Yamaha ARIUS YDP-163 Owner's Manual - Page 26

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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.

Recording Your Performance

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.

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.

Play the keyboard or press [PLAY] to start recording.

The [REC] lamp lights up while the Recording Part lamp flashes at the current

tempo.

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.

If desired, record the other Part by repeating Steps 1 – 4.

To hear the recorded Song, press [PLAY] to start playback.

Press [PLAY] again to stop playback.

YDP-163/YDP-143 Owner's Manual

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.

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).