Yamaha CLP-120 Owner's Manual - Page 30

ENGLISH Recording Your Performance The ability to record and play back what you've played on the CLP130/120 keyboard can be an effective practice aid. You can, for example, record just the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand part while playing back the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can record up to two tracks separately, you could record the left- and righthand parts separately, or record both parts of a duet and hear how they sound when played back. The CLP-130/120's two-track Song Recorder allows the recording of up to three User Songs (one User Song on the CLP-120). TIP You can record your performance (audio data) to a cassette tape recorder or other recording device via the AUX OUT connector (page 50). TERMINOLOGY Recording vs. Saving: The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the Clavinova. A cassette tape records audio signals. The Clavinova "saves" information regarding note timing, voices, and a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the Clavinova produces sound based on the saved information. Therefore, recording on the Clavinova may be more accurately called "saving information." However, this book often uses the word "recording" because it seems to make more sense. Recording to [TRACK1] 1 4 567 3 2 MIN MAX MASTER VOLUME MELLOW BRIGHT BRILLIANCE START/STOP TEMPO FUNCTION DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE - /NO +/ YES PRESET USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 TRACK 1 TRACK START/STOP REC 2 SONG GRAND PIANO 1 GRAND PIANO 2 E.PIANO E.PIANO 1 2 HARPSI- E.CLAVICHORD CHORD VIBRAPHONE VARIATION CHURCH JAZZ ORGAN ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR GUITAR WOOD BASS E.BASS SPLIT VOICE ROOM CHORUS HALL 1 PHASER HARD HALL 2 TREMOLO MEDIUM STAGE DELAY SOFT ON REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE Procedure CAUTION Notes on recording All user song recorder data will be retained in memory for about one week after the power is turned off. If you want to keep your recorded data for longer periods of time, turn the power on for a few minutes at least once a week. It is also possible to store the data to an external MIDI storage device such as the Yamaha MIDI Data Filer MDF3 by using the Bulk Data Dump function described on page 47. 1. Select a song for recording. (CLP-130) Press the [USER 1/2/3] button to select a song for recording. The indicator of the selected song will light. (No song is selected if none of the indicators are lit.) 2. Make all the initial settings. Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you will be using Dual or Split mode). Make any other desired settings (tempo, reverb, etc.) as well. You might also want to set the volume. You can also adjust the playback volume using [MASTER VOLUME]. NOTE (CLP-130) When the unit is in Demo Song mode, the [USER 1/2/3] button cannot be used to select a song. NOTE When the unit is in Demo Song or Preset Song mode, Record mode cannot be engaged. NOTE To avoid erasing data from the track: CLP-130 If the track contains data, the track indicator lights up green when you press the [USER1/2/ 3] button. Note that recording new data on this track will erase the existing data. CLP-120 Press the [TRACK1/2] button. If the indicator lights up green, the track already contains data. Note that the existing data will be erased if you record new data on the track. 30 CLP-130/120 Recording Your Performance