Yamaha SY77 Operating Manual page 47

Fifteen tracks + pattern
track + patterns = one
song
About this tutorial
Each track 1-15 contains an independent musical performance; notes, pitch
bends, controller movement, and program changes. Track 16 is a dedicated
Pattern track. It contains pattern numbers and repeat marks. When playback
comes to a pattern number, the specified pattern will be played.
In the following pages of this section, we will be explaining the entire process of
creating a song; creating patterns and arranging them in the pattern track,
recording other tracks, and editing. Finally we will save the completed song to
disk. Our procedure will be as follows.
1. Create a Multi by selecting a voice for each of the 16 channels, and making
settings for volume, pan, etc. for each channel.
2. Enter Pattern mode and create several rhythm patterns.
3. Enter Song mode and place these patterns in track 16 (the pattern track).
4. Record one or more tracks in realtime.
5. Punch-in on a section of the track to fix a mistake.
6 . Use song edit mode to correct and insert individual data events.
7 . Use a song edit job to transpose specified measures.
8 . Save the completed sequence to disk.
Note:
The output channel of the sequencer tracks can be changed if desired, allow-
ing you to use two or more tracks to control a single channel of the multi.
However to keep this tutorial simple, we will select normal voices (piano,
bass, strings, etc.) for channels 1-15 of the multi and a drum voice for channel
16 of the multi. Tracks 1-15 of the sequencer will contain the music for the
normal voices, and track 16 will contain the patterns to play the drum voice.
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