Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs— Song Creator
95
CVP-205/203
This lets you record a song with several different instrument sounds on up to sixteen channels, and create the sound of
a full band or orchestra.
The structure of the channels and parts are shown in the chart below.
About the accompaniment style parts
Rhythm.....This is the basis for the accompaniment, containing the drum and percussion rhythm patterns. Usually one of the drum kits is used.
Bass..........The Bass part uses various appropriate instrument sounds to match the style, such as acoustic bass, synth bass, and others.
Chord........This is the rhythmic chord backing, commonly used with piano or guitar voices.
Pad............This part features sustained chords and commonly uses lush sounds such as strings, organ, and choir.
Phrase...... This part is used for various embellishments and riffs that enhance the song, such as brass section accents and chord arpeggios.
Channels Parts
(default settings) Available parts Channels Parts
(default settings) Available parts
1 Voice MAIN Voice MAIN, LAYER, LEFT
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 2
Accompaniment style BASS
Accompaniment style CHORD1
Accompaniment style CHORD2
Accompaniment style PAD
Accompaniment style PHRASE1
Accompaniment style PHRASE2
MIDI
9Accompaniment style
RHYTHM 1
Voice MAIN, LAYER, LEFT
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 2
Accompaniment style BASS
Accompaniment style CHORD1
Accompaniment style CHORD2
Accompaniment style PAD
Accompaniment style PHRASE1
Accompaniment style PHRASE2
MIDI
2 Voice MAIN 10 Accompaniment style
RHYTHM 2
3 Voice MAIN 11 Accompaniment style
BASS
4 Voice MAIN 12 Accompaniment style
CHORD1
5 Voice MAIN 13 Accompaniment style
CHORD2
6 Voice MAIN 14 Accompaniment style
PAD
7 Voice MAIN 15 Accompaniment style
PHRASE1
8 Voice MAIN 16 Accompaniment style
PHRASE2

Multi Recording

REC TOP START / STOP REW FF REPEAT
NEW SONG SYNC.START
REC

■When creating a new song: ■When recording over the part of an internal

song or a song on disk with your own

performance:

1Select the desired song (page 75, 77).
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2Select the desired channel for recording (set it to “REC”) simultaneously
holding down the [REC] button and pressing the appropriate button [1▲▼]
- [8▲▼]. Several channels can be selected at the same time.
REC......................... Enables recording for the channel
ON .........................Enables playback of the channel
OFF......................... Mutes the channel
To cancel or disable recording, press the [REC] button once again.
The part is automatically
selected when setting the
several channels to “REC” at
the same time.