Chapter 4. Recording Your Performance

You can easily record your performances.

A recorded performance can be played back to hear your own playing, or to add additional parts.

The following types of recording can be done using the DP-970.

• Recording just your own keyboard performance

(→ “Recording a New Song” p. 34)

Recording along with an internal song (→ “Recording Along with a Song” p. 35)

Recording each hand separately (→ “Recording the Right-Hand and Left-Hand Parts Separately” p. 36)

Notes Regarding Recording

Only one song can be recorded.

Recorded performances are normally deleted when you turn off the power to the DP-970, but you can use the Song Backup function (p. 39) to have the recorded performance be retained even while the power is turned off.

You can also record performances to external audio devices as well as save performance data onto floppy disks or other media using an external MIDI device. For details, refer to “Chapter 6. Connecting External Devices” (p. 45).

If you see the following...

If you attempt to record using a different internal song when a performance has already been recorded, the following will appear, and the indicators of [Rec] button will blink.

If it is OK to erase the performance, press the [Rec] button.

If you do not want to erase the performance, press the [Play] button.

Recording Songs Starting with Pickups

Use the following method to record songs that start with pickup beats (where the song begins on a beat other than the first beat of the measure).

1.Press the [Play] button in Step 6 of “Recording a New Song” on the next page.

After a two-measure count-in, recording begins.

No recording takes place while the count sound is playing, even if the keys are played.

Press the [Play]

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Press the [Play]

 

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Count-in sound

Start recording

 

Count-in sound

Start

 

 

 

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2.Start performing once recording begins.

3.After the performance is finished, press the [Play] or [Rec] button.

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