Groove - Yamaha RM1x Owner's Manual

3. Groove

Grid Groove
The RM1x Grid Groove function makes it possible to adjust the pitch, timing, length, and velocity of notes in a specified track
via a 1-measure 16th-note grid to create "grooves" that would not be possible with precise sequencer-like programming. The
Grid Groove function affects pattern and arpeggio playback without actually changing the sequence data. The Grid Groove
settings will be individually retained in memory for each user style, but when applied to a preset style the Grid Groove settings
will be lost as soon as a different style is selected.
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• When the GRID GROOVE display is showing, playing the RM1x keyboard produces no sound and solo track assignments cannot
be changed.
Track number
Parameter
Note offset
Clock shift
Gate offset
Velocity offset
Track number
Grid number
* For information about how to change values, refer to the Basic Operation (page26).
1 From the PATTERN or PATCH mode press the
SUBMODE [GROOVE] button to go to the Grid
Groove display.
2 Press the PLAY
button to start pattern playback
if you want to monitor pattern playback while setting
up the groove.
3 Select the track you want to work on via the RM1x
keyboard as described on page 27.
4 Use the white keys on the RM1x keyboard to select
the note position you want to adjust. The GRID pa-
rameter in the upper right corner of the display can
also be used to select note positions. Selected note
positions will be highlighted on the grid in the LCD
display, and the indicators on the corresponding keys
of the keyboard will light. Each white key corresponds
to a 16th note location in the 1-measure groove.
Values
-99 ... 00 ... +99
-120 ... 000 ... +120
-120 ... 000 ... +120
-127 ... 00 ... +127
01 ... 16
-36 ... +36
Grid number
Function
Raises or lowers the pitch of the selected note(s) in cent increments.
Shifts the timing of the selected note(s) forward or back ward in
clock increments.
Lengthens or shortens the selected note(s).
Increases or decreases the velocity of the selected note(s).
Shows the current selected track number. Track number selection
can be accomplished via this parameter, or by the keyboard method
described on page 27.
Shows the grid number.
Pressing the same key toggles the corresponding
note position on and off. You can also select a single
note position and de-select all others at the same
time by pressing a white key while holding the [SHIFT]
button.
5 Adjust the groove parameters as required for the se-
lected note positions using the NOTE OFFSET,
CLOCK SHIFT, GATE OFFSET, and VELO OFFSET
knobs. Icons indicating that offset has been applied
will appear in the appropriate locations. The icons
also indicate the direction of offset and roughly the
degree of offset applied. If the pattern is longer than
1 measure, the groove settings will apply in the same
way to each measure of the pattern.
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• When the pattern to which Grid Groove is applied has a
time signature which is longer than 4 beats (e.g. 6/4,
12/8), the 5th beat is affected in the same way as the 1st
beat on the Grid Groove display, the 6th beat corresponds
to the 2nd beat on the display, and so on.
3. Groove
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RM1x SEQUENCE REMIXER