Yamaha PF-1000 Owner's Manual - Page 95

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs- Song Creator 6 First, select the desired voice. To enter the note, first specify the length and loudness in this display, then enter the pitch by actually playing the note on the keyboard. Moves the cursor position up and down. A Determines the velocity (loudness) of the note to be entered (only when recording the melody). For information on velocity settings, see F below. B Returns the cursor to C the beginning of the song (the first note of D the first measure). E Use these to move the selected event, in units of measures (BAR), beat, and clocks. For information on measure/ beat/clock settings, see below. Specifies the type of note to be input next. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (Sixteenth notes are available only when recording the melody.) This also determines the position to which the pointer will advance after a note has been entered. G H Determines the length of the note (as a percentage) I from the position at which it is to be entered. (This is J available only when recording the melody.) For information on gate time settings, see below. Each press of this button toggles among the three basic note selectors at the bottom of the display: normal, dotted, and triplet. (This is available only when recording the melody.) Deletes the event at the cursor. To close the STEP RECORD display, press the [EXIT] button. Make sure to store the recorded END data by pressing the [I] (SAVE) button (page 44). I Measure/Beat/Clock Measure 1 Beat 1 234 Clock 000- 000- 000- 0001919 1919 1919 1919 2 12 3 4 000- 000- 000- 0001919 1919 1919 1919 I Velocity The table below shows the available settings and the corresponding velocity values. Kbd. Vel fff ff f mf mp p pp ppp Actual playing 127 111 95 79 63 47 31 15 strength I Gate Time The following settings are available: Normal 80% Tenuto 99% Staccato 40% Staccatissimo 20% Manual The gate time (note length) can be specified as a percentage by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial. PF-1000 95