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Recoding / playing back
Recording / playing back your
performance
The C-4500 contains a built-in recorder that lets you
record and playback your performance as easily as
using a tape recorder.
You can record your playing on two parts. These parts
can be played back simultaneously to create a single
song, or used to record two separate songs.
1. Recording your performance
Recording your performance
1. Press a [Sound selector] switch to select the
sound that you wish to record.
2. Press the [RECORD] switch.
The [RECORD] switch indicator will light.
3. Press either [PART 1] or [PART 2] to select the
part that you wish to record.
This will make the switch indicator blink red for
the part that you wish to record. You can put only
one of the parts in record-ready mode.
Lit green
Blinking green
Blinking red
Dark
This part contains no
recorded data.
Ready to record. Recording
will occur on this part.
This part contains recorded
data.
Playback is muted. Select
this state when you do not
wish to hear this part while
recording.
When there is no recorded data
Dark
Ready to record
Blinking red
When there is recorded data
Lit green
Muted (silenced)
Blinking green
Press switch
Press switch
Ready to record
Blinking red
Blinking red
Blinking red
Press switch
Press switch
Press switch
When there is recorded data
(one part is ready to record)
Lit green
Muted (silenced)
Blinking green
Press switch
Press switch
4. Recording will begin when you press either the
[START/STOP] switch, a note, or a pedal, or
when a MIDI message is received.
When the [START/STOP] switch is pressed,
recording will begin after a two-measure count.
During recording, the [START/STOP] switch
indicator will blink in time with the time signature,
red on the first beat and green on other beats.
or
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When Layer is being used, pedal settings will be
fixed at “Enable” for both sounds during recording.
Never turn off the power during recording.
MeMO
If you wish to record along with the metronome, you can
turn on the metronome (
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p.13).
5. Press the [START/STOP] switch to stop record-
ing.
If you press the [PAUSE] switch, recording will
pause at that location, and the [PAUSE] indicator
will light.
Press the [RECORD] switch, select the
[PART1(or2)], then play the keyboard to resume
recording.
Recording will overwrite the previous data, and the
previously-recorded data will be erased.
Recording may not always begin correctly from the
paused location.
