Yamaha 205M User Manual

This is the easiest recording method — perfect for quickly recording and playing back a piano song you’re practicing, so 
you can check your progress.

■ Play back your new song

To play back the performance you just recorded, return the song to the beginning by 
using the [TOP] button and press the SONG [START/STOP] button.
Playback stops automatically at the end of the song, and returns to the beginning of the 
song.
You can edit the recorded song data from the SONG CREATOR (1 - 16) displays (page 106).
Press the [6

▼

REC

TOP

START / STOP

REW

FF

REPEAT

NEW SONG

SYNC.START

■ When creating a new song:

■ When recording over the part of an internal 

Select the voice and accompaniment style you want to use in the song.
If you want to record to the Layer/Left voices, make sure to set the [LAYER]/[LEFT] buttons to ON.
Make any other desired settings (Reverb, Chorus, etc.) as well.

Simultaneously hold down the [REC] button and press the button 
corresponding to the track you want to record.
You can select TRACK 1 or TRACK 2 and the EXTRA TRACKS for recording at the 
same time.

To record your keyboard performance:
Press either the [TRACK 1] or [TRACK 2] button.
To record the auto accompaniment performance:
Press the [EXTRA TRACKS] button.

To stop recording, press 
the [REC] button again.

If the “LAYER” or “LEFT” 
button is on before pressing 
the REC button, the corre-
sponding Layer and Left parts 
are automatically recorded to 
different channels.

The performance of track 1/2 
is recorded to the channel 
specified in the SONG SET-
TING display (page 129).

Recording starts as soon as you play the keyboard.
You can also start recording by pressing the SONG/
STYLE [START/STOP] button. Recording can also be 
started by pressing down the pedal, if the song start/stop 
function is properly assigned to the pedal (page 131).

To stop recording, press the [RECORD] button again.
Recording can also be stopped by pressing down the pedal, if the song start/
stop function is properly assigned to the pedal (page 131).

To pause, press the SONG 
[START/STOP] button. To 
resume recording, press the 
SONG [START/STOP] but-
ton again.

You can also use the metro-
nome click as a guide while 
recording.
The sound of the metronome 
is not recorded.

You can overdub a second 
right-hand performance onto 
Track 2 after recording the 
first right-hand performance 
(including the layer voices) 
on Track 1. To do this, set the 
[LEFT] button to OFF and 
repeat steps 2 and 3.

REC

EXTRA TRACKS

(STYLE)

TRACK 2

(L)

TRACK 1

(R)

Turning off the power 
automatically deletes your 
recorded performance. If 
you wish to save the 
recording, make sure to 
store it to internal mem-
ory (USER drive) or floppy 
disk (page 39, 45).