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KR-3 – Recording
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8.1 Recording
Normal recording
The KR-3 also features a “Composer” that functions
like a tape recorder but is, of course, digital. You can
record your own songs, as well as play songs using
commercially available music data. Please be aware
that the Composer records instructions (called MIDI
messages) rather than sounds. That explains why you
cannot record your singing or any other part picked
up using the microphone.
You can store one song at a time. During recording,
the data is automatically separated and recorded onto
five separate tracks.
What is a track?
On devices like tape recorders, sounds that are played
back via the left speaker and those that are played back
via the right speaker are recorded onto separate places
on tape. These “places” are called “tracks”. As you see,
your KR-3 provides five tracks in Normal mode, i.e.
five places where MIDI messages can be recorded. The
advantage of working with tracks is that you can re-
record or change (edit) just one part (on one track)
while listening to the other tracks.
Let’s record something
1. Press the [REC] button.
The Composer goes into standby mode. The [REC]
indicator lights, while the [PLAY] indicator flashes.
The tracks onto which the performance is recorded
are selected automatically, and the track button’s indi-
cator will flash.
In Whole Keyboard mode, you can record onto any
track except the Rhythm track. In that case, the track
whose button was last pressed will be the recording
track.
Note: If a disk has been inserted into the disk drive, or after
playing back a song on disk, you need to press the [SONG]
button to bring up the Song Select screen. Select <U: User
Song> and press the [REC] button.
2. Begin recording.
• When you are ready to record the melody of a song
with Arranger backing, start Style playback (see
“Starting a Music Style”), and recording begins.
• To record a piano or organ piece without accompani-
ment, press the [PLAY] button.
Note: Remember that you can use the Rhythm section when
playing a piano or organ piece. If that is what you want to
do, see the preceding bullet.
Two measures of count-in will sound, after which
recording will begin. The [PLAY] indicator now lights.
3. When the song is finished, press the [STOP] or
[RESET] button.
The indicator on the button for the track on which the
performance was recorded will light.
Note: Recording will also stop if you stop the Style (see
above) by pressing either the [INTRO/ENDING] or the
[START/STOP] button.
Note: It is also possible to keep the Composer from deacti-
vating the Record Standby mode whenever you stop record-
ing. See “Recording Mode” on page 34.
Note: If the internal memory of your KR-3 already contains
a song, you will be unable to select songs from a disk. If that
is what you want to do, first save your song to another disk
(see page 32), then erase the song in the KR-3’s internal
memory (see “Erasing the Composer song” on page 31).
Alternatively, press <OK> in response to the message “User
Song will be erased. Are you sure?”
Note: Remember that there is only one DSP effect. That is
why it is impossible to use different DSP types for different
tracks.
Cautions to take after recording
If, after recording, the power is turned off, the
recorded performance will be erased. Ifyou want to
save performances you’ve recorded, please refer to
“Saving a song to disk”.
8. Recording and Playback
Accompaniment
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Whole, Layer
Rhythm