Recording Individual Parts (Midi Songs) - Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

Recording individual parts (MIDI
songs)
When recording in MIDI, you can record the left-hand
and right-hand parts separately as described below.
1
Set up the digital piano for recording.
For details, refer to Steps 1 and 3 of the section
"Simple recording of all parts (MIDI or Audio
songs)" (page 25).
If you have already recorded one of the parts, you
can play back that part as you record the other. To
stop a recorded part from playing at this time,
press the corresponding part button and verify that
its green light goes out.
NOTICE
• If the selected song contains data, the corresponding
part button(s) will light up in green. Please note that if
you record to such a part, the existing data will be over-
written.
2
Press the [REC] button to activate
Record mode.
Whenever the digital piano's internal memory or
the USB flash drive is close to full, the message
"Enp" will be shown after you press the [REC]
button. You can start recording in such a case, but
this may cause the memory to become completely
filled before you are finished. Instead, we recom-
mend that you delete any unnecessary files (page
33) to free up some memory before proceeding.
3
Select the part to record.
Press the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button and verify
that it starts flashing in red. If you wish to record
the rhythm track, press the [RIGHT] button to
select that part.
If you need to deactivate Record mode, press the
[REC] button.
If the other part already contains data:
That part will start to play when you begin record-
ing.
Recording Keyboard Performances
4
Start recording.
Recording will start automatically as soon as you
play a note on the keyboard. If the rhythm track is
to be recorded, recording will start as soon as you
press the [RHYTHM] button. You can also press
the [PLAY/STOP] button to start recording if you
wish to include an empty section before your per-
formance begins.
5
To stop recording, press either the
[PLAY/STOP] button or the [REC] button.
When you have stopped recording, dashes ("-")
will scroll across the display to indicate that the
recorded data is being saved. When the data has
been saved, the message "End" will be shown,
followed by the song number. The recorded part's
button will then light up in green, and the instru-
ment will automatically leave Record mode.
NOTICE
• You should never turn off the digital piano while dashes
("-") are scrolling across the display. Failure to observe
this precaution may result in all song data, including
Import Songs (page 21), being deleted.
6
Play your recording.
You can play the performance just recorded by
pressing the [PLAY/STOP] button. To stop play-
back, press the [PLAY/STOP] button once again.
If necessary, you can now repeat Steps 2 to 5 to
record the other part and complete your song.
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