Yamaha RX11 Owner's Manual page 10

The
START
and
STOp/CONTINUE
Buttons
Real-Time
Pattern
Programming
To
play the selected pattern, simply
press
the red
START
button.
The
red
RUN LED
will light
to indicate that the
selected pattern
is
playing.
If,
for
example,
pattern
number
15
is
selected
and
played, the
LCD
panel
will
read
"PLAY
PTN15:BR01"
indicating that bar
number
1
(BR01
)
of
pattern
number
15
(PTN15)
is
playing.
To
stop pattern playback
press the blue
STOP/CONTINUE
button.
The
pattern
can be
restarted
by
pressing the
STOP/
CONTINUE
button.
In this
case the pattern continues
from
the point
at
which
it
was
last
stopped, rather than
starting
from
the beginning.
Press
START
to
start
from the
first
beat of the pattern.
New
patterns
can be
selected
in
the pattern
mode
even
if
another pattern
is
playing.
When
a
pattern
is
playing,
the
newly
selected pattern
will
begin
immediately
after
the
last
beat of the
first pattern.
Tempo
The
linear
TEMPO
control can be used
to adjust
the
pattern
tempo. The
TEMPO
range
is
from
40
to
250
(40 to
250
quarter-note beats per minute).
For
more
precise
tempo
adjustment,
however,
use the
TEMPO
function, activated by pressing the
TEMPO
key.
When
the
TEMPO
key
is
pressed the
LCD
panel
will
indicate the
currently
set
tempo:
e.g.
"TEMPO
=
120". Although
the
TEMPO
control can
still
be used
for coarse
tempo
adjust-
ment
in this
mode,
finer control
is
available
by
using the
-1/NO
and
+1/YES
buttons.
A
single,
quick
press
on
-1/NO
decrements
the
tempo by one
beat,
and +1/YES
increments
by one
beat.
Holding
either the
—1
or +1 buttons
down
causes
continuous incrementing
or
decrementing
in
the
corresponding
direction.
The
TEMPO
function
also
makes
it
possible to precisely
set
the desired
tempo
before beginning
playback.
TEMPO
Function
TEMPO
NOTE
4
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tempo
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An
understanding of the
QUANTIZE
function,
des-
cribed
below,
is
essential
for effective use of the
real-
time
write function.
We
recommend
that before
actually trying
out the
real-time write function
you
should
read
through
this section
and then
the
"Quantize"
section below.
Then come
back
to
this
section
and
try
out
the function.
The
RX11
permits
programming your
own
rhythm
patterns
using
two
different
methods-REAL TIME WRITE
and
STEP WRITE.
The most
direct
of these
is
REAL
TIME
WRITE.
This function
lets
you "play" your
rhythm on
the
instrument
keys,
adding
new
instruments
and rhythm
lines
until
the pattern
is
complete.
First,
select
the pattern
number you
wish to
program
(if
you're
just starting, select a clear
pattern— any
pattern i
above
36).
Enter the
real
time write
mode
(from the pattern
-
mode)
by
pressing the
REAL TIME WRITE
button.
The
LCD
panel
will
indicate that the
real
time
write
mode
is
active,
and
prompt you
to input the time signature of
your
pattern (the flashing
block cursor
will
be located immediately
to the
right
of the
first
number
of the
time
signature):
"REALT.W.04/4". The
default
time
signature
is
4/4 ("04/4"
on
the
LCD
panel),
and need not be entered
if
this
is
the
time
signature
you
need.
If
you
wish to enter
another time
signature,
however, use the white buttons
labelled
to 9
(1/4 to 1/192)
in
their
top
left
corner.
Each
input
must
be
2
digits.
To
input
a
3/8 time
signature,
first
input the 3
as
"03"
and confirm
that
it
has
been entered
correctly
on
the
LCD
panel.
Then
press the
REAL
TIME
WRITE
button
again to enter the second part of
the time
signature (notice
that the flashing
block cursor
moves
to the
right
of the
second time
signature figure
when
the
REAL TIME WRITE
button
is
pressed
a
second time).
The
second part of the
time
signature
is
entered using the
fraction
markings
(1/4, 1/8,
1/6, etc.)
over the
number
buttons.
The
RX11
will
accept
time
signatures
up
to
99/32; 1/48 and 1/192
inputs
will
be
1
ignored. Enter the
8 by
pressing the
button
marked
1/8
and
confirm
on
the
display.
This
completes
entry of the time
signature.
Now
press
the
REAL TIME WRITE
button
again
and you
will
be
prompted
to input the length of
your
pattern
in bars:
"REALT.W.01 BAR". The
number
of bars
is
entered
via
the white
number
keys,
and must
be input
as
two
digits:
2 bars
is
input
as
"02", 4
bars
would
be input as
"04".
A
pattern can have
up
to
99
bars.
To
review, the
real
time
write
parameter
input
procedure
is
as follows:
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