Yamaha V50, Authorized Product Manual

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REALTIME RECORDING
To record a pattern in realtime, use the following pro-
cedure.
(1) Press to enter pattern play mode.
(There is no need to do this if you are already in
pattern play mode.) If you enter song play mode
instead, press the below “ > toPTN” in the
display. The display will show as follows.
(2) Press and you will be ready to record.
You can press the below “ >EXIT” in the
display to return to the previous display.
(3) Make settings for the following six recording con-
ditions.
Record mode .. Select “Real” (realtime recording)
or “Step” (step recording). In this
example we will select “Real”.
PTN ................ Select the pattern (I00 – I99 or
P00 – P99) you want to record.
Time ............... Select a time signature from
1/4–8/4, 1/8–16/8, 1/16–32/16.
However, if you are recording an
already existing pattern, you will
not be able to change the time sig-
nature.
Bar .................. Set the length of the pattern (1– 4
measures, i.e., “bars”). However if
you are recording into an already
existing pattern, you will not be able
to change the pattern length.
Tempo ............ Set the tempo of the pattern
(30 – 240 quarter notes per minute).
Tempo can be changed after you
start to record.
Qntz ................ Specify quantization. Quantization
automatically corrects minor errors
in timing. Select from l/4, l/6, l/8,
l/12, l/16, l/24, l/32, or “off”.
When "off" is selected, quantization
will not be used. (Notes will be re-
corded with an accuracy of 1/48th
of a quarter note.) Quantization can
be changed after you start to record,
allowing you to use different quan-
tization settings when recording
each sound.
About quantization
These examples show how quantization would correct
minor timing errors if you recorded a pattern with a 4/4
time signature, playing notes at the timing indicated by
“o” in the following diagram.
If quantization was set to “1/4”, the notes would be
moved to the nearest quarter note.
If quantization was set to “1/8”, the notes would be
moved to the nearest eighth note.
If quantization was set to “1/16”, the notes would be
moved to the nearest sixteenth note.
Note:
When recording triplets, use a quantization setting
such as “1/12” or “1/24”.
(4) Play the keyboard to hear the location of the sound
you want to use. Each of the 61 notes of the keyboard
has a different sound assigned to it. So you won’t
have to hunt for the correct sound while recording,
make sure of the location of each sound you will
be using.
(5) Press The metronome (click) will begin
sounding with the time signature you selected.
(6) Play the notes to sound the desired rhythm instru-
ments at the correct timing. There is no need to play
all the instruments at once. As the pattern repeats,
you can add each instrument one by one. For ex-
ample, you might record the bass drum first, next
the hi-hat, etc.
If necessary, you can adjust the tempo and
quantization. However quantization will become
effective on the next repetition of the pattern. (The
Using the rhythm machine
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