Creating Original Styles (Style Creator)

If you want to rehearse a part before recording, press the [EXECUTE] button. The REC mark for the Part in the display will turn off.

In this situation, you can start rehearsing by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

Return to the Part record standby mode, after stopping rehearsal by pressing the [START/ STOP] button, and then press the [EXECUTE] button again.

3 Press the [START/STOP] button to begin recording.

4 Play the keyboard and record the drum Voices.

Since the entire Style plays repeatedly, you can record at any point you like.

5 Press the [START/STOP] button to stop recording.

Clear the recorded drum Voices

To clear the recorded drum Voices, after starting recording (refer to step 3 of the recording opera- tion), follow the instructions below.

Only the rhythm Part can be cleared in this opera- tion; other Parts (e.g., bass or chord) cannot be cleared.

1 Press and hold the [-] button and play the key or keys that correspond to the cleared Voice.

2 Press the [START/STOP] button to exit from the clear operation.

Bass, Chord, Pad and Phrase Part recording

1 Press and hold the [REC] button and press the appropriate [PART] button to which you want to record.

2 Press the [EXECUTE] button and check that the REC mark appears at the Part in the dis- play. In this condition, the [PART] button also changes to red.

3 Press the [START/STOP] button to begin recording.

4 Play the keyboard and record your playing.

Rules for recording to non-rhythm Parts:

Use only the CM7 scale tones when recording the Bass and PHRASE Parts (i.e., C, D, E, G, A, and B).

Use only the C chord tones when recording the CHORD and PAD Parts (i.e., C, E, G, and B).

C = Chord notes

C R C C R C C, R = Recommended notes

Using the data recorded here, the auto accompaniment (Style playback) is appropriately converted depending on the chord changes you make during your performance.

NOTE

Any desired chord or chord progression can be used for the INTRO and ENDING sections.

5 Press the [START/STOP] button to stop recording.

Record to other Parts in other sections.

6 Save the Style data (page 71)

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