Yamaha PSR-I400, Owner'S Manual

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PSR-I400 Owner’s Manual
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Recording Your Performance
You can record up to 10 of your performances as User Son g s. The recorded User
Son g s can be played back on the instrument.

Melody Tracks [1]–[5]
The melody performance in the right-hand area of
the keyboard will be recorded.

Accompaniment Track [A]
The chord progression (for the Style) will be
recorded.
The operation is useful when you record a new Song
from scratch.
1
Make the desired settin g s includin g the
Main Voice selection.
2
Make the desired settin g s of your perfor-
mance.
• If you want to record only the melody performance, press
the [SONG] button.
• If you want to record the performance using a Style, press
the [STYLE] button.
3
Press the [REC] button to enter the
Record Ready mode.
If a User Song was not selected beforehand, this
operation selects the lowest-numbered unrecorded
User Song (from 116–125) as Recording target.
To exit from this status, press the [REC] button
again.
4
Start recordin g .
• When you press the [SONG] button in Step 2, play any note
to start recording.
• When you select a Style in Step 2, play a chord in the Auto
Accompaniment area to start recording with Style play-
back, or press the [START/STOP] button to start recording
only with playback of the Rhythm part of a Style.
The current measure will be shown on the display
while recording.
5
Press the [START/STOP] or [REC] button
to stop recordin
g .
When using a Style, you can stop recording also
by pressing the [ENDING] button then waiting
until playback ends.
After recording finishes, “Writing!” appears indi-
cating that the recorded data will be stored, then
the recorded track numbers in the display will
light.
6
To play back the recorded Son g , press
the [START/STOP] button.
• The Riyaz performance cannot be recorded.
NOTE
Track Structure of a Song
Quick Recording
• The ACMP on/off status cannot be changed after the
[REC] button is pressed.
Track
1
Track
2
Track
3
Track
4
Track
5
Accompaniment
Track
User 1
rEC
001
Flashes
Flashes
NOTE
• Never attempt to turn the power off when “Writing!” is
shown in the display. Doing so can damage the flash
memory and result in a loss of data.
User 1
rEC
003
Current measure number
or
NOTICE