Yamaha Tyros 2 Manual

Keyboard and Vocal Practice using the Guide function
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Vocal Practice using “Vocal Cue Time”
1Connect a microphone to the Tyros2 (page 47).
2Select the desired song for singing.
3Call up the SONG SETTING display by following the procedure 
described on page 49 and select “Vocal Cue TIME.” If necessary, 
specify the channel settings.
4Call up the Song Score display by pressing the [SCORE] button.
5Turn the [GUIDE] button on.
6Start song playback.
7Song playback...

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Reference on page 173
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups—Registration Memory
Saving your Panel Setups to a Registration Memory
1
Set up the panel controls (such as voice, style, effects, 
and so on) as desired.
2Press the [MEMORY] button in the REGISTRATION 
MEMORY section. 
3Press the numbered [REGISTRATION MEMORY] button to which 
you wish to memorize the panel setup.
4Memorize various panel setups to other buttons by repeating steps 
#1–#3.  
5Referring to...

Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups—Registration Memory
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Saving your Registration Memory to the User drive
The Tyros2 allows you to save all eight memorized buttons as a single Registration Memory bank. You can save as many Regis-
tration Memory banks as you want, up to the internal memory capacity of the Tyros2.
For future recall, you’ll need to save your Registration Memory settings to the drive.
In these example instructions, we’ll save them to the User drive....

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4Go back to the Registration Memory Bank selection (Open/Save) display and 
execute the Save operation.
Recalling a Registration Memory Setup
1Press both REGIST BANK [-] [+] buttons simultaneously to call up the Regis-
tration Memory Bank selection display.
2Select a Registration Memory bank.
Selecting a Registration Memory bank is done in the same way as selecting a voice (page 25) or style 
(page 31).
Once...

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Reference on page 121
Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs—Song Recording
Quick Recording
1Press the SONG CONTROL [REC] button and the [STOP] 
button simultaneously to prepare a blank song (“New 
Song”) to the Memory area for recording (shown above).
2Press the [REC] button to enter the Song Record mode.
The [REC] button and the [PLAY/PAUSE] button flash. 
3Make the desired panel settings for your keyboard perfor-
mance. Below are some important things you...

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs—Song Recording
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4Start recording.
The SONG CONTROL [REC] button (that flashes before recording) lights continuously after recording starts. Below 
are details on how recording can be started.
● Recording starts as soon as you play a key on the keyboard.
•When turning the [ACMP] and the [SYNC START] on, style playback and recording start simultaneously as soon 
as a chord is played in the style chord section of the keyboard...

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs—Song Recording
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■ One song—sixteen MIDI channels...................................................................................
On the Tyros2, a single song can contain separate data for up to sixteen MIDI channels. When recording 
your own performance, you’ll need to assign each part you play to a separate MIDI channel.
With Quick Recording (on the previous page), the Tyros2 takes care of this chore for you—letting you...

Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs—Song Recording
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3Make the desired panel settings for your keyboard performance. 
(Refer to the list of possible settings in step #3 of Quick Recording 
above.)
4Start recording.
Recording is started in the same way as in Quick Recording. 
5Press the [REC] button to stop recording. 
6Listen to your newly recorded performance.
Press the [STOP] button so that the song playback position returns back to the top, then 
press the...

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This method of recording is fundamentally different from the recording of your performance as explained on page 55. 
In that section, you learned how to record MIDI data. Here, you’ll learn how to record the audio directly to an installed 
hard disk drive—for pristine, absolutely noise-free audio quality. Moreover, you’ll be able to record your voice, a 
guitar or other acoustic and electric instruments. The recording is a simple stereo file, but you can freely overdub...

Recording Audio to the Tyros2—Hard Disk Recorder
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4Press the HARD DISK RECORDER [REC] and [STOP] buttons 
simultaneously.
This creates an audio file for recording.
5Enter a name for the new file.
For instructions on naming, see page 76.
6Press the [OK] LCD button (upper [8] button).
7Press the [REC] button to enable recording.
To cancel recording, press the [REC] button again.
8Now you’re ready to record. Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start 
recording.
Play the...