Yamaha RY20 Owner's Manual - Page 47

Recording a User Pattern The range of patterns available is "000" to "099" or "OFF". "000" to "049" are the preset patterns, "050" to "099" are the user patterns. 4 Select another track to record by pressing the appropriate Track Select/Mute button. For example, select the snare drum track by pressing the [ SD ] button. Then select the snare drum track of another pattern by rotating the Jog Dial or by using the [ +1 ] and [ -1 ] buttons. 5 Continue selecting tracks and locating the desired patterns until you are satisfied with your pattern. 6 Stop the recording by pressing the [RECORD] button again. A Note on Instrument Polyphony The RY20 has 28-note polyphony. This simply means it can reproduce a maximum of 28 individual sounds at the same time. You can easily record notes in excess of the maximum polyphony. The RY20 will record these notes without difficulty. However on playback, some of the notes will be truncated and will therefore not sound. Some of the voices use more than one element. Each element uses one note of the instrument's polyphony. When notes with multiple elements are recorded in your pattern, the maximum polyphony actually becomes less than 28 notes. Please refer to the number of elements listed in the table on page 124. Back-up Your Data The RY20 is a powerful and reliable instrument. Its internal memory saves your pattern data even if the power is shut off. However, accidents are possible. To protect yourself against loss, you should use a MIDI data storage device such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer to save your valuable data to floppy disk. The procedure for MIDI back-up is shown starting on page 118. s Editing Patterns The RY20 has extensive features to support the creation and editing of pattern data. 39