Yamaha CS6R Owner's Manual - Page 35
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Basics Section About the Modes The CS6x/CS6R has various Modes which you can select according to the task you wish to perform. Voice Mode Voice Play Mode Voice Edit Mode Voice Job Mode Performance Mode Performance Play Mode Performance Edit Mode Performance Job Mode Phrase Clip Mode Phrase Clip Play Mode Phrase Clip Record Mode Phrase Clip Edit Mode Phrase Clip Job Mode Sequence Play Mode PHRASE CLIP PITCH REC SEQ PLAY PLAY/ STOP TEMPO MODE VOICE PERFORM UTILITY CARD EDIT JOB COMPARE STORE Card Mode Utility Mode Utility Job Mode Voice Mode (Page 74) Voice Play Mode Normal Voices and Drum Voices can be played in this Mode. You can select from Preset Voices (256 Normal Voices plus 8 Drum Kits), Internal (User) Voices (128 Normal Voices plus 2 Drum Kits) and External (Memory Card) Voices (128 Normal Voices plus 2 Drum Kits). That is a choice of 512 Normal Voices and 12 Drum Kits. The choice is extended further still if you have an optional Plug-in Board installed. The MIDI settings for Voices are set in Utility Mode. Voice Edit Mode Normal Voices and Drum Voices can be created and edited in this Mode. You can save up to 128 edited Normal Voices and 2 edited Drum Kits as User Voices in internal memory. You can also store them to Memory Card as external memory. Voice Job Mode In this Mode, you can copy and initialize Voices, and perform other such operations (Jobs) on them. Performance Mode (Page 117) Performance Play Mode This Mode is used when playing Performances. You can layer multiple Voices (Parts) to create rich sonic textures. You can also create multitimbral setups by assigning Parts to different MIDI channels. You can layer A/D Input, Phrase Clip and Plug-in Parts, as well as AWM2-based Voices. Performance Edit Mode In this Mode, you can edit and create Performances. You can save up to 128 Performances to internal memory or up to 64 to external memory (Memory Card). Performance Job Mode In this Mode, you can copy and initialize Performances, and perform other such operations (Jobs) on them. Phrase Clip Mode (Page 142) Phrase Clip Play Mode In this Mode, you can select and play Phrase Clips. Phrase Clip Record Mode You can record sounds into the synthesizer from a microphone or other audio source in this Mode. These sounds (Phrase Clips) can then be played back in real time via keyboard. Furthermore, Phrase Clips that you have already recorded can be re-recorded as new Phrase Clips after having, say, Chorus effects applied to them. 35 Phrase Clip Edit Mode This Mode is used for editing Phrase Clips. Once you have recorded the Phrase Clips, you need to edit them to set their loop points and other parameters. You can also create Clip Kits by assigning them to notes on the keyboard. Phrase Clip Job Mode In this Mode, you can copy and delete Phrase Clips, and perform other such operations (Jobs) on them. Sequence Play Mode (Page 161) In this Mode, you can use the sequencer to play back Song files (Standard MIDI Files) held on Memory Card. The Songs can be played back individually or as a chain. By switching Performance, you can also change the sounds associated with each track in a Song. Utility Mode (Page 163) Select this Mode when setting parameters that apply to the synthesizer system as a whole. These include MIDI settings and synthesizer setup parameters. Utility Job Mode In this Mode, you can restore the synthesizer's factory settings. Card Mode (Page 171) Insert a Memory Card into the CARD slot and you can save files to it, load files from it, and do various other things with the data on the card.