Starting Recording - Roland FP-4 Owner's Manual

How the track buttons correspond to an internal song's performance parts
Track button
Track [1] button
Track [2] button
Track [R] button
The [Rec] button will light, the [Play] button will blink, and the instrument will enter recording
standby mode. This setting lets you record while listening to the selected song.

Starting Recording

Press the [Play] button.
4.
After two measures of count sound, recording begins.
Recording starts when you start playing the keyboard (without pressing the [Play] button). In this
case, a count is not sounded.
When recording begins, the [Rec] button and [Play] button will light.
Stopping Recording
5. Press the [Play] button.
Recording will stop.
Listening to the Recorded Performance
6. Press the [-] button to return to the beginning of the song you recorded.
Press the [Play] button.
7.
The recorded performance will play back.
8. Press the [Play] button once again to stop playback.
NOTE
NOTE
Left-hand part
Right-hand part
For internal song numbers 1–5, this track contains performance data other than
the right-hand part and left-hand part.
For internal song numbers 6–65, this track does not contain performance data.
During the count-in, the count measure is indicated in the display as "-2" then "-1."
The recorded performance will disappear when you turn off the power. If you want to
keep the performance you recorded, you must save it in internal memory. Refer to
"Saving the Songs You Record" (p. 76).
You can save your recorded songs on an external sequencer or computer. Refer to
"Connecting to MIDI Devices" (p. 99) and "Connecting to a Computer via the USB
(MIDI) Connector" (p. 98).
The tempo of the performance you recorded will be stored as the tempo of the song
you selected when recording. If you record your performance while playing along with
a song, it will be recorded with the time signature of that song.
Performance part
Recording
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