Playing Patterns - Yamaha RY30 Authorized Product Manual

The RY30 has 100 preset rhythm patterns — pattern numbers 100 through 199 — that you can use "as is"
or edit to create original variations. Here's how you can select and listen to the various preset patterns:

Playing Patterns

1. Press the [PATTERN] key to select the pattern mode (if it is not already
selected). A display similar to the following should appear:
2. You can now use the [INC] and [DEC] keys, the [DATA] slider, or the
numeric keys to select a pattern number between 000 and 199. Select pat-
tern number 100 — the first preset pattern. The pattern name will be shown
inside the square brackets on the top line of the display.
3. Press the [START] key to start playback of the selected pattern. The pat-
tern will play continuously. The LED to the right of the [STOP/CONTINUE]
key will flash at the current tempo during playback.
4. Press the [STOP/CONTINUE] key to stop playback.
If you press the [STOP/CONTINUE] key again after stopping the pattern,
playback will resume from the point at which it was stopped. The [START]
key will always start the pattern from the beginning.
A new pattern number can be selected even while a previous pattern is
playing. In this case, the new pattern will begin playing once the previous
pattern has finished. During playback both the current pattern number and
the "next" pattern number are shown on the display.
If, for example, you select pattern 101 while pattern 100 is playing (press
the [INC] key once), "101" will be displayed as the next pattern number
until the current run-through of pattern 100 finishes . . .
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