Tyros3
Owner's Manual

3
Songs
- Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs -

The Tyros3 not only lets you play back commercially available MIDI songs, but also allows you to create your original songs by recording your performance. The recorded performance is made up of 16 parts (channels)-Keyboard parts, Multi Pad parts and Style Playback parts as shown below-and saved as a MIDI song. This chapter explains how to quickly and easily record your performance as a MIDI song, and shows you how to play back MIDI songs on the instrument. 

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MIDI Channel Assignments (for Quick Recording)
Keyboard Parts
Multi Pad Parts
Style Parts

Creating a Song (Quick Recording)
Before starting recording, make the desired panel settings for your keyboard performance-selecting a Voice, Style, etc.

1	Press the SONG [REC] button and the [STOP] button simultaneously.
A blank Song for recording is automatically set.

2	Press the SONG [REC] button.
This enables recording of all Tyros3 parts, according to the default MIDI channel assignments (shown in the chart above).

If you want to record to specific channels or change the MIDI channels assignment: 
While holding the SONG [REC] button, press the [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] buttons to set the desired channels to "REC", then assign the desired part to the channel by using the [C]/[D] buttons. (This is called "Multi Recording.")

3	Start recording.
Recording begins automatically as soon as you play a note on the keyboard, start Style playback or start Multi Pad playback.

NOTE
When recording without Style playback, turning the [METRONOME] on makes your recording sessions much more efficient. The Metronome tempo can be adjusted by TEMPO [minus]/[plus] buttons.

4	Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop recording.
A message prompting you to save the recorded performance appears. To close the message, press the [EXIT] button

5	Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded performance.

6	If necessary, re-record a specific channel (or record another channel) of the recorded Song or record an additional section to the end of the recorded Song.
Repeat steps 2 to 5 above.

7	Save the recorded performance as a Song to the USER, HD or USB drive.
Press one of the SONG [1] to [4] buttons and call up the USER, HD or USB Page by pressing the TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] button. Then press the [6 DOWN] (SAVE) button to save your performance as a Song file (page 30).

CAUTION
The recorded Song will be lost if you change to another Song or you turn the power off without executing the save operation.

NOTE
By default, pressing the SONG [1] button calls up the PRESET Page and pressing one of the [2] to [4] buttons calls up the USER Page.

Playback of Songs
You can play back the following types of Songs.
Preset Songs (in the PRESET Page of the Song Selection display)
Your own recorded Songs (saved to the USER/HD/USB Page)
Commercially available Song data: SMF (Standard MIDI File)

1	Press any of the SONG buttons to call up the Song Selection display.

2	Press the TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] buttons to select the location of the desired Song.
If you want to playback a Song in a USB storage device, connect the USB storage device containing MIDI Song data to the USB2 DEVICE terminal beforehand.

3	Select the desired Song by using the [A] to [J] buttons.
You can also select a Song by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial, then press the [ENTER] button to execute.

4	Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.

NOTE
You can start playback as soon as you start playing the keyboard (SYNC START). Press the [STOP] button and [PLAY/PAUSE] button simultaneously, then play the keyboard to start playback.

Queuing the next Song for playback
While a Song is playing back, you can queue up the next Song for playback. This is convenient for chaining it to the next Song smoothly during stage performance. Select the Song you want played next in the Song Selection display, while a Song is playing back. The "NEXT" indication appears at the upper right of the corresponding Song name. To cancel this setting, press the [8 DOWN] (NEXT CANCEL) button.

5	Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop playback.

Operations During Playback

Pause 	Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Pressing it again resumes Song playback from the current position.
Rewind 	Press the [REW] button to move back one measure. Hold the [REW] button to scroll backward continuously.
Fast Forward 	Press the [FF] button to move forward one measure. Hold the [FF] button to scroll forward continuously.

NOTE
You can have Song playback fade in/out or change the tempo (page 51).

NOTE
You can adjust the Song volume balance between the Song and Keyboard. See page 55.

NOTE
You can also turn the specific part(s) on or off. See page 63.

Pressing the [REW] or [FF] button calls up a pop-up window showing the current measure number (or Phrase Mark number) in the display. While the Song Position pop-up is shown on the display, you can also use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to adjust the value.

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For Songs not containing Phrase Marks
For Songs containing Phrase Marks
You can switch between BAR and PHRASE MARK by pressing the [E] button.

NOTE
Phrase Mark is a pre-programmed marker in a certain Song data, which specifies a certain location in the Song.

Restrictions for protected Songs
Commercially available Song data may be copy protected to prevent illegal copying or accidental erasure. They are marked by the indications at the upper left side of the file names. The indications and relevant restrictions are detailed below.

Prot. 1: Indicates Preset Songs saved to the User drive. These cannot be copied/moved/saved to external devices.
Prot. 2 Orig: Indicates Yamaha-protection-formatted Songs. These cannot be copied. These can be moved/saved only to the User drive and USB storage devices with ID.
Prot. 2 Edit: Indicates edited "Prot. 2 Orig" Songs. Make sure to save these to the same folder containing the corresponding "Prot. 2 Orig" Song. These cannot be copied. These can be moved/saved only to the User drive and USB storage devices with ID.

Note for "Prot. 2 Orig" and "Prot. 2 Edit" Song file operation
Make sure to save the "Prot. 2 Edit" Song to the same folder containing its original "Prot. 2 Orig" Song. Otherwise the "Prot. 2 Edit" Song cannot be played back. Also, if you move a "Prot. 2 Edit" Song, be sure to move its original "Prot. 2 Orig" Song to the same location (folder) at the same time.
For information about compatible USB storage devices for saving protected Songs, visit the Yamaha website.

