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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Yamaha W5/W7 Music Synthe-
sizer. The W5/W7 is a self contained, full-featured, easy-to-operate multitimbral music
production and performance
workstation
, complete with 32-note polyphonic synthesizer,
16-track sequencer, full voice and song editing capabilities, studio quality digital effects,
powerful stereo sound mixing features, large memory capacity, on-board floppy disk drive,
GM compatibility, friendly user-interface and more. Main features include:
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AWM2 TONE GENERATION
Second generation Advanced Wave Memory tone generation system, where
instrument sounds are generated from high-quality digital samples of actual
instruments and other sounds.
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LARGE-CAPACITY WAVEFORM ROM
8Mbytes of 16-bit linear waveforms sampled at maximum 48kHz sampling
frequency, plus expandability.
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EASY CONTROL AND FRIENDLY USER INTERFACE
Multiple assignable controllers, large LCD screen, multi-purpose function keys,
data entry pad, jog/shuttle and other data input features, plus individual se-
quencer track buttons and more give you instant access to any mode or param-
eter. Accessing functions rarely takes more than two or three presses of a button.
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SONG MULTI
The basic Song Play operation mode of the W5/W7, a multi lets you design a
complete music production from start to finish and store it as a song in any of
the 16 internal song memories. A multi is the configuration of all performance
and voice settings and other data which combine to create a stereo song mix .
Within a multi, you can assign up to 16 on-board
Instrument
voices to the 16-
track sequencer, plus determine all effects and mixer settings as well as MIDI
control status and many other parameters.
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16-TRACK, 16-SONG MUSIC SEQUENCER
Large capacity memory (approximately 100,000 notes) song sequencer with real-
time, step and punch-in recording, and extensive song editing jobs. The 16
sequences in song memory can be specified to play back one after another.