background image

upper-right corner of the screen.

hunction

window

"

't Select the function (its name appears in reversed color).

RETURN' or !SELECT! Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

(A) If the Sure? (RET/ESC) message appears, confirm or cancel.

'RETURN] to confirm

Press the LEFT button again to confirm.

To cancel, use the keyboard.

ESC] to cancel

Setting note

length and

other symbols

* Step

Write

Recording

only

* See also

table below

(1'; Move the arrow-mark cursor to one of the music symbol located in the

step write recording window.

I 1, r-1, and FITI

(Cursor Keys)

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

(4 Select a music symbol (its background turns to blue).

RETURN' or 'SELECT]

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

* One note length is always selected. Selecting a note length automatically

de-selects the previously selected note length.

* Symbols other than note length symbols are de-selected in the same way

they are selected.

* Triplet symbol is automatically selected when the 64th note symbol is

selected.

Correcting

or moving

a note

* Edit

window

if Locate the signal dash of the note by moving the arrow-mark cursor

over the edition area.

L.,--1 and 1—.1

(Cursor Keys)

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

(i) Select the note to be modified or moved.

RETURN 1 or SELECT!

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

* If there are more than one note at the same location. repeat step 2 until

the parameters of the desired note are displayed in blue color.

* To alter the note, refer to the above entry "Changing various

settings".

* To move the note, follow steps T and (4 to locate its KEY ON signal

dash, then see step () below.

(4) Move the KEY ON signal of the note.

HOME! (to the left)

Move the mouse to the left or to the right while

pressing its RIGHT button. Do not start moving

before pressing the button.

1DEL 1 (to the right)

(Cursor Keys)

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

MAI, I-1, and 1—

(Cursor Keys)

(?) Activate the icon (its color will turn blue).

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

IRE [URN' or SELECT!

* A large icon is automatically de-selected when you select another one.

(I) Move the arrow-mark cursor to one of the small icons located at the

upper-left corner of the screen.

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

0], H. I,- I, and 1—

(Cursor Keys)

C4 Activate the icon (its color will turn blue).

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

[BETURNI or ISELECTI

* A small icon is automatically de-selected when you select another one OR

when you repeat step (4. with the cursor on the selected icon.

* Selection of second and third icon is possible only if a red circle appears

front to one track number in the Re column.

(1) Move the arrow-mark cursor to one of the small icons located at the

lower-right corner of the screen.

1, M, 14-1, and 1—.1

(Cursor Keys)

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

© Activate the icon (the color of the symbol will change or the symbol will

start flashing).

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

* Recording mode can be selected only in Record page and when a red

circle appears front to a track number in the Re column.

(D Move the arrow-mark cursor to the data to be set.

Move the mouse across a level surface

WITHOUT pressing any button.

[0, II, 14-1, and t—d

(Cursor Keys)

(--_'), If the data is a numerical parameter, set its value.

'HOME1 to decrease

!DELI to increase

Move the mouse to the left (to decrease) or to the

right (to increase) WHILE pressing the RIGHT

button.

* Some parameters may be set by changing one digit at the time.

(4 If the data corresponds to a two-state feature (ON/OFF and the like),

select the option

Press the LEFT button of the mouse.

'RETURN' or !SELECT'

 16 —

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Summary of Contents for YRM-301

Page 1: ...M A M A T S U J A P A N 1 0 1 V I D 1 3 7 M 18 5 0 94 0C RPrintedinJ a p a n M I D I R E L I T L l mO W N E R S l A N U A i m L o n E N R E 6 I 3 N a J R M I D I M A N U E L D U T I L I S A T I O N 4 3 NIPPDNG A K K ICO L TD P R I N T E D I N J A P A N 3 S ...

Page 2: ... e m E x a m p l e1 M I D IR e c o r d e r D X 7 ThreeT X 7 s R X 1 5 5 S y s t e m E x a m p l e2 M I D IR e c o r d e r K X 8 8 T X 4 1 6 I R X 1 1 6 S y s t e m E x a m p l e3 M I D IR e c o r d e r D X 2 1 S F G 0 5S y n t h e s i z e rUnit 7 C H A P T E RIIG E T T I N G S T A R T E D 9 I S T A R T I N G T H E P R O G R A M 1 0 O V E R V I E W O F O P E R A T I O N 1 2 U s i n gaM o u s e 1 2 ...

Page 3: ... 4 6 T I O N S 4 6 o n 4 7 o n 4 7 S e l e c t i o n ction 4 7 4 8 tion 4 8 p l e c t i o n 4 8 c k 4 8 4 8 4 9 M E T E R S 5 0 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 G E 5 4 D e r a t i o n s 5 5 a t i o n s 5 6 5 7 5 9 5 9 A G E S 5 9 6 0 1 M U 1 S 1 K S V E N D B O R G N A S 1 U M ...

