Basic Operation: Score Mode - Yamaha TNR-e Quick Manual

Basic Operation: Score Mode

TNR-e "Modes"
The TNR-e 16 x 16 LED button matrix is simultaneously a performance
input controller and display. By operating and interacting with LED
buttons and the light they produce you gain access to the TNR-e's
numerous performance capabilities.
The TNR-e provides six different performance and sound/light modes
for broad performance versatility, and these modes can be combined
and used simultaneously for rich, complex musical expression.
The Score Mode
The Score mode is the basic TNR-e performance mode. In this mode
the TNR-e interface functions like a musical "score" on which you can
write the notes to be played in one musical measure via the 16 x 16
LED button matrix. The time axis of the score proceeds from left to right
(the horizontal axis), beginning at the left edge of the matrix and then
looping back to the beginning once the right edge of the matrix is
reached. The vertical axis corresponds to the pitch of the notes played.
If more than one note is entered on the same vertical line, for example,
those notes will be played simultaneously as an interval or chord. The
maximum number of notes or intervals/chords that can be entered
horizontally is 16, but within that range the number and playback
speed can be set as required, allowing the creation of complex
groupings when multiple Score-Mode layers are combined.
Performance in the Score Mode
Tap an LED button to play the sound assigned to it. At the same time
the lights will flash outward from the played sound. If you hold the LED
button a bit longer it will remain lit and will become an active note that
will play repeatedly. Touch and hold an active note to de-activate it.
The loop indicator will be continuously cycling from the left to right
edge of the LED button matrix. Active notes will play when the loop
indicator coincides with their positions on the matrix.
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Tap the [CLEAR] button to de-activate all active notes of the current layer.
TNR-e Quick Guide
The six modes
• Score mode
• Random mode
• Draw mode
• Bounce mode
• Push mode
• Solo mode
Loop indicator
High
D
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
Pitch
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
C
Low
Loop indicator
Active notes will play and flash when
the loop indicator passes over them.
Basic Operation: Score Mode
Active note
Time
3