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Detailed settings for recording, and playback [SONG SETTING]

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Detailed settings for recording and playback [SONG SETTING] You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song from preset songs ("PresetSong") or memory songs ("MemorySong") (see page 48). Procedure Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the "Song Setting" menu. MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME SONG KEYBOARD SONG BALANCE DEMO TRACK TRACK EXTRA METRONOME 1 2 TRACKS FILE START/STOP SETTING A SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG SETTING DOWN UP NEW SONG SYNCHRO START SONG C TEMPO [SONG SETTING] Correcting note timing [Quantize] You can correct the timing of notes. For example, you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth or sixteenth notes, or make the entire feel of a song more lively (with a swing type of rhythm). • Changes are made by song. • You can also listen to the sound while changing the setting. To change the data, you need to respond to "Execute?→." See the procedure on page 63. Stores the changed value. A B NO YES C D Specifies the type of note. Notes for which you can adjust the timing: [OFF] [1/4] quarter note [1/8] eighth note 3 [1/12] eighth note triplets [1/16] sixteenth note 3 [1/24] sixteenth note triplets If you select "1/8" or "1/16" for correction, the PF500 displays "SwingRate=xx%", which enables you to make the entire feel of a song more lively and swinging. B NO YES D CONTRAST EXIT GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- E.CLAVI- PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD CHORD VIBRAPHONE VOICE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH. WOOD ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION REVERB CHORUS BRILLIANCE MELLOW BRIGHT VOICE EFFECT MIDI SETTING OTHER SETTING Setting range: 0% - 100% If you select "1/8" for correction: Performance data Swing rate = 50% : not swinging Swing rate = 75% (51% or higher) : The timing of even beat notes is slightly delayed. Swing rate = 25% (49% or lower) : The timing of even beat notes is slightly early. Swing rate = 67% : The timing of the even beat notes is moved to the third beat of the triplets. 3 3 TIP Save the edited song data to memory. (See page 45.) PF-500 65

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PF-500
65
Detailed settings for recording
and playback [SONG SETTING]
You can make detailed settings for the selected song. First, select the desired song from preset songs (“Preset-
Song”) or memory songs (“MemorySong”) (see page 48).
Procedure
Select the desired song and press the [SONG SETTING] button to access the “Song Setting”
menu.
You can correct the timing of notes. For example,
you can adjust recorded notes to precise eighth or
sixteenth notes, or make the entire feel of a song
more lively (with a swing type of rhythm).
•
Changes are made by song.
•
You can also listen to the sound while changing
the setting. To change the data, you need to
respond to “Execute?
→
.”
See the procedure on page 63.
Notes for which you can adjust the timing:
If you select “1/8” or “1/16” for correction, the PF-
500 displays “SwingRate=xx%”, which enables you
to make the entire feel of a song more lively and
swinging.
Setting range:
0% - 100%
If you select “1/8” for correction:
Save the edited song data to memory. (See page 45.)
SONG
KEYBOARD
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN
E.PIANO
1
STRINGS
E.PIANO
2
CHOIR
GRAND
PIANO 2
JAZZ
ORGAN
HARPSI-
CHORD
SYNTH.
PAD
VIBRA-
PHONE
E.BASS
XG
GUITAR
E.CLAVI-
CHORD
WOOD
BASS
SONG SELECT
NEW SONG
SONG
SETTING
FILE
TRACK
1
TOP
TRACK
2
START
/
STOP
EXTRA
TRACKS
REC
UP
DOWN
SETTING
START/STOP
METRONOME
D
B
C
A
EXIT
EXIT
CONTRAST
VOICE
SETTING
SPLIT
VARIATION
BRIGHT
MELLOW
BRILLIANCE
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
REVERB
CHORUS
DEMO
TEMPO
SONG
BALANCE
MASTER VOLUME
NO
YES
VOICE
SYNCHRO START
SONG
MAX
MIN
EFFECT
[SONG SETTING]
Correcting note timing
[Quantize]
C
A
D
B
Specifies the type of note.
Stores the changed value.
NO
YES
3
3
[OFF]
[1/4]
[1/8]
[1/12]
[1/16]
[1/24]
quarter note
eighth note
eighth note triplets
sixteenth note
sixteenth note triplets
3
3
Performance data
Swing rate = 50% :
not swinging
Swing rate = 75% (51% or higher) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly delayed.
Swing rate = 25% (49% or lower) :
The timing of even beat notes is slightly early.
Swing rate = 67% :
The timing of the even beat notes is moved to
the third beat of the triplets.
TIP