Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-1000 - Manual (Page 110)

Creating Accompaniment Styles — Style Creator
PSR-2000/1000 110
You can use the Realtime Recording features to create your own accompaniment style — either from scratch or based
on the preset accompaniment data. The operations here apply to step 4 on page 109.
Realtime Recording — Basic
I
F
J
G
H
D
A
E
B
C
E
ND
REC .... Channel is enabled for recording.
ON ...... Channel is enabled for playback.
OFF .... Channel is muted.
Selects an empty style,
allowing you to create a
new style from scratch.
Calls up the display for changing the
tempo or beat (time signature).
When this button is pressed, “DELETE” will appear over
channels containing data. To delete data from a specific
channel, simultaneously hold down this button and press
the appropriate [1
▲] - [8▲] button.
Available only when the channel is set to
[RHY1] or [RHY2], this lets you delete
specific percussion sounds during
recording. Simultaneously hold down this
button and press the key corresponding to
the instrument you want to delete.
2 Start recording by pressing the STYLE [START/STOP] button.
The selected section of the style starts playing back. Since the rhythm pattern
loops repeatedly, you can record new sounds and notes on each pass while
listening to the pattern. Icons above the keys conveniently indicate the
percussion instruments assigned to the keys.
3 Stop recording by pressing the STYLE [START/STOP] button again.
With the REC CHANNEL
display shown, close the
display by pressing the
[EXIT] button.
If you’ve enabled Sync Start
(by pressing the SYNC.
START button), you can
start recording by simply
pressing a key on the key-
board.
1 Select the desired channel for recording by simultaneously holding down the [F] (REC CH) button and
pressing the appropriate [1
▲▼
] - [8
▲▼
] button.
Before recording to one of the non-rhythm channels (BASS - PHR 2), make sure to delete the existing data
of the appropriate channel. You can make other settings (see the box “Other Parameters in the BASIC page”
on page 111) after closing the REC CHANNEL display by pressing the [EXIT] button. To call up the REC
CHANNEL display again, press the [F] (REC CH) button.
• Only Drum Kit/SFX Kit can
be selected for the RHY 2
channel.
• For the non-rhythm chan-
nels (BASS - PHR 2), all-
voices with the exception
of the Organ Fultes voice/
Drum Kit/SFX Kit can be
selected.
To release or cancel the
selection, press the [1
▼] -
[8 ▼] button corresponding
to the channel you wish to
cancel. As long as you
continue to hold down the
[J] button, you can toggle
between deleting and
restoring the selected data.
Releasing the [J] button
permanently deletes the
data. Before recording to
one of the non-rhythm
channels (BASS - PHR 2),
make sure to delete the
existing data of the
appropriate channel.