Optimus MD-1600 owner manual Step Recording

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5.Press START/STOP to start record- ing. The contents of any tracks already recorded start to play.

6.Play on the keyboard what you want to record on the selected track.

7.Press START/STOP to end record- ing.

This data is stored on the selected track in addition to the notes you played:

•tone number

•optional pedal operations

•pitch bender operations

•drum pad operations

Step Recording

1.Repeatedly press MEMORY until Rec. No. appears.

2.Within 5 seconds, use + or – to select a song number.

3.Press the desired MEMORY TRACK button (2–6) to select the track you want to record on.

4.Change the tone if desired.

5.Press STEP to start recording.

6.Use the keyboard or + or – to enter notes, or 0 to enter rests.

•When you enter the note using the keyboard with touch response turned on, the pressure on the key is also recorded.

•You can also enter the chords using the keyboard.

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•When you use + or – to enter a note, a staff on the display shows the note you enter.

•To delete a rest entry, press 0 again.

7.Use 1–9to enter the length of the note or rest.

8.Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to enter more notes.

9.Press MEMORY, STEP, or START/ STOP to end recording.

Notes:

•If you make a mistake, see “Correct- ing Mistakes” on Page 37.

•When you record on a track that already contains data, the keyboard automatically locates the end of the previous recording — measure, beat, or clock (1/48 of a beat) — and appends your new entry from there.

•To record a drum pad part, play a drum pad in Step 5.

•During recording on Tracks 2 through 6, the entire keyboard func- tions as a melody keyboard, regard- less of the current MODE setting.

•This data is stored on the selected track in addition to the notes you played:

tone number

drum pad operations

•You can turn off a specific track dur- ing playback by using the mixer function (see “Using the Mixer” on Page 22).