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IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING !

The RY8 is a powerful electronic music device featuring sensitive high

technology. To ensure many years of trouble-free use, please take the

important precautions below seriously.

LOCATION

■ In order to avoid causing serious damage to the RY8, do not expose the

instrument to direct sunlight, high temperatures, excessive humidity,

excessive dust or strong vibration.

POWER SUPPLY

■ Turn the power switch off when the RY8 is not in use.

■ The AC power adaptor should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the RY8

is not to be used for an extended period of time.

■ Unplug the RY8 during electrical storms.

■ Avoid plugging the RY8 into the same AC outlet as appliances with high

power consumption such as electric heaters or ovens. Also, avoid using

multiple-plug adaptors, since these can result in reduced sound quality and

possibly even damage to the RY8.

TURN OFF POWER WHEN MAKING CONNECTIONS

■ To avoid causing damage to the RY8 and other devices to which it is

connected (such as a sound system or MIDI instruments), turn off the

power of all related devices prior to connecting or disconnecting audio and

MIDI cables.

ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE

■ Avoid using the RY8 near televisions, radios or other devices which

generate electromagnetic fields, since this may cause the RY8 to malfunction,

and may possibly generate interference noise in the other devices.

PRECAUTIONS

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HANDLING AND TRANSPORT

■ Handle the RY8 with care. Physical shocks caused by dropping or jostling

the instrument, or placing heavy objects upon it, can result in serious damage

to the RY8.

■ Never apply excessive force to the controls, pads, or connectors of the

instrument.

■ Disconnect all cables before moving the instrument. Always unplug cables

by gripping the plug firmly, and not by pulling on the cable itself.

CLEANING

■ Never use chemical solvents or thinners to clean the RY8, since these will

damage the finish or the rubber pads. Wipe the instrument clean with a soft,

dry cloth. If necessary, use a soft, clean cloth slightly moistened with a

diluted, mild detergent. Then wipe the instrument thoroughly with a dry cloth.

Avoid placing vinyl objects on the top of the instrument. Vinyl can stick to and

discolor the surface.

DATA BACK-UP AND STORAGE

■ Yamaha recommends that you regularly save your music data using an

external MIDI data storage device (such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data

Filer), and storing the floppy disks in a safe, cool, dry place. YAMAHA

CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENTAL LOSS OF

IMPORTANT MUSIC DATA! Regarding the User memory, as long as fresh

batteries are inserted in (or an AC power adaptor is connected to) the RY8, the

User pattern, song and drum kit data will be retained, even when the power is

turned off. It will also be retained long enough to exchange an old set of

batteries for a new set. If you have important data in the RY8 which you don’t

want to lose, please take care to keep fresh batteries inserted in (or keep an

AC power adaptor connected to) the RY8, and to regularly save it to an

external MIDI data storage device.

SERVICE AND MODIFICATION

■ The RY8 contains no user serviceable parts, so never open the case

or tamper with the internal circuitry in any way. Doing so may result in

electrical shock or damage to the instrument. Refer all servicing to

qualified Yamaha service personnel.

YAMAHA CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO THE RY8

RESULTING FROM IMPROPER HANDLING OR OPERATION !

THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING

THE YAMAHA RY8 RHYTHM PROGRAMMER.

The Yamaha RY8 is a full-featured, high quality, low-priced, hand-held stereo

rhythm programmer with accompaniment backing and guitar input that’s the

perfect “pocket pal” for the guitarist on the go.

With its compact size, friendly user interface, wide variety of preprogrammed

patterns and songs, user programming capabilities, versatile MIDI features and

more, the handy RY8—which easily slips into a guitar case or gig bag—is

ready to plug and play anytime and anywhere. It’s the ideal music practicing

companion and composing sketch pad.

Whether you’re a professional or amateur guitarist, a serious songwriter or

simply a music hobbyist, you’ll find the RY8 a unique and powerful addition to

your arsenal of music tools. You’ll be surprised by its full, dynamic stereo

sound quality when played through a high quality audio monitoring system.

You’ll also appreciate being able to plug in a guitar and headphones and work

in privacy without disturbing others—or better yet, without others disturbing

you!

To take full advantage of the RY8’s many features and music making

capabilities, please read this owner’s manual carefully to familiarize yourself

with the proper operating procedures. Also, keep this manual in a safe place

for future reference.

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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL.

In order to keep confusion to a minimum, there are a few basic conventions

used in the feature explanations in this manual, as follows:

■ Names of key features are written in the cap-low style; e.g., Pattern Mode,

Song Record Mode, System Mode Sync function, User patterns, etc.

■ Names of controls and connectors are written in all-caps within brackets;

e.g., [EXT IN] jack, [VOLUME] slider, [DELETE] button, etc.

