Page 2 - SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION
This product utilizes batteries or an externalpower supply (adapter). DO NOT connect thisproduct to any power supply or adapter otherthan one described in the manual, on thename plate, or specifically recommended byYamaha. WARNING: Do not place this product in aposition where anyone could walk on, t...
Page 3 - PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL
Note: Check with any retailer of householdtype batteries in your area for battery disposalinformation. Disposal Notice:Should this product become damaged beyondrepair, or for some reason its useful life isconsidered to be at an end, please observe alllocal, state, and federal regulations that relate...
Page 4 - PRECAUTIONS; PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING; CAUTION
PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of seriousinjury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or otherha...
Page 5 - DATA BACK-UP AND STORAGE; II; English
• Do not attempt to recharge batteries that are not intended to be charged. • If the instrument is not to be in use for a long time, remove the batteries from it, in order to prevent possible fluid leakage from the battery. • Keep batteries away from children. • Before connecting the instrument to o...
Page 6 - III
THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE YAMAHA RY9 RHYTHM PROGRAMMER. The Yamaha RY9 is a full-featured, high quality, low-priced, hand-held stereorhythm programmer with accompaniment backing and guitar input that’s theper fect “pocket pal” for the guitarist on the go. With its compact size, friendly user inte...
Page 7 - CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL.; Ever ything else will be written in the lower case style.; IV
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL. In order to keep confusion to a minimum, there are a few basic conventionsused in the feature explanations in this manual, as follows: ■ Names of key features are written in the cap-low style; e.g., Pattern Mode,Song Record Mode, System Mode Sync function, User patte...
Page 8 - HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL.; BEFORE YOU BEGIN
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL. The RY9 Owner’s Manual is designed to travel alongside the RY9 itself. Itincludes information about all the RY9’s features and operation procedures,organized in such a way as to per mit quick and easy access to any feature youneed to locate. The main sections of the Owner’s M...
Page 12 - RY9 SYSTEM STRUCTURE; 0 Normal Voices
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 2. RY9 SYSTEM STRUCTURE The RY9 is primarily a power ful rhythm programmer, but with the addeddimension of automatic backing accompaniment, song programming capabilityand a guitar synthesizer. The key components that make up the RY9’s operating system are the AWMvoices, the drum kit...
Page 14 - THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 6 THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS. The RY9’s features are for the most par t organized into nine modes accessibleby holding [MODE] and pressing one of the dr um pads (the names of themodes are printed on the various pads). All modes except Tempo Mode and Transpose Mode contain several pages...
Page 15 - LCD SCREEN
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 3. TOP PANEL 1 LCD SCREEN High contrast, easy-to-read Liquid Cr ystal Display (LCD) provides large-contentvisual feedback to always let you know exactly what mode and status you’recurrently in. 2 [REC] BUTTON For entering and exiting Pattern Record Mode and Song Record Mode. BothSte...
Page 16 - For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5 [STOP] BUTTON For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording. 6 [PLAY] BUTTON For star ting song or pattern playback or realtime recording from the currentmeasure location. Pressing [PLAY] immediately after pressing [STOP] willcontinue the song or pattern playback...
Page 17 - DRUM PADS/MODE BUTTONS; For “confirming” or executing cer tain data entr y operations.
) [DELETE] BUTTON For deleting individual drum beats in Pattern Record Mode. Simply hold[DELETE] and press [ENTER] or the appropriate drum pad to delete the drumvoice at the current cursor location. When Chord Assign is active, holding[DELETE] and pressing [ENTER] will delete the chord at the curren...
Page 19 - This switch is for turning the power of the RY9 on and of f (page 17).; BATTERY COMPARTMENT
5 [EXT IN] JACK For plugging in a guitar to play along with the song or patter n playback, or forusing the guitar tuner feature, or for “triggering” any of the 50 AWM backinginstrument voices in various ways. 6 [DC IN] JACK (DC IN 12V) For connecting an appropriate AC power adaptor (PA-3B or an equi...
Page 20 - USING A POWER ADAPTOR.
GETTING ST AR TED 12 5. SETUP & POWER-ON The RY9 can be powered by either an optional AC adaptor or six batteries.Follow the instructions below based on the power source you intend to use. USING A POWER ADAPTOR. Plug the DC output cable from an optional Yamaha PA-3B AC Adaptor (availablefrom you...
Page 21 - USING BATTERIES; Open the battery compar tment cover.
USING BATTERIES Install six 1.5 volt AA-size (SUM-3 or R6P) or equivalent manganese or alkalinebatteries into the batter y compar tment. 1. Open the battery compar tment cover. Open the batter y compar tment cover—located on the bottom panel ofthe RY9—by carefully pressing down on the grooved area o...
