Yamaha YDP-223 Manual Do Utilizador

YDP-223

   Recording Your Performance

The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the YDP-223 
keyboard can be an effective practice aid. You can, for example, record just 
the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand part while playing back 
the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can record up to two tracks sepa-
rately, you could record the left- and right-hand parts separately, or record 
both parts of a duet and hear how they sound when played back. The YDP-
223’s two-track Song Recorder allows the recording of one User Song.

Notes on recording
All user song recorder data will be retained in memory for about one week after the 
power is turned off. If you want to keep your recorded data for longer periods of time, 
turn the power on for a few minutes at least once a week.
It is also possible to store the data to an external MIDI storage device such as the Y amaha 
MIDI Data Filer MDF3 by using the Bulk Data Dump function described on  page 43.

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 (tempo, reverb, etc.) 
as well. You might also want to set the volume. 
You can also adjust the playback volume using 

.

Press the 

 button to engage Record Ready mode. 

Recording does not actually start yet. 
The

or the 

 indicator flashes in red.

The amount of memory available for recording will be 
shown on the LED display in approximate kilobytes, 
and the right-most dot on the LED display will flash at 
the current METRONOME tempo setting.

Record Ready mode can be disengaged before recording by pressing the 

 

button a second time.

You can record your perfor-
mance (audio data) to a cas-
sette tape recorder or other 
recording device via the AUX 
OUT connector (page 46).

The format of performance data 
recorded on a cassette tape dif-
fers from that of data recorded on 
the YDP-223. A cassette tape 
records audio signals. The YDP-
223 “saves” information regard-
ing note timing, voices, and a 
tempo value, but not audio sig-
nals. When you play back 
recorded songs, the YDP-223 
produces sound based on the 
saved information. Therefore, 
recording on the YDP-223 may 
be more accurately called “sav-
ing information.” However, this 
book often uses the word 
“recording” because it seems to 
make more sense.

MASTER VOLUME

BRILLIANCE

DEMO

METRONOME

TEMPO / FUNCTION

TEMPO/ OTHER  VALUE

MELLOW

BRIGHT

START/STOP

TEMPO
FUNCTION

MIN

MAX

– /NO

+/ YES

PRESET

TRACK

1

TRACK

2

START/STOP

REC

SONG

GRAND

PIANO 1

CHURCH
ORGAN1

CHURCH
ORGAN2

E.PIANO

1

E.PIANO

2

HARPSI-
CHORD1

HARPSI-
CHORD2

VIBRA-

PHONE

CHOIR

GUITAR

ROOM
HALL 1
HALL 2
STAGE

CHORUS
PHASER
TREMOLO
DELAY

HARD
MEDIUM
SOFT

ON

GRAND

PIANO 2

JAZZ

ORGAN

STRINGS

1

STRINGS

2

REVERB

EFFECT

TOUCH

TRANSPOSE

VOICE

When the unit is in Demo Song 
or Preset Song mode, Record 
mode cannot be engaged.

To avoid erasing data from 
the track:
Press the [TRACK1/2] button. If 
the indicator lights up green, the 
track already contains data. 
Note that the existing data will 
be erased if you record new 
data on the track.

This value in KiloBytes (a unit 
used of measurement for data) 
indicates how much space 
remains available for recording 
on the YDP-223. You can record 
up to a maximum of about 9,400 
notes on the YDP-223 depending 
on pedal usage and other factors.

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