Kasser Synths ARCADE YM2151 User manual

right knob: menu
right switch: ok
left knob: operator
left switch: cancel
*hold + right knob: octave
*hold + right switch: dim
*hold + touch 1 to 8: load
preset from midi ch 1 to 8
operator 1
operator 3
operator 2
operator 4
touch keyboard 12 notes
sd card
*for 100 % compatibility
use sd formatter software
midi in
(din 5 connector)
on / off - volume power in
(usb 5v)
audio out
(3.5 mm jack)
YAMAHA CHIP
dafm synth
ARCADE ym2151
user quick guide
firmware v 1.90
THANKS for joining the DAFM Synth WAVE
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2
3
4
56
7
8
*hold + touch 1 to 8: save
preset to midi ch 1 to 8

menu 1 feedback, algorithm & velocity control
1.1 feedback left knob
degree of modulation of operator 1 to itself
1.1 algorithm right knob
modulators are the operators that modulate the
carriers carriers are the operators you can hear
1.2 velocity right knob
on/off midi velocity controlled operators
menu 3 adsr envelope
3.1 attack rate left knob
3.1 total level right knob
3.2 decay rate left knob
3.2 secondary total level right knob
3.3 secondary decay rate left knob
3.3 release rate right knob
3.4 rate or key scaling right knob
menu 2 frequency ratio
2.1 frequency multiplier right knob
operator‘s frequency multiplier
2.2 frequency fine detune left knob
fine detune of selected frequency multiplier
2.2 frequency coarse detune 2 right knob
coarse detune of selected frequency multiplier
*different frequency ratios between carrier and its modulator
will produce different overtones
menu 4 low frequency oscillator (lfo)
4.1 lfo frequency left knob
global for 4 operators
4.1 frequency modulation sensitivity right knob
global for 4 operators
4.2 amplitude modulation on/off left knob
for every individual operator
4.2 amplitude modulation sensitivity right knob
global for 4 operators
menu 5 low frequency oscillator (lfo)
5.1 phase modulation depth right knob
5.2 amplitude modulation depth right knob
5.3 phase and amplitude modulation waveform
right knob
these submenus are selected with the left knob
menu 6 fm patches and midi channels
6.1 edit midi ch/bank 0 preset selection left knob
6.2 save preset in midi ch selection left knob
*number: midi channel number : midi bank 0 preset
*midi channel 1 has 8 voice polyphony
midi channels 2 –8 are monophonic
*number on top shows the preset that is being edited
6.3 load 8 presets from sd card to midi channels
*presets need to be named as patch0x.dmp (x from 1 to 8)
6.4 save all 8 presets from midi channels to sd card
*presets need to be renamed from patch0x.DMP to patch0x.dmp (x
from 1 to 8) to load correctly on deflemask software

global control
parameter
cc data range
lfo
frequency 18
phase modulation depth
28
64
amplitude modulation depth
29
64
lfo
waveform
30
4
noise enable (
ch 8)
78
2
noise frequency (
ch 8)
79
32
midi cc implementation chart
channel
voice control
parameter
cc data range
pitch bend amount
81 12
fm
algorithm 14 8
fm
feedback 15 8
stereo configuration
77
4
amplitude
modulation sensitivity
76
4
frequency modulation sensitivity
75
8
operator
control
parameter
cc data range
total level op1
16 128
total level op2
17 128
total level op3
18 128
total level op4
19 128
freq
multiplier op1
20
16
freq
multiplier op2 21 16
freq
multiplier op3
22
16
freq
multiplier op4
23
16
detune (fine) op1
24
7
detune (fine) op2
25
7
detune (fine) op3
26
7
detune (fine) op4
27 7
detune 2 (coarse) op1
82
4
detune 2 (coarse) op2
83
4
detune 2(coarse) op3
84
4
detune 2 (coarse) op4
85
4
operator
control
parameter
cc data range
attack rate op1
43
32
attack rate op2
44
32
attack rate op3
45
32
attack rate op4
46
32
decay rate op1
47 32
decay rate op2
48
32
decay rate op3
49
32
decay rate op4
50
32
secondary decay rate op1
51 16
secondary decay rate op2
52 16
secondary decay rate op3
53
16
secondary decay rate op4
54
16
secondary
total level op1
55
16
s
econdary total level op2
56
16
seco
ndary total level op3 57 16
s
econdary total level op4
58
16

midi cc implementation chart
operator
control
parameter
cc data range
release rate op1 59 16
release rate op2 60 16
release rate op3 61 16
release rate op4 62 16
amplitude modulation on/off op1 70 2
amplitude modulation on/off op2 71 2
amplitude modulation on/off op3 72 2
amplitude modulation on/off op4 73 2
operator
control
parameter
cc data range
rate or key scaling op1 39 4
rate or key scaling op2 40 4
rate or key scaling op3 41 4
rate or key scaling op4 42 4
midi bank 0 and bank 1 presets
videogame
preset
street fighter
2
0: bright piano (ken) 1 : lead (ryu) 2: eorgan
(guile) 3: horn (guile) 4: epiano (credit) 5:
lead (title)
space harrier 6: epiano (theme) 7: epiano 2 8: bass
afterburner 2 9: ebass (final take off) 10: wood percussion
(afterburner) 11: distorted bass (redout)
ghouls’n
ghosts
12: eorgan (credit) 13: organ (stage 1)
14: percussion 15: mistery piano
final fight 16: bass (opening) 17: synth lead 18: organ
19:
bass (round 1) 20: horn 21: synth guitar
outrun 22: synth (magical shower) 23: synth
(passing breeze) 24: epiano 25: epiano 2 26:
epiano 3 (splash wave) 27: ekalimba
(splash wave) 28: epiano 4 29: epiano 5
r-type 30: eguitar 1 (start 1st stage) 31: eguitar 2
32: string
shinobi 33: epiano 1 (bgm) 34: epiano 2 35: synth
double dragon 36: eguitar (industrial area) 37: horn 38:
drum 1 39: drum 2 40: drum 3 41: bass
(opening)
videogame
preset
golden axe 42: synthbass (deathadder) 43:drum 1
(wilderness) 44: synthbass 2
(deathadder) 45: drum 2 46: drum 3
(wilderness)
altered beast 47: drum 1 (round 1) 48: drum 2 49:
drum 3 50: epiano 51: kalimba 52: bass
53: metal 54: klang
marble madness 55: pad (level1) 56: kalimba 57:
percussion (level2) 58: string 1 59: bass
60: string 2
forgotten worlds 61: epiano (round 1) 62: horn
fantasy zone 2 63:drum 1 (10years) 64:drum 2 65:
synth 66: percussion 1 (cholacorai) 67:
percussion 2 68: drum 3 (gumbatight)
69: eguitar
ninja spirit 70: pad 1 (round 1) 71: pad 2 72: pad 3
midi channels
these 8 presets
are loaded by
default in the midi
channels from 1 to
8
73 (1): bass (street fighter 2 - ryu) 74
(2): bass (outrun –magical shower) 75
(3): epiano (outrun –last wave) 76 (4):
lead synth (afterburner 2 - afterburner)
77 (5): drone (final fight- round 1) 78
(6): percussion (ghouls’n ghosts –stage
1) 79 (7): tom (spaceharrier - theme)
80
(8): snare (spaceharrier - theme)
bank 1 corresponds to the sd card. presets have to be
saved in the sd card as instrxxx.dmp where xxx goes
from 000 to 127. program change midi messages can
load these presets in the midi channel selected. presets
value range is from 0 to 127