Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 202

• When you enter PATTERN mode, the QY700 displays the PATCH screen. You can use this screen to create a pattern (by arranging phrases onto the 16 pattern tracks), or to select and replay an existing pattern. • During pattern playback, you can change the chord setting so that the pattern modulates. If you enable the fingeredchord switch, you can make the changes by playing appropriate chords at the microkeyboard or at an external MIDI keyboard. • The lower half of the PATCH screen shows the pattern's phrase arrangement, by measure and by track. You can change the phrase settings directly at this screen. By selecting different voices for each track, you can easily build and try out a wide number of multipart variations (drum plus guitar plus bass, and so on). To select and play a pattern 1. Press p. w The QY700 enters PATTERN mode. The PATTERN indi- cator lamp comes on. 2. Select the pattern. (→ p.202) • Move the cursor to the style-number and section-letter ar- eas on the screen, and make your selection using the data dial, n/y, or the numeric keypad. 3. Press p to start playback. • The PLAY indicator lamp comes on, and the QY700 begins playback of the selected pattern. The QY700 repeats the pattern until you change the selection or switch playback off. 4. Press s to stop the playback. 1. PATCH To create a pattern 1. Press p. w The QY700 enters PATTERN mode. The PATTERN indi- cator lamp comes on. 2. Select the pattern that you want to work on. • Move the cursor to the style-number and section-letter ar- eas on the screen, and make your selection using the data dial, n/y, or the numeric keypad. 3. Set the pattern length and time signature. (→ p.204.) • Press d [D1] or d [D2] to move the cursor into the appropriate setting area. Set the values using the data dial, n/y, or the numeric keypad. 4. Move the cursor to the appropriate phrase-entry location. • Move the cursor to the appropriate track and measure location (lower half of the screen). 5. Make an initial selection using the data dial or n/y. w The QY700 displays the phrase name and number. 6. Complete the selection. (→ p.207) • The phrase number consists of three sections: the instru- ment category, the beat value, and a sequential number. Move the cursor to each of these sections as necessary, and make 5 your selection using the data dial, n/y, or the numeric keypad. • To enter a rest rather than a phrase: Press 5 (Rest). • To delete a phrase or rest setting: Move the cursor to the setting, and press 6 (Clear). 7. Set the beat shift and scale time (→ p.206, 207) • Move the cursor to the beat-shift and scale-time entry ar- eas, and set the values using the data dial, n/y, or the numeric keypad. • Note that the following controls continue to be effective while you are working at the PATCH screen: t, r/f, s, p, and the shuttle dial. • If you want to hear one of the phrases playing alone, select the phrase with the cursor and then press 4 (PhrSolo). The QY700 will begin repeated solo play of the selected phrase. Chapter 5. PATTERN MODE 201