Optimus MD-1600 - Manual (Page 38)

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5. Press START/STOP to start record-
ing. The contents of any tracks
already recorded start to play.
6. Play on the keyboard what you want
to record on the selected track.
7. Press START/STOP to end record-
ing.
This data is stored on the selected
track in addition to the notes you
played:
• tone number
• optional pedal operations
• pitch bender operations
• drum pad operations
Step Recording
1. Repeatedly press MEMORY until
Rec. No. appears.
2. Within 5 seconds, use + or – to
select a song number.
3. Press the desired MEMORY TRACK
button ( 2 – 6 ) to select the track you
want to record on.
4. Change the tone if desired.
5. Press STEP to start recording.
6. Use the keyboard or + or – to enter
notes, or 0 to enter rests.
• When you enter the note using
the keyboard with touch response
turned on, the pressure on the
key is also recorded.
• You can also enter the chords
using the keyboard.
• When you use + or – to enter a
note, a staff on the display shows
the note you enter.
• To delete a rest entry, press 0
again.
7. Use 1 – 9 to enter the length of the
note or rest.
8. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to enter more
notes.
9. Press MEMORY , STEP , or START/
STOP to end recording.
Notes:
• If you make a mistake, see “Correct-
ing Mistakes” on Page 37.
• When you record on a track that
already contains data, the keyboard
automatically locates the end of the
previous recording — measure,
beat, or clock (
1 /
48
of a beat) — and
appends your new entry from there.
• To record a drum pad part, play a
drum pad in Step 5.
• During recording on Tracks 2
through 6, the entire keyboard func-
tions as a melody keyboard, regard-
less of the current
MODE setting.
• This data is stored on the selected
track in addition to the notes you
played:
tone number
drum pad operations
• You can turn off a specific track dur-
ing playback by using the mixer
function (see “Using the Mixer” on
Page 22).
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