Yamaha TNR-E User Manual

TNR-e Quick Guide

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Basic Operation: Score Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Function Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Layers and the Performance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Random Mode Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Draw Mode Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Bounce Mode Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Push Mode Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Solo Mode Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Effect Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Menu List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Play Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Layer Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Edit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Preference Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Effect Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Interior Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Recording Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Session Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

iPhone/iPad <–> Computer (iTunes) File Transfer . . . . . . . 28

Multiplayer Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Showing LED buttons in an external display . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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TNR-e Quick Guide 1

Introduction

The “L” function buttons

[L1] button [L2] button [L3] button [L4] button [L5] button

[CLEAR] button LED buttons

Display

[START/STOP]

button

The “R” function buttons

[R1] button [R2] button [R3] button [R4] button [R5] button

[ZOOM] button [EFFECT] button

Introduction

TNR-e is an iPhone/iPad application for creating electronic music. It was developed by Yamaha based on both its popular TENORI-ON device and the TNR-i iPhone/iPad application. TNR-e has a wide variety of new, exciting sounds and functions specifically for use in electronic music, and lets you enjoy the highly intuitive, “visible” musical world of the TENORI-ON on your iPhone/iPad. This Quick Guide covers the basic operations of the TNR-e. If you want to know more detailed information about this application, please read the TENORI-ON manual, available from the following URL.

http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on/downloads/

Controls

[ZOOM] 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 z o o m 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 canceled by tapping the button again.

[EFFECT] button

Tap this to call up the XY Pad window (page 16). In the window, you can control the Master Effect and modulate the sound in many dynamic ways. Tapping this button again while the XY Pad is displayed closes the window.

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Basic Operation: Score Mode

D C B A G F E D C B A G F E D C

Time

Pitch

High

Low

Loop indicator

Active note

Loop indicator

Active notes will play and flash when the loop indicator passes over them.

Basic Operation: Score Mode

TNR-e “Modes”

The TNR-e 16 x 16 LED button matrix is simultaneously a performance input controller and display. By operating and interacting with LED buttons and the light they produce you gain access to the TNR-e’s numerous performance capabilities. The TNR-e provides six different performance and sound/light modes for broad performance versatility, and these modes can be combined and used simultaneously for rich, complex musical expression.

The Score Mode

The Score mode is the basic TNR-e performance mode. In this mode the TNR-e interface functions like a musical “score” on which you can write the notes to be played in one musical measure via the 16 x 16 LED button matrix. The time axis of the score proceeds from left to right (the horizontal axis), beginning at the left edge of the matrix and then looping back to the beginning once the right edge of the matrix is reached. The vertical axis corresponds to the pitch of the notes played. If 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.

The six modes

•Score mode

• Random mode

• Draw mode

• Bounce mode

• Push mode

•Solo mode

Performance in the Score Mode

Tap an LED button to play the sound assigned to it. At the same time the lights will flash outward from the played sound. If you hold the LED button a bit longer it will remain lit and will become an active note that will play repeatedly. Touch and hold an active note to de-activate it. The loop indicator will be continuously cycling from the left to right edge of the LED button matrix. Active notes will play when the loop indicator coincides with their positions on the matrix.

 Tap the [CLEAR] button to de-activate all active notes of the current layer.

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Touch and hold

[R4] button

Drag the dial

Layer volume

Master volume

Increase volume

Decrease volume

Master Volume Adjustment

[START/STOP] button

Current loop indicator

To adjust the overall volume of the TNR-e, drag the jog dial while holding the [R4] function button. The volume setting will appear in the Display.

Basic Operation: Score Mode

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 from the point at which it was paused.

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Function Buttons

The “L” function buttons The “R” function buttons

Touching the [L1] – [L5] or [R1] – [R5] function buttons will call up the jog dial. You can use this jog dial to set the value of the current function.

Matrix with voice number 07/13 selected.

Voice number (vertical/horizontal position)

Voice name

LongerShorter

Functions

By holding one of the ten function buttons of the TNR-e and operating the LED buttons you can change voices, change octaves, and apply a variety of effects and variations to your performance. This unique visual/tactile interface has been specifically designed to allow intuitive, instantaneous operation of a variety of functions.

