Advanced Recording Methods - Roland GP-6 Owner's Manual

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Recording Your Performance

Advanced Recording Methods

Recording Your Performance One Hand at a Time
By recording your left-hand performance
to the Left part and your right-hand
performance to the Right part, you can
record each hand of your performance
separately.
Getting ready to record
1
Select the tone that you want to play.
2
You can sound the metronome if you like.
Set the metronome's tempo and time signature. The metronome
setting is stored in the song, and you can use the same settings
during playback.
3
Press the [ó] button.
The [ó] button lights, the [ò] button blinks, and the piano enters
record-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel recording, press the [ó] button once again.
4
Press the [
] button, press the [–] [+] buttons to select the
part that you don't want to record, and then press the [ ]
button to make it go dark.
Only the part that you're recording will blink.
MEMO
If you don't select a part at this time, your performance is recorded to
the following parts.
Performing with one tone
Playing different tones with the left
and right hand (Split Play)
Performing with two tones layered
(Dual Play)
Starting/stopping recording
5
Press the [ò] button.
After a one-measure count, recording starts, and the [ó] button and
[ò] button are both lit. The performance is saved automatically.
MEMO
You can also start recording by playing the keyboard instead of
pressing the [ò] button. In this case, a count is not sounded.
6
To stop recording, press the [ò] button once again.
Recording stops.
16
Left (or right) part
"Right" part
The left-hand tone is the "Left" part, and the
right-hand tone is the "Right" part
The tone 1 is the "Right" part, and the tone 2
is the "Accomp" part
Overdubbing a Recorded Performance
After recording one hand of your performance, you can overdub-record
the performance of the other hand.
You can also overdub-record onto a built-in song.
Left (or right) part
Right (or left) part
Getting ready to record
1
Press the [
] button.
The Song screen appears.
MEMO
If the measure screen appears, press the [ ] button to return to the
song-select screen.
2
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select the category of the song that
you want to overdub, and press the [ ] button to confirm.
3
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select the song that you want to
overdub.
You can select songs within the category.
MEMO
If you're recording your performance along with a built-in song, you
can fix the tempo of the built-in song (p. 13).
4
Press the [ó] button.
The [ó] button lights, the [ò] button blinks, and the piano enters
record-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel recording, press the [ó] button once again.
5
Press the [–] [+] buttons to access the "Overdub" screen.
The song of step 3 is selected.
6
Press the [
] button. If a part that you don't want to record
is blinking, press the [–] [+] buttons to select the part, and
press the [ ] button to make it go dark.
Only the part that you're recording will blink.
If you select a part that is already recorded (lit) and then press the
[
] button to make it blink, that part will be overwrite-recorded.
Starting/stopping recording
7
Press the [ò] button.
After a one-measure count, recording starts, and the [ó] button and
[ò] button are both lit. The performance is saved automatically.
MEMO
You can also start recording by playing the keyboard instead of
pressing the [ò] button. In this case, a count is not sounded.
8
To stop recording, press the [ò] button once again.
Recording stops.

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