Yamaha SY85 Owner's Manual page 56

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5. The Sequencer
5.
Enter the Required Notes and Rests
When you've selected the required note length, play the note to be entered
on the keyboard. The entered note will appear as a diamond (u) on the step
record input display line. The cursor will move to the beginning of the next
note.
Entered notes appear as diamonds.
M001-01Ú‚------+-------+-------+-------Ú
`⁄```Gate=NORM`Vel=norm[ERASE][PGM]=P¡A1
Press the REST key (PROGRAM key [3]) instead of playing a note if you
want to enter a rest of the currently specified length.
6.
Continue Until the Track Is Complete
Repeat steps 3 through 5 until the required material is entered. You can
move the cursor back and forth using the data entry dial, adding notes wherever
you like — even on top of other notes to create chords. The SEQUENCER
h j
[ ] and [ ] keys can be used to move backward and forward a measure at a
time.
Erasing Notes
To erase a note, move the cursor to that note and press the [F6] function
key, immediately below "[ERASE]" on the display. The diamond note
marker will disappear. If the diamond marks a chord, the entire chord
will be erased.
Switching Voices Mid-track
You can switch to a different voice anywhere in a track by entering a
program change command at the required point. After moving the cursor
to the point at which you want to change voices in the step record edit
display, press the [F7] function key.
Program`Change``````````````````````````
````````````````PFM``¡A1:SP`Makro``[GO]`
Use [CS4] to select "PFM" if you want to switch to a performance combi-
nation or "VCE" if you want to switch to a voice, select the performance
combination or voice in the normal way, the press [F8] (under "[GO]" on the
display) to enter the specified program change (or [EXIT] to quit and return
directly to the step-record display). The display will return to the step record
edit display, and a "p" will occur at the point at which the program change
command was entered. Program change commands can be erased in the same
was as notes by using the [ERASE] key.