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    DIGITAL REVERBERATOR Operation Manual Manuel d’instructions Bedienungsanleitung Manual de Operación M[...]

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    FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessori[...]

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    Precautions WARNING Installation • Connect this unit's power cord only to an AC outlet of the type stated in this Owner's Manual or as marked on the unit. Failure to do so is a fire and electrical shock hazard. • Do not allow water to enter this unit or allow the unit to become wet. Fire or electrical shock may result. • Do not plac[...]

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    Controls ........................................................... 1 Front Panel .................................................................... 1 Rear Panel ..................................................................... 2 Installation and Connections ........................................ 2 Using the REV500 ........................[...]

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    1 Controls 1 INPUT LEVEL control and meter The INPUT LEVEL control sets the input level for both the right and left input channels. It is accompanied by a stereo LED meter that shows the levels of the signals received by the REV500 after A/D conversion. Lighting of the red CLIP LEDs thus indicates clipping of the digital signal. You should adjust t[...]

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    2 0A B C Rear Panel Installation and Connections Before attempting to use your REV500, make sure that you have carefully read and understood the precautions inside the front cover of this manual. Mount the REV500 in a rack, or place it in a location where it is safe and stable. Make sure that the POWER switch is off before making any connections. P[...]

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    3 Using the REV500 Testing Programs AUDITION key You can use the REV500’s handy audition function to check the effect produced by a program when it’s inconvenient to run your actual sound source through the REV500. Just press the AUDITION key in the upper right corner of the front panel. The REV500’s internal tone generator will produce a ton[...]

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    4 Description Standard hall-type reverbs that simulate large halls with good acoustics. May be used with any instrument. “Large Hall 1” is bright; “Large Hall 2” is slightly darker. A reverb that simulates the feel of a large hall with no audience. A bright reverb with breadth, thanks to slightly emphasized early reflec- tions. A reverb wit[...]

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    5 ROOM Description A reverb that simulates a large room with hard walls, for a slightly quirky thick sound. A large room reverb, slightly drier than “Large Room 1.” A room reverb with a very live nonlinear sound. Good with drums and guitars. Reverbs that simulate the sound of a room with live acoustics. Use “Live Room 1” to simulate greater[...]

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    6 Description A simulation of a metal plate echo effect. A bright, highly dense plate reverb. The bright, transparent plate sound that is popular on the West Coast. A spring reverb simulation with a longish pre-delay. A rather coarse reverb with extra low-range energy. Good with vocals and solos. A bright, light plate sound. The plate echo that wou[...]

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    7 Description A short reverb combined with a flanger. Good with organs, strings, etc. Short reverbs combined with chorus. The longer pre-delay of “Chorus Circles” emphasizes the sense of separation between the reverb and chorus effects. A flanger-like effect with a resonance point that varies with the input level. A reverb with the resonance po[...]

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    8 Editing Programs Editing Basic Parameters REVERB Tim e REV TIME PRE DELAY E/R DLY ER LEVEL Early Reflections Reverb Time x LO-RA TIO HI-RA TI O Fre q uenc y 1.0 The four PARAMETER EDIT controls on the REV500’s front panel let you adjust the basic program parameters quickly and easily. When you rotate one of these controls, the program informati[...]

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    9 Changing the Effect Level You can also use the ER LEVEL control to adjust the effect level, that is, the level of the total effect output. To do so, press the EFF LEVEL key before turning the ER LEVEL control. The LED above this key will light, and (as with the other basic parameters) the program information in the LCD will be replaced by a graph[...]

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    10 Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description LO-RATIO 17 0.1 — 2.4 Low frequency reverb time, proportional to REV TIME DIFFUS 18 0 — 10 Spread of reverb sound HPF 19 THRU, 20 — 1.0k [Hz] Cutoff frequency of high pass filter LPF 20 THRU, 500 — 20k [Hz] Cutoff frequency of low pass filter REVERB The parameters in the following table are available[...]

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    11 REVERB ➔ DYNAMIC FILTER In this effect type, the output from the reverb is fed into a dynamic filter. Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description SENS 28 1 — 10 Sensitivity of the resonator input signal RESO 29 0 — 100 [%] Resonator feedback level DECAY 30 6 — 24000 [ms] Speed of resonance point return to lowest frequency MIX 31 0 — 100 [%] [...]

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    12 Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description SPEED 74 0.05 — 10.00 [Hz] Modulation frequency DEPTH 75 0 — 100 [%] Modulation depth FB LVL 76 0 — 100 [%] Feedback level (REVERB ➔ FLANGER effects only) MIX 77 0 — 100 [%] Cutoff frequency of low pass filter REVERB ➔ CHORUS, FLANGER or SYMPHONIC In these effect types, the output from the reverb[...]

