Yamaha TNR-e, Quick Manual

Page 1: ...personal use The software and this owner s manual are exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the re...

Page 2: ...button While holding the ZOOM button you can execute the following display operations To zoom in With your thumb and index finger apart on the display pinch them together To zoom out With your thumb and index finger together on the display move them apart To scroll Run your finger laterally or horizontally on the display Double tapping the ZOOM button is equivalent to holding it Holding is cancele...

Page 3: ...f more than one note is entered on the same vertical line for example those notes will be played simultaneously as an interval or chord The maximum number of notes or intervals chords that can be entered horizontally is 16 but within that range the number and playback speed can be set as required allowing the creation of complex groupings when multiple Score Mode layers are combined Performance in...

Page 4: ...me setting will appear in the Display Pausing Loop Playback Tap the START STOP while the highlighted STOP indicator in the lower right corner of the Display is shown to temporarily pause loop playback The loop indicator will stop at the position at which the START STOP is tapped and the highlighted STOP indicator will change to START Tap the START STOP a second time and loop playback will resume f...

Page 5: ...on will move to that button and the corresponding voice will be selected The Voice number and name will appear in the Display The Voice number corresponds to the vertical and horizontal button numbers TNR e has 253 Preset Voices and 3 User Voices L2 LED buttons Changing Note Length Sets the length of the notes from the time they are triggered to the time they decay to silence the gate time While h...

Page 6: ...int as required In the Random Mode this function sets the rotation direction and speed Not available in the Draw Bounce Push and Solo Modes L5 LED buttons Changing Loop Speed Sets the loop playback speed the duration of the beats Four settings are available set via the leftmost four columns on the matrix quarter notes eighth notes sixteenth notes and thirty second notes While holding the L5 button...

Page 7: ... at the bottom row While holding the R4 button slide your finger horizontally over the row corresponding to the layer you want to adjust to set the volume as required Each LED button row corresponds to a layer 01 16 from bottom to top and the horizontal axis corresponds to volume level with volume increasing towards the right the leftmost setting corresponds to 0 volume You can also use the jog di...

Page 8: ...re up to 16 programmed blocks 16 layer groups in memory and you can switch from block to block instantly during performance You could for example create a musical composition in one block then copy that composition to another block and edit it to create a variation of the original composition Or you can load a number of previously created compositions into separate blocks and switch between them t...

Page 9: ...le if you tap any LED button in the eighth row from the bottom any button in this row will do while holding the R1 function button as shown in the illustration you will select the first Random mode layer 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 Layer number Performance mode Solo mode Push mode Bounce mode Draw mode Random mode Score mode Layer number Performance mode ...

Page 10: ...peatedly If you then enter a few more active notes the lights will travel from note to note in the order entered and the active notes will sound when the traveling light passes over them The Random mode thus produces a totally different type of loop from the Score mode Pitch Higher Lower Active notes can be individually deactivated by touching and holding the corresponding LED button ...

Page 11: ...nd effects To stop rotation touch and hold the LED button or double tap the LED button while holding the L4 button Draw Mode Performance In this mode you can tap individual LED buttons or draw lines or curves on the matrix and those actions will be played back and repeated You can keep adding to your composition during playback to build up thick sonic textures In the Draw mode you cannot clear onl...

Page 12: ...ke a piano with the lowest pitch on the left and the highest on the right Bouncing can be individually stopped in any column by simply tapping the lowest LED button in that column Push Mode Performance In this mode if you touch and hold an LED button the sound of the corresponding note will begin to change gradually while the flashing surrounding that button gets brighter and wider If the button i...

Page 13: ...en repeats by touching or sliding your finger to a lower longer or higher shorter LED button in the column If you touch the lowest LED button in a column the note will sound once without any repeats If you turn the Quantize function ON note timing in the Solo Mode will be synchronized to the Score Mode making it easy to play solos with rhythm matching that of a background playing in the Score Mode...

Page 14: ...tch between at any time You could also create totally different compositions in different blocks and then switch between them in real time for interesting varied performances Switching Between Blocks You can switch between blocks simply by holding the R5 function button and tapping an LED button in the column corresponding to the block you want to switch to 16 01 01 02 03 04 15 16 Blocks Block Hol...

Page 15: ...u want to copy to The current layer from the source block will be copied to the same layer in the destination block To Copy All Layers While still holding the R5 button tap the lowest LED button in the lit column twice the LEDs in the column will shine brighter each time the button is tapped and then touch an LED button in the column corresponding to the block you want to copy to All layers from t...