Page 22 - WHEN TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES.; NEVER MIX OLD AND NEW BATTERIES, AND NEVER MIX; CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES.
WHEN TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES. When the batteries run down and are no longer able to operate the RY9, thesound may become distor ted, the output volume level will decreaseautomatically, and the words “BATT LOW” will appear in the LCD. When this happens, replace the batteries with a complete set of s...
Page 25 - BEFORE TURNING ANYTHING ON:; Always turn the sound system on last.
POWER-ON PROCEDURE. There is actually a correct process for switching the various components in anelectronic music system on and of f. The rules are simple but impor tant. BEFORE TURNING ANYTHING ON: ■ Be sure that all components are actually plugged in, and check to makesure that all volume control...
Page 26 - PLAYING THE DEMO SONG
6. PLAYING THE DEMO SONG Before you begin using the RY9 or diving into its many features, you might want tohear the preprogrammed demo song which will give you an idea of just howpower ful the RY9 is. To select the demo song, first you must enter Song Mode. ■ To enter Song Mode, press and hold the [...
Page 27 - PLAYING THE DRUM PADS; The Drum Voice List and Drum Kit List are provided on pages 84 and 86.; SELECTING THE PAD BANKS.
7. PLAYING THE DRUM PADS At power-on, you can star t hitting the drum pads right away. Tr y listening to thesounds of the currently selected dr um kit. The Drum Voice List and Drum Kit List are provided on pages 84 and 86. SELECTING THE PAD BANKS. Each of the twelve drum pads has two drum voices ass...
Page 28 - SELECTING THE DRUM KITS.
SELECTING THE DRUM KITS. When the Chase function is on, the currently selected drum kit will depend onwhich pattern is selected. There are 16 drum kits—12 Preset drum kits and 4User drum kits. To select a dif ferent kit, you must first enter Dr um Kit Mode. ■ To enter Drum Kit Mode, hold [MODE] and ...
Page 29 - PLAYING THE PRESET PATTERNS
8. PLAYING THE PRESET PATTERNS The RY9 comes filled with 200 Preset one-measure rhythm patterns (#000 ~#199). Each Preset pattern is accompanied by a special backing par t,preprogrammed in a specific music style. The automatic backing consists of Bass,Chord 1 and Chord 2 tracks. There are 200 backin...
Page 30 - SELECTING “NEXT” PATTERNS.
■ The word “PTN” (located next to the number of the currently selectedpattern) will be flashing, indicating that you can change the pattern number. ■ Press [-1] and [+1] to select a Preset pattern (between #000 ~ #199). (Thepattern numbers between #200 ~ #249 are for User patterns, i.e., patternsyou...
Page 31 - CHANGING THE BACKING CHORD.
CHANGING THE TEMPO. You can change the tempo whether the pattern is playing or stopped. EachPreset pattern is programmed with an “initial tempo”. When you select apattern, the pattern’s initial tempo will be loaded. ■ To change the current tempo setting, hold [MODE] and press [TEMPO] toenter Tempo M...
Page 32 - SELECTING THE BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT.; ] to move the flashing cursor over the backing name in
■ To select Chord Root or Chord Type, press [ E ] and [ F ]. The flashing indicator will be positioned above the currently selected one. ■ To change the backing Chord Root or Chord Type, press [+1] and [-1],followed by [ENTER] to lock in the new chord. ■ To exit Chord Assign, press [CHORD] again. SE...
Page 33 - MUTING THE BACKING TRACKS.
■ When the backing name is flashing, press and hold [-1] or [+1] to scrollthrough all the backings; the ver y last backing selection will be the“Backing Of f” status. ■ To turn the backing accompaniment of f, choose the ver y last backingselection, indicated by the words “BKOFF” in the LCD. (To turn...
Page 34 - PLAYING THE PRESET SONGS
Bass Track Mute (“B”) is the first function, Chord 1 Track Mute (“C1”) is thesecond function, and Chord 2 Track Mute (“C2”) is the third function in MuteMode. The words “MUTE B (or C1 or C2) OF” will appear on the LCD to indicatethat you have accessed the desired Track Mute function, and that it is ...
Page 36 - CHANGING THE PATTERNS AND BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT.; To change the pattern, either star t the playback or press [
CHANGING THE PATTERNS AND BACKING ACCOMPANIMENT. You can easily change the patterns and backing accompaniment of theselected song—either while the song is stopped or while it is playing. After you’ve switched into the Song Mode Song Select function and selected asong, when you press [PLAY] to star t...
Page 37 - To change the backing accompaniment, press [
■ To change the backing accompaniment, press [ E ] or [ F ] to position the flashing cursor over the name of the backing accompaniment. The backingname will begin flashing, indicating that you can select a differentaccompaniment backing to play with the cur rently selected rhythm. Thenpress [-1] and...
