Yamaha QX5 Owner's Manual page 17

Measure Marks
Auto Locate
PUNCH IN
RECORDING
Enter Punch In Record
mode
Punch In/Qut Points
Whether or not the metronome automatically comes on during recording will depend
on the Click setting (p. 38), but you can always turn it on/off by pressing
while holding [SHIFT]. The metronome is accented on the first beat of
each measure. If tracks 2-8 are playing, the measure marks (p. 24) in those tracks
will determine how the measure marks are recorded. If no other tracks are playing,
the Beat/Measure setting (p. 38) will determine the measures. (You can take ad-
vantage of this to produce some interesting polyrythms!) If track 1 is shorter than
other tracks and the current measure is past the end of track 1 when you continue
recording, empty measures will be filled in appropriately.
To stop recording, press [STOP]. The Record and Start LEDs will go off, and the
display will show "Executing", then return to the previous mode.
In Realtime Record, you can use the Auto Locate function to start recording from
a specified measure. If you press when Auto Locate is off, you will begin
recording (or playback) from measure 1. But if you press when the Auto
Locate is on, recording (or playback) will begin from the measure memory
(see p. 13). If you press during recording, you will begin recording from
the measure memory, and data already recorded will be lost.
A Start message received via MIDI will make the QX5 start play or record from
measure 1, regardless of Auto Locate. See also Loop Playback, (p. 46).
Punch In recording is much like Realtime recording. However, even though both
the Record and Start LEDs will be on, actual recording will be done only between
specified measures.
Set the Punch In/Out points using the Measure Memory function (p.13). is
the Punch In point, is the Punch Out point.
Press [DISPLAY] to show either the current position or the beginning (punch in)
and end (punch out) of recording.
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PUNCH IN 199
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T=120 0030.. 0051
Current measure and beat Punch in/out points
When you press [CONTINUE] or [START], the QX5 will playback normally until
it reaches the Punch In point, when recording will begin. When it reaches the
Punch Out point, playback will resume. There is no countdown for Punch In re-
cording.
Suppose you wanted to rerecord a few measures in the middle of a song. Set the
Punch In/Out points, move to a spot a few measures before the section, and
Continue recording. Play along with the already recorded performance. When you
reach the Punch In point, the recorded part will drop out, and your new performance
will be recorded. When you come to the Punch Out point, the old performance
will reappear.
Playback Begin recording Resume playback
Track ULL «CLL
Punch In Punch Out
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