■ Special prompts or words which appear on the LCD screen during operation

are written in quotes; e.g., “NEXT”, “CHAIN”, “accnt”, “COPY SURE?”, etc.

■ Everything else will be written in the lower case style.

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL IN A SAFE PLACE FOR FUTURE

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL.

The RY8 Owner’s Manual is designed to travel alongside the RY8 itself. It

includes information about all the RY8’s features and operation procedures,

organized in such a way as to permit quick and easy access to any feature you

need to locate. The main sections of the Owner’s Manual are as follows:

A brief overview of the RY8’s capabilities and system structure, as well as

descriptions of all panel features—everything you need to know before you

begin using the RY8 in order to put its many features and capabilities into

proper context.

A step-by-step guide through setting up the RY8, turning on the power, playing

the demo songs and performing basic pattern, song and drum kit operations—

everything you need to get started enjoying the RY8 right away.

An extensive feature reference of the various modes and functions of the

RY8—everything you need to know about all operating procedures.

A collection of technical charts and lists including display messages,

troubleshooting, drum voice and pattern lists, MIDI implementation chart and

more.

An alphabetical list of topics which gives you quick and easy access to any

subject in the manual you want to locate.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

GETTING STARTED

MODES & FUNCTIONS

APPENDIX

INDEX

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REFERENCE !

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1. THE RY8......................................................................2

2. RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE.......................................4

3. TOP PANEL.................................................................7

4. SIDE & REAR PANELS.............................................10

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5. SETUP & POWER-ON..............................................12

6. PLAYING THE DEMO SONG....................................18

7. PLAYING THE DRUM PADS ....................................19

8. PLAYING THE PRESET PATTERNS .......................21

9. PLAYING THE PRESET SONGS..............................26

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10. PATTERN MODE....................................................30

11. SONG MODE ..........................................................41

12. DRUM KIT MODE....................................................54

13. EXTERNAL IN MODE .............................................61

14. SYSTEM MODE......................................................67

15. TEMPO MODE........................................................73

16. MUTE MODE...........................................................74

17. BALANCE MODE....................................................75

18. TRANSPOSE MODE...............................................76

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19. RECALLING THE FACTORY

DEFAULT SETTINGS.............................................77

20. DISPLAY MESSAGES ............................................78

21. TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................79

22. SPECIFICATIONS...................................................81

23. LISTS & CHARTS....................................................82

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

GETTING STARTED

MODES & FUNCTIONS

APPENDIX

INDEX

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1. THE RY8

The RY8 is an easy-to-use yet powerful rhythm programmer with automatic

bass and chord accompaniment backing, an external input for playing along

using a guitar, versatile MIDI capabilities and much more.

Featuring Yamaha’s exclusive AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone

generation technology—where voices are high quality digital samples of actual

instruments—the RY8 has a large capacity waveform ROM filled with 128

“drum” voices for the rhythms, and 50 “normal” voices for the backings, plus

200 Preset rhythm patterns with matching accompaniment backing

encompassing many different popular music styles, and 50 Preset songs and

12 Preset drum kits suitable for any type of music situation. The RY8 also

features powerful programming capabilities that let you do the following:

Create Your Own Rhythm Patterns

Record your own one-measure User patterns in step-time or real-time. You can

assign any of the preprogrammed backing accompaniments—consisting of

Bass, Chord 1 and Chord 2 tracks—to your rhythm.

Create Your Own Songs

String together a series of Preset and User patterns to create your own User

song—complete with chord progressions as you specify.

Create Your Own Drum Kits

Assign drum voice sounds to the pads to create your own User drum kits—

complete with drum voice pan positioning, pitch tuning and more.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

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The RY8’s many other features include song chaining and loop repeating,

rhythm “swing” function for a realistic human feeling, guitar tuner and guitar

synthesizer, 28-note polyphony, stereo outputs, headphone jack, and a large

LCD screen which always lets you know what mode and status you’re currently

in. Hence, the RY8 is the ideal music tool that’s useful in practically any music

situation. You can use it as:

A Practicing Companion

Plug a guitar directly into the RY8 and play along with the patterns and songs.

Mute one or more of the accompaniment tracks, or turn the backing off entirely

and play along with the rhythm only. The RY8 provides just the music you need

for a hot practice session.

A Music Sketch Pad

String together a series of Preset and User rhythm patterns, designate a

backing accompaniment, and specify the chord progressions for a song idea.

Creating your own songs is quick and easy with the RY8’s user-friendly

interface.

A Powerful Drum Machine

Program professional sounding rhythm patterns by Step or Realtime recording,

complete with accent dynamics and “swing” factor for a realistic human feel.

