Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A1000 Owner's Manual page 88

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs — Song Creator
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First, select the desired voice. To enter the note, first specify the length and loudness in this display,
then enter the pitch by actually playing the note on the keyboard.
Moves the cursor position
up and down.
Returns the cursor to the
beginning of the song (the
first note of the first
measure).
Use these to move the
selected event, in units of
measures (BAR), beat, and
clocks. For information on
measure/beat/clock settings,
see below.
To close the STEP RECORD display, press the [EXIT] button. Make sure to store the recorded
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data by pressing the [I] (SAVE) button (page 41).
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I Measure/Beat/Clock
I Velocity
The table below shows the available settings and the corresponding velocity values.
Kbd. Vel fff
Actual
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strength
I Gate Time
The following settings are available:
Normal .......................
Tenuto ........................
Staccato......................
Staccatissimo ..............
Manual ....................... The gate time (note length) can be specified as a percentage by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial.
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Specifies the type of note to be input next. (Sixteenth
notes are available only when recording the melody.)
This also determines the position to which the pointer
will advance after a note has been entered.
Measure
1 2
Beat
1 2 3 4 1
Clock
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ff f mf
111 95 79
80%
99%
40%
20%
F
G
H
I
J
4 5 6 7 8
Deletes the event at the cursor.
2 3 4
000- 000- 000-
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mp p pp
63 47 31
Determines the velocity
(loudness) of the note to be
entered (only when recording
the melody). For information
on velocity settings, see below.
Determines the length of the
note (as a percentage) from
the position at which it is to be
entered. (This is available only
when recording the melody.)
For information on gate time
settings, see below.
Each press of this button toggles
among the three basic note
selectors at the bottom of the
display: normal, dotted, and triplet.
(This is available only when
recording the melody.)
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