SONG RECORDING
The Concert Performer has the 
ability to record your 
performance.  There are two 
recording methods and various 
editing functions provided in the 
instrument.

Easy Recorder, as it implies, is a 
simple recording method like you 
do with a cassette tape recorder.  
You can record all your playing 
and all you do with the panel 
configuration while recording.

Advanced Recorder is more for 
overdub recording separately with 
up to 16 tracks and editing what 
has been recorded.  You set up the 
detailed recording options at the 
beginning and start recording part 
by part.  After recording, you can 
edit the song you recorded, by 
track, by measure and even by 
note.
Step recording capability is also 
available for those who need to 
create a very precise sequence.


The song data created with the 
other MIDI instrument or personal 
computer can be played back and 
edited  with the Recorder on the 
CP piano.

The recorded data can be used for 
other functions of the CP piano 
like Auto Phrase Generator and 
Style Maker.  Understanding the 
Recorder is very important when 
you use such functions.

EASY RECORDING
The basic idea behind Easy 
Recording is to have the Concert 
Performer record whatever you 
play after you hit the REC button, 
and continue to do so until you hit 
the PLAY/STOP button.  Then 
you can have the CP play it back 
exactly the way you played it.

To record:

1) Set up the front panel with all 
the settings that you wish to play 
with .

2) Press the REC button.  The 
Easy Record menu will be 
displayed and the CP will be 
ready to start recording.  You may 
still change any settings at this 
point.

3) Start recording in one of the 
following ways:

Play the keys and the CP starts 
recording your playing 
automatically.

Press the INTRO/ENDING button 
to include the Style's Intro phrase
in the recording.

Press the START/STOP button to 
have the recorder just record the 
Style playing.

Press the PLAY/STOP button to 
start with a 2-bar countdown to 
help you get ready.

4) To stop recording, press the 
PLAY/STOP button again.
You many resume recording from 
the point where you stopped by 
repeating these steps from step 2.

To play back the recorded song:

1) Press the RESET button in the 
RECORDER part of the front 
panel to get back to the beginning 
of the song.

2) Press the PLAY/STOP button.  
The CP plays back your 
recording.

3) Press the PLAY/STOP button 
again to stop at any time.

4) Pressing the PLAY/STOP 
button one more time resumes the 
playback at the point where it was 
interrupted.

5) Use the RWD or FWD buttons 
to rewind or fast-forward through 
the recording.


PART STATUS
Whether you are in the process of 
recording or playing back your 
performance, you need to notice 
the Part Status display that tells 
you if each of the Parts is 
currently set for Playback, 
Record, or even Muted.
The display will show the 
following messages over the Parts 
at the bottom of the screen:

REC 	
This Part is ready to be recorded.

PLAY 	
This Part will be heard playing 
back while you are recording 
other Parts.

MUTE 
This Part will be silent although 
there is data that you've recorded 
with it.

- - - 
This Part is not active, as when 
you haven't done anything with it 
yet.

The Part Status may automatically 
change depending on the 
situation.  For example, once you 
have record with a Part its Status 
changes from REC to PLAY so 
that you can simply RESET the 
song and hit PLAY to hear it play 
back. 


You can change the Part Status 
manually to facilitate further 
recording.

The REC Status of a Part cannot 
be changed once the recording has 
started, but you can switch 
between PLAY and MUTE on the 
other Parts during your recording.





SAVING THE SONG
The CP will not save your 
recording unless you specifically 
instruct it to do so. Therefore you
must make sure to save your 
valuable work to a floppy disk 
before turning the CP off!



If you press the EXIT button to 
get out of the Easy Recorder, the 
CP will automatically prompt you 
to save your work.

ERASING THE SONG
Whenever a Part is selected for 
recording, the new performance is 
written over any existing one that 
may be there for that Part.  In
this sense, the Easy Recorder is 
just like a tape machine.  A new 
song will simply erase the old 
song during the recording process.
 
However, if you wish to simply 
erase an entire song at once, 
without having to actually record 
something over it:

1) Press the DELETE button (F2) 
while the Recorder is not 
recording or currently ready to 
record.  The CP will warn you that 
it is about to erase the data, and 
ask if you are sure.

