Recording And Playback; Terminology; Realtime Recording; Midi Recording - Yamaha montage6 Owner's Manual

You can record MIDI data as Songs on this instrument itself or record your performance (audio data) on a USB flash memory
device plugged into the MONTAGE.

Terminology

Song
A Song on this instrument is effectively the same as a song
on a MIDI sequencer, and playback automatically stops at
the end of the recorded data. The MONTAGE can store up to
64 Songs.
Track
This is a memory location on the sequencer where your
musical performances (made up of MIDI events) are stored.
The MONTAGE provides 16 tracks, which correspond to the
16 Mixing Parts.

Realtime Recording

The instrument records the performance data as it is played
along with a metronome. Realtime Recording features three
available methods: Replace, Overdub and Punch In/Out.
• Replace lets you overwrite an already recorded Track with
new data, erasing the previously recorded data.
• Overdub lets you add more data to a Track that already
contains data—in other words, recording new notes on top
of the previous ones.
• Punch In/Out lets you re-record selectively over a specific
area of the Track.

MIDI Recording

This instrument features a Performance Recorder (built-in
multi Track sequencer) for recording your keyboard
performance as MIDI data. This function allows you to
instantly store your phrase which comes to your mind. You
can create full, complex multi-instrument arrangements and
complete Songs, using DAW.
Recording to a track
In this section, you'll learn how to record your keyboard
performance, by recording a part to Track 1. However, you'll
first need to set up the MONTAGE for recording.
1
Touch the [Play/Rec] tab in the left of the
Performance Play display.
The recording display appears.
2
Touch the [MIDI] tab in the left of the screen.

Recording and Playback

3
Press the [I] (Record) button.
The Record Setup display appears.
NOTE
Alternately, you can simply press the [I] (Record) button in the
Performance display, to perform Steps 1 – 3 at once.
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3
5
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1
Song name
2
Currently selected Performance name
3
Time Signature (Meter)
4
Position (starting position of Recording/Playback)
5
Quantize
6
Position corresponding to the entire sequence
7
Recorded time of the entire sequence
8 Playback on/off for each track
4
Set the following parameters on the Record
Setup display.
4-1
Move the cursor to Time Signature (Meter) (3), and then
set the value. For this example, set this to "4/4."
4-2
Set Quantize to "240 (8th note)" in Record Quantize (5).
This convenient feature lets you automatically quantize (or
"clean up" the timing of) the notes in real time, as you
record. Quantize aligns the timing of note events to the
nearest beat. Normally, the smallest note value in the
notation (if you're playing from sheet music) should be set.
5
After completing recording setup, press the
[R] (Play) button to start recording.
Press the [R] (Play) button, then actually start recording
after the count-in.
6
When you've finished playing, press the [J]
(Stop) button to stop recording.
If you've played any wrong notes, press the [J] (Stop)
button, then try recording again.
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