Yamaha DX711 Series Manual page 57

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the ENGINE
button
o
PLAY
* Playing a Song stored in a Performance
I you select a Performance with а SEiquencer Song stored
in it, E! will send out a 16 Track Patch Map to set up both
your DX Voices and MIDI voices (according to the
ENGINE settings that you stored) and then call up the
Song from Stlquencer. There are two ways to start/stop
the Song: either press he ENGINE button, or press the
foot SwitchQ) i it is set to ENGINE mode,
You can also play along with the Song - all notes played
оп the DX keyboard live will be voiced by the Track 1
Destination,
The "click track"
'SEtquencer's " c l i c k track" is used to provide timing when
you record a Pattern. A different timing can be set for
'each Pattern when you initialize it - Stlquencer automati-
cally records a special "lick track" that is independent of
the other 16 Tracks. However, the sound of the "сс
track is taken from the Track 16 Destination. When you
record a Pattern, the "click" will sound ONLY if you have
an active Destination set for Track 16, and if the Destina-
tion itself can sound (ie. check volume levels, polyphony
settings, etc.)
When you play back a Song or Pauer in the StIquencer.
program, you can mute the "click track" by pressing the
PERFORMANCE button (pressing the PERFORMANCE
button again will bring the "click track" back) The LED
light will still lash as a tempo indicator. The lead-in can
be removed from a Patiern any time after you record a
Track - once the lead-in is removed it cannot recalled
unless you reinitialize the Pattern.
When you play a Song in the Performance mode, the
"dick track" will not sound, but the LED light will flash as
a tempo indicator.
SElquencer
MIDI In/Out sync
* MIDI In sync
To sync Selquencer to an external MIDI instrument that
transmits а MIDI clock (such as a drum machine or
"another sequencer), set the Sync parameter on the
ENGINE Performance mode menu to "EXT." SElquencer
will then depend on an extemal instrument for timing and
запор commands.
* MIDI Out sync
In oder for Stlquencer о syne to ап external MIDI
instrument that accepts MIDI clock data, you must set the
Syne parameter on the ENGINE Performance mode menu
to "INT" and the ENGINE Clock Out parameter must also
be tumed ON. Now when you star 1o record or play in
Stiquencer, E! will vansmá MIDI clock daa for timing
and lo sarístop your external instrument.
Memory limits in SE!quencer
Information that is recorded into SEIquencee is stored in
terms of events. An event is everything from a key on/key
off command, to velocity, after touch, and pitch bend.
data. The maximum number of events that SElquencer
сап store in internal memory is 22,000 (storing to disk is
discussed on the next page.) Although this is quite a sub-
stantial amount, there may come a time when you simply
run out (the LCD screen will alert you to this by display
ing "Problem .. . RAM full!)
One piece of advice on conserving memory is to limit the
tse of controllers when recording - controller data is
notorious for using up events in large quantities (you can
also use the Strip Controllers Utility to strip away any
Controller data per Track) However, don't abandon the
use of controllers just to save memory; that would be
boring
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