EMW DX700 User manual

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INTRODUCTION .......................... 1
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DX700 Patch Bank Operation Manual
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The DX700 is a Patch Bank for the Yamaha DX7 and other 6 operator Yamaha synthesizers or DX7 family as we will
call them. It has an internal memory with 770 sound patches for the DX7 family. These patches are divided in 22
Banks with 35 patches per Bank.
The DX700 is compatible with the following synthesizers: DX1, DX5, DX7, DX7IID, DX7IIFD, DX7S, TX7, TX216,
TX816 and TX802.
The Banks are: PIANO, ORGAN, STRINGS, BELLS, BASS, VOICES, BRASS, SYNTHS 1, SYNTHS 2, ANALOG 1,
ANALOG 2, GUITAR, SYNTH POP, ORCHESTRAL, DRUMS, EFFECTS, MIXED 1, MIXED 2, MIXED 3,
LAYERS, STUDIO 1 and STUDIO 2.
All patches on the DX700 are royalty free and were carefully selected by our company. A great number of them were
edited to reach the best possible sound impact.
1 - INTRODUCTION
There are two connections present on the back of the DX700, one is the DC input jack for the power supply and the
other is the 5-pin DIM connector (MIDI OUT).
A switched-mode 9 VDC/500mA power supply is shipped with the DX700. Our power supply utilizes the positive on
the center of the plug, so if another power supply has to be used with the DX700 this must be observed.
2 - CONNECTIONS
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9 to 12VDC
INPUT JACK
(from the power supply)
MIDI OUT
CONNECTOR
(to synthesizer MIDI Input)
Representation
Symbology
Positive
Negative
Power Supply connector
CONNECTIONS ........................... 2
OPERATION ............................. 3
WARRANTY .............................. 5
CONFIGURATION NOTES ................... 4

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To operate the DX700 you must first connect the power supply to a 90 to 240 VAC power outlet and then connect the
power supply DC Plug to the jack on the back of the DX700 (DC IN). Now you must connect a MIDI cable from the
back of the DX700 (MIDI OUT) to your synthesizer's MIDI IN connector. ATTENTION: For the correct operation
you must assure that your synthesizer has been configurated correctly, allowing the reception of SyxEx
(System Exclusive) MIDI messages on MIDI CHANNEL 1. See "4 - CONFIGURATION NOTES".
In order to select a sound on the DX700 you first must choose one of the 20 Banks available. To choose a Bank just
rotate the center knob (BANK SELECT).
The Bank number and name will be shown on the first (upper) line of the blue LCD screen (Fig.3).
Once the Bank has been chosen you now have to select a Patch. To select the Patch inside the Bank press the
PATCH SELECT buttons (+) or (-). This will change the Patch and the patch name will appear on the second (lower)
line of the blue LCD screen (Fig.4).
Once the sound has been selected you now can send it to the synthesizer. To do that just press once the SEND
button as shown on the Fig.5 below.
If your equipment's MIDI configuration has been correctly set, as described on (4), you will now be able to hear the
new patch on your synthesizer.
3 - OPERATION
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29: BLOW STRING
Rotate this knob to select a BANK
Fig. 3 - BANK SELECTION Fig. 4 - PATCH SELECTION
Press these buttons
to select a PATCH
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Fig. 5 - SEND the selected patch to the synthesizer
Press this button to SEND
the PATCH to the Synthesizer

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The DX700 has another very interesting resource, it can change the Algorithm used on the patch, producing another
sound. Once the DX7 family has 32 algorithms to choose from when constructing the sound, the DX700 theoretically
can generate over 20,000 sound variations. It's well known that some algorithms do not produce very musical results,
but on the other hand some very interesting sounds can be created with this change.
IMPORTANT:
The DX700 do not alter the sounds on the memory of your equipment, the patch that is sent to the synthesizer will
stay in the Temporary Memory area. So if you turn off the synthesizer the received patch will disappear.
If you want you can SAVE the received sound on your synthesizer's internal patch memory. Refer to your equipment
operation manual to use this procedure.
No indication occurs on the DX700 when you change the algorithm, you will only be able to notice the difference
when playing your synthesizer and noticing the sound variation. Some changes in the algorithm can produce very
subtle differences that can be difficult to notice, keep pressing the ALGORITHM button untill obtain a good result.
3 - OPERATION
As previously mentioned, your synthesizer or module must be correctly configured in order to receive the patch from
the DX700. This is not a difficult thing to do but can vary from one equipment to another, so it's recommended that
you read your equipment's Manual to provide the correct adjustment.
You must ENABLE the SysEx (System Exclusive messages) reception and set your equipment to receive these MIDI
messages on channel number 1.
Although not necessary in some synthesizers we recommend to disable the memory protection, setting the memory
protection to OFF.
As an example on the next page we will show the configuration screens of a DX7IID synthesizer. When configured
this way the synthesizer will receive the patch sent by the DX700 and will be ready to play.
4 - CONFIGURATION NOTES
Press these button to
change the Patch Algorithm
Fig. 6 - ALGORITHM CHANGE

5 - WARRANTY
NOTES:
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Electronic Music Works, Inc. warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period
of one (1) year from date of purchase. This warranty is void if the product has been damaged by accident, misuse,
alteration, unauthorized repairs or other causes not arising out of defects in material or workmanship.
Under no circumstances will Electronic Music Works, Inc. be liable for any loss of profits, benefits, time, interrupted
operation, commercial loss, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product.
Electronic Music Works, Inc. specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. If the product requires service, a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number must be
obtained from Electronic Music works, Inc. and the product must be shipped prepaid to a specified Service Center.
Electronic Music Works, Inc. will repair or replace the product at our discretion and will pay return shipping fees.
The customer is responsible for any damage or loss sustained during shipment in any direction.
YAMAHA is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation - 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu Shizuoka 430-8650, Japan
4 - CONFIGURATION NOTES
DX7II (D, FD) MIDI configuration screens.
>Receive block
MIDI
1 1-32
Device number
Rcv ch>A >B >Omni
Channel
messages 9 1 1
>Trns ch
on
Control
number 16 16 16 16
MIDI IN control >A >B CS >1 >2
>PC trns mode >Local
MIDI >Note on/off
all onnormal
Configuring the first DX7 model or DX7 (model 1):
1 - Press [FUNCTION], and [MIDI] (button 8) untill the display shows "FUNCTION CONTROL / MIDI CH=__".
Enter the number 1 on the space right in front of "CH=", leaving like this: "MIDI CH= 1".
2 - Press [MIDI] once more and the LCD display must show "FUNCTION CONTROL / SYS INFO AVAIL".
If you can see "SYS INFO UNAVAIL" on the lower line, you will have to change to "SYS INFO AVAIL" pressing the
[ON] button on your DX7, otherwise your synthesizer will not be able to receive the DX700 data.
3 - Turn off the DX7 Memory Protection pressing [MEMORY PROTECT-INTERNAL]. The LDC display must show
“MEMORY PROTECT INTERNAL XXX”. If "XXX" was “ON” the Memory Protection is ON.
In order to Turn it off pess the [OFF] button. The LCD display must show: “MEMORY PROTECT INTERNAL OFF”.