Yamaha CVP-705B - Manual (Page 61)

CVP-709/CVP-705 Reference Manual
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Creating/Editing MIDI Songs (Song
Creator)
The Owner’s Manual covers how to create an original Song by recording your keyboard performance (see instructions of
Realtime Recording). This Reference Manual shows how to create an original Song by entering notes one by one
(instructions of the Step Recording) and how to improve the already created Song by editing the detailed parameters.
 Realtime Recording and Step Recording
When creating a Song, these two Recording methods are available. With Realtime Recording, this instrument records the
performance data as it is played. With Step Recording, you can compose your performance by “writing” it down one event
at a time. For instructions about the Realtime Recording, refer to the Owner’s Manual. As the method of re-recording a
specific part of a Song in realtime, you can use the Punch In/Out function (
page 83 ).
This chapter covers mainly the instructions of Step Recording.
 MIDI Song Data Structure
A MIDI Song consists of 16 MIDI channels. You can create data of a MIDI Song by recording your performance to a
specific channel or channels in realtime, or by executing Step Recording.
Song
Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 5
Channel 6
Channel 7
Channel 8
Channel 9
Channel 10
Channel 11
Channel 12
Channel 13
Channel 14
Channel 15
Channel 16
System Exclusive
Lyrics
Recording Part
(default settings)
Main
Left
Layer
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Rhythm 1
Rhythm 2
Bass
Chord 1
Chord 2
Pad
Phrase 1
Phrase 2
Keyboard Performance
• Realtime Recording:
By default, your keyboard performance will be
recorded to MIDI channels 1 – 3. You can also
record additional performances to channels 4 – 8.
• Step Recording:
Without specifying the keyboard part, you can
input the melodies or notes from sheet music one
by one to the desired channel.
Style Playback
• Realtime Recording:
By default, Style playback will be recorded to MIDI
channels 9 – 16.
• Step Recording:
After inputting the Chord change/Section change
events, touch [Expand] to actually record the note
data to MIDI channels 9 – 16.
NOTE (CVP-709 only) The Audio part of an Audio
Style cannot be recorded.