Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 199

PATTERN MODE Overview PATTERN MODE Overview pPATCH 1 Play Effects 2Pattern Voice Setup 3Pattern Effects 4Phrase Solo 6Phrase Table ePhrase Recording ePhrase Edit jPattern Job • You use PATTERN mode to record and edit user phrases, to assemble phrases into patterns, and to set up the playback characteristics for your patterns. • The phrase is the basic unit of song-accompaniment patterns. A single phrase, for example, might provide a bass line for a bass part, a rhythm line for a rhythm part, or a chord backing for a guitar part. • The QY700 includes 3,876 built-in phrases (preset phrases) that you can use to build your patterns. In addition, you can record and edit your own, original user phrases: up to 99 user phrases for each of the 64 available pattern styles. For general information about phrases, see Chapter 1. (→ p.37) • During replay, the QY700 can modulate (transpose) phrases to match a specified chord type and root. To do this, the QY700 uses an internal chord conversion table to convert the phrase's original chord/pitch relationships in accordance with the target chord type (28 types) and root (12 roots). For general information about the chord conversion setup, see Chapter 1. (→ p.38) Original phrase Chord root and type data Chord conversion table Converted phrase • A pattern is a multitrack arrangement of phrases. The pattern can consist of up to 16 tracks (or parts), with each part producing its own phrase sequence. Although each phrase reproduces a single instrument (voice), the pattern combines these phrases to produce a multivoice accompaniment - which may include, for example, multiple drum phrases, a bass phrase, chord comps, and so on. • The pattern is the basic unit of song accompaniment. At any given instant the QY700 can play a single pattern only (consisting of up to 16 tracks of independent phrase sequences). During replay, the QY700 switches from pattern to pattern in accordance with the pattern sequence you have specified. • The QY700 organizes patterns within styles and sections. More precisely, each pattern exists as a section within a style. • A style is a general accompaniment type, such as "TECHNO 1" or "Hip Hop." Each style consists of eight sections (A through H), which give different segments of the accompaniment: intro section, first melody section, fill-in, ending, and so on. Each section is equivalent to one pattern. (Thus, "Style 1 Section A," "Style 1 Section B," and "Style 9 Section D" all identify distinct patterns.) 198 Chapter 5. PATTERN MODE