Step 4: setting the time signature and tempo, Step 5: recording, A: recording with no metronome – KORG C-520 User Manual

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Step 4: Setting the time signature and tempo

Before starting to record, tempo and time signature are those
you last selected with the TEMPO and MET.SET buttons. You
can however choose a different tempo and time signature.

Note: After having started recording a song, you can no longer
change its time signature. However, you can append a second
section with a different time signature (see “Step 6: Second-
pass recording” on page 34, step 6).

Note: You can record a drum pattern only during the first pass.
You will not be able to add or change it later. However, you can
append a second section using a drum pattern (see “Step 6: Sec-
ond-pass recording” on page 34, step 6).

If you wish to set a different time signature at the begin-
ning of the song, press the TEMPO/MET. SET buttons to-
gether to access the Metro TS/Tempo page:

Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to choose a time signa-
ture. You can select either an ordinary time signature (4/4,
3/4 and the like), or a drum pattern (8 Beat, Jazz,
Waltz…). In case you choose a drum pattern, it will be
recorded with the song as the Drum part, and sent out via
MIDI.

If done, press the EXIT button to return to the Record
page.

If you wish to set a different starting tempo, use the TEM-
PO buttons to change the tempo value.

Step 5: Recording

After you have entered the Record mode, chosen the part(s) to
be recorded, and having set the various options, you can start
recording.

A: Recording with no metronome

Here is how to record freely, without using the metronome.

Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start recording. The in-
dicator on the PLAY/PAUSE button will turn on. As an al-
ternative, you can play a note on the keyboard, or press the
pedal assigned as the Play/Pause function.

To start with a pick-up measure (or anacrusis), start with
the PLAY/PAUSE button, then wait until the desired beat
is playing. Assuming the Fast Play option has been left on,
the initial pause will be ignored during playback (see “Fast
Play” on page 53).

Press STOP to stop recording. As an alternative, press the
RECORD button, or the pedal assigned as the Stop func-
tion. The indicator on the RECORD button turns off. The
song returns to the beginning.

B: Recording with the metronome

Here is how to record, if you chose an ordinary time signature.

Press the METRONOME button to hear the click before
starting to record.

To start with a pick-up measure (or anacrusis), start with
the PLAY/PAUSE button, then wait until the desired beat
is playing. Assuming the Fast Play option has been left on,

the initial pause will be ignored during playback (see “Fast
Play” on page 53).

C: Recording with a drum pattern

Recording with a drum pattern is a bit different, since you
must decide how to start the drum pattern.

Use one of the following ways to start recording:

•

If you want to start with a keyboard-only intro, and start
the drum pattern at a measure other than the first one,
press the PLAY/PAUSE button. As an alternative, you can
play a note on the keyboard, or press the pedal assigned as
the Play/Pause function. When it is time to start the drum
pattern, press the METRONOME button, and wait until
the next measure for the drum pattern to actually start (it
will start with a 1-measure intro).

•

If you want to immediately start with a drum pattern,
press the METRONOME button to start recording. A 1-
measure intro will play, then the regular pattern will start
playing.

An Intro will be played back before the main pattern of
the drum pattern begins.

During recording, you can press the EXIT button to trigger
a Fill In, break the rhythm, and go to a variation of the ba-
sic pattern. Press it again to play a different Fill In, and re-
turn to the basic pattern.

Metro TS/Tempo 1

4/4 120

Record:Untitled

M:001 4/4 120

Tempo