Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 64

Changing the tempo • Here's how to change the tempo so that it will be comfort- able for you to play. (1) Press d [D3] to move the cursor to Tempo. (2) Use the data dial, n/y or numeric keypad → e to set the desired tempo. Changing the Click Beat, Click Mode, and Count • Here's how to change the click or count. Step recording of track 1 • Here we will use step recording to record the melody part for track 1 from the musical score printed on page 56. 1. Press d/u to move the cursor to track 1. 2. Press e to enter Recording Standby. 3. Press 6 (STEP) to select Step Recording. 4. Press p to start step recording on track 1. Song position pointer Location of the lowest "C" of the microkeyboard Measure: Beat :Clock Note value (Step Time) Playing strength (Velocity) Note length (Gate Time) 5. Move the song position pointer to the location where you wish to enter a note. • Use the data dial or n/y to move the song position pointer. • If the cursor is located elsewhere than the song position pointer w, you must first press l to move the cursor to the song position pointer. • You can move in steps of 1 measure by pressing r/f. • Since the first note of track 2 is in the first beat of measure 3, press f twice. BASIC CONCEPTS (1) Press d [D4] several times to move the cursor to Click Beat, Click Mode, or Count. 1 (2) Use the data dial, n/y or numeric keypad → e to set the desired values. Now let's playback. • Press the sequencer key p to playback the song. • Listen to the performance of track 2. 6. Select the note length. (1) Press d [D2] to move the cursor to the note value. (2) Use the numeric keypad to select the type of note that you wish to enter. • Since the first note in track 2 is a dotted 8th note, press numeric keypad [4] and then [0]. 7 8 9 quarter note 8th note triplet 16th note triplet triplet (64 clocks) (32 clocks) (16 clocks) 4 5 6 8th note (48 clocks) 1 16th note (24 clocks) 2 32nd note (12 clocks) 3 whole note half note quarter note (384 clocks) (192 clocks) (96 clocks) 0 dot 7. Check the octave setting of the microkeyboard. • Use d [OCT DOWN]/u [OCT UP] to change the octave. • The middle "C" of the keyboard graphic shown in the left edge of the display is the lowest "C" of the microkeyboard. • In this case since the first-entered note is D3, use d [OCT DOWN]/u [OCT UP] to set middle "C" to C3. Chapter 1 63