Yamaha PSR-270, Portatone manual Recording a User Song Step Recording, Select the Step Record mode

SONG RECORDING

RECORDING A USER SONG — STEP RECORDING

The basic steps for Step recording are similar to those for Realtime recording. In brief, the basic operation is:

1)Make all desired PortaTone settings.

2)Select the Step Record mode.

3)Select a User song for recording.

4)Select a track number.

5)Start recording. Enter notes and rests individually, playing back the song occasionally to hear the results.

6)Listen to your new recording.

7)Record to other tracks as desired.

8)Exit from the Record mode.

Data that can be recorded to the normal (melody) tracks:

•Note on/off

•Velocity**

•Main voice settings (Voice Number*, Volume*, Octave, Pan*, Reverb Send Level*, Chorus Send Level*, DSP Send Level*)

•Dual voice settings (Dual on/off, Voice Number*, Volume*, Octave, Pan*, Reverb Send Level*, Chorus Send Level*, DSP Send Level*)

•Reverb on/off, Reverb Type*

•Chorus on/off, Chorus Type*

•DSP on/off, DSP Type*

•Tempo*, Time Signature* (if there is no such data in the Chord track)

Data that can be recorded to the Chord track:

•Style number*

•Chord changes and timing

•Changing sections (Intro, Main A/B, etc.)

•Accompaniment Volume*

•Tempo*, Time Signature*

*These settings can only be recorded once at the beginning of a song; other settings can be changed in the middle of a song.

**All notes are entered at the same velocity; however, this can be changed in various ways with the Velocity Curve function (page 89).

1 Make all desired PortaTone settings.

This operation is the same as that of Realtime recording (page 80).

2 Select the Step Record mode.

Press the RECORD button, repeatedly if necessary, until “Step” appears at the top of the display.

STYLE 004Step	RECORD indication
	flashes briefly, then
RECORD	stays lit to indicate
	record standby.
MEASURE 001 116TEMPO

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Realtime and Step recording methods can be mixed in the same song, but not the same track.

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