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Recording
What
You
Play
Use
the
metronome
feature
provided by
the
sequencer
or
software application
to
ha\e
a
'click'
sound
played.
Then
while
listening to
it,
play
each
Part
on
the ke\ board.
It
is
probably
best
to
record the
Drum
Part
first.
Then
while
listening
lo
it,
add
the
remaining
Parts
one
by
one.
If
you
find
it
difficult
to
record
drums
playing
on
(he
keyboard, you could use
step input
on
the
sequencer
lo
creale the data
for
the
Drum
Part.
Or
vou could
p!a\
Ihe
percussion
part
using
a
separate
rhythm
machine
(Roland
R-70/DR-660,
etc.).
If
you
set
the
Key
Mode
to
SPLIT,
you can
record
what you
play using
two
Parts
at
the
same
time.
In
addi-
tion,
vou
may
want
to
use
the
bender/modulation
lever
(or
other
controls)
during
recording, since
such
data
will
also
be included
in
the recording.
Saving
the Settings
Used While
Recording
Once
vou have
finished
recording
the
whole
piece,
try
listening to
the
playback.
While
listening,
try
select-
ing
other
Tones,
and
adjusting the
balance by changing
Level or
Pan
settings.
As
finishing
touches, adjust
Chorus and Reverb
to
achieve
just
the
sound you
want.
After
putting
all
thai effort into
making
the
proper
settings, you'll
probably
want
to
store
them
in
memory.
That's
why
the
W-50
provides Performances, so
you can
save
up
to
8
sets
of
settings that
can be conve-
niently recalled
whenever you
need them.
Once
stored as
a
Performance,
you can
simply
select thai
Performance
before
beginning
to play,
and
then
start
playing while
knowing you
have
the
instrument
set
to
the best possible
settings.
O
Recording the W-50's
Settings at
the Beginning
of
Song
Data
You
can
easily
have
the
W-50
automatically
set
for
a
particular
song
if
you
record the appropriate
of
set-
tings
beforehand
at
the top
of
your
song.
The
following
four
methods
are available
for
transferring
data
for
the
W-50's
settings.
1.
Recording
data
that
was bulk-dumped
First,
use
an
external
sequencer
to
record bulk data
(data
that
has
been bulk-dumped,
refer to
p.
56).
You
can then go
on and
record the
performance,
starting
from
the
following
measure.
Afterwards,
when
you
play
back
this
song
data, the
W-50
will
instantly
be
set
to
all
the
settings that
were
recorded
as
soon
as
it
receives the bulk
data,
and you
obtain
all
the desired
performance
features.
2.
Recording
data
for
the
Performance
First,
set
the
W-50
to
all
the
settings
you want
to
have
in
effect
when
you
play the song.
Then,
save these
settings as a
Performance.
When
recording,
first
record the
settings for
the
Performance
at
the top of the song.
To
record
the settings
for
a
Performance,
put
your sequencer
into
the recording
mode. Then
press the
button
for
the
Performance,
and
the
settings for
it
will
be
sent
from
MIDI
OUT
to
the
sequencer (where
it
will be).
Note
that
you
will
need
to
have
the
Performance
Dump
Transmit switch
set
at
"ON"
(*-
p.
39).
3.
Recording
GM
Setup
data
When
you
are creating
song
data intended
to
be
played
on
a
CM
sound
generator,
it
is
a
good
idea
to
insert
GM
Setup
data
in
the
first
measure
of the
song. For information
on what
kind
of
data
is
transmitted
when
you do
this,
see
"Send
CM
Setup"
(«•
p.
40).
4.
Recording
GS
Setup data
If
you
are creating
song
data
that
normally
will
be
played
on
a
CS
sound
generator,
it
is
a
good
idea
to
insert
GS
Setup
data
in
the
first
measure
of
the song. For information
on what
kind of data
is
transmitted
when
you do
this,
see
"Send
GS
Setup"
(«
p.
40).
*
If
you
are creating
songs
for
a
computer
or
MIDI
sequencer,
we recommend
that
you
use
one
of
the
meth-
ods explained
above
to
record
the
W-50's
settings
along
with the song.
If
you
intend
to
use your
computer
or
MIDI
sequencer
to
produce
data
for
manipulating
the
W-50's
settings (rather
than
first
having
it
trans-
mitted
from
the
W-50
itself),
you
will
need
to
remember
to
insert
a sufficient
pause between each
item of
MIDI
data
in
order
to
assure
that
you
successfully obtain
all
the desired
settings
when
the data
is
played
back.
Make
sure
to
adjust the
tempo
when
both recording
and
playing
back your song
data,
regardless
of
which
of the
above
four
methods you
may
have used
to
record
the
unit's settings.
Otherwise,
you cannot be
cer-
tain
of obtaining
the conditions
you
expect
for
the
W-50.
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52
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