Using AWM2 tone generation, with 8 MB of wave memory, the W's provided you with 384 realistic voices. Each voice is generated by a maximum of four elements with studio quality DSP stereo effect processors with editable parameters. Effects can be assigned to each voice of the total system in any way you like.

- 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

- Large Capacity Waveform ROM

8Mbytes of 16-bit linear waveforms sampled at maximum 48kHz sampling
frequency, plus expandability.

- 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 sequencer
track buttons and more give you instant access to any mode or parameter.
Accessing functions rarely takes more than two or three presses of a button.

- 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.

- 16 Tracks, 16 Songs Music Sequencer

Large capacity memory (approximately 100,000 notes) song sequencer with realtime,
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.

- General MIDI

Global standard configuration of 128 instrument voices and specified MIDI
channel assignments and other parameters. General MIDI lets you load and play
music data created by another sequencer and saved to disk in the Standard MIDI
File format.

- 384 Instrument Voices And 10 Drum Kits

384 preset normal voices plus 10 drum voices (or kits), including the 128
General MIDI voices and 8 kits, constructed from the hundreds of preset AWM
elements and the many on-board synthesizer parameters.

- Voice Editing

Extensive synthesizer voice editing features give you unlimited sound creation
potential. A voice, which can be constructed from between 1 and 4 AWM elements,
has hundreds of editable parameters.

- Large Internal Voice And Song Voice RAM

128 Internal or user normal voice memories and 2 Internal drum voice
memories, for storing your own instrument sounds and drum kits. There are also
16 banks of 128 Song voice memories and 16 banks of 2 Song drum voice
memories one Song voice bank per each song memory which are handy for
organizing voices and drums for specific songs or live performance setups and
storing them together with song multi data on floppy disks for quick and easy
access.

- 75 Digital Effects

Two independent, studio quality DSP effects systems Insertion Effects and
System Effects each with three different types of effects generators. An Insertion
Effect can be assigned to each voice in Voice Edit Mode, and switched on and
off via the mixer. As many as three Insertion Effects can be used in a multi. The
three System Effects can be applied to the overall sound mix. Preset stereo effects
include reverb, delay, chorus, auto panning, 3-band EQ, Aural Exciter , pitch
change, distortion and many more. There are a total of 35 preprogrammed
Insertion Effects and 40 System Effects, which can be edited and configured in a
variety of ways in the multi for a song or performance setup.

- Stereo Sound Mixing

Extensive stereo sound mixing capabilities, via the on-board tone generator sound
mixer, the digital effects and others. In conjunction with the sequencer you can
even achieve an automated mixdown for your final playback output.

- Performance Features

76-key (W5) or 61-key (W7) polyphonic keyboard with key velocity sensitivity
and aftertouch, plus keyboard splitting, layering and 4-Zone capabilities. The
W5/W7 can play a maximum of 32 notes simultaneously. In Song Multi Mode, it
can play a maximum of 16 timbres, or voices, simultaneously; in Voice Mode, it
can play one timbre at a time. There are also many performance controllers,
including pitch bend and modulation wheels, foot controller, and a multifunction
continuous slider.

- Floppy Disk Drive

For storing your song and voice data on 3.5 2DD type floppy disks.

- Expansion Potential

The factory preprogrammed sound memory can be expanded with an optional
Yamaha 4Mbyte Expansion Wave/Voice Board.

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