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YDP-223 Recording Your Performance
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Recording Your Performance
The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the YDP-223
keyboard can be an effective practice aid. You can, for example, record just
the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand part while playing back
the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can record up to two tracks sepa-
rately, you could record the left- and right-hand parts separately, or record
both parts of a duet and hear how they sound when played back. The YDP-
223’s two-track Song Recorder allows the recording of one User Song.
Recording to [TRACK1]
CAUTION
Notes on recording
All user song recorder data will be retained in memory for about one week after the
power is turned off. If you want to keep your recorded data for longer periods of time,
turn the power on for a few minutes at least once a week.
It is also possible to store the data to an external MIDI storage device such as the Yamaha
MIDI Data Filer MDF3 by using the Bulk Data Dump function described on page 43.
1. Make all the initial settings.
Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you
will be using Dual mode). Make any other desired settings (tempo, reverb, etc.)
as well. You might also want to set the volume.
You can also adjust the playback volume using [MASTER VOLUME].
2. Engage Record Ready mode.
Press the [REC] button to engage Record Ready mode.
Recording does not actually start yet.
The [TRACK1] or the [TRACK2] indicator flashes in red.
The amount of memory available for recording will be
shown on the LED display in approximate kilobytes,
and the right-most dot on the LED display will flash at
the current METRONOME tempo setting.
Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the [REC]
button a second time.
TIP
You can record your perfor-
mance (audio data) to a cas-
sette tape recorder or other
recording device via the AUX
OUT connector (page 46).
TERMINOLOGY
Recording vs. Saving:
The format of performance data
recorded on a cassette tape dif-
fers from that of data recorded on
the YDP-223. A cassette tape
records audio signals. The YDP-
223 “saves” information regard-
ing note timing, voices, and a
tempo value, but not audio sig-
nals. When you play back
recorded songs, the YDP-223
produces sound based on the
saved information. Therefore,
recording on the YDP-223 may
be more accurately called “sav-
ing information.” However, this
book often uses the word
“recording” because it seems to
make more sense.
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MASTER VOLUME
BRILLIANCE
DEMO METRONOME
TEMPO
/
FUNCTION
TEMPO
/
OTHER VALUE
MELLOW BRIGHT
START
/
STOP
TEMPO
FUNCTION
MIN MAX
–
/
NO +
/
YES PRESET
TRACK
1
TRACK
2
START
/
STOP
REC
SONG
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN1
CHURCH
ORGAN2
E.PIANO
1
E.PIANO
2
HARPSI-
CHORD1
HARPSI-
CHORD2
VIBRA-
PHONE
CHOIR GUITAR
ROOM
HALL 1
HALL 2
STAGE
CHORUS
PHASER
TREMOLO
DELAY
HARD
MEDIUM
SOFT
ON
GRAND
PIANO 2
JAZZ
ORGAN
STRINGS
1
STRINGS
2
REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE
VOIC E
NOTE
When the unit is in Demo Song
or Preset Song mode, Record
mode cannot be engaged.
NOTE
To avoid erasing data from
the track:
Press the [TRACK1/2] button. If
the indicator lights up green, the
track already contains data.
Note that the existing data will
be erased if you record new
data on the track.
Procedure
NOTE
The amount of memory avail-
able for recording:
This value in KiloBytes (a unit
used of measurement for data)
indicates how much space
remains available for recording
on the YDP-223. You can record
up to a maximum of about 9,400
notes on the YDP-223 depending
on pedal usage and other factors.
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