Casio CTK900 User Guide - Page 55

To record chords with step recording 1. Press the SONG MEMORY button three times to enter step recording standby, and then use the number buttons to select the song number (0 to 4). S t ep Rec 1 1 Flash 2. Make the following settings. • Rhythm number • MODE button 3. Press the CHORD/TR1 button, which is one of the SONG MEMORY TRACK buttons, to select Track1. • When recording starts, the REC indicator flashes on the display. After a few moments the indicator stops flashing, and remains on the display. 4. Press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN NEXT button. 5. Play a chord. • Use the chord play method that is specified by the current MODE setting (FINGERED, CASIO CHORD, etc.). • When the accompaniment mode is set to NORMAL, specify the chord using the root input keyboard and chord type input keyboard. See "Specifying Chords in the Normal Mode" on page E-54 for details. Cho r d 1 2 1 Chord name 2 Measure, beat, and clock at current location* * 96 clocks = 1 beat Song Memory Function 6. Input the length of the chord (how long it should be played until the next chord is played). • Use the number buttons to specify the length of the chord. See "Specifying the Length of a Note" on page E-54 for details. • The specified chord and its length are stored in memory and the keyboard stands by for input of the next chord. • Repeat steps 5 and 6 to input more chords. 7. After you are finished recording, press the START/STOP button. • This enters playback standby for the song you have just recorded. • To play back the song at this time, press the START/ STOP button. • Use the procedure under "Correcting Mistakes While Step Recording" on page E-57 to correct input mistakes you make during step recording. • You can add on to a track that already contains recorded data by selecting that track in step 3 of the above procedure. Doing so automatically locates the step recording start point at the first beat immediately following the previously recorded data. • Inputting "0" as the chord length in steps 5 and 6 of the above procedure specifies a rest, but the rest is not reflected in the accompaniment contents when the accompaniment is played. Track 1 Contents After Step Recording In addition to chords, the following data is also recorded to Track 1 during step recording. This data is applied whenever Track 1 is played back. • Rhythm number • INTRO/ENDING 1 button, INTRO/ENDING 2 button, VARIATION/FILL-IN 1 button, VARIATION/FILL-IN 2 button, SYNCHRO/FILL-IN NEXT button operations • You can also use number buttons 1 through 7, and button 9 to specify the button release timing for the VARIATION/FILLIN 1, VARIATION/FILL-IN 2, and SYNCHRO/FILL-IN NEXT buttons. For more information, see "Specifying the Length of a Note" on page E-54. Specifying release timing specifies that the applicable button remains depressed for a particular amount of time. If you do not specify the release timing, it is assumed that the button is pressed and then immediately released. 707A-E-055A E-53