Displaying Music Notation (Score)
You can view the music notation (score) of the selected Song. 

1	Select a Song (steps 1 to 3 on page 59).

2	Press the [SCORE] button to call up the Score display.
As starting playback, the "ball" bounces along through the score, indicating the current position. 

NOTE
You can look through the entire notation by using the TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] buttons when the Song playback is stopped.

NOTE
The displayed notation is generated by the Tyros3 based on the Song data. As a result, it may not be exactly the same as commercially available sheet music of the same Song-especially when displaying notation of complicated passages or many short notes.

You can change the displayed notation style by using the [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] buttons. For details, refer to the Reference manual on the website.

Displaying Lyrics (Text)
When the selected Song contains lyric data, you can view it on the Tyros3 display during playback. Even if the Song doesn't contain lyrics data, you can view the lyrics on the display by loading the text file (.txt) created on a computer via USB storage device. 

1	Select a Song (steps 1 to 3 on page 59).

2	Press the [LYRICS/TEXT] button to call up the Lyrics display.
When the Song data contains lyrics data, the lyrics are shown on the display. As Song playback starts, the color of the lyrics changes, indicating the current position. 

NOTE
You can look through the entire lyrics by using the TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] buttons when the Song playback is stopped.

When you want to view the text file created on your computer, press the [5 UP DOWN]/[6 UP DOWN] (TEXT FILE) button to select the desired text file, then press the [1 UP DOWN] (TEXT) button to display the selected file.
For more information about the Lyrics display, refer to the Reference manual on the website.

NOTE
The Lyrics (text) can be displayed on the external monitor. See page 90.

Using Song Position Markers
Song Position markers (SP 1 to SP 4) can be placed in the Song data. This not only lets you navigate quickly and easily through the Song data, but also lets you set up convenient playback loops-allowing you to create dynamic Song arrangements "on the fly," as you perform.

Entering Song Position Markers

1	Select a Song and start playing back (steps 1 to 4 on page 59).

2	When the Song reaches the point you wish to enter a marker, double-click (press twice quickly) one of the [SP 1] to [SP 4] buttons during playback.
The corresponding button flashes in green, and the marker for that button is entered to the 1st beat of the appropriate measure.

NOTE
If a marker has already been entered to the button, the lamp is lit in green or red. Double-clicking on the button will set the marker to a new song position.

NOTE
You can also enter the marker when the Song playback is stopped at the desired position, by double-clicking any of the [SP 1] to [SP 4] buttons. The marker is entered at the top of the current measure.

Continue to enter other markers in the same way. 

3	Stop song playback by pressing the [STOP] button.

4	Save the Song (step 7 on page 58).

CAUTION
The entered marker settings will be lost if you change to another Song or you turn the power off without executing the save operation.

Jumping to a Marker During Playback
Simply pressing the one of the [SP 1] to [SP 4] buttons during song playback jumps to the corresponding position, after the current played measure reaches its end. (The button will blink in red, indicating that playback jump is ready.) You can cancel the jump by pressing the same SP button again before the actual jump. 

About the lamp status of the SP buttons
Red: The Song Position has been passed and song playback continues to the next Song Position. 
Green: Song Position is memorized to the button.
Off: Song Position is not memorized to the button.

Starting Playback from a Specific Marker
First press the desired SP button (while song playback is stopped), then press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Using Markers in Loop Playback
In this section, the loop playback method is explained as an example of loop playback between SP 1 and SP 2. 

1	Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback from the top of the Song. 

2	After passing the [SP 1] point, press the [LOOP] button to turn the loop function on.
The Song plays back up to the [SP 2] point, then goes back to [SP 1] and loops between the two points. 

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Top of the song
[SP 1]
[SP 2]
[SP 3]
[SP 4]
End of the song

3	To turn the loop function off, press the [LOOP] button again.
When you turn it off, playback continues past the [SP 2] point.

Turning Song Channels On/Off

1	Press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button once or twice to call up the CHANNEL ON/OFF (SONG) display.

2	Use the [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] button to turn each channel on or off.
If you want to play back only one particular channel (solo playback), press and hold down one of the [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] buttons corresponding to the desired channel. Only the selected channel is turned to on and others are off. To cancel solo playback, press the same button again.

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Advanced Features	Refer to the Reference Manual on the website.
Editing Music Notation settings	[SCORE] -> [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] buttons
Editing Lyrics display settings	[LYRICS] -> [1 UP DOWN] to [8 UP DOWN] buttons
Song Playback related parameters (Repeat settings, Channel settings, Guide function, etc.)	[FUNCTION] -> [B] SONG SETTING
Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator)	
Recording Melodies (Step Recording):	[DIGITAL RECORDING] -> [A] SONG CREATOR -> TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] 1-16
Recording Chords (Step Recording):	[DIGITAL RECORDING] -> [A] SONG CREATOR -> TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] CHORD
Re-Recording a Specific Section-Punch In/Out:	[DIGITAL RECORDING] -> [A] SONG CREATOR -> TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] REC MODE
Editing Channel Events:	[DIGITAL RECORDING] -> [A] SONG CREATOR -> TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] CHANNEL
Editing Chord events, Notes, System Exclusive events and Lyrics:	[DIGITAL RECORDING] -> [A] SONG CREATOR -> TAB [LEFT][RIGHT] CHORD, 1-16, SYS/EX. or LYRICS
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