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YDP-163/YDP-143 Owner’s Manual
Recording Your Performance
This instrument lets you record your keyboard performance as the User Song. Up to two Parts (left-hand and
right-hand) can be recorded separately.
1.
Select the desired Voice and other parameters, such as beat,
for recording.
For instructions on selecting a Voice, refer to page 18. If necessary, set other
parameters, such as beat and effects, in this step.
2.
While holding down [REC], press [+R] or [–L] to engage
Record Ready mode for the Part you want to record.
If you do not intend to record right- and left-hand Parts separately, record the
entire performance to either Part.
Recording the right-hand Part ([+R])
Recording the left-hand Part ([–L])
After a while, the [REC] lamp and the selected Part lamp will flash at the current
tempo.
To exit from Record Ready mode:
Simply press [REC].
If data has already been recorded to the other Part:
The data in this Part will be played back while recording.
3.
Play the keyboard or press [PLAY] to start recording.
The [REC] lamp lights up while the Recording Part lamp flashes at the current
tempo.
4.
Press either [REC] or [PLAY] to stop recording.
The [REC], [PLAY], [+R] and [–L] lamps flash, indicating that the recorded data is
being stored. After the Save operation is completed, the lamps will turn off,
indicating that the Record operation has been completed.
5.
If desired, record the other Part by repeating Steps 1 – 4.
6.
To hear the recorded Song, press [PLAY] to start playback.
Press [PLAY] again to stop playback.
Recording Your Performance
About audio files
The Recording function of this
instrument will record your
keyboard performance as
MIDI data. Note that audio
recording is not available.
Recording Capacity
This instrument can record up
to 100 KB (approximately
11,000 notes).
NOTE
You can use the Metronome
while recording; however, the
Metronome sound will not be
recorded.
NOTICE
If a Part contains data, the
Part lamp lights. Note that
the Recording operation will
replace already-recorded
data with the new data.
NOTE
If the keyboard is in the Duo
mode (page 23), the data will
be recorded to each Part. The
Part for recording cannot be
specified.
or
NOTICE
Never turn off the power
while the recorded data is
being stored (while the
lamps are flashing).
Otherwise, all recorded data
will be lost.
NOTE
The recorded Song data can
be saved to a computer as a
Standard MIDI file (SMF). For
details, refer to the “Computer-
related Operations” on the
website (page 9).
