Owner’s Manual

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YDP-184 Owner’s Manual
Recording Your Performance
With MIDI Recording, you can create a MIDI Song consisting of 16 tracks by
recording your performance to each track one by one. In recording a piano
piece, for example, you can record the right-hand part to Track 1 then record
the left-hand part to Track 2, allowing you create a complete piece which may
be difficult to play live with both hands together. To record a performance with
Rhythm playback, for example, record Rhythm playback to Tracks 9 – 10, then
record melodies to Track 1 while listening to the already recorded Rhythm
playback. In this way, you can create an entire Song which would otherwise be
difficult, or even impossible, to play live.
1. Execute the same operations as in step 1 and step 2 on
page 50 to enter the Recording mode with a new blank
Song selected.
2. Use the [<]/[>] buttons to select a Recording Track.
When you want to record the right-hand part, highlight “R” (Track 1).
When you want to record the left-hand part, highlight “L” (Track 2).
Alternately, when you want to record your performance to Tracks 3 – 16,
call up the desired one by pressing the [<]/[>] buttons repeatedly.
3. Play the keyboard to start recording.
4. After you finish your performance, press the [REC]
(Record) button to stop recording.
This operation exits from the Recording mode and calls up the display for
saving the recorded performance data.
MIDI Recording — Independent Tracks
NOTE
If you want to record your
performance to the USB flash
drive or you want to add the
recording to the MIDI Song in
the USB flash drive, refer to
“MIDI Recording to the USB
flash drive” (page 54).
NOTE
Rhythm cannot be added to a
recorded Song. When you want
to record Rhythm, make sure to
record the Rhythm playback
first.
When you want to record a new track of an already recorded
MIDI Song:
After selecting the target MIDI Song (steps 1 – 4 on pages 38 – 39), press and hold
the [REC] (Record) button for a second to call up the display which lists the
Recording Target Songs, select the 4th item (the selected MIDI Song), press the [>]
button, then go to step 2 described on this page.
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Example:
Right-hand part
Left-hand part
NOTE
If you record your performance
with both hands to R then to L,
both are played back at the
same time as a single Song.
Recording Track
Assignment
When Dual/Split/Duo is on, only
the R1 Voice performance will
be recorded to the selected
Track, and the R2 Voice
performance will be recorded
to the Track number which is 6
plus the selected Track, and
the L Voice performance of
Split/Duo will be recorded to
the Track number which is 3
plus the selected Track.
Rhythm playback will be
recorded to Tracks 9/10.
NOTICE
Note that recording your
performance to a Track
containing data will overwrite
the previously recorded data.
Recording Track
Track Data Status
Contains data.
Contains no data.