Yamaha PSR-OR700 ■QUANTIZE menu, ■Deleting the data of the speciﬁed channel (DELETE menu)

Recording Your Performance to MIDI

4 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your data, then save the data in the Song Selection display (page 67).

■QUANTIZE menu

The Quantize function allows you to align the timing of all the notes in a channel. For example, if you record the musical phrase shown at right, you may not play it with absolute precision, and your performance may have been slightly ahead of or behind the precise timing. Quantize is a convenient way of correcting for this.

CHANNEL Determines the channel in the Song to be quantized.

SIZE	Selects the quantize size (resolution). For optimum results, you should set the
	Quantize size to the shortest note value in the channel. For example, if eighth
	notes are the shortest in the channel, you should use eighth note as the Quantize
	size.
		After eighth note quantization

Settings

quarter	eighth note	sixteenth	thirty-second	sixteenth	note
note		note	note	+ eighth	note
				triplet*

quarter	eighth note	sixteenth	eighth note	sixteenth
note triplet	triplet	note triplet	+ eighth	note + six-
			note triplet*	teenth triplet*

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally conve- nient, since they allow you to quantize two different note values at the same time. For example, when the straight eighth notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in the same channel, if you quantize by the straight eighth notes, all notes in the channel are quantized to straight eighth notes — completely eliminating any triplet feel. However, if you use the eighth note + eighth note triplet setting, both the straight and triplet notes will be quantized correctly.

STRENGTH Determines how strongly the notes will be quantized. A setting of 100% produces exact timing. If a value less than 100% is selected, notes will be moved toward the speciﬁed quantization beats according to the speciﬁed percentage. Applying less than 100% quantization lets you preserve some of the “human” feel in the recording.

Quarter-note length

Original data

Quantizing strength=100

Quantizing strength=50

■Deleting the data of the speciﬁed channel (DELETE menu)

You can delete the data of the speciﬁed channel in the Song. Select the channel whose data to be deleted by using the [1π†]–[8π†] buttons, then press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to execute the operation.

About Quantize size (resolu- tion)

The Quantize size or resolution is the number of clocks per quarter note.

Songs Editing and Creating Using,

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