Yamaha RY20 Owner's Manual - page 47
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Recording a User Pattern
The range of patterns available is “
000
” to “
099
” or “
OFF
”. “
000
” to “
049
”
are the preset patterns, “
050
” to “
099
” are the user patterns.
4
Select another track to record by pressing the appropriate Track
Select/Mute button. For example, select the snare drum track by pressing
the
[ SD ]
button. Then select the snare drum track of another pattern by
rotating the Jog Dial or by using the
[ +1 ]
and
[ –1 ]
buttons.
5
Continue selecting tracks and locating the desired patterns until you are
satisfied with your pattern.
6
Stop the recording by pressing the
[RECORD]
button again.
The RY20 has extensive features to support the creation and editing of
pattern data.
A Note on Instrument Polyphony
The RY20 has 28-note polyphony. This simply means it can reproduce a
maximum of 28 individual sounds at the same time. You can easily
record notes in excess of the maximum polyphony. The RY20 will record
these notes without difficulty. However on playback, some of the notes
will be truncated and will therefore not sound.
Some of the voices use more than one element. Each element uses one
note of the instrument’s polyphony. When notes with multiple elements
are recorded in your pattern, the maximum polyphony actually becomes
less than 28 notes. Please refer to the number of elements listed in the
table on page 124.
Back-up Your Data
The RY20 is a powerful and reliable instrument. Its internal memory
saves your pattern data even if the power is shut off. However, accidents
are possible. To protect yourself against loss, you should use a MIDI data
storage device such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer to save your
valuable data to floppy disk.
The procedure for MIDI back-up is shown starting on page 118.
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Editing Patterns