Tutorial; Playing Demo Patterns And Songs - Yamaha RX8 Operating Manual

TUTORIALS
This tutorial is divided into three sections. The first is an explanation of how to
load and play the demonstration songs, to give you an idea of the capabilities of
the RX8. The second teaches you briefly how to write a simple drum pattern in
the Realtime write mode. The third section is quite long, and takes you on a step-
by-step tour of the procedures necessary to write a song of your own on the RX8.
It is strongly suggested that you follow the steps and procedures in this
section, working through the examples. Whether the RX8 is your first rhythm
programmer or whether you consider yourself to be an experienced user of drum
machines and rhythm programmers, it will give you an idea of the way in which
you can use the RX8 to maximum effect. After you have worked through this
tutorial section, you will have a good working knowledge of the main functions
of the RX8.
All functions are described later in the Functions section following this
tutorial.
PLAYING DEMO PATTERNS AND SONGS
The RX8 contains demo data which can be loaded to overwrite
all existing patterns and songs.
1.
To load this data, turn the RX8 off, then on again, while
holding down the ACCENT key.
E Load Demo
Select the demo data to be loaded by pressing the Oor 1 key.
Confirm this by pressing the +1/YES key.
Load Demo
Are You Sure ?
You will then be asked once more if you want to load the
demo patterns and songs. Press the + 1/YES key again.
Select patterns with the PATTERN key, and songs with the
SONG key; then usc the number keys to select individual
patterns or songs. Note that any pattern or song containing
data will have a "w" displayed after the number.
Start playing patterns or songs with the START key, and
stop them with the STOP/CONTINUE key.
7. When playing patterns, you will see the following display:
This means that the next pattern to be played will be the same as
the current one. You can pick another pattern to be played
(without stopping playback) by using the number keys to select
the next pattern
8. Use the rotary TEMPO control to control the speed of the
demo songs and patterns being played.