Whether you modify a preset or create your own rhythm pattern from scratch,

the RY8’s auto-quantizing makes sure your rhythms are always on the beat.

A Guitar Synthesizer

Plug a guitar directly into the RY8 and “trigger” AWM normal voices (including

acoustic piano, strings, brass, synth pad sounds and more) in real-time with the

notes you play on the guitar. You can specify the RY8 to “synthesize” any of

the 50 normal voices as single notes, octaves, harmonies and more—in order

to create interesting and unique sound textures.

A MIDI Tone Generator

Connect an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer in order to play the RY8’s

AWM drum voices. You can specify the note table by which the different voices

will be sounded.

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2. RY8 SYSTEM STRUCTURE

The RY8 is primarily a powerful rhythm programmer, but with the added

dimension of automatic backing accompaniment, song programming capability

and a guitar synthesizer.

The key components that make up the RY8’s operating system are the AWM

voices, the drum kits, the patterns, and the songs. The main operating modes

are Pattern Mode and Song Mode, each of which are made up of several

“functions”. Additional modes include Drum Kit Mode, External In Mode,

System Mode, Tempo Mode, Mute Mode, Balance Mode and Transpose Mode.

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THE AWM VOICES.

There are 128 “drum” voices and 50 “normal” AWM voices. The drum voices

are assigned to the drum kits. The normal voices are assigned to the backing

accompaniments and to the guitar synthesizer.

THE DRUM KITS.

There are 12 Preset drum kits and 4 User drum kits. Although there are only 12

pads on the top panel of the RY8, each drum kit is made up of 24 drum voices,

organized in two “Pad Banks”—a “Drum Pad Bank” and a “Percussion Pad

Bank”—with 12 drum voices assigned to each Pad Bank. (You can switch

freely back and forth between Pad Banks by pressing the [PAD BANK] button.)

The various Preset drum kits are designed for different styles of music. You

can create your own User drum kits by assigning any drum voice you want to

the pads, and specifying output and accent levels, as well as pan positioning

and pitch tuning, for each pad.

THE PATTERNS.

There are 200 Preset patterns and 50 User patterns, each comprised of a one-

measure rhythm pattern. The Preset patterns are organized in 50 music styles

with “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” Sections for each style—representing both “main” and

“fill-in” type Sections.

The Preset rhythm patterns also have special Bass, Chord 1 and Chord 2

backing accompaniment tracks—matched to the music style of each respective

pattern—assigned to them. Each backing track can be turned off, or “muted”, at

will, and you can adjust the volume balance of each. If you want, you can

switch the backing off entirely.

You can create your own User rhythm patterns, and assign one of the backing

accompaniments to it.

THE SONGS.

There are 50 Preset songs and 50 User songs. The Preset songs are made up

of the Preset patterns, complete with preprogrammed chord progressions, and

are intended as music style ideas to get you started or to play along with as

they are.

You can create your own songs using Preset and/or User patterns, complete

with chord progressions that you can record in the “chord track”.

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THE MODES AND FUNCTIONS.

The RY8’s features are for the most part organized into nine modes accessible

by holding [MODE] and pressing one of the drum pads (the names of the

modes are printed on the various pads).

All modes except Tempo Mode and Transpose Mode contain several pages of

functions which you can select by holding [MODE] and pressing [PAGE-] and

[PAGE+].

Most routine operations can be performed from either within Pattern Mode or

Song Mode.

■ To enter Pattern Mode, hold [MODE] and press [PATTERN].

■ To enter Song Mode, hold [MODE] and press [SONG].

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3. TOP PANEL

1 LCD SCREEN

High contrast, easy-to-read Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) provides large-content

visual feedback to always let you know exactly what mode and status you’re

currently in.

2 PATTERN AND KIT LISTS

List of rhythm pattern and drum kit types arranged logically for quick reference

and easy access.

3 [REC] BUTTON

For entering and exiting Pattern Record Mode and Song Record Mode. Both

Step and Realtime recording are possible.

4 [TOP] BUTTON

For returning the song or pattern location to the top, or the first measure, when

the playback is stopped.

5 [BWD] BUTTON

For rewinding the song through a series of measures when the song playback

is stopped. Pressing [BWD] in Pattern Play Mode returns the pattern measure

location to the top, or the first measure. Pressing [BWD] in Pattern Record

Mode lets you select the clock position.

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6 [STOP] BUTTON

For stopping the song or pattern playback or realtime recording.

7 [PLAY] BUTTON

For starting song or pattern playback or realtime recording from the current

measure location. Pressing [PLAY] immediately after pressing [STOP] will

continue the song or pattern playback from the stop location. To start the song

or pattern from the beginning, or the top, press [TOP] before pressing [PLAY].

