Chapter 4. Recording Your Performance

Selecting and Recording the Track for Each

Hand Separately

The recorder of the HP103 has two recording tracks, allowing you to record the right and left hands separately. Use the [Left] button or [Right] button to specify the recording track.

If you want to re-do the recording, you can re-record just a specific track.

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As described in steps 1 and 2 of “Recording a New Song” (p. 31), select “USr” before you continue. When layering recordings with built-in songs, select the built-in song as described in Steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting a Song and Playing It” (p. 13).

1 As necessary, turn on the metronome (p. 25).

2 Press the [Rec] button.

The [Rec] button’s indicator will light.

The button indicators of tracks that are already recorded will light.

The track button for which you will next be recording will be blinking.

Selecting the track to record

3 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 HP103 enters recording- standby mode.

Start recording

4 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

5 Press the [Play] or [Rec] button.

Recording will stop, and the indicators for the [Play] and [Rec] buttons will go dark.

Your performance has been recorded to the specified track button.

If you want to record on the other track, return to step 2 to record your performance again. You can record while you listen to the previously recorded performance.

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NOTE

If you go on to record additional material without erasing the recorded song, the song tempo, beat, and metronome settings of the original recording will be used for the new material as well.

The track buttons allow you to record to either the [Left] or the [Right] button, one at a time.

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Roland HP103 owner manual Selecting and Recording the Track for Each Hand Separately, 5,6 2,5