Yamaha TYROS - page 96

Song Creator (Digital Recording)

Reference

96 TYROS Owner’s Manual

Editing Data for each Channel

To set the following parameters, call up the CHANNEL page in step #4 of the Basic Procedure on page 94.

■ Quantize (set in step #2 above)........................................................................................................

Quantize lets you “clean up” or “tighten” the timing of a previously

recorded track. For example, the following musical passage has been

written with exact quarter-note and eighth-note values.

When actually recording the passage in real time, however, you may not

play it with perfect accuracy. Quantize allows you to align all the notes

so that the timing is absolutely accurate to the speciﬁed note value.

■ Delete.......................................................................................................................................

This lets you delete recorded data of the speciﬁed channel in the song data. Select the channel to be

deleted by using the upper/lower LCD [1] - [8] buttons and press the [EXECUTE] LCD button.

CHANNEL Determines which MIDI channel in the song data is to be quantized.

SIZE

Selects the quantize size (resolution). Set the Quantize size to correspond to the shortest note

value in the channel you are working with. For example, if the data was recorded with both

quarter notes and eighth notes, use 1/8 note for the Quantize size. If you apply a 1/4 note

Quantize size, the eighth notes would be moved on top of the quarter notes.

Settings:

STRENGTH

Determines how strongly the notes will be quantized. If a value less than 100% is selected,

notes will be moved toward the specified quantization beats only by the specified amount. Ap-

plying less than 100% quantization lets you preserve some of the “human” feel in the recording.

Executes the operation for the dis-

played page. After the operation

(with the exception of the SETUP

page) is completed, this button

changes to [UNDO], letting you

restore the original data if you are

not satisﬁed with the Operation

results. The Undo function only

has one level; only the previous

operation can be undone.

After you’ve ﬁnished creating/editing a

song, make sure to execute the Save

operation. The recorded song will be lost

if you change to another song or you

turn the power off without executing the

save operation.

Select a menu.

Set the parameters as

desired.

One measure of eighth notes

before quantization After 1/8 note quantization

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally convenient, since they

allow you to quantize two different note values at the same time, without compromising the quanti-

zation of either one. For example, if you have both straight 1/8 notes and 1/8 note triplets recorded

to the same channel, and you quantize to straight 1/8 notes, all notes in the channel are quantized

to straight 1/8 notes – completely eliminating any triplet feel in the rhythm. However, if you use the

1/8 note + 1/8 note triplet setting, both the straight and triplet notes will be quantized correctly.

1/4 note

triplet

1/16 note

triplet

1/32 note

1/8 note+

1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+

1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+

1/16 note triplet*

1/8 note

triplet

Original data

(assuming 4/4 meter)

Quantizing

strength =100

Quantizing

strength =50

Quarter-note length