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■ About Recording User Styles
In recording a User song, the PSR-550 records your keyboard performance as MIDI
data. Recording of User styles, however, is done in a different way. Here are some
of the aspects in which style recording differs from song recording:
Style Recording
Loop Recording
Auto accompaniment repeats the accompaniment patterns of several measures
in a “loop,” and style recording is also done using loops. For example, if you start
recording with a two-measure main section, the two measures are repeatedly
recorded. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition (loop),
letting you record while hearing previously recorded material.
Overdub Recording
This method records new material to a track already containing recorded data,
without deleting the original data. In style recording, the recorded data is not
deleted, except when using functions such as Clear (page 104) and Drum
Cancel (page 99).
For example, if you start recording with a two-measure main section, the two
measures are repeated many times. Notes that you record will play back from
the next repetition, letting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing
previously recorded material.
Using Preset Styles
The following notes and cautions are important points for you to keep in mind as you record your User styles.
•In the Record Ready mode, you can exchange or edit the voice
data in the recorded tracks using Mixer on page 76.
•If the memory becomes full while recording, an alert message
will appear on the display and recording will stop.
•Since recording is done in measure units, you should first select
a style that has the same number of measures as the section
you intend to record..
• If none of the preset styles is appropriate, select one that has the
same time signature and number of measures as the one you
want to create, then use the Clear function (page 104) to clear
all preset data before entering your own.
•Make sure to clear at least one of the three User styles before
recording a new User style. Recording a new User style cannot
be started when all three User styles have recorded data.
•Be careful to avoid turning off the power or unplugging the AC
adaptor from the outlet during recording, since this will result in
the loss of recorded data.
•Using Registration Memory (page 54) can make your recording
sessions much more efficient, since various settings (such as
voices, etc.) can be recalled by a single button press.
When the record mode is engaged, the Registration Memory
Freeze function will be turned on (it cannot be turned off while
the record mode is engaged).
•Using the Metronome function (page 118) can make your
recording sessions much more efficient.
Preset style data
Copy
Internal memory for
User style recording
As shown in the chart at left, when you select the
internal preset style that is the closest to the type
of style you wish to create, the preset style data
will be copied to a special memory location for
recording.
You create (record) your new, original style by
adding or deleting data from the memory location.
All tracks (with the exception of the rhythm track)
must be cleared before recording (page 104).