Yamaha Genos2 - Singing with Song Playback-Setting up; Setting up Song Playback

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Genos2 Owner’s Manual
Singing with Song Playback—
Setting Up
Operation Guide
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This section explains how to set up for your singing performance with Songs, using Song selection and Vocal Harmony settings.
As is the case in Chapter 1, the settings made in this section can be collectively stored in the Registration Memory as one song
setting (page96).
Setting Up Song Playback
Songs—MIDI Song and Audio Song
For Genos2, “Song” refers to MIDI or audio data which include preset songs, commercially available music les, etc. Not only can
you playback a song and listen to it, but you can also play the keyboard or sing along with Song playback.
There are two kinds of Songs that can be recorded and played back on this instrument: MIDI Songs and Audio Songs.
 MIDI Song
A MIDI Song is comprised of your keyboard performance information and is not a recording of the actual sound itself. The
performance information refers to which keys are played, at what timing, and at what strength—just as in a musical score. Based
on the recorded performance information, the tone generator (of Genos2, etc.) outputs the corresponding sound. Since MIDI
Song data contains the information such as keyboard part and Voice, you can play more eectively by viewing the score, turning
the particular part on or o, or changing Voices.
 Audio Song
An Audio Song is a recording of the performed sound itself. This data is recorded in the same way as that used in recording
cassette tapes, or with voice recorders, etc. Audio Songs can be played back on portable music players and many other devices,
making it easy for you to let others hear what you have played.
If you want to play back a Song in a USB ash drive, connect the USB ash drive containing Song
data to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal beforehand.
Song File Compatibility
You can play back the following types of Songs.
• Preset Songs (MIDI Songs)
• Your own recorded Songs (for instructions on recording, see page94)
• Commercially available Songs: MIDI les in SMF (Standard MIDI File) format, Audio les in WAV or MP3 format.
WAV: 44.1 kHz sample rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo
MP3: MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3: 44.1/48.0 kHz sample rate, 64–320 kbps bit rate or VBR, mono/stereo
NOTE
• For a general overview of MIDI and how you can eectively use it, refer to “MIDI Basics” on the website (page10).
• For information on compatible MIDI formats, refer to page10.
• The Time Stretch and Pitch Shift functions cannot be used when playing back an MP3 le of 48.0 kHz sample rate.
NOTE
Before using a USB ash drive,
be sure to read “Connecting USB
Devices” on page115.