User manual YAMAHA QY22

[. . . ] MUSIC SEQUENCER OWNER'S MANUAL Contents Z The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 What It Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Voice Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Song Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Here's how the display will look after two 8th notes have been entered. 118 ···································································································································· 7 1st beat. 2nd beat. Creating a Complete Song Note pointer. Each dash represents a 32nd note (12 clocks). 4th beat. The Note Display The note display shows up to four 1/4-notes worth of data at once (that's one measure in 4/4 time). If the selected time signature results in more than four 1/4 notes per measure, then the display will scroll to show the extra notes. On the other hand, if the time signature is 3/4, then the 4th beat is not used and appears as double dashes on the display ("========"). Moving Around In the Note Display You can move the cursor down to the note display (the note pointer will appear filled) and move the note pointer to any position at which you want to enter a note, or to any note that you want to delete. You will actually hear the appropriate note or chord when the note pointer is moved to an existing note symbol. When you move the note pointer past the end of the note display, the next measure will appear. Cursor moved to note pointer (pointer filled). Note that the pointer points up to notes in the upper row and down to notes in the lower row. ···································································································································· 119 7 Creating a Complete Song The Step Mode Function Keys The four function keys immediately to the right of the display provide access to a number of handy functions in the step record mode. The "del" key deletes the note or chord at the note pointer. The "Bdl" key moves the note pointer backward by the Delete note at note pointer. currently selected note length and Step back by current deletes any notes that exist at that note length and delete. The "rst" key enters a rest Enter rest of current of the currently selected note length note length. And the Enter a note of the same "tie" key lengthens the previously length as the last note, entered note by "tying" another note tied to the last note (this of the same length and pitch to it effectively lengthens the (the "tie" key only works immedilast note). The Measure/Beat/Clock Display The "Meas" area of the step record display shows the current position of the note pointer in measures, 1/4-note beats, and clocks (there are 96 clocks per 1/4 note). If you're not sure what measure you're seeing on the note display while recording, check the measure/beat/clock display. Measure number (001 . . . 999). m 1/4-note beat (01, 02, 03, 04 if 4/4 time). Clock (96 clocks per 1/4 note). 120 ···································································································································· m m m m 7 < Complete the song. Creating a Complete Song Repeat steps 7 and 8 until the current track of the ] to stop recording song is complete, then press [ and go back to step 5 to record the next track, as necessary. See the "Editing Songs & Patterns" section , page 140, for information on how to edit recorded song data. DETAIL ···································································································································· 121 7 Creating a Complete Song The Song Jobs The song mode includes 14 song "jobs" that perform a variety of important functions. To access and use the song jobs, press the [MENU] key while in the normal SONG play mode, and then press the function key next to "Job" on the display. MODE This calls the song job list. You can select any job on the list simply by moving the cursor to the required job and pressing [ENTER]. 122 ···································································································································· m Press for song job list. 7 Song jobs 1 . . . 12. Creating a Complete Song Song jobs 9 . . . 14. Returning to the Song Play Mode The function button next to "Exit" on the display can be used to exit from any song job, and then from the job list thereby returning you to the normal song play mode. m Press to exit to job list. Press to exit to song play mode. m ···································································································································· 123 7 Creating a Complete Song 1: Mix Track Combines the data contained in two specified source tracks and places the result in a third destination track. The destination track can be the same as either of the source tracks. First source track (TR1 . . . TR4). m m m After setting the parameters as required, press [ENTER]. [. . . ] Tel: 686-00-33 GREECE Philippe Nakas S. A. Navarinou Street 13, P. Code 10680, Athens, Greece Tel: 01-364-7111 AUSTRIA/HUNGARY/SLOVENIA/ ROMANIA/BULGARIA Yamaha Music Austria Ges m b H. Schleiergasse 20, A-1100 Wien Austria Tel: 0222-60203900 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J. Wettergrens Gata 1 Box 30053 S-400 43 Göteborg, Sweden Tel: 031 89 34 00 BRASIL Yamaha Musical Do Brasil LTDA. [. . . ]