Editing With Real Time Write - Yamaha Electone EL-87 Owner's Manual

N O T E :
As in Step Write, you can record up to
sixteen different instrument sounds in a
single rhythm, with each instrument
occupying one of the sixteen available
tracks. The Rhythm Pattern Program has
polyphonic capacity for playing up to
sixteen sounds simultaneously.
Instruments can only be entered if there
are empty tracks remaining. If all sixteen
tracks have been used, no subsequently
recordings can be performed or heard.
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(8) Editing with Real Time Write

To enter sounds with Real Time Write:
1
Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lower
keyboard voices by setting each section's volume to MIN.
2
Select the BEAT/QUANTIZE page or EDIT page with the Page
buttons, then start the rhythm by pressing the START button to
engage the Real Time Write operation.
EDIT Page—Real Time Write
Only "CLEAR" is selectable on the EDIT Page in Real Time
Write.
CLEAR
As in Step Write, the Clear function is used to erase an instrument
from the rhythm. However, the method of operation is slightly
different.
Hold down the Data Control button that corresponds to
CLEAR in the display, and simultaneously press the key on
the keyboard corresponding to the instrument you wish to
erase. All instances of the selected instrument, irrespective
of which tracks they occupy, will be erased from the pattern.
You can erase all of the sounds on all recorded tracks of the
pattern by holding CLEAR and pressing the lowest key (C1)
on the Lower keyboard. Be careful not to do this
inadvertently since all sounds will be instantly and
permanently erased.
3
While the rhythm is running, play the percussion sounds from
the Upper and/or Lower keyboards.
Listen to the metronome click as you play the sounds, using it
as a guide to keep in time and tempo. The pattern will
automatically repeat (or "loop") every two measures.
Each instrument sound is recorded and automatically assigned
to a separate track as you play it. All events of a single sound
are assigned to the same track; for example, if you alternately
play a hi-hat sound with a snare drum, all notes of the hi hat will
be recorded to one track and all notes of the snare drum to another
track.
4
When you've finished entering instruments to the pattern, stop
it by pressing the START button again, or by selecting the ACC.
(Accompaniment) or SAVE pages.