Kawai CP205/CP185 manual Recording Tips and Suggestions

Recording Tips and Suggestions

•Anyone can have fun making CD recordings and sharing them with family and friends. You do not have to be a professional musician to record your own CD. If you are not a great player, you can first record your song using the Concert Performer’s Easy Recorder. You can record the song slowly and speed it up later. You can even re-record it if you make a mistake. Advanced users can edit mistakes and add extra tracks in the Advanced Recorder. When your song is perfect, set the CD to Record and press Play on the Recorder. Your perfected performance will be recorded to the CD.

•If you want to begin your CD recording with live playing or vocals, you will need to press the PLAY button (F5) to manually start the recording. (See steps #4 and #5 above). If you want to begin with a Style or Recording, press the Play or Start button in the corresponding areas of the panel.

•Vocals can be sung along with the Easy/Advanced Recorded songs and/or live keyboard performances while recording onto the CD. In other words, you can play up to a 16-part sequence (from the Easy/ Advanced Recorder), play along with the sequence on the keyboard, and sing into the microphone at the same time. All of this will be recorded to the CD.

•The Style Start/Stop and Recorder Play/Stop functions are independent from the CD Record Start/ Stop functions. You can start and stop Styles and Recordings while continuing to record to CD.

•While recording to CD, the panel of the Concert Performers operates normally. You can add and change sounds, balance the volumes, and change accompaniment styles during your CD recording. Highlight a Part or Style field with the L and R buttons, then turn the Dial to change the volume. Press any SOUND category button to change the sound for a highlighted part. Press any STYLE category button to change the Style.

•You can also change Registrations while recording to CD. This is a quick and easy way to make lots of changes to sounds and styles while recording to CD.

•Advanced Users with computer sequencers can even record an external sequence into the CD using the Concert Performer’s internal sounds.

•It may take a few experimental recordings to get volumes mixes and settings perfected for a good result. This is especially true if you plan to sing and play or play “live” along with the Easy/Advanced Recorder.

P. 170 Kawai Concert Performer Series Digital Piano