Yamaha YRM-301 User manual

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SUMMARYOFOPERATINS
KeyboardorMouseGeneralOperations
KeyboardQuickOperations
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MIDICHANNELASSIGNMENT 19
BasicChannelAssignment 19
TheMultiMode 20
CHAPTER IIIOPERATINGTHE MIDIRECORDER 23
RECORDINGANPLAYBACK 24
RecordReady 24
BasicRecording/PlaybackProcedure 26
PlaybackProcedure FurtherPossibilities 28
VoiceChanges 29
AutoRecord 30
PunchIN/OUTRecord 30
Multi-trackRecordingandPlayback 31
The"M"Function 32
STEPWRITEECORDING 34
NoteLengthEntry 34
DottedNotes 35
Triplets 35
Rests 35
TiedNotes 35
InputVelocity 36
GateLength 36
NoteandChordEntry
Playback 37
FurtherStepWriteRecording 37
Mouse
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Printer 4
'MIDICNNECTIONS 5
SystemExample1:MIDIRecorder +DX7 +ThreeTX7s +RX15 5
SystemExample2:MIDIRecorder +KX88 +TX416 -I-RX11 6
SystemExample3:MIDIRecorder +DX21 +SFG-05SynthesizerUnit 7
CHAPTER IIGETTINGSTARTED 9
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STARTINGTHEPROGRAM 10
OVERVIEWOFOPERATION 12
UsingaMouse 12
UsingtheComputerKeyboard 13
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encingoffourorevenmoreFM digitaltonegenerators.
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typermitsmodificationofrecordedtracks.
panualpunch-inrecording.
typermitssequentialplayback ofbankswithtempo,transpose, trackandMIDI i
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sidlingsystempermitsuse offloppydisk orcassettetape forstorageandretrieval
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isecompatible forexceptionallyeasy, fastoperation.
IIadvantage ofthemanyversatilefeatures ofthissoftwarepackage,weurgeyou
althoroughlytofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeMIDIRecorderbeforeuse.Also,keep
so itcanbereferred towhenever needed.
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JOYSTICK1
MIDIRecorder
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FloppyDisk
Drive(FD-05)
RecorderCartridgeIS.pluggedintothetopslotofaCX5K/1.Youshouldfeelthe
)theinternalconnectorasyoupress itfromthetop.NotethatthecartridgeWILL
/AY! Ifthecartridgesimplystopsanddoesnotseemtoseatproperlywhenplugged
/inserting ittheotherwayaround.AlsoNEVERATTEMPTTOPLUGINTHECAR-
COMPUTERPOWERISON!!!Always insertthecartridgewiththepowerOFF.
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FloppyDiskDrive
CX5M
WiththeCX5MaCA-01RearSlotAdaptormustbefittedtotherearslotaspertheinstructionssupplied
withtheadaptor.TheFID-05interfacecanthenbepluggeddirectlyintotherearslotadaptor.
Fig.3Connection oftheFloppyDiskDrive
First,insertthefloppydiskdriveinterfaceorthecartridgeinto
theadaptor,theninserttheassemblyintotherearslot.
SingleCartridgeAdaptorCA-01
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IIvaryaccordingtotheparticularmodelofyourCXcomputerandthetypeofinput
ElomonitororTV.Refertoyourcomputermanual forvideoconnections.
AudioOut
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TX7 MIDI IN
Audio
MIDITHRU Out
MusicComputer TX7
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MIDI MIDI Audio
IN OUT MIDITHRU Out
TX7 MIDI IN
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nahamouse ishighlyrecommended—althoughnotessential— fortheeasiest
Recorder.TheMousemustbeconnectedtotheJOYSTICK1terminalontheright
riputer.Refer totheMouseinstructionmanual fordetails.
7emouse
sentialaccessory fortheMIDIRecorderprogram. Ifyoudohaveone,however, it
ainingprintedrecordsofyourMIDIRecorderCHAINprogramsanddiskfilelistings.
ndcomputermanuals forconnectiondetails.
