Pattern Play - Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual

PATTERN MODE
Summary: In pattern play mode you can select and
playback any pattern 01-99. You can also make
settings for the click (metronome) and synchro-
nization.
Procedure:
Press: PATTERN to enter pattern play mode. The
PATTERN LED will light red.
Select: the pattern to playback.
To start: playback press RUN.
To stop: playback press STOP.
Pattern (01...99): This selects the pattern to
playback.
Measure (001...032): This determines the mea-
sure from which the pattern will begin playback.
Move the cursor here and specify the measure,
or use the sequencer location buttons (
LOCATE, or
Time (1/4...32/16): This displays the time signa-
ture for this pattern as you specified in pattern
record mode. This cannot be modified in pattern
play mode.
(30...250): This determines the tempo in
quarter notes per minute.
Used (0...100%): This displays the amount of
used sequencer memory.
Length (1...32): This displays the length of the
pattern.
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.
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Pattern play

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.
Press F5 (Job) to move to the Pattern Edit job
directory. Refer to the following section, Pattern
edit jobs.
Press F6 (Stup) to move to the Pattern Setup job
directory. Refer to the following section, Song
setup edit jobs.
Press F7 (T-Ch) to view or change the transmit
channel settings for tracks 1 through 16. Refer to
the following section, Transmit channel.
Press F8 (Clr) to clear a selected pattern or all
patterns. Refer to the following section, Clear
pattern.
Start and stop playback: Press RUN and the pat-
tern will begin playback from the point specified
by the measure setting. Press STOP and play-
back will stop.
During playback: During playback you can select
another pattern, and modify the tempo, click, and
click beat settings.
Patterns which contain no data cannot be
selected. When you change the pattern number
during playback, the currently playing pattern
will finish before the newly selected pattern
begins.
Pattern edit: Any time while in pattern play mode
you can press EDIT to edit the pattern. For
details refer to Pattern edit, page 241.