Yamaha SY99, Owner'S Manual

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SONG MODE
Summary: The first song edit job directory contains
operations which allow you manipulate data for
entire tracks and songs.
Procedure:
From: song play mode
Press: F3 (Job1) (JUMP #600)
Select: the desired song edit job
Move the cursor in this area and press ENTER to
select the specified job.
Pressing F1-F5 will select the corresponding job.
01: Append Song: Append one song to the end
of another.
02: Cut Song: Cut a song in two.
03: Copy Song: Make a copy of a song.
04: Copy Track: Copy a track from one song to
another.
05: Clear Song: Erase all data for one song or all
songs.
Summary: This operation is used to append one
song to the end of another.
Procedure:
From: song edit job directory 1 (JUMP #600)
Select: 01 Append Song. (JUMP #601)
Specify: the song to be appended, and the song
to which it is to be appended.
To execute: press ENTER.
To quit: without executing, press EXIT.
Source (1...10): Specify the song to be
appended. This song will be cleared as a result
of the append operation.
Destination (1...10): Specify the song to which
the song in (1) is to be appended.
combined whole. Any repeat end marks in the
destination song which do not have correspond-
ing repeat begin marks will be removed from the
destination song during the append process.
The two songs will play back-to-back, with
one exception: if Track 16 of the destination song
is shorter than the other tracks, Track 16 of the
source song will be moved forward in time and
attached directly to the end of the destination
Track 16. As a result, the pattern data for the
source song will begin playing before the rest of
the destination song has ended. To avoid this
problem, check to be sure that Track 16 of the
destination song is the same length as the rest
of the tracks. If it is not, you may wish to pad the
track with blank patterns.
When there is not sufficient sequencer
memory to perform the append operation.
When the same song is specified as both the
source and destination.
When the combined pattern chain exceeds
the maximum number of parts.
Remarks: When the source song is appended to
the destination song, the tempo, transmit chan-
nels, next song, next mode, and song name for
the destination song will remain valid for the
Errors: An attempt to append a song will result in
an error under any of the following conditions:
2 1 4
Song edit jobs 1
JUMP #600
SONG EDIT JOBS 1
1. Append song
JUMP #601