Roland EP-880 Recording Your Performance, Recording a New Song, Recording settings select USr

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 ep 880.

•Recording just your own keyboard performance (→ “Recording a New Song” p. 22)

•Recording along with an internal song

(→ “Recording Along with a Song” p. 23)

•Recording each hand separately (→ “Recording the Right-Hand and Left-Hand Parts Separately” p. 24)

Notes Regarding Recording

•Only one song can be recorded.

•Recorded performances are normally deleted when you turn off the power to the ep 880, but you can use the Song Backup function (p. 25) 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 “6. Connecting External Devices” (p. 30).

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]		finger
	button
	Count-in sound	Start recording
1	2	3
	It doesn't record
Press the [Play]			finger
	button
	Count-in sound	Start
		recording
1	2	3	4

2.Start performing once recording begins.

3.After the performance is finished, press the [PLAY] or [REC] button.

Recording a New Song

Record only the keyboard performance without playing along with an internal song.

Recording settings (select “USr”)

1.Press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, getting its indicator to light in red.

The song number appears in the display for several seconds.

2.Press [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously.

“USr” appears in the display.

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