Yamaha P-85S Owner's Manual - Page 23

21 ENGLISH Recording Your Performance Recording Your Performance The ability to record and play back what you've played on the P-85 keyboard can be an effective practice aid. The P-85's Song Recorder allows the recording of one User song. TERMINOLOGY Recording vs. Saving: The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on the P-85. A cassette tape records audio signals. The P-85 "saves" information regarding note timing, voices, and a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the P-85 produces sound based on the saved information. Therefore, recording on the P-85 may be more accurately called "saving information." However, this book often uses the word "recording" because it seems to make more sense. Recording a performance 1. 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 mode). Make any other desired settings (reverb, tempo, etc.) as well. You might also want to set the volume. You can also adjust the playback volume using the [MASTER VOLUME] slider. NOTE When the instrument is playing back a demo song or preset song, Record mode cannot be engaged. 2. Press the [REC] button to engage Record Ready mode. The [REC] lamp will flash. NOTE Recording capacity P-85 can record up to 65KB (approximately 11,000 notes). You can turn on the metronome in this step, and adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO [g]/[h] buttons. (Range: 32-280) Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the [REC] button again. 3. Start recording. Recording will begin automatically as soon as you play a note on the keyboard or press the [PLAY] button. The [REC] lamp will light, and the [PLAY] lamp flashes at the current tempo while recording. NOTE If the metronome was on when you started recording, you'll be able to keep time with the metronome while recording, but the metronome sound will not be recorded. NOTE For more recording information, see page 24. P-85 Owner's Manual 23