Yamaha CVP-900 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs— Song Creator
CVP-900
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This lets you record a song with several different instrument sounds on up to sixteen channels, and create the sound of
a full band or orchestra.
The structure of the channels and parts are shown in the chart below.
About the accompaniment style parts
Rhythm.....This is the basis for the accompaniment, containing the drum and percussion rhythm patterns. Usually one of the drum kits is used.
Bass..........The Bass part uses various appropriate instrument sounds to match the style, such as acoustic bass, synth bass, and others.
Chord........This is the rhythmic chord backing, commonly used with piano or guitar voices.
Pad............This part features sustained chords and commonly uses lush sounds such as strings, organ, and choir.
Phrase ......This part is used for various embellishments and riffs that enhance the song, such as brass section accents and chord arpeggios.
Channels
Parts
(default settings)
Available parts Channels
Parts
(default settings)
Available parts
1Voice MAIN
Voice MAIN, LAYER, LEFT
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 2
Accompaniment style BASS
Accompaniment style CHORD1
Accompaniment style CHORD2
Accompaniment style PAD
Accompaniment style PHRASE1
Accompaniment style PHRASE2
MIDI
9
Accompaniment style
RHYTHM 1
Voice MAIN, LAYER, LEFT
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 1
Accompaniment style RHYTHM 2
Accompaniment style BASS
Accompaniment style CHORD1
Accompaniment style CHORD2
Accompaniment style PAD
Accompaniment style PHRASE1
Accompaniment style PHRASE2
MIDI
2Voice MAIN 10
Accompaniment style
RHYTHM 2
3Voice MAIN 11
Accompaniment style
BASS
4Voice MAIN 12
Accompaniment style
CHORD1
5Voice MAIN 13
Accompaniment style
CHORD2
6Voice MAIN 14
Accompaniment style
PAD
7Voice MAIN 15
Accompaniment style
PHRASE1
8Voice MAIN 16
Accompaniment style
PHRASE2
Multi Recording
REC TOPSTA RT / STOP REW FF REPEAT
NEW SONG
SYNC.START
REC
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When creating a new song:
When recording over the part of an internal
song or a song on disk with your own
performance:
1
Select the desired song (page 75, 77).
1
2
Select the desired channel for recording (set it to “REC”) simultaneously
holding down the [REC] button and pressing the appropriate button [1▲▼]
- [8▲▼]. Several channels can be selected at the same time.
REC......................... Enables recording for the channel
ON ......................... Enables playback of the channel
OFF......................... Mutes the channel
To cancel or disable recording, press the [REC] button once again.
The part is automatically
selected when setting the
several channels to “REC” at
the same time.