Yamaha PF-500 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
42 PF-500
Recording Your Performance
Adjusting the volume balance between playback and your performance [SONG
BALANCE]
While recording multiple parts into tracks one by one, you can adjust the volume balance between the play-
back of the recorded parts and your current performance.
Procedure
The song balance setting is
also used during playback.
(See page 48.)
1. Move [SONG BALANCE] to the left or right to make
adjustments.
Recording in Dual or Split mode
When you record in Dual or Split mode, the PF-500 records each voice onto a separate track. The following
table shows how tracks are assigned to each voice.
CAUTION
When you record multiple parts into tracks one by one, or when you record new data over an existing song (see
page 40), the existing data will be erased. Proceed with caution.
In the following example, Tracks 1, 2, and EXTRA TRACKn have been selected for recording.
Note: TRACKn = TRACK 3 TRACK 16
If n+1, n+2, and n+3 exceed 16, TRACKs 1, 2, and 3 are used.
Switching between Dual and Split mode in a song is not recorded.
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SONG BALANCE
SONG KEYBOARD
The song playback vol-
ume will be lower.
Your playing volume
will be lower.
Tracks assigned for
recording
Dual Split Split+Dual
TRACK1 TRACK2
EXTRA
TRACKn
TRACK1 TRACK2
EXTRA
TRACKn
TRACK1 TRACK2
EXTRA
TRACKn
↓↓↓ ↓↓↓ ↓↓↓
Tracks
used for
record-
ing
MAIN
(voice 1)
TRACK1 TRACK2 TRACKn TRACK1 TRACKn TRACK1 TRACKn
LEFT
(voice 1)
TRACK2 TRACKn+1 TRACK2 TRACKn +1
MAIN
(voice 2)
TRACK3 TRACK4
TRACKn
+2
TRACK3 TRACKn +2
LEFT
(voice 2)
––
TRACK4 TRACKn +3
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