Sequence - Yamaha A4000 Owner's Manual

UTILITY-SEQUENCE

3. SEQUENCE

The SEQUENCE fetaure makes it possible to record and play
back performance data from and external MIDI device. It is
also possible to import and play back standard MIDI files.
These easy-to-use sequencer functions are ideal for "jotting
down" breakbeat of sequence phrase ideas. Full-blown
sequencer functions such as external MIDI clock synchroni-
zation and sequence editing are not implemented.
Press the [UTILITY] button and then the [F3] button to go to
the SEQUENCE function.
This function has only one page: Sequence.
• MIDI channel mesage data set to "disable" via the UTILITY-MIDI-
Channel display (page 200) will not be recorded.

Sequence

[UTILITY] Button [F3] Button
Allows playback of sequence data, and the creation of a new
sequence to which data can be recorded.
Knob 1 Knob 2
Turn
— Sequence
action
Press
Tree View RENAME
action
Knob 1
[ Press] Tree View
Calls the Tree View display (page 83).
Knob 2
[ Turn] Sequence
Turn the knob to select the sequence that you want to
play or over-record.
[ Press] RENAME
Press to call the character-entry display for the currently
selected sequence name. See page 81 for details on
character entry.
Knob 3
[ Turn] Shortcut Command
This knob positions the cursor within the sub-mode win-
dow to select one of the available shortcut commands.
[Range] DELETE, SAVE, NEW_SEQ
(See "The Shortcut Commands" below for
details on each command)
[ Press] EXECUTE
Executes the the highlighted shortcut command.
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Chapter 8 UTILITY Mode
"UTIL-Sequence"
Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5
Shortcut Playback RecPort&
Command Speed PlayChannel
PLAY /
RECORD /
EXECUTE PAUSE /
STOP
CONTINUE
• A5000/A4000
The Shortcut Commands
DELETE
When DELETE is executed, a confirmation display for
deleting the currently selected sequence will appear.
Press Knob 5 (>YES) to execute the delete operation.
SAVE
When SAVE is executed, the SAVE command display for
saving the currently selected sequence to disk will
appear. See page 208 for details on the SAVE command
(COMMAND-SAVE).
NEW_SEQ
When NEW_SEQ is executed a new "blank" sequence is
created. New sequences are automatically given the
name "NewSeq," followed by a number.
Knob 4
[ Turn] Playback Speed
This value sets the playback speed, relative to the
recorded speed.
The setting is by percentage. A value of +0 reproduces
the original speed; a setting of +50 increases the speed
by a factor of 1.5, while a setting of -50 cuts the speed in
half.
[Range] -50 — +50
• If you are playing back an imported SMF (standard
MIDI file), the available range may be less than
shown here.
[ Press] RECORD/STOP
Press to immediately begin sequence recording. Press a
second time during recording to stop.
Knob 5
[ Turn] RecPort & PlayChannel
Specifies the MIDI port to be used for recording, and the
MIDI channels to be used for playback.
[Range] A, B
• A ... MIDI performance data received via the MIDI
IN-A connector will be recorded. MIDI chan-
nels A01 — A16 will be used for playback.
• B ... MIDI performance data received via the MIDI
IN-B connector will be recorded. MIDI chan-
nels B01 — B16 will be used for playback.
• The A4000 does not have this parameter.
[ Press] PLAY/PAUSE/CONTINUE
Press to immediately begin playback of the recorded
sequence (PLAY).
Press during playback to temporarily pause playback
(PAUSE). Press again while paused to resume playback
from the point at which it was paused (CONTINUE).