Creating Multi Pad — Multi Pad Creator

Multi Pad Realtime Recording — Record

The operations here apply to step 4 on page 118.

Select the desired Multi Pad for recording or editing. You can also select it by pressing the MULTI PAD

[1]to [4] button.

Selects an empty Multi Pad bank, allowing you to create a new Multi Pad from scratch.

Calls up the NAME display to input the new name.

A

F

B

G

C

H

D

I

E

J

Turn Repeat/Chord Match of each pad on or off (see below).

Select this to engage the Record standby mode (synchronized standby).

Select this to save the recorded pad data to USER or FLOPPY DISK drive.

Start recording

Press the [H] (REC) button to set the Record standby mode. Recording begins automatically as soon as you play on the keyboard. You can also start recording by pressing the STYLE [START] button. If Chord Match (see below) is set to on for the Multi Pad to be recorded, you should record using the notes of the C major seventh scale (C, D, E, G, A and B).

• Other notes besides those

of the C major seventh

scale can be recorded;

however, this may result in

the recorded phrase not

matching the chord when

being played back.

C R C C R C

C = chord note

C, R = recommended note Others: non-recommended note

• The rhythm part of the

currently selected style is

used as a rhythmic guide

(in place of a metronome),

playing back during

recording. However, it is

not recorded to the Multi

Pad.

Stop recording

Press the [H] (STOP) button or the panel STYLE/MULTI PAD [STOP] button to stop recording when you've finished playing the phrase.

Turning Chord Match and Repeat On/Off

Repeat

Unless the Repeat function is on for the selected pad, playback will end automatically as soon as the end of the phrase is reached. A phrase can be stopped while it is playing by pressing the MULTI PAD [STOP] button.

Chord Match

If a Multi Pad is played while Style is playing and the Chord Match function for that pad is ON, the phrase will be automatically re-harmonized to match the accompaniment chords.

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