Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609, Reference Manual

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Creating/Editing MIDI Songs (Song Creator)
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Basic Procedure for creating a Song
This section covers the basic procedure for Step Recording.
1
Select the desired Song or call up a new empty Song.
If you want to call up an empty Song, press the [ I ] (REC) button, then touch [New MIDI] and [Cancel] in order.
2
Call up the Song Creator display via [Menu] → [SongCreator].
3
Touch (Edit) at the top of this display to call up the Song Edit display.
4
Touch [Ch1] at the top left of this display to select the Recording Target channel.
• If you want to record the keyboard performance, select one of “Ch1” – “Ch8.” If you intend to not use Style playback for
the Song, “Ch9” – “Ch16” can be selected.
• If you want to edit the System Exclusive data, select “SysEx.”
• If you want to edit Lyrics, select “Lyrics.”
• If you want to record Style playback (Chord change and Section change events), select “Chord.”
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According to selection in step 4, execute the Step Recording or data edits.
• When one of “Ch1” – “Ch16” is selected:
For instructions on editing already recorded data, refer to page 66 .
For instructions on inputting melodies via Step Recording, touch [Step Rec] at the bottom left of the display then
refer to
page 61 .
• When “SysEx” is selected:
Edit the already recorded data, following the explanations on page 66 . Step Recording is not available.
• When “Lyrics” is selected:
Edit the already recorded data, following the explanations on page 66 . Step Recording is not available.
• When “Chord” is selected:
For instructions on editing already recorded data, refer to page 66 .
For instructions on inputting Chord/Section Change events for Style playback via Step Recording, touch [Step
Rec] then refer to
page 64 .
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If necessary, touch (Edit) to return to the portal display of the Song Creator, then
execute the Channel Edit function ( page 69 ).
7
Touch (Save) at the top right of the display to save the created Song.
NOTICE
The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn the power to the instrument off without
executing the Save operation.
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