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Yamaha RM1x User Manual

Manual is about: SEQUENCE REMIXER

Summary of RM1x

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    Yamaha rm1x remix sequencer - power users guide view the rm1x in the yamaha product catalog "man, i love this box. This thing is hella-cool!" - d.J. Grant, one of seattle's top dj's after his first experience with the rm1x. The rm1x is a creative tool and therefore no single guide or manual will be ...

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    What is a sequence remixer? Within this one device you have a midi synthesizer tone generator, a professional sequencing program, and a real-time midi control surface. As a tone generator, the rm1x features a 16-part multi -timbral synthesizer. The tone generator section features a powerful sound se...

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    Moves rapidly through the numbers. 2. Press and illuminate the led for the [section] mode (flashes). 3. Press the [play] button 4. Try changing sections by pressing a white key [a]-[p]. You can also set how quickly the rm1x responds to section changes. Press [stop] and press the [utility] button. Us...

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    4. You can assign 5 different mute groups for instant recall. When you have the instruments you want muted you can store this with the rm1x’s mute memory function. The 5 highest black keys can store/recall mutes when the rm1x is in mute mode. [shift] + [mute memory] key will store a mute and simply ...

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    Figure 4: shows the 2 pattern screens with track 1 selected / user style u08 / user phrase 001. The second screen, patch, shows the individual phrases that are ‘patched’ to make the pattern style. The screen # is indicated in the upper left portion of the screen next to "patt". The control knobs loc...

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    A word on control knob twisting: you will feel a center détente at the 12 o’clock position on each control knob. Depending on the selected and assigned function, this center value might be different. For the primary functions (a): time stretch, clock shift, gate time, velocity, cutoff, resonance, eg...

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    The voice knobs edit the sound, mix and dsp effect processing for the selected track. The following is a list of the voice knob functions and a definition of each one: l cutoff: filter cutoff frequency (control message 74) normal setting is 12 o’clock. Clockwise opens filter, counterclockwise closes...

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    Creating your own patterns press the [pattern] button a second time to arrive at the pattern 2 or patch screen. This is where you can combine phrases into your own unique pattern styles. Knob 1 selects the phrase category: preset (there are over 7000 phrases from the preset pattern styles - refer to...

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    (this is available in song record mode only). L step (step)record let ’s you enter note data without the pressure of playing to the metronome. This is appropriate when entering data from a score or creating difficult/impossible runs and fills. L grid (grid)record combines step and overdub methods be...

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    Note edit 2. Quantize - auto timing correction with advanced swing feature 3. Modify velocity - change the recorded data by % or fixed rate 4. Modify gate time - change the recorded data by % or fixed rate 5. Crescendo - increase or decrease velocity values over time 6. Transpose - note shift a note...