Page 43 - ENTERING PATTERN RECORD MODE
MODES & FUNCTIONS 35 PATTERN RECORD MODE. In Pattern Record Mode, you can select and record a User pattern in eitherstep-time or real-time, as well as designate the meter (time signature) for thepattern before recording, and record accents to achieve realistic playingdynamics. You may copy a Pre...
Page 49 - ENTERING SONG PLAY MODE
MODES & FUNCTIONS 41 11. SONG MODE Song Mode is one of the two main operating modes of the RY9 (the otherbeing Pattern Mode). It consists of both Song Play and Song Record Modes. SONG PLAY MODE. In Song Play Mode, you can select and play Preset and User songs, as well asturn the Repeat and Chain...
Page 52 - CLEARING A USER SONG
MODES & FUNCTIONS 44 If you turn both the Repeat and Chain functions on and then press [PLAY], the User songs will playfrom the top to the end repeatedly, until you press [STOP]. ■ CLEARING A USER SONG - When the song is stopped, hold [MODE] and press [PAGE-] or [PAGE+] to access the Song Clear ...
Page 59 - m add9
MODES & FUNCTIONS 51 CHORD TYPES (Key of C) LCD DISPLAY DEFINITION mM7 Minor Major Seventh sus4 Suspended Fourth 7sus4 Seventh Suspended Fourth m7 5 Minor Seventh Flatted Fifth m6 Minor Sixth 5 Augmented 7 5 Seventh Augmented add9 Added Ninth m add9 Minor Added Ninth 7 9 Seventh Ninth 7 9 Sevent...
Page 63 - PLAYING THE PADS AND SELECTING KITS.; SELECTING THE PAD BANKS
MODES & FUNCTIONS 55 PLAYING THE PADS AND SELECTING KITS. You can generally play the drum pads in real-time regardless of the modeyou’re in. From within some of the Dr um Kit Mode functions, pressing the padbuttons will also display information about the various settings for each pad. ■ SELECTIN...
Page 65 - CREATING A USER DRUM KIT.
MODES & FUNCTIONS 57 CREATING A USER DRUM KIT. One of the keys to the RY9’s flexibility is that you can create up to four of yourown User drum kits by assigning any of the 128 AWM drum voices to the 12Drum Pad Bank pads and 12 Percussion Pad Bank pads, as well as specifyoutput level, accent leve...
Page 69 - TURNING THE CHASE FUNCTION ON AND OFF
■ TURNING THE CHASE FUNCTION ON AND OFF - The Chase function determines which drum kit will play a pattern. When the Chase function ison, the drum kit used to record the pattern will automatically be selectedfor the pattern playback. When the Chase function is of f, the currentlyselected drum kit wi...
Page 72 - SETTING THE EXTERNAL IN SENSITIVITY LEVEL
2. SELECTING AN EXTERNAL IN VOICE - You can select any of the 50 AWM normal voices to be triggered by the notes you play on theguitar. Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] or [PAGE-] to access theExternal In Select function. Two lines of information will bedisplayed in the lower left area of the LCD. The c...
Page 78 - ASSIGNING THE HARMONY VOICE TRANSMIT CHANNEL
■ ASSIGNING THE HARMONY VOICE TRANSMIT CHANNEL - The RY9 can transmit MIDI signals generated by the Harmony voice (see “HARM 1, 2,3”, page 63) in order to play an external tone generator. To do so, you mustassign the RY9’s Harmony voice channel to the same MIDI receive channelnumber as the tone gene...
Page 85 - RECALLING THE FACTORY; RECALLING THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS
APPENDIX 77 19. RECALLING THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS You can reset all RY9 settings to their initial default settings at any time. Doingso will clear all the User patterns, songs and drum kits you have created. Before initiating the factor y default setting operation, be sure to save any impor tan...
Page 86 - DISPLAY
APPENDIX 78 20. DISPLAY MESSAGES During operation the RY9 will display various error and other messages in theLCD. Below is a list and description of each display message. DISPLAY COMMENTS BACKUP ERROR BATT LOW BUFFER FULL BULK SEND DATA ERROR END MEMORY FULL MIDI ERR 1 MIDI ERR 2 NOT EMPTY PART EMP...
Page 87 - POSSIBLE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS
APPENDIX 79 21. TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter one of the problems listed below, please check the possiblecauses and solutions before you assume that your RY9 is faulty. DISPLAY RECEIV BULK TIME OVER TS NOT MATCH Bulk data is being received from a MIDI data storage device or another RY9. MIDI bulk...
