Recording A User Song - Realtime Recording - Yamaha Portatone PSR-340 Owner's Manual

SONG RECORDING
RECORDING A USER SONG — REALTIME RECORDING
In brief, the basic operation for recording is:
1) Make all desired PortaTone settings.
2) Select the Realtime Record mode.
3) Select a User song for recording.
4) Select a track number.
5) Start recording.
6) Stop recording.
7) Listen to your new recording.
8) Record to other tracks as desired.
9) Exit from the Record mode.
Data that can be recorded to the normal (melody)
tracks:
• Note on/off
• Velocity
• Main voice settings (Voice Number*, Volume*,
Octave, Pan*, Reverb Send Level, Chorus Send
Level, DSP Send Level)
• Dual voice settings (Dual on/off, Voice Number*,
Volume*, Octave, Pan*, Reverb Send Level, Chorus
Send Level, DSP Send Level)
• Reverb on/off, Reverb Type*
• Chorus on/off, Chorus Type*
• DSP on/off, DSP Type*
• Harmony on/off, Harmony Type
• Sustain on/off
• Tempo*, Time Signature* (if there is no such data
in the Chord track)
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Make all desired PortaTone settings.
Before you actually start recording, you'll need to make various settings for
the song — such as selecting a style, setting the Tempo, and selecting a
voice. (See pages 47, 76, and 27.)
Selecting a style lets you use the sophisticated auto accompaniment fea-
tures as part of your song. In this way, you can simply play the chords, and
the PortaTone automatically creates the appropriate bass and chord back-
ing. (For more information on auto accompaniment, see page 52.)
If desired, also make other settings. Refer to the list above for settings that
can be recorded to a song.
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Data that can be recorded to the Chord track:
• Style number*
• Chord changes and timing
• Changing sections (Intro, Main A/B, etc.)
• Accompaniment Volume*
• Tempo, Time Signature*
* These settings can only be recorded once at the beginning
of a song; other settings can be changed in the middle of a
song.
When playing back song
data that uses a disk style
(number 101), you will
need to load that same style
data from the appropriate
disk. If a different style disk
is used, the style on that
disk will be used for the
song, and not the one you
originally selected.