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    13 REVERB ➔ TREMOLO In this effect type, the output from the reverb is fed into a tremolo effect. Saving Edited Programs Parameter Ctrl. No. Range Description FB LVL 82 -100 — +100 [%] Level of feedback to own channel CROSS FB 83 -100 — +100 [%] Level of feedback to opposite channel ECHO ➔ REVERB In this effect type, the output of the rever[...]

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    14 System Functions Selecting an Input Mode If you will be using the REV500 to process monophonic input (from the left input connector), you must use the INPUT SELECT function to inform it of this fact. To change the input mode, first press the UTILITY key. If necessary, press the UTILITY key again until the INPUT SELECT display appears: Stereo inp[...]

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    15 Adjusting the Audition Function The REV500 lets you customize the audition function to suit your needs. You can select one of two tones: either a snare drum or a rim shot. You can also specify whether pressing the AUDITION key will play the selected tone once, or start it playing repeatedly. You can also turn the function off, to prevent the REV[...]

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    16 Using MIDI Functions Selecting a MIDI Channel You can change the MIDI channel that the REV500 uses to transmit and receive data. First, press the UTILITY key. If necessary, press the UTILITY key again until the MIDI CHANNEL display appears: MIDI channel setting Use the REV TIME control to select the desired MIDI channel. You can set the REV500 t[...]

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    17 Storing Data with MIDI Bulk Dumps The REV500 is capable of transmitting its data as bulk dumps, for storage in a sequencer or other MIDI device. To use this function, first make sure that the REV500 is properly connected to the device that is to receive the data, and that the MIDI channels of the two devices match. Next, press UTILITY. If necess[...]

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    18 Appendix Guide to Utility Mode Functions The following table briefly describes the functions that can be accessed using the UTILITY key. Each function is listed in order of appearance. The number to the right of the function’s descrption indicates the page of this manual where you will find instructions on use of the function. Utitlity Mode Fu[...]

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    19 Specifications ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Frequency Reponse 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+1.0 dB, -2.0 dB) Dynamic Range 96 dB typical Distortion Less than 0.03% (1 kHz, max level) INPUT Number of Channels 2 (phone or XLR jack) Nominal Level +4 or –10 dB (selected by rear panel switch) Impedance 20 k OUTPUT Number of Channels 2 (phone or XLR jack) Nominal[...]

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    20 Dimensions 440 151.5 26 6.4 D: 227.9 203 28.1 2.6 15.9 44 H: 45 1 W: 480 388 For European Model Purchaser/User Information specified in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2. Inrush Current: <1A Conformed Environment: E1, E2, E3 and E4 Unit: mm[...]

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    Add-1 Additions MIDI data format 1. Transmitted data 1-1. System information #1 Program bulk data status 1111 0000(F0H) System exclusive ID No. 0100 0011(43H) YAMAHA sub status 0000 nnnn(0nH) n = 0 - 15 format no. 0111 1110(7EH) byte count 0000 0000(00H) byte count 0100 1000(48H) 0100 1100(4CH) “L” 0100 1101(4DH) “M” 0010 0000(20H) Space 00[...]

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    Add-2 *1) Ask Yamaha service representative *2) Correspondence of controller numbers to parameters EFFECT PARAMETER Ctrl. No. ALL PRE DELAY 12 REV TIME 13 HI-RATIO 14 ER LEVEL 15 EFF LEVEL 16 LO-RATIO 17 DIFFUS 18 HPF 19 LPF 20 REV DENSITY 21 LIVENESS 22 E/R DLY 23 REV ➔ GATE GATE LVL 24 HOLD 25 DECAY 26 DETECT 27 REV ➔ RESO SENS 28 RESO 29 DEC[...]

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    Add-3 Additions Function... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default x 1-16, off Memorized Channel Changed x 1-16, off Default x OMNI off/ OMNI off Memorized Mode Messages x x Altered ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ x Note x x Number : True voice ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ ＊ x Velocity Note ON [...]

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    Add-4 VV15160 R5 1 AP 100 02 03 2500 AP Printed in Japan Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division P.O. Box 3, Hamamatsu, 430-8651, Japan Pr ogram T ype: No. Program Name Effect T ype PRE DELA Y REV TIME HI-RA TIO ER LEVEL EFF LEVEL LO-RA TIO DIFFUS HPF LPF Internal P arameters peculiar to Eff ect T ype 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15[...]