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

SONG RECORDING
RECORDING A USER SONG — STEP RECORDING
The basic steps for Step recording are similar to those for Realtime recording. In brief, the basic
operation is:
1) Make all desired PortaTone settings.
2) Select the Step Record mode.
3) Select a User song for recording.
4) Select a track number.
5) Start recording. Enter notes and rests individually, playing back
the song occasionally to hear the results.
6) Listen to your new recording.
7) Record to other tracks as desired.
8) 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*
• Tempo*, Time Signature* (if there is no such data
in the Chord track)
1
Make all desired PortaTone settings.
This operation is the same as that of Realtime recording (page 80).
2
Select the Step Record mode.
Press the RECORD button, repeatedly if necessary, until "Step" appears at
the top of the display.
MEASURE
84
Step
004
STYLE
RECORD
001 116 TEMPO
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.
** All notes are entered at the same velocity; however, this
can be changed in various ways with the Velocity Curve
function (page 89).
RECORD indication
flashes briefly, then
stays lit to indicate
record standby.
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.
Realtime and Step recording
methods can be mixed in
the same song, but not the
same track.