 Double-tapping the Function button is equivalent to holding it.

Function Buttons

[L1] + LED buttons Changing Voices

You can select any voice from the 256 voices available in one quick operation. When you touch and hold the [L1] button, vertical and horizontal lines will light on the matrix, and the button at their intersection corresponds to the currently selected voice. If you tap a different LED button while these crossed lines are showing the intersection 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 holding the [L2] button, slide your finger horizontally over the matrix to move the lit vertical line to the desired setting. Moving the line to the right increases the note length.

 Not available in the Push Mode.

16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01

01 02 03 04 05 0 6 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

16/1616/01

07/13

01/1601/01

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[L3] + LED buttons Changing Octaves

Layer

Sets the playback pitch in octave increments. While holding the [L3] button, slide your finger vertically over the matrix to move the lit horizontal line to the desired octave.

[L4] + LED buttons Changing Loop Points

Sets the loop playback range in the Score Mode. While holding the [L4] button, slide your finger horizontally over upper half of the matrix to move the loop start point indicator to the desired point, and slide your finger horizontally over lower half of the matrix to move the loop end point indicator to the desired point, as required.

 In the Random Mode this function sets the rotation direction and speed.

 Not available in the Draw, Bounce, Push and Solo Modes.

Function Buttons

-5

[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, tap a button in the corresponding column.

 Not available in the Push Mode.

[R1] + LED buttons Switching Layers

Switches to a different layer. While holding the [R1] button, slide your finger vertically over the matrix to move the lit horizontal line to the desired layer. Moving the line to the lowest row selects layer 01, the next row up is layer 02, then layer 03, and so on up to layer 16.

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[R2] + LED buttons Changing Tempo

Faste rSlower

Higher

Lower

Layer

Higher volume

Lower

volume

Block

Sets the playback tempo (BPM). While holding the [R2] button, slide your finger horizontally over the matrix to move the lit vertical line to the desired tempo setting. Moving the line to the right produces faster tempos.

Function Buttons

[R3] + LED buttons Transposition

Adjusts the playback pitch in semitone increments. While holding the [R3] button, slide your finger vertically over the matrix to move the lit horizontal line to the desired pitch.

[R4] + LED buttons

Displays the individual volume settings of all 16 layers, and allows the volume of each layer to be adjusted as required to create the ideal “mix” between layers. Each row of LED buttons corresponds to a layer, beginning with layer 01 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 dial to set the overall (Master) volume (the Master

volume setting will appear in the Display).

Changing the Layer Volume

-7

[R5] + LED buttons Switching Blocks

Switches to a different block. While holding the [R5] button, slide your finger horizontally over the matrix to move the lit vertical line to the desired block. Moving the line to the leftmost column selects block 01, the next column to the right is block 02, then block 03, and so on up to block

16.

 You can copy the contents of the current block to another block.

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Layers and the Performance Modes

Layer number

Performance mode

Block number

01 02 03 04

05 06 070201 03 04 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

15 16

Layers

Blocks

Performance mode:

Score mode

Random

mode

Draw

mode

Bounce

mode

Push

mode

Solo

mode

Layers and the Performance Modes

Layers

TNR-e layers can be thought of as “performance parts” or “recording tracks.” The TNR-e has a total of 16 layers. Separate notes and voices can be assigned to each layer, and all layers can be played together in synchronization. The 16 layers are divided into six performance mode groups as shown in the illustration below. The six modes have different note entry methods and operation. Up to 16 layers created using different modes can be combined for rich, complex musical expression.

Blocks

One complete set of 16 layers is called a “block.” The TNR-e can store 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 to create variation during playback.

 When you switch between layers or blocks, the current layer number, performance mode, and block number will appear in the Display.

 Tap the [CLEAR] button to clear all active notes from all layers and blocks.

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Layers and the Performance Modes

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

In the initial state, the six performance modes are assigned to the 16 layers as shown in the illustration below.

For example, 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.

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Random Mode Performance

Pitch

Higher

Lower

Active notes can be individually deactivated by touching and holding the corresponding LED button.

Random Mode Performance

If you touch an LED button long enough to enter an active note in the Random mode, the active note will play back repeatedly. 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.

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