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Song Recording

•Before actually starting to record you can try playing the PSR-530 the way it is set up by using the “Rehearsal Mode”: press the [SYNC START] button to temporarily disengage the record ready mode, rehearse as necessary, then press the [SYNC START] button again to return to the record ready mode.

•Whenever you record using a SONG, any previously re- corded material in the same track will be erased.

•If the SONG memory becomes full while recording, “FULL” will appear on the display and recording will stop (the “Re- hearsal Mode” will be engaged).

•If you start recording by pressing the [START/STOP] button, nothing will be recording on a MELODY track until you begin playing on the keyboard. Only rhythm accompaniment will be recorded on the ACCOMPANIMENT track until you play a chord in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard.

•During recording you can use the TRACK buttons to turn playback of previously-recorded MELODY tracks or the AC- COMPANIMENT track on or off as required.

7 Stop Recording

Stop recording by pressing the [START/STOP] button. If you press the [ENDING] button while recording the ACCOMPANIMENT track, recording will stop automatically after the ending section has finished. When recording is stopped the MEASURE number on the display will return to “1” and the record-ready mode will be engaged.

•You can also press the [SYNC START] button to stop recording and return to the record ready mode.

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8 Record Additional Tracks as Required

By repeating steps 5 through 7, above, you can select and record additional tracks as required.

●Recording from the Middle of the Song

It is possible initiate recording from the middle of the song. If you want to change the latter half of the song (track), select the Measure number (page 54) from which you want to record and start recording.

017Measure9 Exit From the Record Mode

•While the record ready mode is engaged you can press the [VOICE] button to go to the VOICE menu and change the R1 voice as required. The R2 voice, however, cannot be changed (If the Voice Set function is on — page 85

— the R2 voice will auto- matically be changed when an R1 panel voice is selected). The record- ready mode must be dis- engaged in order to change the R2 voice and other settings.

•When you select one of the Accompaniment tracks for recording, the display shows “- - -:Mea- sure” indicating that re- cording from the middle of the song is not possible.

When you’re finished recording a song, press the [RECORD] button so that its indicator goes out to exit from the record mode. The recorded user song can now be played back in the same way as the demonstration songs (page 52).

•Many types of data re- corded in user songs can be re-written (“revoiced”) as described on page 81.

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