The Song Clear & Copy Functions; Song Clear - Yamaha QR10 Owner's Manual

7: Recording Original Songs (continued)
Record the Required Section, Pattern and Other Changes
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Once the chord progression has been recorded as required, you can go back and overdub section, pattern, and other changes
(even more chord changes) to finish up your song.
If the CHORD PROGRESSION function is cancelled by pressing the [START/STOP] button before all
DETAIL
chords have been entered, the remaining chords will be entered at eighth-note intervals.
The Song Clear & Copy Functions

Song Clear

The SONG mode CLEAR function completely erases the selected "user" song. If you want to save the song data before
clearing the song from the QR10 memory to make room for new material, use the MIDI BULK DUMP function, described on
page 43, to transfer the song data to a MIDI data recorder such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer.
Select a Song
1
Select the song you want to clear (only song numbers 50 through 99 can be cleared).
Engage the CLEAR Function
2
Press the [CLEAR] key (the number "3" key)
while holding the [SHIFT] key.
Select the Track(s) to Clear
3
You can clear the MELODY and accompaniment tracks independently by selecting the appropriate tracks prior to execut-
ing the clear function. The accompaniment tracks — CHORD 1, CHORD 2, BASS, RHYTHM — are selected as a group.
Press [START/STOP] to Clear
4
Press the [START/STOP] key to actually clear
the selected song, or [EXIT] to exit from the
CLEAR function.
Turning the QR10 power OFF during execution of the clear or copy function may result in loss
CAUTION
of all data and possibly damage the QR10!
Any previous data in the specified song location will be completely erased. Make sure that
IMPORTANT
the song number to be cleared does not contain any data you want to keep before executing the CLEAR
function. Data can be saved prior to clearing by moving it to a different song number with the COPY
function, described below, or by transferring it to an external MIDI data storage device such as the
Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer by using the MIDI BULK DUMP function (page 43).
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