[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I hate the whole idea of "phrases" in the Yamaha sequencers. It seems
> some people like the idea but it just totally screws me up and slows
> me down.
>
> Can anyone explain to me how to do the following?
>
> 1.) Record a pattern(section? whatever Yamaha calls it).
> 2.) Copy that pattern to another pattern
> 3.) Change things in the 2nd pattern(a copy of the first pattern) and
> NOT HAVE THE FIRST PATTERN CHANGE TOO???
Simple...record your first pattern, then go into JOB> 18 COPY PHRASE.
>From there, you simply assign your 1st pattern to the upper number,
and your destination pattern to the lower. So, if your 'style/song'
is User Style #24, and your phrase is User Phrase 8, it should look
something like this:
Style=U24 Phrs=US 008
Style=U24 Phrs=US 009
That's assuming that you want to copy to location 009 of the same
song. Incidently, your best friend for operations like these is the
JOB>26 Phrase Name. Life is so much easier when you've named your
phrase.
> Also, how do I truncate a pattern? Last night I had a pattern set to
> 4 measures but after recording some I just wanted to make it 1 measure.
> The sequencer allowed me to change the length(on the main screen) to
> 1 measure but it still played all four.
>
> I can't seem to find a "truncate" job. What I want to do is to be able
> to find a job that does something like:
>
> Current Length: 4 measures New Length: 1 measure
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
Try JOB>34 Split Pattern
Hope this helps
-joel
