Yamaha PSR-2700 Owner's Manual - Page 41

Record Functions The PSR-1700/PSR-2700 RECORDING section controls three recording functions: q The SONG MEMORY: Record complete songs including an accompaniment track and up to six melody tracks. Songs can be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required (page 56). q MULTI PADS: Record short chord, melody, or rhythm sequences that can be played back anytime by simply pressing a button. The MULTI PAD data can be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required. q CUSTOM ACCOMPANIMENT: Create your own accompaniment style for use with the Auto Accompaniment feature. Custom accompaniments can be saved to and loaded from floppy disk as required. Operation of all three functions is essentially the same, so once you're familiar with the basic procedure, recording songs, multi-pad phrases, or custom accompaniments should be easy. We'll start with the SONG MEMORY. CAUTION • Turning the power OFF during recording or while the recordready mode is engaged can result in a loss of recorded data. Song Memory The SONG MEMORY allows you to record and play back complete songs including chord sequences created using the Auto Accompaniment feature and melody lines you play on the keyboard. The SONG MEMORY has one ACCOMP track and six MELODY tracks. You also have a choice of realtime and step recording modes: the realtime mode records what you play as you play it; the step mode lets you record one step at a time. Only one song can be retained in the PSR-1700 or PSR-2700 memory at a time, but your songs can be saved to floppy disk - at most 99 songs per disk (the actual number depends on the volume of the song data) - and then reloaded later whenever you want to play them (page 56). NOTES • Material recorded using the SONG MEMORY is retained in memory even when the POWER switch is turned OFF if backup batteries are present or the AC plug is connected. SONG MEMORY MEASURE # ACCOMP MELODY 1 2 3 4 5 6 RECORDING CUSTOM ACCOMP SONG MEMORY MULTI PADS GATE TIME STEP SIZE TRACK RESET PLAY / STOP STEP BWD SONG STEP FWD REC REWRITE CLEAR STEP QUANTIZE SETTING REC 39