Casio PL-40R 2 - Manual (Page 21)

Using the Sequencer
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Using the Sequencer
The sequencer provides you with powerful tools for
recording up to 10 songs into piano memory. You can record
auto accompaniments and the notes you play with them, or
you can build your creation part-by-part using the
sequencer’s 17 tracks.
The sequencer provides you with capabilities that are similar
to a tape recorder. You can record things you play on the
keyboard and play them back. There is enough memory to
store about 15,500 notes, and this total memory can be
divided between up to 10 “songs”.
Each song consists of up to 17 tracks, one system track and 16
tracks numbered 1 through 16. You can record tracks one at a
time and then play them back at the same time, which layers
everything together and give you the potential of becoming a
one-person orchestra.
The sequencer’s system track is used for recording auto
accompaniments. More precisely, it records the eight parts
that make up auto accompaniment, the four melody parts
(Upper1, Upper2, Lower1, Lower2), and two parts required
for harmony when auto harmonize is turned on.
Each of the 16 tracks can be used to record the notes played
for one particular musical instrument (tone).
Š Each track is independent of the others. This means that if
you make a mistake while recording, you need only to re-
record one track.
Š You should use Tracks 1 through 9 and Tracks 11 through
16 mainly for non-drum sound tones, and Track 10 mainly
for drum sound tones. Otherwise, tones may not be correct
during playback or when saving data to an SMF file.
There are two techniques you can use for sequencer
recording: realtime recording and punch in recording.
J Realtime Recording
With realtime recording, you record what you play on the
keyboard as you play it.
J Punch In Recording
This method lets you re-record from a specific section of a
song that is already in memory. You can use punch-in
recording to correct mistakes you made during real-time
recording.
1 SEQUENCER 2 Selector dial 3 [ ]/[ ]
4 ENTER/YES 5 START/STOP 6 [+]/[–]
7 EXIT/NO
How the Sequencer Works
About Songs and Tracks
About Tracks
Recording Techniques
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