Recording Your Performance - Yamaha NU1 Owner's Manual

Recording Your Performance

This instrument allows you to record your performance by using one of the following two methods. The recorded
performance can be played back as a User Song.
 MIDI recording
With this method, your keyboard performances are recorded and saved to the instrument or USB flash memory as a
MIDI Song (via the SMF format 0). Up to 10 Songs can be recorded to the instrument. although more can be
recorded to USB flash memory (see below).
 Audio recording
With this method, your keyboard performances are recorded then saved to USB flash memory as an Audio Song in
stereo WAV format of normal CD-quality resolution. The saved Audio Song can be transmitted to then played on por-
table music players. The recordable time differs depending on the capacity of the USB flash memory.
When is USB flash memory necessary?
MIDI Songs can be saved to internal memory of this instrument or to USB flash memory, while Audio Songs can only
be saved to the USB flash memory.
As necessary, prepare a USB flash memory referring to "Connecting USB flash memory" (page 23), then follow the
instructions below.
1
Connect a USB flash memory to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal.
2
Select the Recording method.
 To make a MIDI Recording:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG], press [+] or [-] until "
data to the instrument) or "
shown on the display.
 To make an Audio Recording:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG], press [+] or [-] until "
data to the USB flash memory) is shown on the display.
3
Press [+] or [-] to select a Song number.
U. 0 1 U. 1 0
• – ......User Song in this instrument (MIDI Song)
S. 0 0 S. 9 9
• – ......User Song in USB flash memory (MIDI Song)
A. 0 0 A. 9 9
• – ......User Song in USB flash memory (Audio Song)
 When the selected Song contains already-recorded data:
You can confirm it by checking the display.
When Song contains data:
U. 0 . 1 .
Three dots light up.
NOTICE
When the selected Song contains data, keep in mind that recording new data will erase
the existing data.
4
Select a Voice (page 13) and other parameters such as Beat
(page 14) and Reverb (page 15) for recording.
S.
* *" (for saving data to the USB flash memory) is
When Song does not contain data:
U. 0 1
Only the left-most dot lights up.
NOTE
Record mode cannot be called up in the fol-
lowing situations.
• During Song playback (page 18)
U.
* *" (for saving
• During File operations (page 23)
When skipping Steps 1 to 4 with an
unrecordable Song selected:
Pressing [RECORD] selects the lowest
numbered Song (of those containing no
data) as the Recording target.
A.
* *" (for saving
• If "
selects "
flash memory).
• If "
selected, pressing [RECORD] selects
" U.
If there is no empty User Song, "
will be as the Recording target.
Using the Metronome
You can use the metronome while record-
ing, although the metronome sound will not
be recorded.
NU1
C. * *" is selected, pressing [RECORD]
A. * *" (Audio Song in the USB
F. L. P. d.
* *," " * *," " * *," or " * *" is
* *" (MIDI Song in internal memory).
U. 0 . 1 . "
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