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Mobile Music Sequencer Owner’s Manual 

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Song playback controls and indicators

Tap to move the playhead to the start 
of the song.

Tap to start playback of the current 
song. Tap while playing to stop the 
song.

Shows the current chord from the selected section 
during playback.

Tap to move the playhead forwards or 
backwards in steps of one measure.

Shows the playback position in terms of 
measures and beats. 

Tap to have playback loop within the 
Loop Area. 

Tap to have the screen scroll to follow 
the playhead. 

Loop Area

Slide the triangle on the left to set the 
loop start point. Slide the triangle on 
the right to set the loop end point.

Summary of Contents for Mobile

Page 1: ...een displays as illustrated in this Owner s Manual are for instructional purposes and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your devicer Apple iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries The company names and product names in this Owner s Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies 2013 Yamaha Corporation ...

Page 2: ... in the PHRASE SELECT pane to select it PRESET Tap to display the app s preset i e built in phrases USER Tap to display phrases that you have edited and saved CATEGORY Tap to list the phrases based on instrument and music category 5 Tap VIEW from the PHRASE menu The phrase you selected will now be visible in the Phrase Viewer Repeat Steps 2 through 5 to arrange phrases as needed 1 Phrase Viewer Ce...

Page 3: ... your phrase Tap Create in the menu that appears 3 Add notes and other performance data to the phrase The Piano Roll Editor will be displayed allowing you to add notes one by one If necessary you can tap in the top left corner to open the Keyboard Screen On that screen you can record notes directly into the phrase as you play We recommend that you create phrases based on only one chord Once create...

Page 4: ...d at any time For details refer to Editing Phrases NOTE MIDI events and certain other parameters cannot be edited for Preset phrases or for User phrases created by saving Preset phrases Editing voices After adding phrases to a part you can change or modify its voice For details refer to Editing Parts ...

Page 5: ... in Area 3 tap the desired chord type The selected chord will now be set at that beat position The notes that make up the selected chord will be shown on the keyboard in Area 4 When a section is playing the Chord Indicator will show the current chord The following settings can also be made in the Section Editor Setting the section name and length in measures 1 In the Phrase Viewer select a section...

Page 6: ...ve the section to the measure at which you wish it to start shown by the white playhead and then release your finger from the screen All of the section s phrases will now be expanded into the song You can edit your song at any time For details refer to Editing Songs You can also mix your song and adjust the effects For details refer to Mixing Adjusting Effects Song Area Touch and slide Release you...

Page 7: ...e current chord from the selected section during playback Tap to move the playhead forwards or backwards in steps of one measure Shows the playback position in terms of measures and beats Tap to have playback loop within the Loop Area Tap to have the screen scroll to follow the playhead Loop Area Slide the triangle on the left to set the loop start point Slide the triangle on the right to set the ...

Page 8: ...ta mode for viewing and editing velocity pitch bend or control change messages Tap to return to the previous screen Use this scroll bar to move along the length of the phrase or block A note from the phrase or block The length of the rectangle corresponds to the length of the note Use this scroll bar to move along the length of the keyboard Turn on to allow editing Turn on to have notes snap into ...

Page 9: ...m the list displayed The velocities of the notes in the phrase or block will be displayed The taller the bar the greater the velocity 3 Tap a velocity bar to change its value NOTE In Step 2 above you can also choose to edit pitch bend or control change messages Batch editing velocity gate time note shift and quantize data 1 Ensure that is turned off tap if necessary 2 Select the notes that you wis...

Page 10: ...ection ADDITIONAL This mode lets you select multiple notes Selecting a new note adds it to the previous selection Tapping any of the currently unselected area cancels the entire selection NOTE In this mode you can select all notes at the same pitch as the one tapped TO START In this mode you can select all notes from the one tapped to the start of the phrase or block TO END In this mode you can se...

