Deleting Recorded Parts Individually (Midi Songs); Changing Voice(S) And Tempo, Etc. After Recording; (Midi Songs) - Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

Recording Keyboard Performances
Deleting recorded parts individually

(MIDI songs)

Using the following procedure, you can individually
delete the left and right parts of a recorded MIDI-for-
mat User Song. To delete both parts, carry out this
procedure once for each. In the case of User Songs
recorded on a USB flash drive, you can delete both
parts together using the procedure described on page
33.
1
Select the User Song from which you
wish to delete a part.
For details, refer to Steps 1 and 2 of the section
"Simple recording of all parts (MIDI or Audio
songs)" (page 25).
NOTE
• If you wish to delete an audio song recorded on a USB flash drive, refer to
page 33.
2
Press the [REC] button to activate
Record mode.
3
Select the part you wish to delete by
pressing the [RIGHT] or [LEFT] button
and verify that it starts to flash.
 If deleting the right part:
4
Delete the recorded part.
Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to start recording.
Following this, press the [PLAY/STOP] button
once again to stop recording without performing
any other action. The instrument will now delete
the selected part and its light will go out.
If necessary, delete the other part in the same way.
NOTE
• If you delete both recorded parts of a song, the metronome time signature
and the tempo will be returned to their default settings. If you wish to
record to the same song in such a case, you will need to reset these param-
eters.
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Changing Voice(s) and tempo, etc.
after recording (MIDI songs)
In the case of songs recorded in MIDI format, you can
change various settings at any later time as described
below. For example, you could change the Voice(s) to
create a different ambience or adjust the song tempo
as needed.
Data contained in a MIDI recording
A MIDI recording is made up of the following types
of data. Those data types marked with an asterisk
("*") can be changed at any later time.
Data recorded for each part
• Notes played
• Voice*
• Pedal operations (damper, soft, and sostenuto)
• Reverb depth*
• Effect depth*
• Dual-mode Voice*
• Dual-mode volume balance*
• Dual-mode detune*
• Dual-mode octave shift
• Split-mode Voice*
• Split-mode volume balance*
• Split-mode octave shift
• Rhythm (right part only)
Data recorded for the song
• Tempo*
• Time signature
• Reverb type (or "OFF" setting)*
• Effect type (or "OFF" setting)*
• Tuning system*
• Damper-pedal resonance depth*
• Soft pedal effect depth*
• String resonance depth*
• Sustain sample depth*
• Key-off sample volume*
1
Select the User Song whose settings
you wish to change.
For details, refer to Steps 1 and 2 of the section
"Simple recording of all parts (MIDI or Audio
songs)" (page 25).
2
Change the Voice(s), rhythm, and/or
other settings as required.
For example, if you wish to change the Voice from
Jazz Organ 1 as selected when recording to Jazz
Organ 2, use the [ORGAN] button to select
"or2".
NOTE
• If you wish to change the tempo, reverb, or effect, please do so in Step 3.