Yamaha CLP-130 - Manual (Page 30)

CLP-130/120 Recording Your Performance
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Recording Your Performance
The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the CLP-
130/120 keyboard can be an effective practice aid. You can, for exam-
ple, record just the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand
part while playing back the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can
record up to two tracks separately, you could record the left- and right-
hand parts separately, or record both parts of a duet and hear how they
sound when played back. The CLP-130/120’s two-track Song Recorder
allows the recording of up to three User Songs (one User Song on the
CLP-120).
Recording to [TRACK1]
CAUTION
Notes on recording
All user song recorder data will be retained in memory for about one week after the
power is turned off. If you want to keep your recorded data for longer periods of time,
turn the power on for a few minutes at least once a week.
It is also possible to store the data to an external MIDI storage device such as the
Yamaha MIDI Data Filer MDF3 by using the Bulk Data Dump function described on
page 47.
1.
Select a song for recording. (CLP-130)
Press the [USER 1/2/3] button to select a song for recording.
The indicator of the selected song will light. (No song is selected if none of the
indicators are lit.)
2.
Make all the initial settings.
Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you
will be using Dual or Split mode). Make any other desired settings (tempo,
reverb, etc.) as well. You might also want to set the volume.
You can also adjust the playback volume using
[MASTER VOLUME] .
TIP
You can record your perfor-
mance (audio data) to a cas-
sette tape recorder or other
recording device via the AUX
OUT connector (page 50).
TERMINOLOGY
Recording vs. Saving:
The format of performance data
recorded on a cassette tape dif-
fers from that of data recorded
on the Clavinova. A cassette
tape records audio signals. The
Clavinova “saves” information
regarding note timing, voices,
and a tempo value, but not
audio signals. When you play
back recorded songs, the Clavi-
nova produces sound based on
the saved information. There-
fore, recording on the Clavinova
may be more accurately called
“saving information.” However,
this book often uses the word
“recording” because it seems to
make more sense.
2 5 4 1 6 7 3
MASTER VOLUME
BRILLIANCE DEMO METRONOME TEMPO / FUNCTION
TEMPO/ OTHER VALUE
MELLOW BRIGHT START/STOP
TEMPO
FUNCTION
MIN MAX
— /NO +/ YES PRESET
USER 1
USER 2
TRACK 1 TRACK 2 START/STOP REC
GRAND PIANO 1
CHURCH ORGAN
E.PIANO 1
STRINGS
E.PIANO 2 HARPSI- CHORD E.CLAVI- CHORD VIBRA- PHONE
CHOIR GUITAR E.BASS SPLIT
ROOM
HALL 1
HALL 2
STAGE CHORUS
PHASER
TREMOLO
DELAY
HARD
MEDIUM
SOFT
ON
VARIATION GRAND PIANO 2
JAZZ ORGAN WOOD BASS USER 3
VOICE REVERB EFFECT TOUCH TRANSPOSE SONG
NOTE (CLP-130)
When the unit is in Demo Song
mode, the
[USER 1/2/3] button
cannot be used to select a song.
NOTE
When the unit is in Demo Song
or Preset Song mode, Record
mode cannot be engaged.
NOTE
To avoid erasing data from
the track:
CLP-130
If the track contains data, the
track indicator lights up green
when you press the
[USER1/2/
3] button. Note that recording
new data on this track will erase
the existing data.
CLP-120
Press the [TRACK1/2] button. If
the indicator lights up green, the
track already contains data.
Note that the existing data will
be erased if you record new
data on the track.
Procedure