Recording Your Performance; Recording To [Track1]; Settings - Yamaha YDP-223 Owner's Manual

Recording Your Performance

The ability to record and play back what you've played on the YDP-223
keyboard can be an effective practice aid. You can, for example, record just
the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand part while playing back
the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can record up to two tracks sepa-
rately, you could record the left- and right-hand parts separately, or record
both parts of a duet and hear how they sound when played back. The YDP-
223's two-track Song Recorder allows the recording of one User Song.

Recording to [TRACK1]

MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME
MELLOW BRIGHT
BRILLIANCE DEMO
Procedure
CAUTION
Notes on recording
All user song recorder data will be retained in memory for about one week after the
power is turned off. If you want to keep your recorded data for longer periods of time,
turn the power on for a few minutes at least once a week.
It is also possible to store the data to an external MIDI storage device such as the Y amaha
MIDI Data Filer MDF3 by using the Bulk Data Dump function described on page 43.
1.
Make all the initial settings.
Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you
will be using Dual mode). Make any other desired settings (tempo, reverb, etc.)
as well. You might also want to set the volume.
You can also adjust the playback volume using
2.
Engage Record Ready mode.
Press the
[REC]
Recording does not actually start yet.
The [TRACK1]
The amount of memory available for recording will be
shown on the LED display in approximate kilobytes,
and the right-most dot on the LED display will flash at
the current METRONOME tempo setting.
Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the
button a second time.
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Recording Your Performance

YDP-223
TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE
TEMPO
START/STOP FUNCTION – /NO
METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION
button to engage Record Ready mode.
or the [TRACK2] indicator flashes in red.
3 4 5 6
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
TRACK TRACK START/STOP REC
+/ YES PRESET ORGAN1
1 2
SONG
.
[MASTER VOLUME]
TIP
You can record your perfor-
mance (audio data) to a cas-
sette tape recorder or other
recording device via the AUX
OUT connector (page 46).
TERMINOLOGY
Recording vs. Saving:
The format of performance data
recorded on a cassette tape dif-
fers from that of data recorded on
the YDP-223. A cassette tape
records audio signals. The YDP-
223 "saves" information regard-
ing note timing, voices, and a
tempo value, but not audio sig-
nals. When you play back
recorded songs, the YDP-223
produces sound based on the
saved information. Therefore,
recording on the YDP-223 may
be more accurately called "sav-
ing information." However, this
book often uses the word
"recording" because it seems to
make more sense.
2 1
GRAND E.PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI- HARPSI- VIBRA-
PIANO 2 1 2 CHORD1 CHORD2 PHONE
ROOM
HALL 1
HALL 2
CHURCH JAZZ STRINGS STRINGS
ORGAN2 ORGAN 1 2 CHOIR GUITAR STAGE
VOICE REVERB
NOTE
When the unit is in Demo Song
or Preset Song mode, Record
mode cannot be engaged.
NOTE
To avoid erasing data from
the track:
Press the [TRACK1/2] button. If
the indicator lights up green, the
track already contains data.
Note that the existing data will
be erased if you record new
data on the track.
NOTE
The amount of memory avail-
able for recording:
This value in KiloBytes (a unit
used of measurement for data)
flash indicates how much space
remains available for recording
on the YDP-223. You can record
up to a maximum of about 9,400
[REC]
notes on the YDP-223 depending
on pedal usage and other factors.
CHORUS
PHASER HARD
TREMOLO MEDIUM
DELAY SOFT ON
EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE