Step Recording - Yamaha QX5 Owner's Manual

STEP RECORDING
Step Recording
Display
Clock
Begin Recording
STEP RECORDING
PARAMETERS
Step Time
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When you press [STOP], the measure counter will return to the point where you
started or continued playback before punch in. This is very handy when making
repeated tries over the same section. You can set a footswitch (p. 39) to
CONTINUE/STOP, and if you make a mistake, press the footswitch and have another
try!
NOTE
In Punch In Record, you can use the Auto Locate function to start playback
from a specified measure. See p. 16.
This is where you use the QX5 keys and a MIDI keyboard to enter data step by
step, making it possible to create phrases that would be difficult to play in real time.
Measure marks are created according to the Beat/Measure setting, and are not
affected by measure marks of other tracks.
To speed up data entry, Gate Time, Velocity, Ties, and Rests can be entered using
MIDI controllers such as Modulation Wheel, Data Entry Slider etc. (Quick Input
Via MIDI, p. 19.)
By pressing [DISPLAY], you can choose between displaying the amount of free *
memory, or displaying your current position (measure, beat, clock). You will
probably want to display the position most of the time.
Free memory Measure Beat Clock
STEP 170
1/04 080% 064
For the OX5, the smallest subdivision of time is the "clock". One QX5 internal clock
is 1/384th of a whole note. Thus, a whole note is 384 clocks, and a quarter note
is 96 clocks. In the case of 4/4 time, each beat will have 96 clocks. You can see
that the number of clocks per beat will differ according to the Beat/Measure setting
(p. 38). For x/4 time, 96 clocks per beat; for x/8 time, 48 clocks per beat; and for
x/16 time, 24 clocks per beat.
When you press or [CONTINUE], Step Recording will begin. Notes you
play on the MIDI keyboard will be recorded at intervals of the step time. The actual
timing with which you press the keys does not matter. For example if the Step Time
is 1/16, each note will be a sixteenth note. To enter chords, press several notes
together. To record single notes, each note must be released before the next is
pressed. You can send Program Changes from the keyboard as usual, and they
will be recorded along with the notes, but without a time interval.
As usual, |CURSOR] moves the blinking cursor, and «t> change the data at the
cursor.
Step Time is the time vaiue of the note. Each time you enter a note or chord, the
position will advance by one of these steps, Step Time is variable from 1/2 to 1/96.
M=0001-01-00/96
1/08 080% KBD
Step Time 1/2 - 1/96
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