Recording Phrases; Phrase Playback - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-6000 Owner's Manual

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Using the Pads

Recording Phrases

Select a PHRASE Pad For Recording

Press the PHRASE pad you intend to record to while holding

the [REC/STOP] button. The REC/STOP indicator will flash,

indicating that the selected pad is ready to record.

Play a Phrase

Recording begins automatically as soon as you play on the

keyboard using the ORCHESTRA 1 voice (i.e. the right-hand

section of the keyboard if the split play mode or AUTO BASS

CHORD accompaniment is engaged), and the REC/STOP indica-

tor will light continuously as long as recording continues.

NOTES

• You can record phrases while AUTO BASS CHORD accompaniment

is playing or stopped. In either case the phrase will be recorded in

relation to the currently set accompaniment tempo, so it is a good idea

to record phrases while monitoring the accompaniment to ensure that

they are reproduced at an appropriate tempo when played back with

accompaniment.

Stop Recording

Press the [REC/STOP] button to stop recording when you've

finished playing the phrase. The [REC/STOP] button indicator

will go out when recording ends.

NOTES

• Recording will stop automatically if the PHRASE pad memory be-

comes full (approximately 160 notes per pad), or if another pad is

pressed.

Phrase Playback

As long as the MULTI mode is selected, any recorded phrase

can be played back simply by pressing the corresponding PHRASE

pad. The phrase will play back whether the accompaniment is

playing or not, but will always play at the currently set tempo. The

MULTI PLAYING indicator will light while the phrase plays

back, and playback will end automatically as soon as the end of

the phrase is reached. A phrase can be stopped while it is playing

by pressing either the [REC/STOP] button or the corresponding

pad button. It is also possible to play back several phrases at the

same time.

NOTES

• Although the note data played by the phrase pads can not be recorded

by the PSR-6000 sequencer (page 49), the phrase pad events (i.e.

the fact that a pad has been pressed) can be recorded. Phrase pad

data can be saved to and loaded from disk (page 96), but can not be

memorized by the Panel Registration feature (page 41).

• Use the MASTER VOLUME control to adjust the playback volume of

the phrase pads.

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MULTI PLAYING

REC /

PHRASE

STOP

Tempo Change

Tap Start

Tempo l

MULTI PLAYING

REC /

PHRASE

STOP

Tempo Change