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Recording Your Own Performance, Track Configuration

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Q e uick Guid Recording Your Own Performance You can record up to five of your own performances and save them as user Songs 001 through 005. Additionally, when a Song is playing the score will be shown on the display. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the Song contains lyric and chord data, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score display. ■ Recordable data When Style is off, tracks [1]-[16] can be recorded as melody tracks. When Style is on, tracks [1]-[8] can be recorded as melody tracks, and tracks [9]-[16] can be recorded as accompaniment tracks. NOTE • Up to approximately 30,000 notes can be recorded, if you record only to the melody tracks. ■ Recording methods ● Quick Recording Immediately start recording by pressing the [REC] button. (see page 33) ● Multi Recording Specify the Song or Part number and then start recording. (see page 34) Track Configuration Generally, Song data consists of 16 tracks. On this instrument, you can record your performance step-bystep to each of tracks 1-16. For example, you can select the Main Voice for recording to Track 1, then set the Dual Voice to Track 2, and so on. (When the Quick Recording mode is selected, the playing parts and their corresponding tracks are set automatically.) ■ Recording track When Multi track recording is selected and accompaniment is off, you can specify the recording track [1]-[16] for melody, or when accompaniment is on, you can specify the tracks [1]-[8] for melody and [9]-[16] for accompaniment. The track button in [1/9]-[8/16] that has recorded data in the tracks is indicated in green, while the button that contains no data is unlit. Also the track numbers containing recorded data are indicated with framed rectangles in the display. 32 PSR-S550 Owner's Manual

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Recording Your Own Performance
You can record up to five of your own performances and save them as
user Songs 001 through 005.
Additionally, when a Song is playing the score will be shown on the dis-
play. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the Song contains
lyric and chord data, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score
display.
■
Recordable data
When Style is off, tracks [1]–[16] can be recorded as melody tracks.
When Style is on, tracks [1]–[8] can be recorded as melody tracks, and tracks
[9]–[16] can be recorded as accompaniment tracks.
■
Recording methods
●
Quick Recording
..............
Immediately start recording by pressing the
[REC] button. (see page 33)
●
Multi Recording
...............
Specify the Song or Part number and then
start recording. (see page 34)
Generally, Song data consists of 16 tracks. On this instrument, you can record your performance step-by-
step to each of tracks 1–16. For example, you can select the Main Voice for recording to Track 1, then set
the Dual Voice to Track 2, and so on. (When the Quick Recording mode is selected, the playing parts and
their corresponding tracks are set automatically.)
■
Recording track
When Multi track recording is selected and accompaniment is off, you can
specify the recording track [1]–[16] for melody, or when accompaniment is
on, you can specify the tracks [1]–[8] for melody and [9]–[16] for accompani-
ment. The track button in [1/9]–[8/16] that has recorded data in the tracks is
indicated in green, while the button that contains no data is unlit. Also the
track numbers containing recorded data are indicated with framed rectangles
in the display.
Track Configuration
•
Up to approximately 30,000
notes can be recorded, if you
record only to the melody
tracks.
NOTE