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Chapter 9
Chapter 8
Recording Track 2
You can add a second track to an existing user song. Start by selecting the voice you want to use for Track 2. If
you’ve saved a split or layered sound to Favorites, you can choose one of those.
To select the desired
User
Song, follow these steps:
1. Press the
Rhythm
button.
2. Press
User
button — on the upper side on the far right end of the button row.
3. Press
Prev-
or
Next+
to navigate to the correct song (U1 through U20).
To add your track, proceed as follows:
1. Press
Track 2
.
2. Press
Record
. The display shows the
RECORD READY
message.
3. Press
Play/Stop
to begin the recording.
Perform the second part of your song now. Track 1 will be playing while you are recording Track 2.
4. Press
Play/Stop
to end the recording.
The
Save
button’s LED starts flashing and the display shows
SAVE RHYTHM AS:(U1 – U20)
. There are 20
available song locations. You can now save your song to the same User Song location, or choose a new location.
5. Press the
+Next
button to advance to a different User Song location (U1 - U20).
6. Press
Save
to store the song to the User Song location.
SAVE
RHYTHM AS
Selecting a Song
1. Press the
Rhythm
button.
2. Press
User
category button located to the far right of the Rhythm bank.
3. Use the
+Next
and/or
Prev-
buttons to select one of U1 - U20.
You can now listen to the song you’ve selected.
4. Press
Play/Stop
to listen to your song.
5. Press
Play/Stop
again to stop the playback.
Recording
Recording
The Andante CGP220’s two-track recorder allows you to record two voice tracks and a rhythm pattern accompaniment.
Favorites can be used to give you even more versatility while recording. For example, you can have a Favorite split
voice such as Piano and Bass recorded in Track 1 and a layered favorite in Track 2.
Enabling Rhythms while Recording
If you want to have a rhythm pattern play while recording, select the
Function
button to enter
Function Mode
.Press
the
Select
▲ and ▼ buttons to step through the list of parameters. The default setting for the
REC RHYTHM
parameter is
OFF
. Press the
Prev-
or
+Next
button to change the value to
ON
.
You can leave this parameter set to
ON
and still record without a rhythm playing. Select Rhythm ID number 351, which
is the “no rhythm” pattern, and no rhythm will play.
Using a Metronome while Recording
The default setting for the metronome is also
OFF
. Follow the instructions described above to enter
Function Mode.
Select the
METRO:Off
parameter and change its setting to
METRO:Rec
. This will allow the metronome to play during
recording.
Recording Track 1
1. Select the voice you want to use for Track 1. If you’ve saved a split or layered sound to Favorites, you
can choose one of those.
2. If you want a rhythm accompaniment, press the
Rhythm
button and select a pattern for your record-
ing. Be sure you’ve enabled Rhythms for recording.
3. Press
Track 1
.
4. Press
Record
.
If you are using the metronome, it will count off one measure before recording begins.
5. Press
Play/Stop
to begin the recording.
Perform the song now.
6. Press
Play/Stop
to end the recording.The
Save
button’s LED starts flashing and the display shows
SAVE RHYTHM AS:(U1 – U20)
. These represent
the number of the first available empty user song
locations. There are 20 available song locations.
7. Press the
+Next
button to advance to a different User Song number.
8. Press the
Save
button. Your song is now saved in one of the user songs.