Settings For Song Recording And Playback [Song Setting]; Correcting Note Timing [Quantize]; Specifying Whether Playback Starts Immediately Along With The First Voicing; [Quickplay] - Yamaha P-250 Owner's Manual

Settings for Song Recording and
Playback [SONG SETTING]
You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song (page 51).
Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the [Song Setting] menu.
SONG SELECT
SONG KEYBOARD
NEW SONG
SONG BALANCE
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME
[SONG SETTING]
• Refer to page 61 for general information on setting the parameters.
• Refer to pages 3—5 of the separate "Data List" for information on the default parame-
ter settings.

Correcting note timing [Quantize]

TERMINOLOGY
Quantize: To correct the timing of notes. (To perform an
operation to the MIDI data that will bring notes closer to a
specified grid of acceptable timing values.)
The P-250 enables you to correct the timing of notes. For
example, you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth
or sixteenth notes, or make the entire song feel more
lively by adding a swing rhythm. You can modify any
song, and listen while you change the settings.
Press the D [–]/[+] buttons to specify the note type, and
press one of the B [–(NO)]/[+(YES)] buttons to specify
whether or not you wish to store the changed value.
If you select "1/8" or "1/16" for correction, "Swing-
Rate=xx%" is displayed. You can specify the swing rate
from 0% to 100% by using the C [–]/[+] buttons. Setting
the swing rate to an appropriate value will make the
song sound more lively and swinging.
Adjusting the timing
OFF
1/4 . . . . . . . . . . .
1/8 . . . . . . . . . . .
3
1/12 . . . . . . . . . .
3
1/16 . . . . . . . . . .
3
1/24 . . . . . . . . . .
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P-250
TRACK1 TRACK2 EX.TRACKS SONG FILE MIDI OUT PANEL LOCK A
TOP START/STOP REC
SONG SETTING DOWN UP
SYNCHRO START C
SONG TEMPO
Quarter note
Eight note
Eight note triplets
Sixteen note
Sixteenth note triplets
B CONTRAST G.PIANO 1 G.PIANO 2 E.PIANO1 E.PIANO2 E.PIANO3
NO YES 1 2 3 4 5
ORGAN 1 ORGAN 2 STRINGS CHOIR SYNTH.PAD
EXIT
D 9 10 11 12 13
VOICE/PERFORMANCE
Adjusting the timing of 1/8 notes:
Your playing timing on the Keyboard
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.
Save the edited song data to memory using "SaveToMem-
ory." (page 54)
Specifying whether playback starts immedi-
ately along with the first voicing [QuickPlay]
Press the D [–]/[+] buttons to specify whether a song that
starts in the middle of a bar or with a silence prior to the
first note should be played from the first note (ON) or
from the top of the bar (rest or blank) (OFF).
CLAVI. HARPSI. VIBES VOICE EDIT SPLIT REVERB CHORUS PERFORMANCE MIDI SETTING
6 7 8
VARIATION MASTER EQ EDIT PERFORM. FILE OTHER SETTING
GUITAR BASS XG
14 15 16 A B
3 3
NOTE