Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual - Page 57

Quick Guide Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs-Song Recording ■ One song-sixteen MIDI channels On the Tyros2, a single song can contain separate data for up to sixteen MIDI channels. When recording your own performance, you'll need to assign each part you play to a separate MIDI channel. With Quick Recording (on the previous page), the Tyros2 takes care of this chore for you-letting you record a song without having to worry about which part goes to which channel. However, you'll increase your understanding of the recording process and gain greater flexibility and control by reading through the sections below-which cover recording rules and characteristics, and show you how to use Multi Recording as well as re-record an existing Quick Recording song. ● Default MIDI channel/part assignments ● Recording method and default part settings MIDI channel recorded to a song 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Default part when recording a new song from scratch RIGHT 1 LEFT RIGHT 2 Keyboard parts RIGHT 3 MULTI PAD 1 MULTI PAD 2 MULTI PAD 3 Multi Pads MULTI PAD 4 RHYTHM 1 RHYTHM 2 BASS CHORD 1 CHORD 2 Style parts PAD PHRASE 1 PHRASE 2 When recording a new song: When re-recording an already recorded song: Quick Recording All channels are automatically assigned for recording, with each channel assigned a specific part. (See chart at left.) The channel/part assignments made in the original recording are maintained. Multi Recording Channels to be recorded must be enabled for recording manually. However, parts are automatically assigned to MIDI channels, as shown in the chart at left. Channels to be recorded must be enabled for recording manually. The channel/ part assignments made in the original recording are maintained. NOTE • You can change channel/part assignments from the defaults above before actually recording. More specifically, even after entering the Record mode (step #2 below) via Quick Recording, you can still manually enable recording channels and set channel/part assignments via Multi Recording. Multi Recording 1 Press the SONG CONTROL [REC] button and the [STOP] button simulta- neously to prepare a blank song ("New Song") to the Memory area for recording (shown above). 2 While holding the [REC] button, select the channel to be recorded and assign the part to the selected channel on the pop-up window that appears at the bottom of the LCD display. Here, set channel 1 to "REC." Assign the part to the channel set to REC. While holding the [REC] button... Set the desired channel to REC. * Select the channel to be recorded and assign the part to the selected channel. 57 Tyros2 Owner's Manual