Yamaha MD8 Owner's Manual - Page 68

Program Playback, Use the CURSOR shuttle to select steps and the DATA dial to select a song

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60 Repeat, Cue List & Program Play Program Playback The Program Play function allows you to compile a program of songs for custom playback. The Program may contain up to 36 steps. Program S1: Song 3 S2: Song 5 S3: Song 2 S4: Song 9 S5: Song 1 S6: Song 7 S7: Song 6 S8: Song 4 S9: Song 9 " " " " " 1. Press the [UTILITY] button and use the DATA dial to select the PRG Play function. 2. Press the [ENTER] button. The display shows EDIT Prog . 3. Use the DATA dial to select EDIT or NEW. EDIT allows you to edit the current Program. NEW resets the Program. If you haven't yet created a Program, select EDIT (not NEW). 4. Press the [ENTER] button. The display shows s1: (the lower case "s" means that the Program is being edited). 5. Use the CURSOR shuttle to select steps and the DATA dial to select a song for each step. To reset a step, select "*" . 6. When you've set all the required steps, press the [ENTER] button. The display shows S1: X¬ Y and the MD8 waits in Pause mode (the upper case "S" indicates that the Program can be or is being played). 7. Press the [PLAY] button to start Program playback. The songs play back in the order specified in the Program. 8. Use the [ ] and [ ] SONG SEARCH buttons to select other steps in the Program and the [PAUSE] button to pause playback. To stop playback, press the [STOP] button. When Program Playback is paused, selecting the TOTAL Time Counter mode allows you to search for a specific point within the Program. See Locating Specific Points on page 52 for more information. Program Play settings are stored when the MD8 is turned off. MD8-Owner's Manual

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60
Repeat, Cue List & Program Play
MD8—Owner’s Manual
Program Playback
The Program Play function allows you to compile a program of songs for custom playback.
The Program may contain up to 36 steps.
1.
Press the [UTILITY] button and use the DATA dial to select the PRG Play
function.
2.
Press the [ENTER] button.
The display shows
EDIT Prog
.
3.
Use the DATA dial to select EDIT or NEW.
EDIT allows you to edit the current Program. NEW resets the Program. If you haven’t yet
created a Program, select EDIT (not NEW).
4.
Press the [ENTER] button.
The display shows
s1:
(the lower case “s” means that the Program is being edited).
5.
Use the CURSOR shuttle to select steps and the DATA dial to select a song
for each step.
To reset a step, select “
*
” .
6.
When you
ve set all the required steps, press the [ENTER] button.
The display shows
S1: X¬ Y
and the MD8 waits in Pause mode (the upper case “
S”
indi-
cates that the Program can be or is being played).
7.
Press the [PLAY] button to start Program playback.
The songs play back in the order specified in the Program.
8.
Use the [
] and [
] SONG SEARCH buttons to select other steps in the
Program and the [PAUSE] button to pause playback.
To stop playback, press the [STOP] button.
When Program Playback is paused, selecting the TOTAL Time Counter mode allows you to
search for a specific point within the Program. See
Locating Specific Points
on page 52 for
more information.
Program Play settings are stored when the MD8 is turned off.
Program
S1: Song 3
S2: Song 5
S3: Song 2
S4: Song 9
S5: Song 1
S6: Song 7
S7: Song 6
S8: Song 4
S9: Song 9
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