Recording Your Performance; Recording A New Song; Recording To [Track 1] - Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual

Recording Your Performance

This chapter explains how to record your performance using the PF-500
recording function.
You can, for example, play back what you have played on the PF-500 keyboard
for an effective practice aid. You can also record just the left-hand part, then
practice the right-hand part while playing back the recorded left-hand part.
Since you can record up to sixteen tracks separately, you could record the left-
and right-hand parts separately, or record each part of a four-handed perfor-
mance or ensemble song one by one to build a song.
TERMINOLOGY
The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the PF-500. A cassette
tape records audio signals. On the other hand, the PF-500 "saves" information regarding note timing, voices, and a
tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the PF-500 produces sound based on the
saved information. Therefore, recording on the PF-500 may be more accurately called "saving information." However, this
book often uses the word "recording" because it seems to make more sense.
A message (information or confirmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation.
Refer to the "Message List" on page 86 for an explanation of each message, appropriate actions to take, and
troubleshooting information.

Recording a New Song

Recording to [TRACK 1]

SONG KEYBOARD
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME SONG BALANCE DEMO
Procedure
1.
Select "NewSong" for recording.
Press the SONG SELECT [
New Song screen
Recording vs. Saving:
1 3
METRONOME
TRACK TRACK EXTRA
1 2 TRACKS FILE START/STOP SETTING A
SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG
SETTING DOWN UP
NEW SONG SYNCHRO START
C
SONG TEMPO
4 4 5
] [
A
C
CONTRAST GRAND
B PIANO 1
NO YES
CHURCH
ORGAN
EXIT EXIT
D
] buttons simultaneously.
B
NO YES
D
TIP
You can record your perfor-
mance (audio data) to a cas-
sette tape recorder or other
recording devices via the
AUX OUT connector. (see
page 52.)
2
GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- E.CLAVI- VIBRA- VOICE
PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD CHORD PHONE SETTING
GUITAR SPLIT REVERB CHORUS
JAZZ SYNTH. WOOD BRILLIANCE
ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION MELLOW BRIGHT
VOICE EFFECT
NOTE
If you select a song other
than "P-000: NewSong" and
record on a track that already
has data, the existing data on
the track will be lost.
PF-500
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
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