Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-OR700 - Manual (Page 161)

Using, Creating and Editing Songs
Recording Your Performance to MIDI
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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 conve-
nient way of correcting for this.
■ 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 quar-
ter note.
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.
Settings
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 elimi-
nating 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% pro-
duces 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.
After eighth note quantization
quarter
note eighth note sixteenth
note thirty-second
note sixteenth note
+ eighth note
triplet*
quarter
note triplet eighth note
triplet sixteenth
note triplet eighth note
+ eighth
note triplet* sixteenth
note + six-
teenth triplet*
Quarter-note length
Original data
Quantizing strength=100
Quantizing strength=50