Yamaha P-140 2. , 3. , 4. , 5.

Recording Your Performance

P-140 Owner’s Manual

ENGLISH

2. Press the [REC] button to engage Record Ready

mode.

This automatically selects an empty number (U01-U03)

for recording and makes the RIGHT part active. If all

song numbers contain recorded data, Song U01 will be

selected. This simply enables recording; to start record-

ing, go on to step 3.

The amount of memory available for recording is shown on the display in

approximate kilobytes. You can record up to a maximum of about 11,000 notes

on the P-140 depending on pedal usage and other factors. The [PLAY/PAUSE]

indicator will ﬂash at the current METRONOME tempo setting.

You can turn on the metronome in this step, and adjust the tempo by using the

[TEMPO/FUNCTION –, +] buttons. (Range: 32-280)

Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the [REC]

button again.

3. Start recording.

Recording will begin automatically as soon as you

play a note on the keyboard or press the [PLAY/

PAUSE] button. The current measure’s number will

appear on the display while recording.

4. Press either [REC] or [STOP] button to stop record-

ing.

When recording is stopped, dashes appear in the dis-

play in succession to indicate that the recorded data is

being saved to the instrument automatically. After the

data is saved, the song name (U01-U03) appears in

the display. The recorded part’s indicator will light in

green to indicate that it now contains data. (Record

mode is disengaged automatically.)

CAUTION

Never attempt to turn the [STANDBY/ON] switch OFF

while ﬂashing dashes appear in the display (these indi-

cate data is being written to internal memory). Turning

the power off in this state results in loss of all user data.

5. Play back the recorded performance.

Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded performance. To stop

playback in the middle of a song, press the [STOP] button.

If you have selected the LEFT

part previously in the same song,

the LEFT part will automatically

be made active when pressing

the [REC] button in step 2.

If the metronome was on when

you started recording, you’ll be

able to keep time with the metro-

nome while recording, but the

metronome sound will not be

recorded.

For more recording information,

see page 32.

The function of the [PLAY/

PAUSE] button can be assigned

to the AUX pedal (pages 37, 43).

This allows you to start recording

by pressing the Footswitch con-

nected to the AUX jack.

Song recording can not be

paused, even by pressing the

[PLAY/PAUSE] button.

The record part indicator will

begin to ﬂash when the recorder

memory is almost full. If the mem-

ory becomes full during record-

ing, “Fu£” will appear on the

display and recording will stop

automatically. (All recorded data

up to that point will be retained.)

Pressing the [PLAY/PAUSE] but-

ton to start recording, then press-

ing the [STOP] button to stop

recording will erase all previously

recorded data on the selected

part.

NOTE

The song name

(U01 to U03)