8 [FWD] BUTTON

For fast-forwarding the song through a series of measures when the song

playback is stopped. Pressing [FWD] in Pattern Play Mode returns the pattern

measure location to the top, or the first measure. Pressing [FWD] in Pattern

Record Mode lets you select the clock position.

9 [ACCENT] BUTTON

For adding an accent to a drum beat, by pressing and holding [ACCENT] while

hitting a drum pad. In Pattern Step Record Mode, you can record an accent by

simply pressing [ACCENT] at the desired drum beat clock location. You can

assign the accent level for each drum pad of a User drum kit in Drum Kit Mode.

0 [MODE] BUTTON

For accessing the various modes, by pressing and holding down [MODE] while

pressing a mode button, and for accessing the various functions within each

mode, by holding down [MODE] while pressing [PAGE-] and [PAGE+].

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q [DELETE] BUTTON

For deleting individual drum beats in Pattern Record Mode. Simply hold

[DELETE] and press [ENTER] or the appropriate drum pad to delete the drum

voice at the current cursor location. When Chord Assign is active, holding

[DELETE] and pressing [ENTER] will delete the chord at the current cursor

location.

w [AUDITION] BUTTON

For “auditioning”, or checking, drum sounds in Pattern Step Record Mode

before you record a drum beat. While pressing and holding [AUDITION], press

the drum pad you want to audition and the drum voice will sound but data will

not be input.

e [CHORD] BUTTON

For accessing Chord Assign, which lets you specify the chord root and chord

type for the backing.

r [PAD BANK] BUTTON

Although there are only 12 drum pads on the top panel, each drum kit has 24

sounds, organized in two Pad Banks of 12 voices per bank. Pressing [PAD

BANK] toggles between each bank of 12 “Drum” and 12 “Percussion” voices.

t DRUM PADS/MODE BUTTONS

Double-function controls which act as drum pads for playing the drum voices

during playback or recording, and act as mode and function select buttons

when the [MODE] button is pressed and held. The names of the various modes

are printed on the pads. The [PAGE+] and [PAGE-] buttons let you access the

various functions within each mode. Although the drum pads are not touch

sensitive, you can apply accents to drum beats using the [ACCENT] button.

y [ENTER] BUTTON

For “confirming” or executing certain data entry operations.

u [-1] AND [+1] BUTTONS

For specifying data, or modifying the currently selected parameters.

i [2] AND [1] BUTTONS

For moving the “flashing cursor” around the LCD screen to select the various

parameters.

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4. SIDE & REAR PANELS

1 [VOLUME] SLIDER

For setting the master volume output level from the [OUTPUT] and [PHONES]

jacks.

2 [PHONES] MINI JACK

For plugging in a pair of headphones with a mini stereo plug for private listening.

3 [OUTPUT] JACKS

For connecting the RY8 to a mixer, or a stereo amplifier, or amplified speakers.

In the case of mono output, use the [L/MONO] jack.

4 [MIDI] JACKS

For connecting the RY8 to other MIDI devices such as a synthesizer or music

sequencer, or to a MIDI data storage device (or another RY8) for bulk dumping

of User song, pattern and kit data.

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5 [EXT IN] JACK

For plugging in a guitar to play along with the song or pattern playback, or for

using the guitar tuner feature, or for “triggering” any of the 50 AWM backing

instrument voices in various ways.

6 [DC IN] JACK

For connecting an AC power adaptor to supply power to the RY8.

7 [POWER] SWITCH

For switching the RY8 on and off. Be sure to switch the power off when the

RY8 is not in use.

8 BATTERY COMPARTMENT

For inserting six 1.5 volt AA-size (SUM-3 or R6P) batteries to supply power to

the RY8. Be sure to remove the batteries when the RY8 is not to be used for

an extended period of time.

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Do not attempt to use an AC adaptor other than the Yamaha PA-3 or PA-1B. The use of an

incompatible adaptor may cause irreparable damage to the RY8, and may even pose a serious

shock hazard! ALWAYS UNPLUG THE AC ADAPTOR FROM THE AC POWER OUTLET WHEN

THE RY8 IS NOT IN USE.

When the AC adaptor plug is inserted into the RY8’s [DC IN] jack, the batteries are automatically

disconnected.

5. SETUP & POWER-ON

The RY8 can be powered by either an optional AC adaptor or six

batteries. Follow the instructions below based on the power source you

intend to use.

USING A POWER ADAPTOR.

Plug the DC output cable from an optional Yamaha PA-3 or PA-1B AC Adaptor

(available from your Yamaha dealer) snugly into the [DC IN] jack on the rear

panel, then plug the adaptor into a convenient wall AC power outlet.

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