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Recorder
The Recorder records and plays back your musical performances, like a tape
recorder, but with several advantages:
■ You can change the tempo without affecting the pitch. This lets you record
difficult passages slowly, for example, and play them back at the desired
speed.
■ You can record using one sound and replace it with another later.
Song
Use the two S o n g buttons to select a song for recording or playback (only one can
be selected at a time). Each song can be as long as 10,000 notes.
Track
Each song consists of up to eight tracks, which can be selected or silenced using
the two Track buttons. Once a track has been recorded on, the track button
illuminates to show that it contains data.
Mute / Unmate tracks
When a song is recording, playing, or stopped, use the Track button to turn
playback of individual tracks off (unlit) or on (lit).
Select the recording track
When you press the Record button to record a track, the next empty track is
automatically selected for you. But, you can press a Track button to determine
which track you wish to record. This lets you record over a previous track, for
example. The track that is being recorded has a blinking button. That track cannot
be turned off during recoding. When a track is recorded, the sound that was used
during recording is remembered with the track.
Record
Pressing the Record button while a song is stopped will put the song in record-
ready mode and the Record button blinks. Select the track on which to record as
described in the discussion of the Track buttons. Press the Record button again to
cancel recording.
Once you start recording by pressing the Play/Stop button or using 'Key Start' or
'Pedal Start' (described below) the Record button stays lit continuously. Press the
Play/Stop button to stop recording.
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If the memory becomes full during recording. "Ful" will appear on the display
and recording will automatically stop. (All Recorded data up to that point will
be saved.)
Erasing A Track
To erase a track on which something is recorded, you simply record "nothing" over it; that is,
you select the track for recording, start and stop the Recorder, but don't play any notes or touch
any controllers while recording. This erases the entire track.
Changing Sound on a Track
After a song is recorded with one sound on a track, you can replace it with another. This gives
a chance to listen to your playing with different instruments. Select a song with recorded data,
and press the Record button to enter record-ready mode. Then, a track button blinks with the
Record button. If it's not the Track button which has the sound you want to replace with new
sound, press the other Track button. Now it's ready to change the sound on a track. Press the
button in the Sound Select portion to choose the sound you want, and press the Record button
again to exit record-ready mode(Be cautious not to press the Play/Stop button, which erases
the recorded data). Ok, it's done. Press the Play/Stop button to listen to the song played with
the new sound.
Changing Tempo on a Song
You can change tempo to play the song that you recorded faster or slower without affecting
the pitch. Select a song with recorded data, and press the Record button to enter record-ready
moode. Now, change tempo by pressing the U p / D o w n button (or tapping the T a p / T e m p o
button). Then, press the record button again to exit record-ready mode (Be cautious not to
press the Play/Stop button, which erases the recorded data). Ok, it's done. Press the Play/Stop
button to listen to the song played with different tempo.
Play/Stop
Press the Play/Stop button to start playback or recording, or to stop it.
If you press the Play/Stop button when the Recorder is in Record mode, then recording begins
on the specified track (the one with the blinking button), while the other active tracks play
back (those whose buttons are lit).
Pressing the Play/Stop button again while recording or playback is going on will stop the
recording or playback.
Start Control
When a song is in record-ready mode for recording, you can start recording by striking any
key on the keyboard (Key Start) or pressing the left pedal (Pedal Start). This is a very
convenient way to start recording. Especially, 'Key start' can help avoid the case where it's
difficult to synchronize the first recorded note with the first beat when one starts recording by
pressing the Play/Stop button.
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