Yamaha professional workstation Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Song Creator
Song Creator
Reference 119
The functions of each menu item in the display are explained below.
About Measure/Beat/Clock
Velocity settings
The following parameters are available.
Kbd. Vel ...........When this is selected, the strength at which you play the keyboard deter-
mines the recorded velocity values.
fff.....................The velocity of the entered note is set to 127.
ff......................The velocity of the entered note is set to 111.
f.......................The velocity of the entered note is set to 95.
mf....................The velocity of the entered note is set to 79.
mp...................The velocity of the entered note is set to 63.
p......................The velocity of the entered note is set to 47.
pp....................The velocity of the entered note is set to 33.
ppp..................The velocity of the entered note is set to 15.
Gate time settings
The following parameters are available.
Normal ............ 80%
Tenuto ............. 100%
Staccato.......... 40%
Staccatissimo.. 20%
Manual ............. When this is selected, you can specify the Gate time as a percentage
manually.
When this is set to on (highlighted), you can
play only the currently displayed track.
Select the track to be recorded.
Instantly returns to the rst beginning of the current
recorded song (i.e. the rst beat of the rst measure).
Moves the cursor up/down.
The "size" of the current recording
step time for the next note to be
entered. This determines to what posi-
tion the pointer will advance after a
note has been entered.
Press this to actually delete the event
at the current cursor position.
Pressing the button alternately switches the note
selectors (at the bottom of the display) among three
basic note values: normal, dotted and triplet..
This sets the note length (time that the note is actu-
ally sounded), as a percentage of the step time. See
"Gate time settings" below.
This species the velocity for the next note to be
entered. See "Velocity settings" below.
This shows the current position at which you
enter the note.
Clock: 384 clocks per 1/4-note.
Beat: 1 - 4 (for 4/4 time)
Measure number
Measue
Beat
Clock
1
1
000-
383
2
000-
383
3
000-
383
4
000-
383
2
1
000-
383
2
000-
383
3
000-
383
4
000-
383
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