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Yamaha SW60XG manual

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    OWNER’S MANUAL SOUND CARD SW60XG[...]

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    PRECAUTIONS ● The sound card contains no user-serviceable parts, so never touch the inside area of the circuit board or tamper with the electronic circuitry in any way. Doing so may result in electrical shock or damage to the sound card. ● When holding the sound card, do not touch the inside area of the circuit board or apply excessive pressure[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the SW60XG — a high quality sound card with hundreds of musical instrument voices and a variety of high quality digital effects. This owner ’ s manual covers installation of the SW60XG sound card as well as the installation of the applications and SW60XG driver. To ensure proper installation and use of the [...]

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    2 PACKAGE CONTENTS & MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE CONTENTS The SW60XG package includes the items listed below, so before beginning, please take a moment to make sure you have everything you need. (If something is missing, please contact your authorized Yamaha dealer.) ● Sound card SW60XG ● Floppy Disk x 1: Install Disk ● Owner’s [...]

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    3 SW60XG SETUP 1. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 1 MIC IN jack: Mono mini plug type jack allows connection to the separately available dynamic microphone (Monaural). MIC TYPE jumper (see below) allows use of a 2-lead or 3-lead condenser type microphone. 2 LINE IN jack: Stereo mini plug type jack allows input of line-level stereo signals from external audio de[...]

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    4 CONNECTIONS The following diagram shows how to connect the various devices. CD-ROM SW20 MIC LINE IN OUTPUT MIC LINE IN OUTPUT CD IN SW60XG Sound Card ¢ Before making connections, be sure to UNPLUG THE POWER SUPPLY CORDS OF ALL DEVICES. After making connections, switch on the power of each device in the following order: External inputting devices[...]

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    5 3. To remove the expansion slot cover, simply unscrew it and take it away. £ Be sure to keep the expansion slot cover in a safe place for future use. 4. Carefully remove the sound card from the anti-static bag. ¢ Before touching the sound card, first touch a metal surface to discharge any static electricity in your body; such static electricity[...]

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    6 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To use the SW60XG, the SW60XG driver and the application software should be installed in your computer properly. ¢ If your computer is run by Windows 3.1, the installation program will overwrite the contents of the MIDI Mapper. The installation program also overwrites the AUTOEXEC.BAT, SYSTEM.INI and CONTROL.INI files. I[...]

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    7 When Install Disk is verified, the following Setup screen will appear. 4. Click [OK] to proceed to next procedure. The drive/directory, which the SW60XG is to be installed into, will appear. 5. Verify the drive/directory names and click [OK]. £ The default setting installs the software to the C drive and _SW60XG directory. If you want to use a [...]

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    8 Installation Procedure for Windows 95 1. Double click the [Control Panel] icon in My Computer. Control Panel window appears. 2 . Double click the [Add/Remove Programs] icon in the Control Panel. Add/Remove Programs Properties will appear. 3. Click [Install]. Install Program from Floppy Disk Or CD-ROM will appear. 4. Insert Install Disk into your [...]

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    9 ABOUT THE DRIVER In order for Windows to work with MIDI, a driver(and MIDI mapper for Windows 3.1) is required. The Yamaha SW60XG software installation procedure automatically places the Yamaha SW60XG Driver in the Control Panel and the “ SW60XG ” MIDI map into the MIDI Mapper. If the other application software has already used the MIDI Port [...]

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    10 SW60XG APPLICATION SOFTWARE SW60XG offers you to use two types of effect controllers, the one for Windows and the other for DOS; EffectGearII and EFFECTCON respectively. EffectGearII The EffectGearII lets you apply various types of effects to the signal input by a microphone, the line-level input signal from CD-ROM audio playback. You can also c[...]

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    11 9 LINE/CD IN fader: Lets you adjust the line/CD input level. The fader may disappear and you can not control the input level depending on the type of effect applied. 10 MIDI fader: Lets you adjust MIDI input level. You cannot directly control the effect which is applied to the sounds generated through MIDI. 11 MIC fader: Lets you adjust the micr[...]

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    12 Command Names and Functions 1 QUIET: Suppresses configuration messages usually displayed whenever you execute a command. [KEY OPERATION] EFCON_/QUIET + <ENTER> 2 TYPE: Changes the effect type. Valid values are 0~3. [KEY OPERATION] EFCON_/TYPE:x + <ENTER> * x = Type number (0 = Dry, 1 = Reverb, 2 = Chorus, 3 = Reverb+Chorus) 3 LINE: S[...]

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    13 SPECIFICATIONS Minimum System Requirements Computer (PC/AT compatible) CPU: 80386/33MHz or higher Memory: 8MB of system memory or higher 16-bit ISA internal slot Monitor Color or gray scale VGA or Super VGA compatible External Devices Mouse, hard disk and audio speakers or headphones OS DOS Ver 5.0 or higher; Windows 3.1 or higher Synthesizer Mo[...]

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    14 M.D.G., EMI Division, ©Y amaha Corporation 1995 SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT The following is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and Yamaha Corporation ( “ Yamaha ” ). The enclosed Yamaha software program is licensed by Yamaha to the original purchaser for use only on the terms set forth herein. Please read this licensing agreemen[...]