Yamaha PSR-S650 Reference Manual - Page 30

Creating Original Styles (Style Creator) This instrument has a Style Creator feature that lets you record and save your own original Styles. Recorded Styles can be played in the same manner as the preset Styles. Style Structure Style data consists of 14 sections, each of which has eight separate Parts. FILL IN A-D INTRO 1-3 MAIN A-D ENDING 1-3 8 Parts in each section Part 1 x 8 Parts: Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, Bass, Chord 1, Chord 2, Pad, Phrase 1, Phrase 2 With the Style Creator feature, you can create a Style by separately recording the parts, or by importing pattern data from other existing Styles. Here are some of the aspects in which Style recording differs from Song recording: • Loop Recording Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a "loop," and Style recording is also done using loops. For example, if you start recording with a two-measure MAIN section, the two measures are repeatedly recorded. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition (loop), letting you record while hearing previously recorded material. • Overdub Recording This method records new material to a channel already containing recorded data, without deleting the original data. In Style recording, the recorded data is not deleted, except when using functions such as Rhythm Clear (page 39) and Part Clear (page 41). For example, if you start recording with a two-measure Main section, the two measures are repeated many times. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition, letting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing previously recorded material. When creating a Style based on an existing internal Style, overdub recording is applied only to the rhythm channels. For all other channels (except rhythm), you need to delete the original data before recording. Reference Manual 30