Song Recording - Generalmusic WK3 World Keyboard Owner's Manual

• 18 Song Recording
ABOUT SONGS
(See also the Songs chapter 7, User Guide).
The REAL/SONG button of the STYLE/SONG
GROUPS section recalls Songs and sets WK3
to multi-track mode, the only playing mode that
permits access to 16 tracks to record and play
back. (Via MIDI, WK3 is recognised as a 16 part
multi-timbral unit, regardless of the current play-
ing mode).
WK3 Songs can be loaded from Disk and saved
to disk as WK3 format Songs, or as Standard
MIDI Files. SMF files can be loaded into memo-
ry and saved as WK3 format Songs.
Songs containing a Lyrics track can also be load-
ed into memory and the lyrics can be scrolled
across the display by activating the TEXT func-
tion. If the optional Audio/Video board is installed,
the lyrics can be projected onto an external mon-
itor (computer or domestic TV - see page 9, Songs
chapter 7, User Guide).
WK3 Songs are created by recording tracks one
at a time using a real time recording method. Up
to 7 Songs can be recorded, or loaded into mem-
ory from disk using the Load Song, Load Midi-
File or Load All operations. (See the Disk chap-
ter 6, User Guide).
THE SONG PERFORMANCE
The Song Performance is programmable for up
to 16 tracks and determines how the Song plays.
To record a Song, it is best to prepare a Song
Performance before starting. Unlike User Styles
and Song/Styles which exploit existing Perform-
ance structures, the Song requires some prelim-
inary work before entering Record mode to en-
sure that the recording can proceed smoothly
without wasting time assigning Sounds, etc.
If you select an 'Empty' location in the Real/Song
Group, the default Performance recalled corre-
sponds to the following configuration:
Default Song/Style Performance configuration
Track Sound
1 Stand1
2 Finger
3 String
4 Flute
5 Steel
6 Organ3
7 Brass
8 SoftSax
9 SynSt1
10 Piano
11 FrHorn
12 Choir
13 Taiko
14 Fantsy
15 Vibes
16 BassLd
You can programme the Song Performance be-
fore starting the recording using the standard Per-
formance editing methods. A Song/Performance
can be copied to any of the 7 Song locations in
the Real/Song Group.
How to program the Song Performance is dis-
cussed towards the end of this chapter.
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