Yamaha PSR-400 - Manual (Page 30)

FEATURE REFERENCE
(SONG MEMORY)
RECORDING A CHORD
SEQUENCE
1. Select an accompaniment style that is appropriate for
the type of music you want to record.
2. Press one of the CHORD buttons — [1] through [5] —
while holding the [RECORD] button. This engages the
record ready mode for the selected bank. The selected
CHORD bank indicator will flash, the metronome will
sound, and the [SYNC-START ON/OFF] indicator
and right two dots in the MULTI DISPLAY will flash
at the currently selected tempo.
CHORD
/^^7/ melody
RECORD/ED1T
If the NORMAL or SPLIT mode is selected, the FINGERED
mode is automatically selected when the record ready mode
is engaged If the FINGERED or SINGLE FINGER mode is
selected, no change occurs.
If you have already recorded one or more MELODY banks
that you want to hear while recording the CHORD bank,
press the corresponding MELODY buttons as well. The
indicators of MELODY banks selected for playback will flash
slowly. MELODY banks that were turned on during CHORD
bank playback will also be played back.
It is also possible to record a MELODY bank at the same
time as you record a CHORD bank — press the MELODY
bank button to be recorded while holding the [RECORD]
button before beginning recording of the CHORD bank.
MELODY
RECORD/EDIT
3. Recording will begin as soon as you play a chord or
note on the left-hand section of the keyboard. If you’ve
selected a MELODY bank to record with the CHORD
bank, a right-hand note will also start the recording
process.
Recording can also be started by pressing the AC­
COMPANIMENT CONTROL [START/STOP] button
or the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/STOP] button. In
this case only the rhythm will begin without bass and
chord accompaniment until you play the first chord or
note on the left-hand section of the keyboard.
4, Play the required chords (FINGERED or SINGLE
FINGER) in the left-hand section of the keyboard. If
you’ve also selected a MELODY bank to be recorded,
play the melody on the right-hand section of the key­
board.
You can also turn previously-recorded MELODY
banks on and off while recording the CHORD bank,
and these changes will be recorded along with the
chord data.
5. Stop recording by pressing the ACCOMPANIMENT
CONTROL [START/STOP] or [ENDING] button, or
the SONG MEMORY [PLAY/STOP] button.
• In addition to chord changes, changes in the follow­
ing data can be recorded by the SONG MEMORY
CHORD banks:
• Normal, Bridge, and Ending Variations
• Fill-Ins
• MELODY Bank Switching
• Orchestration
• Style Number
• Accompaniment Volume (one setting only at the beginning
of each bank)
• Tempo (one setting only at the beginning of each bank)
• The following data can be changed by using the Data
Edit Mode.
• Accompaniment Volume
• Tempo
Data Edit Mode
It is possible to change any of the above parameters for
a specific track by pressing the appropriate CHORD track
button twice while holding the [RECORD] button. The
indicator of the selected track will flash slowly indicating
that the track is in the edit ready mode. Press a key or the
[PLAY/STOP] button and the track will play. You can
now change the parameters as many times as required
while listening to the result. The last parameter change
takes priority. Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to exit
when you’re finished editing.
Q MELOOY
RECORD/EDIT
It is also possible to listen to other recorded melody tracks while
editing the selected track.
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