Using the Song Sequencer

2. Press the C-3 (RECORD) button.

(4) Use the R-17 (y) button to move the 0to “Precount”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then use the R-14(–, +) buttons to turn the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

precount on or off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turing on the precount inserts a one-measure count

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

before the start of recording when you press the L-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(START/STOP) button in step 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) Press the R-15 (EXIT) button to exit the menu.

• The button will start flashing and the EASY REC screen

4. Start playing something on the keyboard.

shown below will appear on the display.

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Recording starts automatically when you perform any

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song area number

 

one of the following operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Playing on the keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Pressing the L-12 (INTRO), L-13 (NORMAL/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILL-IN), or L-14 (VARIATION/FILL-IN) button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Pressing the L-16 (START/STOP) button. To input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one or more rests before starting recording, press the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-16 (START/STOP) button to start recording, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then start keyboard play at the point you want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Starting recording will cause the C-3 (RECORD) button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to change from flashing to lit. During recording, the

Arrows (e) will indicate all the parts in Group A. This indicates the

 

 

display will show the current measure (MEASURE) and

Digital Keyboard is currently in system track (page E-70) record

 

 

beat (BEAT).

standby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• PITCH BEND wheel (S-1)and pedal operations are

• An asterisk (*) next to a song area number indicates

 

also recorded.

that there is already data recorded in that area.

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When recording reaches a point where there is less

Selecting a song area that already contains recorded

 

than 100 notes of remaining memory capacity, the

data and starting a new recording will cause the

 

current measure (MEASURE) and beat (BEAT) values

existing system track data to be deleted.

 

will start flashing.

3. Perform the following steps to configure beat

5. To stop recording, press the L-16 (START/

and other settings.

STOP) button.

(1) While holding down the R-13 (FUNCTION) button,

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After recording stops, the initial song sequencer mode

press the C-17 (MENU) button.

 

screen appears on the display.

This will display a menu like the one shown below,

 

 

with the 0next to “Beat” (beat).

 

 

 

• At this time you can press the L-16 (START/STOP)

 

button to replay what you have just recorded. For

 

details about playing back recorded content, see

(2) Use the dial or R-14(–, +) buttons to configure the

“Playing a Recorded Song” (page E-79).

6. To exit the song sequencer, press the C-4

beat setting.

You can specify a beat setting of 2/4 to 8/4, 2/8 to

(SONG SEQUENCER) button or the R-15 (EXIT)

16/8.

button.

(3) Use the R-17 (y) button to move the 0 to

 

“Metronome” and then use the R-14(–, +) buttons to

 

turn the metronome on or off.

 

Turning on the metronome causes it to sound a count

 

during recording, but not during playback.

 

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