Creating/Editing Midi Songs (Song Creator) - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609 Reference Manual

Creating/Editing MIDI Songs (Song
Creator)
The Owner's Manual covers how to create an original Song by recording your keyboard performance (see instructions of
Realtime Recording). This Reference Manual shows how to create an original Song by entering notes one by one
(instructions of the Step Recording) and how to improve the already created Song by editing the detailed parameters.
 Realtime Recording and Step Recording
When creating a Song, these two Recording methods are available. With Realtime Recording, this instrument records the
performance data as it is played. With Step Recording, you can compose your performance by "writing" it down one event
at a time. For instructions about the Realtime Recording, refer to the Owner's Manual. As the method of re-recording a
specific part of a Song in realtime, you can use the Punch In/Out
This chapter covers mainly the instructions of Step Recording.
 MIDI Song Data Structure
A MIDI Song consists of 16 MIDI channels. You can create data of a MIDI Song by recording your performance to a
specific channel or channels in realtime, or by executing the Step Recording.
Song
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
Channel 6
Channel 7
Channel 8
Channel 9
Channel 10
Channel 11
Channel 12
Channel 13
Channel 14
Channel 15
Channel 16
System Exclusive
Lyrics
CVP-609/605 Reference Manual
(page 81).
Recording Part
(Default settings)
Main
Keyboard Performance
Left
• Realtime Recording:
Layer
—
—
• Step Recording:
—
—
—
Rhythm 1
Rhythm 2
Style Playback
Bass
• Realtime Recording:
Chord 1
Chord 2
• Step Recording:
Pad
Phrase 1
Phrase 2
By default, your keyboard performance will be
recorded to MIDI channels 1 – 3. You can also
record additional performances to channels 4 – 8.
Without specifying the keyboard part, you can
input the melodies or notes on the music notation
sheet one by one to the desired channel.
By default, Style playback will be recorded to MIDI
channels 9 – 16.
After inputting the Chord change/Section change
events, touch [Expand] to actually record the note
data to MIDI channels 9 – 16.
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