Using The Recorder; Recording - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-156 Owner's Manual

Using the Recorder

The CLP-156 features a two-track recorder that lets you record what you play on the keyboard and then
play it back. Since you have two tracks, you can "overdub" one part on top of another, using a different
voice if you like, to create complex, rich-sounding recordings. The recorder feature is a useful adjunct to
any keyboard study program, since it lets you hear exactly how you sound from the listener's perspective.
It can also be just plain fun.
Each individual recording made using this function is known as a "song", and up to 60 songs can be
recorded on a single floppy disk (less if the recorded songs contain a large amount of data).
Z
Insert a Disk
X
Select a Song Number
2
SONG
r
Song Number
C
Select a Voice & Other Initial
Settings As Required
CLAVINOVA
PIANO 1 TONE
PIANO 2
Data Recorded Independently for Each Track
Data Initial Value
Notes played No
Voice Yes
Damper pedal Yes
Soft pedal Yes
Sostenuto pedal No
Brilliance type Yes
Dual voice Yes
Dual balance Yes
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door facing the drive slot and the label side facing upward. The disk
should click into place and the disk lamp will light briefly while the
Clavinova reads and identifies the disk. Song number "1" will also ap-
pear on the display.
1
want to record to.
RECORDER
1/R 2/L
PLAY REC
f
addition to the notes played, the CLP-156 also records the data listed in
the charts below. "Initial Value" refers to settings that can be made be-
HARPSI-
fore actually beginning recording — e.g. selecting a voice or brilliance
E. PIANO CHORD
VIBES
type. "During Recording" refers to parameter changes that will be re-
corded while recording. The initial settings can be changed after record-
ing as described in "Changing the Initial Settings" on page 20.
During Recording
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Recording

Insert a properly formatted disk into the disk drive, with the sliding
• If an unformatted disk or a disk that was not formatted by the CLP-
NOTE
156 is inserted, "For" will appear flashing on the display and recording
will not be possible. Be sure to format the disk using the "Floppy Disk
Format" function described on page 24 before recording.
Use the SONG [r] and [f] buttons to select the song number you
• When a song number is selected the [1/R] and [2/L] track button
NOTE
indicators will light green if the corresponding tracks already contain
performance data. If you record to a song number that contains data,
the old data will be erased and replaced by the newly-recorded data.
Select an "empty" song if you don't want to erase the existing data.
Use the voice selectors to select the voice you want to record with. In
Data Common to Both Tracks
Data
Reverb type
Reverb depth
Tempo
Initial Value During Recording
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No