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Using the Recorder
The CLP-555 features a two-track recorder that let you record what you play
on the keyboard and then play it back. Two tracks mean that you can “overdub”
one part on top of another, using a different voice if you like. The recorder fea-
ture is a useful adjunct to any keyboard study program, since it lets you hear
exactly how you sound from the listener’s perspective. It can also be just plain
fun.
The recorder actually records the following data:
■ Entire Song
● Tempo ● Reverb type & depth ● Effect type
■ Individual Tracks
● Notes played ● Voice selection ● Voice variation
● Dual mode voices ● Split mode voices
● Damper pedal ● Soft pedal
● Sostenuto pedal (not recorded as an initial setting)
● Effect depth ● Dual mode functions (F3)
● Split mode functions (F4)

Recording

Make All Necessary Initial Settings ...........................................
Before actually beginning to record, select the voice you want to
record with (or voices if you will be using the dual or split mode). You
might also want to set the volume and tempo controls.
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I.TONE E.PIANO 1 E.PIANO 2 HARPSI-
CHORD
Engage the Record Ready Mode ..................................................
Press the RECORDER [REC] button to engage the record ready
mode (recording does not actually start yet). The record ready mode can
be disengaged before recording by pressing the [REC] button a second
time.
• The record ready mode cannot be engaged while the demo/piano song
mode is engaged.
Select the Record Track ..........................................................................
When the record mode is engaged in the previous step, the last-
recorded track will automatically be selected for recording and its
indicator — i.e. the [1] or [2] button indicator — will glow red. If you
want to record on a different track, press the appropriate track button so
that its indicator glows red.
• The track button indicators of tracks which contain previously recorded
data will glow green (unless the track is turned off as described below).
The previously-recorded data on the non-record track will normally be
played back as you record, so you can play along with a previously-
recorded track. If you don’t want to hear the previously recorded track as
you record, press the playback track button before pressing the [REC]
button (step 1, above) so that its indicator goes out.
• Recording on a track which already contains data will erase all previous
data on that track.
• When the record mode is engaged the amount of memory available for
recording will be shown on the LED display in approximate kilobytes
(starting at “21”), and the rightmost dot on the LED display will flash at the
current METRONOME tempo setting.
START
/
STOP REC
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RECORDER
START
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STOP REC
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RECORDER