Yamaha RX5 - Real Time Write

REAL TIME WRITE
In the Real Time Write mode, the Quantize function is used as a timing correction device.
If the Quantize is set to OFF, your Pattern will sound exactly as you play it, with all the
timing subtleties of your original performance. (Actually, when the Quantize is OFF, it is
recording your performance in increments of 1/96th notes, which are short enough to
capture the finest nuances of timing).
However, the Quantize function can be used to make the writing of perfectly-timed
Patterns easy and rapid.
For example, you could set the Quantize Rate at 1/4, and write in a simpie bass drum
part. Even if you play the notes off the beat, you'll hear them sound exactly on the beat
as soon as the Pattern recycles.
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You could then, without stopping Real Time writing, change the Quantize rate to 1/8 and
record an off-beat Snare Drum part.
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Then you could reset to 1/16 Quantize and add a more complex Hi-Hat part, to complete
the following basic rhythm Pattern. In this example the first Hi-Hat note is open, the rest
are closed,
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You could even turn the Quantize OFF and add ad-lib Tom or Latin percussion sounds,
if, for example, your Pattern were to be used as an intro or fill.
*— Hi Hat-Quantize 1/16
+ S.D.-Quantize 1/8
= B.D.—Quantize 1/4
PATTERN OPERATIONS
STEP WRITE
In the Step Write mode, the Quantize function is used to set the minimum length of each
beat. Although your Pattern may contain a complex arrangement of rhythms, you can
save Pattern writing time by writing each instrument in at the appropriate Quantize Rate,
in a similar fashion to the use of Quantize for Real Time writing.
Here's the same Pattern we gave as an example of Quantized Real Time writing,
displayed as a Step Write chart. The white dots indicate notes, entered by pressing an
instrument key; the black dots indicate rests, entered by pressing +1/YES.
beat 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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beat
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
5.0. e | | | | : ° | QUANTIZE
beat
2
3
4
BD. о o e О QUANTIZE
| 1/4
@— Rests
О-- Notes
® — Hi-Hat OPEN (other HI-HAT notes CLOSED)
If you wrote the whole Pattern at a Quantize rate of 1/16, the chart would look like this.
10 11 12 13 14 15
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QUANTIZE
1/16
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So
it's
easy
to
see
that
the
intelligent
use
of
Quantize
can
substantially
cut
down
on
the
number
of
rests
you
need
to
enter.
You can also use the Quantize function to facilitate writing complex rhythms such as the
snare drum triplets in the next example.
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