Yamaha RY8 - Manual

Yamaha RY8

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 4 – IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING !; LOCATION; Turn the power switch off when the RY8 is not in use.; TURN OFF POWER WHEN MAKING CONNECTIONS; PRECAUTIONS
  • Page 5 – II; HANDLING AND TRANSPORT; by gripping the plug firmly, and not by pulling on the cable itself.; CLEANING; MUSIC DATA! Regarding the User memory, as long as fresh; SERVICE AND MODIFICATION; The RY8 contains no user serviceable parts, so never open the case
  • Page 6 – III
  • Page 7 – IV; CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL.; Everything else will be written in the lower case style.
  • Page 8 – HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL.; BEFORE YOU BEGIN; GETTING STARTED; APPENDIX
  • Page 9 – RECALLING THE FACTORY; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INDEX
  • Page 12 – RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE
  • Page 14 – THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS.
  • Page 16 – For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording.
  • Page 17 – DRUM PADS/MODE BUTTONS; For “confirming” or executing certain data entry operations.
  • Page 19 – For connecting an AC power adaptor to supply power to the RY8.; BATTERY COMPARTMENT
  • Page 20 – USING A POWER ADAPTOR.
  • Page 21 – USING BATTERIES; Open the battery compartment cover.
  • Page 22 – WHEN TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES.; CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES.
  • Page 24 – Connecting a Guitar; MIDI settings
  • Page 25 – BEFORE TURNING ANYTHING ON:; that all volume controls are turned down to their zero positions.
  • Page 26 – continue the demo song from the song stop location.; PLAYING THE DEMO SONG
  • Page 27 – PLAYING THE DRUM PADS; The Drum Voice List and Drum Kit List are provided or page 82 and 84.; SELECTING THE PAD BANKS.; Either the word “DRUM” (for Drum Pad Bank) or the word “PERC” (for
  • Page 28 – SELECTING THE DRUM KITS.
  • Page 29 – PLAYING THE PRESET PATTERNS
  • Page 30 – flashing, indicating that you can change the pattern number.; SELECTING “NEXT” PATTERNS.
  • Page 31 – CHANGING THE BACKING CHORD.; y value
  • Page 32 – SELECTING THE BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT.; ] to move the flashing cursor over the backing name in the
  • Page 33 – MUTING THE BACKING TRACKS.
  • Page 34 – PLAYING THE PRESET SONGS; To select a Preset song, first enter Song Mode by holding [MODE] and
  • Page 35 – to designate a specific measure to start the song from.
  • Page 36 – CHANGING THE PATTERNS AND BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT.; To change the pattern, either start the playback or press [
  • Page 37 – To change the backing accompaniment, press [
  • Page 38 – The Preset Pattern List is provided on page 86.; ENTERING PATTERN PLAY MODE; enter Pattern Play Mode.; SELECTING A FUNCTION; the status of each function as you step
  • Page 39 – THE BEAT/CLOCK POSITION INDICATORS; STARTING AND STOPPING THE PATTERN PLAYBACK - Press [PLAY] to start; pressing [PLAY] will start the pattern playback from the top.
  • Page 40 – SELECTING A “NEXT” PATTERN - To specify the “Next” pattern to play; ] once to position the flashing cursor over the; CHANGING THE CHORD; - To temporarily specify a different chord for the
  • Page 41 – ASSIGNING A SWING FACTOR TO THE PATTERN - Hold [MODE] and press; When
  • Page 44 – ASSIGNING THE TIME SIGNATURE
  • Page 45 – for the currently selected pad,; EXAMPLE DRUM SCORE: 8 BEAT PATTERN; When an 8 beat pattern is recorded, the LCD will display as follows.
  • Page 46 – AUDITIONING DRUM PADS - In either Step or Realtime Record Mode, you; DELETING PAD DATA - In either Step or Realtime Record Mode, you can
  • Page 47 – ADDING ACCENTS TO THE RHYTHM; ADDING AN ACCENT - In Pattern Play Mode, you can add an accent as; that; AUDITIONING ACCENTS - In either Step or Realtime Record Mode, you
  • Page 50 – of each function as you step through them.; SELECTING A SONG - When you enter Song Play Mode, you can go ahead and; ] to position the flashing cursor over the; STARTING AND STOPPING THE SONG PLAYBACK - Press [PLAY] to start the; again will continue the song playback from the stop position.; DESIGNATING THE SONG START MEASURE - When the song playback is; ] to position the flashing cursor over the backing name.
  • Page 51 – ] to position the flashing cursor; TURNING THE REPEAT FUNCTION ON AND OFF - When the Repeat function is
  • Page 53 – COPYING THE CURRENTLY SELECTED SONG - You can copy the currently
