Song Play - Yamaha SY77 Operating Manual

SONG MODE
Summary: This is where you will playback the song.
You can also make settings for the metronome
and synchronization.
Procedure:
From: any mode
Press: SONG to enter song play mode. The SONG
LED will light red.
Measure (001...999): This determines the mea-
sure from which the song will begin playback.
You can modify this by moving the cursor here
and specify the measure, or by using the
sequencer location buttons
Time (1/4...32/16): This displays the time signa-
ture you specified in song record mode. This
cannot be modified in song play mode.
(30...250): This determines the tempo in
quarter notes per minute.
This area displays the song name you assigned
in Song name (JUMP #623).
Used (0...100%): This displays the amount of
used sequencer memory.
Click (off, rec, rec/play, always): This deter-
mines when the click (metronome) will sound.
off: The metronome will not sound.
rec: The metronome will sound only during
recording.
rec/play: The metronome will sound during
recording or playback.
always: The metronome will sound constantly.
Click Beat (1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/24); This
determines the beat on which the click will
sound.
Sync (internal, MIDI): This determines the tim-
ing source which will control the sequencer.
Normally you will leave this set to internal so
that the SY77's own clock will determine the
tempo.
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Song play

Select tracks for playback: Use the sixteen
LOCATE, or
Start and stop playback: Press RUN and the song
During playback: During playback you can move
Locate: Any time while in song play mode (even
If you are using an external MIDI sequencer and
want the SY77's sequencer to play in synchro-
nization with it, set this to MIDI so that MIDI
clock messages received at MIDI IN will deter-
mine the tempo.
Pressing F1 (Mute) will mute all tracks so that
you will hear no sound even during playback.
Notes which are already sounding when you
press F1 will continue sounding for their original
duration. Press F1 once again to un-mute the
tracks.
To move to the Song Edit Job job directory press
P6 (Job). To move to the Song Setup job direc-
tory (Stup). To set the song name press F8
(Name).
memory select buttons to select the tracks for
playback. Each track LED will light green to
indicate a track which contains data. Pressing a
button will alternately turn the track on (the
LED is lit) or muted (the LED is blinking). You
can also press Fl (Mute) to mute all the tracks.
will begin playback from the point specified by
the measure setting. To stop playback press
STOP.
the cursor and modify tempo, click, and click beat
settings.
during playback), you can hold SHIFT and press
LOCATE to mark the current measure. While the
sequencer is stopped, you can press LOCATE to
instantly move to this measure.