Record Functions; Song Memory - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-1700 Owner's Manual

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Record Functions

The PSR-1700/PSR-2700 RECORDING section controls three recording functions:

The SONG MEMORY:

Record complete songs including an accompaniment track and up to six melody tracks. Songs can

be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required (page 56).

MULTI PADS:

Record short chord, melody, or rhythm sequences that can be played back anytime by simply

pressing a button. The MULTI PAD data can be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required.

CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT:

Create your own accompaniment style for use with the Auto Accompaniment feature. Custom ac-

companiments can be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required.

Operation of all three functions is essentially the same, so once you're familiar with the basic proce-

dure, recording songs, multi-pad phrases, or custom accompaniments should be easy. We'll start with

the SONG MEMORY.

The SONG MEMORY allows you to record and play back complete songs including chord sequences created

using the Auto Accompaniment feature and melody lines you play on the keyboard. The SONG MEMORY has one

ACCOMP track and six MELODY tracks. You also have a choice of realtime and step recording modes: the realtime

mode records what you play as you play it; the step mode lets you record one step at a time.

Only one song can be retained in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory at a time, but your songs can be saved to

floppy disk — at most 99 songs per disk (the actual number depends on the volume of the song data) — and then

reloaded later whenever you want to play them (page 56).

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• Turning the power OFF during recording or while the record-

CAUTION

ready mode is engaged can result in a loss of recorded data.