Playing A Performance - Yamaha CS6X Owner's Manual

Playing a Performance

In Performance Play Mode, you can select and play any of 128 internal and 64 external (Memory
Card) Performances.
A Performance is a set of Voices used with the built-in (or an external) sequencer. Performances also
let you set the synthesizer up for multitimbral operation.
Each Performance can contain up to 16 Parts assigned to different Voices, plus extra Parts for Phrase
Clip, A/D INPUT and Plug-in Boards. If the Layer Switch (Page 133) parameter is switched on for
any Parts, those Parts can be play in unison. Also, you can assign multiple Parts to different MIDI
channels so that they can be played or be controlled individually using the built-in (or an external)
sequencer. Up to 128 Performances can be stored in the internal memory and up to 64 on Memory
Card. These Performance settings are available in Performance Edit Mode (Page 121). Here, we will
show how to get started with Performance Play after selecting a Performance.
MODE
VOICE PERFORM
UTILITY CARD
SYSTEM
EDIT JOB
CURSOR
COMPARE
STORE
SHIFT
1
/
1 Press the [PERFORM] key
The [PERFORM] key LED will light, showing
that you are now in Performance Play Mode. The
following appears in the display.
MODE
VOICE
UTILITY
EDIT
COMPARE
PFM Play) INT:001(A01)[--:Init Perf ]
EQ Low EQ Mid EQ Hi
At this point, you can play the Performance
(named on the screen) via keyboard.
PFM Play) INT:128(H16)[Pf:Init Perf ]
EQ Low EQ Mid EQ Hi Cutoff RevTime
A B C 1
PAGE PART ELEMENT
/
PERFORM
CARD
JOB
STORE
-1 +0
29
MEMORY
EF MASTER
PRE1
BYPASS KEYBOARD
DRUM
INT
EXIT ENTER
2
DRUM
DEC NO INC YES PLG1
/ /
DATA
3 3
2 Press a MEMORY key
to select a Performance
Memory
There are two Performance Memories: INT
(internal) and EXT (External). The INT memory
is divided into eight Banks (A to H) of 8
Performances. The EXT memory is divided into
four Banks (A to D) of 4 Performances.
MEMORY
PRE1
DRUM
INT
DRUM
PLG1
INT (internal) is stored in internal Random Access
Memory (RAM) and contains factory default
Performances. These can be overwritten but can
recalled at any time.
EXT (external) is stored on a Memory Card (RAM)
inserted in the CARD slot. If there is no Memory
Card inserted and you attempt to select an EXT
Performance, "-----" will be displayed and no sound
will be produced. With a Memory Card inserted,
you can select and play EXT Performances.
PRE2
EXT
PLG2
2
PRE2
EXT
PLG2