Page 88 - PROBLEM
APPENDIX 80 Song or pattern will not play Cannot enter System Mode Cannot changethe meter Wrong pitch Some noteswill not play Cannot hear theEXT IN signal Cannot triggera voice bythe EXT IN signal Will not respondto MIDI control Check if you are in System Mode. The RY9 will not play in System Mode. ...
Page 91 - MEMO
Page 92 - DRUM VOICE LIST
APPENDIX 84 23. LISTS & CHARTS DRUM VOICE LIST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 KDr y1 KDr y2 KDr y3 KRom1 KRom2 KRom3 KAmbi KHard KHevy KGate KLof1 KLof2 KAna1 KAna2 SMid1 SMid2 SMid3 S Hi1 S Hi2 S Hi3 SDeep STite SHr...
Page 94 - DRUM KIT LIST
DRUM KIT LIST 86 APPENDIX C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 DRUM PAD BANK - Pad Numbers 0 ~ 11 PERCUSSION PAD BANK - Pad Numbers 12 ~ 23 41 / F1 43 / G1 45 / A1 42 / F # 1 46 / A # 1 51 / D # 2 36 / C1 37 / C # 1 38 / D1 40 / E1 44 / G # 1 49 / C # 2 47 / B1 48 / C2 50 / D2 55 / G2 57 / A2 5...
Page 96 - PRESET PATTERN LIST
APPENDIX 88 PRESET PATTERN LIST 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Rck1A Rck1B Rck1C Rck1D Rck2A Rck2B Rck2C Rck2D Rck3A Rck3B Rck3C Rck3D Rck4A Rck4B Rck4C Rck4D Rck5A Rck5B Rck5C Rck5D Rck6A Rck6B Rck6C Rck6D Rck7A Rck7B Rck7C Rck7D Rc...
Page 97 - Vintage Rock
APPENDIX 89 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 VRk1A VRk1B VRk1C VRk1D VRk2A VRk2B VRk2C VRk2D VRk3A VRk3B VRk3C VRk3D VRk4A VRk4B VRk4C VRk4D VRk5A VRk5B VRk5C VRk5D VRk6A VRk6B VRk6C VRk6D VRk7A VRk7B VRk7C VRk7D VRk8A VRk8B VRk8C VRk8D ...
Page 98 - Dance
APPENDIX 90 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 Hip A Hip B Hip C Hip D HousA HousB HousC HousD Hip Hop House Main A Main B Fill AB Fill BA Main A Main B Fill AB Fill BA Hip Hop Soul Pop House PATTERN NO. LCD DISPLAY STYLE NAME ■ Dance SECTION 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 ...
Page 99 - NORMAL VOICE LIST
APPENDIX 91 NORMAL VOICE LIST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Piano ChoPf A&EP1 A&EP2 EPno1 EPno2 EPno3 Clavi Vibes Organ AcGtr ClGt1 ClGt2 MtGt1 MtGt2 OdGt1 OdGt2 Dist1 MtDst Dist2 AcBas FgBa1 FgBa2 FgBa3 PcBas Grand Piano Chorus Piano Aco.& El.Piano 1 ...
Page 100 - MIDI Reception; MIDI Reception Block Diagram; MIDI DATA FORMAT
MIDI Reception MIDI Reception Block Diagram <MIDI Reception Condition> <SW1> Transmit/Receive Channel <SW2> Program Change Receive Channel <SW3> Pattern/Song Select Mode <SW4> Song Select Mode <SW5> MIDI Synchronization Reception Data 1. System Real-time Message T...
Page 101 - MIDI Transmission; MIDI Transmission Block Diagram
MIDI Transmission MIDI Transmission Block Diagram <MIDI Transmission Condition> <SW1> Transmit Channel <SW2> Transmit Channel <SW3> Transmit in Song Select Mode <SW4> Transmit Internal synchronization Transmission Data 1. System Real-time Message TIMING CLOCK 11111000 (...
Page 102 - ic; ra; re; MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
APPENDIX 94 T ra n s m it F u n c ti o n R e c e iv e R e m a rk s B a s ic C h a n n e l N o te N u m b e r V e lo c it y A ft e r T o u c h P it c h B e n d C o n tr o l C h a n g e M o d e D e fa u lt C h a n g e d N o te O N N o te O F F K e y 's C h 's T ru e V o ic e 1 -1 6 1 -1 6 Ø 9 n H , v ...
Page 103 - le
APPENDIX 95 P ro g ra m C h a n g e S y s te m E x c lu s iv e S y s te m C o m m o n S y s te m R e a l T im e A u x M e s s a g e s N o te s C lo c k C o m m a n d s L o c a l O N /O F F A ll N o te s O F F A c ti v e S e n s e R e s e t S o n g P o s it io n S o n g S e le c t T u n e ˛ ** ** ** ...
