Yamaha SY99, Owner'S Manual

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SONG MODE
Song play
Summary: This is where you will playback the song.
You can also make settings for the metronome
and synchronization.
Procedure:
From: any mode
Press: SONG to enter song play mode. The SONG
LED will light red.
Song (1...10): This shows the number of the
currently selected song. The name assigned to
the song is displayed after the song number.
Measure (001...999): This determines the mea-
sure from which the song will begin play back.
You can modify this by moving the cursor here
and specifying the measure, or by using the se-
quencer location buttons LOCATE, or
Time (1/4...32/16); This displays the time signa-
ture you specified in song record mode. This
cannot be modified in song play mode.
(30...250): This determines the tempo in
quarter notes per minute.
Used (0....100%): This displays the amount of
used sequencer memory.
Next Song (1... 10, Off): This determines the
number of the song which is to be selected when
the current song is done playing. If a next song
is selected, the SY99 will automatically set
itself up for the new song when the current song
is finished. Also, the Mute function will be
turned off and all tracks used in the new song
will be turned on at this time. A setting of "Off"
for Next Song means that the SY99 will remain
set up for the currently selected song when it is
finished playing.
The Next Song item only determines
whether the SY99 will set up for another song;
whether the next song will play automatically is
determined by the Next Mode setting, below.
Next Mode (Stop, Play): This determines
whether the song selected using the Next Song
item will play automatically when the current
song is finished playing. Set this item to "Play"
to chain play one or more songs.
PRG Select (on, off): This determines whether a
program change message will be executed each
time the current song is selected. When this
item is turned on, the currently selected voice or
multi wil be registered for automatic selection
whenever the current song is selected, whether
as a next song, by MIDI song select, or
manually. (The SY99 will automatically change
to Voice or Multi mode, as appropriate, when
this selection is made.) When this item is set to
"off," the selection of the song will not affect the
tone generator setting.
Click (off, rec, rec/play, always): This deter-
mines when the click (metronome) will sound.
off: The metronome will not sound.
rec: The metronome will sound only during
recording.
rec/play: The metronome will sound during
recording or playback.
always: The metronome will sound constantly.
Click Beat (1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/24): This
determines the beat on which the click will
sound.
Sync (internal, MIDI): This determines the tim-
ing source which will control the sequencer.
Normally you will leave this set to internal so
that the SY99's own clock will determine the
tempo.
If you are using an external MIDI sequencer
and want the SY99's sequencer to play in
synchronization with it, set this to MIDI so that
MIDI clock messages received at MIDI IN will
determine the tempo.
Pressing F1 (Mute) will mute all tracks so that
you will hear no sound even during playback.
Notes which are already sounding when you
press F1 will continue sounding for their original
duration. Press F1 once again to un-mute the
tracks.
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