Using, Creating and Editing Songs
Recording Your Performance to MIDI
PSR-S900/S700 Owner’s Manual 147
Recording Your Performance to MIDI
You can record your own performances and save them to the User tab display or a
USB storage device. Several different recording methods are available:
Quick Recording which lets you record performance conveniently and quickly,
Multi track Recording which lets you record several different parts to multiple
channels, and Step Recording which lets you enter notes one by one. And since the
recorded data is MIDI, you can easily edit your songs, too.
For details on MIDI, see page 201, “What is MIDI?”
For details on USB Audio Recording (PSR-S900 only), see page 63.

Recording Methods

There are three methods as shown below.
You can also edit Songs after they’ve been recorded (page 162).
For example, you can edit specific notes one by one, or you can use the Punch In/
Out function to re-record a specific part.

Quick Recording

This lets you conveniently and quickly record your performance.
1Press the SONG [REC] and SONG [JJ
JJ] (STOP) buttons simulta-
neously.
A blank Song (“New Song”) is called up for recording.
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cannot be recorded here, but
can be recorded using the Audio
Recording function (page 63).
Internal memory (User tab
displays) capacity
The internal memory capacity of
the instrument is about 1.4MB
(PSR-S900)/560KB (PSR-S700).
This capacity applies to all file
types, including Voice, Style,
Song, and Registration data files.
Quick Recording
➤ See below.
This convenient and simple recording method lets you quickly
record your performance—useful, for example, in recording solo
piano pieces. You can record to the [TR 1 (R)] or [TR 2 (L)] but-
ton, and also to the [EXTRA TR (STYLE)] track, which can be
used for recording at the same time.
Multi track Recording
➤ page 149
This lets you record a whole Song including several different
instrument parts, to create the sound of a full band or orchestra.
Record the performance of each instrument part one by one
and create fully orchestrated compositions. You can also record
over already-recorded parts of an existing Song (Preset Song or
a Song on USB storage device) with your own performance.
Step Recording
➤ page 152
This method lets you compose your performance by “writing”
it down one event at a time. This is a non-realtime, manual
recording method – similar to writing music notation onto
paper. You can input notes, chords and other events one by
one (realtime performance is not needed).
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