Using, Creating and Editing Songs

Recording Your Performance to MIDI

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Make the desired panel settings for your keyboard performance.

 

Below are some example settings you may want to try.

 

• Recording the RIGHT 2 and/or LEFT parts

The RIGHT 2 and/or LEFT parts

The [RIGHT 2] and/or [LEFT] keyboard parts should be turned on. Select

are recorded onto separate

the voice for each keyboard part (RIGHT 2, LEFT) by calling up the Voice

tracks.

selection display (page 79, page 80).

 

• Recording Styles

1Select a Style (page 46).

2Set the tempo for recording by pressing the TEMPO [–] [+] buttons, as necessary.

Using Registration Memory panel setups

Press one of the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1–8] buttons (page 131).

3 While holding the SONG [REC] button, press the SONG TRACK buttons to be recorded.

 

• Recording your performance

 

Press the SONG [TR 1] button for the right-hand part recording, and/or the

 

SONG [TR 2] button for the left-hand part recording.

 

• Recording Styles/Multi Pads

 

Press the SONG [EXTRA TR (STYLE)] button.

 

• Recording your performance and the Style/Multi Pad playback

 

simultaneously

 

Press the SONG [TR 1]/[TR 2] buttons and the SONG [EXTRA TR (STYLE)]

 

button.

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Start recording.

 

There are several different ways you can start recording.

 

• Starting by playing the keyboard

Using the metronome

If you’ve selected the SONG [TR 1]/[TR 2] buttons in step 3, play in the

right-hand section of the keyboard (page 78). If you’ve selected the SONG

You can record your perfor-

mance while playing back the

[EXTRA TR (STYLES)] button in step 3, play in the left-hand (chord) section

metronome (page 34). However,

of the keyboard (page 107). Recording begins automatically as soon as

the metronome sound is not

you play a note on the keyboard.

recorded.

 

 

• Starting by pressing the SONG [F/K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button

 

If you start recording in this way, “empty” data is recorded until you play a

 

note on the keyboard. This is useful for starting a Song with a short one-or

 

two-beat pick-up or lead-in.

 

• Starting by pressing the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button.

 

In this case the rhythm parts (channels) of the Style begin playing back and

 

recording starts simultaneously.

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