Yamaha YDP-121 Using the Recorder

YDP-121

Using the Recorder

The YDP-121 features a two-track recorder that let you record what you play

on the keyboard and then play it back. Two tracks mean that you can “overdub”

one part on top of another, using a different voice if you like. The recorder feature

is a useful adjunct to any keyboard study program, since it lets you hear exactly

how you sound from the listener’s perspective. It can also be just plain fun.

The recorder actually records the following data:

■ Entire Song

● Tempo ● Time signature (beat) ● Reverb type (including OFF)

■ Individual Tracks

● Notes played ● Voice selection ● Voice variation

● Dual mode voices ● Damper pedal ● Soft pedal

● Sostenuto pedal (not recorded as an initial setting)

● Reverb depth ● Dual balance (F3) ● Dual detune (F3)

● Dual octave shift (F3)

Recording

Make All Necessary Initial Settings ...........................................

Before actually beginning to record, select the voice you want to

record with (or voices if you will be using the dual mode). You might

also want to set the volume and tempo controls.

Engage the Record Ready Mode..................................................

Press the [REC] button to engage the record ready mode (recording

does not actually start yet). The record ready mode can be disengaged

before recording by pressing the [REC] button a second time.

•The record ready mode cannot be engaged while the demo/piano song

mode is engaged.

Select the Record Track ..........................................................................

When the record mode is engaged in the previous step, the last-

recorded track will automatically be selected for recording and its indica-

tor — i.e. the [1] or [2] button indicator — will glow red. If you want to

record on a different track, press the appropriate track button so that its

indicator glows red.

•The track button indicators of tracks which contain previously recorded data

will glow green (unless the track is turned off as described below). The

previously-recorded data on the non-record track will normally be played

back as you record, so you can play along with a previously-recorded track.

If you don’t want to hear the previously recorded track as you record (when

you want to record a song different from what you recorded on the previous

track etc.,), press the playback track button before pressing the [REC]

button (step 1, above) so that its indicator goes out.

•Recording on a track which already contains data will erase all previous

data on that track.

•When the record mode is engaged the amount of memory available for

recording will be shown on the LED display in approximate kilobytes

(starting at “25”), and the rightmost dot on the LED display will flash at the

current METRONOME tempo setting.

TRACK

START

STOP REC

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PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI-

CHORD STRINGS PIPE

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TRACK

START

STOP REC