Roland EP-880 owner manual Recording Along with a Song

Specifying the tone and tempo for recording

1.Select the tone that you want to play (p. 14).

2.If necessary, turn on the metronome.

Sound the metronome while you set the tempo and beat of the song (p. 19).

NOTE If you layer a newly recorded performance without erasing the recorded song, the song tempo and beat will be stored with the settings that were recorded first.

3.Press the [REC] button.

The [REC] button’s indicator will light, the [PLAY] button’s indicator will blink, and you will be in recording-standby mode.

Start recording

4.Recording will start when you either press the [PLAY] button or play the keyboard.

Two measures of the count sound are played, and the recording begins.

NOTE Refer to the previous page if recording a song that starts with pickup beats (where the song begins on a

beat other than the first beat of the measure).

Note that recording will also begin as soon as you play anything on the keyboard, even if you do not press the [PLAY] button. There is no count sound played when you start in this manner.

When recording begins, the [PLAY] button and [REC] button indicators will light.

Go ahead and perform on the keyboard.

Stop recording

5.Press the [PLAY] or [REC] button.

Recording will stop, and the indicators for the [PLAY] and [REC] buttons will go dark.

About the “USr” display

When you stop recording, the “ ” display will

change to “ .”

The “.” in the lower right of the display indicates that there is already a recorded performance.

Play back the recorded performance

6.Press the [PLAY] button.

You will hear the recorded performance.

Once again press the [PLAY] button, and playback will stop.

Recording Along with a Song

You can record a performance that you play along with an internal song.

Using the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] buttons, you can perform and record just the right-hand part of a song while listening to the left-hand playback of an internal song.

Selecting the song to record

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

The display will indicate the song number for several seconds.

2.Use the [-]or [+] button to select the song that you want to play.

3.As necessary, set the tone, metronome, and tempo (p. 19).

4.Press the [REC] button.

The [REC] button’s indicator will light.

Selecting the track to record

5.Press the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button.

When you want to record the left-hand performance, press the [LEFT] button; to record that of the right hand, press the [RIGHT] button.

NOTE If you record without specifying the recording track, the performance will be recorded to the [LEFT] but- ton.

If you want to record the right and left hands sepa- rately on separate recording tracks, refer to “Record- ing the Right-Hand and Left-Hand Parts Separately” (p. 24).

The indicators of the button you pressed and of the [PLAY] button will blink, and the ep 880 enters recording-standby mode.

NOTE If “dEL” appears in the display, refer to p. 22.

Starting to record

6.Press the [PLAY] button.

Recording begins after two measures of count sound. Play along with the song.

Stop recording

7.Press the [PLAY] or [REC] button.

Recording will stop, and the indicators for the [PLAY] and [REC] buttons will go dark.

The recorded performance is stored in “USr (User).”

Play back the recorded performance

8.Press the [PLAY] button.

You will hear the recorded performance.

Once again press the [PLAY] button, and playback will stop.

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