Rhythm Patterns; Rhythm Songs; The Rhythm Machine And Sequencer; Playing Rhythm Patterns - Yamaha V50 Authorized Product Manual

Rhythm patterns

A rhythm pattern is a phrase 1 to 4 measures long. There
are two types of rhythm patterns; preset patterns and
internal memory patterns.
Preset patterns
Basic rhythm patterns preset which are ready to use.
They will remain even when the power is turned off. 100
patterns are provided, numbered P00 – P99.
Internal patterns
Rhythm patterns which you may program. They will
not remain in memory after the power is turned off. 100
patterns can be programmed, numbered I00 – I99.

Rhythm songs

Specify the playing order of several rhythm patterns to
create a rhythm song. Up to 8 rhythm songs can be
created.
This is where you play rhythm patterns (preset patterns or internal patterns).
Note:
When the power is turned on, internal patterns are blank. To create internal patterns, see page
60.
(1) First press
display (pattern play).
If the display is as follows (song play), press the
below "toPTN" to get the display shown
above.
(2) Making sure that the cursor is located at "Pattern",
select the pattern you want to play. Press
to switch between preset patterns and
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Using the rhythm machine

PLAYING RHYTHM PATTERNS

You will get the following
or
Note:
The internal patterns and rhythm songs you create
will not remain in memory after the power is turned
off. If you want to keep the data you create, save it
to disk or card (see page 97, 105).

The rhythm machine and sequencer

If sequencer data exists for the song selected when
playing a rhythm song, the sequencer song will play
together with the rhythm song.
If you want play just the rhythm song by itself,
to
press in sequencer mode to turn the se-
quencer tracks off, or select a song for which no se-
quencer data exists.
Since the rhythm machine can use patterns of dif-
fering time signatures, when a rhythm song with patterns
of differing time signatures is played together with a
sequencer song, it is possible that the measure numbers
of the rhythm mode and sequencer mode will not match.
intemal pattems. For example, if you have selected
preset pattern 10, the display will be as follows.
In this example, the "w" displayed after the "P10"
indicates that data has been written into this pattern
number. Pattern numbers not followed by a "w"
have no data in them.
(3) Move the cursor to ">Tempo", and specify the
playback tempo. The tempo is expressed as the
number of quarter notes per minute. 30 is the slowest
tempo, and 240 is the fastest tempo.