Yamaha Tyros 2 Manual

Recording Audio with the Hard Disk Recorder
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Playlist Controls
Shown here is a sample Playlist display, with short explanations of the various controls. 
qREPEATDetermines how the audio files will be played back: 
:All files are played in sequence once through to the end (no 
repeat).
:All files are played in sequence repeatedly.
:One selected file is played repeatedly.
wSORTDetermines whether the audio files are sorted in ascending or 
descending order by name....

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Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
This section explains important style-related operations not covered in the Quick Guide. For basic information on 
playing styles, refer to the Quick Guide.
Style Characteristics
The style type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the Preset style name.
Chord Fingerings
The chords (or simplified chord indications) you play in the left-hand section of the keyboard are used for several performance 
functions:
•When [ACMP]...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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■ Seven types of Chord Fingerings..............................................................................................................
● SINGLE FINGER
Makes it simple to produce orchestrated accompaniment using major, seventh, minor and minor-
seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the Chord section of the keyboard. The 
abbreviated chord fingerings described below are used:
● MULTI FINGER
Automatically detects...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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Fade In/Out
The [FADE IN/OUT] button can be used to produce smooth fade-ins and fade-outs when starting and stopping the style/song 
playback. This affects the overall sound of the Tyros2—including the your keyboard performance and the Multi Pads, as well as 
the styles and songs.
1Press the [FADE IN/OUT] button so that its indicator lights.
2Start the style playback.
The sound will gradually fade in. The [FADE IN/OUT] indicator will...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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Synchro Start and Synchro StopQuick Guide on page 31
When [SYNC START] (Synchro Start) is turned on, you can automatically have style playback start as soon as you play a chord 
in the chord section of the keyboard. When [SYNC STOP] (Synchro Stop) is on, the accompaniment plays as long as you hold a 
chord. In other words, you can abruptly stop the accompaniment simply by releasing your left hand from the keyboard.
Since turning on...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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Instant Style Selection
If you’ve created your own styles and built up a collection of style data on the User drive or external devices, you’ll soon have 
many style files to select from—making it difficult to call up your favorite styles. This function lets you memorize the path of a 
specific style to a specific STYLE button. Even if your data is scattered across the drive in a complex hierarchy of folders and 
paths, you can instantly...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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Style Playback Related Settings
The Tyros2 has a variety of style playback functions, including Split Point and many others—which can be accessed by pressing 
[FUNCTION] → STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT.
Style Settings
■ Stop Accompaniment............................................................................................................  
When auto accompaniment is turned on and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in 
the...

Style Playback (Auto Accompaniment)
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■ Section Set.................................................................................................................................
Determines the default section that is automatically called up when selecting different styles (when style 
playback is stopped). When set to “OFF” and style playback is stopped, the active section is maintained 
even if the different style is selected. 
When any of the Main A-D sections is not...

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Style Creator (Digital Recording)
The powerful Style Creator feature lets you create your own original styles, which can then be used for style play-
back—just as with the preset styles.
Each style is made up of fifteen sections (Intro I–III, 
Main A–D, Fill In A–D, Break, Ending I–III) as 
rhythm pattern variations. Each of these fifteen sec-
tions in turn has eight different parts (channels), made 
up of MIDI sequence data—making a total of 120 
separate sets of MIDI...

Style Creator (Digital Recording)
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● Loop Recording and Overdub Recording
The Song Creator (Song Recording) feature records your keyboard performance as MIDI data. Recording a style data via the Style 
Creator, however, is done in a different way. Here are some of the aspects in which style recording differs from song recording:
• Loop Recording ................ Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of 
several measures in a “loop,” and style record-
ing is also...