Step; Record Your Performance; Recording Procedure - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-450 Owner's Manual

Quick Guide

Record Your Performance

STEP

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Using the song memory you can record up to 5 different songs (song numbers
006 ~ 010: User 1 ~ 5). Songs you record can be played back in the same way as
the preset songs.
Each user song can be recorded using 6 tracks.
●
Melody Tracks [1] ~ [5]
These tracks record the melody parts.
●
Style Track [A]
The style track records the left-hand chords and accompani-
ment.
● Recordable Data
◆ Melody Tracks 1 ~ 5
• Note on/off (key presses and releases)
• Velocity (key dynamics)
• Voice number
• Reverb type*
• DSP type*
• Harmony type on/off
• Sustain on/off
• Tempo**/time signature* (only when the
style track is not recorded)
• Pitch bend
• Pitch bend range
* These settings are recorded once at the beginning of the song and cannot be changed during the song.
** These settings are recorded at the beginning of the song. Changes can be made during the song, but the
changes will not be recorded.

Recording Procedure

1
Engage the record ready mode.
After press the [STYLE] button, the following steps will automatically
select the lowest-numbered unrecorded user song (song number 006 ~ 010)
available for recording and engage the record ready mode.
● To Record 1 Melody Track and Style Track Together
Step 1-1. Press the track button of the melody track you want to record
(1 ~ 5) while holding the [REC] button. The number of the
selected track will flash in the display.
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◆ Style Track
• Chord changes and timing
• Style pattern changes
• Style number*
• Reverb type*
• DSP type*
• Tempo
• Time signature*
User 2
rEC
NOTE
• Recordable capacity
If you record using only the
melody tracks, approxi-
mately 10,000 notes can be
recorded. Approximately
5,500 chord changes can be
recorded if you record using
only the style track.
CAUTION
• If all user songs (song numbers
006 ~ 010) contain recorded data
song number 006 will automati-
cally be selected. In this case
you will record over and erase
any previous data in song 006,
so be careful that you won't be
erasing any material you want to
keep!
NOTE
• If you want to select the song you
will be recording (song number 006
~ 010), or select a specific song to
modify, select the desired song
number by using the [+] and [–] but-
tons before performing step 1-1.