Roland F701 88-Key Modern Digital Piano with Stand and Bench (White) - Manual (Page 24)

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Recording Your Performance
Overdubbing a Recorded Performance
After recording one hand of your performance, you can overdub-
record the performance of the other hand.
You can also overdub-record onto a built-in song.
Left (or right) part Right (or left) part
Getting ready to record
1 . Press the [ ] button.
The Song screen appears.
2 . Turn the [ ] knob to select the category of the song
that you want to overdub, and press the [ ] knob to
confirm.
3 . Turn the [ ] knob to select the song that you want
to overdub.
You can select songs within the category.
MEMO
If you’re recording your performance along with a built-in song,
you can fix the tempo of the built-in song (p. 21).
4 . Press the [ 7 ] button.
The [ t ] button lights, the [ s ] button blinks, and the piano
enters record-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel recording, press the [
t ] button once again.
5 . Turn the [ ] knob to access the “Overdub” screen.
The song of step 3 is selected.
6 . Press the [ ] button and turn the [ ] knob to
select the part that you don’t want to record; then
press the [ ] knob to make it go dark.
Will play during recording (lit)
Will be recorded (blinking)
Neither recorded nor played (unlit)
Starting/stopping recording
7 . Press the [ s ] button.
After a one-measure count, recording starts, and the [ 7 ]
button and [ s ] button are both lit. The performance is saved
automatically.
MEMO
You can also start recording by playing the keyboard instead of
pressing the [ s ] button. In this case, a count is not sounded.
8 . To stop recording, press the [ s ] button once
again.
Recording stops.
Recording Audio to USB Flash Drive
If you audio-record your performance, you’ll be able to listen to it on
your computer or audio player, use it to create a music CD, or publish
it on the internet.
Getting ready to record
1 . Connect your USB flash drive to the USB Memory
port.
* Audio data can’t be saved in the piano’s internal memory.
* Never turn off the power or disconnect a USB flash drive or the
power cord while the USB flash drive is blinking.
2 . Select the tone that you want to play.
3 . Hold down the [ 7 ] button and turn the [ ] knob to
select “Audio.”
MEMO
You can also specify this via the Function mode “Recording Mode”
setting (p. 33).
4 . Press the [ 7 ] button.
The [ t ] button lights, the [ s ] button blinks, and the piano
enters record-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel recording, press the [
t ] button once again.
5 . You can sound the metronome if you like.
Starting/stopping recording
6 . Press the [ s ] button.
Recording starts, and the [ t ] button and [ s ] button are lit. The
performance is saved automatically.
NOTE
Never turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash drive during
recording.
7 . To stop recording, press the [ s ] button once
again.
Recording stops.
MEMO
5 You can delete a song (p. 22).
5 You can rename a song (p. 22).