Real-Time Recording - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-220 Owner's Manual

Real-time Recording

In Real-time recording, you can record chord changes for a Song by simply playing them along with the rhythm.
1
Select a User Song number.
Select one of the User Song numbers 17 - 20. (See page 28.)
2
Select a Style and set other parameters, if desired.
Select a Style. (See page 20.) Also, make settings for Accompaniment Volume, Tempo, and
Large/Small, if desired.
3
Enter the Easy Chord Memory mode.
Press the EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button.
EASY
CHORD
MEMORY
REC/
END
4
Record the chord sequence.
Recording begins as soon as you play a chord in the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard.
The recognized chord name appears in the display.
5
Stop recording.
Press the EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button. (The display returns to the beginning of the
Song: measure number 01, beat number 1.)
To record an Ending section at the end of the Song, first press the ENDING button, then (after the
Ending has played back) press the EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button.
Operation automatically returns to the Song mode.
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NAME / SUB MENU
MODE
CART
STYLE VOICE
ONE TOUCH SETTING 1
KEYBOARD EFFECT
TOUCH SPLIT
A B
SONG
REPEAT MINUS ONE
STYLE
SYNC
(PSR-230) STOP LARGE/SMALL
EASY CHORD
MEMORY
STYLE SECTION
NOTE
• If you press the EASY CHORD MEMORY (REC/END) button when a non-User Song number has been selected, an
"empty " User Song number (one not containing data) will automatically be selected. If all User Songs contain
data, User Song number 17 will be selected.
chord indication
NOTE
• If you wish to record only the rhythm, use the Chord Cancel function.(See page 25)
NOTE
• Easy Chord Memory automatically changes to Step Record Ready mode in the following conditions:
* When an Ending section has been recorded and the accompaniment is stopped.
* When the memory is full. (A "Full" message appears in the display.) In this case, you can use the Song Clear
operation (see below) to delete the Song.
* When the recording is stopped by pressing the START/STOP button.
• Timing is important when stopping Real-time recording. If you press the START/STOP button before the second beat
of the intended final measure, the actual end of the Song will be at the previous measure. However, if you press the
button after the second beat, the Song will end properly at that measure.
Easy Chord Memory
MAIN MENU
ECM1 mode indication
MAIN VOICE
DUAL VOICE
SONG EASY CHORD MEM
2 3 4
Record Stand-by indication
SPLIT VOICE
FINGERING DUAL CHORUS
STYLE
(metronome icon flashes at current tempo)
SONG
GUIDE HARMONY REVERB
HARMONY/ECHO
TEMPO
MIDI
6 Start of Song indication
5aug
dim
7
minMaj sus4
REVERB/OTHERS
A B JAM
6
5aug
dim
7
minMaj sus4