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PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESET VOICES
Playing the Internal Voices
1. If the DX7 happens to be on, turn it off. Then turn it
back on while observing the display window. This
will let you see the initial displays we are about to
describe. (In the future, you won't have to turn off the
instrument just to change modes.) When you first turn
on the DX7, the LCD display will briefly show:
The number 88 may or may not appear in the LED
voice number display; in any case, after a few sec-
onds, the display will change. However, we don't
know what it will show when it changes.
NOTE: A voice number will be shown in the RED
window, but its number will depend on the voice that
was last selected before the DX7 was turned off; we
have used question marks even though an actual
number will appear. Similarly we placed question
marks in the LCD display because we don't know
what will show in that window... it could be an inter-
nal (INT) voice name, a cartridge (CRT) voice name,
or a function; again, it depends on that which was
last used before power was turned off. In order that
you can explore the internal voices and find out for
yourself what they are, do the following:
2. If you are using an amplifier/speaker system with the
DX7, make sure that system is turned on and its
volume controls are set appropriately Whether you're
using an external amplifier/speaker system, or the
DX7 headphone jack and a pair of headphones, be
sure to set the DX7 VOLUME control so there is some
output; mid scale is a good starting point.
Set the VOLUME so
you'll be able to hear
something
3. Enter the PLAY mode by pressing the [MEMORY
SELECT-INTERNAL] button, then select the
#
1
internal memory by pressing the [1] button.
Press
this... Then...
Press
this
The display will change to show the new voice
There won't be question marks. However, the 32
internal memories may have been loaded with any of
the 4 factory preset banks, something you or another
musician left in memory or something the dealer
placed there during checkout of your instrument prior
to delivery Therefore, we don't know what voice
name will appear. The LCD display "INT 1" is really
redundant here; it tells you that internal voice 1 is
selected, which you can read from the top line of the
LCD window and the red LED voice number display
(Later, when you are editing voices, the "INTERNAL
VOICE" and "INT 1" areas will have different labels,
and the red LED display will become an important
reminder of the voice you have selected.)
4. Play the keyboard, and explore this voice. In fact,
explore all the voices in the internal memories. You
can do this by simply pressing selector buttons [1]
through [32]. You don't have to press [MEMORY
SELECT- INTERNAL] each time.
NOTE Don't worry if you try to play a chord and the
keyboard acts monophonically rather than polyphoni-
cally This simply means the synthesizer is in mono-
phonic mode, and the change to polyphonic mode is
described in the following section of this manual.
AVOID FRUSTRATION Although we encourage you to
explore all of the DX7 features on your own, please
try not to jump ahead and press buttons other than
voice selectors 1 to 32 at this time. This can place the
DX7 in a different operating mode so try to resist.
There's nothing wrong with pressing any buttons —
you can't damage the instrument — but if you do go
off on your own, these instructions may no longer
make sense. You may think something is wrong with
the instrument, and to get back to anything recognize-
able you will have to start all over again. Bear with
these step by step instructions the first few times, and
then after you really know what the controls do, you
can go ahead and have fun.
Playing the Cartridge Voices
1. Locate the cartridge labeled "DX7 VOICE ROM" on
the top, with a large numeral "3" on one side of the
cartridge. Slide the switch on that cartridge upward
(away from the connector) to gain access to the 32
voices in bank A. These are labeled "Master Group".
2. Insert the cartridge into the slot near the right side of
the keyboard, orienting it so its switch faces away
from the keyboard.
3. Select the cartridge voice called "BRASSHORNS",
which is in location
#
A-5 of the DX7 VOICE ROM
#
3
cartridge. Do this by pressing the [MEMORY
SELECT-CARTRIDGE] button and then the [5]
button.
Press
this... Then press this
The display will change to show the new voice
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