Yamaha P-250, Owner'S Manual

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P-250
Edit Operation
Settings for Song Recording and
Playback [SONG SETTING]
You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song (page 51).
Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the [Song Setting] menu.
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Correcting note timing [Quantize]
The P-250 enables you to correct the timing of notes. For
example, you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth
or sixteenth notes, or make the entire song feel more
lively by adding a swing rhythm. You can modify any
song, and listen while you change the settings.
Press the D [–]/[+] buttons to specify the note type, and
press one of the B [–(NO)]/[+(YES)] buttons to specify
whether or not you wish to store the changed value.
If you select “1/8” or “1/16” for correction, “Swing-
Rate=xx%” is displayed. You can specify the swing rate
from 0% to 100% by using the C [–]/[+] buttons. Setting
the swing rate to an appropriate value will make the
song sound more lively and swinging.
Adjusting the timing
OFF
1/4 . . . . . . . . . . .
Quarter note
1/8 . . . . . . . . . . . Eight note
1/12 . . . . . . . . . . Eight note triplets
1/16 . . . . . . . . . . Sixteen note
1/24 . . . . . . . . . . Sixteenth note triplets
Adjusting the timing of 1/8 notes:
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Specifying whether playback starts immedi-
ately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]
Press the D [–]/[+] buttons to specify whether a song that
starts in the middle of a bar or with a silence prior to the
first note should be played from the first note (ON) or
from the top of the bar (rest or blank) (OFF).
• Refer to page 61 for general information on setting the parameters.
• Refer to pages 3—5 of the separate “Data List” for information on the default parame-
ter settings.
VOICE/PERFORMANCE TEMPO SONG SONG BALANCE
MASTER VOLUME
MIDI SETTING CHORUS REVERB SPLIT CONTRAST
XG
8
16
B
YES NO
D
A
C
BASS
15
7
PERFORM. FILE
MASTER EQ EDIT
VARIATION
PERFORMANCE VOICE EDIT VIBES
GUITAR
14
6
SYNTH. PAD
13
5
E.PIANO3 HARPSI. CLAVI.
ORGAN 1
EXIT
9 B A
1
G.PIANO 1 EX.TRACKS SONG FILE PANEL LOCK TRACK1
TOP SONG SELECT
KEYBOARD SONG
MIN MAX
REC START/STOP
SYNCHRO START NEW SONG
TRACK2 MIDI OUT
ORGAN 2
10
2
G.PIANO 2
STRINGS
11
3
E.PIANO1
CHOIR
12
4
E.PIANO2
OTHER SETTING DOWN SONG SETTING UP
[SONG SETTING]
TERMINOLOGY
Quantize: To correct the timing of notes. (To perform an
operation to the MIDI data that will bring notes closer to a
specified grid of acceptable timing values.)
3
3
3
NOTE
Save the edited song data to memory using “SaveToMem-
ory.” (page 54)
3 3
Your playing timing on the Keyboard
Swing rate = 50% : not swinging
Swing rate = 75% (51% or higher) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly delayed.
Swing rate = 25% (49% or lower) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly early.
Swing rate = 67% :
The timing of the even beat notes is moved to
the third beat of the triplets.