2) Use either the YES (F7) button 
to proceed or NO (F1) to cancel.


ADVANCED RECORDING
Using the Advanced Recorder 
allows you much greater control 
over the recording and 
compositional process than that 
offered by the Easy Recorder.  It 
includes many professional 
features that can be found on 
dedicated MIDI sequencing 
(recording) devices.  
Even though it can produce 
recordings of great musical 
complexity, you'll find that the 
Advanced Recorder is still very 
straightforward and easy to use.   

To go the Advanced Recorder 
Menu, Press the ADVANCED 
RECORDER button.  The 
recording options will be 
displayed on the screen.


REAL-TIME RECORDING
The term "real-time" simply 
means that the CP will record 
your performance as you are 
"really" playing it, such as when 
you are using the Easy Recorder.  
By selecting the Real-time Rec 
option in the Advanced Recorder, 
you will be presented with a menu 
that lets you adjust settings that
affect this type of recording.

To set up real-time recording:

1) From the Advanced Recorder 
menu, press the L2 button to 
select "Real Time REC", or 
simply press the REC button.	

2) Use the L and R buttons to 
select the different settings. Use 
the Dial to change the values.

3) If necessary, you can always go 
to the Mixer and Track Settings 
menus by using the appropriate F 
buttons.

4) Start recording by pressing the 
PLAY button while the REC 
Indicator is still lit.  

Or press the F1 button to cancel 
the recording setup and return to 
the Advanced Recorder menu.

You can record on only one track 
at a time with the Advanced 
Recorder, and the RIGHT1 Part 
gets assigned the sound that 
you've selected for the track.  The
other Parts get turned off 
automatically so that you can 
record the track without being 
confused by other sounds being 
active on the keyboard.  

When the recording is done, the 
Mixer menu will automatically be 
displayed to let you play back the 
song.

To play back the recorded song:

1) Press the RESET button to 
rewind the recording to the 
beginning.

2) Press the PLAY/STOP button.  
The song begins to play.

3) Press the PLAY/STOP button 
again to stop at any time.

4) Pressing the PLAY/STOP 
button one more time resumes the 
playback at the point where it was 
interrupted.

5) Use the RWD or FWD buttons 
to rewind or fast-forward through 
the recording.

MIXER
With the Mixer screen, you can 
adjust the following settings for 
each of the 16 tracks:  Reverb 
level, Chorus level, Effect on/off,
Panning, Track mute, Volume 
level.

To use the Mixer:

1) Use the TRACK buttons (F2, 
F3) to select which of the 16 
tracks you wish to make 
adjustments on.

2) Use the L1 and L5 buttons to 
choose the setting that you want to
change.

3) Use the Dial to change the 
value.

4) At this point, you can start 
recording or go to another menu 
to continue setting up.

You can make adjustments on the 
Mixer screen any time except 
while the CP is busy recording 
your playing.  The Mixer screen is 
accessible from the Advanced 
Recorder menu, Track Settings 
menu and Real-time Rec menu.

At any point in your recorded 
song you can have the CP 
remember how you have the 
Mixer adjustments set.  Simply 
play back the song until you get to
the point where you want to make 
the Mixer changes and stop the 
song.  Make your adjustments on 
the Mixer screen, and then press 
the SAVE button (F7).  You can 
do this as many times and in as 
many places within your song as 
you wish. 


TRACK SETTINGS
This screen lets you decide which 
tracks are to be heard when 
recording or playing back your 
song.  It also lets you reassign a 
different sound to a track than the
one that you initially chose.

To work with the Track Settings 
screen:

1) Go the Track Settings menu.

2) Use the L3 and L4 buttons to 
select the track that you wish to 
alter.  To select one of tracks 10-
16, the Style, or Tempo tracks, 
press the L5 button scroll to the 
next set of tracks and make your 
choice.  Use the L2 button to go 
back to tracks 1-9.

3) Use the STATUS button (F3) 
to change the status to PLAY, 
MUTE or MIDI REC.

4) If you wish to change the sound 
assigned to the track, use the 
SOUND buttons (F5, F6). 

5) When you are finished, use the 
BACK button (F1) to go back to 
the Advanced Recorder menu or 
use the MIXER button (F2) to go 
to the Mixer menu.


