Yamaha CS2x - Troubleshooting Guide

Yamaha CS2x

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Contents; Page
  • Page 4 – Quick Start: Essentials to get Started; The CS2x Synthesizer Concept; Control Synthesizer
  • Page 6 – First Sound Impressions; Demos; The four Performance Banks are categorised thus:
  • Page 8 – Saving and Managing Performances; formances) as well as the system settings.; changed during CS1x bank receptions.
  • Page 9 – Quick Song: Essentials for Song Production; Multi Part Voices; Multi Parts for multi-timbral applications.
  • Page 10 – MIDI Events; will encounter during your sequencer productions:
  • Page 12 – Song Setups; Performer
  • Page 13 – to the Performance Layers, not the Multi Parts.; Song Production in Seven Steps; re-initialised, erasing any of your own creations in the process.; Step 2 = Setting up the Performance
  • Page 14 – Step 3 = Loading the Setup Data; Song Setup Part Settings (Performance Mode)
  • Page 15 – Song Production with XGworks; part of the XG System.
  • Page 16 – The Analog Workshop: Sound Creation Explained; we can’t cover every possible detail of analogue synthesis.; Sound Central – The Oscillator
  • Page 17 – The latter is often used to emulate the sound of a clarinet.
  • Page 18 – less, noise generation still has many interesting applications.; The Filters – Tastebuds for your Ears; able for most applications.
  • Page 19 – Dynamic Helpers – Envelopes
  • Page 20 – Illustration: Filter and Amplitude Envelopes
  • Page 22 – Helper Motors – The LFOs; grammed to delay the LFO so that the Vibrato is less abrupt.; young techno generation.
  • Page 24 – About the Little Things
  • Page 25 – formance’s touch dynamic individually. How is this achieved?
  • Page 26 – Summary; each other, particularly with lead or sequencer sounds.; Illustration: The CS2x Mono Function – ideal for Solo or Bass Sounds.
  • Page 27 – interesting phenomenon.
  • Page 28 – Arpeggiator: A Box full of Tricks for all Occasions; arpeggios or sequencer sounds!; Illustration: Arpeggiator Uses at a Glance
  • Page 29 – the sampled drum loops by ensuring clean timing.; Note Example A
  • Page 30 – First Steps; similar percussive sound for reference.; Note Example: UpDwBOct2
  • Page 31 – Sound Rhythm Tricks; and chords when working with the Arpeggiator! Here’s an example.
  • Page 32 – Fun to the power of 25!; you will need to aquaint yourself with each of their properties.
  • Page 34 – Effects – used in a different way; open up a whole world of possibilities.; tonal aspect play an important role in this.
  • Page 35 – Pan Position modulation.; Hard Chord Work; more unusual sound results in a more original Arpeggio.; Arpeggiator types for this. Here’s a little exercise.
  • Page 36 – modern styles like House or Trance – you should like them.; Keeping in Line; examples for this, and will comment on them below.
  • Page 37 – can all give interesting results.
  • Page 38 – Performance Mode: Practical Knowledge; Scenes – what are they?; types without having to switch Performances.; find the “Foot Ctrl” setting – and you’re done.
  • Page 39 – Day to Day things; occurs first from Scene 1 to Scene 2!; Illustration: Knob positions for Scene Morphing; will have inadvertently changed your entire Performance!
  • Page 40 – Scene Applications; you understand the rules involved.
  • Page 41 – The Effects; types and their parameters.
  • Page 43 – and the Flanger, as they may at first sound very similar.; requires a little practice which will pay off in the end.
  • Page 45 – Live Applications
  • Page 46 – Split Performances; of sound shaping for live performance.
  • Page 47 – Drawbar Fun; explore further aspects of sound programming.; Step 1 = Layering sinewaves and determining Positions
  • Page 49 – Song Production: The Basics; order to create songs with the CS2x.
  • Page 50 – Performance Mode or Multi Mode?; XG experts will be familiar with this initialization, termed “XG On”.
  • Page 51 – The Standard Approach - Multi Settings at the Machine; not
  • Page 54 – Who’s controlling Whom?; or is sent together with the note data as real-time changes.; The most important CS2x Controllers; the controller value are identical.
  • Page 55 – Everything Under Control: NRPN and RPN; kinds of Controller messages.
  • Page 56 – You may notice that; Table: NRPN Parameters
  • Page 59 – EXAMPLE: Reverb Return
  • Page 60 – EXAMPLE: Switching Arpeggio Type and selecting MIDI Sync; This EQ is available to:
  • Page 62 – You are better off using these voices for song production.; Part Mode and Drum Setups; used have already been listed in the “NRPN Parameter” table.
  • Page 63 – pletely initialize every aspect of a drum kit.; Things worth knowing About the Variation Effect; the use of effects in song production.; Table: Selecting the Effect Type via Sys-Ex
  • Page 64 – Table: Variation Effect Settings via Sys-Ex; Fade Out; started due to the initialisation.; Random Pan; this would negate the Random Pan setting.
  • Page 65 – available from XG; Construction Drumloops; that change every 4 bars.
  • Page 66 – Sequencer Software and the CS2x; Environments and Mixermaps for LOGIC and CUBASE
  • Page 67 – CUBASE; Working with LOGIC Environments; result in system instability.
  • Page 68 – Working with Cubase Mixer Maps; the CS2x parameter settings.
  • Page 69 – Bank and Program Changes with LOGIC; Viewing the Setup File; Setting up Drumkits
  • Page 70 – Bank and Program Changes with CUBASE; Viewing the Setup file; Drumkits einstellen
  • Page 71 – Appendix; File List: Setup Disk
  • Page 72 – File List: Tool Disk; CS1xFact
  • Page 75 – The little Trouble Shooter
  • Page 76 – YAMAHA EUROPE: Sound Disks for the CS2x; 28 Performances + Demo, programmed by Peter Krischker; torted Analogue Sounds. Spacious Pads...
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CS2x

Silver

Book

by Peter Krischker and Matthias Sauer

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YAMAHA EUROPA GMBH, 2/99 - PDP-CS2x-01

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Summary

Page 2 - Contents; Page

2 Contents Page Quick Start: Essentials to get Started • The CS2x Synthesizer Concept 4 • CS1x - CS2x - A Comparison 4 • First Sound Impressions 6 • Knobs 7 • The Arpeggiator and MIDI 7 • Saving and Managing Performances 8 Quick Song: Essentials for Song Production • Multi Part Voices 9 • MIDI Event...

Page 4 - Quick Start: Essentials to get Started; The CS2x Synthesizer Concept; Control Synthesizer

4 Quick Start: Essentials to get Started The CS2x Synthesizer Concept Although based on the same “CONTROL SYNTHESIZER” concept as its predecessor, the CS1x, the CS2x is in many ways considerably more capable. Before we go into more detail on the differences between the two keyboards, here is a round...

Page 6 - First Sound Impressions; Demos; The four Performance Banks are categorised thus:

6 First Sound Impressions Demos The best way to get an initial impression of the CS2x’s sound potential is by calling up a demo song. These can be found by simultaneously pressing the PERFORMANCE and MULTI keys. Normally all demos (01 - 09) are played one after another, although you can interrupt pl...

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