Pattern Variations-Sections; Pattern Retrigger Function; Changing The Tempo; Tap Start - Yamaha PSR-E443 Quick Manual

Styles (Auto Accompaniment) and Patterns
Pattern Variations—Sections
Like the Styles, each Pattern features several Sections,
allowing you to add dynamic variations to the perfor-
mance. Five Sections (A–E) are provided.
Unlike the Styles, however, Patterns do not have the
Sections dedicated to the beginning or ending of the
Song, such as Intro and Ending. All Sections A–E will
play back repeatedly until stopped manually.

Pattern Retrigger Function

This function restarts Pattern playback from the
beginning.
1
Press the [PATTERN] button, then rotate
the dial to select the desired Pattern.
2
Press the [START/STOP] button or press
any key to the left of the Split Point
(page 47) to start Pattern playback.
3
By pressing the button of the currently
playing Section, you can restart play-
back from the beginning. Holding down
the button lets loop-play only the top
portion of the Section.
The top portion length (Retrigger rate) can be
changed during playback. To do this, use the
[ASSIGN] button to select "6 SPECIAL
EFFECT," then rotate Knob B while holding down
the button of the currently playing Section.
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NOTE
• When recording the Pattern playback with the Retrigger, note
that the beat indicator in the display, metronome and Arpeg-
gio playback is not synchronized with playback of the
recorded Song.
• When setting the tempo of the Pattern playback to more than
200, turning the Knob to the right cannot change the length
from the 1st beat of 1st measure.

Changing the Tempo

A Style or Pattern can be played at any tempo you
desire—fast or slow.
1
Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button to call up
the Tempo value in the display.
2
Rotate the dial to set a tempo from 011 to
280.
Press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultane-
ously to instantly reset the value to the default
tempo of the current Style or Pattern. You can
change the tempo during playback by pressing the
[TEMPO/TAP] button just twice at the required
tempo.
NOTE
• The above operation applies also to Song or Arpeggio
playback tempo.

Tap Start

You can start play back of the Style, Pattern or Song
by simply tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] button at the
required tempo—four times for time signatures in 4
(4/4, etc.), and three times for time signatures in 3 (3/
4, etc.).
NOTE
• Tap tempo setting range: 32–280
Tempo
090
Current Tempo value