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Mouse
ThissystemusesaDX7 DigitalProgrammableAlgorithm Synthesizerastheinputkeyboardandone
offourtonegenerators.TheremainingthreetonegeneratorsareprovidedbythreeTX7FMExpander
units.Thissystemalsorequirestheuseofanaudiomixer(atleast4channels)tocomoinetheoutputs
fromthefourtonegenerators.TheRX15 isclockedbytheCXcomputerand isthussynchronized to
theMIDIRecorder.
Fig.5SystemExample1
MIDI
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wouldbeanidealmatch forthissystem.Note thatsincetheDX21keyboarddoesnotoutputtouch
(velocitysensitivity)data,velocitychangescannotberecorded in realtime.Velocitydatacanbe
programmed induringthestep-writeprocess,however.
Fig.7SystemExample3
MusicComputer
YRM-301
MIDI IN
MIDIOUT
SecondMusicComputer
+SFG-05
MIDI IN
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CHAPTER!!
GETTINGSTARTED

ons. I-orexample.referring tothescreenmapabove,usethemouse tomove
RECORDmodesector(atleastpartofthearrow mostlogicallythepoint—
0RECORDsector).Nowpressthe leftmousebutton.TheAUTORECORDsector
e,indicatingthat itisselected,andablockofparameterspertainingtotheAUTO
Iappearatthebottomofthescreen.
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ilte(OFF)andtheparameterblockatthebottom ofthescreen willdisappear.
learrowintothetopcircle intheRecolumn inthecentralblueportion ofthe
utton.The circleshouldhaveturnedred.Thisindicatesthatyouhave justset
odefortrackone.Pressthe leftbuttonagainto"de-select"theRECORDREADY
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Nowmovethecursorsothat its tip is justbelowtherightmost digitoftheTEMPO indicator.Thistime,
holddownthe rightbuttonwhilemovingthemouse tothe leftandright.As youmove totherightthe
valueoftheselected digit willincrease,andasyoumovetotheleft itwilldecrease.Trythesameoperation
withtheotherdigitsintheTEMPO indicator,thenthedigitsintheTIMESIGNATUREindicator.The right
button isthusprimarilyused tosetnumericalvalues.
Thereareafewexceptionstothispattern,andthesewillbenotedaswelook atthespecificfunctions
towhichtheyapply.
UsingtheComputerKeyboard
Mouse-EquivalentKeys
AlthoughtheMouse isgenerallyrecommended foroperation oftheMIDIRecorder, allfunctionscan
becarriedoutdirectlyfromthecomputerkeyboard.Therearealso averyfewfunctions forwhich
keyboardentryistheeasiestandmostappropriatemethod.
Whenusingthekeyboard,thecursorkeys(theright, left,upanddownarrowkeys)areusedtoposition
theredcursorarrowonthescreen.TheSELEZT1keyintheblock ofkeysabovethecursorkeys is
equivalenttothe leftmousebutton.To testthis.usethecursorkeys tomovethearrow totheAUTO
RECORDmodesector (atleastpartofthearrow mostlogicallythepoint mustbeinsidetheAUTO
RECORDsector).Nowpressthe ISELECTIkey.TheAUTORECORDsectorshouldhaveturnedblue,
indicatingthat it isselected,andablockofparameterspertainingtotheAUTORECORDmodeshould
appearatthebottom ofthescreen.
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,aseitsvalue.TrythesameoperationwiththeotherdigitsintheTEMPOindicator,
FIMESIGNATUREindicator.
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holding itsrightbutton)
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keyscorrespond totheRECORDMODE,PLAY/RECORD,REWIND.FAST
sectorsonthescreen(notehowcloselytheseresemblethecontrolsonany
?r).Thesekeyscanbe_usedtoactivatethecorrespondingfunctions,ascanthe
*STOPKey
STOP
Fig.13Specialkeys
toNumericKeys1—
Thesekeyscanbeusedtodirectlyselecttheavailablenotelengthvaluesduringthestepwritemode.
Allthesefunctionswillbementionedincontextlaterinthemanual.
The'STOPkeycanbeusedtocancelatrackthatisbeingrecorded. Ifyoustoprecordingusingeither
themouse orthe IF5 key,whatyouhaverecorded tillthatpoint willbesaved.Bypressingthe
key,however,thematerialcurrentlybeingrecordedwillbeignored.This islikea"nevermind"
function handy ifyoumakeanerrorduringapunch-inoperation.
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