Yamaha RS7000 Owner's Manual - Page 38

3. Real-time Sound Control 3. Real-time Sound Control Our pattern isn't finished yet - we still need to record an original phrase and add some sampled material - but now would be a good time to take a little detour and investigate some of the real-time control provided by the RS7000's panel knobs. Although the RS7000 is geared towards "production" rather than live sound (but that doesn't mean it isn't a killer live-mix tool, too), the ability to creatively control the sound in real time is an essential part of modern production technique. Real-time control brings "spontaneity" to high-tech music production. Procedure With the pattern playing in the PATTERN Play mode, try the following: 1 Adjust the BPM Rotate [Knob 4] to change the tempo (BPM) of the pattern in real time. 2 Select a Track & Try the Following Controls The panel knobs we will explore below affect the currently selected track. So select the track you want to control, then try out the controls listed below. SEQUENCE PLAY FX SELECT EFFECT SEND / VOLUME BEAT STRETCH CLOCK SHIFT GATE TIME MIDI DELAY LFO WAVE SWING VELOCITY SPEED PITCH USER S&H PGM DEPTH AMP FILTER PITCH PORTAMENTO TYPE FINGERED FULL TIME OFF PITCH BEND PORTAMENTO TIME DRY VARI DELAY/CHO EG REVERB TRACK VOLUME ATTACK FILTER CUTOFF DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE - + TYPE RESONANCE ENV.DEPTH LPF24 LPF18 LPF12 HPF BPF BEF EFFECT ON/OFF MASTER EFFECT MULTI COMP CTRL DELAY D-FILTER ISOLATION RING MOD V-DIST LO-FI SLICE REAL TIME LOOP REMIX SAMPLING SAMPLE EDIT STANDBY START/STOP REC VOLUME MUSIC PRODUCTION STUDIO Integrated Sampling Sequencer IN OUT A OUT B MIDI MASTER VOLUME SEQUENCE PLAY FX SELECT EFFECT SEND / VOLUME BEAT STRETCH CLOCK SHIFT GATE TIME MIDI DELAY LFO WAVE SWING VELOCITY DRY VARI DELAY/CHO EG REVERB TRACK VOLUME SPEED PITCH USER S&H PGM DEPTH AMP FILTER PITCH PORTAMENTO TYPE FINGERED FULL TIME OFF PITCH BEND PORTAMENTO TIME ATTACK FILTER CUTOFF DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE - + TYPE RESONANCE ENV.DEPTH LPF24 LPF18 LPF12 HPF BPF BEF F1 F2 F3 F4 NUM REC SHIFT KEYBOARD ARPEGGIO ON OCT DOWN OCT UP STOP PLAY MUTE STORE SCENE 1 BPM MEMORY 2 3 4 5 EXIT SECTION TRANSPOSE A B C D E F G H PATTERN MODE PATT CHAIN SONG UTILITY GROOVE SUB MODE PLAY FX MIDI DELAY MIXER 7 8 VOICE EDIT EFFECT 9 SETUP +/MASTER 4 5 6 0 SAVE LOAD JOB EDIT 1 2 3 I J ENTER TAP UTILITY SYSTEM MIDI SETUP MIDI FILTER GROOVE PLAY FX MIDI DELAY GRID GROOVE HARMONIZE MIDI DELAY NOTE FEEDBACK TIME MIXER VOICE SELECT VOL/PAN/OUT EQ EFFECT SEND LEVEL VOICE EDIT LFO PORTAMENTO PITCH EG FILTER EFFECT EFFECT TYPE VARIATION DELAY REVERB SETUP ARPEGGIO A/D SETUP KNOB ASSIGN MIDI OUT CH MASTER MASTER EQ MASTER EFFECT SAVE SAVE EXPORT RENAME DELETE FORMAT LOAD LOAD IMPORT SCSI SETUP SCSI COMM JOB JOB LIST EDIT EDIT CHANGE VIEW FILTER PAD 1 PAD 2 CAPS ALL 1~8 9~16 TR- TR+ PAD ASSIGN TRACK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MUTE SOLO K ! L # M $ N % O & P ' Q ( R ) S - T @ U ^ V _ W { X } Y ~ Z TRANSPOSE(-) TRANSPOSE(+) TRACK SELECT 3.3V CARD SPACE DEL FILTER Experiment with the [CUTOFF], [RESONANCE], and ENV. DEPTH knobs to hear how they affect the selected track. Note that these controls are fairly interactive, so you may have to play around a bit to find the sound you want. You might also try using the [TYPE] button to change the filter type. EG These "grab-and-twist" envelope knobs can affect the sound in a big way. The [AMP/FILTER/PITCH] button determines whether the EG knobs affect the amplitude, filter, or pitch envelope generator. Select "FILTER" and try them on the bass-drum track (track 1) to hear how the ATTACK knob, for example, can add a dynamic filter affect to the sound. EFFECT SEND/VOLUME These knobs are directly linked to the corresponding controls for the selected track in the RS7000's mixer (we'll look at the mixer in section 6 of the tutorial). Simply, the first three knobs - [DRY ↔ VARI.], [DELAY/CHO] and [REVERB] - control the effect send levels to the corresponding RS7000 effect stages. The [TRACK VOLUME] knob does just what it says - controls the volume of the selected track in relation to the others. PITCH The [PITCH BEND] knob directly changes the pitch of the selected track (the center click-stop position is normal pitch). When the selected track contains a melodic line, the [PORTAMENTO TIME] knob controls the length of the pitch slide between subsequent notes when either the FINGERED or FULL TIME PORTAMENTO TYPE is selected. See page 100 of the reference section for more details about portamento and portamento types. LFO Much like the LFO on an analog synthesizer, these knobs apply LFO (Low-Frequency Oscillator) modulation to the selected track. Use the [WAVE] button to select an LFO waveform, then use the [SPEED] and [DEPTH] knobs to adjust the LFO effect as required. SEQUENCE PLAY FX These knobs directly control a number of the RS7000's PLAY FX parameters. "Play Effects" function at the sequencing stage to provide harmonization as well as note and timing variations without permanently affecting the sequence data. Six note and timing related Play Effect parameters can be accessed via these three knobs, selectable in groups of three (the upper and lower labels below the knobs) by using the [SELECT] button. 38 RS7000