You can't change REC status in 
this menu.   Only the Real-time 
Recording menu lets you set a 
track to REC status.  You can set 
only one track to REC at a time.

There are two kinds of REC 
status: REC and MIDI REC.  
MIDI REC enables the CP to 
record the incoming MIDI data 
from an external MIDI instrument 
connected to the MIDI jacks.  You 
can set more than one track to 
MIDI REC, enabling the CP to 
record on several tracks 
simultaneously over MIDI.


LOOP SETTINGS
If you wish to have a particular 
phrase in your song play over and 
over, you could use this feature.

To set the Loop:

1) Go to the Loop Settings menu 
by pressing the R1 button in the 
Advanced Recording menu.

2) Use the L2-L4 buttons to select 
the different settings.

3) Use the Dial to change the 
value.

4) Press the MENU button (F1) to 
go back to the Advanced Recorder 
menu.


You can turn looping on and off 
in the Mixer menu.  However, you 
still have to set the Start and End
Bar from the Loop Settings menu.

You can set up looping for 
recording in the Real-time REC 
menu as well.  In the Real-time 
REC menu, when you turn on the 
looping, the Start Bar and End Bar 
information will be automatically 
copied from the Loop Settings 
menu.




STYLE PASTE
The Concert Performer is able to 
take its Style data and convert it 
into MIDI note data on separate 
tracks, so that the Recorder can 
act as if they were recorded by 
you in real-time, instead of being 
an automatic pattern being played 
back.

Usually when you wish to have a 
Style recorded as part of your 
song, the Style data is 
automatically recorded on the 
special Style track.  This data is 
unique to the CP, and cannot be 
used with any other musical 
equipment, since no other device 
has the specific patterns that this
data would be calling for.  
However, if you convert the Style 
data into actual note data, the 
recorded song can be played back 
by any other MIDI instrument that 
reads Standard MIDI File format 
song data, because now the data is 
specific notes rather than 
commands to play a pattern.  
Also, once the data has been 
converted you can view and edit 
the music as if you had recorded 
the data yourself!

When you use Style Paste, you 
need to have Tracks 9-16 blank so 
the Style data can be broken down 
into these tracks.  Otherwise, any 
data previously recorded in these 
tracks will be completely erased.

To use Style Paste:

1) Press the STYLE PASTE 
button (F1) while you are in the 
Advanced Recorder menu.  The 
LCD screen will prompt you for 
confirmation.

2) If you would like to proceed, 
press the YES button (F7) , or 
press the NO button (F1) to 
cancel.


PUNCH-IN RECORDING
Punching In means being able to 
automatically start recording right
in the middle of a track that is 
playing back, continue recording 
new data on that track for a 
specified number of measures, 
and then automatically stop 
recording at a specific measure 
and hear the rest of the track play
to the end.  This tool is very 
valuable if you wish to record 
over some misplayed notes in the 
middle of a track, but would like 
to preserve the music in the 
measures leading up to, and 
following, the trouble spot.

To use Punch-in recording:

1) Select Punch In/Out in the 
Advanced Recorder menu.

2) Use the L and R buttons to 
select the options and change their
values using the Dial.  Select 
AUTO with the R5 button to have 
the CP automatically handle the 
punching in/out while you play.

3) Press the REHEARSAL button 
(F4, F5) to listen to the song for 
rehearsal.  If you need to adjust 
mixing or if you would like to 
loop the song, use the MIXER 
(F2) or LOOP ON/OFF (F6) 
button.

4) When you are ready to record, 
press the REC button and then the 
PLAY button.  The music will 
start immediately from the Start 
Bar that you have chosen.  Once 
the song reaches the Punch In Bar, 
any notes that you play on the 
keyboard will be recorded.
Recording will stop when the 
song reaches the Punch-Out Bar, 
but the CP will keep playing back 
the song  to the end unless you 
press the STOP button.
You can repeat the punch-in/out 
section by turning the looping on 
with the F6 button.

5) Listen to what you have 
recorded and re-record if 
necessary. 

