User manual YAMAHA MDR4

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[. . . ] Each time the [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING 3 WAITING] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected in sequence: 1 Listening 2 Timing 3 Waiting Off 1 Listening . . . etc. The currently selected Lesson mode is shown in the display. NOTE · When the melody Voice of the Song is changed, the key position shown in the display may be shifted (in octave units), depending on the Voice selected. NOTE · You can select Lesson modes by repeatedly pressing the [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING 3 WAITING] button. 4 5 Start Lesson. Song playback will begin automatically when you select the Lesson mode, and the appropriate notes appear in the display. You can stop the Lesson mode at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. NOTE · You cannot use Dual or Split Voices during lessons. · The Split Point is fixed and it cannot be changed. For the left-hand lesson, it is fixed at 59 or B2; for the left-hand chord lesson, it is fixed at 54 or F# 2. Grade When the Lesson Song has played all the way through in Lesson mode "2 Timing" or "3 Waiting, " your performance will be evaluated in four levels: OK, Good, Very Good, or Excellent. 32 MDR4/YPT-330 Owner's Manual Using the Lesson Feature Phrase Repeat This function allows you to repeatedly practice difficult phrases, by selecting a phrase and repeatedly play it back. You can also mute one of the parts, and practice just the other part repeatedly. The specified phrase can also be practiced along with the Lesson modes "1 Listening, " "2 Timing" or "3 Waiting" described on page 31. Phrase mark NOTE · When you want to turn the Phrase Repeat function on, please make sure that the Keys to Success mode is off, since Phrase Repeat is not available in the Keys to Success mode. · When you want to change the Song, first turn off the Phrase Repeat function then select the Song. NOTE Repeat playback of this section Play the Song and press the [PHRASE REPEAT] button at the phrase you want to repeat. The appropriate phrase number will appear in the display and, after a lead-in, repeat playback will start. Appears when the Phrase Repeat function is on · If you use the Phrase Repeat function with the Lesson modes "1 Listening, " "2 Timing" or "3 Waiting" the , evaluation function of these Lesson modes is not available. When you want to turn these Lesson modes off, press the [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING 3 WAITING] button a number of times to select off ("Phrase number" will appear in the display). P03 REPEAT Phrase number Use the [+] or [-] buttons to select any phrase number in the Song, and stop repeat playback by pressing the [PHRASE REPEAT] button. Remember that you can also record a Style (containing chord changes) along with your own performance. Recording 1 Press the [REC] button. NOTICE · If all User Songs (Song numbers 103­107) contain recorded data, Song 103 will automatically be selected. In this case, you will record over and erase any previous data in Song 103, so be careful that you won't be erasing any material you want to keep! rEC User 1 001 Flashes The lowest-numbered unrecorded User Song (Song numbers 103­107) available for recording is displayed. If you want to select the Song you will be recording, select the desired Song number by using the [+] and [-] buttons. After you've selected the desired User Song for recording, you can select a Style to be recorded as well. To do this, press the [STYLE] button and select the Style number while the ACMP indication is on. You can turn off the Record mode by pressing the [REC] button again ( and stop flashing). NOTE · Accompaniment cannot be turned on or off once the [REC] button is pressed. 2 Start recording. When you play the keyboard, recording will begin. Split Point 36 48 60 72 NOTE · A total of approximately 10, 000 notes or 5, 500 chord changes can be recorded to the five User Songs. By playing keys to the left of the Split Point when auto accompaniment is set to on, the Style starts sounding and is recorded with your performance. When auto accompaniment is set to off, only your keyboard performance is recorded. 36 MDR4/YPT-330 Owner's Manual Record Your Own Performance 3 Stop recording. Pressing the [START/STOP] button stops recording and writes the data to the User Song. (A "Writing!" message is shown. ) To playback the newly recorded performance, press the [START/STOP] button. In order to record with the Style, turn auto accompaniment to on (see Step 2 on page 19), and then record according to the instructions. (The "ACMP ON" lights. ) NOTICE · Never attempt to turn the power off when a "Writing!" message is shown in the display. Doing so can damage the flash memory device and result in a loss of data. NOTE In order to record only your performance, turn auto accompaniment to off and record according to the normal steps. (The "ACMP ON" is unlit. ) · Use the Musicsoft Downloader to backup the User Songs to a computer (page 45). Recording to a Specific track The User Songs are organized into two tracks: Track 1 and Track 2. You can specify the track you want to record to. About track recording If you start recording by specifying a track, the track will be overwritten (existing data in the track is deleted and replaced with the new recording). User Song Data that can be recorded to Track 2 Data that can be recorded to Track 1 NOTE · Record following the steps in the previous page, and your performance will be recorded to Track 1 and the Style (if you are playing one) will be recorded to Track 2. Style playback* (including chord changes) or your own keyboard performance Your own keyboard performance only * When playing the Style Recording to the specified track Only your keyboard performance can be recorded to Track 1. [. . . ] 2F, Yunhedasha, 1818 Xinzha-lu, Jingan-qu, Shanghai, China Tel: 021-6247-2211 FRANCE Yamaha Musique France BP 70-77312 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France Tel: 01-64-61-4000 U. S. A. Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. , Buena Park, Calif. Tel: 714-522-9011 HONG KONG Tom Lee Music Co. , Ltd. 11/F. , Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 2737-7688 ITALY Yamaha Musica Italia S. P. A. Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy Tel: 02-935-771 INDIA Yamaha Music India Pvt. [. . . ]