Yamaha PortaSound PSS-51 Owner's Manual page 36

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Start Recording
There are two ways to start recording:
i) Press the [PLAY] button of SONG MEMORY.
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ii) Play any key on the keyboard or press any pad.
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If a FINGERING mode is chosen, playing any
note or chord in the ACCOMPANIMENT SEC-
TION of the keyboard will start AUTO ACCOMP.
recording. Playing any key in the MELODY
SECTION will start recording the rhythm only
(percussion beat).
During the recording, the [SONG#/MEASURE]
display will show the current measure number for the
recording. The flashing dots display the beat of the
current TEMPO. During recording, the selected
tracks will continue to flash and the metronome will
be heard. If the [AUTO ACCOMP.] track is being
recorded, the metronome will not sound; the rhythm
will be heard instead.
HINT: While holding down the [RECORD] button, press the
[PLAY] button. This will automatically prepare the
[AUTO ACCOMP.] and [MELODY 1] tracks for simulta-
neous recording.
Finish Recording
Press the [STOP] button of SONG MEMORY to
conclude recording on the specified tracks. If the
[AUTO АССОМР.] track is being recorded, the
[START/STOP] button of ACCOMPANIMENT
CONTROL can end the recording immediately or the
[ENDING] button will provide a musical ending
before stopping the recording. Once the recording is
finished, the [SONG#/MEASURE] display will
automatically show the starting measure number of
the recording. The indicators of the tracks just
recorded will stop flashing but will remain lit.
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5. Recording Additional Tracks
Follow the same procedures (steps 1 to 4) to record
more tracks. Remember to select only the tracks that
you want to record. Once a track begins recording,
any previous recording on that track is erased from
the starting measure number. To listen to previously
recorded tracks while recording a new track, make
sure the corresponding indicator's for those tracks
are Ш. Any recorded track can be excluded from
playing back by pressing the track's select button
and turning off the indicator.
€ Song Length
The tracks for a particular song can have different
lengths. The length of the song will be the length
of the longest track. If a [MELODY] track goes on
longer than the [AUTO АССОМР.] track, the
melody will be unaccompanied for that time. As a
result, when recording a song, it is advisable to
record the [AUTO ACCOMP track first. If the
ending measure has been entered on a Track Sheet,
subsequent track recordings can end on the same
measure for a "musical" finish.
* |f the song memory becomes full during recording, the
recording will stop.
The [SONG#/MEASURE] display will indicate "F u | I",
followed shortly by "O O 1" (indicating the measure
number).
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Whenever you record with song memory, any previous
recording on that track, for that song number, will be
erased.