Yamaha DX200 Specifications download pdf (Page 83)

Chapter 15 Song Recording

6 Keep assigning Patterns in this way, repeating Steps 3 - 5 above, until

you’ve created a new Song.

In most cases, you’ll want to repeat a Pattern over several measures, rather than having a different Pat-

tern every measure. To do this, ﬁrst set the Pattern you want to repeat. Then, in the following measures,

turn the DATA knob counter-clockwise until “----” appears in the display.

This setting selects no new Pattern, and keeps the previous Pattern playing through the measures

assigned this way.

By the way, if you’re creating a Song from scratch, you may not need to enter “----” at all. Just skip

over the measures that you want to stay the same — the DX200 automatically repeats the last Pattern,

until the next new entry.

7 To end the Song, record the “End” mark.

Select the measure FOLLOWING the ﬁnal measure in the Song, then turn the DATA knob counter-clock-

wise until “End” appears in the display.

For example, if you recorded the “End” mark to measure 33, the Song plays up through measure 32, then

stops.

8 Press [EXIT] (or the [SONG] button) to leave Song editing.

9 Play back your new Song by pressing the Start/Stop button.

However, you’ll have to use the [BWD]/[FWD] buttons ([SHIFT] + [OCT <<]/[OCT >>] buttons) to select

the starting measure. Make sure to return to the beginning measure — if you want to hear the Song all

the way through.

10 Last and most important — don’t forget to store your new Song.

Go on to Tip 68 right now and save your latest masterwork.

• Recording other data

In addition to Pattern numbers, a variety of other data types can be recorded to the measures

of a Song — such as BPM, Gate Time, Swing, and Reverse. (See page 85.) These let you

change various playback characteristics of the Patterns to suit your Song — without actually

having to change the Pattern data itself!

Song Edit Mode

Call up this mode for recording and editing

Songs. Hold down [SHIFT] and press

[SONG]. (The “S” in the display indicates the

Song mode.)

Measure Select

Determines the measure for recording, edit-

ing, and playback. Hold down [SHIFT] and

use the [OCT <<]/[OCT >>] buttons.

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