User manual NUTRITIONIST SY5ACAN

[. . . ] Some explanations in this document need to be supplemented with the information in the Version 1. x owner's manual. r 2 SY5ACAN Music Workstation r OS Version 2 Playing realistic guitar parts (Guitar mode) Your SY5ACAN provides a Guitar mode that allows you to play extremely realistic guitar parts via the keyboard. As you will see, this mode relies on a special approach, which is nevertheless very musical and surprisingly logical once you have come to grips with the underlying principle. When you activate the Guitar mode, the UP1 part acts as main guitar, while the UP2 part is used as additional guitar that doubles the notes of the main guitar part. This means that, while the Guitar mode is active, UP1 and UP2 cannot be used for other melodic purposes. [. . . ] Choose whichever is more convenient (or clearer). r (17) Press the [EXECUTE] field to save the data. 10 SY5ACAN Music Workstation r OS Version 2 Recording Harmonist and Guitar parts (16-track Sequencer) Several new functions have been added to the 16-track Sequencer environment, the most important being the possibility to record Vocal Harmonist and Guitar-mode data. The display changes to: (4) Press the [REC¥TRK] field and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] buttons to select the track you want to record to. (5) Press the [REC¥TYPE] field and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] buttons to specify how the track should behave (some are always "GS tracks"): ENGLISH g Song parts Track If you select "GS" (or if there is no alternative). Sound (and tone generator) of the selected part. KEYBOARD PART/ MELODY INTELL Track If you select the corresponding part. Track REC TYPE ENGLISH 1~3 4 5 6 11 12 13 14 15 16 GS (cannot be changed) GS* GS*, GS*, GS*, GS*, GS*, GS*, UP1** UP2 LW1** MBS** UP3** LW2** GS (cannot be changed) IAssigning the Vocal Harmonist to track 16 by initializing the song RAM memory The [VOCAL¥HARMONIST. . . ¥ON¥TRACK¥16] field allows you to decide whether or not the Vocal Harmonist's settings should be used in your new song. Switch this button icon on if you want to assign the Vocal Harmonist to track 16 (in which case track 16 can no longer be used as "regular" track). To record changes to the Vocal Harmonist (like switching [ENSEMBLE] on/off), and/or the notes for the AUTO PITCH part, the VOCODER, etc. , select track 16, start recording and do everything you normally do when you operate the Vocal Harmonist in real time. 7~10 GS (cannot be changed) ENGLISH MELODY INTELL** GS or "VH" (see below) Preparations (3) Press the RECORDER [REC¥] button. [*] The track uses a "normal" sound (that is not produced by the HARMONIC BARS section). This can be an internal sound or a sound of the SRX-series expansion board you installed. [**] The track uses the same sound as the Keyboard part it is linked to. In the case of the UP1, LW1 and MBS parts, this can also be the corresponding Harmonic Bar part. The important thing to remember is that whenever you assign a different sound to the connected Keyboard part, the track in question automatically switches to that sound as well. REC G G VH--Sets "REC TRK" to "16" and allows you to record setting changes (including Pitch Bend) as well as the notes used for generating Vocal Harmonist voicings. This would allow you to "automate" the Vocal Harmonist's behavior. Note: Your singing is not recorded (because the sequencer only handles MIDI data). ENGLISH The display changes to: (6) To record a guitar part onto the selected track (not available for track 10): · Press the [GUITAR¥MODE] "display" and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to select "Acoustic" or "Electric". (Select "Off" if you want to use the track for something else. ) · Press the [SETTINGS] field to jump to the GUITAR MODE page and set up your "guitar". Any key you press after releasing the keys of notes already entered in the "table" replaces the "old" notes. · Press one of the note icons to specify the duration of the note(s) shown in the "table". This is possible both before and after playing the required note(s) on the keyboard. · Press the [EXECUTE] field to confirm your settings and add the new note (or chord). Song and Style Makeup Tools Changes made to a song or Style using the Makeup Tools can now be "computed" into that file and therefore become "regular" song or Style data: Here, you can either set the required length as a CPT value (q = 120CPT) or use the note icons to avoid lengthy calculations. ICREATE EVENT Press this button icon to add a new event to the selected track. The following pop-up appears: Before saving your settings Before saving your "made-up" song or Style to the internal memory, a card or a floppy disk, you can (but you don't have to) "commit" your changes, thereby turning them into "regular" song or Style data. (MAKEUP TOOLS settings are SysEx data only the SY5ACAN understands. ) This may come in handy for two reasons: · To be able to edit the "final" version of your song or Style with the 16-track Sequencer, Style Converter or Style Composer. Those functions ignore the "cosmetic" SysEx data you add using the MAKEUP TOOLS. · To play back your new song version on another sequencer or your computer. (The Styles can only be read by the SY5ACAN anyway. ) To commit your changes, press the [FREEZE¥DATA] field on any of the pages discussed so far: r 14 SY5ACAN Music Workstation r OS Version 2 The display responds with "Operation Complete" when the data have been converted. Careful: this operation cannot be undone. Note: This operation is unnecessary for files you only want to use with the SY5ACAN. Recording Styles from scratch The SY5ACAN's Guitar mode also allows you to record guitar parts for your Music Styles: Getting ready for the first track Recording a guitar part To record a guitar part onto the selected track (only available for the Accomp tracks): · Press the [GUITAR¥MODE] "display" and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to select "Acoustic" or "Electric". [. . . ] Their settings are included in the Style data themselves and can thus be copied to other SY5ACAN units simply by copying the Music Style files. Note: System version 3 no longer recognizes One Touch settings created with earlier versions (2. xx or 1. xx). Such settings are not loaded along with other data, and discarded when you update your SY5ACAN to version 3. If you don't want the Arranger to start as soon as you play a note or chord, switch off the [SYNC¥START] button. (2) Select a Music Style and start Arranger playback by pressing the [START÷STOP] button. You will notice that the sounds of all Keyboard parts match the mood of the selected Style. [. . . ]