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MIDI Song Recording/Editing
Contents
Overview of MIDI Song Recording ......................................................................................... 67
Recording Each Channel Individually (Realtime Recording) .............................................. 69
Re-recording a Specific Section—Punch In/Out (Realtime Recording) ............................... 71
Recording Panel Setups to a Song ............................................................................................ 73
Editing Channel Events of Existing Song Data ...................................................................... 74
• Function Details ................................................................................................................... 75
Step Recording/Editing Songs (Step Edit) .............................................................................. 77
• Basic Procedure for Step Recording/Editing ....................................................................... 77
• Recording Melodies via Step Recording ............................................................................. 78
• Recording Chord/Section Change Events via Step Recording ............................................ 81
• Editing Specific MIDI Events of the Recorded Data ........................................................... 83
• Editing Song Position Markers ............................................................................................ 85
The Owner’s Manual covers how to create an original MIDI Song by recording your keyboard performance without
specifying channels (called “Quick Recording”). This Reference Manual shows how to create an original Song by
recording your keyboard performance to a specified channel or by entering notes one by one (called “Multi
Recording”) and how to improve an already created Song by editing the detailed parameters.
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Realtime Recording and Step Recording
When creating a MIDI Song, these two Recording methods are available. With Realtime Recording, this instrument
records the performance data as it is played. With Step Recording, you can compose your performance by “writing” it
down one event at a time.
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MIDI Song Data Structure
A MIDI Song consists of 16 MIDI channels. You can create data of a MIDI Song by recording your performance to a
specific channel or channels in realtime, or by executing Step Recording.
Overview of MIDI Song Recording
Channel 1
Song
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
Channel 6
Channel 7
Channel 8
Channel 9
Channel 10
Channel 11
Channel 12
Channel 13
Channel 14
Channel 15
Channel 16
System Exclusive
Lyrics
Right 1
Left
Right 2
Right 3
Multi Pad 1
Multi Pad 2
Multi Pad 3
Multi Pad 4
Rhythm 1
Rhythm 2
Bass
Chord 1
Chord 2
Pad
Phrase 1
Phrase 2
Keyboard Performance
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Realtime Recording:
By default, your keyboard performance will be recorded to MIDI channels 1–4.
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Step Recording:
Without specifying the keyboard part, you can input the melodies or notes on the
music notation sheet one by one to the desired channel.
Recording Part
(Default settings)
Style playback

Realtime Recording:
By default, Style playback will be recorded to MIDI channels 9–16.
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Step Recording:
After inputting the Chord change/Section change events, touch [Expand] to actually
record the note data to MIDI channels 9–16.
Multi Pad playback

Realtime Recording:
By default, Multi Pad playback will be recorded to MIDI channels 5–8.
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Step Recording:
Multi Pad playback events cannot be input via Step Recording.