Using The [Hold] Feature; Loop-Track Play - Yamaha SU200 Owner's Manual

Using the [HOLD] Feature

Use this feature when you want changes in effects and other settings to apply to a single selected
pad, regardless of the order in which you are playing the pads.
If you do not use the HOLD feature, changes you make in effects and other settings will apply to the
last pad that you pressed. If you have "held" a pad, however, then all changes apply only to that pad
(until you release the hold).
To select a pad to be held. hold down the [HOLD] button and press the pad button. To release the
hold, just press the [HOLD] button once again.
If you have held a pad, the screen will display an
For example, assume that hold is off. You press pad 1, and then make an effect setting. The new setting
applies to pad 1. Now you press pad 2, and then enter another setting. This time the setting applies to pad 2
(since that is the last pad you pressed). The target changes each time you press a different pad.
Now assume that you hold down the [HOLD] button and press pad 1óso that pad 1 is held. Then you release
both buttons. Next, you press various other pads and make various settings. In this case all settings apply
to pad 1 only.
Hold the pad down and press
the [HOLD] button.

Loop-Track Play

Use this feature to play loop samples from multiple pads simultaneously. The basic operation was
described in the Quick Start tutorial (see page 18). This section explains some important issues
related to this type of playback.
• Bass-phrase samples or bouncing rhythm-phrase samples may produce noise when used with
NOTE
Loop Track Play. An alternative approach in such cases is to use the job mode's time-stretch
feature (instead of Loop Track play) to synchronize the BPMs of the samples you want to play
together. Note, however, that if you do this, you will not be able to adjust the sample BPMs in
real time).
Changing the loop-track playback tempo (BPM)
You can freely adjust the tempo used for loop-track play. The basic operation was described in the Quick
Start tutorial (see Step 3 on page 18). Please note the following points.
• The SU200 remembers the most recent loop-track playback tempo. When you resume loop-track play, the tempo
restarts where it left off. (The tempo setting is retained even after the power is switched off.)
• Some tempo distortion may occur if all of the selected loop samples are EXLG (extra long).
Changing the sample's tempo (bar-length) setting
The SU200 lets you set a sample's loop length to 1 bar or 2 bars (1 bar = 1 measure). This setting affects
Loop-Track Play only. If you set the length to 1 bar, the sample loops once every bar. If you set the length to
2 bars, the sample slows down and loops once every two bars.
For example, assume that you have set pads 1 and 2 for loop playback (see page 29).
If pad 1 and pad 2 are both set to 1bar, Loop-Tray Play looks like this:
Pad 1
Pad 2
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Loop 1
Loop 1
mark.
You can stop playback by press-
ing the same pad or the [HOLD]
button once again.
Loop 2
Loop 2