Yamaha TYROS Owners Manual - Page 115

Reference Style Creator (Digital Recording) G Loop Recording and Overdub Recording The Song Creator (Song Recording) feature records your keyboard performance as MIDI data. Recording a style data via the Style Creator, however, is done in a different way. Here are some of the aspects in which style recording differs from song recording: • Loop Recording Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a "loop," and style recording is also done using loops. For example, if you start recording with a two-measure main section, the two measures are repeatedly recorded. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition (loop), letting you record while hearing previously recorded material. Bass Drum • Overdub Recording .......... This method records new material to a part (channel) already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. In style recording, the recorded data is not deleted, except when using functions such as Rhythm Clear (page 117) and Delete function (page 116). For example, if you start recording with a two-measure MAIN section, the two measures are repeated many times. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition, letting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing previously recorded material. Snare Drum Bass Drum Hi-Hat Snare Drum Bass Drum Using the recording methods above, the Style Creator feature lets you record complete rhythm patterns (like the one above) quickly and easily. G Rhythm Parts and Pitched Parts Creating or recording the Rhythm parts (containing non-pitched data) differs from recording other parts (containing pitched data) in the following ways. • Note data can be overdubbed to existing Rhythm parts of a preset style, whereas other pitched parts can be newly recorded to only after all existing preset data on the part is deleted. • Style parts (channels) other than Rhythm parts are played back according to the chord root/type specified in the chord section of the keyboard. The notes output from style parts (channels) other than Rhythm parts are transposed from the Source Pattern (described below) according to the chord root/type specified in the chord section of the keyboard. The Style Creator lets you set the parameters that determine how the note is transposed and set the parameters that determine how notes held through chord changes will be handled. Special Parameter Settings based on Style File Format Source Pattern PLAY ROOT (Chord Root setting of a Source Pattern) PLAY CHORD (Chord Type setting of a Source Pattern) Chord change via the chord section of the keybaord. Note Transposition NTR (Note Transposition Rule applied to the Chord Root change) NTT (Note Transposition Table applied to the Chord Type change) Other Settings HIGH KEY (Upper limit of the octaves of the note transposing caused by the Chord Root change) NOTE LIMIT (Note range in which the note is sounded) RTR (Retrigger Rule that determines how notes held through chord changes will be handled) Output The Style File Format (SFF) combines all of Yamaha's auto accompaniment (style playback) know-how into a single unified format. By using the Style Creator, you can take advantage of the power of the SFF format and freely create your own styles. The chart shown at left indicates the process by which the style is played back. (This does not apply to the rhythm track.) These parameters can be set via the Style Creator feature. G Source Pattern page 121 There are a variety of possibilities for style playback notes, depending on the particular root note and chord type that are selected. The style data is appropriately converted depending on the chord changes you make during your performance. This basic style data that you create with the Style Creator is referred to as the "Source Pattern." G Note Transposition page 121 This parameter group features two parameters that determine how the notes of the Source Pattern are to be converted in response to chord changes. G Other Settings page 122 Using the parameters of this group, you can fine-tune how style playback responds to the chords you play. For example, the Note Limit parameter allows you to have the voices of the style sound as realistic as possible by shifting the pitch to an authentic range - ensuring that no notes sound outside the natural range of the actual instrument (e.g., very low notes of a piccolo sound). 115 TYROS Owner's Manual 113