Page 16: ...n after you release your fingers from the display when the lock switch is set to off the effect stops when you release your fingers MOTION button Lock switch XY Pad Tap this to activate the Master Effect Tapping both the left and right buttons at the same time activates the two Master Effects simultaneously Sliding the button calls up the Effect list and lets you select the Master Effect type Cuto...

Page 17: ...ia the TNR e menu including tempo clock display file save load and many more Basic Menu Operation 1 Tap the Display section at the bottom to call up the Top Menu 2 Tap the desired menu item to call up the corresponding menu From the Menu display you can execute the desired function or edit the desired parameter value To exit from the Menu display tap Done or any section outside the menu area ...

Page 18: ... L1 Swing Rate Sets the swing feel Produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of the back beats The smaller the rate the shorter the repeat interval with the previous LED button A setting of 0 produces no swing This function applies to Score mode layers only When using a swing feel changing the loop s point and speed and inputting the performance data into layers other than Score mode etc may sh...

Page 19: ... shows the i button and the name of selected Instrument App When Instrument App is not selected Not assigned is shown instead of the name Tapping the name or Not assigned calls up the Instrument App list where you can select your favorite Instrument App Tapping the i button calls up the editor window of the selected Instrument App Volume Sets the layer volume Loop Speed Sets the loop speed Sound L...

Page 20: ...ber and Layer number then tap Copy to execute this function Clear this Layer Clears the active notes for the current layer Tap Clear in the Menu to execute the function Clear All Blocks Clears the active notes from all blocks all layers Tap Clear in the Menu to execute the function Reset All Blocks Resets all blocks all layers Tap Reset in the Menu to execute the function Quantize Synchronizes Sol...

Page 21: ...rted Imports WAV files transferred via iTunes from a computer Records audio signals input via the microphone of the iPad Shows the length of sound data Maximum available sampling time is five seconds If this is exceeded the duration time is shown in red Touch and slide leftward or rightward to adjust the Trim area Executes Undo of the last operation Plays back the audio shown in the window Execute...

Page 22: ...e 3 Flick the file name then Delete will appear Audio Audio File operations Song Song File operations All Blocks All Blocks File operations Current Block Current Block File operations Current Layer Current Layer File operations All Settings All Settings File operations Local Shows the files saved in your TNR e Server Shows the last ten files you ve uploaded Scrolling downward shows the next latest...

Page 23: ...entered an already existing file name and an error dialog appears enter a different file name then tap Save again Tapping the with the selected Song or Audio file will call up the Recording Menu During saving no other operations including Save Cancel can be executed Upload To use the Upload function select a file type in the File Menu and tap at the right of the file name to call up a new window i...

Page 24: ...before Interior mode begins If the time specified here elapses without any operation executed the TNR e will change to the Interior mode specified at Interior Type If the TNR e often changes to the Interior Mode inadvertently you may want to set Interior Time to a longer value Regarding actual operations the TNR e cannot recognize operations which do not affect the TNR e sound output such as simpl...

Page 25: ... is displaying the data files of SoundCloud Registers the currently selected sound data to Your Favorites or cancels the registration Deletes the selected sound data file Calls up the information related to the currently selected sound data If your original data is selected you can edit the information with the keyboard Closes the Library window TENORI ON Server Account The TENORI ON Server and Tw...

Page 26: ...ding Menu then select Song and tap Start in the menu to begin recording The Menus cannot be accessed during recording 2 When the performance is finished tap START STOP to stop recording 3 After confirming the message Save this Song tap OK as desired If you do not want to save execute any of the following operations Tap Cancel Tap the area outside the menu Tap Top Menu in the Recording Menu Tap Don...

Page 27: ... have invited session members on the upper area of your TNR e screen these are displayed once every minute When this is set to ON enter the Multiplayer Session to call up the dialog In this dialog input a message to the Twitter site for inviting session members and tap Send to transmit the message to Twitter which enables Session Standby status To enter Session Standby status without transmitting ...

Page 28: ...sired friend as the session player then tap Play Now to start the session For details refer to the next section When you select the second or third session player Tap Play Now or tap Invite Friends to select your desired friend as the session player When you remove the player Tap Remove Player Selecting another player and starting the Multiplayer Session There are two ways to select another player...

Page 29: ... current Layer will be moved That of the other players will not be moved In the Multiplayer Session the following Menus are not available File Menu Interior Menu System Menu Recording Menu Edit Menu can be operated by only one player at the same time Synchronization between the iPhones iPads may be broken by editing Master Tempo Master Loop Speed Master Loop Point Top and Master Loop Point End in ...

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