■ OVERVIEW Sober design, quite minimal, machine is not so big all.
The Ry30 is a 1 6-note polyphony, digital core with 16 touch sensitive pads which are a kind of horror to fix ... talking by experience). Quite limited display, standard at the time, the ry30 has a non so conventional pitch bender for sound control.

■ RELATED RACK VERSION with differences is Yamaha RM50 - check out our page

■EDIT  Sound engine is based on AWM2 synthesis from SY-TG synth (in fact waveform cards are compatible); internal engine is 16-bit, up to 48kHz PCM - but most of the waveforms are at 22 or 33 kHz according to ROM waves dump. The RY30 internal wavetable are acoustic drum and percussion samples and an additional 6 analog waves with some kind of bass. Additional sounds and patterns can be brought in via ROM cards for the RY30/RM50 as well as some SY/TG cards.

■ WAVEFORMS These are divided into eight categories: Kicks (12), Snares (19), Hi-Hats (8), Cymbals (5), Toms (8), Latin Percussion (20), Effects (12) and Synthesised Waveforms (6). Waves can be reversed, if you really have to.

■FILTER digital 12 and 24 db/oct highpass and lowpass filters. Fun real-time tweaks can be made and assigned to midi control (e.g cutoff CC16) or velocity. Variable cutoff point, a resonance amount (on the low-pass filters) and filter EG initial level and rate per Wave.

■ EG you can set a pitch EG initial rate and level (+), define pitch, filter and amplitude sensitivity to velocity (for the pads), assign the Voice to the stereo outs and/or one of the 4 individual outs. Simmons-bend sound can be achieved quite easily.

■SEQUENCER  Resolution: 1/96 note (Up to 96th note maximum resolution) Tempo range: 40-250bpm (also metronome stealing one note polyphony-  Realtime or step mode. Quantization records e from eighth notes to 96th notes, including triplets, and can be changed during recording. 

■ MACRO function can program up to ten sequences of button-presses which can each then be actioned from a couple of button-presses (same found on RM50). I still have to figure out if really useful.

■MEMORY- 100 preset patterns + 100 user programmable patterns (up to 4 measures per pattern), 20 songs (up to 999 measures each)

■Polyphony - 16 note polyphony 
Sounds - 16-bit AWM2, 48 kHz. Drum tones: 96 internal PCM sounds, 32 sounds per external ROM card.
Sequencer - Resolution: 1/96 note, Tempo range: 40-250bpm.
Filter - Digital Filter, High (12 and 24 dB/oct) and Lowpass (12 and 24 dB/oct)
VCA - Decay Rate + Volume. Envelope rate can be modulated by Velocity.
Keyboard - 12 pads with velocity sensitive controlling filter, volume, EQ, and pitch
Memory - 100 preset and 100 user programmable patterns (up to 4 measures per pattern), 20 songs (up to 999 measures each).
Control - MIDI IN/OUT (16-part multitimbral)
Date Produced - 1991

■  PSU DC 15V power input, positive center should be around 0,5A don't mess out with classic roland polarity of era.

 ■ Connections Stereo headphones output, L/Mono and R outputs, two polyphonic individual outs, a footswitch input , MIDI In and Out sockets, a card slot for WAVE card, and a cassette in/out socket (for cassette storage old fashion). 

■ Dimensions: 370 x 254 x 67 mm
weight: 2,1 kg

■ NO SERVICE MANUAL . if you have it contact us, it will be shared here for free.

■ USER MANUAL DOWNLOAD 

RY30 Factory Reset procedure
WARNING: All user stored data (including voices, patterns, songs, and setup data) will be deleted. If the current settings and data are not expendable, create a backup before executing the Factory Reset.
1) Turn on the power.
2) Press and simultaneously hold down the [DEC] button, the [PATTERN] button, and the [PERC 2] button.
3) Continue to hold the buttons down until the message 'RY30 Test Entry' appears in the display.
4) Release all three buttons. The display will read 'STOP/CONTINUE = FACTORY SET'.
5) Press the [STOP/CONT] button. The RY30 will execute the initialization and return to play mode.