Yamaha PSR-S900 Owner's Manual - Page 169

Recording Your Performance to MIDI Displaying Specific Types of Events (FILTER) In the edit displays various types of events are shown. It may sometimes be difficult to pinpoint the ones you want to edit. This is where the Filter function comes in handy. It lets you determine which event types will be shown in the edit displays. 1 Press the [H] (FILTER) button in the edit displays. 2 Select the event type by using the [2π†]-[5π†] buttons. 3 Checkmark (show) or remove the checkmark for the selected item by using the [6π†]/[7π†] buttons. [H](ALL ON Checkmarks for all event types. [I] (NOTE/CHORD).....Selects only NOTE/CHORD data. [J] (INVERT Reverses the checkmark settings for all boxes. In other words, this enters checkmarks to all boxes that were previously unchecked and vice versa. 4 Press the [EXIT] button to execute the settings. Pressing the [C]-[E] buttons calls up the respective Filter displays as shown below. MAIN Call up the Main Filter display. CTRL CHG Call up the Control Change Filter display. STYLE Call up the Accompaniment Style Filter Display. Editing System Exclusive Events (SYS/EX.) The explanations here apply to the [SYS/EX] tab display in step 4 of the Basic Editing Operation on page 162. From this display, you can edit recorded System Exclusive events, which do not belong to a specific channel, such as tempo and beat (time signature). The operations here are basically the same as those in the section "Editing Note or Chord Events" on page 167. System Events ScBar (Score Start Bar) Tempo Time (Time Signature) Key (Key Signature) XGPrm (XG Parameters) SysEx (System Exclusive) Meta (Meta Event) Determines the top measure of a Song. Determines the tempo value. Determines the time signature. Determines the key signature, as well as the major/minor setting, for the music score shown on the display. Allows you to make various detailed changes to the XG parameters. Refer to the "MIDI Data Format" in the Data List for details. The Data List is available at the Yamaha website. (See page 5.) Displays the System Exclusive data in the Song. Keep in mind that you cannot create new data or change the contents of the data here; however, you can delete, cut, copy, and paste the data. Displays the SMF meta events in the Song. Keep in mind that you cannot create new data or change the contents of the data here; however, you can delete, cut, copy, and paste the data. Press the [I] (SAVE) button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data, then save the data in the Song Selection display (page 73). CAUTION The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation (page 73). Using, Creating and Editing Songs PSR-S900/S700 Owner's Manual 169