﻿N3X
Owner's Manual


Recording Your Performance
This instrument allows you to record your performance by using one of the following two methods. The recorded performance can be played back as a User Song.
 
MIDI recording
With this method, your keyboard performances are recorded and saved to the instrument or USB flash drive as a MIDI Song (via the SMF format 0). Up to 10 Songs can be recorded to the instrument, although more can be recorded to USB flash drive (see below).

Audio recording
With this method, your keyboard performances are recorded then saved to USB flash drive as an Audio Song in stereo WAV format of normal CD-quality resolution. The saved Audio Song can be transmitted to then played on portable music players. The recordable time differs depending on the capacity of the USB flash drive.

1	Connect a USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal.

When is USB flash drive necessary?
MIDI Songs can be saved to internal memory of this instrument or to USB flash drive, while Audio Songs can only be saved to the USB flash drive.As necessary, prepare a USB flash drive referring to "About USB Flash Drives" (page 36).

NOTE
If you intend to play back your recording only on the instrument itself, we recommend using MIDI recording. Songs recorded with the MIDI recording method are output from the four speakers of the instrument, just as they are when you play/record. However, Songs recorded by Audio recording are output only from the left and right speakers, and do not use the center or rear speakers.

NOTE
If you make an audio recording while using headphones and then play that recorded audio Song through speakers, you should set "Binaural sampling/Stereophonic Optimizer" to "OFF." Refer to page 18 for details.

2	Select the Recording method.

To make a MIDI Recording:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG], press [plus] or [minus] until "U.**" (for saving data to the instrument) or "S.**" (for saving data to the USB flash drive) is shown on the display.

To make an Audio Recording: 
While holding down [DEMO/SONG], press [plus] or [minus] until "A.**" (for saving data to the USB flash drive) is shown on the display.

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NOTE
Record mode cannot be called up in the following situations.
During Song playback (page 31)
During file management operations such as Copy (page 38), Delete (page 39) and Format(page 37)

When skipping Steps 1 to 4 with an unrecordable Song selected
Pressing [RECORD] selects the lowest numbered Song (of those containing no data) as the Recording target.
If "C.**" is selected, pressing [RECORD] selects "A.**" (Audio Song in the USB flash drive).
If "F.**," "L.**," "P.**," or "d.**" is selected, pressing [RECORD] selects "U.**" (MIDI Song in internal memory). If there is no empty User Song, "U.0.1." will be as the Recording target.

3	Press [plus] or [minus] to select a Song number.
U.01 to U.10 	User Song in this instrument (MIDI Song)
S.00 to S.99 	User Song in USB flash drive (MIDI Song)
A.00 to A.99 	User Song in USB flash drive (Audio Song)

When the selected Song contains already-recorded data
You can confirm it by checking the display.

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When Song contains data
Three dots light up.
When Song does not contain data
Only the left-most dot lights up.

NOTICE
When the selected Song contains data, keep in mind that recording new data will erase the existing data.

4	Select a Voice (page 20) and other parameters such as Beat (page 22) for recording.

Using the Metronome
You can use the metronome while recording, although the metronome sound will not be recorded.

5	Press [RECORD] to engage the Record mode.
The [RECORD] lamp lights up, and the [PLAY/STOP] lamp flashes according to the current tempo.

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Lights up
Flashes

To exit from the Record mode, press [RECORD] again.

If memory space is running low:
An "EnP" or "FUL" message will appear in the display after pressing [RECORD]. If "Enp" appears, you can start recording, but the memory may become full during recording. If "FUL" appears, you cannot start recording. We recommend that you first remove any unnecessary files (page 39) to ensure sufficient memory capacity.

6	Start recording.
Play a note on the keyboard or press [PLAY/STOP] to start recording.

With MIDI Recording:
While recording, the current measure number is shown on the display.

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Measure number

NOTE
If the memory becomes full, or the recording data or time exceed the maximum limit for one song during recording, "FUL" appears on the display and recording will stop automatically. In this situation, press any button to clear the "FUL" indication. Keep in mind that your performance data may not have been correctly saved.

With Audio Recording:
While recording, the elapsed time is shown on the display.

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Elapsed time
Indicates minutes. In case of 10 minutes or more, only the lowest digit is shown.
Indicates seconds.

NOTE
With audio recording, the sound input from the [AUX IN] jack is also recorded.

7	Press [RECORD] or [PLAY/STOP] to stop recording.
Dashes appear on the display in succession, indicating that the recorded data is being saved. After the data is saved, an "End" message appears for three seconds, indicating that the Record mode is disengaged.

NOTICE
While dashes appear in the display in succession, never turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash drive. Doing so may delete all Song data in the instrument, including external Songs (page 31).

8	Press [PLAY/STOP] to hear the recorded Song.
To stop playback, press [PLAY/STOP] again.

NOTE
The recorded User Song data on this instrument can be saved to a USB flash drive. Refer to page 38.

Deleting a Song file
If you want to delete the recorded Song, refer to page 39.



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