  • Page 55 – ENTERING REALTIME RECORD MODE - From within Song Record Standby; Recording chord changes in the chord track with the Chord Assign
  • Page 56 – succeeding parts will be
  • Page 57 – RECORDING CHORD CHANGES; ACCESSING CHORD ASSIGN; [CHORD]. The words “BEAT” and “CLOCK”—which display the current; SPECIFYING A CLOCK; position the flashing cursor over the beat/clock.
  • Page 58 – DESIGNATING A CHORD ROOT AND TYPE - After selecting the measure; ] twice to position the flashing cursor
  • Page 60 – DELETING A CHORD BY PART - After recording a song, you can go back; by
  • Page 61 – EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM NOTE POLYPHONY - The RY8 has 28-note; EXITING CHORD ASSIGN - To exit the Chord Assign feature, press
  • Page 63 – PLAYING THE PADS AND SELECTING KITS.; SELECTING THE PAD BANKS - Each of the twelve drum pads has two drum; Preset drum kits cannot be modified however, you can
  • Page 64 – selected drum kit, displays in the lower left; COPYING THE CURRENTLY SELECTED DRUM KIT - You can make; modifications to User; selected kit to the designated User drum kit location.
  • Page 65 – CREATING A USER DRUM KIT.
  • Page 66 – ASSIGNING DRUM VOICES TO THE PADS - You can assign any of the 128; your; PAD NUMBERS
  • Page 69 – TURNING THE CHASE FUNCTION ON AND OFF - The Chase function; kit will
  • Page 70 – TURNING THE MIX FUNCTION ON AND OFF - When the Mix function is turned; will be output; current; the status of each function as you step through them.
  • Page 71 – same pitch as the notes you play on the guitar.; OCTAVE - Two notes of the External In voice will play—one note in; the same pitch as the notes you play on the guitar, plus one; USING THE RY8 AS A GUITAR SYNTHESIZER - When a guitar (not an; Designating the guitar synthesizer status.
  • Page 72 – ] once to position the flashing cursor over the voice; SETTING THE EXTERNAL IN SENSITIVITY LEVEL - You can specify the
  • Page 73 – TURNING THE EXTERNAL IN START FUNCTION ON AND OFF - When the; Press
  • Page 74 – SETTING THE BASIC PITCH - You can set the basic pitch of the guitar
  • Page 76 – ASSIGNING THE MIDI TRANSMIT/RECEIVE CHANNEL - You can connect a
  • Page 77 – ASSIGNING THE PROGRAM CHANGE RECEIVE CHANNEL - You can have the; the; ASSIGNING THE EXTERNAL IN VOICE TRANSMIT CHANNEL - The RY8 can; as the; RY8’s External In voice channel number.
  • Page 78 – ASSIGNING THE HARMONY VOICE TRANSMIT CHANNEL - The RY8 can; to
  • Page 79 – MIDI DATA BULK DUMP OPERATIONS; BULK DUMP TRANSMIT - First, set up the storage device to receive a
  • Page 80 – DESIGNATING THE PRESET OR USER NOTE TABLE - The MIDI note table; and; ASSIGNING THE NOTE NUMBERS TO THE PADS - When the Note Table; set the note numbers for all pads.
  • Page 81 – with the current tempo value.; and 250 beats per minute.
  • Page 82 – MUTING THE BACKING TRACK - Select either the Bass, Chord 1 or Chord 2
  • Page 85 – RECALLING THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS
  • Page 90 – DRUM VOICE LIST
  • Page 97 – NORMAL VOICE LIST
  • Page 98 – MIDI Reception; MIDI Reception Block Diagram; MIDI DATA FORMAT
  • Page 99 – MIDI Transmission; MIDI Transmission Block Diagram
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Page 4 - IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING !; LOCATION; Turn the power switch off when the RY8 is not in use.; TURN OFF POWER WHEN MAKING CONNECTIONS; PRECAUTIONS

I IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING ! The RY8 is a powerful electronic music device featuring sensitive hightechnology. To ensure many years of trouble-free use, please take theimportant precautions below seriously. LOCATION ■ In order to avoid causing serious damage to the RY8, do not expos...

Page 5 - II; HANDLING AND TRANSPORT; by gripping the plug firmly, and not by pulling on the cable itself.; CLEANING; MUSIC DATA! Regarding the User memory, as long as fresh; SERVICE AND MODIFICATION; The RY8 contains no user serviceable parts, so never open the case

II HANDLING AND TRANSPORT ■ Handle the RY8 with care. Physical shocks caused by dropping or jostling the instrument, or placing heavy objects upon it, can result in serious damageto the RY8. ■ Never apply excessive force to the controls, pads, or connectors of the instrument. ■ Disconnect all cables...

Page 6 - III

THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA RY8 RHYTHM PROGRAMMER. The Yamaha RY8 is a full-featured, high quality, low-priced, hand-held stereorhythm programmer with accompaniment backing and guitar input that’s theperfect “pocket pal” for the guitarist on the go. With its compact size, friendly user inter...

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