Yamaha SW1000XG Specifications

YAMAHA SW1000XG SOUNDCARD FAQ1 Question: What is the SW1000XG in summary? Answer: The SW1000XG is a new type of audio production card for the PC. It

this still fails, take the card to your local dealer. If it works in their machine fine, then your PChas a problem. 66 Question: What are the main ch

Answer: Just shut down your PC and unplug the card. Windows will then remove it from itslist of active devices. Or use the Windows Add/Remove Hardwa

77 Question: I am running the SW1000Xg and the DS2416 in the same machine. The DSPFactory (unlike the SW1000XG) does not appear in the multimedia pro

Yamaha UK website. The use of applications such as XGEDIT allow full access to everyparameter of the SW1000Xg including the voices. 85 Question: XGED

controls the parameters on the card.For Emagic Logic and Logic Audio, Yamaha provide a fullyfunctional Environment page which controls the parameters

100 Question: What is mix in in the Record option in the Windows mixer? Answer: This is the loopback audio input level control. As the card is re-r

Keep your audio cable quality as high as possible; this also goes for your amplifier and speakers.Your recording quality will only be as good as the l

4: When you are happy with both the audio recording (which you may have done with the effectsprocessing on or off) and your midi parts, set up Cakewal

110 Question: Can I record the output of SYXG50/Sondius softsynth down to wave (2) on theSW1000XG, thus giving me (if required) an additional 129 not

120 Question: I can hear my MIDI playback, but no audio. What may be causing this? Answer: Possible causes are . you have the volume in your multim

the mixing abilities of a 12-buss dedicated hard disk recorder and the effects abilities of fiveYamaha 24-bit multi effects units (plus eq giving you

127 Question: Will the VST mixer send out sysex to the SW1000XGs hardware mixer then? Answer: No, it runs to its own internal system, and consequen

Answer: Our tests showed that to run a reverb effect such as ‘Un-named reverb on aPentium 166 machine, required around 210% of the total CPU power

level input/output capabilities. In theory the card can support in excess of 100 tracks of audioplayback through the 12 wave stream outs. 142 Question

Answer: Cakewalk Pro Audio version 5.0, for example, only supports a single device, andthus, only stereo operation. In the case of SW1000XG, this me

156 Question: Some cards will gain from the new Active X-2 specifications for off loading theCPU/DSP events from the host CPU to the card CPU, will t

one is (and it’s very good) the hardware one on our card is 100% faster at least on anymachine. 164 Question: And what about audio polyphony and othe

173 Question: Does the SW1000XG support A3d or other games based surround soundsystems? Answer: NO. IT’S NOT A GAMES CARD !! 174 Question: What ed

So now you know that all sysex starts with f0 and ends with f7The next digit in our stream is 43 (hex)This is the manufacturer ID for Yamaha (the othe

This string forces the synth to switch to TG300B mode and reset all parameters to their GSdefaults (XG synth TG300B mode is an emulation of the Roland

application such as MIDI-ox, which monitors the output of any application (in conjunction withHubi’s Loopback), and thus provides an easy way to see w

7 Question: Is the MIDI adapter running at standard 31.25kbaud? Answer: Yes. 8 Question: The connector is quite odd (in appearance) for MIDI. Why?

Sustain Bn,40,xxPortamento Bn,41,xxSostenuto Bn,42,xxSoft Bn,43,xxFilter Resonance Bn,47,xx Harmonic ContentAmpEG Release Bn,48,xxAmpEG Attack Bn,49,x

191 Question: In Cool Edit Pro and SAW Plus (and any other app that supports multiple wavedevices), do you have any suggestions for ideal configurati

201 Question: Where can I get to hear the SW1000XG in my country? Answer: Please telephone one of the numbers in our ‘Where to go section’, and the

AX bays. So over the CN connector buss, individual wave channels can be routed to specificbusses on the DS2416. 209 Question: Where will I be able to

220 Question: The specs say the SW1000XG has four audio record channels, but I only see astereo input. Where are the other two inputs? Answer: Thes

Answer: Indeed. (DB50XG/SW60XG/Mu50/Mu80 and Cs1x users will at this point be saying...’What high pass filter ? ) 231 Question: Can the DSP effect

