Yamaha CLP-625 CLP-625 Owners Manual - Page 26

Recording Your Performance This instrument lets you record your keyboard performance as the User Song. Up to two Parts (left-hand and right-hand) can be recorded separately. Recording Your Performance 1. Select the desired Voice and other parameters, such as beat, for recording. For instructions on selecting a Voice, refer to page 18. If necessary, set other parameters, such as beat and effects, in this step. 2. While holding down [REC], press [+R] or [-L] to engage Record Ready mode for the Part you want to record. If you do not intend to record right- and left-hand Parts separately, record the entire performance to either Part. Recording the right-hand Part ([+R]) or Recording the left-hand Part ([-L]) After a while, the [REC] lamp and the selected Part lamp will flash at the current tempo. To exit from Record Ready mode: Simply press [REC]. If data has already been recorded to the other Part: The data in this Part will be played back while recording. 3. Play the keyboard or press [PLAY] to start recording. The [REC] lamp lights up while the Recording Part lamp flashes at the current tempo. 4. Press either [REC] or [PLAY] to stop recording. The [REC], [PLAY], [+R] and [-L] lamps flash, indicating that the recorded data is being stored. After the Save operation is completed, the lamps will turn off, indicating that the Record operation has been completed. 5. If desired, record the other Part by repeating Steps 1 - 4. 6. To hear the recorded Song, press [PLAY] to start playback. Press [PLAY] again to stop playback. About audio files The Recording function of this instrument will record your keyboard performance as MIDI data. Note that audio recording is not available. Recording Capacity This instrument can record up to 100 KB (approximately 11,000 notes). NOTE You can use the Metronome while recording; however, the Metronome sound will not be recorded. NOTICE If a Part contains data, the Part lamp lights. Note that the Recording operation will replace already-recorded data with the new data. NOTE If the keyboard is in the Duo mode (page 23), the data will be recorded to each Part. The Part for recording cannot be specified. NOTICE Never turn off the power while the recorded data is being stored (while the lamps are flashing). Otherwise, all recorded data will be lost. NOTE The recorded Song data can be saved to a computer as a Standard MIDI file (SMF). For details, refer to the "Computerrelated Operations" on the website. 26 CLP-625 Owner's Manual