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Recording
tery’s power is low, turning off the key-
board power can result in deletion of all
data stored in its memory.
• The normal life of the original battery is
five years from the time it is loaded at
the factory. Due to time spent in transit
and storage, the original battery proba-
bly will not provide a full five years of
service life. We recommend you take
the keyboard to your local RadioShack
store to replace the lithium battery
before it depletes.
• Turning off the keyboard while recording
erases the contents of the track you
were recording.
• You can transfer memory contents to
another MIDI device. See “Dumping/
Importing Data” on Page 42.
REAL-TIME RECORDING
With real-time recording, the notes are re-
corded as you play them on the keyboard.
Notes:
• You can change the tone or rhythm dur-
ing recording. The changes are stored
as part of the recording data.
• The tempo you use for recording does
not affect the playback tempo. You can
record at a slower tempo then play it
back at normal/faster tempo.
• If you are not using the rhythm pattern,
you need to define the meter.
On Track 1
1. Press
SONG
. The SONG indicator turns
on.
2. Press
+
or
–
(or
0
or
1
) to select a song
area (SG0 or SG1).
Note: You can now change the mixer
setting for channel 1 (see “Editing the
Status of a Channel” on Page 21 and
“Editing the Parameter” on Page 22).
The contents of the mixer settings are
copied to track 1.
3. Press
RECORD
.
REC
and the frame of
the channel 11 indicator flash.
Note: While the keyboard is in memory
record mode, the level meters for chan-
nels 11 through 16 correspond to mem-
ory tracks 1 through 6. When all three
arcs are lit, that channel has something
in memory: if no arc is lit, that track is
empty.
4. Select the tone, rhythm, and tempo, if
necessary, then set
MODE
to the desired
auto-accompaniment mode.
5. Press
START/STOP
to start recording.
REC
and the frame of the channel stops
flashing and the metronome starts to
sound. If you do not want the metro-
nome, you can turn it off.
6. Play the keyboard. You can also record
auto accompaniment chords, pitch
bender, and pedal operations.
7. Press
START/STOP
to end recording.
REC
disappears.
If you make a mistake, press
START/STOP
to
stop recording and begin again from Step 1,
or you can punch in the recording. See
“Punch-In Recording” on Page 31.
Note: If you change the rhythm pattern dur-
ing recording, the meter value on the display
remain unchanged, even when the new
rhythm uses different meter.
Tips on Real-Time Recording:
• To record without rhythm, skip Step 5.
The recording starts when you start to
play.
Summary of Contents for MD-1700
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