................................................7 , 14 [ ▲ ]/[ ▼ ] buttons ....................................................... 7 , 12 , 13 , 16 A [AC IN] jack .....................................................................

YAMAHA [PROFESSIONAL MULTI-EFFECT PROCESSOR] Date: 12 MAY 2003 Model: SPX2000 MIDI Implementation Chart Version: 1.0 Function... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel DefaultChanged XX 1–161–16 Memorized Mode DefaultMessagesAltered XX ************** OMNI OFF/OMNI ON XX Memorized Note Number T...

5 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual Library Window The Library window enables you to manage libraries (parameter settings for each effect). In addition, libraries can be saved to disk on your computer as Library files.To open the Library window, choose [Library] from the [Windows] menu. The Library wind...

6 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual [CLOSE] button This button is used to close the currently open Library file. [SAVE] button This button is used to save the currently open Library file. You should normally save files with the “.SPE” extension. If you want to save a file in a form that can be opened by...

7 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual Effect Editor Window The Effect Editor window lets you edit effect parameters.. To open the Effect Editor window, choose [Effect Editor] from the [Windows] menu. Effect select section The EFFECT NAME, TYPE, and IN/OUT are the name, type and I/O configuration of the ef...

8 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual LCD color For each effect that is recalled, this indicates the background color of the SPX2000’s display. For USER bank effects, you can use [LCD color select] in the Library window to change the background color. [IN] button This button is used to set the metering po...

9 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual REV-X Window When a REV-X effect is recalled, one of the three windows REV-X HALL, REV-X ROOM, or REV-X PLATE will be displayed. If a REV-X effect is recalled, you can also display the REV-X window by selecting [REV-X] from the [Win-dow] menu. • The REV-X windows are ...

10 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual [HPF] This filter cuts the low frequency range of the reverberation. The range below the frequency specified by this value is cut. This filter does not affect the original source sound. Drag the icon to change the value. [LPF] This filter cuts the high frequency rang...

11 SPX2000 Editor Owner’s Manual Keyboard Shortcuts Compatibility of “.D2E” library files When you load an SPX2000 Editor library file into another editor or into another device, the library item numbers will be offset by 52. (The first effect will be loaded into number 53.) Also, effects that excee...