Yamaha DGX-640 Owner's Manual - Page 57

Record Your Own Performance Recording to a specified track Recordable Data You can record up to a total of 6 tracks: 5 melody tracks and 1 style (chord) track. Each track can be recorded individually.  SONG MEMORY (Track) [1]-[5] .. Record the melody parts.  SONG MEMORY (Track) [A]........ Records the style pattern and chord parts. Melody Chords Specify track(s) and record NOTE • Up to approximately 30,000 notes can be recorded for the five user songs if you record only to the melody tracks. • User songs are saved as SMF (Standard MIDI File) format 0 files. Refer to page 108 for information on SMF files. Track Track Track Track Track Style 1 2 3 4 5 Track Track Mute This instrument allows you to choose whether recorded tracks will play back while you are recording or playing back other tracks (page 84). 1 From the MAIN display press the [SONG] button, then use the dial to select the user song number (031-035) you want to record to. Reference Rotate the dial to select a song number between 031 and 035. 2 Select the track(s) you want to record to and confirm your selection on the display.  Record a Melody Track and the Accompaniment Track Together Press the melody track button [1]-[5] you want to record to while holding the [REC] button. Next, press the [A] button while holding the [REC] button. The selected tracks will be highlighted in the display. Press and hold Track 1 and Style track will be highlighted NOTICE • If you record to track that contains previouslyrecorded data the previous data will be overwritten and lost. NOTE • Style accompaniment is automatically turned on when you select the style track [A] for recording. • Style accompaniment cannot turned on or off while recording is in progress. Owner's Manual 57