Yamaha 205M User Manual

Whether you’ve recorded a song using Quick Recording, Multi Recording, or Step Recording, you can use the editing 
features to change the song data.

Calling up the operations here apply to step 4 on page 97. To call up the display shown below, use the [BACK]/[NEXT] 
buttons.

Quantize lets you “clean up” or tighten the timing of a previously recorded channel. For example, the following 
musical passage has been written with exact quarter-note and eighth-note values.

Even though you think you may have recorded the passage accurately, your actual performance may be slightly ahead 
of or behind the beat. Quantize allows you to align all the notes in a channel so that the timing is absolutely accurate to 
the specified note value (see below).

■ About Quantize Size

Set the Quantize size to correspond to the smallest notes in the channel you are working with. For example, if the 
data was recorded with both quarter notes and eighth notes, use 1/8 note for the Quantize size. If you apply a 1/4 
note Quantize size, the eighth notes would be moved on top of the quarter notes.

Use this to select the 
desired edit operation.

Selects the desired 
channel to be quantized.

Selects the quantize size (resolution).
See the below for the details.

Determines how strongly the 
notes will be quantized. If a 
value less than 100% is 
selected, notes will be 
moved toward the specified 
quantization beats only by 
the specified amount. 
Applying less than 100% 
quantization lets you 
preserve some of the 
“human” feel in the 
recording.

Executes the Quantize 
operation. After the 
operation is completed, this 
button changes to [UNDO], 
letting you restore the 
original data if you’re not 
satisfied with the Quantize 
results. The Undo function 
only has one level; only the 
previous operation can be 
undone.

Calls up the SONG display, 
from which you can save 
the edited data.

1/8 note

1/16 note

1/32 note

1/16 note + 
1/8 note triplet * 

1/4 note

1/4 note triplet

1/8 note triplet

1/16 note triplet

1/8 note + 
1/8 note triplet * 

1/16 note + 
1/16 note triplet * 

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally convenient, since they allow you to quantize two different 
note values at the same time, without compromising the quantization of either one. For example, if you have both straight 1/8 notes 
and 1/8 note triplets recorded to the same channel, and you quantize to straight 1/8 notes, all notes in the channel are quantized to 
straight 1/8 notes — completely eliminating any triplet feel in the rhythm. However, if you use the 1/8 note + 1/8 note triplet setting, 
both the straight and triplet notes will be quantized correctly.