Yamaha A5000 Owner's Manual - Page 194

UTILITY-SEQUENCE 3. SEQUENCE The SEQUENCE fetaure makes it possible to record and play back performance data from and external MIDI device. It is also possible to import and play back standard MIDI files. These easy-to-use sequencer functions are ideal for "jotting down" breakbeat of sequence phrase ideas. Full-blown sequencer functions such as external MIDI clock synchronization and sequence editing are not implemented. Press the [UTILITY] button and then the [F3] button to go to the SEQUENCE function. This function has only one page: Sequence. • MIDI channel mesage data set to "disable" via the UTILITY-MIDIChannel display (page 200) will not be recorded. The Shortcut Commands s DELETE When DELETE is executed, a confirmation display for deleting the currently selected sequence will appear. Press Knob 5 (>YES) to execute the delete operation. s SAVE When SAVE is executed, the SAVE command display for saving the currently selected sequence to disk will appear. See page 208 for details on the SAVE command (COMMAND-SAVE). s NEW_SEQ When NEW_SEQ is executed a new "blank" sequence is created. New sequences are automatically given the name "NewSeq," followed by a number. Sequence [UTILITY] Button → [F3] Button → "UTIL-Sequence" Allows playback of sequence data, and the creation of a new sequence to which data can be recorded. Turn action Press action Knob 1 - Tree View Knob 2 Sequence RENAME Knob 3 Shortcut Command EXECUTE Knob 4 Playback Speed RECORD / STOP Knob 5 RecPort& PlayChannel PLAY / PAUSE / CONTINUE Knob 1 [ Press] Tree View Calls the Tree View display (page 83). Knob 2 [ Turn] Sequence Turn the knob to select the sequence that you want to play or over-record. [ Press] RENAME Press to call the character-entry display for the currently selected sequence name. See page 81 for details on character entry. Knob 3 [ Turn] Shortcut Command This knob positions the cursor within the sub-mode window to select one of the available shortcut commands. [Range] DELETE, SAVE, NEW_SEQ (See "The Shortcut Commands" below for details on each command) [ Press] EXECUTE Executes the the highlighted shortcut command. Knob 4 [ Turn] Playback Speed This value sets the playback speed, relative to the recorded speed. The setting is by percentage. A value of +0 reproduces the original speed; a setting of +50 increases the speed by a factor of 1.5, while a setting of -50 cuts the speed in half. [Range] -50 - +50 • If you are playing back an imported SMF (standard MIDI file), the available range may be less than shown here. [ Press] RECORD/STOP Press to immediately begin sequence recording. Press a second time during recording to stop. Knob 5 [ Turn] RecPort & PlayChannel Specifies the MIDI port to be used for recording, and the MIDI channels to be used for playback. [Range] A, B • A ... MIDI performance data received via the MIDI IN-A connector will be recorded. MIDI channels A01 - A16 will be used for playback. • B ... MIDI performance data received via the MIDI IN-B connector will be recorded. MIDI channels B01 - B16 will be used for playback. • The A4000 does not have this parameter. [ Press] PLAY/PAUSE/CONTINUE Press to immediately begin playback of the recorded sequence (PLAY). Press during playback to temporarily pause playback (PAUSE). Press again while paused to resume playback from the point at which it was paused (CONTINUE). 194 Chapter 8 UTILITY Mode • A5000/A4000 q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q