Yamaha PSR-EW410 PSR-E463 PSR-EW410 Owners Manual - Page 38

Recording Your Performance Quick Guide You can record up to 10 of your performances to the instrument as User Songs. The recorded User Songs can be played back in the same way as the preset Songs. NOTE • For details on Audio recording, refer to page 42. • This instrument records your performance and saves it in an original format. If you want to save it as MIDI data, convert it to SMF by saving it to the connected USB flash drive (page 73). Track Structure of a Song A Song can be recorded to the six tracks. You can record without specifying tracks, but you can also record each track one by one (e.g., only the righthand part or the left-hand part) to create a complete piece which may be difficult to play at once.  Melody Tracks [1/RIGHT]-[5] These are for recording melody or similar performances.  Accompaniment Track [A] This is for recording a chord progression (for the Style) or key changes (for the Groove). Melody Tracks Accompaniment Track Quick Recording This section explains how to record without specifying a track. This is useful when recording a new Song from scratch. 1 Make the desired settings including the Main Voice selection. 2 Make the desired settings for recording your performance. • If you want to record only the melody performance, press the [SONG] button. • If you want to record the performance using a Style, press the [STYLE] button. • If you want to record the performance using a Groove, press the [GROOVE CREATOR] button. 3 Press the [REC] button to enter the Record Ready mode. 38 PSR-E463/PSR-EW410 Owner's Manual This operation selects the lowest-numbered unrecorded User Song from 031-040 (User 1- 10) as the recording target. Track 1 will be selected as recording target of the melody, and the Track A will be selected as recording target of the accompaniment part (the chord progression for the Style or the key change for the Groove) automatically. If a User Song was selected beforehand, recording data will overwrite Tracks 1 and A of the selected Song. User 1 pEC 001 Flashes Flashes NOTE • The ACMP on/off status cannot be changed after the [REC] button is pressed. To exit from this status, press the [REC] button again. 4 Start recording. • When you press the [SONG] button in step 2, play any note to start recording. • When you select a Style in step 2, play a chord in the Auto Accompaniment area to start recording with Style playback, or press the [ ] (Start/Stop) button to start recording with playback of only the Rhythm part of a Style. • When you select a Groove in step 2, play a key in the Accompaniment area or press the [ ] (Start/Stop) button to start recording with Groove playback. User 1 pEC 003 Current measure number The current measure will be shown on the display while recording.