Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 208

14. Beat shift • You use this feature to shift the entire pattern backwards or forwards in time, by 16th-note increments. • A setting of +01* , for example, shifts the phrase forward (toward the end of the pattern) by one 16th note, while a setting of -01* shifts the phrase backwards by that amount. • This feature lets you produce a wide range of variations from a single phrase. This, in turn, increases the range of patterns that you can build. 0101 1101 -32* ,...,+00* ,..., +32* 15. Phrase number and name Phrase number Instrument category Phrase name Beat • As mentioned above, you can freely enter or change phrases within the matrix area of the PATCH screen. You select each phrase by its phrase number, as described below. • If a selected phrase is longer than one measure, the box surrounding the phrase number will extend horizontally across the measure boundary. • A phrase starts playing at the measure at which it is entered, and continues until the last measure of the pattern or until a subsequent entry is encountered on the same line (track). • You select a phrase by moving the cursor to the matrix position, then setting the phrase number as described immediately below. Note that the data area (above the matrix) shows the phrase number, phrase name, and instrument category for the cursor-selected phrase. • The QY700 provides two types of phrases: preset phrases and user phrases. 1. PATCH • The phrase number for a preset phrase consists of three fields: the instrument category, the beat value, and a sequential number. You select the phrase by choosing values for each of these fields. You can select from a total of 3,876 preset phrases. • The phrase number for a user phrase consists of two fields. It starts with the characters US (in the instrument-category field), which are followed by a sequential number. (The beat field is left blank.) 0101 1101 Instrument category Instrument category Numerickeypad entry Da Drum-a 1 Db Drum-b(General) 2 Fa Drum Fill-a(Pop&Rock) 3 Fb Drum Fill-b (Specific) 4 Fc Drum Fill-c(General) 5 DP Drum Parts 6 PC Percussion 7 PF Percussion Fill 8 Ba Bass-a 9 Bb Bass-b(General) 10 GC Guitar Chord 11 GA Guitar Arpeggio 12 GR Guitar Riff 13 KC Keyboard Chord 14 KA Kbd Arpeggio 15 KR Keyboard Riff 16 5 PD Pad 17 BR Brass 18 SE Sound Effect 19 US User 20 Beat value Beat category 16 16 beats 08 8 beats 34 3/4 beat Sequential number Preset phrase: 001,...,256 User phrase: 001,...,099 Numerickeypad entry 5 4 3 Chapter 5. PATTERN MODE 207