Recording/Playing Back A Performance; Recording A Performance; Adding To A Recording; Playing Back A Recorded Performance - Korg C1 Owner's Manual

Recording/playing back a
performance
The recorder of the C1/C1 Air allows you to easily record and
play back keyboard performances. This is called a user song.
There is one user song, has two parts. You can separately
record the right- and left-hand parts of a song, then play
back the two parts at the same time.
If you record to a part where data has already been recorded,
the previous performance data will be deleted and overwrit-
ten with the new data. Therefore, before recording to a part,
be sure it does not contain any data that you wish to save.
In addition, you can check each part according to the light-
ing status of its button.
Part button Status
Not lit No recorded data
Lit in green Playing back recorded data
Blinks in green Recorded data, muted
Lit in red Recording
Blinks in red Recording standby
User Songs can be saved until the data storage space of the
C1/C1 Air is full.

Recording a Performance

If the C1/C1 Air is turned off before the LED for the re-
corded part lights up in green, the recorded song data
and stored settings may be corrupted.
1. Press a sound button to select the song to be recorded.
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2. Press the Record button.
The Record button lights up.
3. Press the button for the part to be recorded until the
button blinks in red.
4. Recording starts when you start playing the key-
board.
The Play/Pause button and the corresponding part but-
ton light up.
Recording can also be started by pressing down on any
of the three pedals or by pressing a sound button.
Starting recording with a count-off
Instead of playing the keyboard, press the Play/Pause
button to receive a two-measure count-off before re-
cording starts.
5. To stop recording, press the Stop or Play/Pause button.
When recording is finished, the Record button goes dark
(not lit), and the performance data is automatically saved.
<Recording Tips>
• Changes made to the sound while recording are saved.
• Changes made to the tempo while recording are saved.
(If the tempo cannot be changed, enable the tempo set-
ting during playback.)
• The time signature cannot be changed while recording.
• A maximum of 999 measures can be saved. When the
number of saved measures exceeds 900, the Record but-
ton begins blinking. When 999 measures are saved, re-
cording stops automatically.
• When the remaining space for recording is less than 1%,
the Record button begins blinking. When no space re-
mains, recording stops automatically.
The amount of space remaining for recording can be
checked and a part can be deleted from the recording.
Refer to "Function Mode" on page 12.

Adding to a Recording

Recording Over a Recorded Part
Example: Recording an addition to a previously recorded
Part 1
Punch-in recording
1. Press the Play/Pause button to start playback.
2. Press the Record button.
The C1/C1 Air enters recording standby mode, and the
Record button lights up.
3. Press the PART1 button until it blinks in red.
4. Start playing the keyboard when reaching the point
where the recording is to be added.
The original recording is overwritten from the point
where the keyboard is played.
Recording from a paused point
1. Press the Play/Pause button to start playback.
2. Press the Play/Pause button when reaching the point
where the recording is to be added.
3. Press the Record button.
The C1/C1 Air enters recording standby mode, and the
Record button lights up.
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4,5 4. Press the PART1 button until it blinks in red.
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5. Press the Play/Pause button or start playing the key-
board to start recording.
The original recording is overwritten from the point
where recording started.
Recording an Additional Part
Example: Recording Part 2 for a previously recorded Part 1
1. Press the Record button.
The C1/C1 Air enters recording standby mode, and the
Record button lights up.
2. Press the PART2 button until it blinks in red.
3. Press the PART1 button until it displays the desired
lighting status.
For recording while Part 1 is played back, the PART1
button should light up in green.
For recording while Part 1 is muted, the PART1 button
should blink in green.
4. Press the Play/Pause button or start playing the key-
board to start recording.

Playing Back a Recorded Performance

Playing Back
1. Press the Play/Pause button to start playing back the
performance.
The Play/Pause button lights up.
A performance cannot be played back while the C1/
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