Song Mode Overview - Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual

SONG MODE Overview

SONG MODE Overview
• You use SONG mode to record, edit, and play songs.
• A song is a set of playable performance data that you create
by recording onto the QY700 tracks under SONG mode.
• The QY700's song memory has room for 20 songs.
• Each song can comprise as many as 32 sequence tracks,
together with a PATTERN track, a CHORD track, and a
TEMPO track.
• If you wish to record songs in the same way as on a conven-
tional sequencer, you can do so by working with the se-
quence tracks only. But in many cases you will want to use
the auto-accompaniment feature to set up a backing. You
can then play the backing while creating the melody and
other parts.
Track Configuration
• As mentioned above, each song comprises up to 32 sequence
tracks, together with a PATTERN track, a CHORD track,
and a TEMPO track.
• The sequence tracks store your performance data, with each
track storing a single part. Each part consists of a full set of
performance data (note data, controller data, and so on).
You can create each part using either realtime or step re-
cording.
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• The PATTERN track stores the pattern list for the auto-ac-
• The CHORD track stores the chords used for replaying the
• The TEMPO track sets the tempo (and tempo changes) for
Sequence tracks
PATTERN track
CHORD track
TEMPO track
Chapter 2. SONG MODE
SONG PLAY
Play Effects
Track View
Output Channels
Save
Load
Song Recording
Song Edit
Song Jobs
companiment feature. The track can also include meter (time
signature) settings. You set up the patterns by entering ap-
propriate styles and sections, again using either realtime or
step recording.
patterns. When entering a chord, you can also set an "on-
bass" or original bass setting, and a syncopation.
the song. You set these values using realtime or step record-
ing. The TEMPO track controls accelerando, ritardando, and
other such tempo changes.
TR 1 Performance data
TR 2 Performance data
TR 3 Performance data
TR 31 Performance data
TR 32 Performance data
PATTERN Patterns, meters
Chord roots, types, on-bass,
CHORD
original bass, syncopation
TEMPO Tempo changes