Using Song Position Markers - Yamaha TYROS Owner's Manual

Quick Guide
Song Playback

Using Song Position Markers

Song Position markers (SP 1 - SP 4) can be placed in the song data. This not only lets you navigate quickly and
easily through the song data, but also lets you set up convenient playback loops — allowing you to create
dynamic song arrangements "on the fly," as you perform.
I Jumping among song positions
1
Select a song and start playing back from the top of the song.
Press the [TOP] button (if necessary) and press the [START/STOP] button.
REC TOP
NEW SONG
2
Enter a marker to the desired song position by double-clicking one
of the [SP] buttons during playback.
As the song is playing back, double-click (press twice quickly) one of the [SP1] - [SP4]
buttons at the point you wish you enter a marker. The corresponding button flashes in
green, and the marker for that button is entered to the 1st beat of the appropriate measure.
SP1 SP2
REC TOP
NEW SONG
Continue to enter other markers in the same way. The illustration below shows an
example of how all of the markers may be entered in a song.
Top of
the song
3
Stop song playback.
4
Now that you've entered markers in step #2 above,
try using them to jump around in the song and navigate among the
song positions.
G Jumping to a marker, then starting playback
SONG CONTROL
SP1 SP2 SP3
START/
REC TOP STOP
NEW SONG SYNC START
In this example, song playback starts from the top of the
measure assigned to the [SP1] button (in step #2 above).
5
Stop song playback.
I Using markers in loop playback
Try using the markers you registered in step #2 above to play back the separate "sections" of the song in loops.
1
Go to the top of the song to which you've entered the markers and start it.
Top of
the song
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START/
STOP REW FF
SYNC START
SONG CONTROL
SP3 SP4
LOOP
If a marker has already been entered to the
button, the lamp is lit in green or red. Double-
clicking on the button will set the marker to a
START/
STOP REW FF
new song position.
SYNC START
[SP1] [SP2]
G Jumping to a marker during playback
SP4 SP1
LOOP
REW FF REC
In this example, song playback continues to the end of
the current measure, then jumps to the selected marker
— the top of the measure assigned to the [SP4] button (in
step #2 above). You can cancel the jump by pressing the
same button ([SP4]) again before the actual jump. (Be
careful not to double-click the button.)
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[SP1] [SP2]
Green Green
START/
REC TOP STOP REW
NEW SONG SYNC START
End of
[SP3] [SP4] the song
SONG CONTROL
SP2 SP3 SP4
LOOP
START/
TOP STOP REW FF
NEW SONG SYNC START
End of
[SP3] [SP4] the song
Green Green
FF
• You also can enter the marker by
stopping the song at the desired
position and double-clicking any of
the [SP1] - [SP4] buttons.
Whether executed during play-
back or while playback is stopped,
the marker is always entered at
the top of the current measure.
• To store your marker settings,
save the song data to the User
drive, FD drive, or HD drive (if
an optional hard disk has been
installed). Keep in mind that the
marker settings will be lost if
you select another song or turn
the power off without saving the
song data. For details on saving
song data, see step #8 on page
55.
• Be careful to press the [SP1] -
[SP4] button only once when
jumping among markers. Press-
ing a button twice (double-click-
ing) will change the marker
position.