Realtime Melody Track Recording - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-1700 Owner's Manual

Record Functions
The SONG MEMORY MELODY tracks record the following operations and data:
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Select the voice you want to record with (the R1 and R2 voices can be
used), and set the voice effects and other parameters as required.
Press one of the MELODY track buttons — [1] through [6] — while
holding the RECORDING section [REC] button. Both the [REC] button
indicator and the selected MELODY track indicator will flash, indicating
that the SONG MEMORY is ready to record. If the OVERALL CONTROL
section [METRONOME] button indicator is lit the metronome will also
begin to sound at the currently selected tempo, while the BEAT indicator
dots flash at the current tempo.
The current measure ("Mes") and beat ("BT") — in this case
"Mes=001:BT=1" — will be shown on the LCD display panel.
Recording will begin as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or
press the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button, and the BEAT indicator dots will
begin to indicate the current beat as in the Auto Accompaniment mode, and
the current measure and beat number will appear on the LCD display panel.
Play the melody using the entire keyboard if you are recording only a
MELODY track, or on the right-hand section of the keyboard if you are
recording a MELODY track at the same time as the ACCOMP track.
Stop recording by pressing the TRACK button of the melody track be-
ing recorded, or the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button. The [REC] indicator
will go out and "Now Processing" will appear on the LCD display panel
while the PSR-1700/2700 is processing recorded data. "Completed" will
appear briefly when the data has been processed. The measure number will
automatically return to the measure at which recording was started.