Vo Ice Pattern And User Pattern Banks - Yamaha AN1x Owner's Manual

Voice Pa tte rn And
Use r Pa tte rn Ba nk s
In additio n to the vo ice-related data sto red in a vo ice
memo ry lo catio n, each vo ice has " Vo ice Pattern" data fo r
a sing le Step Sequencer pattern. Since there are 1 2 8
vo ices in memo ry, the co llectio n o f 1 2 8 patterns as sto red
in the vo ices is called the Vo ice Pattern bank. In additio n
to the Vo ice Pattern bank, there is a separate bank o f 1 2 8
" User Patterns" called the User Pattern bank.
The Vo ice and User Patterns can be played fro m the
keybo ard in a variety o f ways, depending o n the
Keybo ard Mo de setting in the VO ICE ARPEG G IO / SEQ
menu. The individual Keybo ard Mo de setting s are
explained o n pag e 4 1 , but first let's take a lo o k at the two
main metho ds o f Step Sequencer play— Sing le Pattern Play
and Pattern Select Play— and see what's happening inside
the AN 1 x's memo ry structure as yo u select, edit and sto re
patterns.
Single Pa tte rn Pla y
During Sing le Pattern Play, yo u can play a sing le Step
Sequencer pattern fro m the keybo ard. Fo r Sing le
Pattern Play, the Keybo ard Mo de parameter (VO ICE
ARPEG G IO / SEQ menu) must be set to either " no rm" o r
" shift&no rm" .
As the Sing le Pattern Play diag ram illustrates, when
yo u select a vo ice with the PRO G RAM CHAN G E
keypad, Vo ice Pattern data is lo aded into the Vo ice
Pattern edit buffer.
SINGLE PATTERN PLAY
Voice Bank
Voice Patterns (128)
Voice Pattern Edit Buffer
(Pattern loaded into the Voice Pattern edit buffer will be played)
W hen yo u press a key o n the keybo ard, yo u are
tig g ering the Vo ice Pattern sto red with the vo ice,
lo cated in the buffer. Yo u can set the [EDIT RO T ARY]
switch to the VO ICE EDIT SETUP menu and press Bank
[UP/ DO W N ] to select either the Vo ice o r User Pattern
bank, and every time yo u press N o [UP/ DO W N ] to
select a pattern number, that pattern will lo ad into the
Vo ice Pattern edit buffer.
User Bank
User Patterns (128)
All editing o f the pattern will o f co urse be taking place
in the buffer. If yo u want, yo u can use SEQ Sto re
[UP/ DO W N ] to sto re the edited pattern to any User
Pattern bank memo ry (1 - 1 2 8 ). If yo u perfo rm a Vo ice
Sto re o peratio n, the edited vo ice will beco me the new
Vo ice Pattern fo r the vo ice.
Pa tte rn Se le ct Pla y
During Pattern Select Play, yo u can trig g er mo re than
o ne Step Sequencer pattern fro m the keybo ard. Each
pattern is assig ned to a different key. Fo r Pattern Select
Play, the Keybo ard Mo de parameter (VO ICE
ARPEG G IO / SEQ menu) must be set to either
" sel&no rm" o r " sel&shift" .
As the Pattern Play Select diag ram illustrates, when yo u
select a vo ice with the PRO G RAM CHAN G E keypad,
Vo ice Pattern data is lo aded into the Vo ice Pattern edit
buffer, and all 1 2 8 User Patterns are lo aded into the
User Pattern Edit buffer.
PATTERN SELECT PLAY
Voice Bank
Voice Patterns (128)
Voice Pattern
Edit Buffer
♯
C 1 to Split Point
C1
Pressing different keys o n the keybo ard will " select"
different patterns, and C1 will always play the Vo ice
Pattern fo r the current vo ice. C# 1 and abo ve will select
and trig g er different User Patterns in ascending o rder
acro ss the Key Co de (keybo ard no tes) up to the Split
Po int, based o n which User Pattern number is assig ned
to C# 1 . If yo u set the [EDIT RO T ARY] switch to the SEQ
EDIT/ SETUP menu and press (Pattern) N o [UP/ DO W N ]
o nce, the pattern number will appear in the L CD each
time yo u press the co rrespo nding key.
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User Bank
User Patterns (128)
User Pattern
Edit Buffer (128)
SPLIT POINT