Yamaha P-525 P-525 Owners Manual - Page 57

Recording Your Performance MIDI Recording - Independent Tracks MIDI With MIDI Recording, you can create a MIDI Song consisting of 16 tracks by recording your performance to each track one by one. In recording a piano piece, for example, you can record the right-hand part to Track 1 then record the left-hand part to Track 2, allowing you create a complete piece which may be difficult to play live with both hands together. To record a performance with Rhythm playback, for example, record Rhythm playback, then record melodies to Track 1 while listening to the already recorded Rhythm playback. In this way, you can create an entire Song which would otherwise be difficult, or even impossible, to play live. NOTE If you want to record your performance to the USB flash drive or you want to add the recording to the MIDI Song in the USB flash drive, refer to "MIDI Recording to the USB flash drive" (page 59). Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Left-hand part Right-hand part Rhythm When you want to record a new track of an already recorded MIDI Song: 1. Execute the same operation in step 1 in "Quick MIDI Recording" (page 55). 2. Select the target MIDI Song (steps 1-4 on page 45). 3. Press and hold the [REC] button for a second to call up the display which lists recording target Songs (page 59). 4. Select the 4th item (the selected MIDI Song), press the [3] button, and then go to step 2 on this page. 1. Execute the same operations as in step 1 and step 2 on page 55 to enter the Recording mode with a new blank Song selected. 2. Use the [-]/[3] buttons to select a Recording Track. Rhythm cannot be added to a recorded Song. When you want to record Rhythm, make sure to record the Rhythm playback first. When you want to record the right-hand part, highlight "R" (Track 1). When you want to record the left-hand part, highlight "L" (Track 2). Alternately, when you want to record your performance to Tracks 3 - 16, call up the desired one by pressing the [-]/[3] buttons repeatedly. If the Rhythm playback was recorded first before other tracks, it is automatically recorded to one of the Tracks 9 - 11 (or all the three tracks). If this is the case, select the desired track for recording from any except for these tracks. Recording Track Assignment •When recording the Rhythm, you cannot freely select desired tracks. The Rhythm is recorded to Tracks 9 - 11. •When Dual/Split/Duo is on, only the R1 Voice performance will be recorded to the selected Track, and the R2 Voice performance will be recorded to the Track number which is 6 plus the selected Track, and the L Voice performance of Split/Duo will be recorded to the Track number which is 3 plus the selected Track. Rhythm playback will be recorded to Tracks 9 - 11. 57 P-525 Owner's Manual