User's Manual

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Recording Your Performance
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Your digital piano allows you to record your performance and save it
internally or to an USB storage device.
Record and play back what you've played on the instrument can be an
eective practice aid.
Recording as Audio Data
Your performance will be recorded as audio data. The recorded song can be
used on your computer, phone and in any audio player.
NOTE
To use this method of recording, you must connect a USB drive (sold
separately) to the USB Memory port (p. 18).
Recording Your Music as audio data
(WAVE).
This useful function allows professional quality stereo recordings.
You can reproduce directly by a portable music players by using a
computer.
Recording are saved in the external USB Memory (commercially available).
In addition, the VIVO S7/S3 digital piano allows you to record everything
is connected to the AUDIO IN socket. You can reproduce a backing audio
track by external player connected to the AUDIO IN socket, play your piano
along to in order to practice and then record your performance.
NOTE
• You will need a USB Memory (commercially available) to record
your performance.
Audio Recorder format specications
Audio Format Specication
WAV 48 kHz, 32 bit, Stereo
Before you start recording
1. Connect the USB Memory to which you wish to save
the audio data. See "Connecting an USB Memory
(commercially available)" (p. 18).
2. Prepare everything you want to record: select the
tone and the keyboard mode that you want to use for
performing. See "Selecting Tones" (p. 23).
MEMO
The metronome signal is not recorded.
Starting/stopping recording
3. Press the [ ] (Rec) button to start recording.
The indicator of the [ ] button lights and the VIVO S7/S3 starts to
recording everything you play on the keyboard.
4. At the end of the song, press the[ ] (Rec) button to stop
recording.
The recording stop and the display shows a conrmation message.
Your audio le is saved to the “Recording” folder on the USB
memory.
NOTE
Do not disconnect the USB Memory during the song recording
or before the conrmation message is shown at the end of
recording.
About the Recording Files
The audio le are saved in the "Recording" folder on the USB Memory.
If the "Recording" folder doesn't exist, it is automatically created at the rst
recording.
The song are saved with a dierent progressive number: rec_0001.wav,
rec_0002.wav and so on.
Listening to your recording
5. Press the [*-,] button to listen your song.
If you want to re-record again, repeat from step 4.
NOTE
You should always safely eject the USB Memory before
physically unplugging it from USB socket. Before to unplug
the USB Memory use the "USB REMOVE" function. See "Safely
Remove the USB Memory" (p. 19).
How to Record your Performance over
an Existing Audio Base (Overdub)
This is a technique used in audio recording. While listening to an
existing recorded audio base, play a new performance along with it.
All is recorded in a new song.
1. Connect the USB Memory to which you wish to save
the audio data. See "Connecting an USB Memory
(commercially available)" (p. 18).
2. Prepare everything you want to record: select the
tone and the keyboard mode that you want to use for
performing. See "Selecting Tones" (p. 23).
3. Load a existing audio base. See "Loading a Song" (p.
34).
4. Press the [ ] (Rec) button to start recording.
5. Press the [*-,] button to start the playback of the audio
base as background.
6. Play your performance while listen the audio base.
7. At the end of song, press the [ ] (Rec) button to stop
recording.
The recording stop and the display shows a conrmation message.
8. Press the [*-,] button to listen your song.