242 Question: How much hard disk space will the bounce use? Answer: !0.5mb approx. per stereo minute at 16 bit 44.1kHz. 243 Question: What is the

card (i.e. the SW1000XG), therefore, it may not sound at its best on a standard card (have youever heard VL without effects..!). In other words, forge

Answer: No, they are distinct and separate tone units. However, you can play a MIDI partusing voices (such as drums) from the TG300B side of the car

Answer: No. The SW1000XG does not as yet function as a sampler. You can, however, useapplications like Awave to convert SF2 data into wave file and

Answer: MIPS speeds are for people who get off on spec sheets. We prefer to talk about realthings, such as music. So if you want to read all about M

work as it should in some cases, there are only a couple of alternatives. One is if your BIOSallows you to set fixed IRQ numbers for the PCI slots, .

Zero host CPU used in synthesis systems. NoneUpgrades PLG100DX (DX7 Daughterboard), Second DS2416PLG100VL (VL70m daughterboard), AX44 (x2)PLG100VH (

boards), to secondary wave buss Yes (to multiple busses)PCI Plug & Play Yes YesNo of effects Types >70 (5 parallel busses) 40 (2 parallel busse

287 Question: What version of Direct X should I have installed? Answer: The SW1000XG does not use Direct X. For software such as Steinberg Rebirth,

295 Question: Can I combine the SW1000XG with any low cost digital i/o card to give me theelusive digital in? Answer: Yes, if that is what you need

Answer: This is because there are three independent MIDI ports built in to the card. Port 1supports channels 1-16, port 2 supports MIDI channels 17-

minimum for Win98). Some Applications software such as VST recommends more for allsoundcards);P166 or higher for general use (Please consult your soft

Answer: Yes, and no CPU power is used at all... Try doing that with an Active Movieplug in on a P166!! 330 Question: So I can mix and

Answer: Select the Media player and select ‘Wave’ as the option. Then load up any good 16bit stereo sound (44.1k) and press play. Make sure the audi

353 Question: How many MIDI channels does it support? Answer: 48 (32 Internal and 16 external). 354 Question: When I plugged a synth into the exte

25 Question: How many megabytes of samples were on the DB50XG and the SW60XG and theMU10? Answer: 4Megs. 26 Question: How many megs are on the CS1

When IRQ steering is enabled the BIOS still assigns IRQ's to PCI devices, and even thoughWindows has the ability to change these settings, it gen

NOTE: PCI bus IRQ steering is disabled by default in OSR2. If you are using OSR2, and IRQsteering is disabled, verify that the Use IRQ Steering check

371 Question: Is the SW1000XG a 32 bit device? Answer: Yes, the PCI architecture is 32 bit, but, as with almost every soundcard in the world(aside

accordingly at the correct PCI2.1 spec buss speed. If possible please use a PCI slot thatadheres to the PCI2.1 spec. 384 Question: How do I test for

391 Question: What is chorus? Answer: An audio effect that duplicates a sound, slightly changes and delays it, then overlaysit on top of the origin

generator, filter, modulation, and other parameters which can be applied to the basicwaveform.Furthermore, up to four elements, each with its own wave

Answer: Yes, so long as they have an external or battery power supply coming into them, asthe pro level 48v phantom supply required by most professi

Answer: Yes, but it won’t sound anywhere near as good if you have used XG properly. Thefact is that XG has way more effects and controllable paramet

such as byte merging, may be absent. The connector may vary according to the voltage thecard uses (3.3 or 5v; some cards can cope with both) The DS241

432 Question: As there is no CD audio input on the card for sampling, is it possible to findapplications software that will ‘rip’ audio from a CD, an

playing.;Chorus Buss - As above, but with chorus, phaser and flanger/detune styleeffects.;Variation Buss - As above, but can also be used as an insert

Answer: Yes, and the opto isolators (for all of you who worry about this) are built into the card,so no having to go and buy expensive joystick to M

46 Question: What are the main specs for audio on the card? Answer: Conservatively stated:; S/n > 94dB; THD < 0.02%; Dynamic range >94dB;P

Answer: Yes, and with the use of several other useful tools available online, you can get appslike VST running on 686p+ machines also, making, with