Yamaha P-85/85S Manual Do Utilizador

Recording Your Performance

P-85

 

Owner’s Manual

The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the P-85 keyboard can be an effective 
practice aid.
The P-85’s Song Recorder allows the recording of one User song.

Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you 
will be using Dual mode). Make any other desired settings (reverb, tempo, etc.) 
as well. You might also want to set the volume.
You can also adjust the playback volume using the 

 slider.

The 

 lamp will flash.

You can turn on the metronome in this step, and adjust the tempo by using the 

g

g

g

g

h

h

h

h

 buttons. (Range: 32–280)

Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the 

 

button again.

Recording will begin automatically as soon as you play a note on the keyboard 
or press the 

 button.

The 

 lamp will light, and the 

 lamp flashes at the current tempo 

while recording.

Recording vs. Saving:
The format of performance data recorded on a cassette tape differs from that of data recorded on 
the P-85. A cassette tape records audio signals. The P-85 “saves” information regarding note tim-
ing, voices, and a tempo value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the 
P-85 produces sound based on the saved information. Therefore, recording on the P-85 may be 
more accurately called “saving information.” However, this book often uses the word “recording” 
because it seems to make more sense.

When the instrument is playing 
back a demo song or preset 
song, Record mode cannot be 
engaged.

P-85 can record up to 65KB 
(approximately 11,000 notes).

If the metronome was on when 
you started recording, you’ll be 
able to keep time with the metro-
nome while recording, but the 
metronome sound will not be 
recorded.

For more recording information, 
see page 24.

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