Yamaha RY30, Authorized Product Manual

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Recording & Editing Patterns
The RY30 provides four different modes for recording and editing patterns:
1. Real-time record
2. Step record
3. Parameter record
4. Clock move.
Of these only the first two
—
real-time record and step record
—
can be used to create new patterns.
The parameter record and clock move modes are used to edit and modify patterns already created using
either or both of the other modes.
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Real-time Record
Real-time record allows you to enter patterns in “real time” via the RY30
instrument pads or a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connector.
Here’s an example of the real-time record procedure using the RY30 instrument
pads.
1. Select a pattern number between 000 and 099 (these are the RAM pattern
numbers that you can record and edit).
2. Select the pad bank that contains the instruments that you intend to use in
the pattern. You can always switch pad banks later to add different instru-
ments to the pattern.
3. Press the [REC] key to engage the record-ready mode. A display similar to
the following will appear.
4. The default time signature is 4/4. If you want to set a different time signa-
ture, use the and cursor keys to move the underline cursor to the time
signature parameter, then use the [INC] and [DEC] keys or the [DATA]
slider to select the required time signature.
The available time signatures are as follows:
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1/4 . . . 8/4
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l/8 . . . 16/8
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l/16 . . . 32/16
5. The default pattern length is 1 measure, but you can choose to record a pat-
tern of 2, 3, or 4 measures. Use the
and cursor keys to move the
underline cursor to the pattern length parameter, then use the [INC] and
[DEC] keys or the [DATA] slider to select the required length.
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