Yamaha AN200 - Manual (Page 74)

Chapter 14 Pattern Recording
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Enter the notes for these Steps in the same way as you did with Steps 1 - 8 above, but use the setting
guide below:
Again, this is ONLY a guide — make your own settings, if you want.
8 Finally, press the Start/Stop button — and hear your new masterpiece.
■ Gate Time • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
In the next few steps, let’s work with Gate Time and lengthen some of the notes.
9 Hold down [SHIFT] and press [STEP 1-8], until the GATE TIME indicator is
lit.
10 Set the knobs as shown.
Set knobs [1] and [5] to around 12:00. (The display value should be around 200.)
Set knobs [2], [3], [4], [6], [7], and [8] to around 9:00. (The display value should be around 70 - 75.)
11 Do the same again for Steps 9 - 16.
Press any one of the bottom row buttons (this automatically selects Steps 9 - 16 for editing the same
parameter, Gate Time), then set the knobs to roughly the same positions as shown above.
12 Press the Start/Stop button to hear your stunning new arrangement.
■ Velocity• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
No matter what unnatural, machine-like melody you’ve programmed above, you can make it sound much
better by putting in a few choice accents — with Velocity.
13 Hold down [SHIFT] and press [STEP 1-8], until VELOCITY is selected.
14 Maybe you’ve noticed that you can change any and all of the events
while the Pattern is running. If you HAVEN’T noticed this, press the Start/
Stop button to play the Pattern, and make the changes below.