Roland EP-880 Recording the Right-Hand Left-Hand Parts Separately, Erasing Recorded Performances

Recording the Right-Hand

and Left-Hand Parts

Separately

You can use the ep 880’s recorder to record the right-hand and left-hand parts separately.

You can also specify individual parts to record to when you want to do a recording over again.

Press the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button to specify the part to be recorded.

Left-hand part

Right-hand part

NOTE If you layer on a newly recorded performance without eras- ing the recorded song, the song tempo, beat, and metro- nome settings of the original recording will be stored along with the new recording.

1.As described in steps (1) and (2) of “Recording a New Song” (p. 22), select “USr” before you continue. When layering recordings with internal songs, select the internal song as described in steps (1) and (2) of “Selecting a Song and Playing It” (p. 12).

2.As necessary, turn on the metronome (p. 19).

3.Press the [REC] button.

The [REC] button’s indicator will light.

The indicator on the button for the part to which a performance has been recorded will light.

The indicator on the button for the part which is about to be recorded will flash.

Selecting the track to record

4.Press the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button to select the track that you want to record.

The indicator of the button you pressed will blink, and the ep 880 enters recording-standby mode.

NOTE The track buttons allow you to record to either the [LEFT] or the [RIGHT] button, one at a time.

Start recording

5.Press the [PLAY] button.

Two measures of the count sound are played, and the recording begins. Go ahead and perform on the keyboard.

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.

Stop recording

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

Recording stops, and the indicators for the [PLAY] and [REC] buttons go out.

The performance of the specified part has been recorded.

To record the performance of the other part, go back to Step 2 and repeat the procedure from there.

You can listen to the performance you recorded already while you record.

Play back the recorded performance

7.Press the [PLAY] button.

You will hear the recorded performance.

Press the [PLAY] button once again, and playback will stop.

Erasing Recorded

Performances

You can erase a recorded performance.

Erasing a Performance from the Specified Track

You can select a recorded track and erase it.

Hold down either the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button and press the [REC] button.

The indicator of the button you pressed will go dark, and the performance of the selected track will be erased.

Erasing a Song

You can erase a song you’ve recorded.

1.Hold down the [SONG/TEMPO] button and press the [REC] button.

The following display will appear, and the indicators of the [REC] and [PLAY] button will blink.

NOTE If you decide not to erase the performance, press the [PLAY] button.

2.Once again press the [REC] button. The recorded performance is erased.

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