Yamaha PSR-1700 Owner's Manual - Page 45
Accompaniment And Melody Playback
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BSave Your Completed Song to Floppy Disk When you've finished recording your song - or have recorded as much as you want to in the current session - save your song to floppy disk as described on page 58. Making this step a habit will prevent accidental loss of data. NOTES • The song data is retained in memory even when the power switch is turned off as long as the backup batteries are installed or the AC plug is connected. It is nevertheless a good idea to save important song data to floppy disk so you have a backup in case of accidental erasure. s Accompaniment And Melody Playback ZLoad a Song If Necessary ...If necessary, load the song you want to play back from floppy disk (refer to page 60). This step can be ignored if the song you want to play is already in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory. XSelect the Tracks to Play Back ... ACCOMP MELODY 1 2 3 4 5 6 TRACK Any number of MELODY tracks and/or the ACCOMP track can be played back at the same time. Press the SONG MEMORY TRACK buttons corresponding to the tracks you want to play back - the indicators of the selected tracks will light. NOTES • All SONG MEMORY tracks that contain recorded data are automatically turned ON when the power switch is turned on or a song is loaded from floppy disk. • Measure number 1 is automatically selected whenever the power switch is turned on or a song is loaded from floppy disk. CStart Playback ... RESET STEP BWD PLAY/ STOP STEP FWD Playback will begin as soon as the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button is pressed. You can turn the ACCOMP and MELODY tracks on and off during playback by pressing the appropriate TRACK buttons. During playback the current measure and beat will appear on the LCD display panel. NOTES • Use the [RESET] button to return to the first measure of the song at any time (see page 44). • You can also start playback from any specified measure by using the [MEASURE #] button (see page 44). VPlay Along If You Like ...Play along on the keyboard if you like. You can also change the tempo during playback. NOTES • The maximum polyphony is 28. If more than 28 notes are played at the same time, some notes may be truncated. If you are using a sampled voice an additional 26 notes are available for the sampled voice only. BStop Playback ... RESET PLAY/ STOP Accompaniment and melody playback will stop automatically when all STEP STEP recorded data has been played back. You can also stop playback at any time BWD FWD by pressing the SONG [PLAY/STOP] button. 43