Technics sx-PR604/M - Manual (Page 66)

• The display looks similar to the following.
6. Use the buttons below the display to turn on
the “REC” indication above the track numbers
you are going to record.
• While you are recording, you can play back tracks which
are already recorded. Press the corresponding balance
buttons to display “PLAY” above the track number you
wish to have played back.
• You can record multiple parts at the same time if the
corresponding RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and LEFT part buttons
in the CONDUCTOR are ON. Parts other than these can
only be recording one at a time.
• To record AUTO PLAY CHORD (APC) parts, turn on the
AUTO PLAY CHORD’s OFF/ON button. In this case,
press the START/STOP button when beginning recording.
• If CHD is selected, it changes to APC.
• The track for the RHYTHM (RHY) part can be selected
for recording only when STEP RECORD is active.
7. Set the sounds, effects, volumes, etc. for the
parts you are going to record.
• If you press the MIXER button, you can use the MIXER
display to visually adjust the settings for each track.
• The LOCAL CONTROL ON/OFF setting on the MIXER
display is used to specify whether the part assigned to
that track sounds when it is played on the keyboard during
recording. For the LOCAL CONTROL ON/OFF during
playback, use the TRACK ASSIGN display to adjust the
settings. (Refer to page 76.)
• If you are recording GM2 song data, select from the GM2
group in the SOUND EXPLORER.
• The panel settings which are active at the beginning of
recording are stored.
8. Use the TEMPO/PROGRAM to adjust the re-
cording tempo.
• The tempo is shown on the display as =.
• If you wish to record the tempo setting and tempo
changes, store them in the control (CTL) part, or use the
step record to store them in the rhythm (RHY) part.
9. Turn the metronome on or off as desired with
the ON/OFF button at the upper right of the
display.
• The metronome selection alternates between ON and
OFF each time the button is pressed.
• When set to ON, the metronome volume setting display
is momentarily shown.
• The metronome sound is not recorded.
10. Play the keyboard.
• Recording begins.
• You can also press the START/STOP button to start the
rhythm and begin recording.
• If the metronome is on, when you press the START/STOP
button, a two-measure count plays, after which recording
automatically begins. In this case, the rhythm does not
start. Recording does not start until the two-measure
count is completed.
• The recording status is continuously updated on the dis-
play:
MEASURE= indicates the current measure.
TIME SIG.= indicates the current time signature.
MEMORY= indicates the remaining memory (%) avail-
able for recording.
• If you wish to redo the recording, press the REC STOP
button and then record again. To change the sounds and
effects, etc. please set them again.
• If you make a mistake in recording, you can correct a
specific portion of your performance without having to
redo the whole part. (Refer to page 70.)
11. When you have finished recording, press the
REC STOP button on the display, or turn off
the PROGRAM MENUS button.
• When the PROGRAM MENUS button is turned off or the
REC STOP button is pressed, the ending command (END)
is recorded. Note that, as long as the ending command
is not recorded, blank recording continues even if you
stop playing.
• The SEQUENCER PLAY button turns on.
Multi-track recording
Use the following procedure to record one track while listen-
ing to the track or tracks already recorded.
1. Follow the procedure to record the first track,
and press the REC STOP button at the end
of the recording.
• The indication for the track just recorded changes from
“REC” to “PLAY”.
2. Turn on the “REC” indication for the track you
wish to record next, and select the sounds and
effects, etc.
3. Press the START/STOP button and begin re-
cording.
• Tracks for which “PLAY” is shown are played back, and
you can record in time with this.
4. Press the REC STOP button at the end of the
recording.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other tracks, as
desired.
6. When multi-track recording is finished, turn off
the PROGRAM MENUS button.
• If you wish to store part settings that you modified after
recording as beginning song data, press the MIXER button
and follow the PANEL WRITE procedure. (Refer to page
69.)
• To record rhythm START/STOP data in a multi-track re-
cording, input the data in the CONTROL or RHYTHM part
of the STEP RECORD. (Refer to page 71.)
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