Princeton SP-88 user manual Record start, Record stop, Record play

Record start

Prepare to record

Select user song: Press the [RECORD] button. The REC icon on LCD is illuminated. User Song 1 or User Song 2 is displayed on the lattice area. Its cursor on the LCD is lit, then you can select it with dial, the [+]/the [-] button.

Wait for record: Press the [RECORD] button after choosing User Song 1 or User Song 2.Four beats on the LCD flash simultaneously, which indicates that the recording is waiting. You can select desired recording track with the

[ACCOMP],[MELODY 1]-[MELODY 4] buttons. Its cursor flashes once selected.

Note:

You can select simultaneously an ACCOMP track & one MELODY track, but you are not allowed to select 2 MELODY tracks at the same time.

MELODY 1 is automatically set to current track while it is in waiting mode. If the first MELODY includes data, the second MELODY is set to record automatically.

If the track includes data, its relevant cursor on LCD is lit. Press the track button while it's in waiting mode. Then, the cursor on the LCD turns off. Press the track button again. Its cursor flashes, indicating that the track is available for recording.

Start to record

You can start to record by playing the keyboard and pressing the [START/STOP]button. Four beats flash in turn and follow the current tempo. The recorded data in current track will be covered with new data during recording. During recording, you can start or stop the style by pressing the [START/STOP] button two times.

Record stop

Stop Automatically

Press the [ENDING] button when the style is playing during recording. It will stop recording automatically after the ending playing is over.

If the capacity is full during recording, it will stop recording automatically with displaying "Full Record Data!" on LCD .

Stop Manually

Press the [RECORD] button again during recording to stop recording immediately. The cursor of the recorded track is lightened.

Press the [DEMO] button in recording to stop recording and enter the DEMO mode. The data recorded will not be lost. The cursor of the recorded track is lightened.

Record play

Song select

Press the [PLAY] button. User song 1 or user song 2 is displayed on the LCD. You can select the desired song with the dial, the [+] & the[-] button.

Track select

Select the desired tracks with the [MELODY 1]-[MELODY 4] and the [ACCOMP] button after having selected the song. The lightened cursor indicates the track is going to be played. If the cursor is not lit, it indicates the track is empty .

Song play

Press the [PLAY] button to play the song after selecting tracks. Press it again to stop playing.

If the user song is empty, "Song Empty" displays temporarily on the LCD.

If no track is selected, "Select a Track" displays temporarily on the LCD.