Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual page 213

SONG MODE
Press F3 (Job1) to move to Song Edit Job
Directory 1. Refer to the following section, Song
edit jobs 1.
Press F4 (Job2) to move to Song Edit Job
Directory 2. Refer to the following section. Song
edit jobs 2.
Press F5 (Stup) to move to the Song Setup job
directory. (Song setup jobs are used to make
settings common to all songs.) Refer to the
following section, Song setup edit jobs.
Press F6 (T-Ch) to view or change the transmit
channel settings for tracks 1 through 16. Refer to
the following section, Transmit channel.
Press F7 (Name) to change the name of the cur-
rently selected song. Refer to the following sec-
tion. Song name.
Press F8 (Dir) to view a directory of the songs
contained in the SY99's memory. Refer to the
following section. Song directory.
Select tracks for playback: Use the sixteen
memory select buttons to select the tracks for
playback. Each track LED will light green to
indicate a track which contains data. Pressing a
button will alternately turn the track on (the
LED is lit) or muted (the LED is blinking). You
can also press F1 (Mute) to mute all the tracks.
Start and stop playback: Press RUN and the song
will begin playback from the point specified by
the measure setting. To stop playback press
STOP.
During playback: During playback you can move
the cursor to modify the tempo, click, click beat,
Next Song, Next Mode, and PGM Select
settings.
Locate: Any time while in song play mode (even
during playback), you can hold SHIFT and press
LOCATE to mark the current measure. While the
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sequencer is stopped, you can press LOCATE to
instantly move to this measure.
In addition to LOCATE, the following keys can be
used while the sequencer is stopped to move
backwards and forwards in the song.
Move to the beginning of the song
Move backward one measure (continue
pressing to move rapidly)
LOCATE Move to a previously set location
Move forward one measure (continue
pressing to move rapidly)
Song edit: Any time in song play mode while the
sequencer is not playing back, you can press
EDIT to edit the song. For details refer to Song
Edit Mode.
Simultaneous note capacity: The SY99 sequencer
can playback up to 32 notes at once. During
playback, any new notes which would exceed
this number will be ignored.
Timing priority: Since track 16 (the pattern track)
will often be used to play rhythm parts, highest
priority is given to playing it on time. Timing
priority is then given to tracks 1, 2,... 15.
Cursor position: When recording begins, the cursor
will automatically move to the tempo setting,
allowing you to adjust the tempo even while you
record.
When recording is stopped, the cursor will
automatically move to Song No.
Chain songs: Songs that are chained using the Next
Song and Next Mode parameters are played
back-to-back with no pause in between. A
program change message placed at the head of a
song using the PGM Select setting can therefore
cause the sound from the preceding song in the
chain to cut off abruptly. To avoid this problem,
you can place an empty measure or two at the
beginning of the "next song", to let the notes
from the previous song die off before the program
change is executed. It is not necessary to
introduce such a time lag if the PGM Select set-
ting is turned off.