Playlist Mode; Creating A Playlist; Playing A Playlist - Yamaha Tyros4 Reference Manual

Playlist Mode

The Playlist is a convenient feature within the Audio Recorder/Player that lets you collect
and organize audio files (Simple and Multi Track files) for automatic playback in "juke-
box" fashion. The Playlist mode can be active in the background (for example, when the
Main display is selected), letting you play the listed files whenever you wish during your
performance.
The "Multi/Simple/Playlist" indicator at the upper left of the display shows whether the
Audio Recorder/Player is set to the Multi/Simple mode (playback of a single file) or the
Playlist mode (automatic playback of multiple files).

Creating a Playlist

Once you have a number of audio files on the internal hard disk drive, you can add those
files to the Playlist. The files can be put in any order and can be entered any number of
times (in other words, a single file can have multiple instances in a Playlist).
1
Press the AUDIO RECORDER/PLAYER [SELECT] button several
times to call up the desired Audio File Selection display (Audio
(Multi) or Audio (Simple)).
2
Use the TAB [][] buttons to select the location (HD or USB)
of the desired audio file.
3
Add the desired audio file to the Playlist.
3-1 Press the [6 ] (ADD TO PLAYLIST) button.
The selected file name is highlighted. You can continue to select additional
files here, as many as desired. If multiple pages (P1, P2, ...) are shown at the
bottom, you can select files from these displays, too. To select all the files in
the current folder, press the [6 ] (ALL) button.
3-2 Press the [7 ] (OK) button to confirm the selection.
4
Press the AUDIO RECORDER/PLAYER [SELECT] button several
times to call up the Playlist display, then check the Playlist to
confirm that the files have been added.
If the Playlist already has audio files, additional files are automatically put at the
end of the list. Added files are also automatically selected (checkmarked) for play-
back.
5
Save the Playlist.
Press the [1 ] (FILES) button, then save the Playlist to the USER drive, inter-
nal hard disk drive or USB flash memory.

Playing a Playlist

Once you've created and/or edited a Playlist and you've enabled the Playlist mode, you can play back the files in the
list—at any time during your performance.
Keep in mind that playback of files is not instantaneous. Since the Audio Recorder/Player needs to load each file before
playing it, playback pauses roughly one or two seconds between files.
1
Press the AUDIO RECORDER/PLAYER [SELECT] button several
times to call up the Playlist display.
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NOTE
The Simple and Multi Track files can be
added to the Playlist, and from within
the Playlist mode, the Simple and Multi
Track files can be freely played back.
NOTE
A Playlist can contain a maximum of
500 audio files.
NOTE
If you want to select all but a few of the
files in the folder, a quick method is to
use the [6 ] (ALL) button to select all
of the files, then use the [A]–[J] buttons
to de-select specific files.
NOTE
If you change the file icon after adding
to the Playlist, the audio file cannot be
recognized from the Playlist.
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