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Page 10: ...T h e s e k e y sc a nb e _ u s e dtoa c t i v a t et h ec o r r e s p o n d i n gf u n c t i o n s a sc a nt h e S T O PKey S T O P F i g 1 3Specialk e y s t o N u m e r i cK e y s1 T h e s e k e y sc a nb eu s e dtodirectlys e l e c tt h ea v a i l a b l en o t el e n g t hv a l u e sd u r i n gt h es t e pwritem o d e A l lt h e s ef u n c t i o n swillb em e n t i o n e dinc o n t e x tlaterin...

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Page 19: ...then o r m a lway theM I D IC h a n n e ln u m b e rthatthek e y b o a r dis e r e c o r d e dalongwiththem u s i cdata T h etrackwill r e m e m b e r thisn u m b e r c o r d i n gonlyo nthatM I D Ic h a n n e l O u r4 trackrecordingp r o c e d u r ew o u l dgo A a n s m i to nM I D Ic h a n n e l2 a n dtheT X 7 stoM I D IC h a n n e l s2 3a n d4respectively ea sT X 7 2 T X 7 3a n dT X 7 4respecti...

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Page 22: ...S C m e s s a g ewilld i s a p p e a r a n daftert h ec o p yf u n c t i o nh a s b e e nc a r r i e do u t w h i c hwillt a k eaf e w s e c o n d s d e p e n d i n g o nt h el e n g t h o ft h etrack thew o r d C o p willr e s u m eitsf o r m e rcolor Y o u c a nactuallyc o p yo n t oatrackc o n t a i n i n gm a t e r i a l a n dt h en e wd a t awillb ea d d e do n t ot h ee n d o ft h eexistingd...

Page 23: ... t a P e r f o r m a n c edata aftercorrection F i g 3 2Q u a n t i z eDisplay N o t ethatify o uquantizeac o m p l e xa n drapidm e l o d y s e v e r a ln o t e sm a yb eq u a n t i z e dtothes a m e q u a n t i z eunit resultinginc h o r d s Ifthisisnotdesirable y o uc a na l w a y squantizetheoriginaltrack a g a i n us ingashorterq u a n t i z eunit T h e Q u a n t i z ep r o c e d u r eisa sfo...

Page 24: ...h eE d i tD i s p l a ywilla p p e a rint h el o w e rleft p o r t i o noft h es c r e e n T h e notedisplay l o c a t e dint h eu p p e rs e c t i o noft h eeditd i s p l a ys h o w s int h ef o r mofvertical note d a s h e s the K E Y O N a n d K E Y O F F s i g n a l sfore a c hn o t e T h eu p p e rr o wofd a s h e sindicate K E Y O N s i g n a l s a n dthel o w e rr o wi n d i c a t e s K E Y...

Page 25: ...ap a n e lgoblank Furtherp r e s s i n gofthe L S _ E L E C T key willrestartdisplayofthen o t e s P r e s sthe S E L E C Tkeyuntilthed e s i r e dn o t eisd i s p l a y e dinblue in dicatingthatitisr e a d yforediting W i t ham o u s e locatethed a s hc o r r e s p o n d i n gtoachord a n dcontinuetoholdd o w ntheleftm o u s e b u t t o n T h edatarelatingtoe a c hnotewithinthec h o r dwillb ed i...

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Page 29: ...onoftheM I D IR e c o r d e r sinternaloranexternalM I D Iclockforsyn chronization P l a c ethecursorjustu n d e rt h eb l u eInternalorM I D Ip a r a m e t e ra n dp r e s st h eleftm o u s e b u t t o northec o m p u t e r S E L E C Tkeytoselect N o r m a l l y theM I D IR e c o r d e r sinternalclocks h o u l db es e l e c t e d InthisconditiontheM I D IR e c o r d e r willrecorda n dplayb a c ...

Page 30: ...T h i swillcallthefileh a n d l i n gp a g e F1 C E i 0 n 1 1i rlfr ficirlac T h e threeselectorsatthetopleftofthiss c r e e nselectfloppyd i s k c a s s e t t e orm e m o r ycartridgeop e r a t i o ninorderf r o mlefttoright m e m o r ycartridgeo p e r a t i o nisnotutlilizablewithc o n v e n t i o n a lM I D I R e c o r d e rfiles a n disnoti m p l e m e n t e datthistime T h eM I D IR e c o r d...

Page 31: ... T h ec o m p u t e rwilla s ky o utoc o n f i r my o u rintentiontol o a d R E T r 7 r N m e s s a g e M a k e s u r ethatt h ec a s s e t t et a p eisw o u n dtoap o i n tb e f o r e e d startthec a s s e t t erecorderintheP L A Y m o d ethenp r e s sthec o m p u t e r e leftm o u s eb u t t o ntoload P r e s sthec o m p u t e rIE S C keytoabortt h el o a dop a m e s s a g ewilla p p e a rint h ...

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