Detailed Settings For Recording And Playback [Song Setting]; Correcting Note Timing [Quantize] - Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual

Detailed settings for recording
and playback [SONG SETTING]
You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song from preset songs ("Preset-
Song") or memory songs ("MemorySong") (see page 48).
Procedure
Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the "Song Setting"
menu.
SONG KEYBOARD
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME SONG BALANCE DEMO
Correcting note timing
[Quantize]
You can correct the timing of notes. For example,
you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth or
sixteenth notes, or make the entire feel of a song
more lively (with a swing type of rhythm).
• Changes are made by song.
• You can also listen to the sound while changing
the setting. To change the data, you need to
respond to "Execute?
See the procedure on page 63.
A
C
Notes for which you can adjust the timing:
[OFF]
[1/4]
[1/8]
3
[1/12]
[1/16]
3
[1/24]
If you select "1/8" or "1/16" for correction, the PF-
500 displays "SwingRate=xx%", which enables you
to make the entire feel of a song more lively and
swinging.
TRACK TRACK EXTRA METRONOME
A
1 2 TRACKS FILE START/STOP SETTING
SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG
SETTING DOWN UP
NEW SONG SYNCHRO START
C
SONG TEMPO
[SONG SETTING]
→
."
Stores the changed value.
B
NO YES
D
Specifies the type of note.
quarter note
eighth note
eighth note triplets
sixteenth note
sixteenth note triplets
CONTRAST GRAND GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI-
B
PIANO 1 PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD
NO YES
CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH.
ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD
EXIT EXIT
D
Setting range:
0% - 100%
If you select "1/8" for correction:
Performance data
Swing rate = 50% : not swinging
Swing rate = 75% (51% or higher) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly delayed.
Swing rate = 25% (49% or lower) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly early.
Swing rate = 67% :
The timing of the even beat notes is moved to
the third beat of the triplets.
TIP
Save the edited song data to memory. (See page 45.)
E.CLAVI- VIBRA- VOICE MIDI
CHORD PHONE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT REVERB CHORUS SETTING
WOOD BRILLIANCE OTHER
BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION MELLOW BRIGHT SETTING
VOICE EFFECT
3 3
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PF-500