Yamaha CP50 Manual Do Utilizador

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CP5/CP50 Reference Manual

The Song Setting area is used to record and play MIDI sequences and audio files for use as Performance backing 
tracks. MIDI sequences can take the form of built-in Preset Drum Patterns (playback only) or User Songs that you can 
both record and play. Meanwhile, the Song Setting area’s audio functions allow you to record Wave files to a USB flash-
memory device and to play back Wave files previously stored on such a device.

Recording of User Songs and Wave files is carried out using the Record screen (page 37). In the case of User Songs, 
you record your keyboard performance as MIDI data, and this can be played back using the sound created by the cur-
rent Performance’s left and right parts. When creating Wave files for direct storage as audio data on a USB flash-memory 
device, meanwhile, you can record your keyboard performance together with the Preset Drum Pattern or User Song set 
as the backing track. It should be noted that Preset Drum Patterns cannot be re-recorded as MIDI data on the stage 
piano, and that recorded MIDI data cannot be stored as Preset Drum Patterns.

For each Performance, you can choose a single Preset Drum Pattern, User Song, or Wave file for playback as a backing 
track, and this selection is made on the Song Setting screen (page 35). The actual part(s) that will be used for playback 
will depend on the type of backing track that you select. Preset Drum Patterns and Wave files are handled by the TRACK 
part (page 7) from the Tone Generator’s currently-selected Performance, and within this part, you can set the backing 
track’s volume, pan, and effect send level. 
Preset Drum Patterns are MIDI sequences that play built-in drum kit sounds totally unrelated to the voices selected for 
the Performance’s left and right parts; therefore, they will always play back using the drum kit sounds selected on the 
Song Setting screen, regardless of left and right part settings. User Songs, on the other hand, are handled by left and 
right parts (page 5), and for this reason, the sound that they produce will be affected by these parts’ voice and effect set-
tings. As these MIDI sequences are recorded using the sound of the left and right parts, they function perfectly as back-
ing tracks for the corresponding Performance.