Yamaha TENORI-ON TNR-W Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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TENORI-ON Manual 18
Performance Modes Draw Mode
Draw Mode
The Draw Mode is assigned to layers 12 and 13.
In this mode you can press individual LED buttons or draw lines or curves on the matrix, and
those actions will be played back and repeated. You can keep adding to your "composition"
during playback to build up thick sonic textures.
[Reference]
Recording and playback of LED button operations loops in 16th-beat increments in the Score mode. LED
button operations are played back in the next loop. The loop length (cycle) can be adjusted via the Loop
Speed parameter (Loop Speed Page 29, 51. Master Loop Speed Page 45).
In the Draw Mode you cannot clear only a part of the performance. The entire layer can be cleared by
pressing the [CLEAR] button.
When a button is pressed it will sound and be activated immediately. In the Draw Mode there
is no need to press and hold a button to enter a note. Because this, in the Draw mode is
possible to "draw sounds" by running your finger(s) over the LED button matrix in various
ways.
[Reference]
The note length (gate time) can be changed as required. (Sound Length Page 25, 52)
As in the Score Mode the factory default scale for the vertical axis is an ionian scale,
corresponding to the white keys on a piano. Nothing is assigned to the horizontal axis, but
you can run your finger over the matrix horizontally to produce notes in quick succession.
[Reference]
Selecting a scale other than the ionian scale. (Master Scale Page 44)
Changing octaves. (Octave Page 26)
Changing the light animation. (Animation Page 53)
Draw Mode Operation
Draw curves or shapes on the LED buttons. The sounds/lights of the drawn curve will repeat at a
pre-determined interval.
High
Low
Pitch