Roland EP-880 - Manual (Page 23)

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Specifying the tone and tempo for recording
1.
Select the tone that you want to play (p. 14).
2. If necessary, turn on the metronome.
Sound the metronome while you set the tempo and
beat of the song (p. 19).
3. Press the [REC] button.
The [REC] button’s indicator will light, the [PLAY]
button’s indicator will blink, and you will be in
recording-standby mode.
Start recording
4.
Recording will start when you either press the
[PLAY] button or play the keyboard.
Two measures of the count sound are played, and the
recording begins.
Note that recording will also begin as soon as you
play anything on the keyboard, even if you do not
press the [PLAY] button. There is no count sound
played when you start in this manner.
When recording begins, the [PLAY] button and [REC]
button indicators will light.
Go ahead and perform on the keyboard.
Stop recording
5.
Press the [PLAY] or [REC] button.
Recording will stop, and the indicators for the [PLAY]
and [REC] buttons will go dark.
About the “USr” display
When you stop recording, the “
” display will
change to “ .”
The “.” in the lower right of the display indicates that
there is already a recorded performance.
Play back the recorded performance
6.
Press the [PLAY] button.
You will hear the recorded performance.
Once again press the [PLAY] button, and playback
will stop.
Recording Along with a
Song
You can record a performance that you play along with an
internal song.
Using the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] buttons, you can perform
and record just the right-hand part of a song while
listening to the left-hand playback of an internal song.
Selecting the song to record
1.
Press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, getting its
indicator to light in red.
The display will indicate the song number for several
seconds.
2. Use the [-] or [+] button to select the song that you
want to play.
3. As necessary, set the tone, metronome, and tempo (p.
19).
4. Press the [REC] button.
The [REC] button’s indicator will light.
Selecting the track to record
5.
Press the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] button.
When you want to record the left-hand performance,
press the [LEFT] button; to record that of the right
hand, press the [RIGHT] button.
The indicators of the button you pressed and of the
[PLAY] button will blink, and the ep 880 enters
recording-standby mode.
Starting to record
6.
Press the [PLAY] button.
Recording begins after two measures of count sound.
Play along with the song.
Stop recording
7.
Press the [PLAY] or [REC] button.
Recording will stop, and the indicators for the [PLAY]
and [REC] buttons will go dark.
The recorded performance is stored in “USr (User).”
Play back the recorded performance
8.
Press the [PLAY] button.
You will hear the recorded performance.
Once again press the [PLAY] button, and playback
will stop.
If you layer a newly recorded performance without
erasing the recorded song, the song tempo and beat
will be stored with the settings that were recorded
first.
Refer to the previous page if recording a song that
starts with pickup beats (where the song begins on a
beat other than the first beat of the measure).
NOTE
NOTE
If you record without specifying the recording track,
the performance will be recorded to the [LEFT] but-
ton.
If you want to record the right and left hands sepa-
rately on separate recording tracks, refer to “Record-
ing the Right-Hand and Left-Hand Parts Separately”
(p. 24).
If “dEL” appears in the display, refer to p. 22.
NOTE
NOTE
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