Yamaha PF-500 Owner's Manual - Page 35

Recording Your Performance This chapter explains how to record your performance using the PF-500 recording function. You can, for example, play back what you have played on the PF-500 keyboard for an effective practice aid. You can also record just the left-hand part, then practice the right-hand part while playing back the recorded left-hand part. Since you can record up to sixteen tracks separately, you could record the leftand right-hand parts separately, or record each part of a four-handed performance or ensemble song one by one to build a song. TIP You can record your performance (audio data) to a cassette tape recorder or other recording devices via the AUX OUT connector. (see page 52.) TERMINOLOGY Recording vs. Saving: The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the PF-500. A cassette tape records audio signals. On the other hand, the PF-500 "saves" information regarding note timing, voices, and a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the PF-500 produces sound based on the saved information. Therefore, recording on the PF-500 may be more accurately called "saving information." However, this book often uses the word "recording" because it seems to make more sense. A message (information or confirmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation. Refer to the "Message List" on page 86 for an explanation of each message, appropriate actions to take, and troubleshooting information. Recording a New Song Recording to [TRACK 1] 13 2 MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME SONG KEYBOARD SONG BALANCE DEMO TRACK 1 TRACK 2 EXTRA TRACKS FILE METRONOME START/STOP SETTING A SONG SELECT TOP START/STOP REC SONG SETTING DOWN UP NEW SONG SYNCHRO START SONG C TEMPO B NO YES D CONTRAST EXIT GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 E.PIANO E.PIANO 1 2 HARPSI- E.CLAVICHORD CHORD VIBRAPHONE VOICE GUITAR SETTING SPLIT CHURCH JAZZ SYNTH. WOOD ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR PAD BASS E.BASS XG VARIATION REVERB CHORUS BRILLIANCE MELLOW BRIGHT VOICE EFFECT MIDI SETTING OTHER SETTING 44 5 Procedure 1. Select "NewSong" for recording. Press the SONG SELECT [ ] [ ] buttons simultaneously. New Song screen A B NO YES NOTE If you select a song other than "P-000: NewSong" and record on a track that already has data, the existing data on the track will be lost. C D PF-500 35