Yamaha RS7000 Owner's Manual - Page 339

12. Glossary Phrase An individual instrumental "part" which can be used in a pattern: a drum pattern, bass line, or chord part. Phrase Sampling The act of sampling an entire musical or rhythmic phrase, as opposed to recording a one-shot sample such as a single snare hit. Pitch EG An envelope generator that can be used to control the pitch of a voice from the note attack until the final release. Pitched Voice A voice which plays at the standard pitches of each key on the keyboard. Pitched voices allow samples to be played at various pitches or various pitches to be played simultaneously to create chords, just like conventional instruments. Polyphonic Aftertouch Aftertouch refers to the capability to control some aspect of the sound by varying pressure on the keyboard after notes are played. Two types of aftertouch data are used: polyphonic and channel. Channel aftertouch is aftertouch data in which only one aftertouch value is transmitted for each MIDI channel. In contrast, polyphonic aftertouch produces separate aftertouch values for each note played. Polyphony The number of notes that can be played simultaneously by a tone generator or instrument. The maximum polyphony of the RS7000 is 62 notes. Portamento An effect that smoothly changes the pitch from one note to another note. Higher Portamento Time values will produce a slower change, and there will be no effect with a setting of 0. Portamento Switch MIDI control change number 65 turns the portamento effect on or off. Preset An item provided in the internal memory. In the RS7000 a substantial number of phrases are provided as presets. Punch-in Record A method of realtime recording in which the user specifies the punch-in and punch-out points, so that recording takes place only in that area. Q Q (Bandwidth) An equalizer parameter used in band-pass or bandelimination type filters. The "Q" is the bandwidth, or the range of frequencies affected by the filter. The higher the Q, the broader the affected band. Quantize A function which can be used to "tighten up" the inexact timing of notes or other events that were entered in realtime. R RAM Random Access Memory than can be written to, read from, and erased as required. The RS7000 uses internal RAM memory. Real-time Recording A method of recording in which a performance is recorded as it is played in real time, similar to a conventional multi-track recorder. Redo A function which "redoes" (restores) the results of a function which has been undone by using the "Undo" function. Replace A method of real-time recording or punch recording in which previously recorded data is erased (replaced) as new material is recorded. Appendix RS7000 339