Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual - Page 121

Song Creator (Digital Recording) Reference Quick Guide on pages 55-58 This section explains operations not covered in the Quick Guide, including Step Recording and re-recording or editing existing song data. For basic information on recording a song using Quick Recording and Multi Recording, refer to the Quick Guide. Realtime Recording and Step Recording You can record your keyboard performance as MIDI data in two different ways: Realtime and Step. ● Realtime Recording This method records performance data in real time, overwriting any data already present in the destination channel. The new data replaces the previous data. This method is covered in the "Quick Guide." ● Step Recording This method lets you compose your performance by "writing" it down one event at a time. This is a nonrealtime, manual recording method-similar to writing music notation onto paper. By using the Event List (pages 125, 127, 133), you can input notes, chords and other events one by one. Punch In/Out Page 122 This Realtime recording method lets you re-record only over a specific area of the already-recorded song. Data between the Punch In point and the Punch Out point is overwritten with the material recorded. Keep in mind that the parts before and after the Punch In/Out section are not recorded over-they play back normally to guide you in and out of the recording. You can specify the Punch In and Punch Out points as measure numbers beforehand for automatic operation, or manually execute the Punch In/Out recording by using a Foot Pedal or simply by playing the keyboard. Set the Punch In/Out related parameters on the [DIGITAL RECORDING] → SONG CREATOR → REC MODE display and re-record the already-recorded song by following the instructions described in the "Quick Guide." Step Recording using the Event List Pages 125, 127, 133 Song data is made up of various recorded MIDI events, including global events for the entire song and specific events for each channel. The MIDI Event List is a useful Song Creator tool that arranges all events in a song in chronological order (in measures, beats, clocks), and allows you to make detailed changes to those events. Among the events included are: • Chord/Section These style playback events let you enter Chords and Sections (Intro, Main, Ending, and so on). • MIDI channel (1-16) data............Channel-specific events, such as note on/off, program change (voice number), control change mes- sages (including volume and pan of the Mixing Console settings), and pitch bend • System Exclusive Messages.........Events that affect all channels, such as tempo and beat (time signature) • Lyrics Song Lyric data Remember that you can also use Realtime Recording to re-record a song that has already been created with Step Recording. Basic Procedure (Song Creator) 1 Select an already-recorded song or a new song (page 55). 2 Press the [DIGITAL RECORDING] button. 3 Press the [SONG CREATOR] LCD button. NOTE • From the Song Creator display you can fast-forward or rewind through the song as desired-letting you quickly navigate to and check different sections of the song. Determines the Punch In/Out settings on this page if you wish to re-record the already-recorded song. Re-record the song by following the instructions (from step #2 to end) in the Quick Guide. 4 This page lets you edit the already-recorded song data by converting for each channel. These pages let you create the song data by using the MIDI event list. CAUTION After completing the song creation, make sure to execute the Save operation. The recorded song will be lost if you change to another song or you turn the power off without executing the save operation. The operations corresponding to step #4 are covered in the following page. 121 Tyros2 Owner's Manual