Yamaha V50 - Creating Rhythm Patterns

CREATING RHYTHM PATTERNS
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Realtime recording and step recording
There are two ways to create rhythm patterns.
Realtime recording
While listening to the click sound, play the keyboard
to record a rhythm pattern in realtime.
Step recording
Using a bar graph that divides a measure into small steps
(32nd notes), specify the timing for each rhythm in-
strument to play.
You can use any combination of these two methods.
For instance, you might record the bass drum and hi-hat
using step recording, and record the snare and toms using
realtime recording, or use step recording to edit a pattern
that was recorded in realtime.
Use the recording method most appropriate for each
situation.
Before you begin recording
In both realtime recording and step recording, the parts
you record will modify the existing pattern by adding
or deleting sounds. For example, if a certain pattern
contains a bass drum part of “dum dum dum dum”, you
may select this pattern and record additional sounds to
this pattern.
Rhythm pattern recording can be divided into the fol-
lowing two situations.
60 Using the rhythm machine
(1) Recording a rhythm pattern from scratch.
You can record into a rhythm pattern that contains
no data. If a pattern contains no data, a “w” will
not be shown in the display. Patterns with a “w”
indication such as “100w” have already been re-
corded. }
(2) Record using a rhythm pattern that has already been
recorded.
You can record to a previously recorded rhythm
pattern to modify it. The procedure will differ
slightly depending on whether the pattern is an preset
pattern or an internal pattern.
Recording using a preset pattern: Select a preset
pattern number (P00-— P99) and begin recording.
However, it is not possible to store your newly re-
corded data into a preset pattern. When you finish
recording (after you press [_0 |), you will be asked
which internal pattern you want to write the data
into. Specify an internal pattern number 100 — 199
to write the pattern into. The preset pattern you
used will not be modified in any way.
Recording using an internal pattern: Select an
internal pattern number (100—199) and begin re-
cording. When you finish recording, the selected
internal pattern will be replaced by the newly re-
corded pattern. If you want to record a new pattern
while keeping the original pattern, use the pattern
“copy” job (see page 66) to copy the original pattern
to another location before recording.