Yamaha 305 DGX505/305 English Owners Manual - Page 45

Q e uick Guid Record Your Own Performance You can record up to 5 of your own performances and save them as user songs 031 through 035. Once your performances have been saved as user songs, they can be converted to SMF (Standard MID File) format files and saved to SmartMedia memory (page 76) and used with score display. So when inspiration strikes and you create a great melody, you can save it in both listenable and written score form. You can also record performances using the performance assistant technology. ■ Recordable Data You can record to a total of 6 tracks: 5 melody tracks and 1 style (chord) track. Each track can be recorded individually. ● Melody Track [1] - [5 Record the melody parts. ● Style Track [A Records the chord part. ● Data Recorded On the Melody Tracks [1] - [5] • Note on/off (keys pressed and released) • Velocity (keyboard dynamics) • Voice number • Reverb type* • Chorus type* • Harmony note • Sustain on/off • Tempo*/time signature* (only when the style track is not recorded) • Pitch bend • Pitch bend range • Dual voice on/off • Function sustain on/off • Main/Dual voice - Voice volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb send level, Chorus send level ● Data Recorded On the Style Track [A] • Chord changes and chord timing • Style pattern changes • Style number* • Reverb type* • Chorus type* • Tempo • Time signature* • Style volume* * These data items are recorded at the beginning of the track. Changes made during the song will not be recorded. NOTE • A maximum of 5 user songs can be recorded. If you record a 6th song after recording to the 5 available user song locations, choose a song number (031 - 035) containing a song that you don't mind erasing, or save the user song data to SmartMedia memory so that you can overwrite the internal user song memory without permanently losing your song data. • Up to approximately 10,000 notes can be recorded if you record only to the melody tracks. Up to approximately 5,500 chord changes can be recorded if you record only to the style track. • User songs cannot display a score as is, but they can be converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format and stored to SmartMedia memory (page 76), from which they can be played with score display. Track Configuration To record your own performance, first use the SONG MEMORY [1] - [5] and [A] buttons to specify the track(s) you want to record on. The track you record on determines the part that plays back later. Melody Chords Track Track Track Track Track Track 1 2 3 4 5 A Right-hand Left-hand Other perfor- melody melody mance data (MELODY R) (MELODY L) Style The parts played by each track when a user song is played back. Specify track(s) and record • Track [1] - Will play back as the right-hand melody part (MELODY R) • Track [2] - Will play back as the left-hand melody part (MELODY L) • Tracks [3] - [5] - Will play back as "other" performance data. • Track [A] - Will play back as the Style (autoaccompaniment) part. DGX-505/305 Owner's Manual 45