If you set the CP to Punch-In at 
the very first measure of the song,
the metronome will automatically 
play a two-measure intro to assist 
you with the timing.  These 
"ticks" will not be recorded as 
part of the track.

PUNCH-IN USING PEDAL
Instead of specifically setting an 
automatic Punch-In and Punch-
Out Bar, you can use the center 
pedal to manually Punch In and 
Out.

You can punch in and out with 
pedal one time for each pass over 
the track that you make.

To use the pedal to Punch-In/Out:

1) Use the R5 button to select 
Pedal in the Punch In/Out menu.

2) Use the L and R buttons to set 
up other recording options.

3) Press the REC button to start.  
The song will start playing.

4) When the song reaches the bar 
where you wish to punch in, press 
the pedal and play the keyboard.

5) When you reach the bar where 
you wish to punch out, press the 
pedal again to stop recording.  
Notice that the song keeps playing 
to the end (it's just no longer 
recording) or until you press 
STOP.

STEP RECORDING
Step Recording is a method of 
recording a song by manually 
entering notes one after another as
data, instead of playing the 
keyboard in real-time.  This 
method may be useful when 
trying to create a phrase with a 
precise rhythm, or when recording 
a phrase that is beyond your 
playing skill level.

To set up Step recording:

1) In the Advanced Recorder 
menu select Step Rec (L4).  The 
Step Record menu will be 
displayed.

2) Use the L and R buttons and 
the Dial to set up recording 
options.

3) Press the START button (F7).  
You will be presented with the 
data entry screen.


To use the Step Recorder:

1) Use the F1-F3 buttons to select 
a setting (Note value, length, 
Velocity) and use the Dial to 
change its value.  The value will 
be displayed above the buttons at 
the bottom of the screen.
Velocity value can be entered by 
actually hitting a key on the 
keyboard.  To enable this, select 
"Key" for the Velocity value 
instead of a number.

2) To enter a note event, play the 
note using the keyboard.  The note 
data will be displayed on the 
screen.  Continue entering as 
many notes as you wish; notice 
how previously entered notes are 
continuously displayed as a list, 
screen room permitting.  The 
graphic navigator near the bottom 
of the screen gives you feedback 
as to what bar you are in.

3) If you enter a wrong note and 
wish to delete it, press the L2 
button.  When you are using the 
REPLACE mode for recording, 
when you press L2 the list of your 
entered notes scrolls back one 
event, and that event is erased 
immediately.  Therefore, if you 
scroll to the start of bar 5 of a 
10 bar list of notes, everything 
from bar 5 on will be erased.  In 
OVERDUB mode, however, you 
can delete only the most recently 
added note, and scrolling back 
over the list using L2 will not 
automatically erase events.  When 
using OVERDUB, you need to 
press the Delete button (R1) to 
erase the event.

4) If you would like to enter a 
rest, press the REST button (F5).  
This moves the cursor to the next 
beat without entering any data.  
The rest value is same as the note 
value selected for the F1 button.
If you would like to enter a rest 
for the remainder of the measure, 
press the NEXT BAR button (F6).  
This will bring the cursor to the 
top of the next measure.

5) When you like to tie notes, 
press the TIE button (F4) while 
holding down the key.  This 
doubles the length of the note. If 
you press the TIE button twice 
while holding down the key, the 
length of the note is tripled.

6) In OVERDUB mode, if you go 
back to certain point to enter a 
note, use the L2 and L3 buttons to 
move the cursor up and down to 
get to the event time where you 
want to insert the new data.

7) Press the STOP (F7) button or 
the PLAY/STOP button to stop 
recording.


Transpose and Octave Shift can 
be in effect as you are entering 
notes.  The transposed pitches are 
the note values that are recorded.

The navigator graphic represents 
the current bar that you are 
recording.  The partitions 
represent each beat, and thus the 
number of partitions matches the 
time signature of the music.  For 
example, there would be 4 
partitions if time signature is 
4/4, and 6 partitions if 6/8. 
Each partition consists of a 
number of spaces where dots will 
be displayed to mark time.  Each 
space represents 24 clock pulses.  
Therefore the number of displayed 
spaces per partition represents 
duration of the beat.

The dots do not represent the 
duration of the notes.  They just 
tell you where they are.
		