Page 11: ...ards Use these scroll bars to move along the length of the keyboards Tap to set the quantization mode Tap to bring up the voice list You can then tap a voice from the list to select it If recording into a phrase the phrase s voice setting will change accordingly If recording into a song block the corresponding part s voice will change accordingly REPLACE Existing notes in the phrase or block will ...

Page 12: ...ou can select a variation for the remix mode from Area 1 3 Use Area 3 to set the measures to be remixed You can also tap ALL ON to remix all measures or ALL OFF to clear the current selection 4 Area 4 is used to select a remix type The bar below the type number corresponds to one measure and the lines show the remix points within the measure By changing the type therefore you can remix the phrase ...

Page 13: ...he phrase s notes as little as possible for smoother chord progressions Chord1 This type significantly changes the phrase making it ideal for backing tracks In specific terms the phrase will be converted or transposed based on the chord types and roots set for the section Chord2 As above this type also significantly changes the phrase and is ideal for backing tracks In response to chord changes Mo...

Page 14: ...Setting Editor is used to set a name and category for the phrase It can be opened by tapping OTHER in Step 4 above PHRASE NAME Tap in the name field to bring up the keyboard and then enter a name for the phrase CATEGORY Use this to select a category for the phrase LENGTH Use this value to set the length of the phrase in measures TRANSPOSE If you need to transpose the phrase you can set the require...

Page 15: ... the part Tap to close the window without making any changes Tap to close the window and apply your changes Tap to solo the part Double tap the part button to open the Part window Tap to bring up the keyboard and then enter a name for the part When turned on the part s phrases will use the voices set in the Phrase Voice Setup Editor which can be accessed from the Phrase Edit menu Here you can sele...

Page 16: ...egories and voices for the assigned instrument When you select one of the listed voices Mobile Music Sequencer will send the corresponding program change message to the connected instrument NOTE Tap SYSTEM MIDI PORT and then HARDWARE to assign an instrument to this button Editing a part s voice 1 Tap the part button for the part whose voice you wish to edit 2 Tap EDIT from the PART menu 3 Edit the...

Page 17: ...Tap to cut copy or delete the selected blocks When enabled the selected blocks will loop during song playback Tap to edit the selected blocks on the Piano Roll Editor This menu is displayed whenever one or more blocks have been selected Tap in order to touch and slide the selected blocks to new lengths Tap in order to touch and slide the selected blocks up or down to different parts Tap in order t...

Page 18: ...the Mixer screen Mixer screen Adjusting effects Tap EFFECT to open the Effects screen Here you can configure a variation effect the reverb and the chorus Effects screen Tap these buttons to display the Effect Connection Layout the Variation Effect Editor the Chorus Editor or the Reverb Editor ...

Page 19: ...es that you can work with and this can be toggled between PRESET and USER NOTE Preset files cannot be overwritten renamed or deleted The User list contains the project files that you have created NEW Tap to create a new Mobile Music Sequencer project LOAD Tap to load the selected file SAVE Tap to save your data as a Mobile Music Sequencer project EXPORT Tap to convert the selected file to SMF form...

Page 20: ...nd data files selected in the list When playing back sound data directly from SoundCloud the playback sound is output only from the iPad When the Library window is displaying the data files of Local Opens the SoundCloud Upload window When the Library window is displaying the data files of SoundCloud Downloads the selected file When the Library window is displaying the data files of Local Copies th...

Page 21: ...ap SYSTEM followed by GENERAL to make the following settings SOUND SOUND Turn off to stop Mobile Music Sequencer producing any sound Normally Sound should be turned on BACK GROUND PLAY When turned on you will still be able to hear Mobile Music Sequencer when it is running in the background When turned off playback will be halted as soon as the app is moved to the background MASTER VOLUME Use this ...

Page 22: ...ireless Network MIDI HARDWARE Tap to display a list of connected synthesizers Program change messages can be sent to the selected synthesizer from the Part Voice Select Editor NOTE This setting does not change automatically when devices are connected For details on the Part Voice Select Editor refer to Setting a part s voice from Editing Parts Tap SYSTEM followed by METRONOME to make the following...

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